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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-16
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F. Wiener Attended
Annual Session of
School Boards
NO CHANGE IN AID
Favored Measure In
Opposition To Closing
Small Schools

Rural schools in this section
may be vitality affected by recent
recommendations adopted at the
annual convention of the Mime
sofa State School Board Associa-
ton If the legislature complies
with it's requests, Ferdinand
Wiener said this week on his re-
turn from the session in st. Paul
February 8 and 10.
Mr.. Wiener, clerk of the board
in district SO, believes that rural
schools have made advancing
strides in the past few years, are
today being more adequately stat
fed and equipped.
Outstanding program for rural
schools of this section, he cited the
rural library service secured thru
the Bryant Library of this city.
I'VE believe it's one of the finest
things in our district" he said.
Each year it gives US circulat-
ing library Of some $50 books. It
has stimulated adult as well as
student reading"
The session, of nearly 1000 dele
gates, adopted resolution that Is
pertinent. They went on record
favoring an appropriation of at
least 100000 for state aid to
transportation of high school pu-
pills. An $15Oy000 appropriation this
year was inadequate, yet Mr..
Wiener explained, 1t has stepped
up rural high school students 80
percent.
Middle in existent school laws
lead the group to adopt a resolu-
ton asking the legislature to ap-
point an interim committee to
make a study and recodify such
laws. They want no change in re-
gard to payments of state aid.
Most vitality affecting schools in
this section was the resolution
adopted in opposition to closing
district school with few pupils.
The group favored a measure that
would leave to the discretion of
the voter the closing of district
schools with six or less pupils.
This is not a myth, he explained,
since bill was recently introduce
ed to close schools with an enroll
ment of less than eight, that would
affect some 400 schools in this
state. The affect would be directly
felt by some schools in this sec
ton.
Conversely the group was favor
ing an adoption to close high
schools with an enrolment Of less
than 90 pupils. All measures will
be submitted through the legisla-
tive committee to the legislature
for study.
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company of today, Mrs. Halverson
pointed out. Mr.. MacGibbon lives
at the home of his daughter now.
There are poems to his home that
stands yet in a grove Of oaks.
where squirrels scampered about
their busy course, where Jimmy
and his mother dwell" To his wife.
Louisa, now passed away, John told
Of the love in his heart for this
'lassie o. mine" He found express
sion in his poetry for his happiness
in friends, dogs, comfort along
Sank Lake, trout brook, the birds,
coon hunt, the duck blinds-all
mostly aptly cross section in his
poem ITO Harry" When Asa Wal
lace and Sank Centre were host
to the Minnesota Editorial conven-
ton Mr.. MacGibbon wrote a poem
characterizing Mr.. Wallace.
Mr.. MacGibbon Is a common
mans poet, writing of things to be
readily graspea. He has human
approach to this writing of his.
Scottish burr, or another dialect Of
ten characterized what he had to
say, but whatever it was, 1t was
human, common.
It Is odd that the courses OF two
men, who stood out in this writ
ing, should SO parallel each other.
For John MacGibbon and DR.. j. A.
Dubois came here in the year 1881.
Each saw Sank Centre through the
poets eyes, gave "the other side OF
Main Street" Then it is fitting
that at the death of the Doctor.
May 4, 1887, John MacGibbon wrote
a poem honoring his long time
friend.
Mrs. Halverson in her letter was
thankful: Here are few or faith
er's poems. Conceit in ourselves
and our own people is usually lack
ing and so as the years go by we
do not treasure and keep the good
works of those dearest to US. Now
that we would like to have them
they are almost lost to us.
You have done the whole family
a favor greater than you realize.
In asking for these you have
prompted us to get more and more
Of fathers writings into a scrap
book to help us remember the
things he wrote long ago." she said
in her letter to the library.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-16
WILL PAY FOX BOUNTY

