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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-14
BAN ON D|VERE|ON
BOOST FOR SAFETY
Conserving of Highway
Money Would Mean
Building Better Roads
Daily dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel

Raleigh, May IA constitutional
amendment forbidding diversion of
highway funds would be a long step
! toward promotion of safety on the
States roads, in the opinion of State
Senator S. Gilmer Sparger, secretary
of the North Carolina Petroleum In
dustries Committee, who IS 'vaging All
intensive drive all over North Car
olina for adoption of such an amend
nent.
"'The amendment would promote
safety in two ways, at least, he said.
First, it would permit the build
ing Of safer roads because there would
be more furGs available for road
building, and secondly, it would be
possible 10 increase he personnel of
the State Highway Patrol with the
funds which would DC made available
by stopping DIVERSION
He pointed out that no cne can ex-
pect state to build all its, roads of
type designed especially 20 accom-
modate careless and irresponsible
drivers (roads as nearly "fool-proof
as pcssi5le), it IS recognized Gact
th2t 700 many accidents are directly
attributable to defective and made
1uate highways. And thousands of
niles are thus Inadequate and lefec-
tive because funds from automotive
taxes have Deen diverted 20 other
.;seS.
Recently published statistics :'a-
garding The mileage covered by the
State Highway patrol Of 12O officers
indicate that there is n real need for
an increase in personnel, Senator
SDarger said.
With such Az increase much closer
supervision could lie exercised over
drivers, ne added.
This wouldn't mean that more
PEOPLE would be arrested or more
fines imposed he said, "It means
that driving would be safer because
drivers would ce much more careful
1t is an acknowledged fact that ever,'
driver on the road is more careful.
when in sight of an officer, or when
he expects to see an officer any min
ute. 1t follows that if there were more
patrolmen to see on the roads, driv-
ing would be safer And if it weren't
for diversion there could be an in
crease in the Highway Patrol person
mel.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-14

years if he maintains a satisfactory
record. Only natives of North Caro-
lima and members of a graduating
class in North Carolina high school,
or North Carolina native in a pre-
,paratory school inside or outside the
state are eligible. Each school is en-
titled to nominate one candidate.
The judges who will make the Sc
lection Saturday are Dean D. D. Car
roll, representing the University of
North Carolina School of Commerce,
Herbert Worth Jackson, Jr., and S. S.
jackson, of Richmond, Va, sons of
the late Mr.. jackson, and Charles c.
Rose, of Fayetteville, who was ap-
pointed by President Frank P. Gra-
ham from among University alumni
their schools, and hometowns.
The 20 nominees are top row, left
to right: Chester Bovender, South
High School, Winston-Salem; Ralph
l. Bowman, North Wilkesboro High
School; Jack Lane Conley, Morgan
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-14

Pictured above are 20 North Caro-
lima boys, nominees for the Herbert
Work Jackson Scholarship, who will
meet in Chapel Hill Saturday morning
for interviews with final selection
committee to choose a winner of the
$4,000 scholarship.
The boys were selected by the Uni
versity School of Commerce from a
total Of 172 nominees for the awards,
established by Mrs. Annie H. Jack
son, of Richmond, Va, in memory of
her husband the late Herbert Worth
Jackson, University graduate of 1886.
The basis of selection for the schol-
arship is high scholastic rank, char
acter, qualities of leadership, achieve
ments, physical health, and promise
of future distinction.
The scholarship has an annual sti-
pend of $500 and may be held by the
winner throughout his four college
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-14
New Arrest Made
From Mail Theft
Continued from -sge One.)

death in Chicago before officers had
solved the crime.
I'rice said two federal indictments
were returned against Rufus Costner
yesterday. One, he said, accuses him
of possessing and concealing about
$4,000 of the Charlotte loot The
other alleges he entered into a con-
spiracy to rob the United States mails.
Mae Blafock, also of Knoxville, and
described as Bangharts sweetheart, is
now serving a 30-year sentence in
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-14
EARLY LOSSES FOR
STOCKS OVERCOME
Mild Support just Before Close
Transfers Declines Into Losses
of About AS Much

New York, May IA (AP)-Most
stocks drifted to moderately lower
levels in today's market although sell
ing pressure was exceptionally light
Losses of fractions to a point or, so
predominated in early dealings, but
mild support came in just before the
close and lifted the majority of lead
ers from low marks and established a
number of modest advances.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-14
Wife Preservers

