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The Washington times., 1938-07-20
.PWA GRANT ALL
THAT'S NEEDED,
SAY OFFICIALS
Mayors Chief Points to
Air Authority Act
BY EARL GOODWIN

PLeSLoe11CId1 nightmares involving
air crashes is for the recently Gre
ated Civil Aeronautics Authority
to get a PWA grant for two or
three million dollars and establish
and run a landing field without
further ado.
This possibility was pointed out
today by aviation officials, who
declare that the aviation author
ity has the widest and most un-
usual jurisdiction over flying ever
created by any democratic govern
ment.
PLAIN TERMS OF ACT
The Civil Aeronautics Authority
has the right to establish and
maintain landing fields in accord
ance with the plain terms of the
act.
Under that authority it could
wipe out the whole embroiled local
landing field problem and start
anew with PWA money, or money
to be appropriated by Congress.
However, it was pointed out to-
day that PWA Administrator Ickes
still has several million dollars of
the 100000 PWA funds
granted by Congress for purely
Federal projects.
One Of the experts who pointed
out that PWA money could be used
directly by the Civil Aeronautics
Authority is Paul BetterS, secre.
tary of the Conference of Mayors.
FEASIBLE, SAYS BETTERS
IF the authority determines
that this would be o wise
course" said Mr.. Betters, "it GER
tainly seems to be a feasible one.
For the first time in our history
an act of Congress has declared
that "air navigation facilities
include landing fields; and then
goes on to give the administrator
of the Civil Aeronautics Author.
ity power to acquire, establish,
operate and maintain such IA
cilitieS.
I'm other words, the Govern
ment now has the right to eStab.
lish landing fields just as we'll as
it has the right to establish bea-
cons or radio facilities for fly.
ing"
Under this broad authority, it
is believed the administrator, c.
M. Hester, could use PWA grant
to go to work Immediately on the
proposed Gravelly Point site, or
any other site without further
ado, and could make his own
choice of the site.
The Washington airport site is
destined to come in for further
examination when Administrator
Hester follows the instructions Of
the act and makes a field survey
of "the existing system of airporss
and shall present to the Congress
not later than February l, 1889,
definite recommendations"
The Washington times., 1938-07-20
C'est Fini la Guerre:
GHOST ARMY
MARCHES ON
Rubber Stamp Bdrrage Officially
Ends Career of War Dead
By JAMES J. CULLINANE

All big the Veterans Administration yester
day little blue cards sliding the desks girl clerks
accompanied by the tapapapap of rubber stamps marked
SPINAL"
The Washington times., 1938-07-20
Acme Photo
Love thy neighnor!"

Love thy nelghDor!
That's the national anthem, as
far as the 23O families at Green
belt, Md, are concerned. For, at
the Governments "Heaven-this-
side-of- -Hyattsville," now in full
swing, all is cooperation and the
spirit of the good neignbor prevails
throughout.
MANY BLESSINGS
Shangri-La in the shrubbery
has been achieved, not without
certain minor internal upheavals.
The self-government citizens there
will still vote you down seven to
one on keeping a dog, and it's still
an engineering feat to water both
the front and the back yard of
your low-cost apartment, but here
are some of the blessings:
Children can play to their hearts
content on sidewalks. made doubly
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26
Stay In Your Own Bailiwik

Martin Nelson candidate for the Republican
nomination for governor, in a radio address
Monday evening, advised Republicans to vote
for their party candidates in the primary cleo
ton Monday June 2Oh instead of voting the Farmer
Labor ticket in attempt to nominate HJalmar
Petersen Governor Benson
Republicans this year have the choice of four can
ddates three of them well-known men, and each of
them capable of conducting the duties of the office
which they seek. This makes it imperative that Re
publicans stay in their own baiwik so that proper
selection be made
If Republicans vote their own ticket it is possible
that a Republican governor may be elected at the
fall election If they do not the strength of the party
which is growing, may be impaired and another lost
may be chalked up.
Men who profess to be Republicans really should
not the Farmer-Labor primary if they wish to
vote Republican ticket next fall. person who
helps nominate a candidate in the primaries should
give support to that candidate in the fall election
Good government is the result Of intelligent voting
Let the Farmer Labortes vote to decide the des
TIMES of their party-and Republicans would
do well to do the same thing.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26
PUBLIC OPINION
A Word For Governor Benson

