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The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-08-29

During the last war this
company made excess profits
from the munitions it supplied
our government. AT the same
time Bethlehem Steel paid low
wages and. through deviouc
methods Of intimidation and
coercion. prevented its employ
es from becoming members Of
legitimate labor organizations.
DICTAToRIAL POLICIES
In April and May of 1918 a
series Of strikes occurred at this
companys properties in Bethle-
hem. Pennsylvania. The United
States Department of Labor was
powerlesS to settle these strikes
because OF the high-handed and
dictatorial policies and practices
pursued by the management OF
this company. whereupon the mat
ter was referred to the National
War Labor Board. which issued
its findings on July 81. l9l8-just
90 years ago. The Board said. IT.
part:
The main cause of dissatisfac-
ton Is a bonus system so COM
piicdted and difficult 10 under
stand dtalics ours) that almost
one-half Of the time OF the
hearings was consumed in ef-
forts to secure a clear idea of
the system. The absence OF any
method of collective bargaining
between the management and
the employees is another serious
cause OF unrest. as is also the
lack OF a basic guaranteed min
imam ,rGoe rate dtalics ours)."
In addition. the National War
Labor Board made the follow
ing finds:
1.-THE right of employees to bar
gain collectively is recognized by
the War Labor Board; therefore
the employees of the Bethlehem
plant should be guaranteed this
right :"
Twenty-Five years ago-almos.
TO a day-while our country was
engaged in a great war the Beth
lehem Steel Company not only
was making excessive profits from
its government munitions con
tracts. but 1t was fiouting the
mandate of a government agency.
This company continued its high
handed dictatorial policy of def
ance instead of obeying the man.
date OF our government to pay
decent wages, to permit civil lib.
critics in its company towns. and
TO allow its employees to join unions
OF their own choosing.
This disgraceful defiance OF gov
ernmental authority continued UNI
til the Armistice was signed. In
order to make good the award OF
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-08-29
ENDORSES FDR

COLUMBUS. - Endorsement OF
Pres. Roosevelt has been voted by
the executive board OF the Fedora
ton OF Glass. Ceramic IL Silica
Sand Workers ,CIO).
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-08-15

week arrested in the sale of the
Martin animal, waived a prelimin-
airy hearing before Justice H. w.
Towson and was released on bond
to appear in district court this fall.
Yesterday morning the sheriff's
office received a report Of some
animals missing in the Fairy Lake
vicinity. Officers said an investi-
cation is continuing but added
there was nothing as yet to in
dictate what arrests would follow.
It appears a considerable num-
Der Of farmers have lost stock of
recent months. Because the stock
is out on pasture and Is visited in
frequently, the thefts have not been
discovered for some time after the
animals were taken. The sheriff's
office urges farmers to watch their
stock and as soon as any is miss
ing, leading the owner to believe
theft has been committed, call
the sheriff's office Immediately.
Time is a factor in solving any
crime and the sooner the officers
know Of these incidents, the soon
er they are able to contact stock
buyers in trying to locate the miss
ing animals.-Long Prairie Leader.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-08-15
1910 DOUGLAS COUN-
!TY FAIR FEATURES
A VARIED PROGRAM

The 1910 Douglas County Fair to
be held at Alexandria on August
21-22-23-24 is featuring four big
days and nights. This years fair
promises to excel any previous
years entertainment in the featur-
ing of a different program each day
and the varied type of program.
On Wednesday, August 21st, the
los Ranch Wild West will put on
one of the outstanding rodeo pro-
grams of the old West both after
noon and evening.
On Thursday and Friday after
Moons will be featured some of the
finest harness horse racing in Min.
nesota. On Saturday afternoon
there will be featured automobile
races conducted by the Minnesota
Dirt Track Racing Association, and
in addition both afternoon and eve
ming a full and complete thrill
program with crashes, smasSes and
chills. Then, as if that isn't enough
each evening of the three last
days, Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day, August 22-23-24, will be feat
ured before the grandstand one OF
the most beautiful musical revues
put on by any county fair in Min
nesota this year, called Broadway
on Parade" direct from Chicago
with special stage, lighting effects,
and a whole bevy of beautiful girls
and comedians, and then inter
spersed through the program of the
three days will be the usual run
of high grade circus acts and State
Fair attractions.
The advance entries of exhibits
promises to make the exhibit build
ings an Exposition of Central Min
nesota's Resources, as there is
statewide competition in the cattle
department particularly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-08-15
THREE SENTENCED,
ANOTHER HELD AFTER
CATTLE STEALING
Three Arrested Last Week
Are Sentenced in Dist. Court
Another Arrest Made Friday

