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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13
THANKS MIR. HOWARD FOR
LETTER To PRESIDENT
BY B. NJ. RaIston

By b. Nj. Ralston
With much interest I have read
the suggestive and well worded let
ter of Roy w. Howard, chairman
of the board of the Scripps-Howard
newspapers, to President Roosevelt
on Aug. &c and the Presidents re-
ply thereto on Sept 2.
I am very glad these exchanges of
letters have taken place.
Mr.. Howard, an able newspaper
man, is in a position to know pub
lie sentiment.
He is able to distinguish whether
a critic is sincere in his criticism, or
is simply criticising for the political
effect he may have.
The Presidents reply shows that
he, too, is able to make distinc-
ton between constructive advice
and political criticism.
He ascribes sincerity to Mr.. How
ards letter as is indicated by the
first paragraph of his letter of re-
ply.
A4C 1lAoC IWO pdA dSl dp1Ao VI hA
Towards letter convince me that
he wants to clarity matters by sep
arating the just constructive from
the unjust (destructive) criticism.
In other words, he wants to
Smoke out the sinister forces" and
give to the public sincerity in its
purity.
I am with the President. He is
an able and conscientious leader. He
is a real man. He is the Man of
the Hour" in our nation.
Aye, to the world, if you please.
Uphold the hands of the Presi-
dent" should be the slogan of the
nation at this time.
Now is the time for all good men
to come to the aid of their coun-
try.
Many harpers are not skeptics;
they are simply destroyers. They
are against the Roosevelt policies
for political and selfish advantages
only. They criticiset policies. but
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13
BELIEVES SERGT. BALL SHOULD
EXAMINE CRIME WEAPON

By Observing Citizen
Will you please have one of your
bright young men explain just why
it was necessary for Chief Mike
Morrissey to send the weapon and
bullet in the Sutton murder to
Washington for ballistics test by
the Omen.
happen to know that Detective
Arch Ball is an expert on guns. He
is an expert not merely because
ballistics are one phase of police
work, but because he always has
made a hobby of guns. He obtained
high-priced pieces of equipment
from time to time and is we'll able
to make the same tests that will be
made in Washington.
You will recall that Sergt, Balls
finding were of great value to the
state in the murder trials of the
Sergt. Jones' killers.
Surely, some arrangement could
be made whereby the police depart
ment could use Detective Ball and
his equipment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13
The Book World

ONE Of the most powerful and most moving
~ stories of prison terrorism, one that has
every appearance of authenticity, has just been
published under the title Of Rubber Trunch-
con- a name that doesn't do the volume
justice. The author is Wolfgang Langhof
CE p Dutton: $3.50 and his tale is the out
growth Of Is months imprisonment in a Nazi
Jail.
Herr Langhofs story comes with the indorse-
ment of Lion Feuchtwanger and while it will
shock American readers with its tale of endless
brutality it has been written without venom.
The author remains loyal to the German
spirit, convinced that the present rulers of the
Reich are not the true sons of Germany and
that his country eventually will come into its
own in its true spirit.
An actor, Herr Langhof was tossed into jail
early in 1892. His first experience with his jaers
came when seven S. S. men went to work on
him with rubber truncheons, beating him near
ly into senselessness.
DUT what the author writes of his own ex-
- ,periences is as nothing compared to the
stories he tells of the disgusting brutality I'M
loosed on more important figures in the prison.
Finally released from captivity, Herr Lang
hof went back to Berlin only to find himself
a virtual outcast. With his wife, he slipped
through the Black Forest and over the border
into Switzerland.
The original title of the volume was die
Moorsoldaten" (Soldiers OF the Moors) and it is
a pity it could not have been published under
that title
Rubber Truncheon" is not recommended for
those who shrink at the mere mention of
brutality
! CONCENTRATIONS FOR YOUTH" by Eliza
~ beth R. Pendry and Hugh Hartshore (Mc-
Graw-Hill S2.75) is a book that can be highly
recommended to all persons interested in form
ing or guiding young peoples groups.
1t is simply handbook, but an admirable
one Forty non-sectarian groups have been
listed with complete information about everv
one OF them IN the viewpoints of the organiza-
tons themselves.
E. 2. Dutton & Co., 500 Fourth-av, New
York City.
McGraw-Hil Book Co., New York City.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13

to brand ,wo murdered pickets in
Minneapc IS by the odious term of
"scab be ers."
While he term is probably true.
as all p'ckets must harass the out
side labor brought in to kill a strike.
the way in which the terms was
used the murdered laborers might
well have been called vicious Ia
Dor thugs"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13
OBJECTS TO "STAY OFF,
RULE AT MEMORIAL
BY Reader

