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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-31

In the Matter Of the Estate }
of Mike Wernig. also known }
as Michael Wernig, Dece- }
dent.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-31

Order for Hearing on Final Account
and Petition for Distribution.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Stearns.
IN pPnpATE CnTrDT
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In Asia by the ruthless disregard
of the rights of innocent people and
innocent and unoffending nations,
and in pursuance of a diabolical
effort to enSlave whole races and
whole nations and to put the whole
world at the mercy of the author
OF this Scourge upon mankind.
Choice COnfronts America.
In view of this unprecedented
world condition, we in America are
now confronted with the choice be-
tween protecting ourselves in ad-
vance by preparing to meet this
enemy of freedom and democracy
when and from whatever direction
he may advance, and on the other
hand folding our arms and with
drawing from hearing or sight of
approaching danger by pretending
that it does not exist.
That we have ourselves deter
mined to arm ourselves against the
danger which all now recognize is
amply demonstrated by the appro-
priatiOn of billions of dollars for the
development of defense weapons and
the prospective training of millions
of our men to bear arms in defense
of their country. This determina-
ton is emphasized by the concen-
tration of all our efforts as a Nation
to the task of preparation.
1t is equally certain that the over
whelming majority of our people,
regardless of politics or religion or
original nationality, have deter
mined that we shall give substantial
and material aid to those nations
which are defending themselves
against this brutal and barbaric on
Slaught, and whose defense and sur
vival are essential to our own safety.
Under the Neutrality Act, no mat
ter how desperately a victim nation
may need the weapons necessary for
its defense and survival, and no
matter how essential its defense and
survival may be to our own national
welfare, it cannot obtain those
weapons now in this country unless
it has the cash to pay for them in
American dollars. No financial in
Stitution in this country can lend
such nation the money with which
to pay for these weapons. No Amer
ican factory can so much as give
credit to such a nation for as much
as one bullet, one rifle or one air
plane. The nation involved must
pay for 1t in cash, no matter how
willing the American factory might
hn aYtpnH prnHit tn
Disadvantage to the Unarmed.
This law has worked to the dis
advantage of the nations which had
not previously armed to the teeth.
or whose industrial facilities are not
sufficient to provide their necessary
weapons of defense.
Therefore, in order that those ma
tions whose defense is vital to our
own defense may continue to fight.
in order that we may keep war and
the' Strangulation which will come
from the world domination by ag-
greSSors from our own shores. We
must consider the method by which
We can make available to these
struggling nations the maximum
amount of defense material which
they need. and at the same time
now become actively engaged as a
participant in the war which is
threatening to overcome them.
This is the object sought to be
accomplished by the enactment of
the lease-lend bill, as it is being
called, which was passed by the
House of Representatives last Satur-
day, and which We hope to pass
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1t authorizes him to test, inspect,
repair, recondition and place in good
working order any defense article
for any such government.
Gives Export Authority.
1t authorizes him to communicate
to such governments any informa-
ton about the defense articles he
may let such governments have
under lease. sale or other arrange
ment. 1t would manifestly be of no
use to sell, lend or lease any article
of defense to another government
without explaining how it is to be
operated. And 1t authorizes him to
release for export defense articles
which such other governments may
need in their own defense.
1t is claimed by some of the oppo-
nents of this measure that under
these terms the President could give
the whole Navy away and could give
away all the military equipment
that we possess to any such govern
ment without restriction. This is
manifestly an absurd construction
of the measure. The President al
ready has infinitely more powers
than he has ever exercised or in all
probability would ever exercise. He
has the authority as commander in
chief Of the Army and Navy to send
the Navy to any part of the world.
Without regard to this measure, he
would have the authority to use the
Navy to convoy ships transporting
defense articles But this measure
gives him no additional authority in
this respect and he has already an
nounced that he will not use the
Navy for convoy service in connec-
ton with the defense articles pro-
vided for in this bill and there is no
legislation that Congress could en-
act that can deprive him of the
power to dispose of our naval and
military forces according to his
judgment as commander in chief of
the Army and Navy. 1t is, therefore,
absurd to say that the President
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ligious denominations or by any
other considerations except tne
highest interests of the American
people.