A vvoA& GVA oOvOAAAOA A/OAAoOh
We are hearing these days much
damning criticism emanating from
the state office building. To be
specific, from the State r. r. and
Warehouse Office. In palmer Eng
lish still, from Hjalmer Petersen,
a member of the r. r. and Ware
house Commission, who Is stalking
bitter attack on the administration,
an attack wholly unsupported by
fact since all who are informed
know that the adverse conditions
cited by him are a direct holdover
from seventy-five years of control
by the Republican party, but HAL
mer Petersen's yen for public Of
flee has prompted him to stage a
drive for nomination as candidate
for Governor on the Farmer-Labor
ticket at the primary election, June
Goth, and to gain his end has joined
the rule-or-ruin crowd, a class Of
men who have always been the
most dangerous enemies of the COM
mon people; swat i'm folks at the
coming election. Let every farm
er, every wage-earner as well as
every right thinking business and
professional man vote him down
and return Governor Benson to
power, who, if given working ma
jority in both houses of the legis-
lature, will achieve a greater social
and economic advance in one term
than would either of the old par
ties in a century.
j. L. Drinker.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26

the seedlings for the new service.
A charter was granted in that year
to the Western Union telephone
company, but nothing came Of 1t.
The fruit ripened the next year tho
when the Sank Centre Telephone
company got under way in April,
issued its first directory in July of
the same year.
In 50 years-April was the local
anniversary-a lot happens. Before
honey-voiced operators, the acme
today in service with smiling voice
and helpful attitude. the job was
parceled out to the male. When you
asked for your number you were
met with the gruff rasping Of a
male voice. IF you interrupted his
pinochle game with a bunch of the
cronies, you were apt to be greeted
in none too friendly fashion. =.
Eventually companies saw that a
service corporation could not afford
to mete out these operating jobs to
men. They were not polite under
trying circumstances; they wouldn't
bite their lip and swallow a custom
er's abuse; they bit the customer.
But even more than that, they
threatened a destruction of every
piece of furniture in the place.
Whiting. When the men operators
could find nothing else to do-and
in those early days it was harder
to keep busy-they carved their in
itials and pretty insignia on the
switchboard. So the advent of
the courteous women who handle
your calls to day. But that's way
ahead of where was going.
The instrument was a pretty
crude affair in those days. A wall
type phone was all that was avail
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26

nouncement means you left your
message with the operator to be re-
layed to your party. No one min
ute service could be supplied at that
time. Rates ran about 20 cents
for one minute to Minneapolis, Is
cents to st. Cloud. -.
And further instructions in 1906
directory are food for thot: Do not
call at night unless absolutely nee
essary I. they went on the defen-
sive with: Lime busy" or They
don't answer" may at times be an
noying, but the subscriber should
bear in mind that it is less trouble,
and more agreeable, to the operator
to give the desire connection, than
to inform you that the line is busy
or that they don't answer. :. Your
own interest demands your prohibit
ing the use of your instrument by
others. (Some place along the line
we've neglected this Instruction. 80.
And here's a healthy one: Profane
or obscene language over the wires
will cause the removal Of the tele-
phone. Subscribers will be held re-
sponsible for the enforcement of
this rule. +. and here's a connun-
drum: Communication is restricted
to oral messages when both parties
are at the telephone. :. :.
And you oughta see the wasp
wasted, be-bustled woman who is
showing the right and wrong way
to telephone. So our trip in the
communication world ends in the
hustle of today. 80 years and pro-
gress no end.
(Note: This corner is indebted to
J. F. Cooper, who corresponded with
Mr.. Tobey for part Of the infor-
nation, and to Mrs. A. F. Henshaw,
who loaned the use Of the early di-
rectories, in compiling this data
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26
Memorial Day Observance

