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The Washington times., 1934-12-12
BUDGET DELAYS
FRET NERVES
Of HOUSE
Emergency Appropriations OF
Next Month Unsettled;
Attitude a Mystery
By FRANKLIN G. SARTWELL

BY FhANALAN " SANA "GAA
With subcommittee OF the
House Committee on Approprla-
tions busily engaged in sitting pre-
liminary budget figures on eXpenol,
lures in the regular Government
departments, members of the new
Congress are getting jittery over
the Administrations delay in in
dicating it's attitute on emergency
appropriations to be made in the
session starting next month.
The House committee already
has before it practically all the es-
Inmates for the old-line depart
ments, and subcommittee already
have started the hearings which
will determine how these estimates
will be treated.
But no one in Congress is yet
able to obtain a comprehensive
view Of the budget.
Total Still Unknown
In fact, it is doubtful if anyone
in Washington, with the possible
exception Of President Roosevelt,
has any idea of how many thou
sands of millions of dollars will be
asked when the budget as a whole
is presented a few days after Con.
gresS meets.
Because of the uncertainty sur.
rounding the total budget, several
members Of the Appropria tions
Committee who have come back to
Washington for the early hearings
feel that they are being asked to
perform an impossible job.
They are being asked to weigh
the expenditures Of pennies by the
departments with a view to fit.
ting those expenditures into a
pattern Of which they don't even
know the design.
AS they point out. it is impos-
Sible for them to know how far
they should go in cutting or in
creasing estimates for the regular
departments until t h e y know
what is to be the Governments
objective in balancing its bulge.
During the hearing this month
they may be raising New with
minor officials for asking for
trivial funds, and next month
when the budget message is sub
mitted they may be confronted
with thr necessity Of swallowing
tren.- 4cu3 estimates without
queS.to...
Some of the members don't
particularly object to bit of
inconsistency taS has been demon
strated on many occasions, but
they do dislike making enemies Of
departmental officials by whittl.
ing at their estimates when the
economy complex which makes
them do it may shortly be tossed
out of the window.
Regardless Of the concern which
some of the Appropriation
Committees members are feeling
over the situation, however, they
are showing little or no disposi-
ton to criticize the President for
not taking them into his conf.
dence on the emergency expendi-
lures. Many OF them believe that
these expenditures have not yet
been determined, and they don't
want to take the attitude of try
ing to rush the President.
But they would like to know
how many thousand millions they
are going in the hole while they
are trying to save q few dimes.
The Washington times., 1934-12-12
GERMANY

BERLIN, Dec. IL G.N.S.D
Chancellor Hitler. who studied ar.
chitecture in Vienna in his youth,
has sketched out a plan for max
ing Paul Won Hindenburg's tomb at
Tannenberg the greatest memorial
in Germany, it was revealed to.
day. Calling in architects, Hitler
told them:
"You must work on the idea
that Tannenberg is more and
more becoming the memorial to
the greatest field marshal of the
German Reich"
The Washington times., 1934-12-12
LAWS BLAMED FOR CRIME SITUATION IN H. S.
World News
CUBA

HAVANA. Dec. IL G.NSO.
Constitutional guarantees have
been suspended by the Cuban gov
ernment in the provinces of Ha-
vana, Santa Clara and Camaguey
because of the increasing wave Of
revolutionary terrorism, including
sabotage of government telegraph
lines. BombingS have occurred
almost daily in Havana for weeks.
Suspension of constitutional guar
antees is partial application Of
martial law.
The Washington times., 1934-12-12
Committee Plans
Lighting of Tree

Plans for the 1884 lighting of
the National Christmas Tree in
Lafayette Square on Christmas
Eve will be completed at a meet
ing of the executive committee
Wednesday, December IL, at noon,
in the Hotel Harrington.
All members of the executive
committee have been urged to at
tend this luncheon meeting. De-
tails regarding the arrival and
reception of the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt will be ironed out.
The Washington times., 1934-12-12
JAPAN

TOKYO, Dec. IL G.N.SO.-Al.
most the last obstacle to purchase
by Manchukuo of Russia's interest
in the Chinese Eastern Railway.
major source of friction between
Japan and the Soviets. was elini-
mated today when Foreign Minister
Koki Hirota pledged that Japan
would guarantee Manchukuo's pay
ment of the price. Ambassador
Yureneff cabled the offer to Mos
COW for approval, which is ex.
pected to be given.
The Washington times., 1934-12-12
Society to Hear
Expert on Metals

