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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-06-24

Mrs. Charles HOughtOn
Mrs. Charles Houghton, an inval-
IA for many years, passed away at
her home on Oak Street Monday.
June u, 1887. She had been ser
iously i'll during the past few
weeks, and death came as relief
from long suffering. Her age was
50 years.
Lillian A. Mathies, daughter Of
Wilson and Julia Mathies, was
born at Marine, Iowa, on January
8, 1873 She grew to young woman
hood at Marine and on July IL,
1900, was united in marriage to
Charles Houghton. The young
couple moved to Hancock and then
to Norris, Minnesota. In 1902 they
came to Sank Centre. where the
family has since resided. Mr..
Houghton passed away in 1881.
Mrs. Houghton was the mother
Of two children, Russell and Olga,
who with four sisters of the de-
ceased, survive. Her sisters are:
Mrs. Olive Baird and Mrs. Joe
Rueb, of Stuart, Iowa; Mrs. Ben
Skow, of Marine, Iowa, and Mrs.
Arthur Even, Of South Sioux City,
Nebraska. The three former ladies
motored to this city to attend the
last sad rites.
Mrs. Houghton had been an in
valid for many years but in spite
of her forced inactivity had been
able to retain a large number of
friends. who mourn her passing.
She was a true friend and a kind
wife and loving mother, who con-
sidered her family's wants before
her personal needs.
Funeral services were held at
the Sank Centre Funeral Parlors
Wednesday afternoon at two
o'clock. Rev. NJ. l. Brann conduct
ed the service. Burial was made
in Greenwood cemetery on the
family lot beside the grave Of her
husband. The pallbearers were:
Lloyd Peterson, F. c. Lee, Harold
Gray, Leon McCracken, Erwin
Nelson and Leonard Johnson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-06-24
OJ Fish Enjoyed
Trip To Colorado
Came As Reward For Good Work
On Paper Route-Had
Good Time

Ody Fish, who received a trip to
the West for his efforts on his
paper route, returned Monday at
ternoon from Denver and Colorado
Springs, Colorado. Ody had
swell time as a member Of q
group Of 207 boys and girls who
made the trip. He stated that In
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-06-24
Scout Larson Won
Trip To Jamboree
Continued from Page 0ne)

throughout the United States to
win the trip to the National jam
boree, he is one Of two to be able
to take the trip to the World
Jamboree in Holland. He is the
only winner in Region 10 that COM
prises parts of five states. The es-
say contest based on the motion
picture production THE Plains
men" and starring Gary Cooper
was sponsored by Cecil B. DeMille
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-06-24

Canada on their left. IT'D be a bad
place to be with someone you're
not speaking to-" they agreed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-06-24
3 Residents OF This
City Passed Away
Ms. Charles Houghton

Edith Ormond, Of Little Falls.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24
RAISE ME up"
LAST WORDS

oEMoND BEACH, Fla, May
a. (I.N.S0-The last audible
words uttered by John D. Rookie.
Teller, ST., before death were:
'Raise me up = little bit
higher"
The words were spoken to Roy
Sly, his night attendant.
Mr.. Rockefeller attempted to
speak once more later in the night,
attendants said, but his voice was
so weak his attendants could not
him.
The last person to exchange
greetings with him, except for his
secretary and the small group
which attended him during the
last few hours Of life, was 8-year-
old Lucille Frasco.
The little girl was playing in
the garden ct 1.-THE Easements"
Friday afternoon when Mr.. Rookie
Teller was brought outside in his
wheel chair.
John D. chatted pleasantly with
the little girl for several minutes.
When time came for him to re-
turn to the house. he shook her
hand and remarked:
'T'll see you tomorrow"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24
OIL MAGNATE
IS HAILED AS
BENEFACTOR
Men From All Walks
Of Life Unite to
Praise His Works

International News Service
Leaders IN all UGlks of life
paused today to pay their re-
SpectS to the memory OF John
D. Rockefeller. Their comments
tolloD:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24