Commissioners Of Stearns Coun-
ty have set a small budget to pay
fox bounties. A delegation Of Of
ficers and members Of the Com
munity Wild Life club appeared
before the board recently and
stressed the Importance Of drive
against fox for the protection Of
game birds. A $50 bounty on fox
cubs and a $500 bounty on old
foxes was adopted. Fox have be-
come so numerous, It was pointed
out, that losses to farmers have
become severe, as well as heavy
destruction of game birds.
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Mrs. M. Wernig
Succumbed From Accident

the ceremony taking place at Ait
kin, Minnesota. They celebrated
their twenty-fifth anniversary last
October. Mrs. Wernig was the
mother of three children, who with
the father survive and mourn the
death of loving wife and mother.
The children are Donovan, % years
old; Marjory, IA years old, and
Patricia Gail, IL years old. Other
surviving relatives are her six
brothers and three sisters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wernig and family
came to Sank Centre in 1921, and
they resided here since that time
with the exception Of one year resi-
dence in Fergus Falls and a short
time in Glenwood. Before coming
to Sank Centre they resided in Mil
waukee, Wis; Virginia, Mimi, and
Little Falls.
Funeral services were held Mon
day morning at ten o'clock at St.
Pauls Church. Msgr. Plachta read
the Solemn Requiem Mass, and was
assisted in the service by the Rev.
John Fearon, of Morris, as Deacon;
the Rev. John Bettendorf, Sank
Centre, as Sub-Deacon; and the
Rev. FIR. Gilbert, Of st. Johns, as
Master of Ceremonies. The pail
bearers were: Henry Thielen, DR..
R. E. Cooper, Ted Wengler, Henry
Otte, John Niehaus and Chas. Bob
lip. The latter three were former
business associates of Mr.. Wernig.
Interment was made in st. PauPs
cemetery.
Relatives in attendance at the
service were the following sisters
and brothers Of Mrs. Wernig, and
their families: Mr.. and Mrs. p. J..
Ulick, Of Detroit, Mich; Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Marsh, Of Brainerd; Mrs.
Grace Wernig, Of Germantown,
Wis; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Bailey,
Of Aitkin; Mr.. and Mrs. William
Bailey, of Little Falls; Mr.. and
Mrs. James Bailey and Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Bailey, of Shovel Lake,
Mimi; Jack Bailey, of Crosby,
Mimi; Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bail
ey, of Manganese, MINI. Her
brother, George, of McGregor, was
unable to be present. Other rela-
tives present were: Frank Wernig,
brother of Mr.. Wernig, Of Mil
waukee, Wis; Phil Wernig, his
cousin, of Racine, Wis; Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Spencer, her niece, of
Brainerd; Mrs. Tony Scull, a niece.
of Brainerd; Leslie Bailey and Lor-
en- Bailey and wife, nephews, of
Little Falls; Saxon Bailey, OF st.
Paul, and Viola Bailey, Of Walker.
both nieces; an aunt, Mrs. Margaret
Dalbec, of Livingston, Montana;
Vivian Bailey, niece, of Little
Falls; and the following friends:
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Arth, st. Paul;
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Bye, Fergus
Falls; Elizabeth Quicker, Fergus
Falls; Miss Anna Marthaler, Nor
ris; Fritz Kiewel, George Kiewel.
Cassius Jardine and DR.. and Mrs.
Clifford Olson, of Little Falls;
Frank Russell, Of Brainerd; FIR.
Kinsella, of Brainerd, and FIR.
Wessling, Of Fergus Falls; Miss
Rose Eveslage, Of Greenwald; Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Linn, of West
Union, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Eben-
steiner, Of Sobieski.
Members Of the order Of the
knights of Columbus, Of Melrose,
Of which Mr.. Wernig is a member,
came to this city Sunday evening
and recited the Rosary for Mrs.
WerniP.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-16
Alexandria %; Sank Centre rs