We who support this measure De
lieve that it will aid in holding on
from America the scourge OF war
We believe it will contribute ulti-
mately to a sound and lasting peace
We believe it will in some fashion
serve notice on heartless dlctators
everywhere that we believe in our
system of Government and otf
method of life in terms strong
enough to compel US TO make this
contribution TO a better world.
have an abiding faith that the Pres
ldent will exercise the powers given
to him in justice and in the exercise
of a sound discretion after consult
ing the expert authorities in all
branches Of our service and believs
that the American people withous
regard to present differences wild
come to recognize this as the mini
mum which we can or ought TO do
in defense of our own country and
the things for which it stands.
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through the Senate within a very
short time.
AS was true in regard to the re-
peal Of the Arms Embargo, and the
Selective Training and Service Act,
and in fact the whole defense
program, deliberate effort is being
made to deceive the American people
concerning the nature and conse-
quence of these measures.
1t is being claimed that this meas
ure sets up dictatorship in the
United States because it confers
upon the Chief Executive the power
to manufacture and to distribute
these defense weapons 10 nations
whose defense he may regard as
vital to our own defense. The
charge of dictatorship is the one
which is usually made by those who
seek to frighten the people or to
offer some spurious argument in
the lack of arguments grounded in
reason and in logic. So insistent
has this charge of dictator become
that we might be justified in be-
lieving that some of those who urge
it would prefer that our liberties
be permanently surrendered at the
behest of a foreign dictator than
to surrender temporarily to the
Chief Executive the power to exercise
authority in the face of a great
emergency.
Has Right to Confer Powers.
Upon what other shoulders can
Congress place the. responsibility of
acting in this emergency? We can
not hold town meeting every time
England or Greece or China may
need an airplane or tank. We
cannot pass a separate act of Con-
greSS every time round of ammu-
milton is to be sent to them. Con-
greSS has the right to confer this
authority upon the man, who, under
the Constitution. is made the COM
mander in chief of the Army and
Navy and he alone can exercise that
authority with dispatch and effec-
tiveness, born of the necessity from
day to day.
1t is being urged against this
measure that it will lead us into
war; that it is a violation of inter-
national law; that the exercise of
the authority under it will be an act
of war which will lead us inevitably
into this European conflict. I have
no right to doubt the sincerity of
many of those who take this view
and I do not intend to impugne their
motives, although I have a right to
question their judgment and their
soundneSs as prophets of the future
We know that the nations of the
world today are faced with a great
crisis such as has never faced civili-
zation in the past, not even in the
days of Napoleon or Genghis Kahn
or Alexander
We are compelled to deal with
creation, to dominate the world po-
litically, socially, economically and
from a military and naval stand
point All the activities of Hitler
constitute his attempt to coordinate
and integrate throughout the world
his conception of social, moral and
political equaSion which enter into
the governing of a people. We have
seen Austria, Czecho Slovakia. Po-
land, Norway, Denmark. Holland,
Belgium and France crushed under
his brutal and iron heel although
he had given his word to the world
and to most of them that he had
no designs against their sovereign
ties or their people
We see him now knocking at the
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gates of England, and we know that
| if he is successful there he will prob
ably succeed in translating that sue
cess to the control of the Atlantic
Ocean and through his allies in Asia
control of the Pacific Ocean. In
that event he would have at his
disposal military and naval powers
vastly superior to ours and through
the exercise of such superior powers
he would attempt to impose moral
social and political conditions upon
every nation that could not defend
itself.
We are, therefore, confronted with
the problem which faces all man.
kind, the problem of determining in
some way the kind of world and
the kind of nation we are to pass
on to our children and our children s
children.
