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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-12-18

Dear Santa: I intended to give
you this letter Saturday, but could
not get close. My you must also
be having hard times for you sure
was thin. Please bring me a doll,
doll carriage and doll clothes. Billy
wants dump truck. Lots of love,
Maxine frisco.
My Dear Santa Claus: I am a
good little boy. I am going to
school. I like my teacher. She is
very good to me. For Christmas
would like to have a racer horse,
a game, candy, and digger, some
nuts, apples. Be sure and go to
my teacher. Her name is Miss
Wolfe. Goodbye Santa. From Lit
tie Alfred Peterson, Sank Centre.
My Dear Santa: I am a good
little boy. I go to school every
day. For Christmas would like to
have a game of Chinese checkers.
I like to have a big truck, a apple,
some nuts, candy and oranges.
Goodbye, Paul Peterson, Sank Gen.
ire.
My Dear Santa: am a good boy.
go to school every day. For
Christmas T would like to have a
game Of bingo, some oranges, ap-
pies, nuts and candy. That's all.
Goodbye Santa Claus, Melvin Ped
erson, Sank Centre.
Dear Santa: am 8 years old and
in the 3rd grade. Please bring me
dolly and a sled and a black
board with some chalk. A merry
Christmas to you. like my teach
err real we'll. Goodbye, Marion Lois
Walther, Westport.
Dear Santa: am 6 years old
and in the first grade. like my
teacher just fine. My sister, Eve
Ign, is 3 years old and she wants
doll and candy and nuts and !
| would like a sled and blackboard
with chalk. A Merry Christmas to
you. Verna Mae and Evelyn Wal
Their, Westport.
Dear Santa Claus: I would like
photograph and a cowboy suit.
From Allan Smedstad, Westport.
Dear Santa: A joyous holiday
greeting. Will you bring me a
BIB gun and a color book and some
colors, a tinker toy set and also
some candy and nuts. Your dear
friend, Donald Kettler, Sank Gen.
tire.
Dear Santa Claus: A glad Christ
mas season Santa. When you pack
your sleigh with gifts perhaps you
will put in a blackboard for me.
I would also like a color book, col
ors, a cut-out book, handkerchief,
doll clothes, tinker toy, a game
and ukelele. Your friend, Mary
Theresa Kemper, Sank Centre.
$50
Dear Santa: A Merry Christmas!
In case you cannot go with your
oACSi l. "Ah oCC yooi GA PAchiS' w AA
you please bring me watch and
coat and mittens, candy and nuts
and two pairs of boxing gloves.
Your friend, Richard Kettler, Sank
Centre.
Dear Santa: A glad Christmas
season. Please bring me a pair of
boxing gloves, candy, nuts, gun,
mittens and skis. Your friend,
Leonard Cokely. Sank Centre.
Dear Santa: A Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year Santa.
would like a pair Of mittens, a
toboggan, candy and nuts for this
year. 1t would be jolly to see your
reindeer. Your friend, Patrick Coke
ley. p. s. Maybe you have an extra
tinker toy that you could leave me,
also a rifle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-12-18

Editor ............................-A ileen Edoff
Grades. Hansen,
Constance Stelzig, Luella Chead-
le, Helen Rodgers and Gladys
Samuelson
Junior High Classes...-.....--.Darleen
Thornbloom, Audrey Breckhan,
Marilyn Cordell and Deloris
Haider.
Sophomores.-...Don Mae Kuefler,
Catherine Prasch, Pauline Wilcox
Junior .Winnifred Han
sen and Virginia Polipnick.
Senior Classes Halstead
and Yolanda Lentz.
Home .Marcella Dickhause
Music Margaret Whitson
Activities ........--..-.Margaret Conley,
June Brown, Betty Osendorf.
Library --------------------------Snlrley faSke
Clubs and Office Frances Saathoff
Sports ISL
Agriculture ..-Rodger Carpenter
Industrial Arts. Marguerite LUX
Typists. ............-.........Laura Tombers
and Priscilla Smith.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-31
CAPITOL WILL
 SHOW PICTURE OF 'SAB0TAGE'
Chares 6rapewin, ArIeen WheIan and Gordon
 Oliver Star in Film