Alexandria 20; Sank Centre 70
Their first loss in six starts, Sank
Centre slipped a cog Saturday eve
ming when Alexandria, once mar
ginaIly defeated by the locals, plod-
ded through a wearying ball game
to win % to rs.
It was Sank Centres first loss
since Osakis defeated them "A to "a
in a crazy quilt battle at Osakis.
A chance to redeem that Osakis
defeat had to be postponed last
Friday because of snow-blocked
roads. 10 be set this week, 1t is
believed the game will probably fall
between schedules end Saturday
night when the locals play Wadena
there, and the opening of the sub
district. Nearly two weeks lay
off, the game will come opportune-
ly to keep the lads in fighting trim.
1t was a late fourth quarter in
cident that really broke the ball
game for the locals after Captain
George Conkey, with his uncanny
long sniping had kept Sank Centre
in the race. A free throw by Har-
din after McCabe had scored a
basket, put Alex with finality to
the front, handed to Sank Centre
the defeating end Of the score.
The game lacked the finesse
either team had shown in that earl
Ter game when Sank Centre came
from a 2 to 1 trailing position to
exc out victory u to 26. Neither
Alex nor Sank Centre seemed to
function properly. But Hardin, OF
Alex, and Conkey were high point
men with II and 10 each. Conkey
moved to the high scoring slot when
his longs started clicking. Zone
type defense almost completely bot
tied the scoring efforts of Pang-
burn, who averaged 20 points in
two previous games, though he did
gain seven points. Kringen moved
up nightly as a defensive guard
to choke off Alex stellar, Blanchard,
with three points, after the same
one had rolled up ID in the prev
ious game.
Holding a to 3 lead at the end
Of the first quarter Sank Centre
saw only Pangburn score from the
field and Conkey's two free throws.
Eckman, McCabe and Peterson
converted free shots during the
quarter. In the second Alex bounc-
ed into the lead 8 to 6. In the
third Kringens driving basket and
free throw tied at 16. Erickson's
shot put Alex into a two point, IL
to 16, lead.
In the fourth Hardin, Blanchard
scored from the floor for Alex.
Pangburn, Ethun, Conkey started
a comeback drive that knotted the
score at "A. It was Blanchard's
only basket Of the game. Brown
tailed last for the locals with a
free throw. Hardin and Schultz
free throws Unanswered Alex into
the winning spot
The second team scored brilliant
ly that evening. Winning 70 to ~,
these lads, after puny efforts
against Glenwood last week, COM
pletely baffled Alex to win easily.
This same Alex crew defeated
.l~x. oo,l;a- a. kn 1R
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-16
SCOUTS ATTENDED
ROTARY TUESDAY
Sponsored Program In
Explanation Of the Various
Ranks Of Scouting

At the Rotary meeting Tuesday
noon, three Scouts Of Troop IS.
gave an explanation Of advance
ment in Scouting and work neces-
sary to attain the various ranks.
This program was given in con-
nection with twentv-ninth anniver-
sary Scouting.
Douglas Kohl, as master Of cere-
monies, introduced the Scouts and
explained their tasks. John Cotton
took the tenderfoor rank, and Doug
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-16
OF THANKS

CARD OF THANKS
We wish to convey to friends and
neighbors our heartfelt thanks for
the many acts of kindness shown
and the words Of sympathy extend
ed to us in the death Of our be-
loved wife and mother. We also
extend our sincere appreciation for
spiritual offerings and the many
beautiful floral tributes.
ado Mr.. Mike Wernig and Children,
Don, Marjory and Patricia.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-16

brand leading with II points for
high, the seconds washed out the
Morris outfit p to IT. Hunt, Jack
SON and others were scoring contri-
butorS.
The summary:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-16

Huge engagements of photo
graphs are being used In place Of
painted stage scenery.
The Washington times., 1939-01-14