Most Of us who are now active
in adult life may be able to endure
such hardships as may come to us.
But when I think of America and
of the world and think of the chill
ultl NIlO ar W De DOTH llllO
America and the world in the gen.
erations to come, feel compelled
to make the effort to contribute to
the preservation of our Nation and
Of the world itself, if possible. from
such an incredible and inconceivable
slavery as that which might be i'm
posed by the victory which barbarism
and unconScionable brutality is seek
ing to obtain throughout the world.
What authority does this measure
give to the President? 1t gives
him authority TO manufacture de-
fense articles in the arsenals and
factories and shipyardS controlled
by the Government and defense
articles for the government of any
country whose defense is vital to
the defense of the United States.
1t authorizes him to sell. lease
lend, transfer to or otherwise dis
pose of such defense articles to such
government.
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victims declare their war aims while
making no such demand of the ag-
gressors.
In short. the measure now under
consideration in the Senate, does
not remotely set up a dictatorship.
1t does not confer upon the PreSi-
dent unnecessary powers but 1t con-
fers upon him such powers as are
deemed necessary in the midst of a
great and unprecedented emergency.
Congress Keeps War Right.
Contrary to the contentious of
the measures opponents, it does not
take away from Congress the right
to declare war or to confer that right
upon the President.
1t does not confer upon him the
right to send American troops to
Europe It does not confer upon
him the right to send American
ships into war zones.
1t does not confer upon him the
right to convoy ships carrying de-
fense articles across the ocean.
1t does not confer upon him the
power to seize foreign ships in the
ports of the United States. 1t does
not confer upon him the power To
impose censorship or to restrict
the freedom of speech or the free
dom of the press or the freedom OF
worship or the freedom of assembly
These rights and privileges have
knn,, abolished IN thn d3pf Oh
tions but they have not been re-
stricted in any respect in the United
States. and this measure does not
empower the President to restrict
them even if he wanted to.
This bill confers upon him no
power to seize property or to con-
script labor. 1t does not confer upon
him any so-called blank check
1t gives him the power to do pre-
cisely the things set out in the
measure, and these are the things
that cannot be done by Congress
or by any committee of Congress
They are things that Congress can
authorize to be done by the Chief
Executive and he is the only officer
under the Government of the United
States who can act speedily and
effectively in the accomplishment
of the defense of our country by
enabling other countries whose de-
fense is vital to ours, to overcome
their enemies and the enemies OF
liberty and democracy and man
kind
Voters Committed to Aid.
In the last presidential election,
nearly 50,000,000 men and women
voted for those candidates of the
two major parties who declared
themselves in favor of aid to Eng
land. The American people are
overwhelmingly committed to this
policy. 1t was manifestly impos-
sible to submit the details of a
written measure and to hold pleb-
iscite upon it. But this measure
now under consideration, and which
we hope will soon become law, is
an effort to accomplish what the
American people by an overwhelm-
ing majority desire in their hearts
that we shall do
We do not want war. We hate
war. We do not want its devas-
tating consequences TO exist in or
to approach the United States or
the Western Hemisphere, whose
defense against foreign aggressor.
we pledged ourselves to oppose more
than a century ago. This is not a
partisan issue 1t is not an issue
that ought to divide men and women
according to political affiliations. re-
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can or would be 30 lacking In tudg-

can or would be 20 lacking In tudg-
ment as to deprive the United States
of essential defense articles in order
to lend, lease or give them to some
other nation.
1t has been claimed by the oppo-
nents of this measure that 1t will
lead us into the European war.
