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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-12-20

Shocking pictures of women with halr on IRE anu
clothing aflame. men and women leaping wildly from
windows to crumple on cement pavements and others
equally as horrible come from the appalling story OF
the hotel fire at Lansing, Michigan, which cost the
lives Of many guests.
Survivors, awakened from sleep, talk OF pictures
Of hell-fire and fiends that stay in their memory ana
others unable to redraw the scene Of horror, express
the wish that its details be blotted from their minds
Onlv those who have passed through such a terrifying
catastrophe can imagine the flaming inferno and the
emotions that passed through the guests trapped In
the holocaust.
However one picture of heroism has come TO our
attention and we hasten to pass on the narrative OF an
unsung hero. an unidentified bellboy, who had "plen-
ty Of time to get OUT but stayed at his post OF duty,
running upstairs to pound on doors TO warn sleeping
guests" One who escaped declared that at least fifty
per cent Of those saved owed their lives to his courage.
Let's pause In our grief at the sad spectacle OF
death stalking In the cold night and pay a tribute TO
the memory OF this humble servant, faithfully respond.
ing TO the highest call of duty, which reached him 10
the hour of tragedy. Life is frightened by the comfort
ing thought that In all walks Of human endeavor, there
are men and women of heroic mold, who give all that
thew have In unselfish efforts to do their duty.
In the hour OF peril and the unnamed bellboy who sur
rendered life In response to the supreme call which
came to him while filling a prosaic task Is a hero OF
the finest type. He probably did not think OF risks or
heroism. but only of the sleeping guests-his charges
and he did what he could to meet a fearful ener-
gency.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-12-20

will control each body. Because OF
an evenly divided senate and per
picked conditions surrounding the
choice of a speaker. the matter of or
ganization OF both branches remains
today a matter of speculation.
A presiding officers power In ap-
pointing committees makes him a
most vital factor in controlling leg
islation right from the start, mas
much as most of the legislative work
in both houses is actually done In
committee rooms. Naturally the
speaker and president of the senate
will award his own party or factional
group with the more strategic posi-
lions. as well as majority control OF
committees.
Above all, it Is a good time for leg
islators-especially those who may
be going to Helena for the first time
to remain non-committal. 1t would
Iol Ollf iUS lOOlidAdJ iot oAg 2
Der to pledge his support to any
candidate before knowing fully OF
his qualifications and all the condi.
lions surrounding his candidacy, but
might place him In a position where
service to his constituents would re-
main negligible throughout the ses-
sion, making him a mere seat
warmer and figurehead. of utter
uselessness to those who elected
him.
To the credit of the Sheridan
county representatives, both of
whom will be serving their first
term IN the House, q deaf ear has
been turned to all solicitations for
personal support Both Mr.. Peter
sen and Mr.. York are good listeners.
They not only want to know the
qualifications of the various candi-
dates for speaker but they are inter-
ested chiefly in giving their ultimate
support to that man who will en-
nance their own position In an effort
to really accomplish something con-
structive for the people of Sheridan
county and bring to all Montana real
progressive legislation.
This attitude is not only commend
able-but safe.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-12-20

Virginia. your little friends are wrong. They nave
been affected by the %skepticism OF a skephcal age
they do not believe except they see. They thlhk thae
nothing can be which is not comprehensive by their
little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they Dc
mems or ~ehldren's. are little. In this great universe
OF ours man Is a mere insect. an ant, IN MS intellect
. compared with the b~oundless world about him, as
measured by the intelligence capable OF graspHs 1e
whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes. Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. lie exists
as certainly as love and generosity ana deNotloh exist
and YOU know that they abound and give TO your NE
its highest beauty and JOY. Alas! how dreary Woulu
be the world if there were no Santa Claus. II Wouiu
be as dreary as if there were no V~lfg1nlas. lhefe
would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no TO
nance to make tolerable this existence. we shouiu
have no enjoyment. except in sense and sight The
eternal light with which chlldhood his Tue "ohu
would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Clausi You might as well
not believe in fairiesi You might get your papa to
hire men to watch in all the Chimneys on ohrlstmas
eve to catch sama Claus. but even If they did not see
Santa Claus coming down, what would that proVes
Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that Is no sign that
there Is no Santa Claus. The most real things ~ lhe
world are those that neither children nor men can
see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the laWnf
OF course not, but that's no proof that they are not
there Nobody can conceive or imagine all the won
ders there are unseen and unseeable In the world.
You tear apart the babys rattle and see what
makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering
the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor
even the united strength Of all the strongest men tnat
ever lived, could tear apart. Only falth, poetry ioVe'
romance can push aside that curtain and view and pic
ture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is u al
Real7 All. Virginia, in all this world there Is nothing
else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus Thank God! he lives, and ne
lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia,
nav. ten times ten thousand years from now, ne VIII
continue to make glad the heart OF childhood.
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DO @ REMEMBER
Kswn Items Taken from Files Of
Tia Plentywood Herald at
20 YEARS q