The timely subject of present day tie-ups in factories, anti-American activities by foreign agents and the work of Federal men in cleaning up these activities is taken up in the picture, Sabotage" which opens at the Capitol Theatre for one night only.
 Starring in the film are Charles Grapewin, Arleen Whelan and Cor don Oliver The exciting, action packed drama is filled with thrilling scenes of open sabotage in defense industries, and undercover work of agents of foreign interests.
 Several interesting short subjects are also on the bill, such as Fresh as a Freshman" Going Places" and Junior I. e. Parade" The lat est news will be shown audiences.
 Between features tomorrow night, the Girl Scout will have their fash ion show. Play Girl' will also be shown.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-31
Girl Stouts Cookie
 Sale Ends tomorrow: Public Is Thanked

Girl Scout cookies, which have been on sale in Juneau and Doug las grocery stores throughout the past week, have proved to be very popular, and Mrs. Charles Burdick who is in general charge of the sale, wishes to thank the public for their patronage in buying the cookies.
 The cookies have been served throughout the week at Percy's and Baranof Coffee Shop, and this has proved an incentive to diners to buy more. Many grocery stores have sold out on original cartons and sent for more. The cookies are crisp and inexpensive and will keep for some time.
 Saturday is the last day of the sale, and it also marks the end of National Girl Scout Week, during which time the local girls have been working to make themselves financially independent. Climax of the weeks activities will be the fashion show tomorrow night at the Capitol Theatre.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-31

The galleries are already full, for lobbyists, tourists and the curi- ous can smell vote, even if there has been no advance warning. The place is a babble of voices.
 Suddenly the Speaker raps for order, his gavel falling slowly and monotonously. The men in the press gallery reach for the print ed pads that say House Roll Call" and carry the names of each of the members on single lines that can be checked right and left for the ayes and nays.
 Speaker Rayburn says: "The question is on the passage of the bill.p The sound of voices is hard ly more than a whisper. The clerk steps up to the microphone ard starts calling the roll: Allen. of Illinois, No repeats the clerk. Allen, of Louisiana, ,"-"Aye' Aye, Anderson, H. Carr-"No"-- No, Anderson of California, ,'--"No'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-31
AWSKnitters Will
 Not Meet Tonight

There will be no knitting meeting of the American Womens Voluntary Services knitting group this week, it was announced today. The group usually meets every Friday evening to work on Red Cross and British Relief garments.
 The next meeting of the knitters will be next Friday evening, NQvem- Der T, at 8 o'clock in the home of Mrs. Harold Smith on Sixth Street. All members are urged to be present.
 Last meeting of the group was held at the home of Mrs. B. D. Stewart.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-31
JUNEAU SCHOOL ENROLMENT I5 IN
 SECOND PLACE

Figures recently compiled by the Commissioner of Education and published in the Alaska Educational Directory reveal that Juneau schools have taken second place in total enrolment for the first time in the history of the schools.
 First place in enrolment this year is held by the Anchorage schools, with Juneau second, Ket- chikan third and Fairbanks fourth.
 Enrolment figures for the schools are as follows: Anchorage, high schcol, POP; grade school 632; total, e84; Juneau. high school. 241; grade school, 549; total, 790; Ketchikan, high school, 218; grade school, 561; tctal, 779; and Fairbanks, high lO7; grade school, 439; total 546.
 Juneau still has the largest high school in the Territory, however.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-31
THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA
TWO PICTURES : OPEN TONIGHT,
 10TH CENTURY
"A Fugitive from Justice and Legion of Lawless"
 Billed for Two Days

Warner Bros "A Fugitive from Justice" which opens at the 20th Century Theatre tonight illustrates the latest trend in racketeer films, It's a gangster picture without a word of gangland lingo"
 With Roger Pryor in the leading role, playing opposite Lucille Fair banks, the film is the first that shows lot of tough guys without having them talk tough.
 Fast, snappy and full of speed, "A Fugitive from Justice relies on action rather than talk to make its point like man who hits first and asks questions afterwards; but there isn't "gat' or rod" in the entire dialogue a ,r
 The seccnd feature, laid in the 1870's, against the rugged back ground of pioneer western town, George O'Brien's new film thriller, Legion of the Lawless' is said to be one of the stars most exciting action films.
 The popular star portrays an ag- gressive lawyer who studied Black stone while riding the range. When he decides to go into business in a strange western community, group of Vigilantes who are 8 law unto themselves try to run him out of town. OBrien's resistance, and his determined efforts to smash the ruthless gang, provides the, basis of the thrilling RKO Radio picture.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-31

The Department of Commerce reports that current sales of bi- cycles are believed to be in excess of those of the Gay Nineties."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-31
Mrs. |. W. Turoff and Children Leave Soon