Those who are supporting 1t, and
that includes those who have intro
duced it into Congress believe 1t
offers the safest course to keep us
out of war. What we desire is to
keep the wars of Europe and Asia
from encroaching upon America. We
do not wish the armies or the navies
or the air forces of any European
or Asiatic nation either to surround
us or any part OF the western
Hemisphere or to fence us in by con-
troll of all the seas so as to make us
helpless and hermit Nation. We
do not desire that our economic and
social order shall be so restricted
and bound down as to lose the
standards of our lives as free Amer
ican citizens. II we can keep the
war in Europe and in Asia and as
sist in bringing it to victorious
conclusion in behalf Of freedom by
assisting in the procurement Of
physical and mechanical implements
which are needed, we will have con-
tributed more to the peace of the
Americas than we could contribute
by actual entry into the war our
selves.
What of Hitler's Aims.
1t is claimed that before we go
any further in aiding England or
her Allies we should demand that
they tell us what are their war aims.
Why do not those who insist that
England and Greece and China an
nounce their war aims also insist
that Hitler announce his? We
know that without a formal decla-
ration of war, he has overrun nearly
all of Europe. We know that he,
together with Mussolini and the
Japanese government, have an
nounced that they propose to create
a new world order, something differ
ent from anything we have ever
known. As the United States and
the entire Western Hemisphere con-
stitute a part Of the world, we are
compelled to conclude that the new
order which he has set out to estab-
lish will affect us no less than 1t
will affect other nations We would
be utterly unworthy of our heritage
as Americans if We stand idly by
and allow this thing to happen with
out protest or without effort to
avert it. Under the common law,
a man was justified in taking hu-
man life to prevent murder. 1t
would be just as logical to ask a
man who was fiat on his back in the
middle of the road with the knife
of a highwayman at his throat, to
declare what we're his aims in life
if permitted to live. before render
ing him any assistance against his
assailant. We know that the ma
tions that are fighting Hitler and
Mussolini are fighting to preserve
their right TO exist and to control
their internal affairs against for
eign aggression and invasion. We
know they are fighting against the
regimentation and domination of all
mankind by ruthless conqueror.
We know that they are fighting to
preserve the rights of every race
and color to a share in the blessings
of any government of which they
are part. And I cannot help but
look with suspicion upon the posi-
ton of those who insist that the
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TUos where fashion concerned tool Make
them and perfectly
colon
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See collection of long coat fashions in Dress
Juniors, Misses, Larger Womens Note fashion-v
They're easy to take! ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-21
|2,OOO EXPECTED.
 AT CARD PARTY.
Bentfit Thursday Evening for St. Mary's Hospital
 Outstanding Event

All plans have been completed for entertaining more than 2,000 play CTS at the Benefit Card Party being held in the new wing of St. Mary's Hospital Thursday night, April 24, the proceeds to go towards the hos pital building fund.
 Special arrangements have been made to handle the huge crowd that is expected to attend the event which will be held in those portions of the new wing which have been completed. Ample space for all who wish to play in the various sections will be provided.
 One special room has been set mp for the "45" tournament which will pit the best players of the city in which should virtually decide the Waterbury championship.
 For the benefit of those who are unable to attend Thursday nights party the prize committee will ar- range for tables in private homes Persons who wish to 50 arrange tables may communicate with this committee and sufficient prizes will be provided. Members of the com mittee include: Charles Ramon Helen Sweeney, Julia Quill, Mar guerite Shea, Mary ODonnell, Eliz- abeth Shea. and Catherine Mullen
 There will be a final meeting oi the sponsoring committees, repre- senting the Nurses Alumnae Asso. ciation and the Knights of Colum- bus. tonight at 8 o'clock in the Nurses Home on South Elm. street
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-21
SCOUTS PREPARED
 FOR EMERGENCIES
Refugee Camp to Be Estab- lished; ROund-Table Dis-
 CussiOns for Week

A refugee camp for 100 people is one of the many projects in prepar- ation for the coming Emergency Mobilization encampment for all Scout troops and Sea Scout ships of the Mattatuck Council at Camp Mattatuck June 6, 2, and 8, 1t was disclosed today. District round- tables for Scout leaders are being held under the leadership of the respective district commissioners in all of the eight districts of the council.
