The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-17

olo,tIo III u0pOSlIS.
The new figures, Superintendent,
Pearson said, reflect the satisfactory
condition Of state banks and the pros
perity of Minnesota.
Undesirable Textbooks.
Thirty-one textbooks used in the
Study of the German language in the
schools throughout the state were de-
,clared undesirable" and "objectiona-
ble' in the report of Commissioned
c. w. Ames to the Public Safety ccn,-
mission.
'Im Vaterland" arG "Vorwarts" b.
Paul v. Bacon are characterized as
notorious and "are 20 evidently prs
pared as a part of tie German propa.
ganda that think that every Ger.
man book written or edited by Paul
V. Bacon might properly be banned
from the schools on general princi
PIES"
The report divides the books into
four classes. The first list comprises
forty seven books which are said to
have "a distinct German atmosphere"
Seventeen of these books are re-
garded as Objectionable, while in the
other three lists only five or six in
each are regarded as Objectionable.
'rhe committee was ordered to pre-.
pare list of Objectionable books and
white list" of unobjectionable
books, and to present them in the
form of a resolution forbidding the
use Of the first list in the schools and
offering the second list to select from.
little Danger From Freezing.
With Minnesota's potato crop pretty
we'll under cover. no great loss from
freezing is predicted by Hugh J..
Hughes, chairman Of the state mar.
keting committee of tue Public Safety
Commission.
Shortage of refrigerator cars is
the Northwest's greatest menace, Mr..
Hughes said. ...,
"Our committee has conferred with
the Great Northern, Northern Pacific
and 500 line representatives concern.
ing the protection Of Minnesota's 20.
tato crop" Mr.. Hughes said.
ut was agreed tina. potatoes now
in shallow pits or other unprotected
places should be cared for at once,
and both the Northern Pacific and
500 lines agreed to furnish refrigera.
tor cars to move such potatoes into
storage or to the market The Great
Northern has no cars to supply"
u. S. Wants Workers.
The United States government is
preparing to draw heavily on the
resources of Minneso.a for skilled
labor in the ORDNANCE department
and the new shipbnildlDg program.
Labor COMMISSIONS. W. F. Houk
of Minnesota received . call for as.
sistance from both. the ordnance and
Federal labor departments.
Captain L. E. Van D3sen Of the
ordnance department GIRLS for the
names of machinists, drop forgers,
pipe filters, blacksmiths: electricians,
toolmakers and turret lathe opera,
tors, with information as to their ma.
tionality, age and equipment.
The applicants will heve to meet
civil service requirements.
Commissioner Houk will put the
matter before labor organizations, as
most. OF this information IS in their
hands
Discuss New Dra.s Plans.
Whether all single men are to be
drafted before any u,s'ried men are
taken and other questions relating to
the new draft rcgula! -ons we're the
subject OF private conference held
the other day between Governor Burn
quist, Representative Van Dyke, Ad-
jptant General Rhinow and his aide,
Major w. A. Curtis, Edward Indrehus
OF the Third district draft board OF
st. Paul and Postmaster Raths. Gov.
ernor Bu-nquist said the discussion
developed nothing to be given TO tbs
| public.