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THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1942 Your Local News and Markets Only on 1450 THE ST. CLOUD DAILY TIMES For Best in Radio, Tune to KF AM 1450 Kff, PAGE TWO 1:1 Tic. Mean Old Cops Frown on Spring Dye Conspiracy 1 Ceottaud tram Ttgt 1 Charges Aired if Quezon Arrives in Washington Today Washington VP) President Manuel Quezon of the Philippines, who escaped from embattled Corregidor before It fell to the Japanese, has arrived In Washington to establish a temporary seat of government. Although many governments In exile are functioning in London, this was the first to set up In the United States capital. Quezon, his wife and three chil Washington W) The justice de partment announced today that a federal grand Jury at Trenton, N.

had indicted eight corporations and Philadelphia VP) Police raced to city hall courtyard to answer a riot call and heard lilting voices singing HI ho, the merrio, the farmer takes a wife." 'The cops found eight soldiers and sailors and their girl friends playing "Farmer in the Dell" while a crowd of 300 stomped and clapped and blocked the courtyard entrances. "Shucks," complained a sailor as the law broke it up, "dont they know It's spring?" 20 of their officials on a charge of world-wide conspiracy to monopol ize the manufacture and sale of dyestuffs. The actual defendants, topped by claims broadcast for obviously propaganda purposes they would not be so intriguing to authorities here. For the most part the claims have been backed up by official communiques. Naval experts, particularly students of enemy propaganda, say therefore that the Japanesp boasts must have some real, although submerged, significance.

One theory is that the admirals did not want to commit hara-kiri over their defeat, as the first Japanese commander in the Philippines is reported to have done, and so invented a victory. Another explanation is that the high command was afraid to let the Japanese nation know of a reverse which proved the fleet was not dren, who reached this country by way of Australia, arrived by train from San Francisco late, yesterday the giant E. I. DuPont de Nemours company, are Americans, but the indictment named as co-conspira tors the leading chemical companies in Germany, France, Great Britain, HAVE YOU TRIED Switzerland and Japan, along with some satellite corporations in Soutli America and Canada. NATIONAL'S ffr Thurman Arnold, justice department anti-trust chief, said that a world-wide cartel had "not only resulted in high prices to the American consumer but also has restricted the full development of the chemical industry which is essential to our war effort." "One of the principal means of 2 (Continued from Pg J) the conspiracy," Arnold said in a statement, "has been restricting pro TORNADO'S AFTERMATH Wreckage was strewn about the southwest side of Morton, after Wednesday tornado, which struck about noon, demolishing at least ten homes here as well as numerous farm buildings this area.

In the foreground is shown what is left of the home of Ed Witte; in the background, lying on its side, is the home of Walter Butzer, and on the right is the home of illiam Middleton, its roof wrecked by the twister. duction of chemical intermediates from which dyestuffs are made and minor damage. Farm Damaged Covering an area less than a quarter-mile wide, the storm burst on the farm of Harry Warneke, six miles west of Anoka. The home alone was undamaged and Warneke, recuperating from an operation, and his wife, were unhurt. At the nearby farm of Fred Warneke, from which important munitions, particularly explosives and plastics, could be made." man troops were "resisting" instead fighters which attempted to attack Port Moresby on the southern coast of New Guinea.

front room of their farm home with her daughter, Dolores, 5 months old, when the storm struck. of the customary "repulsing." Developments on other world wide fronts: Seattle Sets Up Battle of Burma British military Mrs. Hunt grabbed the baby and was unable to recall how she got outside, where they were found. MILDNESS above all other qualities determines the brand a blend drinker se'fects. Won't you try National's EAGLE today, and see for yourself why we say it's MILDER than ever before.

Just one taste and you're in for a MILD surprise. James R. Clevenger, Pearlie L. Clevenger, Richard E. Davis, Walter R.

Davis, John F. Falconer, Raymond E. Fox, Arthur J. Gattie, Clarence L. Goninen, Kenneth R.

Gordon, Ralph M. Hollingsworth, Warren T. Lackie, Wallace C. Lee, William L. Mattson, Glen S.

Oliver, William J. Smith, Jenry F. Turner. Privates 6 (Continued from Fag 1) Bond Sales Mark Seattle VP) Seattle tossed this challenge to other cities today 88.75 percent of all homes pledged to buy war bonds for the duration. Pledges have been received from 179,126 homes to buy $25,613,653.14 in war bonds annually.