DR.. James Aston, of the Carnegie
Institute Of Technology, Pitts.
burgh. developer of the Acton
Process for wrought iron. will
speak at 8 o'clock tonight before
the American Society for Metals
at the Harrington Hotel. Dr. Aston
is head of Carnegie's department
of mining and metallurgy.
The Washington times., 1934-12-12
HAWAII

HONOLULU. T. H., Dec. IL
1N.SO.-Nava search for Capt.
Charles P. Ulm and two compan-
ions aboard the ill-fated mono
plane Star of Australia" which
plunged into the Pacific Ocean a
week ago en- route from Oakland.
Calf, to Honolulu, has been
abandoned.
The Washington times., 1934-12-12
TREASURY CONDITION

International News Service
Treasury balance as OF Decem-
ber 10. $1,555.472, ,478.37; internal
revenue, $11.64O.150.48; customs
receipts, $10,771,6 ,653.42.
The Washington times., 1934-12-12
2 GET RESERVE POSTS

Edward Francis Kent, of the
230O block Tunlaw Rd. N. w. and
Howard Larcombe, 400 block F st.
S. w., have been detailed as second
lieutenants in the army reserve
corps.
The Washington times., 1934-12-12
Bluebeard Hotel
Gets PWA Money

By International News Service
An additional allotment of ST.
$50 to complete the Bluebeard
Hotel project in the Virgin Is
lands was announced yesterday
by the Public Works Administra-
ton.
The Washington times., 1934-12-12
sos Call Fails
To Identify Ships

NEW YORK, Dec. IL 0N.s).
Radio stations on the Eastern
seaboard we're keeping a sharp
lookout today for further distress
calls from an unidentified ship
in the North Atlantic.
Two SOS calls from a ship,
whose signals we're so weak and
unreadable that its position could
not be learned, were picked up
here last night by the Mackay
Radio and Telegraph Company.
The Washington times., 1934-12-12

For the correct time telephone
the office of THE WASHING.
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RUSSIA

MOSCOW, Dec. II G.N.SJ.
Nine of IL white Guards" ar
rested in White Russia charged
with acts Of terrorism against the
Soviet state were executed last
night after being sentenced before
military tribunal of the Soviet
Supreme Court.
MOSCOW. Dec. II G.N.SD.
Nine of the IL white guards" ar
rested on charges of committing
terrorism against Soviet officials,
were put to death after the
death sentences had been pro-
nounced by the military tribunal
of the supreme court.
They fell before firing squads,
bringing to IS the total of alleged
terrorists executed since the assas-
sination of Sergei KiroV. close
friend and associate of Dictator
Josef Stain.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05
Horseshoe Luck

We all know that horseshoes are
lucky, but there Is quite frequently
an argument, when one Is hung up,
as to whether the points should be
up or down. The usual view is that
the horseshoes should point up
wards, in order to keep the luck
from falling out. This has been
challenged, however, on the ground
that in heraldry,, the points are d.
rectly downward. It Is also inter-
esting to note that at Oakham cas-
tie, where, since the reign Of Queen
Elizabeth, 1t has been the custom
for kings, queens, princes, and
great noblemen, passing through
Rutland for the first time, to leave
q horseshoe behind them as ''toll";
the collection Of about 200 horse
shoes thus built up Ii hung with
the points downwards. Another ar
gument is that, If we look at the
track Of q moving horse, we see
that, with the points downwards,
the horseshoe suggests a forward
and upward movement, which is
what we all desire.-Answers Mag
azine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05
City News Items

Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Whitson, of
Mason City, Iowa, arrived in Sank
Centre Tuesday night to enjoy the
Fourth visiting with relatives and
friends. They returned home on
Thursday accompanied by their
children, John and Margaret, who
visited here for several weeks.
Mrs. Jas A. Morris returned Sat-
urday after spending the winter
with her daughter, Mrs. Stafford, in
Bridgeton, N. j., and visiting reIa-
tives in Connecticut.
Mrs. w. B. Morgan arrived Tues
day from Minneapolis for a two
months visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George Brown.
Franklin and Jess Jensen and
Clyde Dryburg, of Brainerd,
spent Tuesday visiting in the S. S.
Schwarzbauer home.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05
Welsh Terrier Once Used
in Hunting Game Animals

