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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-26
Beer and Liquor
Revenue Is Up
u, s. Receipts For Year May Be
Half Billion-Bootleggers
Lose Millions

Washington, July M-Mounting
beer and liquor revenues, which
promise to reach the $500, 900 900 a
year mark, are supplying the fed
eral government with one out Of
every eight dollars Of its $4,000, 000,-
900 income, internal revenue bureau
statistics showed today.
Government revenue from the II
quor traffic In June rose to a new
post-prohibition record Of $36, $751;
672, or at the rate Of nearly $780,
10000 a year. The highest previous
revenue collected by the govern
ment from liquor was in the year
ended June 30, 1918, when $40, s10,-
600 was paid.
Since April Z, 1888, when low
power beer was legalized, and on
Dec. 5, 1888, when repeal became
effective, beer and liquor revenues
have been climbing steadily, divert
ing hundreds Of millions Of dollars
into the federal treasury that might
otherwise have flown into bootleg
channels.
During June alcoholic beverages
were the third largest source Of fed
eral income, having been exceeded
only by income tax collection Of
s1s6, 100, 1888 and by tobacco tax col
lections Of $42,570,160.
Total internal revenue collections
in June amounted to $685., 242 ,649
bringing the total for the fiscal
year ended June 80, last to S2,672,-
239, 1876, gain Of more than ST.
GOO. 600, 900 over the 81 $40, 1886, pa
internal revenue collections In the
proceeding fiscal year.
In addition to the heavy liquqor
tax collections, the treasury re-
ported another lucrative source OF
revenue in processing taxes on farm
products which are turned back ia
farmers for crop reduction pro-
grams.
In the fiscal year ended June 30
last, processing taxes yielded $751;.
422, 1885, or well above estimates
Wheat furnished Sill, 6Z1 ITS; cot
ton, $144,767, 233; tobacco, $1S,088,.
426; corn, $4,496, 1893; hogs, S77y034,-
GIL; paper and jute, $9,244,SS0 and
sugar s170,416.
Unprecedented hot weather In al
sections Of the country which haa
Increased beer consumption and the
continued curbing of bootleg activ'
tiles were cited by department Of.
ficials as factors In the continued
Lupturn in beer and liquor revenues
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-26
Theo. Dock
Will Close
Business Sat.
Will Open a General Store
In Farwell About the 9th
of August
IN BUSINESS II YEARS
j. O. Opheim Employed AS
Clerk-Mrs. Dock Will
Remain Here

Theo. Dock, who has conducted
the I. G. A. grocery store in this
city for many years, will close mis-
business Saturday night, July 28th,
preparatory to moving his stock to
Farwell, Mimi, where he will open
general store.
Mr.. Dock came to this city in
1903, and for several years he trav-
eled over this territory as a sales
man. Seventeen years ago he enter
ed the shoe business In the build
ing in which he now has his gro
Gerry store. Although he later
changed his business to a complete
line Of groceries, he remained in the
same location during all the years.
At Farwell he will open a gener-
al store about August 9Th. His
stock will consist Of shoes, mems
and women's furnishings, grocer
les, etc. Farwell Is a thriving vii
lage Of 225 population, located on
the 500 line about 35 miles north
west Of Sank Centre. Mr.. Dock be-
lieves he. has a very fine location,
and his many friends in this city
hope that he may enjoy real pros
perity in his new place Of business
Mrs. Dock will for the time be-
ing remain in Sank Centre and Mr.
Dock expects to drive to Farwell
and back. J. o. Opheim, Of this
city, who formerly clerked In a
store in Farwell has been employed
by Mr. Dock to help with the
work in the new store, Mr.. and
Mrs. Opheim expect to move to
Farwell the latter part Of this
month. The people Of Sank Centre
regret to see these folk leave, but
wish them all success in their new
home
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-26
I'll Clubs Prepare for
Big Achievement Day
Mr.. Beedle, of State Office, VIII
Help Dairy Judging Entrants at
Frank Minette Farm Sat.

