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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-18
STRIKE OF THE
 FARMERS GOES
 MUCH FARTHER
Spreads From Iowa Into
 South DakOta-Sheri in That State Disarnled
 and Sent on Way Home

Sioux City, Ia, Aug 1S.-(UP)-
 G. N. Slocum. sheriff of, Union
 county. South Dakota, was dis
 armed by an irate crowd of 400
 striking farmers early to-day as their strike spread from Iowa into
 South Dakota and Nebraska. Farmers gained the upper hand ganized force yesterday. They near Correctionville, Ia, engaged | officers in fist fights on several
 highways, and completely halted
 livestock and produce shipments. Sheriff Slocum was attacked when he leaped from his automo-
 bile to aid an independent farmer | whose livestock truck had been halted. The farmers took his gun as he fired one shot into the air,
 and ordered him to leave. He left. Cheered by reports of these new
 allies. 2,000 farmers who lived five days in. tent colonies At junction points of nine trunk highways re-
 newed efforts to prevent farm produce and livestock from reach ling markets.
 They are confident that if SUD- plies are curtai1ed, prices will rise
 at least to the cost of production. The grizzled farmers. clad in
 overalls or windswept clothing of l the fields, paced their routine of guard duty. They are organized in 12-hour shifts. Women folk send them food which the chill dren carry into camp. | The picketing is a serious busi-
 ness to all.
 These pickets are just ordinary l farmers. They are drawn from the ranks of the prosperous, whose l trim houses are , surrounded by
 360-acre farms, and from the mar ginal producers of the Missouri
 river bottoms whose property is
 mortgaged to capacity.
 They are careful of one thing. They all realize that they are pre- senting a united effort against the
 law, which now numbers some 80
 deputies, in two counties, and more
 than two dozen Sioux City police. An, attempt to cut off this city's
 supply of farm produce from Me- braska also was made. to-day.
 Farmers of Dakota county, Ne- braska, said patrols would ride the highways to tighten the siege which has reduced the city's pro- duce and cattle receipts to one- third of normal. This move came after num-
 Der of trucks, heavily guarded by deputies, broke through picket
 lines despite stone and stick bar
 rages and hand-to-hand fist fight ing.
 1 Efforts to arbitrate the disagree
 ment which principally concerns
 the price to be paid by distribu- tors for milk continued without
 success.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-18

New York, Aug 18-(UP)-King Boris of Bulgaria 'is worried about automatic stokers for his railroad locomotives. so I told him what to do," Augustus Phillips, immigrant who made good in America as a locomotive engineer. reported to- day.
 Phillips had just returned from a, visit to the old country which he. left when 13 years old to escape conscription. He was water boy. section hand, and fireman before he settled down in Falls City, Neb. successful railroad engineer.
 We decided we wanted to see tho old country" Phillips explain ed holding to his wife who accom- panied him, So, left Falls City with my wife and a letter from the mayor to the mayor of Altos. my old home town"
 The return of the man who made good created. such excitement in Altos, specially after Phillips bought his sister $1.000 home that the peasants threw festival. and King Boris ordered him to the Varna summer. palace.
 '.Ie asked me what thought he ought to do about the stokers. and told him it would be better to do the work by hand until he gets bigger engines" Phillips said.
 "You know his hobby is rail- roads, just like King Georges hobby is stamps. King Boris starts all the new engines over here. just like President Hoover pushes a key to start new presses, in this country.
 "Wen, T talked about an hour. and minister came in, so start ed to bow out. but the king. he patted me on the shoulder and told me to stay.
 q was flattefed. So told him I could talk about railroads until
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-18
Railroads To Fight
 Motor Competition
Faster.Door-to-DOo Freight Service By Means Of
 CoOrdinated franspOrtiOn Planned