The principally Of Wales has
given Us many things: The Welsh
Choral Singers, the WEIGH rarebit,
the leek, the old nursery rhyme,
"Taffy was a Welshman. Taffy was
a Thief" but nothing quite so i'm
portant to the eyes of the lovers of
animals as the Welsh terrier.
Here we have a real dog, unfa-
miliar to. most pet owners, but one
Of the terrier breeds with all Of the
necessary requisites to endear him
to every member of the household.
Like number of old-established
breeds the Welsh terriers origin Is
lost in antiquity, but its general ap-
pearance and canine characteristics
indicate that it is closely. related to
the old black-and-tan terrier of the
British isles. It has developed into
dog Of character, with an aristo-
cratic bearing and indifference to
those it dislikes or does not know.
In size it is midway between the
fox terrier and the Airedale. The
color standard il rather rigid. call
ing for a dog with tan legs, belly
and head, black saddle, forehead and
neck.
As, companion, the Welsh Is
all anyone can ask. It is ac-
tive and friendly and always con-
cerned over the welfare Of its mas
ter and Juvenile playmates. 1t is
equally at home in restricted quar-
tiers or the wide expanses Of the
field, where it was originally used
to hunt foxes. badgers and other
small game animals.-Detreit News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05
DR.. Stefansson, Explorer,
Lived Year With Eskimo

DR.. Vilhjalmer Stefansson, the
explorer, made his first trip into
the Far North to Iceland in 1904.
followed by an archaeological expedi-
ton In 1905 under the auspices of
the Peabody Museum of Harvard
university, notes writer in the In
dianapolis News. In 1905 he con-
Quoted an chronological expedition to
Mackenzie delta under the auspices
Of Harvard and Toronto universe
ties. This expedition lasted eight
cen months.
The second, which began In 1908,
lasted fifty-three months, and was
conducted under the auspices of the
American Museum of Natural His
tory, New York, and the government
OF Canada. During this expedition
he added to the map Of Canada
many new features, including Hor-
ton river, over 500 miles long.
He discovered Dolphin and Union
straits, and lived a year with the
Eskimos, who had never seen a
white man, and whose ancestors
never had. He found that some Of
these had certain European char
acteristics. He returned In 1912,
and set forth again in 1913, COM
handing a Canadian Arctic expedi-
ton, which lasted until 1918. In
the spring Of 1914, with two COM
panions, he made q 6O0-mile jour
ney over broken and moving ice
from Martin point, Alaska, to the
northwest Of Banks island; In 1915
he explored by sledge the sea
northwest Of Prince Patrick island
and discovered new land north Of
Prince Patrick island; in 1915 he
explored islands already discovered,
and found new ones west of Hell
berg island and elsewhere, and in
1917 he ran a line Of soundings
northwest Of Cape Isachsen, show
ing the polar ocean shallow in this
region.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05
District of Columbia

The privilege Of voting is not
conferred upon citizens of the
United States by the Constitution,
but by the states in which they live.
The tract of land known as the Dis
trict Of Columbia, which is cock
tensive in area with the city of
Washington, Is not a state, or q
part Of any state. It does not be-
long to its residents, but to all the
people Of the United States who
govern It through their representa-
tives in congress. Its government
Is administered by q board of three
commissioners, appointed by the
President and confirmed by the SEN
ate. Under this system the citizens
Of the District of Columbia cannot
vote in national elections, and there
are no local elections. Many tempo
rary residents retain their legal res.
idence elsewhere and either go
home to vote or vote by mail in
those states where that method is
permitted. But a citizen Of the
District is a citizen Of the United
States and is eligible to federal
Offices. @-@
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05

In order to supply his sister with
the decorations and prizes which
she needle for her card partys, Leo
Gajewski, Of Buffalo, confessed in
supreme court that he too silk
ribbons from wreaths and flowers
in a cemetery.
It was bad enough when his
wife's sister came to live with them
after their marriage, but when his
wife suggested that all three sleep
in the same bed, Joe Miller, of Oma-
ha, Neb., decided it was time to
protest. He filed suit for divorce.
A man recently complained to
Judge Davis, at Auburn, N. Y, that
his wife poured a pan of water in
his face every night just to stop
him from snoring.
Roy Head, bachelor farmer. of
Pioneer, La, Joined the women's
demonstration club to get some
pointers on home life.
A Judge fined Richard Albany and
Harry Adelman, of Brocton, Mass,
500 each after finding them guilty
Of stealing dozen duck sandwiches
at a roadside stand.
For breaking into Jail at New
ark, N. j., Vincent Dugan was CIV
en- ten-day sentence.
Liu Yu-Chin, gate-keeper at the
Geological Gardens in Peiping, Chi
ma, is eight feet tall.
William Beasley, tried at Roches-
ter, N. r, on charge of larceny,
became so elated over a suspended
sentence that he kissed the hand Of
the judge.
Thieves recently stole the entire
telephone line between the city of
LaSerena and the own Of La Her
radura, in Chile.
Although she is 104 years old,
Miss Eleanor Harrow, of Leaning
totn, Eng, rides motorcycle which
she learned to drive IA years ago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05
Arbor Day, as Such, Was
Suggested in Year 1872