BY Reader
Don't! Don't! Is all any one hears
if they go near the World WAR
Memorial mall and sunken gardens
either day or night.
My wife is roller skating off a lit
tie longitude and latitude but the
no skating" sign is given if she at
tenpts to glide in and out of the
walks near the sunken gardens.
I'm war veteran, taxpayer, and
I feel we have some rights.
Yours for bigger and better private
boneyards for pups, grass slides for
children, outdoor reducing machines
for wives and mattresses for tired
husbands who worked all day trying
to get enough money together to
pay state taxes to care for places
similar to the memorial.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13

offer nothing to take the place of
these policies.
AS constructive thought to
overcome the present or remaining
unemployment situation, I would
suggest the opening up of our fac
tories, and we can not do this I'M
less we go after foreign trade.
Therefore, obtain foreign trade;
start the factories and thus re-
move the unemployment situation.
The newspapers of this country
can cure our depressed condition
within so days if they choose TO
do so.
Many thanks to Mr.. Howard for
his letter, and I sincerely hope ne
will help the President to smoke
out the selfish forces" that are now
doing so much to hinder the Presi-
dent in his recovery plans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13
ATTACKS G. o. P. EDITORS
FOR ADMINISTRATION STAND

By C. A. Baker
Yes, history repeats. In our last
presidential campaign our great Re-
publican leaders and editors seemed
to sit at their radios and watch the
daily paper for one of Mr.. Roose-
velt's speeches, SO they could blaze
the headlines Of the papers with
&C. o. P. Makes Attack on Roose-
velt."
Recently our President has made,
according to our Republican lead
ers and editors, political moves-one
to the young people Of the nation
and the other in reply to Mr.. How
ards letter. The Republican leaders
and editors jumped at these as they
did four years ago. They do not
seem to have the initiative or brains
to put anything constructive before
the people. AL they can do is wait
for President Roosevelt to make a
speech and then attack.
About the only way the people Of
our nation can know what is going
on is through our newspapers and
it is very unfortunate for the state
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13

Americas day of pulling chest
nuts out of the fire for other ma
tons is over-Senator K. D. Nickel
lar, Tennessee.
My code of life had taught me
that when it becomes necessary to
lie to save woman from a great
grief, the thing to do is to lie, like
gentleman.-A. r. OBrien, Cali
fornia prison board director, who
promised woman slayer she would
be pardoned.
We still wrestle with the prob
lens Of childhood, youth, old age.
We still love and hate; suffer and
die. All our wonderful inventions
leave untouched the eternal in hui
man ife-The Rev. William Pax
ton, London minister.
haven't found any evidence that
the average man or woman who
voted for Roosevelt in 1882 has with
drawn support. No matter whom
the Republicans name, President
Roosevelt will defeat him.-Post-
master General James A. Farley.
OF all the wonders Of the uni
verse, from the electron to the
atom, from the virus and bacillus
to the oak and the elephant, from
the tiniest meteor to the most mag
nificent nebula, surely there is
nothing to surpass the brain Of
man.-Prof. w. w. Watts of Eng
land.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13
Message Center

(Times readers are jnvited to cypress
their vietoS in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can have a chance.
Limit them to ESQ 1Cords or less. Your
letter must be si0ned, but names 1oM
% toithheId at request OF the letter
aCriteT.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13
THE ALBERTA PLAN

IT is easy enough to shoot lot of holes in
= that plan which is about to be tried out in
the province Of Alberta, whereby every citizen
is to draw down SIS month from the gov
eminent Just for being alive.
What isn't so easy is to find an answer to
the problem which brought this scheme into
being
The s2s-a-month plan sounds Like some.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13
SCORES WORDING IN
LABOR RIOT STORY
By Times Reader