Plenty of tissue paper and
cheesecloth are helps when women
go travelling. Lay cheesecloth or
tissue paper twice the length Of
the dress you are packing on ta-
BILE. Lay dress on it, and fold it
over, then fold dress the size to fit
bag or trunk. The dress comes
out at the end of the trip with
fewer wrinkles and in much bet
ter shape.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-14

Joe Randazza, 6, of Gloucester,
Mass, reputed to be the fattest
youngster in the nation, now is on
the way to recovery from seri-
ous cold. Joe, who weighs a meas
" $50 pounds now, lost so pounds
during his sickness.
Central FreSs
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-14
MINOR DECLINES IN
THE COTTON MARKET
Improved Textile Markets Prove
Factor in Hating Sagging
Trend of Prices

New York, May 14-(AP)-Cotton
futures opened two to three points
off. Lower cables were partly offset
by improved textile markets and ab-
scnce of contracts. October sold up
from SIT to 8.82, ard shortly after the
first half hour was S.81, with the list
one point net lower to one higher.
Futures closed one to four points
lower; spot quiet, middling S.72.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-14

Tennessee, Price said, on a charge
of kidnapping Rufus Costner in an al
legged attempt to force him to give
up what she terms her share of the
stolen money.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-14
Wife Preservers

A woman writes that she saves
every scrap of soap, putting the
pieces OF toilet soap into one sugar
Dag and using them in the bath.
Inc laundry soap scraps are put
INTO another sugar bag and used
for washing dishes.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-14
Wife Preservers

A housewife says she keeps
plenty of plain brown wrapping
paper on hand to use when press
ing synthetic silks, seersuckers
and other materials that some
times stick to the iron. Iron the
articles through the paper.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-04-21
Looking Back
Through Time
Excerpts From The Herald Of
Thursday, April 18, 1918-Items
Of Interest Of Twenty Years Ago

The Sank Centre Light and Pow
err Commission, recently appointed
by the District Court, has taken
over the light, power and water
systems. DIR. A f. Moynihan Is
chairman Of the commission. ]. #.
Cooper was elected as clerk Of the
board with q salary of $50 per
month. The commission has COM
pleted arrangements with farmers
to extend the line southwest to the
Alex Bromenschenkel farm. Eight
farmers have agreed to connect UP.
The class Of 1918 Of the local High
School has thirty-three students
recommended for graduation. They
are: Genevieve Beck, Rex Beck, AL
phonse Bentifield, Esther Bergman,
Mildred Calkins, Fern Dobbs, Alloy
sius Diebel, Rebecca Fandre, Jessie
Hansen, Albert Hansen, Bernice
Johnson, Earl Johnson, Lillian JAG
OLSON, Mabel Kinsella, Olive Min
cite, Dewey O'Gara, Earl Rein
Denton Reed, Lillian Schaub, Ed.
ward Swift, Erwin Southland, Belle
Underwood, Gladys Wolfe, Char
lotte Wagner, Willis Benson, Gil
bert Stegner, Dora Elblom, Ethel
Lane, Bertha MacDermond, Elnora
Rhode, Ida Schmidt. Ethel Tells
chow and Grace Eager.
Word has been received that Paul
Wilcox, Esther Kennedy, Elmer
Hylaman, and Gust Anderson have
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EDITORIAL
COMMENT
Heal the Humble Penny!
From Our Exchanges

Quite a few people are inclined
to look down on the humble penny
and ignore it on the ground that
"it won't buy anything Now they
have occasion to change their
mind. A big eastern concern that
does a nationwide business In
chewing gum and candy thru PEN
ny vending machines has just is
sued it's yearly report to its stock
holders, and it shows that more
than three and one-haf billion PEN
MES passed through those machines
in 1937.-Fergus Falls Tribune.
Farmer Labor Gets Conservative
The new Farmer-Labor platform
adopted by the state convention at
Duluth last Saturday, is quite con-
servative in comparison with some
CT the platforms that have gone be-
fore. Nothing was said about the
cooperative commonwealth" that
was contained in the 1884 platform,
although it contained a plank that
it is necessary to make fundament-
al changes in our economic system"
which can mean most anything.
There are several good planks in
the 1888 platform, and those are
quite reasonable, and it was a sur
prise to many, that the work Of the
convention resulted in such con-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-04-21
COnmOn-tater
Main Street Scene
BY Chuck Rattle

