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Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-31
King, Queen Start
Trip TO States

VICTORIA, B. c., May 81. (UP)
The king and queen ended their
visit to Canadas most western out
post today and started east over
new route which will take them
through Jasper national park. Ed
monton and Niagara Falls to Wash
ington, D. C.
They left on the Prince Robert
at 1925 am. for Vancouver, whence
they will motor to New Westmins-
ter, one time capital of British Col
umbia, to entrain for the east.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-31

Ill Illt iupuiC.
The senate committee on social
security, welfare and relief has
drafted such a bill but complete
agreement is awaited from ad-
ministration and Republican mem
bers. Passage by the legislature and
signature by the governor is be-
lieved possible if the committee
will send it to the senate floor with
unanimous endorsement.
The committee agreed last night
to the essential details of the plan
and DR.. H. Dewey Anderson, state
relief administrator, is understood
to have approved the proposition as
the best compromise between ad-
ministration hopes for a broad pub
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-31

lie works program and the Repub-
lican demand for a restricted eX-
penditure of relief without expert
mentation.
The bill would earmark the
money by quarters and cover the
full two-year biennium. Its pas
sage would eliminate the suggestion
the legislature allocate enough
funds for six months and come back
in special session to settle the re-
lief question.
Chairman John Phillips, r., Riv-
erside county, said he was undecid-
ed how far the SRA could be given
freedom in spending relief funds
but hoped that relief could be set
tied at this session.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-31
TO MEET SATURDAY

Imperial county farm bureau di-
rectors will meet Saturday after
noon at the court house at 1:30 for
their regular monthly meeting, ac-
cording to Scott Foulds, secretary.
Routine bureau business will be
discussed
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-31
Bus Driver Precautions Unnecessary
When Threatened wa|kout Held Up
Pending Union Meeting Tonight
Imperial Valley Service Escapes Serious
Threat of Interruption, Say Officials as
JurisdictiOnal Dispute In New Stage

Extra drivers who rode in at least two Pacific Grey
hound buses in Imperial Valley Wednesday ready to take
in regular drivers went strike un
necessary precaution when the threatened walkout was
held in allowance pending union meeting "Wednesday
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-31
vandenberg Record Reveals Policies
Which MayP|ay Big Part in 1910
Republican Drive for Presidency

WASHINGTON, May 81. (UP)-A look at the record
of Sen Arthur H. Vandenberg, R. Mich who has revealed
that he would accept the 1910 Republican presidential
nomination with oneterm pledge shows today that the
backbone of his platform would be
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-31
Public Works Plan, Direct Relief
Program Combined in Compromise
Placed Before Senate Committee

SACRAMENTO, May 81. (UP)-A combination un-
employment relief BILL calling for $25OO0OOo to be spent
on Public Works projects and $480000O0 for continual
ton of direct relief dole payments today was seen as
possible compromise to settle the controversial question
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-31
MoseIey Charges
Communists Hold
Power in Capital
Roosevelt Could End Menace in Short
Time by Discharrsins Reds. Removing
ShackIes from Army. Says General

WASHINGTON, May 81 (UP)-Mai. Gen. George Van
Horn Moseey retired asserted today that the United
States faces a Communist emergency which ought to
be handled in five minutes from the White House"
The retired commander of the army's fourth corps
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-31
Official LumbustS
Fair Board Here
At Labor Rally
Former State Senator Asre to Debate
Demo Chieftan; Roosevelt Endorsed by
Olson Aide for Third Term in 1910

Former State Senator Ben Huse announced Wednes-
day he will accept the challenge of LeuGov. Ellis E.
Patterson debate time suitable to the state Off
cal in the Ell Centre high school auditorium, sub
ject to be chosen by a three-man committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-31

Nellie AT The Well
From our vantage seat at the
New Deal pep meeting last night
at the fair grounds, there appeared
TO be only one really important
person on the platform.
Lieut.. Gov. Ellis Patterson and
Richard Olson, the governors son
shaded into insignificance beside
the elaborate water pouring of E. 4.
Nelson.
Among other notes collected on
the cuff were these:
Two Orange county highway pat
rolmen, sent to the valley to serve
as a guard, arrived at midnight
just in time to start home.
RR would like to have a dollar
for every time the word great" was
used.
Although we couldn't understand
the words. We thought E. Cervantes
delivery eciipsed all the other
speakers.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-31
p AMBLING
(\EpORTER
Heap Big Waste