By Times Reader
The fight Of union labor has never
been an easy one. The laborer must
fight public indifference, the propa-
ganda employed by wealth and the
militant anti-labor tactics of en-
i ployers.
Therefore. Z seems to me, unfair
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13

of Indiana-one of the most pro-
greSSive of all the states-that we
can not learn the facts of our state
and national governments, because
the press of this state is Repub-
lican. They kept us in the dark
for long time-but it takes long
tunnel to have no light. I am sure
the people have found this light in
our state and national leadership.
SENATOR LONGS RECORD
WILL STAND MANY YEARS
BY s. A. Nelson
The press and all those opposed,
and those who have been bounding
Senator Long, should now be well
content. May not ask: Should not
the Administration now call a
special session to pass the must"
bills? There is no Huey Long to
'filibuster"
have been reader of the Con-
gressional Record since 1907, and
having watched Senator Longs
active work, and read every speech
made on the floor of the Senate by
Senator Long since entering the
Senate, I can truly and sincerely
say that he has left a record that
will live always while those who OPP
posed and bounded him land at
times it was done in a mean and
cowardly way) will be forgotten.
Senator Long has been a lifelong
fighter. His fight has been a good
flght-it is flnished-but his mem
DRY and the cause for which he
fought will be marching on.
Rest in peace, Senator.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13

In an anti-Administration speech. out
standing Republican points out you pay 81.
TO-DAY for same. things that three years ago
cost you dollar. That is, if you had the
dollar
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13
SUNSET

BY POLLY LOIS NORTON
Turquoise sky
That spins thread of crimson
Then weaves a golden net
To catch the moon;
Purple vestures
Yelling all the daydreams,
And amber light
On water turquoise blue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13

Following the death of NRA, the National
Recovery Administration announces it is
against further reproductions of the bird.
HoweyeS opponents undoubtedly may hiss
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13

Perhaps at last there'I be harmony in the
League of Nations assembly room at Geneva.
A news item reveals it's been changed to
concert hall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13

The New Yorker who laughed so hard at a
ably failed to enjoy the last couple Of stories.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13

The recent army games proved our troops
were poorly equipped; j. e., they need more
money. Perhaps the maneuvers should have
been termed "the old army games"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13
Daily Thought

Be We strong therefore. and let
not your hands be weak; for your
work shall be rewarded.-II Chron-
icles XIV, Z.
ENIUS begins great works; Ia
0bor alone finishes them-Jou-
bert. n
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13

An Italian Somaliland production of paw
paws is increasing, And back in Italy Musso-
lini is pleading for more mawmaws.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13
So They Say

Americas day of pulling chest
nuts out of the fire for other ma
tons is over-Senator K. D. Nickel
lar, Tennessee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13
The Indianapolis Times
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Phone Riley 55SI
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-04
Scout Camping
To Be Studied
L. G. Mcdonald, National Director,
To Spend Day At st.
Cloud April 6

The Central Minnesota council Of
Boy Scouts will be one Of seven in
the Tenth region to have confer
ence with the national camp di-
rector of the Boy Scouts of Amer
lea when he spends week in the
area of the region. The camp direc-
tor is L. G. Mcdonald.
Being host to Mr.. Mcdonald at
st. Cloud, the council has invited
officers of three other councils to
attend the st. Cloud conference,
which will be Saturday, April 6,
from noon to 9 o'clock. Council re-
representatives. are invited from Du-
luth, Superior and the Headwaters
council, centering around Bemidji
and the range towns. Council pres
idents, scout executives and camp
ing committee men, as well as 9TH
ers interested, are invited to join
the Central Minnesota council in
the conference with Mr.. McDon-
aid.
The scout executives office Is
sending notices to the individuals
in the council who might be inter-
ested, pointing out the names Of
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-04
Former Resident
Died Friday Morn
b. w. Clabaugh, Editor of Swan
vile News, Buried Sunday
Edited News in This City