Main Street Scene
Rain-It is rare indeed. those who
have watched it say, when natures
actions do not parallel the Easter
Story. Grey, gloomy Good Friday
when Churches mark in solemnity
and quiet dignity the death Of
Christ usually is accompanied by
the patter Of rains, leadenskies, a
hushed world. A world hushed as
If waiting for something. That
something breaks into terrific joy
on the dawn of Easter Day. And
nature follows the pattern. Sun
shimmers on a drenched earth,
fields begin popping into green life,
trees begin to bear semblance of
leafing. All in the twinkling of a
few days the earth has broken into
spring-long awaited.
Of People-Twenty years ago, one
OF these recent daytimes, Jerry
Daniels traded his watch and left
to join Uncle Sans Armee. The
trade was pocket model for that
new-fangled "fad"-the wrist watch
that all the boys were taking with
them to France Height Of OPP.
timism-Tony Klein, hanging pre-
cariously from the sill, washing the
schoolhouse windows-in the rain!
I. n. Hoboken homesteader Sam
Reed was one who pounded L'arin
into Allan Meigs-out in district
186 Bob Vandesteeg, Clustering
here from Chi, dropped a business
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-04-21

note. He says they sell milk in
Chicago for II cents a quart, but
have the unusual price Of cents
the pint. And then toss the bottle
away That 1917 model T Ford
sedan, you remember with the doors
in the middle Of the cockpit, that
stands out In front here Is fast
joining the ranks of Vanishing
Americans -.
Truly Trivia-For my own info I
found out the difference between
oleo and real country buttah. So
to you pass it along. Oleo, it's
pure and clean, has higher melt
ing point and is not so readily d.
gested as butter, may be in the
stomach awaiting digestion for sew
eral hours. Which they say isn't
good You can make your own
simple test. Take a dash Of each
and place on the back of the hand.
The butter will melt Immediately,
the oleo may stay there indefinite
ly Daily gripes: things that
bounce under the bed. Thank gosh
the age Of the collar button Is done
and gone forever !. Credit this to
Bob Vandesteeg-Hatted but coat
less, save for my suit coat, feel
like I just went outside and expect
to go right back in -.
Scooter-Perhaps taking a flare
for putting things together into
something useful from his father
Glen Sieben, high school sopho.
more, has fashioned a motorized
scooter that puts around at merry
clip. Equipped with pneumatic
tires of the donut variety, 1t Is pow
cred with gas engine, Of the type
used for power washing machines
It's single cylinder chugs along as
he flies up and down the street,
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The frame for the machine he fash
toned out Of metal with a stream
lined tail, flaring back from the
seat. It's propelled in the proper
direction with handle bars-like q
bicycle. So kick the starter, jump
on, grasp the handle bars firmly
and way you go. BY the way, 1t
does have a break, hand operated,
too. A nice piece Of handiwork and
engineering genius for one so youth
full, Glen, but don't let it throw you!
Check-Two localadies, dependent
on their pension checks, were with
out them last month. And they
were unable to get them because
someone else had beat them to it.
1t seems nephew Of one had been
taking his meals with his aunt, but
that didn't satisfy. So when the
checks were issued he was at St.
Cloud to get them. BY what arti-
flee, other than forgery he could
get the checks and cash them, we
don't pretend to know. And what's
more he didn't stop with taking his
aunts but another lady's as well
:. So what's it all coming to any
way -.
And
Keys-Then there's the story OF
the two boys who came to a local
locksmith to have a key made. 1t
was for their car, they said. They
had lost the key and had to get
home. The keyman pointed out to
them he couldn't make a key with
out the lock or pattern. But the
boys had already thought Of that.
They had the ignition lock in their
hand. So the key was turned out,
the lock reinstated, and the boys
went merrily on A few days
later the keyman learned the car
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-04-21
State News Briefs
Skipping Rope No Game For Father