Heap Big Waste
Sitting Bull Bill Scheniman! Him
heap big savvy Indian talk!
Sitting Bill him look for feed Tor
pony in mountains. Him ask Indian
Brave on reservation who best to
see. Indian Brave say:
"Humph. Ug-Wumph. You see
spokesman"
Sitting Bill ride two hours look
ing for man named U. c. Spokes-
man. Then he find Indian spokes-
man elected once every II moons
This year spokesman Tom Will
liams, heap big friend OF Sitting
Bill.
Humph.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-31

Pegged-
The handicappers faced tough
problem at the Sunday school pic
mic of the First Baptist church, but
they solved it with customary skill
The problem was where to place the
Rev. Mr.. Harold E. Doty in the
races and how much weight he
should carry.
There was unanimous agreement
that he had enough weight as it
was and the handicappers finally
placed him in the fat women's der
by
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-31

FCiIed Again
We feel a bit sorry for Wade
Ramsey. Frustration always makes
us a little sad.
Wade. who has played consider
able baseball at one time OF an
other. has wondered for quite
awhile what it's like to play soft
ball and was very curious to see il
he could belt the larger ball. He
had his chance on recent trip to
the mountains and worked up for
half an hour with the boys. Wade's
Joints began to creak but he STUCK
with it, happy in the thought that
in a few minutes he would be al
bat.
There were two ahead of him
at bat. The first one got hit and
the second one knocked the ball
out into the rocks where it was
lost. Wade never did get chance
to swing.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-31

Butter: Los Angeles. 25Isci but
terfat. Imperial Valley fob. ranch,
grade A, 321c; manufacturing milk.
zee; route gathered cream, 23ike.
L. A. Hay: u. s. No. 1, $500;
No. 2 leafy, S14-14.50; No. 2 $3.50
1880 Minneapolis flax July S1.70
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10
DAUGHTER BORN IN SEATTLE
TO MR.. AND MRS. W. STUMP

A daughter weighing six and one
half pounds was born yesterday
morning to Mrs. Wilfred Stump in
Seattle, according to a telegram re-
ceived in the afternoon, by Mrs. P.
L. Stump. The baby girl, who will
be named Audrey Louise, joins a
brother Clark who will be three
years old in June.
Mr. Stump recently resigned his
position as assistant U. s. district
attorney at Ketchikan. He is now in
Seattle but plans to return soon to
Ketchikan where he will engage in
private practise
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10
TOWNSEND CLUB ELECTS
NEW ROSTER OF OFFICERS

The Townsend Club re-organized
at Wrangell recently and elected the
following officers:
VIM Lawrence, president.
Mrs. Emma Case, vice-pres.
Harry Phillips, secretary.
Mrs. A. Lemieux, treasurer.
An advisory board will be elected
later. Meetings are held on alternate
Thursdays in the A F. of L. union
hall. Interest in the Townsend Plan,
is still keen, according to one of the
officers and the membership is ex-
pected to reach a very satisfactory
figure.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10
HOSPITAL BENEFITS PROMISED
BY LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

The Hospital Auxiliary, consist
ing of a member from each of the
women's organizations, met yester-
day afternoon to plan a series of
hospital benefits. While no dates
were announced except that of the
Guild card party February IA, food
sale, tea and a dance are promised
for later dates.
Mrs. E. C. Anderson, representing
the Civic Club and the Eastern
Star, was elected president of the
group and announced that a gift of
twenty dollars for the hospital had
been voted at the last Eastern Star
meeting.
A suggestion that the organiza-
tions represented in the Hospital
Auxiliary and other groups combine
forces to give one big hospital bene-
fit later in the year was given SER
ious consideration and will be dis
cussed more fully at future date
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10
CANNERY WORKERS POSTPONE
ELECTION UNTIL FEBRUARY II

The election of headquarters Of
ficers for the Cannery Workers Aux
iliary Union which was announced
for Wednesday of the past week has
been postponed until Friday, Feb
ruary Il. The election will be held
in the AFL Union Hall with the
polls opening at 10 a m. and clos
ing at 9 p. m. The regular meeting
of the union will be held ON the
same evening starting at 7:30.
James Cauley. agent and secre-
tary-treasurer of the local union re-
Yealed today that the postponement
was made necessary by the late ar
rival of ballots from headquarters.
The interest being shown by the
Wrangell organization, states Cauley,
both from a standpoint of attend
ance at meetings and willingness to
participate in the activities of the
union has been very gratifying. He
also stressed the Importance of ey-
cry member supporting those can
didates endorsed by the Wrangell
group.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10
FORMER WRANGELL WOMAN
NOW LIVING IN ANCHORAGE
(AnchorageB Times)