Attorney Paul OF Redstone was q business visitor
In Plentywood the forepart OF the week.
"A contract will be let this week for the completion
OF the interior OF the Catholic church In this city.
Senator elect +. G.. Fishbeck left yesterday for St.
Paul, where he will spend a week looking after busi-
ness matters.
The hearing of the petitions for the creation Of
the new county OF Shaw which were filed some time
ago by promoters from Culbertson will be heard by
the board or county commissioners next Monday.
Catholics throughout the world can eat meat on
the Fourth Friday In this month by special dispense.
tion of Pope Benedict. That date will be Christmas
Day. and OF recent years the church In an effort to
avoid placing any hardship or limitation on Its mem.
beers, takes Off the fast from its feast days.
Plentywood Is encouraged over the prosperous
outlook for the year 1915. The construction OF several
new business houses and many more handsome resi-
dences Is in sight for the coming spring-and business
men and farmers In general are ~sanguine In the belief
that 1T will also be another good crop year.
The bazaar and chicken supper given by the Altar
Society at the Catholic church Tuesday evening was a
pronounced success. The doh contest, which was
participated In by five little girls proved very interest
ing. The frat prize was won by Reba Chaplin, the
second ny Glow Krebsbach and the other three CON
testants, Elma Stanfield, Grace Goodman and Mable
Erickson Ill received dolls
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-12-20

AS the day approaches for converting the legisla-
ture the biennial contest wakes warm for organization
Of the Senate and House of Representatives. OF vital
importance Is the naming of the presiding officer OF
the two branches OF the legislative body-of more con-
sequence this year than usual because Of the absence
81 q lieutenant governor who, ~ex-officio, becomes the
chairman OF the Senate. This means OF course that
each house will select the presiding officer from lis
own ranks.
Usually too 1t Ii possible to determine long De
fore the assednblage convenes which political party
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-12-20
TO WAR UPON CRIME
SUBSISTENCE HOMEsTEADs
INDEFINITE BUDGET
TO REVISE THE NRA
WILL BUSINESS HELP
OUR FAMILY INCOMES
REMOVING WAR PROFITS
FARMERS ON RELIEF

Opening the four-day conference
on crime, called by AttorneyGenera
Cummings, President Roosevelt call
ed for close cooperation between
State, County City and Town adj
ministrations In order that every
crime preventing and law enforcing
agency In the country might work to-
gether to eradicate the Symptom OF
social disorder"
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Is There a Santa CLAUSE

Editors Note: The following editorial, written
Sc years ago in the New ~ sun, has appeared an,
nu uat in in many languages ~ world over. Frank P.
Church. editorial writer for the sun, was its author,
although this was not divulged until his death. Al
gradnallv began 10 enthuse TO a real opportunity and
wrote the words that have since warmed the hearts Oh
millions, both young and old.
We take pleasure in answering at once and thus
nrominentlv the communication below, expressing a.
the same time our great qualification that its faithful
author is numbered among the friends Of the sun;
Dear Editor-I am eight years old. some OIL my
little friends say there is no Santa slaus. Papa says
III YOU see it in the Sun, its So Please ten III i
truth. is there a Santa CLAUSE
Virginia 0Hanlon,
"115 West 95th St"
The Washington times., 1934-06-26
COOLIDGETORUN TREASURY