The beautiful custom of setting aside day in
the year for the decoration of soldiers graves which
will be appropriately carried out in Sank Centre
again this year. is said to have originated in Peters
burg, Va, where Memorial Day observed for the
first time June g. 1865 In 1868 the wife of Gen
eral John A. Logan then commander of the GAR,
happened to be in Petersburg its Memorial Day,
and impressed with the tributes of flowers,
that she suggested it be made national custom.
General Logan accordingly issued an order to the
GAR. that every post of the Grand Army should
hold suitable exercises and decorate the graves Of
their dead comrades with flowers" May 30 Of
each year.
The GAR. carried this custom for many years
and its observance is well implanted in the
hearts of Americans that it shall continue long after
the last vestige of the Grand Army has surrendered
to that invncibe General
Sank Centre people will honor the soldier dead
again May 3Oth and proper observance of the
day will be carried out through the veterans organ
cations of this city. The program at the park has
been largely attended and it is hoped that this
year practically all people of the city will be in at
tendance to help make this days observance light
for peace towards all people.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26

paratory work had been laid, the
cut over from the old switch
board was made to the new. And
without the loss of a single call.
In fact a customer, then on the
wire, would never have known the
change was made. So they make
history. -.
But we're running ahead again.
I've heard Lynn Whitson, the sill
ver-voiced crooner, tell time and
again how the old quartet used to
gather at the telephone office and
joining in with the operator sing
Justify. When things got bit quiet
of an evening, the boys jumped the
circuit and serenaded the operator
in Glenwood. A merry time until
someone tried to call number.
Dated July, 1900 is the first di-
rectory. At the outside it contain
ed $50 subscribers numbers and
listings. Punctuating it's pages were
such instructions as: Call by num-
Der only" Always ring off when
through talking" once it had a
phrase, IF your telephone don't
work, notify the manager" :. Now
here's the instructions found in the
front cover: Look up the number
before calling. Place the receiver
to your ear and await the operators
request for Number Respond
promptly, giving the number thus:
one, two, six, call two, for 1862.
After giving the number to the OPP
orator keep the receiver to your ear
until subscribers called for answers
or you are told: Line is busy or
They don't answer Always ring
off when through talking. Your line
will be reported busy until you do.
:" Make your own comment.
This is my busy day.
There are quite a number of peo-
pie who is the 38 years past have
hung to one telephone number. Will
lis Howe, in the hardware, grabbed
off 1. That first digit has travelled
with succeeding hardware firms
right thru the Wedge regime and
into the present line, Ekstrand. j.
F. Cooper's residence and office
numbers are the same today. Dab
LENS store still carries the "a it had
3S years ago. The A. e. Erwin resi-
dence is still with us at 107. II will
still bring you the Great Northern,
Is Hanson and Emerson. For the
asking of Al you still get Hillerud
and Co. Northern Pacific is still
attached to 35, and 80 buzzes the
office of the school,
same as 38 years ago.
In 1900 long distance service, still
in its infancy, announced the new
One minute service" made the tel
ephone the ideal means of COM
you do not have to
wait for reply" they advertised.
While the announcement is a bit
your correspondent de-
duced that the import of the an
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26
Car Has It's Own Alarm For Fire!

able. A huge wooden box hung on
your wall out Of which jutted the
transmitter and the receiver hung
to one side. All the working parts
were housed within. Why take 1t
then? So we asked Mr.. J F. Coop
err. His answer was, "Well, 1t was
something new and everybody was
getting one." A new fad you know,
he pointed out, 1T was just the
thing to do" Earliest men inter
ested in the company were Willis
Howe and Harry Tobey, the latter
now a resident Of Osakis.
Early in the 1905 the late ]. w.
Ward assumed control of the COM
pany. He held ownership until
1909 when he sold to the North
western Bell Telephone company,
the present owners. Mr.. Ward was
retained as local manager.
80
Scarcely had Mr.. Ward sold his
property than the fledgling got tir-
ed Of its swaddling clothes, strobe
into short pants, and firing demand
ed long britches. That was in the
days when it was a bit of audacity
to demand long britches before at
tanning manhood. But this tele-
phone was growing. In 1909 The
Sank Centre Herald carried story
relaying that people here were ask
ing that the ringing crank be elm
mated. They wanted it made cas-
Ter SO all they had to do was lift
the hook and 10, the operator was
there waiting for them. That
change came, but not in 1909.
In October, 1884 the cut over to
the common battery system, elm
mating the necessity for ringing to
get central, was made. In exactly
four minutes, after weeks Of pre-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26