Ralph Soberg and his bride, the
former Glarice Wellesley of Los An
geles were honored al a supper
party and reception at the apart
ment Of Mr.. and Mrs. Al Corey at
the first National Bank Apartments
Saturday evening after the couple
arrived from Juneau.
The Sobergs were married in Ju-
neau January 16. The wedding took
place at the home of Mrs. J. soberg
mother of the groom.
The wedding was a complete sur
prise to Anchorage friends of the
groom who We're not notified OF it
until a wire from the groom's moth
er arrived shortly before the train
from Seward.
Mr.. soberg is employed by the
Alaska Road Commission. Mrs. So
berg's home is in Los Angeles. She
has spent the last two years in Ju-
neau. The Sobergs plan to make
their home in the vicinity of An
ehorage.
Those attending the supper were
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Soberg, Mr.. and
Mrs. Al Corey, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph soberg.
After supper, guests came to the
apartment for an informal reception
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10

Einar Ottesen aud George J. Fa-
bricius left on the eannery tender
Betty this morning for Petersburg
where they will receive the first de-
gree in Masonry tonight They were
accompanied by Frank S. Barnes.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10

ALASKAS CHILDREN ARE LUCKY all attend schools noted
for their high educational standards The
hand in this the largest proportion of territorial tax
and much this operate
Salmon Industry helps give your children good e
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10
CIVIC CLUB MEETS SATURDAY
AT HOME OF MRS. CLEMENTS

The Civic Club will meet at the
home of Mrs. Clements tomorrow
Saturday for one o'clock dessert
luncheon, the sandwiches being
omitted this time by vote of those
present at the January meeting
Each member or guest attending is
asked to bring a valentine.
Those who cannot attend are re-
quested TO notify Mrs Clements or
the president. Mrs. NJ. o. Johnson
at once. The co-hostesses will be
Mrs. Bob Murphy and Miss Harding
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10
SPECIAL SEASON OF BEAVER
OPENED N FOUR DISTRICTS

Coming as welcome news to the
trappers of this district is word re-
ceiyed this week that the Secretary
of Agriculture approved on February
first, the recommendation OF the Al
aska Game Commission that a spe-
ciaI season be opened for the taking
of beaver this spring in four dis
triets 1, 2, 5, and 8. WrangeIl is in
district l. The new regulations do
not change the beaver seasons in
Fur Districts 3. 4. and s.
The season in this district will
be from March 16 to April Is. A
limit of ten beaver per trapper per
season in all districts is specified
and all skins must be tagged or
sealed by a representative of the
Alaska Game Commission.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10
ITEMS

A boy was born Tuesday after
noon, February z, to Mrs. Wilfred
Fykerude. lLempi Saarikoski) at
Bishop Rowe General Hospital. He
is reported to be a husky youngster
weighing in on his arrival at six
pounds. eleven ounces. and top rat
ing, according to Dad Fykerude, in
lung power. He has been named
Wilfred saarikoski.
Ed Moore and John Wellman, low
bidders, we're awarded the labor
contract last night by the city eoun-
Gil for a new city float to be built
near the crab eannery. Moore and
Wellman bid $50 Cher bids entered
were Hibner and HaIvorsen at 500
and jenkins and Larson at $500.
A meeting of the executive board
of the Red Cross will be held at Z
o'clock Monday evening, February
10, in the office of DR.. J. H. Glenn
ents, president OF the Wrangell
chapter.
Bishop Rowe General Hospital re-
ceiYed a check for $50 this week
from the Eastern Star The hospital
board, facing a deficit in mainten-
anee funds due to nonpayment of
bills, by patients some weeks ago
asked each organization in town to
sponsor a hospital benefit. The East
ern Star, decided instead to make
the contribution direct from its gen
eral fund.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10

Duke E. Stubs who last year OBJ
tanned $4,000 from the federal gov
eminent because it took over his fur
farm extending the limits of Mount
Mckinley National Park, is report
ed to have died in the States last
November The award of $4,000
was made to Mr.. Stubs by the Tn
tied States Court of Claims at Wash
ington, D. c. Mr. Stubs is survived
by his wife.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10
FIREMEN's MASQUERADE BALL
WILL BE HELD SAT. FEB. Is