B. w. Clabaugh, a former editor
of the Sank Centre News, who for
the past ten years has edited the
Sawnville News, passed away at his
home in that village last Friday
morning. Mr. Clabaugh was we'll
known in this city, although he re-
sided here only a short time.
A few years ago Mr.. Clabaugh
suffered a stroke and since that
time has been an invalid. Since last
fall he has been confined to his
bed.
Deceased is survived by daugh-
ter, Miss Vera Clabaugh, of Mime
apolis; and a son, Del Clabaugh,
editor Of the Swanville News.
Funeral services were held at hte
Congregational church in Swanville
Sunday afternoon, with Rev. Roi B.
Tibbetts, officiating.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-04
Sank Centre VIII
Celebrate WyF Fourth
Splendid Entertainment Features
Planned BY Committee
Monday Evening

Members OF the Community Club
committee appointed to make ar
rangements for a Fourth of July
celebration this year, met in the
Armory Monday night to discuss
plans Of finance and to select en-
tertainment features.
Among the features selected for
the entertainment Of the visitors
are: Speed boat races, bait casting
contest, diving and swimming ex-
hibitions, foot races, swimming
contests, kittenball games for
teams from surrounding villages
and cities, horseshoe contests, golf
tournament, band concerts and a
wonderful display of fireworks.
There will also be a bowery dance
and short program. 1t Is also
planned to have a merry-go-round
for the entertainment Of the chill
dren.
The celebration this year will be
held at the City Park and there
will be no admission charge. All Of
the concessions will be under the
direction of the Community club
and the money derived from this
source will be used to finance the
various events.
Other numbers will probably be
added as program arrangements
progress. Committees have been Sc
lected to prepare the various events
and others will be added later. It
is planned to stage rousing, old
time Fourth of July celebration in
this city this year, and with that
in mind it is hoped that everyone
will give their wholehearted sup
port to the venture.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-04
Citizens. Vote
In Favor Of
Band Tues.
TIT Ballots Polled At Mum
icipal Election Light
Vote
3 ALDERMEN ELECTED
Tabulated Vote By Wards
Show Close Council
Race

A trifle better than half Of the
total vote OF the city was polled at
Tuesdays election, the entire vote
cast at both the First and Second
Ward voting precincts during the
day being TT.
Interest in the election was not
as pronounced as expected, for it
was thought that the band issue
and the fact that seven candidates
were seeking aldermanic positions,
should have injected a lively fight
into the campaign. Contrary to this
thought, there seemed to be little
excitement, and no major issues
centered about the Council candi-
dates. It was a very clean cleo
ton.
The large vote cast in favor Of
retaining the community band
proved that a considerable number
Of our citizens are interested in this
worthwhile organization. It was
necessary to have a majority of all
votes cast to carry this issue, and
blank ballots were counted as
mo" votes. Hence, the vote Of sol
in favor Of the band to 142 against
was a happy surprise to many.
Frank Pangburn, who has serv-
ed as a Council member for many
years, received the highest vote in
the Aldermanic race. He was
closely followed by Carl Eckberg,
who was defeated in the election
of year ago. Jos. Miller was third
in the list. The three men above
mentioned, together with Alder
men G. D. Cass and Frank Con-
nelly, will form the new Council.
Geo. I. Doibbs was six votes behind
Mr.. Miller, and Ralph Steffes, who
served efficiently as councilman
during the past four years, was
only seven votes short of tieing Mr.
Dobbs. John Wruck was in sixth
place and Gus Otto seventh.
w. M. Parker was elected to the
office Of Special Municipal Judge,
having defeated Frank Noble.
The following is the tabulated
vote by wards.
For Councilmen-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-04
4-H One-Act
Play Contest
In This City
Will Be Held at School Aud.
itorium On Saturday
April 9th
10 CLUBS TO COMPETE
Bird House Exhibits Will
Also Be in Competition
Special Program

