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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-20
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Sport s.
Wags %
BY Chuck Rattle

s. G. Faces Dangerous
Sub District SetUP-
Can BE First Time
Not In District
It's Happened Before
no GienwOOd and Alex
Pepsi-C Cola Hangs Up
High Game Total, Central
Pontiac-Buick Holds High
Game For All League
Sank Centres high school cagers
face, more dangerously than ever
before, the strong possibility OF ex-
tinction before they get into dis
trict % play. If 1t happens,
it will mark the first time that
Sank Centre didn't make 1t to the
district. And the team whose
lob it will be to make it come to
pass, won't mind. It's Melrose, the
team who in the see-saw battle OF
1888 was edged out of the district
championship by Sank Centre in
an overtime heat that sent seven
fans home with apoplexy.
1t may sound like shouting
up the rain spout, but the even
tuality is ever so close TINS
wear. Reason number one Is
that Melrose and Sank Centre
are for the first time unprO-
tected from each other.
You will remember that in 9TH
er wears, it was an impossible
ity for these two teams to meet
i'm the sub-district to eliminate
each other. -.
This year it can happen.
Reason number two Is that
Sank Centre just doesn't have
the team this year to hit the
competition completely.
And reason number three Is
that 1t happened before. just
Last year. II you'll remember
GIenwOod and Alexandria fall
ed to hit the district race last
year in an historic bit of play.
And 1t didn't take q going Mel
rose club to do 1t. . No.
Brandon whacked of GlenwOod
and the decapitation of Alex
andria was accomplished by
Deer Creek. :.
You know lots of things car
happen. Sank Centre doesn't NEED
to lose out Of this district tourna
ment. She first has to beat
Burtrum. Melrose Is no factor un
I'll after that. In the meantime
Upsala by winning over Grey Eagl,
can sit around and eat peanuts.
Because she Is in.
The way the thing stacks up
right now we'd call It about
like this. GlenwO0d and Swan
Vile on one side Of the bracket
to meet Melrose and Upsala. On
the other Osalxis and Deer
Creek to battle out Long Prai-
RE and Alexandria. Which
may ultimately leave GlenwoOd
and Alexandria. MelrOse
and Upsala should be a tOughie.
We don't know anything about
Deer Creeks comparative
strength with Osalxis.
Those pairings are great thing.
On the strength of seasons pla
and what is known of comparativ
team strengths right now, this sea
sons draw looks like one of tn
most satisfactory in a long tim'
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-20

Totals796 845 879 252O
Merchants National Bank
B. Schoenhoff LIS 176 203 557
Continued on page 81
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back three months until winter fell in autumn and fall in midsummer.
 Something had to be done about it and Julius Caesar proceeded to do it. With the help of Sosi- genes he made pretty good job of it. He discarded entirely the lunar year, which the Greeks had worked out into the very ingenious Metonic Cycle, one of the triumphs of ancient astronomy He ordered the adoption forthwith of the solar year of 365A days allowing for the adoption of an extra day every four years His division of the months into
 lays beginning with January was better than any
 have had since, with the first third, fifth, sev
 nth ninth and eleventh month each having 31
 avs and the rest except February having 30 But
 he pontiffs blundered again and began adding a leap year every three years instead of four. And when Augustus came along he demanded that the month named after him should have just many days as the month named after his ilusrious uncle So August which isn't entitled to it. still has 31 days.
 But what Julius Caesar overlooked is that the solar year isn't 365A days long. The earth revolves around the in 365 days hours 4S minutes and AS seconds. This lag has given history and the calendar makers a continuous headache
 The early church, proceeding on Caesars regarding the length of the solar year and the' additional that 235 lunations exactly equal l9 solar years, succeeded in getting the equinox com- pletely out of place and precipatng many bitter quarres the dates of the movable festivals One of the great works of the Council of Nicea in 325 to minimize these schs1ns by fixing the varia- ton of the orthodox celebration of Easter But the calendar went right getting itself tangled up until the time of Pope Gregory XIII It was Pope Gregory and his scientific coaborators who put the equinox back in it's place and adopted many other reforms in 1892 This started us on the Gregorian New Style calendar.
 The present calendar is by perfect No has ever succeeded in working out a perfect one, though more convenient arrangements of the months and weeks have been suggested The hard fact is that the year isn't what say it is, and
 ike the circle it simply can't be squared The solar year 1941, whatever else happens to it. is going to lag little like all the other years. The only way able to make up the difference is to put time out at interest to be compounded every four years But if any feels this irregularty too scutely be should consult the Mohammedan caen- dar The years dating from the Hegira based an lunar months. As result, these Mohammedan have a tendency to retrograde right through he seasons for about 3215 years before they catch up It is said to be confusing but they like it in he Near East. Perhaps time moves more slowly there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-01
20 YEARS AGO {yfm fHE EMPIRE
JANUARY l, 1921