New Drug Cuts Toll
OF Dread Disease

When 1s-year-old John F.
Crosby, jr., a Georgetown Uni
versity student and son Of John
F. Crosby, washington attorney,
4700 Davidson Drive, Chevy
Chase, Md, went to Garfield
Hospital last fall suffering from
streptococcus meningitis, doctors
said the chances were 81 out of
100 that the disease would be
fatal.
Available statistics at that
time showed this terrific mortal
ity rate to be true when this
dread disease was contracted.
However, new drug known
as prontylin had been used sue
ceSsfully in Baltimore just a few
days before, and Johns ply.
sicianS, DR.. Janvier Lindsay and
DR.. William Morgan, immedi-
ately became the second doctors
in America to treat a patient
with it.
Today. John is alive and we'll,
and still a Georgetown student.
The drug which, incidentally,
is now known by a name coined
from its ingredients, sulfanilim-
inc, has to date been used sue
cessfully in three out of four at
tempts. Valerie Strasinger, 6, Of
Baltimore, was the first patient
subjected to it by DR., F, 8.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24
Only Is Millions
Left of Mighty
John d. Estate

Continued from Page IL
to him in all parts Of the world,
Rockefeller's body will be placed
in a specia. car on a northbound
train for his North Tarrytown
IN. W home today.
At his Pocantico Hills home
there, simple private funeral serv-
ices are to be conducted WedneS-
day. Burial will take place Thurs
day in Lakeview Cemetery, at
Cleveland, Ohio. There the man
who gave more than $3.50, 900 900
to charity and various institutions
will join his wife, Laura Spelman
Rockefeller, who died on March
IL, 1915.
The time Of the departure of
Rockefeller's body from his win
ter home-The Easements"
guarded closely here. Reliable re-
ports, however, we're that the Spe-
cial car in which it will be placed
will be attached to regular train
which leaves Ormond Beach at 5
p. m. &c. S. To.
Elaborate precautions were
taken to make the departure as
quiet as was Rockefeller's life in
this city. Ward Madison, Rookie
feller's secretary, said the family
wished to avoid the possibility Of
a crowd at the station.
Despite his advanced years,
Ro'' -efeller's death came as q
surprise to this resort city.
daily his automobile had been
seen speeding along the beach as
the oil magnate took his customary
ride.
His passing was so sudden that
not even his secretary had time to
reach 1.-THE Easements"
DR.. H. L. Merryday, attendant
to Rockefeller for nearly two
years, said he spent a restless
night Thursday but improved SUI.
ficiently Friday to spend much
time in his chair in the garden.
Rockefeller's son, John D., jr.,
when he telephoned from his New
York home Saturday noon, was as
sured there was no immediate
danger.
He slept normally early Satur.
day night but shortly after mid
night lapSed into a light coma.
A few hours later "Neighbor
John" died.
DIR. Merryday, aScribing death
to sclerotic myocarditis. com.
mented:
"His heart just stopped be-
cause it had done all the work
it could do and could not keep
going any longer"
With his passing, the mantle Of
leadership Of one of Americas
wealthiest dynasties fell upon the
shoulders of his only son, 63-year-
old John D., jr.
NORTH TARRYTOWN, N. Y,
May "a I.N.S).-Behind the
guarded walls Of o fairyland es-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24
TESTS TO PICK
LIFE GUARDS

Want to be a life guard, throw
out your manly chest, acquire q
coat Of deep tan and perhaps a
few blisters. and get paid for do
ing it?
Then show up this week be-
tween the hours Of 10 a. m. and
4 .. m. at the Mckinley Pool,
Lincoln Rd. and Prospect Ave. N.
E., where Capt. Richard e. s. Boss
viii conduct training classes for
prospective life guards at the well
fare and recreation and play
ground pools Of the District.
An announcement from Red
Cross headquarters today said a
final examination to determine
the eligibility of applicants for
appointment as guards will be
given Wednesday, June 2, at the
same pool.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24
Maxin1s of Work
And ThriftLik
ByROckefeller