ing midwestern railroad. is describ- ed as follows:
 "on designated days the local station agent receives livestock from the shippers of his commun- l ity, marks the animals for identi~ fication, consolidates them into carloads and sends them. to mar ket. The shippers is allowed the lowest carlot rate, whether his cOn- signment is one head or one hun dred."
 Rubber-Tired Rail Cars
 The rubber-tired rail car, which eliminates the noise and bumpineas from riding in trains, was another new development which the writer investigated. Its sponsors hold high hopes, he states, that such equipment may prove the solution for the branch line passenger, rid dle.
 The. majority of the railroada. MT Hibbs found, are following a polio of keeping branch line costs of operation down to a minimum. Most rail executives emphaticalIy stated that branch line passenger bushes was gone forever-to the privately owned automobile. About freight business, they were uncer- tain. In a number of instances, according to the article, notable economies in branch line operation were achieved by lighter equipment rail cars with internal combus- tion engines; but in general the author found little thought has been given to increasing the skele- tonized service now offered to small towns on branch lines.
 The article containing these facts and previous article, "The Transportation Mess are both based on an exhaustive study of present-day transportation prob- lems, which MT Hibbs has just completed.
 Hcsitatcs to Predict Railroads'
 Fate
 His extensive study, MT Hibbs states, leaves him hesitatnt about predicting the ultimate fate of the railroads. On the one hand. and not very far away, he sees "the "the melancholy shoals of govern ment ownership while on the other hand Is "the quiet port of | well ordered and coordinated, but reasonably competitive, transpors tation system" The latter, MT Hibbs points out, can be achieved only by greater flexibility and equality in government regulation; by more aggressive steps on the part of the railroads themselves; and by giving the human equa- tion"-sometimes, for the moment, at least-precedence over the daily balance sheet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-18
HOLD YOUTH ON SUSPlCI0N OF THEFT
Clothing Store
 Dealer Charges
 Suit Was Stolen
Was Making Sale When Friends of Accused Disappear. 1 ed From Store With Suit--Bonds of $500 Fixed ]; for Youths Appearance in Court Monday

Joseph Pagan, I9, of Providence, R. T., arrested last evening by De- tecttves Bender and Calvin in the Star Clothing company at 374 North Main street, was arraigned before Judge John F. McGrath in city court this morning and had case continued until Monday under $500 boffds.
 The manager claims the accused was a member of Q gang that con- fis6ated suit of clothes from his place of business last evening. He said that one of the band entered the store and while he was show ing him around others walked in as though to make a purchase. The late- corners, upon viewing their old friend, Pagan, were quite sur- prised to see him and a little later were offering him suggestions in colors and styles. apparently aiding the manager in sale.
 While the latter was busily en- gagged in. demonstrating his goods he turned just in time to see one of the men scampering from the door with one of his suits. He added that three got away, but he chung to Pagan until a policeman arrived.
 Raymond Pelrozio. q, of Davis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-18
Immigrant Who Has Made Good Here On
 Visit To Homeland
Augustus Phillips, Locomotive En- gineer, Sat Down With King Boris of Bulgaria and Talked Railroads to Him

midnight. We sat down on a sofa. And we talked some more about railroads. never met a pleasanter man. }.
 ''He said he was bothered about those stokers. So I told him he better get his engines out of the 45-ton class into the 250-ton class before he bothered about the auto- matics.
 That's probably a good idea, he said."
 The king then told Phillips that the Bulgarian engines make 65 miles an hour.
 "'That's fine.' told him. That's s because you have standard gauge. There isn't anything like a stand ard guage. for building up rail- road system. Narrow guage isn't satisfactory at alP."
 'I wasn't sure how the king would feel about me. leaving the country to escape conscription. so I told him about 1t, and told him I made sure about my American citizenship before went back to Altos.
 ''The king grinned. so I knew everything was all right"
 Did the king decorate your" Phillips was asked.
 Sure. He gave us passes over the whole Bulgarian railroad sys- tenn. the best decoration I know of"
 "We had a private compartment on every train," Mrs Phillips volunteered.
 And wanted to do something for the king" Phillips added. ESQ I gave him a collection of pie lures of famous American, locomo- lives and their replacement parts.
 About that house bought. it's pretty nice at that, with flowers all around it.. You can buy anything over there for $1,OO0." .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-18
PENN RAILROAD WON IMPORTANT
 COURT RULING
Injunction to Pre- ent Road From Making Store-DoOr Deliveries Denied By U. s. Court