CWorld Copyright, 1899, by King Fea-
lures Syndicate, Inc. All rights re-
served Reproduction in full or in
part strictly prohibited.)
WHOEVER said women are
w soft, mild, pitiful and flex-
1ble had not heard of a certain
young woman clerk of the
House Patronage Committee.
She has the entire United
States House of Representatives
in the hollow of her hand, or
rather upon her long pointed
fingernailS. Her umbrella is
ready to descend upon their
lofty heads. They are in 9,
dither, a dither with hole in it.
Election Of Florida'S Repre-
sentative Caldwell as chairman
of the House Patronage Com
mittee the other day meant that
all the friends of the previous
chairman (Fuller of ArkansasO
were out Of jobs. They received
notices. They were to get out
last Saturday. They went, that
is all except this young woman
clerk of the committee.
She waited until the office
was empty and then she de-
parted, too, but with her she took
the files Of the committee. Word
came to the committeeman Mon
day they could get their files
back when they gave her job
back, and not previously.
The Washington times., 1939-01-14
Defensive Measures

DISARMAMENT hoopla here
~ is fading fast. War experts
generally consider the Presi-
dents program as strictly a pre-
paredness precaution, a move
primarily to correct our def
cheney in airplaneS and canal
protection. They think he
ditched the rearmament pro-
gram he originally contemplated
because of popular reaction to
initial feelerS.
Bulk of defense improvement
continues to center in the old
program, originated a year or
two ago, when it was not called
a rearmament program. That
takes care of nearly everything
needed, except airplaneS, and
the new program simply brings
the air phase up to the others.
Army now has 2,010 planes.
Without F. D. RS new program
it would have 1920 by the end
of 1910. With this program it
will have a total of about 5000
(2,400 auxiliary ships. $500
fighting planes). It means that
in 18 months we will have about
half what Hitler has now.
The restricted scope of the
program certainly discounts the
rumors current in Wall Street
lately that this Government ex-
poets war before then.
The Washington times., 1939-01-14
Takes List With Her

TEaE files should be indispen-
l. sable as they recount which
Gcrubwomen, BARRIERS, policemen
are on the patronage Of each
particular Congressman.
Scouts were sent out to search
for the missing madame who
seemed to combine the best
features cf Portia, Florence
Nightingale, Becky Sharp and
Desdemona in her Stupendous
determination.
Embarrassed Congressman
tried to keep the matter secret
and did. Conflicting stories were
told by them. one that this lady
who took not only the law into
her own hands but the files of
the lawmakers as well, had re-
turned part Of them; another
that nothing important" was
missing; a third that Chairman
Caldwell was making up a new
list of patronage largesse and
hence did not need the missing
one.
Some irate legislators say Mrs.
Hoexer will not get her job
back now, no matter what she
does, but outsiders generally
are cheering for the lady to win.
Even If she doesn't, a monu-
ment may yet be raised to pre-
serve the memory of the petit
coat patriot who outwitted Con-
gress, if only for a few days. in
these time1 when powerful men
quail at the swish of a Con-
greSSionaI subpoena.
The Washington times., 1939-01-14
Senate Will Back Relief Cut,
Sharpens Own PAIRING Knives
RELIEF BILL TERMS

As passed By the House yesterday, WPA emergency
fund bill:
ONE-Cut $15ooOoOoo from the $s75,OOoOoo demanded
by the Administration carry the WPA until June 80.
TWO-Barred aliens from participation in WPA relief.
THREE-Barred payment of salaries to WPA workers
officials who attempt to influence another politically
FOUR-Requred the WPA to eliminate wage differen-
tals of more than 25 per cent.
FIVE-Bahned any Government agency from establish
ing hosiery mills in competition with private industry
SIX-Bocked the Presidents administrative order plac-
ing $4,000 WPA administrative workers under Civil
Service February l.
SEVEN-Removed restrictions against placing
65 relief rolls
EIGHT-Bocked to provide funds than pro-
portionae for WPA theaer writers and artists projects
assaed by witnesses before the Dies House committee in
trolled.
The Washington times., 1939-01-14
PAY ENDS
Stops Salaries
OF II in Road Jobs