Harry's father, the small house was moved off its foundation, and at a cousin's farm several trees were felled, and the barn demolished. At that point The tornado appeared to lift and came to earth live miles away at the farm of Guy Walton, where the farm itructures were wrerked. Mrs. Harold Hunt, 25, was in the 3 tecmen who previously had indicated sentiment for such a levy i were reported changing over. (Continued from Pag 1) Thf itraight whiikie in thii product re 4 venri or more old; trtight whlikeT, 75 piiin neutral pmt National PutilWn PrMnrtt Nf York.

SO ft Proof. Distributors ED. PIIILLirS SONS Minneapolis quarters said fierce Indian Ghurkas counter-attacked the Japanese and gained a respite from enemy pressure against the Burma gateway to India. Latest reports said the nearly exhausted British rearguard was now around Kalewa, 40 miles from the Assam frontier of India. On the Allied left flank, Chinese dispatches indicated that the Japanese had driven nearly 120 miles 7 (Continued from Page 1) Russians driving toward the big German winter base at Smolensk, GOOD FOOD Steaks, Chicken, Pike.

Frog Legs and Lobster Talis are every day along the twisting Burma road into China proper. Chinese headquarters said Chi Melvin D. Ahlgrim, Lawrence R. Alberg, John J. Allen, Loyd (CQ) I.

Antonson, August Bender, Willie A. BJornstad, James H. Bogart, Al-pheus W. Brown, Blllie E. Brown, Ernest E.

Brusscau, Orvln C. Carpenter, Harvey L. Finch, Ferdinand J. Frederickson, Claude Gilmer, Ernest M. Gordon, Henry G.

Hem-burg, John B. Joosten, Wesley J. Kerrigan, Carl M. Kramp, Joseph P. Lamkin, John J.

Lovejoy. Roy E. Maghan, Floyd J. Munger, Roy M. Nordstrom, Donald E.

Palmer, Henry G. Peck, John E. Peder-son, Clifford D. Reardin, George H. Roth, Sid H.

Saign, Wince L. Sal-sebee, Harold A. Snell, Frank E. South, John C. Spornit, Robert E.

Swanson and Arthur B. Thomas. item. 230 miles west of the Soviet capital. On the basis of all these reports, 1 'The Mobilization of Man Power NEW "400" CLUB it appeared that the whole TLESANT LAKE Governor Stassen, after disclosing the war department's letter, said that "I know the people of Minnesota join me in extending deepest sympathy to the families" of the Brainerd men.

"We express keen appreciation of their sacrifice, pride in their heroic stand and prayerful hope for the day of victory when we may welcome back the survivors of our 'heroes of Bataan'," said the governor. "May it be our highest resolve that these courageous sons of Minnesota did not stand in vain." Personnel Listed In addition to Lt. Col. Miller, four lieutenants were among Minneso-tans who originally left Minnesota for Fort Lewis. They were: First Lieut.

John S. Muir, First Lieut. Clinton D. Quinlen, Second Lieut. Edward L.

Burke and Second Lieut. Arthur J. Root. nese troops had destroyed bridges across the upper Salween river and were holding the east bank against enemy vanguards 60 miles west of Paoshan. Poashan Is 180 miles inside Chinese Yunnan province from the Burma frontier by road, 100 miles mile battleline from Leningrad to the Black sea was aflame in a series of gigantic battles which may de cide the war in Europe.

"The days of fierce new battles are beginning," said the Soviet army newspaper, Red Star. Red Star said the Germans had DELICIOUS Fried TURTLE and Fried PIKE Served Every Friday WAIBEL SMITH 710 St. Germain Str. by air. Another Japanese colmun striking northward from the Burma road! was reported threatening the ancient City of Tengyueh, on the caravan 1 route between China and Burma.

Battle to Save City massed a considerable number of tank and planes and might win temporary successes in some sectors, 4 (Continued Irom Page 1) but declared that "the most critical A Chinese spokesman said Chinese troops were battling to save the city. days are far behind." Adolf Hitler's field headquarters asserted that German troops in the Crimea had won a smashing victory on the Kerch peninsula and were now relentlessly pursuing the "defeated" Russian armv. Miller held the rank of captain when he departed from Minnesota as commanding officer of Company but subsequently he was elevated with the rank of lieut. colonel in charge of the tank battalion. last fall said he saw no hope for an improvement in transportation facilities within the next few months.