The All Clubs in Stearns
county are now getting ready
for the Livestock Achievement
Day in Sank Centre. August IA,
announces Miss Moan Ander-
son, county All Club leader.
All fourteen clubs are holding
meetings these next three
weeks. This week the Brooten
Club is meeting on Monday;
Paynesville on Tuesday; and
Cold Spring on Thursday after
noon.
Mr.. Beedle, from the State
All office, will spend Friday
and Saturday in the county
helping the members interested
in the dairy judging contest.
He will meet the members In
the southern and eastern part
Of the county on Friday; and
those in the western part at
Frank Minette's, at Sank Cen
ire on Saturday forenoon.
The leaders of the county are
getting together for their third
countrywide Leaders meeting
Saturday afternoon in the AL
bany City Hall. Mr.. Beedle
will help with the meeting.
Next Monday and Tuesday,
Miss Ruth Lohmann, State f.
H canning specialist, will give
demonstrations in the county
and help All Gamers. She will
give one public canning demon
stration in the City Hall in
Paynesville on Monday after
noon at two o'clock. All All
girls are urged to attend and
everyone who is interested is
welcome to come.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-26
Stearns County
Received S25o,246
A. T. Forsberg Has Made Com
plete Report Of Drouth Relief
From Aug. I, 1888 TO July 1, 'S4

State Drouth Relief administrator
A. T. Forsberg stopped In Sank
Centre Tuesday afternoon. He Is
making q survey of crop conditions
In the state, to determine what
changes In the drouth area should
be made this fall. He hopes TO
complete that work this week, or
by August I at which time he Of
ficially steps out Of the picture,
having been compelled to resign in
order to attend to his business at
Benson. He left a complete re-
port Of drouth relief given out In
the state from August /, 1888 to
July I, 1894, during which time the
total expenses amounted to H,728,-
466.S7 out Of which amount less
than s per cent represented the
distribution expenses. This report
CONTINUED on Page Five)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-26
Former Sank
Centre Man
Died July, Is
Homer Hart. Born In This
City In 1881, Buried at
Deer River Thursday
GREY EAGLE RESIDENT
Spent His Boyhood Days In
Birchdale Township,
Todd County

Friends OF Homer Hart, a former
resident Of Sank Centre and Birch
dale township, were shocked to
hear Of his death, which occurred
Sunday, July 18th after an illness
OF three days at the Grand Rapids
hospital, where he was taken from
his home in Deer River, Mimi. He
had been afflicted for about two
years with asthma, and his death
was caused by an attack Of bron-
chial asthma.
Mr.. Hart was born April II, 1881,
In Sank Centre, and when two
years old moved with his parents
to Birchdale township, Todd coun-
ty, where he spent his boyhood
days. He was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Hart. After the death
OF his father, his mother married
again and will be better remem-
bered In Sank Centre as Mrs. Geo.
Loomer. She passed away about
ten years ago.
Mr.. Hart was married to Miss
Annie Robertson, of Grey Eagle, in
1904, and lived near Grey Eagle for
a few years. He later moved to
Sank Centre. To this union were
born three children: Hazel, who Is
now Mrs. Otto Samuelson, of Sank
Centre; Frank Hart, Deer River,
Mimi; and Dorothy, now Mrs. Lo-
well Nelson, at Deer River.
Later he was united in marriage
to Miss Jessie Jerry, at ..linot, N.
D., the ceremony taking place Feb
ruary 4, 1915. To LAis union were
born five children, three daughters
and two sons, as follows: Ida Mae,
Izzetta, Jeanne and Homer Jr., all
at home, and Galen, who preceded
his father In death.
The family lived at Minot, ". D.,
until 1922, when they returned to
Minnesota, settling at Deer River,
where they have since made their
home.
Besides the grief stricken widow
and the living children, deceased Is
survived by eight grandchildren He
is also survived by three brothers
and two sisters: Chas. Hart, Deer
River, Mimi; Percy Hart, Clear
Lake, South Dakota; Oliver Hart,
OF Texas; Mrs. Mary Elton, Yaki-
ma, WASH; and Mrs. Laura Old
ham, Long Prairie.
The funeral services were held
at the M. e. Church at Deer River
at two o'clock last week Thursday
afternoon, the last sad rites being
In charge of the Rev. Schenck. In
torment was made in Pine Ridge
cemetery.
Anose from out-of-town who at
tended the funeral were: Mr.. and
Mrs. George Oldham and son,
Glenn, Of Long Prairie; Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Dickinson and son, Of
Sank Centre; Mr.. and Mrs. Percy
Hart and family, Of Clear Lake, 8.
D.; Mrs. Mary Elton, Yakima,
Wash; Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Lyon,
Grey Eagle; Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Samuelson and son, Sank Centre;
Mrs. Chas. Oukrop, Hill City, Mimi;
and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Fowler, Of
Milbank, South Dakota.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-26
TO Lay CORNER STONE

