| Summary: | years ago on the same day, March 14, and lasted for three days. Dr. Goss had just arrived in January from Sheffield, Iowa, where he had practiced for 10 years, and had wanted to see a real blizzard and a sod shanty. He saw them both then for he was called to the George Fogle home 16 miles northeast where a baby was born in a sod shanty during the storm. He had to stay there the three days. "A few people lost their lives then but people generally were dressed warmer to combat the cold. There was a lot of snow in that storm, too," he said. LOSS OF LIFE Latest reports bring the toll of known dead to 75 with everyone in North Dakota accounted for. The heaviest loss of life was in northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota where sideroads and farmyard drives have been blocked through much of the winter, where the practice was to leave cars parked alongside the main highway and walk the distance to the farmhouse. In that short space, blinded by snow and pounded by the almost irresistible wind, many died. Freezing, exhaustion and actual suffocation from the pounding of a wind-packed wall of snow and dust, traveling at 60 to 80 miles per hour, accounted for most of the deaths. During the early evening the wind was light and from south-southwest, veering to the west as it attained velocity about 9 p.m., then straight from the northwest as the gale hit its peak. The deaths in North Dakota reached a peak of 39 Tuesday; Minnesota, 28; Manitoba, 6; and Saskatchewan, 2. ACCIDENT FOLLOWS STORM Robert Moore of Rogers, section hand, and Engineer E.P. Qually of Dillworth, were injured when a two-locomotive powered Russell plow was derailed 25 miles west of Cooperstown on the Valley City-McHenry branch Tuesday. The accident happened about 9:30 a.m., two miles east of Mose in Griggs County. Both are patients in a Valley City hospital but Moore is the most seriously injured. Glenfield Community Club Met on Friday Program of Plays and Music, Social Hour and Lunch Were Enjoyed by All Who Attended April 3,1941 — A large crowd attended the community club meeting Friday evening. After a short business meeting the following program was rendered: duet "Whispering Hope", Mrs. E. Ryum and Mrs. W.A. Hoggarth. Mrs. Opal Culver being the accompanist; piano solo, Betty Johnson; one-act play, "Dust of the Road", cast, H.M. Sletten, Leona Halvorson, John Nelson and Keith McDaniel; two vocal numbers by Mrs. O. Bonderud and Hyllis Johnson, accompanied by Mrs. H.G. Hendrickson. Township Election— At the township election March 18 Algot Erickson was re-elected supervisor and W.R. Bronaugh justice of the peace. Glenfield Seniors to Give Class Play April 20,1941 — The senior class presents "The Closed Door", a three-act play at the gymnasium Friday, April 25, at 8 o'clock. The cast includes: Dolores Paulson, Myrtle Ordahl, Doris Erickson, Olga Fadness, Kathleen Engstrom, Doris Hawes, Thelma Hoggarth, Lewis Walen, Roy Alley, Leo Larson, Eilert Stangeland and Edwin Dybwad. There will be a matinee Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Admission 10<P-20<P-30<P. Come out and enjoy this play which promises to be especially good. Those moving this week are Peter L. Fergusons to Carrington, B.E. Hawkes to the George Young farm south of town, Ed. Watnes to the P.A. Pier- sons, and Frank Hazletts of Juanita to the Ed. Olson farm east of town. 1500 Lose Lives as Japs Bomb Hawaiian Island on Sunday United States and Britain Proclaimed Existence of War on Monday; Local Men are in Zone of War; Several Draft Quotas to be Increased EARLY MORNING FLASH — Germany and Italy today declared war on the United States. Announcement of the joint declaration was made by Premier Mussolini in an address at Rome. Dec. 11, 1941 — The United States is now engaged in war after the 23 years of peace which followed World War I. Sunday people of the United States were astounded when word came over the wires that Japanese planes had staged a shocking surprise attack on Pacific possessions of the U.S.A., bombing strategic points in the Hawaiian Islands and attacking Pacific ocean shipping, causing loss of life estimated at around the 1500 mark and doing extensive damage to military objectives. Governmental wheels turned fast Monday as President Roosevelt spoke at 12:30 for a brief seven minutes, asking Congress to proclaim the existence of a state of war between the United States and the Japanese empire. By 1:13 p.m., a resolution to that effect had been adopted, the senate voting 82 to 0, with the house following with a 388 to 1 vote for the resolution! The lone negative vote was cast by Rep. Jeannette Rankin of Montana, who also voted against entry of the United States in World War I. Great Britain Monday kept a pledge, made previously by Winston Churchill to declare war on -83- Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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