NEW YORK, May "a Q.N.SJ.
During his long and fruitful life,
John D. Rockefeller gave the
world many pithy sentences Of
wisdom. His favorite maxims
were:
"YOu won't have q happy Hfe
II you don't work." ,-
"Persevere. II you make q mis-
take, remember that 1t IL human
to err. Try again and try
harder"
''The way to make q million II
first to save thousand dollars"
"DO all the good you can"
IT know Of nothing more de-
plOrabIe and pathetic than .
man who devOtes all the waking
hours of the day to making
money for moneys sake"
1.-THE true economy Of life, I
have found, is to discover the
man who can do q particular
thing-and then to leave him do
it unhampered."
"There is no feeling in this
world, think, to be compared
with seIf-reliance, without which
we can do nothing. Do not sac
rifice that to anything else"
Live within your means. One
Of the swiftest tObOggans / know
is for . young man just starting
in life to 80 into debt"
"SOns Of wealthy parents have
not q ghost of a chance COM
pared with the boys who come
from the country with the deter.
minatiOn to do something in
this world"
81 never undertake q thing un-
less can see the end Of it and
know that it is coming out
right"
Beyond question there is .
suspicion Of corporations. There
may be reason for such sIls-
pici0n very often, for a corpora
ton may be moral or immoral,
just as . man may be moral or
the reverse. But it is folly to
condemn all corporations be-
cause some are bad"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24

~. hOcESyeLLeTs 1HeT COHLHteHLS
tollo,D:
THOMAS w. LAMONT, ]. P.
Morgan and Company partner
II should presume that so years
hence what will be chiefly re-
membered, about Mr.. Rockefeller
will be the character Of his bene-
factions"
GOVERNOR HERBERT H.
LEHMAN-'He was a man of
unusual ability and great vision. .
OWEN D. YOUN G-"The
death of John D. Rockefeller
brings to q close not only the
career Of a great individual but
the end Of an epoch which he
personified."
POSTMASTER GENERAL
JAMES A. FARLEY-"The death
Of John D. Rockefeller marks
the passing Of one Of the great
builders Of American business. +"
RABBI STEPHEN s. WISE
'"The future will make Rookie.
Teller wealth impossible, and
perhaps Rockefeller benefactions
unnecessary"
FELIX M. wARBURG-
America loses one of its fore.
most industrial pioneers who
created at the risk Of his own
position the great oil industry
which today is Americas great
est asset"
IDAM. TARBELL. who severely
criticized the oil magnate in her
biography, "A History Of the
Standard Oil Co.." had mo COM
ment whatsoever"
DIR. ROBERT MAYNARD
HUTCHINS, president of the Uni
versity Of Chicago-"The Univer-
sity Of Chicago has lost its
founder and greatest benefactor.
-. But what is most remarkable,
he refused to permit the univer-
sity to bear his name"
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
ROPER-"When I was a boy I
had to pay Is cents a gallon for
kerosene and was glad to get it;
he made it possible for me to pur-
chase it now for only 8 or 10 cents
gallon"
JOHN w. DAVIS-"He was not
only great creator Of wealth, but
he led the way In showing the
manner in which it could be help
fully used"
DIR. CHANG-TING WANG, new
~ appointed Chinese Ambassador
THE Chinese people will be sad
dened by the news Of his death.
His great work was well known
to them. We all owe him deep
debt Of gratitude"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24