BY International News Service
Thomas jefferson Coolidge, 40,
Boston banker and distant rela-
tive of former President Coolidge,
and lineal descendant of Thomas
jefferson, will direct the Treasury
Department throughout July.
Recently named undersecretary,
Mr.. Coolidge will become acting
secretary when Secretary Nor
genthau goes to Montana for a
months rest on a ranch. The
Secretary plans to leave late this
week and will be accompanied by
his family.
Mr.. Coolidge. as a football star
at Harvard. won distinction on
one occasion by a 90-yard run
against Yale for a touchdown.
Without any particular politi-
cal background, Mr.. Coolidge ex-
plains that locally" he generally
is a Republican, although he voted
for President Roosevelt and
usually voted the Democratic
ticket in national elections"
The Washington times., 1934-06-26
GROCER SHOOTS
TWO THUGS

J. S. Faust, 75-year-old grocer
at Lyons Creek, Anne Arundel
county, Md, wounded two men
who attempted to hold him up
last night.
District and Maryland police
Immediately began a search for
a doctor or hospital that may
have treated two white men for
bullet wounds.
The hold-up men are believed
to be the same pair who held up
w. S. wilkins, of Queen Anne,
Saturday night, during which
holdup the leader said to his
partner:
"PIug any one coming through
the door while / get the money"
They took $73 but Mr.. wilkins
was able to furnish a complete
description to the Prince Georges
county sheriff.
In last nights robbery attempt
the pair entered the Faust store
and said:
"This is a holdup. Give US
your money"
Mr.. Faust reached for his re-
volver and fired at the pair,
shouting:
Like hell it Isl"
At the first shot one Of the men
fell to the floor and crawled to
the open door while his COM
panion returned the fire. Mr..
Faust thinks he wounded the Sec
on drobber in the shoulder. They
ond robber in the shoulder. They
Mr.. Faust believes was occupied
by two others who waited outside.
The Washington times., 1934-06-26
Rdiney on 3-Week
AirpLQne 'SWinq'

Speaker Henry T. Rainey will
take to the air today for q three
weeks Swing around the circle"
winding up about July is at his
home at Carrollton, ILL.,, he an
nounced last night. Making the
entire tour by airplane, he will
hop off first for Toronto, Canada,
where tonight he will speak at the
Civitan International convention
banquet.
The Washington times., 1934-06-26
THROWS
OUT DC. LABOR
D|SP j 7 {
BY EUGENE A. Kelly

Hope for an early settlement Of
a jurisdictional dispute which has
tied up work on three Federal
buildings here were. scattered to
the winds today when suit to
settle the matter was thrown out
of court.
The suit, filed by the Operative
Plasterers and Cement Finishers
international Union against the
Brick Masons and Plasterers In
ternational Union, was dismissed
by Justice Daniel W., O'Don-
oghue in District Supreme Court
on the ground that there was in
sufficient evidence to support the
bill.
Earlier Agreement Cited
The dispute concerns setting a
new type of stone. Both factions
assert the right to set the stone.
In bringing suit the operative
plasters contended they made an
agreement with the brick maSonS
more than four years ago that
the work of stone setting should
be evenly divided between both
parties.
In defense, the brick masons as
serted they had a previous agree
ment with the plasterers which
gave them the sole right to set
the stone. The brick masons fur
Their asserted that their agreement
of 1880 with the plasterers in
volved only stone that was "stuck"
in the wall and not that which
was set"
Tied Up Several Weeks
The dispute has tied up work
several weeks. A general strike OF
all trades working on the projects
was called, but several of the
trades ignored the order and re-
turned to work.
The plasterers were given 20
days in which to appeal their
case. The brick maSons were repre-
sented by William E. Leahy.
Washington, meanwhile con-
tinued to be plagued by other
labor difficulties.
Most of the union carpenters
here, despite the fact that their
strike was called off last week, are
still out of work, since PWA con-
tractors contend they made an
agreement with carpenters last
year to work on PWA projects for
$1.10 an hour. The carpenters
settled their dispute with general
contractors last week for $1.25 an
hour.
Want Contract Enforced
The five PWA contractors here
have filed petition with the
Board of Labor Review requesting
an order forcing the carpenters to
return to work on PWA projects
at $1.10 an hour. The Board of
Labor Review will be in session
the latter part of the week.
It is possible they will recon-
mend to PWA authorities that
additional funds be allocated to
PWA contractors so that they can
pay the union wage scale of $1.25
an hour for carpenters. The con-
tractors contend that unless this
is done they will be unable to pay
the higher wage scale, since in
drawing up bids for work they
figured on the $1.10 an hour basis.
Plasterers, out on strike since
May 10 for SITS an hour, will
meet with employers tomorrow to
reopen peace negotiations. A con-
ference last week failed.
The Washington times., 1934-06-26
Rufus S. Lusk Hits
Pau Raises Blu D. C.,