The corner stone of the new Grey
Eagle Community building will be
laid with impressive ceremonies
Saturday, August 4. A program of
music, sports and addresses has
been prepared and prominent men
of the emergency relief administra-
ton will be present. This building
will be 43 by 80 feet when COM
pleted and Is being built under the
emergency relief administration. It
will have a full basement, a large
auditorium and another room.
Among other things 1t will be used
as high school gymnasium.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-26
Severe Storm
At Greenwald
Estimated Damage at st. Andrews
Church $2,000-Spring Hill
Church Also Damaged

A severe storm hit the Green
wald and Spring Hill communities
Monday night at about 8 o'clock,
and did unestimable damage to
village and farm buildings and
crops. Very little rain fell In the
Sank Centre community at that
time, the storm having passed to
the south Of the city. Tuesday
night and early Wednesday morn
ing this community was given a
very fine rain.
st. Andrews Catholic Church at
Greenwald. was damaged TO the ex-
tent OF 5000 or more, when three
fourths OF the roof was blown Off.
The front OF the Weber Harness
Shop was blown in and the front
at the Greenwald Hardware and
Mercantile store was damaged. The
Greenwald Bank was also slightly
damaged, as were several smaller
buildings.
In the Greenwald farming vicin-
fly. fifteen barns and silos were
damaged One barn, 40x72 on the
John Hill farm, was completely
wrecked and about half dozen 81
los were blown down. Several
dwellings and many small buildings
were twisted and damaged.
The large Spring Hill Church
suffered severe loss, when the
large chimney blew down and fell
through the roof. The chimney
went on through the main floor and
into the basement. Crops through
out the entire district suffered Sc
verely.
At Meirose q plate glass window
in the Unger Furniture Store was
broken when the awning which was
loose, was blown into the front Of
the store.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-26
Local Team Won
l.. P.Golf Contest
Main Streeters Took -Four Team
Contest at Long Prairie Sum
day-Piayed ExcellentIy

The Main Street Golfers won the
four team match at the Long Prai-
RE links Sunday afternoon when
they scored A points. Little Falls
took second with %; Brainerd scor-
ed 245a; and Long Prairie took
fourth with 221a points.
The following are the names and
individual scores Of those who
CONTINUED, on Page Five)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-26
FIREMEN'S ANNUAL PICNIC

The annual picnic of the Sank
Centre Fire Department will be held
at LembKe's tourist park Sunday
afternoon, July 10th. All firemen
and their families are invited. Kit
tenball and other sports will be the
diversion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-26
G. X. Lingo Dead

g. K. Lingo, who passed away at
Osakis Friday, was buried at
Greenwood cemetery, in this city,
Sunday afternoon. Masonic servi-
ces were heiu at Osakis. Mr.. Lin
go formerly lived in tnis commun-
fly. He Is the father Of Mrs. Hec-
tor, who formerly resided north
west Of this city on a farm. Mr..
Lingo suffered a paralytic stroke
about three years ago, and has been
q patient sufferer since that time.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-26

Mrs. Erna Shick, Of Chicago, diied
suit for divorce from her husband
charging he lost money In the
stock market and then robbed the
bal.y's bank to pay his margins.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-26
stephen Petermeier

The funeral Of Stephen Peter
meier was held In st. Boniface
church at Melrose on Saturday
morning at $50 o'clock with Rev.
3. Ptermeier, Of Glenwood, son,
officiating as celebrant at the
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-26
Va. o. D. q. PICNIC

The members OF Little Flower
Court, w. c. o. E., and their fam
lilies enjoyed q picnic at the City
Park Tuesday evening. Over fifty
folk were present.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
By International News servie.