However, Senator Pepper (D-Fla) said he thought the expanded use of inland waterways offered some hope in this respect. Battle of Australia Gen. Douglas! MacArthur's headquarters reported I that Allied bombers lashing out at the western flank of Japanese in- Delicious Southern Fried PIKE vasion bases above Australia had sunk a Japanese ship at! Meanwhile, the political storm Amboina, former Dutch naval base, over unlimited gasoline for con Every Friday 2gc gressmen grew more turbulent. Downey pressed for action today on a resolution putting the senate on The others in the Minnesota tank battalion were: First Sergeant Carroll M. Guin.

Staff Sergeants Peter Clabo, Charles A. Dunnell, Russell L. Swearingen, and Robert E. Weygand. Sergeants Arthur W.

Brown, Francis D. Davis, Boyce W. Hyatt, James L. record as waiving any preferential treatment in rationing. Some Make Charge The nazi command said German bombers were pounding the port of Kerch and blasting Soviet ships in the adjacent waters.

(This indicated that the Russians still held Kerch.) The Swiss radio quoted the Rumanian high command as saying that German and Rumanian troops had captured Kerch City and Takil, thus reaching the gateway to the great Caucasus oil fields. Kerch lies across a narrow strait from the Caucasus. Progress Claimed The Vichy (French) news agency also reported that Axis troops had thrust to the end of the eastern With all the trimmings GRANITE CENTER BOWLING LANES 1740 St. Germain Street Fear of repercussions at home and damaged two others. Other Allied warplanes attacked Rabaud, New Britain, on the opposite flank, bombing ships in the harbor and 15 Japanese bombers on the airdrome runway.

Battle of the Atlantic The German high command said nazi U-boats preying on Allied ships in the Atlantic had sunk nine vessels totaling 31,000 tons in an attack on an England-bound convoy lasting several days. "Other U-boats sank 12 merchant ships totaling 82,000 toils and one caused some legislators to exchange their unlimited cards to A and cards with limited quotas. Reports on the first day's is suance of cards in Washington in dicated that more than 10 percent were of the classification, en HHP Johnson, David E. Karlson, Frederick F. Lowe, Harlan N.

Peterson, Walter H. Samuelson, Byron Lvveil-lette. Corporals Milan E. Anderson, Lloyd E. Avery, Maxwell S.

Dobson, Wallace F. Goodrich, Howard J. Larson, James F. McComas, Lee D. McDonald, Glen H.

Nelson, Donald H. Paine, Kenneth Porwoll, Paul A. Saarinen, Walter B. Straka, Herbert F. Strob-el.

Privates First Class Gerald J. Bell, Ross H. Burrows, titling the holder to an unlimited supply. Among those getting cards Crimea, seizing the two key towns and occupying almost the entire were 47 congressional secretaries. patrol boat in American waters," the high command said.

North African war front British headquarters said that British desert fights dispersed 15 Axis tanks in a sharp fight yesterday and that British artillery put a smaller Axis tank column to flight. Friday Noon Special! fried pcr PIKE fcWl Potatoes, Vegetable, etc. 5 (Continued from Pig 1) coastline facing the Caucasus. The-i Germans first captured Kerch in their October offensive in 1941, only to be driven out by the Russians in a surprise sea-borne attack during a blizzard last December 30. A bulletin from Red army headquarters acknowledged that Russian troops had executed an orderly withdrawal yesterday in the face of numerically superior Axis forces, but gave no indication of the trend of the battle overnight.

"During the night of May 13-14 on the Kerch peninsula, a fierce battle continued," the Soviet midday communique said tersely. On the Kharkov front, 380 miles north of Kerch, Soviet dispatches Knulson Flays Political Costs Household Auction Sale SATURDAY, MAY 16th 1 O'CLOCK Dining Room and hint: Room Furniture. And also many other household items too numerous to mention. HENRY G. SAND, Owner 20-24th Ave.

South. Bert Case, Auctioneer, Charles Cater, Clerk Washington VP) House approval ot increasing the base pay of pri for Total Defense' The Central Minnesota Institute is pleased to announce that for its closing event at the Technical High School next Tuesday evening, May 19, it will present Earl G. Latham, Assistant Professor of Political Science of the University of Minnesota. Mr. Latham's subject will be "The Mobilization of Man Power for Total Defense." The musical' part of the program will be provided by the Technical High School Orchestra under Director Erwin A.