Pay raises for employees Of the
District of Columbia have been
criticized by Rufus S. Lusk. sec
rotary of the Washington Tax
payers Association. Mr.. Lusk's
protest came as the result of a
decision by Comptroller General
McCarl last week permitting the
Commissioners to increase the
pay of several classes of relief
workers.
Mr.. Lusk wrote to Commits
sioner Hazen and to Harry L.
Hopkins, Federal emergency re-
lief administrator. declaring that
his association did not approve
these salary advances.
The Washington times., 1934-06-26
DR.. Jones Resigns
d. C. School Post

The District Commissioner to-
day accepted the resignation Of
DR.. Kenneth B. Jones, for 912
years superintendent of the Dis
trict Training School, effective
June 80. DR.. Jones has been ap.
pointed superintendent of the
Rosewood State Training School,
at Owings Mills, Md.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-22

newspapermen that HauptmannS
arrest is just the beginning OF
"big break" in the case.
Following his ordeal in the po-
lice lineup, Hauptmann was
taken in a police limousine to the
Bronx for arraignment on a
charge of extortiOn. The car was
surrounded by smaller police ra-
dio cars.
He was taken before Magistrate
Richard McKiniry in the ola
Bronx courthouse, which for the
moment resembled a set on Hol,-
lvwood movie lot. Kleig lights had
been set up by newsreel men. The
.L,~~.s e.4.u t,nUvHs s-P1~I - AZ no
phones briStled all about the
place.
Hauptmann pleaded not guilty.
The affidavit charged that he had
been guilty Of extorting $4,000
from Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.
He looked at the floor most of
the time while he was III court.
The magistrate ordered him held
without bail and called for hear
ing in the case Monday.
.Hauptmann was taken to the
Jail. Prisoners ordinarily are
kept on the first floor but he was
taken upstairs. A special guard
was placed over him.
But they gave him no appreci-
able time to rest. Before night
fall they hauled him out again,
and took him to the office of
Samuel Foley, district attorney
for Bronx county.
Foley already had summoned
his county grand jury to return
an indictment against the pris-
oner. 1t appeared problematical,
however, whether the German
ever will stand trial in the Bronx.
Police believed the New Jersey
request for extradition would be
granted, and Hauptmann would
have to face a jury on the muir
der charge.
The prisoner, at the time of his
arrangement, said he didn't want
to have a lawyer, but Mrs. Haupt-
mann yesterday retained H. Ben
nett Solomon, a Bronx attorney,
to represent her husband.
Reporters flocked about Haupt-
mann wherever he was taken dur
ing the day. At one point a news
paperman reached the prisoners
side and asked: "Did you kidnap
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-22
PREDICTED SHUT-OUT
AFTER 9TH INNING

NEW YORK, Sept. %. (UP).
Young Paul Dean knew he was
pitching his filst major league
no-hit. no-run game yesterday at
the end of the seventh inning.
Going into the dugoUt after
that session. the long, lean Texan
told Catcher Delaney, I'm
pitchin' no-hit game today.
Now watch nc. I'm goin' out
there and bear down like a raS-
cal e.,
vioor that the brooklyn Dodgers
didn't get a single hit in their
nightcap game, winding up in a
blaze of glorv one Of the great
est brother acts the major lea
CUES ever saw.
Paul tod Of his pitching achieve
ment last night at the Pennsyl-
vania station, sitting on the Pull
man seat of train just ready to
start for Cincinnati.
81 felt mighty good when |
went out to pitch that second
game" he said. 81 always feel
fine after my brother, Dizzy,
wins win, a game. Well he allowed
those Dodgers only three hits in
the opener and no runs. My arm
| felt fine. 1t was working Just
like an old sling shot. / could
have gone 81 innings without
getting tired :,
The 21-year-old fire-ball hurler
in the dark gray suit said he
knew he had the Dodgers beaten
after the first inning. Brooklyn
batters just couldn't get any
place with his delivery.
4 right-handed. side arm throw
er like his 23-year-old brother,
Dizzy, he fed the Dodger bats
men fast balls-"with little rise
at the end"-but mixed them W
with a change Of pace.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-22
$780," ne replied.