The date for the Firemen's An
.nual Masquerade Ball. at first set
for Saturday night, February p.
was changed yesterday BY the com
mittee to a week earlier.
Around the turn of the century,
so the oldtimers say. members Of the
Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department
gave a masquerade ball on Washing
tons Birthday to raise funds for
fire-fighting equipment The affair
was a great success and Washing
tons Birthday was adopted by the
firemen as their time for an annual
dance.
The exact date has been placed.
usually, on the Saturday previous to
February % With few exceptions.
the firemen have repeated the mas
querade feature of the first annual
dance so many years ago.
George Gunderson, chairman of
the committee this year, is working
on a list of prizes which will be
published next week.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10

ANY WHITE ELEPHANTS? Sell
them with a Sentinel want ad.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10

Have a shower at LOWELL,s
BARBER SHOP.
Subscribe To The Sentinel
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10

Guild hospital benefit card party
o'clock Tuesday night, February
IA, Elks hall. Cards and refresh
ments, so cents ADV.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10

Wrangell passengers arriving on
the Princess Norah this morning
were Mr.. and Mrs. Troy Morrow, 3,
Reid, Mrs. Agnes Mohr and Forrest
F. Heiserman.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-10

The Altar Society will give its
annual st. Patrick's silver tea on the
seventeenth of March. Further an
nouneement will be made later.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-12-28
Aluah Eastman, st. Cloud
Editor, Passed On Sunday
dictionaries VIII
Meet At St. Cloud
Final Membership Rally
And Good Time VIII Be
Held Wednesday, January 8

All American Legion Posts of the
sub-district of the Sixth will gather
in a final membership rally and
good time at st. Cloud on January
Bird, said Frank Herzog, st. Cloud,
Sixth District Vice Commander.
With the Stearns County Legion
as host, the meeting will Start DIT
the Elks Club at o'clock P. NJ,
with County Commander c. o.
Bemis presiding. Chic" zwiener
st. Paul, Department Adjutant, will
be the principal speaker. District
Commander Roy Harpster, of Lit
tie Falls, will be heard from and
the three county commanders and
membership directors will report on
Legion activities in their respective
counties.
While this meeting is being spon-
sored by the American Legion, all
veterans of the World War are well
come and urged to gather with
their comrades Of the Legion at a
snappy meeting to be followed by
lunch and refreshments.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-12-28
9th Birthday
Anniversary
Received Over 100 Greeting
Cards and kilograms And
Gifts as Well On December 20

Mrs. Vitus Schmitt, of Sank Cen
ire, Minnesota, was honored on her
87th birthday on December % by
receiving a shower Of birthday
cards which totaled nearly 100, and
several kilograms and gifts.
Greetings and gifts came from
friends in various parts of Mime
sofa, Wisconsin, Iowa, California
and Chicago.
In the afternoon, Mrs. Edward
WEIGH, of Glenwood, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Krause and family, Of
Foley, called to help her celebrate
the event.
Mrs. Schmitt, widow Of the late
Vitus Schmidt, of Westport, was
born on December %, 1852, at Col
umbus, Wisconsin. Until the death
of her husband, she resided at
Westport where they had made
their home for over forty years.
She came to Sank Centre in 1926.
A keen and active mind, Mrs.
Schmidt keeps abreast of the times,
reads the daily newspapers and
magazines, as well as books. She
is Of a quiet and retiring nature,
and prefers home life to that Of
active social affairs, enjoying the
company of friends in a more in
formal way.
Mrs. Schmitt has been a resident
of this community for 60 years. She
has two daughters, Miss Elma at
home and Mrs. Edward WEIGH, of
Glenwood, and five grandchildren
and four great grandchildren.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-12-28
Pioneer and One of City's
Oldest Residents Called
CHRISTMAS VISIT ENDS
ENROUTE In HOSPITAL
Stricken With Appendicitis
While Travelling From Buffalo
In st. Cloud Hospital