Hertz and the St. Cloud Eagles Chorus under Director Walter Mallory of Minneapolis. A section of front seats on the main floor will be reserved for the delegates attending the annual convention of the Federated Women's Clubs of the sixth district meeting here as special invited guests of the Institute. The Central Minnesota Institute is also pleased to announce that there will be no admission charge to the public for this final event of the 1941-42 series. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend.

This invitation should be of special interest to labor. Professor Earl G. Latham of the University of Minnesota's department of political science has been teaching at-Minnesota for the past two years, having come here following four years of teaching at Harvard. Dr. Latham holds several degrees from that university.

His special field of interest is labor relations from the governmental and public law side and he is author of many articles on that general topic. Dr. Latham also was a contributor to The Washington Post' during his service at Harvard. He spent one year as a fellow of the Social Science Research Council. Following the.

interest created by his lectures in the "America Goes to War" series on the University of Minnesota campus, he has been much in demand as a speaker at metings arriaind the state. He is a native of Massachusetts. Central Minnesota Institute vates to $50 aroused Rep, Knutson (R-Minn) to declare that it was "DANCING HELPS THE SPIRITS" time congressmen "stop playing pontics." tinent and that only continued assaults upon the whole vast network of Japanese bases to the northwest and northeast can avert invasion. Amboina is strategically situated as a springboard for a possible Japanese invasion thrust. 2 Other Ships Hit In addition to sinking one vessel in Amboina harbor, the Allied raiders were said to have scored direct hits on one ship of 3.000 tons and another of 2,000 tons.

They also set fire to docks. At Rabaul three of the 15 enemy bombers surprised on the runway blew up and others were damaged if not wholly destroyed, headquarters declared. Although Japanese fighters were in the air, the communique said, they did not engage the Allied planes. No allied losses were reported in either raid. The Japanese, however, were reported to have lo.st two of six zero DANCE NEW MUNICH COLISEUM FRIDAY, MAY 15th The Minnesotan, a member of the house ways and means committee, told the hou.se: 'While our tax committee Is! working with this problem (produc Featuring VERNE WILSON and His Fine Orchestra TUESDAY, MAY 19 Double Feature 2 Orchestras.

Norb Athmann and Capt. Frank Henkemeycr and their orchestras. No advance in admission, FRIDAY, MAY 22 Leo Titper and His Orchestra. ing revenue) you blithely go ahead and adopt amendments that call for the good Lord only knows how many hundreds of millions of dollars, if not billions." He declared that the house ac- said the Russians stormed and overran a series of basic German fortifications, hurling the invaders "far back" and advancing through a steadily widening breach. The Russians said the German high command flung hastily concentrated reserves into the battle only to have them melt before the Red army assault.

Prepare to Withdraw A German aviator captured on the Khr.rkov front was quoted as saying that Hitler's high command had made all preparations for a lightning withdrawal from the city. Kharkov, a big steel and rail center, was one of Hitler's key winter defense bases. Recent Stockholm dispatches said 500,000 German troops were massed in the xion lacKing the additional in- crease to the arms pay bill after! the senate had already approved an increase in the base pay from imnmtrfirniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiii Dig Wedding Anniversary DANCE 1 SlSfctt UKAMTL CITY OLISEU wit nil -V' $21 to $42 monthly had caused at least some members of the ways ST. CM) I'D, MINN. FOR CROtP No, 16 and means committee "deep It is time that we stop, look, DANCE ST.

WENDEL SUNDAY, MAY 17 Harmonaires Orchestra WEDDING DANCE MONDAY, MAY 18 Caroline Eynk and Othmar Lahr T'ETKR KOLLODGE and HIS ORCHESTRA Kharkov sector and described the city as the new field headquarters of Field Marshal Gen. Fedor Von Bock under Hitler's revision of com-I mands. THURSDAY, MAY 11th, Featuring Ilenrj KlimA and His Orch. SATURDAY. MAY Kith, Big Wedding Dance, Given hv Ralph Mauer and Alvina Jesek.

Music by Jerry Dostal and His Orch. COMING THURSDAY, MAY 21st, Hlg Wedding Annhcrbary Dance for Group No. 17. Music by Norb Athmann's Orch. BIG ATTRACTION' DANCK COMING TURDAY, MAY Jltrd, Also nig Threshers, Corn Shredders and Wedding Annitersarv Dance, Given by Mr.

and Mrs. Tom Pelg of Rig Lake, Feat iinng that Outstanding Cowboys Rand of Ray Stolzenberg. FOLLOWING ARE THE NAMF.S FOR CROUP No. 18 and listen," Knutson urged. "It is time that this house stop adopting amendments the cost of which no one can estimate accurately.