IIAWLEY-Life may begin at 40" but not so
athletic according to Orville Hanson who has been
limping around since last week and consoling him
self with that old song, THE Old Gray Mare Amt
What She Used to Be-" Orville had bought skip
ping for his small daughter and then proceeded
to demonstrate to- her the intrcacies of the we'll
known rope jumping sport He wound UP with a
sprained knee and little Mariel is still wondering how
skipping rope goes since father give more
lessons.
No News Is Bad News For Hopkins Police
HOPk1NS-"No news is good news" may be a good
slogan for the average Mr.. and Mrs Reader but last
week it was bad news for the Hopkins law enforce
ment agencies. And with nothing to do but watch
the good citizens be good Justice of the Peace Daniel
Foley and Police Officers Lornie Schultz Engineer
johnson proclaimed the week Waiting Week" be-
cause: The judge was waiting for the annual spring
barrage of traffic vioators; the police waiting
to bring them in; Schultz and Johnson were waiting
for their brassbuttoned uniforms; and all three
were waiting for their new squad that they be-
lieved to bring rushing business for all three
Though most local citizens would like to make wait
ing Week" annual affair during the spring fever
season. the Judge said he doesn't like sitting around
getting fat by doing nothing" The officers, tired Of
their winter-worn uniforms some time ago sent in
their order for new blue outfits but so far they've
heard nothing about the summer suits that would
be much more comfortable during the warm weather
than the "heavies' they've worn so many months.
ssss
Identical Cars In Similar Accident
PIPESTONE-When two cars of an identical make,
MODEL ana color collde on the highway In Sucn way
that both are damaged in almost the same manner,
the accident is worthy of place among the seasons
best beieveit-or-not items Such accident occur
red northeast of here on highway &c. third car
crashed into of the automobiles later as 1t stood
on the highway after the first collision but no one
seriously hurt in either accident. The two cars
involved in the original rcash were 1885 Pontiac
coaches, gray in color, and in general appearance
were practically identical Both were damaged on
the front left side when they collided and both had
enc left window shattered
Clerk Licenses Adolf Hitler
REDWOOD FAIIS-"Adof Hitler" German
dachshund, gave f. b. Forbes, local city recorder,
the only laugh in the grim business of collecting dog
licenses recently. He Is dog with long wheel
base" explained Robert Krause, youthful owner, In
applying for his permit. Until that time only 81 dog
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-04-21
Soil Conservation An Ancient Program

Soil conservation is an old problem and idle acres
considered necessary, not to reduce production,
but build up the soil long before the birth of Christ
Glmpses of ancient agricultural methods were rec
emily given by writer in the Progressive Farmer,
in which he stated that from very early times it was
custom to allow each piece Of land to lie idle every
seventh year.
This was done to conserve the SOIL and espe-
cialy carried out following the settlement of the
Israelites in the land of Canaan Farmers then
assigned land in perpetuity so it could not be Sold
1t could be leased, however, for period of not to
exceed fifty years.
From this fact it is reasonable to suppose that the
owners were careful to preserve the fertility of their
land and there is evidence of fertilization prac-
tees, said the writer. Hence the custom Of certain
idle lands every seven years.
Crude implements did not allow thorough cultiva-
ton of lands in those days, and fertilization was
as necessary, more so than today. The philosophy
of perpetual ownership not vague idea, for the
owner realized that he must keep his soil in produc
tive condition No one advises perpetual ownership
today but the plan is food for thought and should
be incentive for program to encourage and foster
ownership of farms by the men who operate them.
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sentative and reactionary platform.
Nothing was said against the COM
munists, SO 1t looks as II the Farm
er-Labor party Is not quite ready to
kick them out.-Foley Independent.
"See You Later"
Credit encourages trade so long
as it Is not abused, but when 1t is
abused it discourages trade.
A few weeks ago, "slow collec-
items" were cited as one OF the
causes Of business recession. Form
er Vice President Dawes was quot
ed as saying: There's been too
much 'see-you-later' business"
The government has expended
vast sums and proposes to see that
you later pay the bills. Too many
individuals have splurged and told
their creditors, well see you lat
er''-and have made later" very
late indeed!
All this has forced general recog-
milton that when business places toe
much credit into the hands Of con-
sumers, business has to wait fol
debtors to catch up.-Sauk Rapids
Sentinel.
Keeping Youth Away From Jafls
/ The frcnt pages of our metropoli
tan newspapers are filled with re
ports OF juvenile delinquency. Boys
under 10, fleeing in stolen cars, are
shot down by police. A lone youth
/ with a criminal record that dates
back six or seven years, is trapped
leaving the scene of his latest burg.
larly and after being trapped pep.
pered with bullets from sharp.
shooting police, confesses to more
robberies. Young boys and girls are
caught in the dragnet Of police
seeking dope peddlers.
Are our youth who now fill the
ranks of our millions cf unemploy-
ed losing faith and hope and turn
ing to lives of crime, as an easy
way out of a difficult situations
The condition Is one that brings
fear into the hearts Of every Min
nesota mother and father.
You can not be blamed entirely
The last few years have been OF
such nature that ambition, resource
and individual initiative are easily
and quickly killed. The situation
in the smaller communities where
neighborliness prevails and where
the helping hand can be extended
far more easily is probably much
better than in the cities but that
does not permit any of US to forget
we all share in the responsibility
there. Here in Wadena all of us
can still do lot to keep a youth
in the right paths by wholehearted
support Of the Boy and Girl Scout
movements-one sponsored by the
Lions club and the other by the
Junior Civic and Commerce associa-
ton. Without exception these two
projects stand out as the most
praisewcrthy of recent years. In
all our years in newspaper work
we have yet to report a case where
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-04-21