Miss Esther Pastian, Of Buffalo,
is in the hospital in st. Cloud where
her planned Christmas visit to her
parents here ended abruptly Mon
day afternoon. Enroute to the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G..
Pastian, of this community, the
young lady was stricken with an
attack of appendicitis suddenly
Christmas Day as she travelled from
Buffalo. Removed to the hospital,
she was operated on that evening
after hasty call to her parents
here notified them Of her condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pastian and Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Miller returned
from the hospital Tuesday after
visiting her. Mr.. Pastian said that
she is doing well. Doctors told
him that she never could have
withstood the entire trip to Sank
Centre, so sudden was the attack.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-12-28
Benefits For
Tobacco Men
AllOtments For
Production of Tobacco
Included In AAA

AS a part Of the AAA and agri-
cultural conservation program, each
year allotments for the production
of tobacco are provided. Each year
Stearns county, according to the
county agents office, st. Cloud, gets
tobacco limit in acres for the
county. Growers desiring a tobac-
CO allotment for the year 1910 and
wishing to participate in the AAA
program should contact the coun-
ty agents office before January Is,
either in person or by mail, indicat-
ing that they wish a tobacco allot-
ment for the coming year. In view
of the fact that the tobacco prices
have been a little more attractive
recently than they have been for
some years, it is possible that the
requests for allotments might ex-
coed the county limit set up for
the county; therefore folks wishing
an allotment should indicate their
desire to have one Immediately 50
that the necessary information for
setting up these allotments can be
worked in the next few weeks.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-12-28
Sank Ge11ne Mdnche4 G.1- NIith Time

his home Thursday morning, at
the age Of 81 years. Death came
as relief from a long illness.
Variation of only one-thirty-second
Of an inch was noted when Dun
nigan and Co., contractors, lurch-
ed the 2000-ton high school build
ing into it's new spot on the
terrain Wednesday. It ended
a first step in the new school
building program.
$4,000 pounds greater than any
other year in it's 35-year history,
the Sank Lake Coop. Creamery
hit a peak production record this
year with $4,000 pounds for 1888,
George Strauss, secretary, an
nounced.
Sinclair Lewis, Sank Centres act.
or-novelist son, became a legen-
dairy figure last Thursday night,
and more than two hundred Sank
Centreites became first nighters'
when they moved into Mime
apolis to watch the novelist-turn-
ed-actor give a homespun por-
trayal in his own play Angela
Is Twenty-Five"
Publicity flared far and wide when
Sank Centre and its native son,
Lewis, got together. Even the
staid, well-posted New York
Times joined the reclamation
editorialized on the homecoming
for Lewis.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Roy Engle early Monday morn
ing.
It was a ten pound 10 ounce son
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Continued on Page 8, Col. y
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-12-28
Files Portray Interesting
Picture of Lights and
Shadows of Community

A year Of events of 1889 written
in chronological sequence tells of
the happenings of our people. Her.
aiding life in it's beginning and
all the intervening happenings of
JOY and sorrow, advancements, i'm
provements and life's end, it is an
interesting resume or review of
what has gone by.
Month after month and day after
day, the following are some Of the
important items that went into the
making of the Herald in 1889:
Week Of January 81
Fire losses to the city were esti-
mated at only $500 during 1888
it was reported Tuesday at the
annual meeting Of the Sank Cen
tire Fire department. George Fish
was renamed chief.
Mrs. j. A. Dubois, "a years old
died at her home just before noon
Wednesday.
Mrs. j. A. Norris, resident here
since 1878, died Monday at the
age Of 80 years.
"a blocks of Sank Centres streets
will be dressed with blacktoppinp
r. M. Olsen, WPA engineer, an.
nounced, as the contract for S23..
oS4.oO was awarded to ]. H. Gan.
ley, st. Paul contractor.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Theirs December 9th.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-12-28
Put Your Name
On tilt Pays
Hub Cap Lost Near
GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin, Last
Summer, just Returned

It pays to label your properties
with your name and address. Be
cause ]. N. Jackson believed it so,
he had a hub cap back he'd given
up for lost.
Last summer Mr.. Jackson and
his son, Joe, left on trip to Chi
cago and Elgin, Illinois. Enroute
near GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin, they
heard a hub cap let go. and go
gathering down the pavement. They
gave up looking for 1t, forgot all
about the issue. But just before
Christmas, December 23rd, a letter
came from an Edward Reilly, Of
GAINESVILLE. He had found the hub
cap near a fence along the road.
Because Mr.. Jackson's name and
address-and because 1t mentioned
the magic word "reward"-the hub
cap comes back to its owner.