JANUARY |, 1921 stopped months threshold of Juneau a hrong the Shiners Ball.
 Gilbert the popular and efficient members of Uncle the Spokane fol Antonio
 Mulvin the White Pass and Yukon Railway Skagway children board the Pn south.
 Purdue and daughter Ethel took apartment at the the Coliseum Theatre.
 by their Allen Jr go south the Princess Mary
 the Princess attend business matters
 Juneau Music House, passenger on the Princess a vacation in the south.
 left Princess to peno visiting o Puget Sound.
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HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 but do not compe"
THURSDAY. JANUARY

IHURSDA4, JANUARY Benefic aspects rule strongly all this day The morning is for tunate for both business and pro- fessional activities. Good news may be expected where labor issues are involved.
 Heart and Home: Happi m e s s through letters or the printed page may be expected under this sway. Young and old are uplifted and encouraged under this configura- tion which promotes harmony among persons of every kind. This is a lucky day for meeting persons of influence Casual acquaintances may become helpful friends under this direction of the stars. Women will benefit most through the ex- elcise Of their social gifts.
 Business Affairs There should be special interest in the firstof- the-year bargain sales. Purchases of woolen and leather goods are recommended for prices are to rise n this new year. Fashion is to cause both profits and losses as radical changes are forecast. The need of warm clothing and prac- tical attire is to be urgent as the winter advances. There will be plenty of employment for young and old.
 National Issues: Warning is given that there must be less pursuit Of pleasure as the United States citi- zens are to undergo tremendous tests of patriotism. The danger of war being precipitated through an act of supreme treachery is prog nosticated, while the peril from fifth-column activities will be greatly enlarged Increase of taxes will be necessary and should be accepted philosophically. ai
 International Affairs: While as- trologers agree in foretelling the ul- timate victory of Great Britain in the European war, they warn that there are many great difficulties indicated for the new year The health of Winston Churchill, the dynamic Prime Minister, is men aced. Overwork may cause his re- tirement before the end of the war. A political crisis in London is forecast National unity and strength will be increased each month.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of gen. eral success. It will be eventful and will demand hard work. Children born on this day will be talented and magnetic, ambiti- GUS and industrious. They should have brilliant careers.
 Copyright, l9iD
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A NEW YEAR

w. 4o1ay as a gift of the gods nice
 numbered 1941 and we assume this ,--'e -de-ly progression of days and nights re he eqinnrg of the Christian As a uo rr or act it dce-nt Quite few fragments cf the yea have been scattered by the way during 'st rer.od in"'udng the suppression of number intercaat tons and the loss of ten days in an efscrt to keep up with the sun Even civil re7r is m asure of time subject to constant con- t-e-uoo and evpansion md not ct all the tight
 enda O. months and days it appears to be r' 1ut calendars Tn Ne 0f all 0u- experimental Frn the year .sr% 0r1ner'v worked ont vet
 The word calendar comes from the Roman ends o raI nd Tha ~alends with the Nones rn5 the Ises. TOT ituted one of the mot confusing n ne-rvsn ent divisions of time invented. The o'd Roman year beg~n in March, and in that north erd 7vey month thereafter the people had to think ahout the days before the Nones" (which in the Calandae) the days before the Ides' and, in turn. the days before the Caends' Not only that but they had to count their days not for ward do. but backward. Thus the Ides of March, which proved so tragic for Julius Caesar, began on the 14th of March say, and ran through the 30th, but were counted backward from the ap- rrcachina Calends, March 30 being the first day before the Calends As the Romans were never much good at arithmetic and used clumsy method of computation, the trick of keeping track of the days must have been somewhat troublesome for the simple average citizen.
 Indeed, the Roman year was in a mudde most of the time The Romans of the Republic counted their years from the supposed foundation of the city in what we call 754 B. O. Sut they got into diff culties right away by using the lunar year instead of the solar year This left them with an extra fort night their hands which they tried to use up with an extra month called Mercedinus, month of wages Ever the pontffs retained certain dis cieticnary powers the calendar which they at began to abuse for political ends By length enng or shortening Mereedinus the inter -calary month, the authorities able to prolong the term of magistrate hasten the annual elections As a result, they finally managed to push the year
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-01
The Indian Sign
(New York Times)