been emptied into Sank Lake. The
cans arrived from the Glenwood
hatchery Tuesday and were taken
to the lake Immediately. The stock
ing Of the lake in this manner is
due to the Commercial Club.
Miss Florence Compton, who is
teaching in Duluth, spent the week
end with her parents in Sank Cen
ire. Miss Compton was a guest at
the Lynman-Palmer wedding at
Little Falls Saturday morning.
Miss Hazel Palmer and DR.. Lyn-
man, of Duluth, were united in
marriage that day. Miss Palmer is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. r. L..
Palmer, who for many years man.
aged the Palmer House in this
city.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26
COnmOn-tater
BY Chuck Rattle

HELLO AGAIN-(to coin phrase)
A lot Of people in this city-some
500 of them-grabbed a telephone
off the hook these past few weeks,
beloved a number into the trans
mitter, incidentally bawled out the
operator for a wrong one which he
probably asked foD even as you and
you. They talked blithely to this
neighbor lady, to that grocer, to
friends in out points, made a bust
ness call to Minneapolis or Chicago.
All very matter of fact today.
But forty years ago it couldn't
be done here.
Seems incredible doesn't it in the
light of things we have today?
So the reason the names appear
in this commentary as they do Is
because they were in on the ground
work of that first telephone expert
ment in this city-and you weren't.
You don't mind, do you?
At the turn of the century back
in April of 1900 few men, seized
with a restlessness which character
lied the passing Of the self-assuring
Victorian era, were busting about
trying to bring to this town a sys-
tenn, that new-fangled telephone. 1t
had been only twenty-four years
since a certain Alexander Graham
Bell had made the startling an
nouncement to the world that he
could transmit voice as it sounds,
had brought the usual shouts of
crazy" from the cynics. Well, even
in 90 the old town was sprouting
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26
Why Such Bad Highway?

1t has been reported that users of Minnesota high
ways have paid additional $517S,S11S5 in gasoline
during the past II months over the preceding
u month period. An additional cent tax was
levied gasoline and became effective April 20, 1891
A trip over highway % to Glenwood makes one Won
der as to where these extra funds being spent.
That road is bad, and the saving the moorst makes
in travel a good road, is total loss when he
travels that stretch Of highway It's condition Is
a shame to Minnesota, the state of good roads.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26
CLIO. Fares Badly

John L. Lewis and his CLIO. Jared badly at the
hands of the voters in the Pennsylvania Primary
election May II, when all major and most minor
candidates supported by that organization were de-
cisively defeated
In the Democratic governorship primary, Thomas
Kennedy badly beaten, although he had the sup
port of the CIO Senator Guffey, and the Roosevelt
administration as expressed by National Chairman
James A. Farley on the of the election. Mayor
s. Davis Wilson, mayor of Philadelphia, also support
ed by the CLIO, was even worse beaten Tor the
senatorial nomination.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26
LOCALS LOST 8 TO S

Monday afternoon in return
game with Brandon the high school
baseballers were downed 9 to in
game made costly with errors.
Soltau and Pangburn were mound
men for the locals, allowing eight
hits. Brandon took four earned
runs. In single inning, with only
one hit, Brandon scored five runs.
Six errors that inning drove in the
remainder of the scores. The local
club earned their five runs, but got
on base three times on walks. Two
games this week wind up the local
schedule. Tuesday afternoon they
travelled to Glenwood for game,
and Friday afternoon Long Prairie
plays on the local diamond.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26
Looking Back
Through Time
Excerpts From The Herald of
Thursday, May 20, 1918 Items
of Interest Twenty Years Ago