 Mrs. L. w. Turoff and her two children will leave Juneau aboard the Aleutian on its southbound trip on the first leg of their journey to join MT. Turoff in the South. Turoff is at present resident en- gineer of the Public Roads Admin istration and stationed at Mont gomery. Alabama. The family will make their home there in the future. On her way, Mrs. Turoff will stop for several weeks in Spokane, Wash- ington, to visit her parents.
 NOTICE sale at J. B. Burford & Co. adv. AIRMAIL ENVELOPES. showing air route from Seattle to Nome, on Subscribe to The Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-31
RAINBOW GIRLS TO HOLD
 REGULAR MEET TOMORROW

A meeting of the Order of Rain bow for Girls vii take place to- morrow afternoon. This is the reg ular business meeting of the month. Presiding officer is Worthy Adviser Isabel Parsons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-31
Mo0sEHEART
 CELEBRATION
 IS TONIGHT
local Lodge Is Observing Day with Program,
 Banquet, Dance

A special program. a dance and banquet tonight will mark the annual celebration of Mooseheart Day by the members Of the local Loyal Order of Moose No. 700. The celebration, arranged under the direction of chairman Eskeson will take place in the Odd Fellows Hall.
 A meeting of the lodge, which will last about fifteen minutes, will precede the festivities, at o'clock. All members and their invited guests will be present.
 G. E. Almquist will be toast master for the occasion and also one of the speakers. He is junior past governor of the organization. Other speakers will be G. E. Allen, governor, Mrs. Ole Westby and Or lando Godfrey.
 On the program will be solo by Betty Goodman, who will be &C., companied by her mother at the piano. Mrs. Goodman will also play for the group singing of a number of songs including God Bless America, My Alaska and America" The Juneau High School tumbling class will present several stunts under the direction of Henry Harmon, instructor.
 Dancing will be done to the music of the Goodman orchestra.
 The celebration of Mooseheart Day is observed during October by the Moose lodge in recognition Of Mooseheart, in Illinois. The func- tion of this institution is to pro- vide a home and schooling under excellent care for orphans. The work of the Mooseheart was shown in feature Young America" this week at the 20th Century Theatre.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-31
NOTICE!

Frances Elliott. Alterations. Ph. Blue 734. 102 Assembly Apts. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-31
Conore5s Packs Drama Punch When Roll Call
 Is Taken on Vial Bill

Continued from Page One)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-31
COLISEUM
- Sturts Tonight = TOUR SONS" = COLTSEU
JBPW Club Is to
 Elect Officers

For the purpose of electing off cers for the ensuing year, members of the Juneau Business and Pro- fessional Women's Club will meet Monday evening at o'clock in the home of Mrs. Mae Kilroy Members will also discuss the Scholarship Ball, which takes place tomorrow night in the Elks Ballroom.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-31

Capitol and in the House Office buildings, summoning all mem bers to get on the floor for a vote, the swinging doors into the cloak rooms and corridor start flaming up a steady breeze as the Con a,ressmen flock in. A minute be- fore only a handful of members were listening, but now the pa- rade is on.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-31
NO" and so it goes.


 Often a murmur rises after some vote is cast unexpectedly. Such was the case when Rep. Hamilton Fish (dyed-in-the- wool Republican opponent of the Administration and one of the leaders of the so- called isolationist banO voted for the merchant arming measure. An other came when Rep. Vito Mar cantonio, the New York American Labor Party pacifist, also voted for the bill
 Suddenly, there is furry in the press gallery, as runners leap up the stairs to carry bulletins to the teletype operators or re- write men-or reporters on dead line, dash for telephones. You know then the die is cast.
 But down below the roll call goes on until Zimmerman" = "Aye"-"Aye" Is reached. Then a pause Sometimes breathless one when the vote is close) and fin- ally the vote is announced: Ayes, 259, nays 138."
 The tension folds like a ground ed parachute. Two minutes more and the House and galleries have melted to small groups. It's the Act I curtain. Act II will be played by different cast-on the Senate side
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-09-18
ILLITERATE DRAFTEES