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. IA.
Hating further disbursement of
$4,000 emergency fund pro-
Viding for employment of extra
workers for the State Roads Com
mission, Governor O'Conor today
laid that IL employees had been
'1ropped from the pay roll of the
roads commission.
Approximately $4,000 of the
$4,000 fund already has been
draw! from the account by the
II employees who we're dropped.
it was learned Only one of the
II was technician. A similar
fund of $4,000 which was sci
up for the fiscal year 1888 already
mas peen exhausted.
Pay increases given to many Of
the employees of the commission,
it was learned from William A..
Codd. auditor. accounted for $10,-
600 during the fiscal year 1888.
and has used all but $500 of a
$4,000 fund set up for this pur.
pose during the current fiscal
year.
The Washington times., 1939-01-14
BYRON BACKS
VOTE FOR D. C,

Suffrage for the District of
Columbia was the first local Iegis-
lation advocated by Represent
ative William D. Byron (DO of
Maryland on his appointment to
the House District Committee
yesterday.
Certainly everybody should
have the right to VOTE" he
stated.
The new member of Congress
takes the seat of David J. Lewis,
who unsuccessfully sought the
Senate post of Senator Millard F.
TydingS in the last election.
At the same time two other
Democrats were named to the
District Committee. They are
Plus l.. Schwert, of New York,
and Joseph A. McArdle, of Penn
sylvania.
On learning of Representative
Byron's support of suffrage, and
in particular of the Randolph
resolution for both national and
local suffrage, Representative Jen-
nings Randolph CD, West Vir,
ginia, slated to be chairman of
the committee and author of the
resolution, said:
That's just an indication of
the growing feeling on the part
of House members that Wash
ington should be given its con-
stitutional right of suffrage"
In naming Byron to the com
mittee, the House Ways and
Means Committee, which makes
the selections. overlooked Repre-.
sentative Tommy D'Alesandro, OF
Baltimore, who replaced Vincent
L. Palmisano, formerly chairman
of the District Committee.
The Ways and Means group, it
is understood, felt that the Dis
trict Committee should have no
more than two members from
Maryland. Representative Am
brose J. Kennedy, also of Balti-
more, is ranking member of the
committee.
Byron also announced his ad-
vocacy of a stadium for Wash
lngton and said that flood control
for the Potomac River valley is
essential.
The Washington times., 1939-01-14
JAN MASARYK
TALKS TONIGHT
ON JEWS FATE
Refugee Problem Topic
For Palestine Farley

Problems Of Jewish refugees
throughout the world will be dis
cussed at the National Conference
for Palestine, which opens tonight
at the Mayflower Hotel. with some
$500 delegates attending.
Arriving in Washington today
to discuss the plight of Jews in
Czechoslovakia, and especially in
the Sudeten and other regions Of
that nation seized by Nazi Ger.
many, is Jan Masaryk. son of the
founder Of that republic.
ON RADIO TONIGHT
Masaryk, who has been serving
as Czechoslovakian minister to
London, has not been in Washing
ton for almost 20 years. When last
here he was charge d'affaireS OF
the Czech legation here.
He will deliver a short address
over Station WJSV at 6:l5 to-
night. and tomorrow will ADDRESS
the conference on plans to settle
5000 CzechoSlovakian Jews in
Palestine, with Czech government
putting up $2,500,000 to finance
the settlement.
JACKSON TO SPEAK
Robert M. Bernstein, vice chair.
man of the Allied Jewish Appeal OF
Philadelphia, will preside at the
opening session of the conference
tonight, and DR.. Abba Hillel Silver,
national chairman of the appeal.
will outline the Jewish position in
the world today.
Solicitor General Robert H. Jack
son will speak to the conference
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock,
and his address will be broadcast
over Station VOL of the Mutual
Broadcasting System.
The Washington times., 1939-01-14
APPROVAL seen
IN SENATE FOR
3APPOINTEES 3
Votes Soon on Hopkins,
Frankfurter, Murphy
BY ROBERT A. McGILL