,Schwentker in Suydenhan1 Hos.
pital, Baltimore. She was com.
pletely cured. A 9-year-old boy
in Hartford, Conn, also was sue
cessfully treated.
One man died after treatment.
He was 43 years old and under.
went a severe brain operation at
the same time. Doctors felt that
in his case the drug was success.
fully combating the disease
until the operation spread the
infection and that If only the
meningitis had to be commended
with, the new drug would have
maintained a perfect record Of
four consecutive victories over
the formerly almost incombat
able disease.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24

tate, Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Rookie.
Teller, jr., grieved today as other
members Of the late multi-million-
aires family hurried here to at
tend private funeral services for
the oil magnate.
Gates of the 3,5OO-acre estate
remained closed as preparations
were made for arrival of the 81.
year-old philanthropist'S body
from Florida.
In front Of the Union Congre-
gational Church an American flag
flew at half staff. Rockefeller
employees were CARRIED in sombre
black.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24
Is Movie Contestants
Eager for Decision

'Airlines luxury plane which will
carry the winner to the movie
capital.
Hundreds Of feet Of movie film
were sent to Hollywood by plane
last week. After developing and
printing and professional Judging
by casting directors and producers
at M-G-M studios, the film will
be rushed back here by Wednes-
day.
After four outstanding perform
anceS are selected to run on the
Capitol screen the first three days
in June, the winner will be selected.
The winning test will run all week,
starting June 4.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24
- -
Sunday School Class .
Will Hold BANQUET

The IT Will" Sunday School
class of Union M. E. Church win
hold its annual banquet at $50
p. m. Friday at Barker Hall Of the
Y. w. c. A., Seventeenth and K
Streets Northwest. DR.. Oscar r.
Blackwelder, pastor of the Luth-
eran Church Of the Reformation.
will be speaker at the banquet,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24

With word expected from Holly,
wood on the winner and runners
up in The Washington Times
Metro Goldwyn Mayer quest for
talent" 16 young men and women
who took their screen tests last
week on the Capitol Theater
stage. today visited washington
Airport to inspect the American
The Washington times., 1937-02-22
TRAFFIC COURT
CONVICTIONS

CONTINUED from Local Page)
Wallace A. Payne, $500 Four
teenth st. N. W., IS.
Arnold M. Dye, TOT Fourth st.
N. W., IS.
Eugene r. Andrews, 1914 Swami
st. N. w., SIS.
Wright L. Deaner, 621 C ST..
N. E., SIS.
MaSvie C. Howard, Maryland,
S..
Raymond S. Pyles. 1925 Chi
cago st. S. E., IS.
Daniel v. Peak, Maryland, IS.
Philip F. Bierly, Maryland, S..
John ]. Curtin, 1924 Summit Pl.
N. E., $5.
Julian M. Shea, 2015 Jackson
st. N. W., SIS.
Sidney Teplitzky, 1888 Third Pl.
N. W., $5.
Charles C. Jones, COL Farragut
st. N. W., SIS.
William H. Courtney, 1910 Six
teenth st. N. W., SIS.
Wilbur Webb, Maryland, IS.
Clinton H. Lewis, 2114 Eigh-
teenth st. N. W., IS.
Willie H. Gordon, 62s Gresham
Pl. N. W., S..
The Washington times., 1937-02-22
JAIL
DATE PR0BED

DETROIT, Feb. % GN.s0.
Finding of a pretty girl in the cell
of Dayton Dean, Black Legion,
killer, today led to a widespread
police investigation of conditions
in the city Jail here.
Dean, police said, kept three
hour tryst with the girl, Lucille
Turner, Of Ashville, N. c., Satur-
day night and admitted flirtations
with other women prisoners in the
jail for some time.
Deans cell, equipped with radio
and private bath, was on the ninth
floor of Detroit'S skyscraper Jail,
directly above the eighth floor
sewing room of the women's deten-
ton department.
The Black Legion triggerman,
being held here while awaiting
transfer to prison to serve life
term for the night ride murder of
Charles A. Poole, confessed, police
said, that he had been exchanging
notes with women in the Jail for
some time by lowering them from
the window with a string and
safety pin.
He also said he managed to
talk to several Of the girls, using
a ventilator pipe as an improvised
telephone. In that way, he said,
he managed to learn the names
of several of the women.
The Washington times., 1937-02-22
BAR SPONSORS
ESSAY TEST