One of the uncomfortable facts
disclosed by the selective service
system is that thousands of young
men in this great country of educa-
tional opportunity are unable to pass
simple test of reading and writing.
In recent two-months period, May
Is to July Is, total of 91,919
draftees were excused on account
of illiteracy. Of these, 1927 were
white, and 54,702 were Negro.
The southern states have the
heaviest percentages of illiteracy.
In Louisiana, 48 per cent of the
whites and 237 of the Negroes were
rejected on this score In Georgia
and Florida, the percentage was
only slightly less. Other states of
high illiteracy are Virginia, Missis-
sippi and North Carolina.
Partly to offer the benefits of edu-
cation, partly to increase the num-
Der of men fit for military service,
WPA is setting up project to teach
reading and writing to the rejectees.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-09-18
Mans Creation

Mans Creation
Men heap together the mistakes
of their lives and create mon.
ster they call Destiny. - John
Oliver.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-09-18

A NEW GOLF ANGLE
PROFESSIONAL golf needs new
angle in a ranking or scoring
way. 1t needs badly something like
the 'Standing of the Clubs" in base
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-09-18
The National Open
Colts DANGER SPOT

The excitement of the recent Ma
tional Amateur championship at
Omaha will long be remembered by
the galleryites who watched the
campaigners battle it out for top
honors. Many weird things can
happen in these double 18-hole tests.
Few estimate the danger Of these
18-hole matches. wonder how
many recall the fact that for four
years so fine golfer as George Won
Elm was beaten in his first round.
When he finally managed to
scramble through at Baltusrol-and
he might easily have lost his first
match again, being one down and
one to play-he went along to beat
Bobby Jones in the final rush.
Also few recall the fact that Bobby
Jones barely escaped with his scalp
and his shirt more than once. Dick
Jones almost nailed him at Baltusrol
one down, where Bobby holed 15-
footer and Dick blew a two-footer
on the same hole in the stretch.
Maurice Mccarthy had Bobby two
down and four to play. Others of
no ranking caliber carried him to
the eighteenth or nineteenth holes,
including Ray Gorton at Brookline.
Johnny Goodman finally caught
him at Pebble Beach.
The 18-hole tests were Waterloos
to men who could 60 longer matches.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-09-18
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u, S, BASES IN AFRICA

u. S. BASES in AFRICA
The public doesn't generally know
it, though Nazi agents do, but the
United States is very quietly and eff
fciently building up series OF stra-
tegic bases along the coast of AT
RIGA to guard against Nazi air
putsch from Dakar to South Amer
lea.
First of these bases will be air.
dromes at Freetown, in the British
colony of Sierra Leone, now being
developed by Pan American Air
ways on the airplane ferrying route
to Egypt.
Second will be an important air
drome in Liberia, the Afro-American
colony just south of Freetown.
Equally important will be subma-
rine base in Liberia.
The Liberian airdrome is now
being built in cooperation with the
Firestone Rubber company.
Purpose of these bases is to take
the place of the U. S. fleet in the
South Atlantic. Long ago, U. S.
naval strategists figured they could
reduce materially the number of
U. S. warships around Hawaii and
California, if there were enough big
bombing planes on the Pacific island
bases to patrol the Pacific.
So now U. S. bombing planes op-
Grating from the African coast will
do the same thing for the South At
lantic in order to guard against Nazi
moves from Vichy dominated
Dakar.
The problem of shutting off a Nazi
blitz in the South Atlantic is much
harder than in the Pacific, due to
one factor: distances in the Allan
tic are about one-third less than
those in the Pacific.
BAD EGGS
A member of the British air mis-
sion in Washington, back after a
flying trip to England, has report
on food conditions that is a COM
bination of humor and hard, unpal-
atable fact.
Regarding the food shortage in
England he says that eggs in most
places are unobtainable. The ration
is one egg per person per week.
Some millions of eggs shipped from
the United States were all bad.
Bacon and eggs" today is un-
known in England. The nearest ap-
proach is bacon and "egg," and if
the day you want it is not egg day,
you have to be content with bacon
and tomato instead.
Sugar is limited to half lump
per person per meal. At Claridge's,
one sardine per person per day is
the most sardines anyone can OBJ
tain. Next in scarcity at this swank
London hostel is butter. At each
meal, you get a vast dish in which
you may be able to discern two little
dabs, each smaller than penny.
Fresh fruit is nearly non-existent.
There are no oranges at all. The
returning Britisher also reports that
the general shortage of clothing re-
suits in sloppy dressing.
The report urges that England inn
mediately import thousands of small
homecoming machines to be used
by housewives in preserving current
crops of fruits, vegetables, rabbits,
and meats of all sorts. He advo-
Gates 'tthat the women of England
be obliged to preserve food, instead
of devoting themselves to the hope
less hip and tummy development
that results from continual knit
ting"
OFFERS FARM FOR DEFENSE
John H. Perry, president of West
ern Newspaper Union, has offered
his 2,500-acre farm in Owen
county, Kentucky, to the Royal
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-09-18
Why Invent Words?

