The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-09-11
The Common-tater
Chuck Rattle
Tales Of the Town


about it; simply pass it along as the kind of
conjecture that goes about town. But
the talk of the moment regarding the status of the
Minnesota Defense Force among men of the COM
pany here that it may eventually replace altogether
the National Guard. They reason that with
the equipment and money and effort expended on
the states troopers it would seem illogical to
disband the outfit at the return of the Guard.
That incidentally the original plan and in the
minds of the higher ups may be altered not
one bit. A logical solution may be that
the two will be fused but under sole state effort.
1t would seem reasonable that the Federal govern
ment. with it's future layout for military use
certainty for years. may divorce itself entirely
from the states MALTA.
I think that many of you-partcularly those
families who have fellows in Company C-may be
interested in the maneuvers at Camp Ripley Sunday
In addition to the entire First Service Regi-
ment, MDF the 3rd Infantry of the Regular Army
with a thousand men or more will be on maneu-
vers The Governor, General Walsh and others
the brass hats will be hand for the review in
the afternoon. The governor will address the
of the regiment in the afternoon at an open
talk. Men of Company are polishing their
buttons this week, for the governor gets his first
official peak at the MDF when he reviews the regi-
ment Sunday. The gang from here would like
good roofing section
Out
Latest camp rumor out of Camp Haan, persist
ing from several sources, is that the boys expect
they may be out by spring. 1t would seem from
that if there is foundation for the talk, that there
is bright spot in the clouds over Europe More
talk. More rumor.
It's been called topsy-turvy world for long
time. :. Ben Dubois added philosophical note
to the notion the other day. In the business
world he said the man with the most interesting
job gets the biggest pay, the most and incest vaca-
tions a chance to grab afternoon lunch. But
the plodding worker droning at monotonous
task like daylong shoveling gets little relief scanter
IA
Congressman Harold Knutson ntmated recently
that folding money may be made of rubber.
He cited reason the silk shortage now vastly
important in the manufacture of the paper for cur
rency :. He intimates rubber strings should
replace the silk threads now used in the bills.
Speaking of money here's tip. Saw Bob
Rydholm literally wrestling with handful of bills
the other day trying to arrange them right 1t
seems outside of the bankers, keeps the
money all with the picture facing up and all IN the
same direction Be big help to your banker to
keep the bills facing the same way Thought
occurred that If no turned in any more bills
at a time than did, the bankers would have
precious little worry about strengthening them
Complaint week cracked down around your col
umnists ears this week 1t seems we mentioned
something about ducking awnings along the street
last column. And there good many un-
believers in this hamlet. Chief among them is
Lloyd Bycker, whose great grandfather was in the
has absolutely nothing to do with this paragraph
save for Identification. Lloyd wrote this note:
IRE: 10th line in your opening paragraph OF your
column this a. m. issue: You swing along Main
Street. ducking the tented awnings With apologies
Who swings along Main Street, ducking awnings?
The ilustrious Common-tater. Chuck just how tall
are you and whose awnings are that close to the
sidewalk? p" He has the incest way Of tripping
fellow flat his face I've ever seen. You
will carefully note the descriptive adjective lust
rious" along with other redeeming features Of the
cor ONT Believe
to this department gets plenty Of time for analysis
. In the first place the got ten lines into
write about. In the second place he got ten lines
into the column (period) Thirdly he wrote i'm
medately, "this g. m." he said. And he was
apologetic. The subtle sur my stature is
thinly veiled but withal cleverly couched Well,
subsequently wrote Blyck, can dream, can't
T? Other complaints on this particularly are
band and (2) Baldy Forsberg, just back from Brain
erd.
A note from Helen sather, former school teacher
who subscribed for the paper. Nice to get the
home town" paper, she relates. Helen Is teach
ing this year at the Minnesota School of Business
down Minneapolis way
Telephony
More than a million and a quarter miles Of wire
are in telephone cable installed being installed to
military establishments and defense plants
enough wire to wrap around the earth so times.
Best times to place long distance calls the telephone
company advises, 10 to II in the morning to
in the afternoon and just after in the evening
when the rate drops. There than %
million telephones in the United States with lines
and equipment to connect each with any other in
only a minute
News
If crowds here were any indication, then Abbo.
and Costello's "In the Navy" is the crowd getting
picture of the year. Or else there lot of
people who had nothing else to do with their time
Queues formed for two shows the first day of
the picture, parked for blocks around
the theatre. It's their followup Buck Privates"
the pic that made a second run picture
and turned out to be box office betty Clyde
McCoy's Sugar Blues" than which there is
better If you like the trumpet a wht-is get
ting revival in the juke boxes. Veddy welcome
in most spots too Judy Garland sang Daddy"
over the Bergen-McCarthy program the other night
and substituted New York for Paris in the line