It is time that we stop playing politics and forget that November is in the offing, and think only of winning this war and saving the credit of tne country." In the Crimea campaign, a Soviet communique declared the Russians were inflicting bloody losses on the Germans. Moscow officials declared flatly that the German high command claim to victory along with the capture of 40,000 Soviet prisoners was "nothing but a lie." The Russians said 43 nazi planes 1 1 Mine Victims Are Still Missing Osage, W. Va. VP) An official in were destroyed Tuesday, making a vestigation of an explosion in the Christopher Coal company's No. 3 mine was held in abeyance today while rescue crews searched for the bodies of 11 of the 56 victims of Mrs.

Theodore Scholtes, Waite Park Ervln L. Harshman, Sauk Rapids Mrs. Cy Mueller, Grand Forks, N. D. William Kellner, St.

Cloud Mrs. Anton Stein. Kimbail Joe court, Kimball Mrs. Leander Meemken. Wal' Park Mrs.

Elmer John. St. Cloud Jimmy Way. St. Cloud Martin Maehren, Avon Mrs.

Martin Maehren, Avon Mrs. Charles Schneider, K'mball Cyril Murphy, Holdlnxford Mrs. Frank Schlomer. St. Joseph Cy Mueller, Grand Forks, N.

D. Mrs. Earl Kraus, Cold Spring Walter E-toltzman, Clearwater Frank Schlomer, St. Joseph Mrs. Joe Deppa, Rice Math I.aucrmann.

St. Cloud Mrs. Walter Stolzman, Clearwater Herman Gohman, Clearwater Harvey Lenner. St. Cloud Mrs.

Peter Klnzer, Watkins Mrs. L. Zenken, St. Cloud Mm. Jimmy Way, St.

Cloud John Abel. St. Cloud Walter Schmidt, South Haven Mrs. Waiter Schmidt, South Haven Othrnar Lardy, Sr. Cloud Mrs.

Lardy, St. Mrs. Isidore Lehnen. St. tsadore Lrhnen, St.

C'iOud Melvin Raniacher, Abat.y Mrs. Mlv.n Kamacher. Albany Fred W. Yfwi, Clearwater Nick Court, St. JoteDh Mrs.

Margarie Linn, Sou'h Haven Mrs. E. St'Jder, St. Cloud Mrs. Ambrose Lcnner.

St. Cloud Lloyd Dahllue, St. Cloud Mrs. BID BftKRenstoss. White Park Mrs.

Lred Fisher, South Haven Mrs. Jof Tschida. Kimball Fred Fisher, South Haven E. L. Studer, St.

C.oud Joe Olen, St. Cloud Mrs. Leonard Seh ll. Leonard Schill, St. Cloud Mrs.

Ed Kimbail Mrs. Ernest Christen, Park Elmer John, St. Cloud Ray Latideubach. Cold Spring Peter Thole, Wntklns Ted Scholtes, Waite Park Leander Mwmken, Waite Park Mm. Wm.

Decker, Sauk Rapids Tuesday's disaster. Chief N. P. Rhinehart of the state mines department said an inquiry "Keep 'em Dancing," FAIRGGR0UNDS BALLROOM St. Cloud Sauk Rapids OLD FASHIONED DANCE FRIDAY, MAY 15 HENKEMEYERS OLD-TIME ORCHESTRA-Plus "Cap Ciderbreth" FREE Defense Stamps! will not be started until all of the bodies are found.

tnrec-aay toll of 14.5. Berlin reporU said yesterday the German were using 2,000 Stuka dive bombers against Red army lines in the Crimea. A German broadcast, amplifying the daily communique, said Axis troops were "overtaking and dispersing" the Red armies as they slogged In retreat along muddy Crimean roads. Russians Attack The nazi high command acknowledged that the Russians were attacking heavily on the Donets river front in the Ukraine, and the wording implied that the Russians were gainingfl declaring only that Ger Mrs. John Laburia, St.

Cloud 4-Leaf Clovers Not So Lucky Garden City, Kas. VP) Mrs. J. W. Noble spent the afternoon accumulating 33 four-leaf clovers.

In the process she lost her new gold wrist watch. Mrs, Herbert Feddema, St. Cloud Phone No. 2 tnd Ride a Cab to the Coliseum for 45c a Load. II! KEEP DANCING FOR HEALTH.