Some writers go to the trouble
of inventing words, which few out
side their own circle can under
stand. The English language is
extremely rich in words, and not
impoverished. In the unabridged
edition Of the English dictionary
there are some 100000 words, far
more than any man can hope I'd
USE. Shakespeare had vocabu-
larry of only $4,000 words, COM
pared with $4,000 used by the edu-
Gated adult today. Milton used
$1,000 different words, and the
Bible contains only 1900 different
words.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-09-18


The best way to find out what to
send soldiers in camp is to ask
among the men with the colors
show cigarettes and smoking to-
bacco head the list. Actual sales
records from service stores in the
Army, Navy, Marine Corps and
Coast Guard show the largest
selling cigarette is Camel. Prince
Albert Smoking Tobacco is we'll
known as the National Joy
Smoke" A carton of Camels or a
pound tin of Prince Albert is al
ways welcome, doubly welcome
around the end of the month. Local
tobacco dealers are featuring
these brands as ideal gifts for men
in the service.-Adv.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-09-18

ball. There are too
many different win
ners in too many
tournaments for the
public to know who
is ahead and who
isn't.
This could be ar
ranged by picking
out a number of the
leading tournaments
in which most of
the stars play, and
from these a record
of the total strokes
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-09-18

could be tabulated. Also, a point
system of first, second, third, fourth
and fifth places might be kept so
that followers of the ancient game
could get a clearer idea of what
the leading stars are doing.
The first method was tried out
few years ago on the West coast
and it scored a clean hit. Four big
tournaments were picked for the
test. The total scores of the leaders
were printed after each tournament
with the result that by the third
tournament there was keen interest
in trying to pick the winner.
On the final day, as I recall, Ed
Dudley and Harry Cooper were neck
and neck, with several pursuers not
far auyav
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-09-18
Plants, Flowers Grow Rapidly

A DELIGHTFUL mystery! He
a liotrope with sweet clusters OF
tiny flowers, graceful PAINS and
ivy-striped pandanus-all growing
merrily in a small-necked jug. Ad-
miring friends ask Elbow on earth
did they get there?''
Bottle terrariums are almost as
simple to make as the more usual
kind. Pour in some drainage ma
terial, pebbles perhaps, and then
add soil. Shake and tilt the bottle
as you pour in each layer until
it lies evenly.
Our 32.page booklet gives complete d.
rections for making terrariums and dish
gardens of all Misunderstanding handicapped,
gardenia, orchid terrariums. Tells how
to grow kitchen-windoW herb gardens
Send your order to:
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-09-18
NO GAS TROUBLES

The shortage Of gasoline in the
East raises no problems IN the life
of Hattie Caraway, though, as rank
ing member of the senate commerce
committee, she plays an important
role in the investigation of the al
legged shortage.
The motherly senator from Arkan-
sas is one of the few members of
the upper chamber who doesn't own
an automobile
Mrs. Caraway depends on street
cars and buses to get to and from
her office.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-09-18
OFFERS FARM FOR DEFENSE

John H. Perry, president of West
ern Newspaper Union, has offered
his 2,500-acre farm in Owen
county, Kentucky, to the Royal
Canadian Air force as pilot train
ing center. The rest of his large
estate has been offered to the U. S.
government. 81 am for national
Defense" said Perry, land Uncle
Sam can have my place, lock, stock
and barrel"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-09-18
Army Weathermen

A the eahe plays vital role Uncle Sam is taking steps
supply oeahermen defense At the depart
of neteorooy York university thirty college graduates
learning the doping OUT the ,oeaher before becoming
forces training operating
2or basis These photos sho how they work.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-09-18

Broadway Smalltalk: Ben Bernie
got his new CHS program when he
met Mr.. Wrigley, who said: "What
are you doing these days?"
Nothing" said Ben gloomily -. :.
"Well, how about working for me?"
said the choongum man, and now
he's on five nights weekly Paul
Ash has :. good idea: Turn old Ii
cense plates over to the govt for
scrap metal. There were over 3d.
100000 cars registered last year.
Each pair of plates averages two
lbs. If all car owners did their
duty-that'd be 100000 lbs.