The dates and places of the
County 4-H One-act play contests
and bird house exhibits have been
definitely set. It will be held in the
st. Joseph school gymnasium April
26 and in the Sank Centre High
School gymnasium April 81. A gen.
eral admission of ten cents will be
charged for everyone. Five one-act
plays will be given at each con-
test with special entertainment CIV
en- by clubs not entered in the con-
test between the plays.
The All clubs who are preparing
a one-act play are Albany with
SOD; Cold Spring with FILTER
house; Gopher Prairie, 1.-THE Dunn
my; Holdingford, Elmer; Ray
mond-Ashley, 1.-THE Telegram;
Rice Lake, Little Oscar; st. Jo-
seph, Elmer; Sank Valley, "Just
a Little Mistake; and Unity, 1.-THE
Dummy" The Paynesville club
which has just recently organized,
has decided to enter the dramatic
contest also. Final details for each
contest will be made by the Coun-
ty 4-H Council.
Five regular club meetings are
scheduled to be held during the
second week of the month of April.
The Richmond Busy Bees held
their meeting Monday evening in
the church basement; the Sank
Valley club meets Tuesday evening.
J. F. Meyers entertains the Fair
Haven willing Workers on We'd
nesday evening. The Holdingford
Sunshine Club holds their fourth
meeting Thursday evening and the
Raymond-Ashley club meets at the
Ed. Basin home, Westport, Friday
evening.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-04
Explanation Of Important
Subject Given by Miss
Geneva Chapman

Reading is the most important
subject in the entire school curri-
culum since everyone needs to read
with some degree of facility. Read
ing is used more now than former
ly. A greater amount and wider
range Of information are needed
to meet the increasingly complex
situations Of life. The news of the
day, important discoveries and in
ventions, civic and political ques-
lions, business information, enjoy
ment of the best literary works all
require reading.
The subject, reading, has chang
ed a great deal, not only in the
method of presentation, but in the
type of stories and books used.
During the 18th and 10th centur-
les the stories had nationalistic
and moralistic emphasis. These
stories were not particularly inter
esting, and there were very few
pictures in the books to help hold
the child's interest. The print was
small and difficult to read.
During the last century there has
been a great change in reading. A
child reads now because he enjoys
it and through the printed pages
he lives with his hero in the ex-
periences related there. The stor-
les are written about things that
he is interested in, and are filled
with accounts of daring adventures
and experiences besides many beau
tiful and well illustrated pictures
which enhance the interest in the
written words.
The print and paper used are of
the best quality, thus safeguarding
the child's eyes from eyestrain and
misuse.
There have been three important
developments or changes, in the
last few years, in the method of
teaching reading.
The first two apply particularly
to the primary grades. They are:
% The sentence method and
the story method, both of which
were an outgrowth and expansion
of the old word method.
ca The elaborate phonetic
methods which stressed the sounds
Of letters and combination Of let
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-04
Modern Trends I'm Reading
As Taught i'm Public Schools

tiers. The practice Of learning the
alphabet and spelling words as an
initial step has been abandoned,
and the child attacks the word as
a whole.
(3) The next development in
method was the use of new tech
niques to arouse appreciation for
literature and to establish perman-
ent interest in literature.
Seatwork, another phase Of read
ing instruction, has taken a decid-
eddy new turn in recent years. For
a long time no seatwork whatever
was provided. Then rather sudden
ly letter cards were introduced and
children busted themselves during
the seatwork period with the dull
task of building sentences or phon-
etic families, or, more often, just
aimlessly sitting the cards through
their fingers looking for a letter
they couldn't find.
With the coming of more EN-
phasis upon silent reading, publish
ers have given greater and great
er quantities of excellent silent
reading exercises for seatwork.
This seatwork is in the form Of
workbooks or workpads which ac-
complish nearly every set Of read
ers recently published.
Another great development in
reading is the standardized test.
Reading was the last of the major
subjects to have them. The first of
these tests was published in 1915.
One of the reasons that a standard
test could not be made before this
was that oral reading, which had
been used mostly up to this time,
did not lend itself to testing.
Now at regular intervals during
the year children are given stand
ardized tests in reading. From
these test results the children are
classified and placed in groups &C
cording to their ability or needs.
Some children may need more word
or phrase drill, others must work
for speed or accuracy in silent or
oral reading.
Following are some of the fac
tors, obtained through individual
diagnosis and remedial measures,
which influence or effect ones 81
lent or oral reading:
1. Defective vision.
2. Hasty reactions, often due TO
nervousness.
3. Reading too fast.
4. Defective speech organs and
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