In cooperation with the Ameri-
can Bar Association, the District
of Columbia Bar Association is
conducting a patriotic essay con-
test on How and to what ex-
tent are the rights and liberties
of the individual protected under
the Constitution of the United
States"
Those eligible to take part
include the student bodies of
the American University, Catholic
University, Georgetown Univer-
sity, Howard University, Miner
Teachers College and Wilson
Teachers.
The student in the District Of
Columbia who writes the best es-
say will receive a cash prize of
$100, to be presented by the local
bar association. Authors of the
best essays throughout the nation
will receive $1,000 in cash prizes
from the American Bar Associa-
tion.
The Washington times., 1937-02-22
MRS. IDA. HARNER WARD

Mrs. Ida Harner Ward, 81, of
2101 New Hampshire Ave. -. w.,
who died Saturday at her home,
was buried today in Oak Hill Gene
terry. Funeral services were held
in the Gawler Funeral Home, 1750
Pennsylvania Ave. N. w., with the
Rev. DR.. Frederick Brown Harris,
pastor Of Foundry M. E. Church,
officiating.
Mrs. Ward was the wife of Philip
H. Ward. retired employe Of the
District Tax Collectors Office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward observed
their sixty-second wedding ami
versary last month. A resident
here for many years, Mrs. Ward
was an active member Of the
Foundry M. E. Church.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by four sons, DR.. William K.
Ward, of Detroit; Philip H. Ward,
Jr., of PHILADELPHIA; George H.
and Ralph P. Ward of Washing
ton: a sister, Miss Katie Bright,
of Reading, Pa; six grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
The Washington times., 1937-02-22
FIREMEN OPEN
DRIVE FOR
$4,000

TAKOMA PARK, Md, Feb. %.
Wishing to improve and enlarge
their present quarters, members of
the Takoma Park Volunteer Fire
Department have launched a drive
for $4,000.
Chester C. Waters, chairman of
the ways and means committee
and a member of the Takoma Park
Town Council, declared today:
"The contemplated improve
ments to our department will
aid greatly in improving the
morale of active members of the
department by providing them
with proper quarters of their
own, will make possible a much
wider use of the building by res
identS of the town, and should
result in material increase in
rental revenue"
improvements contemplated at
this time include construction of a
second floor pent house over the
engine room to provide sleeping
quarters, kitchen, shower, toilet ia
cilities, office space for the presi-
dent, and committee rooms; addi-
tional rental office space on the
first floor; sound proofing of the
gymnasium to permit it's use while
meetings are Icing held on the first
floor; enlargement of heating
equipment; completion of the bal
comics and reflooring the gymna-
Sium.
Frank E. Hayes, chairman of the
athletic committee, has proposed
the, organization of a Takoma
Park Boys Club fashioned after
those now in operation in Wash
ington under sponsorship of the
Metropolitan Police Department.
Mr.. Hayes suggested the use Of
the fire department gymnasium
as a meeting place and headquar-
ters, and the acceptance of local
boys between 6 and 20 years.
While nothing definite has been
decided on this subject several
members of the executive and ad-
visory committee. today expressed
themselves as heartily favoring
such a move.
The Washington times., 1937-02-22
Taxi Drivers Seek
7OMore D. {. Stands

Members of the Independent
Brotherhood of Taxi Drivers meet
ing yesterday passed a resolution
petitioning the District Commits,
sioners and the Public Utilities
Commission to create 10 more pub
lie vehicle stands.
Declaring there are approx
mately 5000 cabs in Washington
with designated stands for only
300, the brotherhood bulletin
points out that with additional
stands in the vicinity of Govern
ment and office buildings, the traf-
fic congestion would be lessened.
They also urged that the police
order prohibiting parking in the
downtown area from 4 to 6 p. m.
be rescinded to permit all taxicabs
to park at all public vehicle stands
in the area.
The Washington times., 1937-02-22
Two Women Victims
OF HoIdup Men Here