AS early as 1855, B. G. Northrup,
a Connecticut educator, suggested
an annual planting Of trees under
the direction Of the state govern
ments. But the first to take steps
toward that end, according to the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, was ]. Stir
ling Morton Of Nebraska, a mem.
Der of the state board Of agricul-
ture, and later, "nder President
Cleveland, United States secretary
Of agriculture.
Morton, in 1872, introduced a res
olution at a meeting Of the Nebras-
ka state board Of agriculture set
ting aside April 10 for tree plant
ing and suggesting that the day be
called "Arbor day." In 1885 the
Nebraska legislature passed an act
changing the date to April %, Nor
toms birthday, and making it a le-
gal holiday. .-
The Arbor day idea extended
throughout the other States and ter
ritorial possessions, and is now an
event in the calendar Of every one
Of them. There is no uniformity of
date, however. Most northern states
observe 1t toward the end Of April ;
the southern and western at vari.
GUS other seasons. Ohio's is by proc
lamation Of the governor.
The United States government
took the first step in forest preser-
walton in 1879, and appointed DR..
Franklin B. Hough as special agent
to make a survey Of the forest re-
sources of the United States. There
are AZ states with organized for
estry departments, supplementing
the national work Of the United
States Forest service.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05
Flax Industry Is Among
Oldest Noted in History

Woven into the history Of many
nations Is the fiber plant called fax,
recalls correspondent in the New
York Times. New Zealand growers
demanded that their government
prevent the export either Of plants
or seeds, fearing that eventually
they might meet the competition of
cheap Oriental labor.
The cultivation and preparation
Of fax are among the most ancient
Of industries, traces of their exist
ence during the Stone age being pre-
served today. It was grown 1000
or 5000 years ago in Mesopotamia,
Assyria and Egypt, and on the walls
Of tombs in those countries are pic
torial representations Of fax cul-
ture. Pharaoh, according to the
Old Testament, arrayed Joseph Gin
vestments of fine linen"
The annual fax was introduced
into the west Of Europe by the west
ern Aryans and into Hindustan by
the eastern Aryans.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05

The Yantic was designed to be
Abraham Lincoln's Presidential
yacht and was built at Philadel-
phia in 1858. The demands Of the
Civil war caused her conversion into
a gunboat and as a member OF Por-
ter's blockading fleet she took part
in the battle Of Cape Fear River, in
attacks on Fort Fisher and the cap
ture Of Fort Anderson. The Yantic
was a member of the feet sent to
rescue the Greedy Arctic expedition
in 1888. She was also one Of the
vessels saved from destruction in
the Samoan hurricane of March,
1889, by steaming out to sea. In
1897 she was brought to the Great
Lakes, part Of the vessel having to
be cut in dry dock at Montreal to
enable her to get through the
canals. During the Spanish-Amer-
lean war she was a recruiting ship
and during the World war train
ing ship. In October, 1929, she
sank at her dock, and the follow
ing day the remains were raised
and burned. The Yantic was con-
structed Of live oak from South
Africa, sheathed In copper. and was
1S6 feet long. with 30 feet beam.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05
Death Valley an Inferno
in Summer, Winter Ideal

Although IL. lies below sea level
for IS miles of its total length Of
11S miles, Death valley has gained
the fame Of being an inferno Of heat
In the summer, while the winter eli
mate, is considered ideal. observes a
writer in the Los Angeles Times.
Death Valleys greatest depth Is
BIO feet below sea level at Bad Wa
ter, 10 miles south of Furnace Creek
Inn. yet only 16 miles in an air
line across the valley from Bad
Water majestic Telescope peak
rears its crest to 11,O45 feet above
sea level, and 1855 feet above the
low point of the valley. the greatest
rise in such short distance Of any
mountain in the United States.
Even Mt. Whitney. premier peak Of
continental United States, which
towers 14.496 feet above sea level,
rises only 1O,76S feet above the
level Of Owens valley at Lone Pine.
The visitor at Bad Water. reached
by a desert road south from Fur
mace Creek, actually views a high
er mountain than Mt. Whitney when
he gazes westward to the summit Of
Telescope peak.
Telescope peak, which Is an
outstanding landmark for many
miles in every direction, either
In or out Of Death valley, was
first scaled in 1850 by W. T.
Henderson, who gave it the name
1t bears because Of the magnifi-
cent view to be had from its sum-
NIT.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05
Citation for Hearing ON FINAL Ac-
count and for Distribution