 The purpose of the Emergency Mobilization Is to give troops and patrols practice In preparing te serve in case of flood, fire or hurri- cane, and includes 8 variety of pa trol and rescue work details, as fol- lows: Two signaling projects, ont daylight and one night; patro emergency service ispection; water rescue for senior scouts only; prac- tice in search of lost persons: and the above mentioned refugee camp.
 There will also be a First Aid Pa- trol project on the care and trans portation of the injured. The pa- trol doing the best work in this will represent the Mattatuck Council at & statewide demonstration to be held at Storrs, Connecticut, June IA.
 Round table meetings have been scheduled as follows:
 West district-Frank D. Mercer, district commissioner Monday, April 2i, Troop il headquarters. Bunker Hill Congregational church -7.30.
 Pomperaug district - Milton Coer district commissioner, Konstantos Valuckas, assistant commissioner = - Monday, April 2l. Community Hall, WatertoWn--8 p. m.
 South district - Everett l.. west, district commissioner -- Tuesday, April 22, Troop IS headquarters - st. Anns church-7:30 ?. m.
 Central District--Frank P. Sch- wartz, district commissioner--Mon- day, April 28, Troop 22 headquarters, First Church Scout house - 7:3o ?. m. 1,,,
 East district --- Carlton Chapin. district commissioner; James w.. Gardner, assistant commissioner --- Tueday, May 6, Troop l8 head quarters, SS. Peter and Paul church -7:30 p. m. ., H.
 North district-Vernon Abel, dis trict commissioner May IS, Troop 16 headquarters, St. L,lcys' church--7:30 D. m.
 Tine dates for the New Miiford and Naugatuck round-tables have not vet been announced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-21
RECEPTION HELD
 FOR FATHER CUNY
St. Cecilia's Transformers
 Fete Popular Pastor on Pastorate Anniversary

Rev. Peter J. Cuny, pastor of St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church on Scovill street, yesterday celebrated his 2lst anniversary as head of that parish. Tn honor of the occasion parishioners yesterday afternoon presented him & purse and spirit ual bouquet at a party in the parish hall attended by 100 members.
 Father Cuny's birthday was an event of last month, 50 the natal day celebration was combined with his pastorate anniversary celebration yesterday. He was also presented a large birthday cake. Refreshments were served before the party was brought to a fitting climax.
 Wednesday evening of this week the 4th in the series of bingo parties and the second of the present month will be held in the parish hall at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Emil Hunmel is chair man of the committee in charge, as- sisted by Mrs. Dora Seibert, Mrs. Elizabeth Mosgrove, Martha Blott- man, Mrs. Ruth Kelley and members of the Holy Family Society of St. Cecilia's parish. .H'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-21
t. Stanislaus Parshoners to Dedicate New Church Bell
Solemn Novena Opens
 Tomorrow Morning
Annual Event Announced at Church of ImmacuIatt
 Conception; First Communion Class Being Formed

solved to grant all his requests iA Heaven"
 Rev. Francis M. o'Shea, perma- nent pastor, announced this inorn- ing that all services in the Immacu- late Conception church next Sunday will be on Daylight Saving time, Clocks must be put one hour ahead Saturday nj, lt.
 First Communion
 A first Communion class was formed yesterday. Instructions for public school children will be held today, Wednesday and Friday after- moons at St. Mary's school.
 Exposition of the Blessed sacra- ment will be held all day Thursday after the o'clock Mass, closing with novena devotions in the evetl- ing at 7;30 o'clock. The novena in honor of Our Lady of the Miracu- lous Medal will be held Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock. \,
 The Rosary Confraternity will re- ceive Holy communion next Sunday morning at the 8 o'clock Mass and the Holy Angels Sodality at therO o'clock Mass.
 Religious instructions for high school freshmen, will be held this evening at 2 o'clock and for high school sophomores, juniors and seif- iors at 7:45 o'clock.
 The Third Order of St. Francis will meet tomorrow evening after devotions.