A basic code" to regulate prob
lens Of labor in the 262 indus
tries not yet under the Blue
Eagle was announced today as
Recovery Administrator Hugh s.
Johnson flew westward for a
30-day combined vacation and
speaking tour.
Under General Johnson's pro-
mitigation all industries, except
the service activities, will be
given 30 days to complete "all
code making"
It is not the NRA plan, his
order noted, Ito compel every in.
dustrial group in the country 70
have a code, but II any Of those
remaining out at the end Of 30
days appear to be harboring
abuses Of labor, a hearing, to
determine whether a labor code
shall be imposed, will be given
within 40 days from today"
Coal, Shipping Separate
General Johnson's plan does
not include arrangements for the
settlement Of difficulties sur
rounding the anthracite coal and
shipping industries, and a few
lesser ones, involving sectional
and international problems.
There are now 476 codified in
dustries, representing more than
80 per cent of industrial employ.
ment.
Included in the 262 uncoded in
dustries are 1875 industries whose
codes have passed public hearing
or have been set for hearing and
on which agreements appear to be
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
SON N|PS' 'SLUR'
ON IVY LEE

BERLIN. July IL G.N.S0.-rvy
Lee, public relations counsel for
the Rockefellers and other impor.
tant American interests, is not the
"Machiavelli behind Nazi propa-
ganda in the United States,." his
son, James Lee I'd, declared today.
Young Lee at the same time de-
MED that he was the "gobetween''
in relations between his father
and the German Dye Trust or
that he received $4,000 for such
services.
The fact that the organization
headed by the elder Lee had q con-
tract with the German dye trust
at $25, 900 a year was brought out
in New York yesterday at a sena-
torial investigation into alleged
foreign propaganda in the United
States.
The elder Lee, his son said, is
in very poor health and is now
motoring through south Germany
He will spend from four to six
weeks in that region before re
turning to Berlin.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
WORLD AWAITS
HITLER TALK.
Continued from Page y

Continued from Page ~
cedented collective mass broad
casting Of the speech, organized
in such a way that no one will
have any excuse for missing what
the Chancellor has to say.
Plea For Harmony
Hitler will outline the injustice
Of Germany's present position,
will dare Germany's enemies with
a show Of the ancient German
fighting spirit and then will plead
for peace.
The key to the international
attitude is to be found in the
speech of Rudolph Hess, the Nazi
Second-in-c command which Hitler
read and approved.
And what has happened since
with the reported success Of M.
Barthou's mission to England has
only strengthened that attitude.
It is not hard to read a Govern
ment'S mind in country where
every important political utter
ance Of the press is govern
mentally inspired.
In Paris, it is reported there is
much skepticism as to whether
M. Barthu's complicated system
Of alliances, Eastern Locarno,"
Mediterranean Locarno," and q
new western Locarno" including
Russia will be worth the paper
they are to be written on.
But here the press and, there
fore, the government, thinks that
M. Barthou has succeeded.
Victory Assured
M. Barthou's domestic political
problem would be nil If only the
French had the same respect for
his work that the Germans have.
The Berliner Tageblatt sees Eng.
land, the old balance-of-power
nation, consenting to Frances
complete hegemony Of the Cont
nent. It says:
France has arrived at last
where ClemenCeau wanted to
see her. Only the wholly naive
will view as q defeat for French
policy the fact that there was In
London no talk Of an alliance
and that no additional security
guarantees were given"
So it will be a defiant as well
as a heroic Hitler who tomorrow
will take the stage.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
TRUCKERS JOIN
DOCK STRIKE
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CONTINUED from Page ~
shop, and sole control Of steve
dore employment halls by the
7. L. A.
Optimism of the board was not
reflected by Bridges. chairman Of
the joint marine strike commit
tee. Bridges refused to comment.
MINNEAPOLIS, July IL GN.s).
"A complete paralysis of commerce
and possible riots threatened the
Twin Cities today as Minneapolis
truck drivers, helpers and inside
men prepared to strike at mid
night Monday, with the promise
they would be Joined in the walk
out by the st. Paul teamsters'
local.
More than 5000 union men
voted the strike at a mass meet
ing here last night, after learning
that st. Paul teamsterS probably
would vote to join them at a mass
meeting to be held today.
Mediator Fearful
Z, H. Dunningan, special Fed
eral mediator, indicated that he
feared a renewal of the violence
of last May, when one man was
killed and many injured, unless
the case is submitted to arbitra-
ton at once and the walkout pre-
vented.
Last spring State militia were
called out to restore and main
tain order.
The teamsters have indicated a
willingness to arbitrate, but the
employers association has refused.
The teamsters are demanding
the right to represent inside work
ers in negotiations with employ
ers. The employers have refused
to deal with representatives Of the
truckers in matters pertaining to
the inside men. ignoring an order
of the regional labor board last
Saturday that the truckers be
granted that privilege.
Governor Urges Tribunal
Governor Olson declared today:
ultimately some tribunal
must arbitrate wages and work
ing conditions with reference to
so-called inside workers. 1t Is
apparently up to the employers
whether that arbitration takes
place before or after the strike"
It was reported here that the
truck drivers local at Duluth. re-
Gently organized, will join in q
sympathy strike.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
100000 DIVIDEND DUE DEPOSTORS OF u S. SAVINGS BANK
Gen. Johnson Orders
262 Industries
Under Code