$780," ne replied.
He said he thought he had bro
ken even in his stock market deal
ings. And he added that he had
made money in the fur business
in the last three or four years.
As he was hustled away on the
rounds laid out for him by the
police, Inspector Sullivan remark
ed that eve have a perfect case
of extortion. and the other case,
far more serious, is developing
rapidly" The Inspector referred
to the actual kidnapping and muir
der of the Lindbergh infant.
GAS it now stands" Inspector
SB4liBap ,Sf aid. Tif tttfh this mmaeabn}ng T2s
This is not One-man job. There
are others in it. Lots of things
are developing in this case-de-
veloping fast"
Detectives and federal opera
tives were digging in the yard
around Hauptmann's house. seek
ing more of the $4,000 delivered
by DR.. John F. (Jafsie) Condor
to mysterious "John' in a
Bronx cemetery ten days after
the kidnapping. They ripped apar ;
the frame garage, where $13,75U
of the ransom money was found.
While Hauptmann himself held
under strong guard in the Bronx
county Jail, his wife was permit
ted to return to her home with
her 10-months-Old son. Mannfried.
She had been in the hands of po-
lice overnight and she reached
home in company with her broth
err, Hans Muller, who also had
been detained.
A crowd that was congregated
about the house since word of
Hauptmann's arrest first got out
rallied at Mrs. Hauptmann as she
approacher her home. Police had
exOnerated her. They said she
knew nothing of the kidnapping or
of the ransom money. But the
crowd howled "Stone herl Kill
herr
Detectives stationed at the en-
trance to the house heard crash
upstairs and found that Muller
had been seized with an epileptic
fit. He had dislocated his shout
ing inside the house, occupied by
two other families in addition to
the Hauptmanns. The occasional
screams of women could be heard
in the street.
The feeling among police Off
Gals that complete solution of the
famous kidnapping is impending
was echoed by DR.. Condor at his
home in the Bronx. "Jafsie" told
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-22

vegetables in it while other cooks
add the vegetables to the meat
and cook the vegetables and meat
together. If you like your meat
to have,a delicate flavor of Vegeta'
bles, cook vegetables with meat.
Otherwise, cook vegetables sep
arately in meat broth. The veg
etables are added according to
their individual cooking time
First add parsnips scraped and cut
in halves or quarters. Cook Sc
teen minutes and add carrots
scraped and cut in halves. Cook
ten minutes and add potatoes
pared and left. whole. Cook ten
minutes and add cabbage cut in
eighths. Cook twenty minutes or
until all the vegetables are tender
Then drain from broth and serve
meat and vegetables on big hot
platter. ..,-.. .f
Our grandmothers served their
boiled dinners in large, deep chop
plate-like serving dishes which
were made especially for this pur-
pose. The deep dish held the heat
and kept the meat and vegetables
warmer TIN shallow platter.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-22
HOOKS ,a-o
BY MARY E. DAGUE
WA SaryIeo Staff Writer

'NEA service SldH "AhSA
MO new-fangled expert up on all
Y the modern isms' ever yet has
worked out meal more economi-
cal and nourishing than the old
fashioned, traditional New Eng
land boiled dinner. Everybody
likes it, too. I heard the other
day that Mrs. Calvin Coolidge ar
irving at a country inn uneXpect-
eddy resisted all the fiustered
cooks offers to fix up a chicken
salad and chose a boiled dinner
which she said was her favorite
dish.
Salt pork and corned beef were
the meats New England house
wives used, but ham or fresh beef
will do as well.
When you plan a meal around a
boiled dinner, keep the other
items simple and early American.
Instead of salad, use plenty of
crisp celery and serve homemade
pickles, relishes, buffers and jel-
lies.
Suitable desserts are apple or
pumpkin pie, fruit cobbler or In
dian pudding.
New England Boiled Dinner
Three or four pounds corned
beef, medium sized potatoes, l
small head cabbage, 4 carroa5, 3
or 4 parsnips, turnips.
A fancy "brisket" is a good
choice of corned beef to obtain for
the dinner. Rinse meat in cold
water. Put into Kettle with enough
cold water to more than cover
meat. Bring to boiling and skim
thoroughly. Reduce heat and sim
mer until tender, about four or
five hours. At. this point, cooks
differ. Some remove part of the
broth from the nest and cook tho