belonged to one Of the boys father.
And they had the car without his
permission =. So what's that add
up to
And
Watches - They're getting pref
ty slick when they provide side
pockets. far down the leg OF the
trousers in which to conceal 'bor-
rowed" articles. Sattidy night at
the Vandesteeg store man nearly
got away with a fine watch. How
he slipped 1t so dexterously on the
counter was a mystery, but 1t was
gone. But he didn't get away with
1t. They noticed the loss before he
left the store, and search recov-
cred the time piece ;. And on and
on you could go with that sort OF
thing 49,.
Soup-What to do with a 150-odd
turtles. pried from the mud of the
river bottom, is the concern OF
Frank Wiener and Lehman Rose
On the strength of an alleged New
Yawk quotation on turtles at six
teen cents per, the boys got the soup
meat. Now as they prepared to
ship them and found much to their
disgust the price about a quarter
of the quoted figure Which
just about took care of the cost
to get them out to the eastern mar
ket -.
Nightapestry-No sound save the
clack Of pedestrian heels on the
walk and the grinding Of sand be-
meath Or the occasional mot
or's hum of passing car :. And
COMMENT-TATOR-GallyT Two -.
the rather haunting, chuckling CUR
gle Of frogs to the
spring and the night ;. From every
pond their~croaking comes, rises in
a chorus to the night sky +. A
splash Of yellow light, dimming off
into the blackening sky, says the
moon, lop-sided, rides up from the
east In silhouette is caught the
naked arms of trees, lifted A
chimney stand black against the
light, emerging from a darkness
below, that must be rooftop
From its top sits wisp of smoke
no wind to fling it about-silver
in the pale light Majestically,
almost defying the night to blot
out it's image, stands a Church
spire in sharp relief It's cross
topped, and the cross, indistinct in
the light, seems affixed to the moon
itself as it hovers an instant in its
upward flight Now the light
grows brighter, more silver as the
moon rides higher Now the
night is day -.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-04-21
Citation for Hearing on Petid0n
for Determination Of Descent
Of Land
STATE OF MINNESOTA

Citation for Hearing ON Petlt1Om
for Determination Of Descent
STATE OF MINNESOTA !,
COUNTY OF sTEARNs J
File No. 11.2s2
In the Matter OF the Estate Of
Albert w. Dahlem, Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to all per-
sons Interested in the determination
of the descent of the real estate OF
said decedent: The petition OF
Janette Gritzmacher having been
filed in this Court. representing that
said decedent died more than five
wears prior to the filing thereof,
leaving certain real esteate In said
petition described, and that no viii
Of decedent has been proved nor ad-
ministration of his estate granted in
this State, and praying that the des-
cent Of said real estate be determin-
ed T9HXE fRis SIZE YOU. Are hereby
cited and required to show cause. IL
any you have, before this Court, in
the Court House in the City OF st.
Cloud in the County Of Stearns,
State of Minnesota, on the 9Th day
of May, 1888, at 8 o'clock A. M. why
said petition should not be granted.
Witness, The Judge Of said Court,
and the seal thereof, this 9Th day or
April. 1888.
Probate Judge
COURT SEAL)
Attorney for Petitioner
Sank Centre, Minnesota.
Pub Apr 14-21-2S 1898.
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zen transferred to Camp Lagoon,

been transferred to Camp Lagoon,
Texas.
John Costello and q crew Of men
are now started on the concrete
work Of the new bank at Westport.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Il. Wicklund left
Monday for Minneapolis where they
will make their future home. They
have rented their bungalow to MIR.
and MRS. l.. w. Whitson.
Members Of the Episcopal Church
gave an informal reception for Mr..
and Mrs. A. T. Watson and daugh-
ter, Marguerite, at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. A. +. Strebel Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Watson are now re-
siding at their new home In st.
Cloud.