Philadelphia, Aug IS. lUP)-An injunction to prohibit the Penn sylvania railroad from making |store-door deliveries of freight has been denied in the United States district court.
 Federal Judge George E. Welsh ruled that the proposed service does not constitute an extension or Abandonment of lines within the meafHng of the acts of congress. Four Brooklyn terminal companies had sought the injunction.
 Should the commission concur in the court decision, 1t is expected that the new plan of the Penn stylvania railroad will improve its service to shippers, increase its earnings, and allow 1t to more eff fectively compete with truck freight companies.
 Judge Welsh said in his decision that the interstate commerce com mission will have an opportunity to pass upon the question when the proposed tariff schedules are filed with the commission.
 The store door freight delivery system will go far toward building EdIlTOdu ICNChuCS WhtNh AAoNG been depleted considerably in re- cent years by motor truck competi- tion, railroad officials said to-day. Other Eastern lines will adopt the system.
 The terminal companies in filing the test case here against the Pennsylvania argued that they will lose considerable business to the railroads. if the court did not grant the injunction.
 Judge Welsh's decision probably will carry considerable weight in the decision of other cases filed against other railroads by the ter minal companies.
 Judge Welsh's decision hinged entirely upon the, question of whether the system would con- stitute an extension of railroad lines"
 The trucks would operate in the interior of New York and adjacent territory and at the same time leave the railroad open to give up some of the barges, floats and other water craft it operates on the Hudson river between New Jersey and New York harbors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-18

Chile has completed it's section of the Pan-American highway, the road measuring 1.577 miles in length from it's beginning in Con- cordia., Peru, to its terminus at Santiago, Chile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-18

Philadelphia.-Fas door-to- door freight service by means of coordinated transportation will be one vital weapon in enabling the railroads to meet successfully the relentless competition of the motor carriers and to avoid imminent government ownership, according to Ben Hibbs in ~The Country Gentleman"
 Are the Railroads Licked?" is the title of his article in which he describes startlingly new services and equipment which the railroads are experimenting with and which they are putting into operation in various parts of the country.
 There is not the slightest doubt, the writer believes, that the motor carrier is here to stay, but 1t is equally obvious, he declares, that the railroads are indispensable and must continue to exist.
 Railroads everywhere, MT Hibbs found, are doing some practical thinking to devise faster, more eo- ordinated transportation. The plan for freight service which seems to hold the most hope for the steam carriers, he believes, is that of utilizing the Railway Express Agency, which is now owed by the . railroads, in picking. up and de- livering freight.
 Faster Than Mail Freight Service
 As an example of speedier freight service, the author cites a fast overnight freight train, joint ly operated by two large eastern roads. Trucks owed by a subsidi- ary of one of the carriers, meet the train at important centers dur ing the night, and by morning, merchandise is delivered to the consignees in nearly 500 towns. In the territory it serves, this fast freight service actually beats the mails.
 Containcr Service
 Within, the last two years, in the east, MT Hibbs says, number of railroads have inaugurated a con- tainer service. Containers are great steel boxes, capable of hold ing up to 10000 pounds of mer- chandise, which are designed so that they can be transferred from motor truck trailers to fiat cars and vice versa, thus expediting de- livery of goods from the shippers to the consignee's doors. Such con- tainers have been found to effect notable economies not only in time, but in packing and handling costs.
 New System for Livestock Ship
 mcntS
 A new system for handling live- -i-t iol. s,,1 1k been esta ablished by an enterpris-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-18
Hands Called in at Local Factory Waterbury Clock Shop to Start Running Full
 Time