An item frcm Oklahoma City informs that A. c. Monahan, director of the Indian Service, has received War Department request to recommend 30 Comanche Indians to work in the Signal Corps. They would be sent to Atlanta Ga, for training as Army telephone operators.
 Our Comanches serving with the A.E.F in France during the World War caused the Germans quite a bit of confusion. though of the enemy was scalped. Headquarters discovered that the Ger had tapped telephone wires from advanced outpOSts at the front. Instead of laying new lines the Signal Corps merely sent Comanches to nun the instruments The Comanches have written language and there are not more than 30 white men who understand their spoken language. None of these is German. When the Germans heard the Indians talking the Western Front they naturally assumed after exhausting all their foreign language experts, that code being used. Their code ex- perts called in and worked hard the prob lem but these too gave up in despair. They never did discover what the Comanches chatting about. Evidently the War Department thinks Comanche would prove nice line of talk for the next war.
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One was an assurance that the President would personally investi- gate why North Dakota has not received any of the new defense plants. Moses argued that his state was so far inland that it was idea for defense industries. Roosevelt promised to lock into the matter immediately.
 The other reason was an anec dote the President told Nose about famous namesake of yours It happened when Roosevelt wa, Assistant Secretary of the Navy il the Wilson Administration
 He was asked to select from z list of American naval heroes, tk name of a new destroyer He pick ed "Israel' in honor of a U. s. Car tain who distinguished himself i the war against the Barbary Goa, pirates in 1851.
 Some time later, Roosevelt wa asked to approve the personnel o1 this destroyer And while locking over the list of personnel, another aide entered with another personne list for destroyer named Moses. ,
 This coincidence struck me as very funny" Roosevelt related, "anc leaned back and laughed. The young naval officer looked perturb- d and inquired, Aren't those the right crews for those ships-Moses and Israeli And then I laughed 7ome more, because heading the 's.s of officers were the names oi Murphy and O'Reilly
 NOTE-Moses, a Democrat from } rockribbed COP state. is the 9nest Governor in the country
 feet inches.
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William Bruce Arnold, now in his first year in West Point, but who was then on the listening end of the original stories.
 By an odd twist of fate, the fic- titious Bill Bruce once came to the help of the real Bill Bruce The boy had to undergo a major operation, for which the hospital charges were substantial. On the same day that the hospital bill was presented, a check came from the publisher for he Bill Bruce" books.
 Without depositing the check in he bank, Arnold endorsed it and ent it to the hospital to pay for he boys illness.
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Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

mother said that come Say come,' SAID that
 
 MISPRONOUNCED: Requtal Pronounce e-kwt-a as n QUITE IS QUIT; second syllable
 NIISSPELED: organized singers sometimes 25, sheets of paper).
 SYNONYMS Stealthy furtive, sly
 three times and it is yours Let us vocabulary each Todays word bombastic style Ac- ambitious of saying grand things that is, being grandloqlent."-Fiare.
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ITALIAN FLEET

The Italians confidential expla- nation for the poor showing of their navy compared with the British is interesting.
 They point out that their navy was built with the idea that it would oppose the French, never the British. Therefore most of the guns were concentrated in the forward part of their battleships and cruis- CTS, on the assumption that the speedier Italian vessels would take the offensive against the older and slower French fleet.
 But in combat with the modern British navy. the Italian vessels have had to fight while steaming toward their home bases, therefore must fire from the rear And this part of their vessels lacks adequate armament.
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WHO'S TO BLAME

Who is to blame for this grave situation is a matter of bitter dis pute.
 All hands are agreed that there no shortage of aluminium ignots, which Aluminium Corporation is he principal producer The short ye is in the giant hammers and required to make the plane g. In October, in an effort meet the demand, Alcoa installed new hammers and now has a nt plant and machine tool ex- on program under way Bl Independents who are trying break into this profitable mon 7 complain irately that they
 no help from the Defense n ss.on; that the Commission
 financial aid to get them t,d.
 n =Xecutives reply that a1e la.dlrg the p.oblem of
 easing the output of ngs tA3 ough other channels, '
 hen do some blame- placing
 i've. They attribute Q good
 re trouble to the plane
 Va-m they charge with kEg nesdless technical demands ard not getting their drawings of ginss n On t'me.
 D turn. the manufacturers blame the Army and Navy for constant ehanoes in plane designs; argue that if plane parts were standardized nf~7 de'av would be eliminated. Thus the buck is passed round- snd round, while deliveries on the toE lngs and castings continue to fall steadily behind. and airplane output tailspins
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AIR CORPS FICTION