obtainable. It is hoped by NRA
executives to complete these
within the next IS days.
General johnson expects that
most Of the remaining industries
will come under existing codes for
related lines.
Hour, Wage Featured
Those codes coming under the
"basic code" by choice or by ex-
ecutive order will have hour and
wage provisions established at
figures already in force in related
codes. -.
Besides regulating hours and
wages, the basic code provides for
the right of collective bargaining,
abolishes child labor, provides
safety and health rules and estab-
fishes a simple plan Of open price
reporting, as well as the authority
for providing fair trade practices
General johnson has designated
Robert K. Strauss, Special AS
sistant Administrator; DR.. Leon
C. Marshall, economist of Johns
Hopkins University, and George
8. Brady, Assistant Administrator
for Policy, to direct the entire
program Of code making.
To simplify the transition to
the basic code or compliance
with a related code, General
johnson has ordered that there
be no public hearings on applica.
tions by groups of such indus.
tries. Upon the applications all
interested parties will be given
ten days notice, General John.
son decreed, and if there are no
substantial objections, the appli.
cations will be approved and the
codes will 60 into effect automati,
cally at the end Of ten days.
Any industry which subscribes
to the basic code may ask later
for merger with an existing code:
modification of the basic code, or
inclusion Of additional fair trade
practices. Hearings will be heard
for the latter only upon the as.
sent Of rs per cent or more of
the industry.
The Washington times., 1934-07-12
WEATHER HA[TS
'STRATO' TRIP
BY M. F. DACEY
International News Service

RAPID CITY, s. D., July IL
GN.S0.-Watchful waiting con-
tinued today at the stratosphere
bowl for the flight into the strato-
sphere of the largest free balloon
ever constructed.
Weather reports we're inter
preted as unfavorable for the
take-off Of the giant bag at any
time in the next 48 hours.
Thousands Disappointed
Announcement that the balloon
would not soar out over the sand.
stone cliffs of the sheltered bowl,
II miles from here, until Satur-
day at the earliest was disap-
pointing to thousands of tourists
and townSpeople.
Early ascension of the balloon
with its metal gondola carrying
two, and perhaps three men in
search of the mysteries of the up
per StratoSphere, had been ex-
pected when official announce
ment was made that operations
would be started early last night
to produce breathable oxygen and
liquid air for the occupants of the
gondola.
Within an hour weather reports
persuaded Capt. A. w. Stevens
and his pilot, Major w. E. Kepner,
that conditions did not warrant
initiation of the balloon today.
Manufacture of the liquid air and
oxygen was ordered discontinued
Immediately.
Technicians and associates of
the National Geographic Society
and Army Air Corps spent today
checking and making minor ad-
juStmentS in the myriad inStru-
ments that will record conditions
13 or IA miles above sea level.
Diver Sends Wire
A colorful telegram of best
wishes, one of hundreds that are
being received by Major Kepner,
Captain Stevens and Capt. O. A.
Anderson, alternate pilot of the
balloon, was made public today.
1t came from the man who has
descended fartheSt beneath the
surface Of the sea to the trio who
may soar to the greatest altitude
above the sea.
DR.. william Beebe, now at
NonSuch Island, Bermuda, prepar-
ing for an ocean dive q half mile
deep in a bathysphere, wired the
trio good wishes and the best Of
luck.