G.N.s.) The three men Presi'
dent Roosevelt chose to fill highly
important vacancies in the Gov
ernment establiShment-two Cabi-
net portfolios and one Supreme
Court post-today were marked
for early approval by the Senate.
All three we're scrutinized for
fitness for their new jobs this
week by Senate committees, and
apparently all three measured up
to required standards.
THREE NOMINEES LISTED
The nominees are: Felix Frank
furter, 54-year-old Austrian-born
Jew and Harvard Law School pro
fessor, appointed to succeed the
late Associate Justice BENJAMIN
N. Cardozo on the Supreme Court.
After two days of testimony op-
posing his nomination before a
Judiciary subcommittee, Frank
furter himself appeared, testified,
and was quickly approved by the
subcommittee.
Harry L. Hopkins, 48-year-old
former WPA Administrator who,
after a fairly rocky three-day
hearing which closed before the
Senate Commerce Committee yes
terday, was slated for probable ap-
proval as Secretary Of Commerce
when the committee files its re-
port Tuesday or Wednesday Of
next week. He succeeds Daniel
C. Roper.
MURPHY APPEARS
Frank Murphy, As. former gov
ernor of Michigan and high COM
missioner to the Philippines
whose appointment as Attorney
General was okayed by a Senate
Judiciary subcommittee, follow
ing which Murphy asked to ap,
pear, and did appear before the
subcommittee yesterday to reveal
the inside story" of the part he
played in the automobile indus
try's sit-down strikes as chief ex-
ecutive Of his State in 1897.
Murphy said that had he at
tempted to eject the strikers,
bloodshed and loss of life would
have been inevitable.
81 have never condoned the
sit down STRIKE" he said, "or
countenanced disobedience of a
court order. From the very be-
ginning Of the labor trouble in
Michigan, warned the union
representatives that the sit
down strike was illegal and,
further, that its use would alien
ate public opinion"
The Washington times., 1939-01-14
Col. Rorex Heads
Red Cross Chapter

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Jan. IA
The Alexandria Red Cross chap
ter today announced the election
of Col. A. D. Rorex, U. S. M. c.,
retired, as president to succeed
Clyde C. Lamond, jr. Other new
officers are: Mrs. George T. Kip
stein, vice president. Miss Eleanor
Watkins, treasurer; Robert M.
Reese, secretary; Rev. Percy Fos-
ter Hall. chaplain, and Miss Mar
gerry A. Hall, historian.
The Washington times., 1939-01-14
GUILD PLANS
LAW PARLEY

A conference on administrative
law, sponsored by the National
Lawyers Guild, will be held at
the Carlton Hotel, January 81
and %. it was announced today.
Marshall E. Dimock, Second AS
sistant Secretary Of Labor and
professor of public administra-
ton of the University Of Chicago.
will preside at the opening session,
at which Prof. James Hart, of the
University of Virginia, and Prof.
John M. Cans, of the University
of Wisconsin, will speak.
The Washington times., 1939-01-14
Couldn't Be SOdyed

THIS NEW CONGRESS is GER
l. tainly different. What led
inside to the House proposal for
a cut in the relief funds shows
much.
Mr.. Roosevelt first asked 750
million dollars in the budget.
then upped his request next day
to 875 million dollars. Formation
of the Appropriation bill fell to
the lot Of a House Appropria-
tionS Subcommittee.
One Democrat on the COM
mittee was called to the White
House. He had been saying 500
million dollars was enough to
continue relief until July, but
when he returned from the
White House he did not think
875 million dollars was enough.
He started looking for his Demo
cratic comrades on the commit
tee and discovered that while