A tornado which swept the en-
tire middle west left its calling
card in Sank Centre territory Sat
uday night. For some reason, the
city property was not damaged,
but the country northwest and
southeast of town was victimized
Severe losses were suffered on
many farms and great trees were
uprooted, twisted and torn from
their trunks.
Wednesday afternoon Peter
Robischon, the we'll known Sank
Centre citizen, filed for the office
of register of deeds of Stearns
County against John Lang, incum-
bent.
A baby girl weighing nine
pounds was born Monday night to
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Schoenhoff.
Sixty-five cans of pike fry have
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26

Virtually all observers agree that this result to-
gether with similar defeats in recent important mum
icipa elections in other states is stunning blow
the political ambitions Of Lewis and his followers
For the immediate future at least, it appears that
support of the CLIO. will be liability instead of
an asset to candidates for public office
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26
ESSAY WINNER

An essay in a statewide contest
won for James Scott, senior in the
Sank Centre public schools, a
scholarship award and first prize.
His essay, entitled, Importance of
Air-Cooling and Acknowledging
and Relative Effect on Health and
Mental Efficiency" entered in a
contest sponsored by the Mime
apolis Business College won him the
recognition. Jim's share of the
first prize was a scholarship worth
sixty-six dollars in the school, and
a twenty-five dollar cash prize.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26
TREATS GUEST TO
22-POUND CATCH

Vern Soltau treats his guests
right. Sunday when Fred Nitzel,
of Morton, was guest at his house
Verne took him fishing. In ANAL
day string of nineteen fish, Mr..
Nitzel pulled up the prize, a o.
pound northern pike. Actual
measurements of the fish were not
taken, but Vern says, "a ten
FOUNDER looked like a minnow
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26

Electricity flowing as a solid
substance has been photographed.
The first law school in the
United States was established at
Litchfield, Conn.,, in 1884.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26

alongside" The fish was well over
forty inches from stem to stern.
Mr.. Nitzel announced he will be
back on Sank Lake fishing.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26
State News Briefs
Lightning Tears Shoes From Feet

Fergus Falls-With both shoes torn from his feet,
Victor Peterson, young farmer who resides about
four and half miles south of CHtherall, narrowly
escaped being killed by lightning during a recent
sharp electrical storm which visited that section of
the country. Mr. Peterson carrying two pals of
milk the yard to the pig pen to feed the pigs
when the storm reached its height. There a
sharp crash and he was to fall to the ground.
Although not unconscious, he unable to stand.
Both shoes torn from his feet and partly burned
He suffered burns the feet and also leg.
1t found the burns not serious but that he
suffered somewhat from shock. Nothing else was
struck the farm and the pals which Mr. Peterson
carried were unscathed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26

The instrument was a pretty
crude affair in those days. A wall
type phone was all that was avail
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1938-12-30
Uncle Sam Should Make Resolutions

The past year has found Uncle Sam playing many
He has chastsed and eprmanded nations for their marea
ment of minority groups residing within their borders That
is as should be- and sincerely hope that beneficial
suits will be the result of Americas efforts Also hope
that Uncle Sam will practice what he breaches.
Whenever individual group, a nation takes it
upon itself to condemn the actions of other nations deal
ing with their citizens order that the protest have
the proper moral effect the critic must be above reproach
the subject he crcses. Negro Americans have been
denied their naenable rights for long when American
spokesman Unbiased barrage of causc criticism against
Naz Germany it obvious they not conscious of
the beam in their eye else they would have first set
example on treatment of minority groups
Our protestatons while made in the spirit of desire
for justice and humantaransm boomeranged because A
has tolerated arocous acts certain sections of the
country that puts shame anything done by Naz Germany
The Duck Hill lynching, for example where were
hanged without benefit of trial. then tortured with flames
from blow torches This only of many similar
lynchngs that at frequent intervals Uncle SAM
he intends the critic and example for the world
should soemnly say:
'BE 1T RESOLVED:
'"That the government of the United States, with
the true spirit of humanitaranism, will present to
the people of this nation Anti-L ynching law and
also guarantee the enforcement of the 18th, 18th,
and 18th amendments to the Constitution, which
gives civil rights to all American citizens"