Citation for Hearing ON FINAL Ac-
count and for Distribution
State of Minnesota,
County of Stearns, IS
IN PROBAE COURT
In the Matter of the Estate Of
Richard H. Sweetman, Decedent:
The State Of Minnesota, to all per-
sons interested in the final account
and distribution of the estate OF
said decedent: The representative OF
the above named decedent, having
filed in this Court his final account
Of the administration Of the estate
Of said decedent, together with his
petition praying for the adjustment
and allowance of said final account
and for distribution Of the residue
of said estate to the person there
unto entitled. Therefore, YOU and
EACH OF YOU, are hereby cited
and required to show cause, if any
you have, before this Court at the
Probate Court Rooms in the Court
House in the City Of st. Cloud, in
the County Of Stearns, State Of
Minnesota, on the 9th day of July
1884 at nine o'clock A. M, why said
petition should not be granted.
Witness, The Judge Of said Court.
and the Seal Of said Court, this 3rd
day Of July 1884.
PAUL AHLES,
(SEAL) Judge of Probate
L. L. KELLS,
Attorney for Petitioner
Sank Centre, MINI.
Published July 5, II, 10, 1884
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05

State of Minnesota
County of Stearns
IN DISTRICT COURT
SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Stanley L. Raymond, Jr., Plaintiff
VS..
Thelma E. Raymond, Defendant.
SU M MONS
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
TO THE ABOVE NAMED
DEFENDANT:
You are hereby summoned and
required to answer the complaint Of
the Plaintiff in the above entitled
action, which complaint has been
filed with the Clerk Of said Court
at his office in the Court House in
the City of St. Cloud; said County,
and to serve a copy of your answer
to the said complaint on the SUBJ
scriber at his office in the Germania
Block in the City of ST. Cloud in
said County of Stearns, State of
Minnesota, within thirty 600 days
after the service Of this summons
upon you, exclusive of the day of
such service, and if you fail to an
swer the said complaint within the
time aforesaid the Plaintiff will ap-
ply to the Court for Judgment as
demanded in said complaint.
JAMES r. BENNETT, JR.
Attorney for Plaintiff,
st. Cloud, Minnesota.
Published July 5, -, 10. 1894
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05
Food Required by Worker

According to the United States
Department Of Agriculture. the daily
food required by man who Is do
ing fairly hard muscular work
should be about one and one-fourth
pounds Of bread or one pound Of
oatmeal, cornmeal, rice, etc.; one
fourth cup Of butter, oil or meat
drippings; one-fourth cup sugar, or
one-third cup honey or strip; one
and one-fourth pounds Of fresh
fruit and green vegetables; twelve
ounces Of meat or such meat SUBJ
stitutes as poultry, fish, eggs, cheese,
dried peas, beans, lentils and nuts.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05
Bats Are Good Friends,
Destroy Tons of Insects

There are about 80 kinds Of bats
in the arid southwestern part of the
United States. all with different
habits and with ranges fitting into
every nook and corner where they
can find place to stay and food to
eat and water to drink.
Bats are thirsty animals and must
have water once or twice every
night, says Nature Magazine. They
are hearty eaters and hearty drink
ers, and after sleeping all day in
dark retreats in caves or cliffs or
buildings. they seek the nearest wa
ter. be 1t miles away. and dipping
over the surface drink on the wing
repeatedly until satisfied.
Some Of the strong-winged species
are found many miles from water
or else they know where to find it
in tanks or pools that we do not
find. Every waterhole in the desert
is a nightly center for bats, and
often they swarm like dragon flies
over all still pools, before circling
away to feed among the tree tops
or along the cliffs or low over the
bushes Of the desert. . .
Different species find their favor
lite prey in different haunts, and
while the beetles and moths and fly
ing bugs Of their menu are not ex-
terminated, their numbers are re-
duced by tons and tons as shown
by their remains in the bat gllano
in caves or other roosting places.
Bats, too, are intelligent, far more
than we generally credit them as
being, and make most interesting
pets for study. Fortunately their
skins have no commercial value and
they are not likely to be exter-
minated, but often their roosting or
breeding colonies do need protection
and should have it, for bats are
among our best friends.