Two women yesterday were VIC
tins of bandits who assaulted and
robbed them.
Mary Mooney, 81, of 619 Elliott
st. N. E., was attacked by a col
ored man after she left a street
car at Kenilworth Avenue and
Gault Place Northeast. She fought
off her assailant, and he escaped
with her purse containing IS. She
was taken to Casualty Hospital for
treatment. The second victim was
Sadie Hall, %, of 605 Sixth St.
N. W., who was attacked by a man
while she was in her house. The
man robbed her of 81 and fled.
The Washington times., 1937-02-22
NY. NEARCH|LD
LABOR VOTE

ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. % G.N.
s.. - Hundreds of prominent
clergymen, business and labor
leaders. social workers and public
officials moved on the capital to-
day to urge or oppose ratifica-
tion by New York State of the
child labor amendment to the
Federal Constitution.
They will appear before the
Republican controlled assembly
judiciary committee which is ex-
pected to report the amendment
for floor vote without recon-
mendation.
Republican leaders take the
position that they will not ac-
cept responsibility for killing the
measure in committee and that
ultimate responsibility for its
passage or defeat belongs to the
Democrats.
Approximately 20 Republican
aSsemblymen. it is reported, will
vote for the amendment. That
means New York State will be-
come the twenty-eighth State to
ratify if Governor Lehman can
swing Sc of the IA Democratic
aSSemblymen into line. The sen
ate already has approved.
The Washington times., 1937-02-22
Gone With Wind
Author Found
Charming

Faith Baldwin recently flew to
Atlanta for Pictorial Review to get
an interview with Margaret
Mitchell, author of Gone With
the Wind" Her impressions OF
this frail Southern woman, less
than five feet tall, who reached
such imposing literary stature this
past year, appear in the March
issue. Says Miss Baldwin:
"A more gracious person /
have never met. The atmosphere
she has created about her is one
Of infOrhlality,, courtesy, quiet
and common sense. She has q
superb sense of humOr and
authenti wit, and she sees no
reason to change her life be-
cause she has written q book.
If she had to change her life
for that reason she would most
certainly repent that she had
put paper in q typewriter and
set her fingers to the keys.
"She does not want another
apartment; she thinks her own
is large enough. She does not
want to live in q big house, but
she would like a small extra
room without a telephone, in
which to reply to her stupen-
dOuS mail.
Margaret Mitchell is not rush.
ing out = dreSsmakers and
furriers to Swathe herself in silks
and ermines. She wears clothes
well and looks entirely charm
ing, but clothes do not interest
her. She wears size II, and even
were shA interested in being
called the best-dreSSed woman,
as well as the best-knOwn writer,
in the world, it would be diff
cult to be sensational, daring,
superbly unusual and rOtOgravue
in size H."
The Washington times., 1937-02-22
! CAR DEATHS
ARE EPR0BED
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and later transferred to Gallinger
where his condition is described
as critical.
Struck by hit-and-run car as
she was crossing the street at
Florida and Vermont Avenues
Northwest, Mildred Byron, of TAI
Eighth st. S. E., yesterday Suf-
fered cuts and bruises. She was
taken to Garfield Hospital for
treatment, and police have sent a
lookout for a colored man said to
have been the operator of the
colliding vehicle.
Bessie Haar, 80, of 1445 N st.
N. w., suffered a broken arm
when she was struck by an auto
mobile at Fifteenth and Mass
achusettS Avenue Northwest, last
night. She was taken to Sibley
Hospital.
Killed In Maryland
Injured in an automobile crash
near Middletown, Md, early yes
terday, Mrs. Kathleen A. Nivens
of Sill Cathedral Ave. N. w., died
in Frederick City Hospital. The
automobile in which she was
passenger crashed into a truck as
it was rounding sharp curve.
Also injured in the crash were
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Starnes of
5l73 Fulton st. N. w., who are
under treatment at the Frederick
Hospital.