Few people know that in his private life the man who stands at the head of the expanding Army Air Corps is an author of books for boys.
 Major General Harold H. t"Hap'0 Arnold, Chief of the Air Corps, has written six books that read Ike the Rover Boys and bear such titles as Bill Bruce and the Pion eer Aviators," Bill Bruce Becomes an Ace" and Bill Bruce on Bor- der Patrol"
 The father of three boys, General Arncld used to write aviation stories 'or them as fireside hobby. Bill Bruce was drown after his son,
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Whether or not this explanation is correct, there is no question that the British navy has cut the Egyp- tion expeditionary force of General Graziani off from his overseas supplies. Graziani, with the repu- tation of being one of Italy's most brilliant desert strategists, has been marooned in the desert of north west Egypt for over two months.
 Despite the irate demands of Il Duce that Graziana advance on Suez his army simply lacked suf- ficient water and other supplies to move. And eventually the British took the offensive themselves.
 Copyright 1940. by United Fea-
 ture Syndicate, Inc)
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CAPITAL CHATF

Some American women have
 vitched to cotton stockings as a
 'otest against Japan, yet in the
 rst nine months of this year, the United States imported 66 million dollars worth of silk from Japan State Department is getting a heavy volume of mail from all parts of the country urging strong U. S. assistance to Greece Josephus Daniels, Ambassador to Mexico, is the only Ambassador appointed by Roosevelt in 1883 who still remains at the same post Experts ot the House migrant investigating committee estimate that at least four million job hunters are con- stantly on the move in the coun- try.
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ders in direct response to the pulls and strains put on bones by the muscles. If the strains stop for a long period of years, the girders become very thin Moreover, these bone girders run III the same gen. eral lines an engineer would use in reinforcing concrete or other struc- lures.
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ViODtNW ltiUULIIL ROBERTA LEE

e. one expected give presents cice, i they friends
 A such begun it puts everyone under obligations s n with real Christmas spirit
 youus girls to the theatre is it all right 70 sit
 Yes unless there sit 
 @ When wearing an evening gown should 
 optional them and check them with er prefers
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of solid bone which lace to and fro through the somewhat porous struc- ture Of whole bone. The porosity is natures way of Tightening the weight of bones.
 The X-ray pictures, covering years of activity-or of the com plete lack Of activity that comes from being bedridden = show that the bones develop their inner gir-
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Your Skeleton
 Has Twin
By HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE Associated Press Science Editor

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. l.-Man's skeleton is the same from birth to death, except for the change in size with growth.
 But inside his bones there is second skeleton. changing with the amount of strain his bones have to stand This strain comes from car rying mans weight and from his work or exercise.
 The inner skeleton changes, shown by X-rays. are explained to the American Philosophical Society in a report by Dr. Charles B. Davenport or the Carnegie Institution at Wash ingtcn He reports this inner skel- eton is made of plates and girders
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LOOK and LEARN %Sy c. GORDON

it's native who simultaneously properties has color? squad in the army? Tn weaving, threads against the wool? Ia S Americas largest city?
 ANSWERS: Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis 2. purity, brightness,
  ' Argentina 2168,0OO.
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BIBLICAL DESTROYERS

Tasre were two reasons for that ern cn the face of North Dakota's Governor John Moses when he left the White House the other day.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

JANUARY l Maximilian Younger Mrs. Pearl Burford Jack Pasquan William B. Cline Jr.
 Lu LiSton Francis L. Newman Cesar Sebenico William Alexander Joseph M. Sunick Louis c. Lemieux
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are weaker and less desirable thar forgings.
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Washington Merry
 Go-Round

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-24
GONE WITH WIND
 PRICES REDUCED
Margaret MitcheII's Great Story on LOew=POIi
 Screen Tomorrow

"Gone With The Wind, which opens tomorrow at the Loew Poli theater, is undoubtedly the most faithful limitation of a novel in Hollywood history. It is Margaret MitchelIs great story of the Old South without deviation and prac- tically without elimination. After this has been recorded, little more need be said as an unqualified recommendation for the picture Millions of readers consider the novel one of the greatest stories of al time; faithful filming of that story must of necessity make the picture one of the greatest of movie history.
 The picture will be shown here in its complete, full-length version - nothing cut but the price-offering those .who have not witnessed it pre- viously the entertainment treat of a lifetime. The usual continuous per- formance policy will prevail during the showing of Gone With The Wind" enabling you to come in anytime between 11:OO a. m. and goo D. m. and see a complete feat ure. Matinee price is 40 cents; children-under 12 years of age, matinee only-25 cents; evenings 55 cents. These prices include all taxes.
 Each character of Gone With The Wind'' lives as Miss Mitchell made him and her live in the book.