The Waterbury Clock Company yesterday recalled number Of employees who were laid off during recent weeks. The hours of work were increased. but 10 per cent cut in pay was put into effect. The increase in working hours means that employees who have been working two and three days. weekly. will now work the full week. Despite the 10 per cent cut. therefore. the weekly pay Of the employees will be larger than in recent months.
 Yesterday afternoon in the su- perior court the receivers of the Waterbury Clock Company were authorized to pay commissions to tho salesmen on the road. the cer- tifieates allowing the concern to borrow $5O0,0 ,000 were approved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-18
Picnic Held at
 Lakewood Park
| Children of Fuller Street Playground Entertained
 By NeighbOrS

The children of Fuller stree, playground enjoyed their second picnic of the season to Lakewood Park this morning in truck do- mated by a neighborhood resident. Hot dogs, buns. ice cream and soda were donated by several local mer- chants through the untiring efforts of Edward Doyle.
 The. Fuller boys volley ball team defeated the Division street last night, 15 to 6 and Is to 4. The fuller girls were easy winners over Duggan in an inter- playground league game at Chase Park Tuesday night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-18
Midget Junior
 and Senior Girls
In Competition at Chase < Park Swimming Pool
 " This Afternoon

Midgete, junior and senior girls of Chase Park will compete in the gala swimming meet which will be conducted this afternoon by Mrs Elizabeth Luddy and Eddie Keenan supervisors. There will be compe- tition in the 60-yard dash. 40-yard swim. hackstroke. optional and >re- 'quired diving. 40-yard breast stroke and 40-yard crawl.
 Dr Bernard o'Hara will be the starter while the judges will be Margaret scuily, Frank sabis, Fred Carr. Florence peyine.- Archie Leg. gett. Anthony Uenkins and Leith Morton. Vincent HeaIy will Do the oflicial scorer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-18
J. FRANCIS SMITH REPORTS CAR STOLEN

J. Francis Smith. secretary of the state democratic central com tee, reported at police headquarters this morning that his 1880 model Buick roadster. bearing the Con- necticut marker numbers of KIN ASA, had been stolen from In front of his home at 229 Columbia boulevard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-18
COSTUME PARTY

Children from c to is years of age participated in the costume party at Fulton Park playground |yesterday afternoon. The winners were awarded passes to local theaters for their efforts. Those re' cipient of prizes included; Gypsy, Dorothy ouerrIn. soldier, Helen FIanasnn; old fashioied girI. sun- for squires; devil. Edward cavafi. apsh; clown, Francis Faiveyi gen. fibman. shirley Mnrtonei American |gtylo gentleman. Lorraine BarI' hauIti Spanish style gentleman Lucy Manso.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-10-06
Wahpeton Bank
Robbery Startling
Cashier is Son-in-Law of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Philo. of
This City

Most Herald readers are familiar
with the hold-up of the Citizens Ma
tional Bank at Wahpeton just af-
ter the bank had opened for bust
uess Friday morning.
Something like $4,000 in loot was
taken and two women, one of them
a teller in the bank the other
deputy county superintendent of
schools of Richland county, were
taken as hostages.
Four bandits entered the bank
at 1905 A. NJ, three were armed
with revolvers and one with a sub
marine gun. One of the men ap-
preached the paying teller, and in
formed him that holdup was in
progress.
Profane and brutal in their Ian
guage the other bandits covered All
sections of the bank and ordered al
employees and patrons of the bank
to the floor. They secured $1,000
and fled, taking the women with
them as noted above.
The hold-up has a peculiar local
interest inasmuch as Albert Bader
son-in-law of Mr.. and Mrs. w. W.
Philo, of this city, is cashier of the
bank, and was an active victim of
a similar hold-up of the bank two
years ago. Bernard McCusker, tell
er, also a principal figure in the
hold-up two years ago, was one of
the victims.
The hostage girls were carried -
miles from Wahpeton into Mime
sofa where they were dumped out
as the bandits stopped to repair a
tire. Both had been painfully in
jured by the fire of irate citizens
CONTINUED on Page Four
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-10-06
Roosevelt Criticised For
Silence on WaterzvQy Plan

whom he might get details on
which to base a speech, so found it
advisable to leave it unsaid.
All he said on this tour regarding
transportation or water was in his
Salt Lake City and Portland ad-
dresses. At Salt Lake he discussed
railroad problems and spoke of "un-
economic competition" He did not
say whether he meant river navi-
cation or had something else in
mind. Elsewhere in the speech he
spoke of truck and bus competition
and Endorsed plans for federal regu-
lation of interstate traffic. He
spoke of the unfair competition"
the railroads have to meet. He said
nothing whatever about waterway
development or subsidies, ques-
ton in which railroad officials as
we'll as river enthusiasts are vital
ly interested.
Had he said word for the Ship
stead-Mansfield bond issue bill, for
instance, which proposes to finance
speedy completion of river routes,
he might have enlisted the sup
port of waterway forces, as some OF
their leaders have accused Presi-
dent Hoover of deserving the cause
The last time Roosevelt was in
the Twin Cities, when he spoke in
st. Paul last spring, he answered
a question regarding the st. Law
renee waterway by saying he be
lieved the time will come when the
country will need both the st. Law
renee route, demanded by the mid
die west, and the All-American
route through New York state. On
the tour just ended his only refer
ence to the st. Lawrence was in
clusion of the st. Lawrence river in
a group of four major power pro
jects involving federal policies of
development and control.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-10-06
Cholera
Prevalent in
SteaIrns Co
Sank Centre Town Board Puts
Ban on Dogs Running
Wild
BEWARE OF ALL QUACKS
County Agent Issues Warn.
ing-Certified Serums to
Be Used

An epidemic of hog cholera has
reached serious proportions in this
community and immediate action is
necessary to stem this disastrous
disease, members of the Sank Cen
tire Town Board announced Wed
nesday.
Robert Elliott, whose farm is To-
Gated on the north side of McCor-
mick Lake, has lost all of his hogs
by ravages of the disease, and
neighbors in that community are
threatened with dire disaster I'm.
less they cooperate with members
of the town board.
An order issued by the Town
Board in effect states that all dogs
in that vicinity be tied up, and that
hunters must refrain from bring
ing their dogs there. Any dog.
caught loose will be shot.
Hunters are also asked to re
frain from walking across the In.
tested lands, as they also can be
carriers of the disease. Another
common carrier is poultry, and
chickens and turkeys also contract
the disease. This has already hap.
pened in Getty Township, where
one farm lady has had to kill sew.
eral chickens and turkeys.
The Stearns County Agent in this
connection states as follows:
Hog Cholera has now found
its way into five townships Of
Stearns county, and with the
general Indifference of hog
producers toward it's spread one
can expect still farther inva-
ion. When hogs begin to die
rapidly in a herd in any COM
Continued on Page FOUR
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-10-06
The Herald Viii G1Ue Paying Subc11-
bery Trade Coupons Good For M.W

The collection of subscriptions has been SER
ious problem for all of the community newspapers,
everywhere, during this period Of depression.
The Herald has splendid family of readers in
the Sank Centre trading area, especially, and the
publishers are anxious to retain them, and to keep
them paid up.
For some time thought has been given as to the
best method of bringing the list up to date with the
smallest minimum of subscriber loss
The publishers have watched with interest plans
adopted by of the other better weeklies of the
state and have inquired into the of the plans
There hasn't been any reduction in the cost of
publishing the Herald, but there several thous
and dollars due on subscription
Starting today, Thursday Oct. 6, and continu-
ing until further notice, every subscriber paying
or more years subscription to the Herald coupon
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