Three persons, last week arrested
for stealing cattle in the county,
appeared in district court the past
week and were sentenced.
Lawrence Bednarz and Dominic
Sypchalla, of Iona, appeared last
Thursday before Judge Anton
Thompson, in Fergus Falls, and
plead guilty to grand larceny in
the second degree. They admitted
taking a heifer from the w. A.
Miller farm, south of Little Sank
and selling it in Sank Centre. Bed
narz was senteced to serve one to
five years in st. Cloud and Spy
challa, one to five years in Still
water. Sypchalla, because of a
previous conviction, had his term
increased to from two to 10 years.
Gordon Kircher, of Little Sank,
also involved in the Miller theft
and that of an animal belonging
to Fay Martin, Of Birchdale, ap-
peared Friday before Judge J. B.
Himsl, in st. Cloud, and plead gull
ty to grand larceny in the second
degree. He was sentenced to serve
one to five years in st. Cloud. All
three men are now serving their
sentences. The Martin animal was
recovered from the dealer to whom
it was sold.
On complaint of Miss E. r. Juer-
gems, of Little Sank, Orrin Murch.
of Little Sank, was arrested, and
charged with grand larceny in the
second degree, it being alleged he
sold an animal belonging to Miss
Juergens to Earl Moore, Of Sank
Centre, about July 4, receiving $40
Murch said he thought at first
the animal belonged to him but
did not realize his mistake until
after the sale was made, officers
stated. He is being held in jail
to face charges.
John LaForge, Of Birchdale. last
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-08-15

Doughnuts-3rd year A-Blue
Leona Broegelman; red, Daisy
Cheadle. B-blue, Teresa Maus;
red, Lucretta Gilk.
Butter cake-Blue, Lois Quisberg
Marcella Traut; red, Johanna De-
KruW, Betty Lou Swenson, Laur-
ana Schultz.
Cake-Blue, Marian Traut, Mar
celia Schiller; red, Gertrude Pax,
leitner, Cecilia Winter, Ruth Wolff
Spice oake-Blue, Violette I'M
dieke; red, Walburga Weller.
Canning-Blue, Pearl DeKruyf
Mildred Meyer; red, Delphine Gre
CORY, Dorothy Ann Kieke.
Canning 2-Viola Hesse, blue;
red, Mildred Schabel, Elaine Barrel
Deloris Meyer.
Canning 3Blue, Marcella Meyer
Canning 4Blue, Lorraine MANI
Cecilia Winter, Daisy Cheadle; red
Marcella Judes.
Attractive All Booths
Belgrade Progressive Club com.
bining a skillful portrayal of the
seeds and the fruit Of successful
club work presented a theme at
tractive enough to be awarded the
grand championship. It was one
of ten booths in the filled to over
flowing All building, that found
competition keen, and the general
display of the booths above the av-
erage. Quick to perceive new
trends All ably displayed its ability
along this line when the Raymond
Ashley club showed a booth attack
ing cleverly the use of elSctricity
with safety. OTHER Dooths were
Green Valleys home Identification
display; Albany Sunnysiders health
booth; Grove Jolly Jobbers, forest
conservation; Brooten girls, meal
planning; Albany Boosters, home
Identification; Melrose Graniteers
room furnishing; Gopher Prairie
with a dairy breeds theme; and
Paynesyile-Koroni club, With a
poultry display.
All Demonstrations
Agricultural demonstrations, with
a number of teams, competing
Tuesday, found Calvin Steele and
Henry Hagen, Belgrade Progress
sive, winners in first place and elig-
ible for state fair entry. The DEM
onstration involved practices for
dairy housing sanitation. Pointing
to the vast amount of work these
Alters put into their program,
Henry said that he had access to
some $50 books in the research for
material. In second place was a
livestock demonstration Of Leroy
Molitor and John Haus, Rockville
Cooperators, who showed methods
for prevention of loss in loading
and shipping stock.
In home economics demonstra-
lions individual competition, Lucille
Molitor will represent the county
at the state fair. Her room furn-
ishing demonstration was the win
ner. She is a member of the Rock
Vile Cooperators.
Harold Agnew earned his way to
the state fair with a top flight
demonstration on safety, stressing
measures to be taken on the farm.
He is from the Linden club.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-08-15
Get-To-G ether of
Former "U" Az Students

A get-together of former stu
dents, graduates and friends of the
School of Agriculture in Kandiyohi,
Stearns, and Meeker counties, will
be held on Sunday, August Is, in
Community Park, on the wooded
south shore Of Lake Koronis, five
miles south of Paynesville.
The main address, on the pro-
gram will be given by DR.. clyde
H. Bailey, SAUM 'O5, vice-director
of the Experiment Station, Univer-
sity Farm. There will be group
singing of the old School songs,
music by Dewey Pederson's band,
an accordian solo by Gaylord Stock
land, Al, Lake Lillian, and vocal
solos by Dorothy Peterson, Paynes-
vile, and Chester Erickson, '3S, st.
Cloud.
The program has been arranged
by Martin Leaf, '96, Willmar, presi-
dent; Peter Borsheim, 20, Litch-
field, vice-president; Dewey Peder-
son, ~, Paynesville, secretary and
treasurer; Margaret Vossen, 81, of
Watkins, and Alton Levorson, '36,
Brooten, committeeman.
J. o. Christianson, superintendent
of the School of Agriculture urges
all former students and graduates
of the school to attend this reunion
and bring any young people who
might be interested in attending
the school, for he says, I'm these
times of confusion it is particularly
helpful for people to get together
and again pledge allegiance to such
ideals and PHILOSOPHERS of life as
have been the central theme of the
School Of Agriculture for over so
years"
Those who wish to bring their
picnic dinners may do so and en-
joy visiting before the program
begins at 200 p. m. Coffee and
cream will be provided.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-08-15
Governor To Be AT
MeIrose For Convention
Tentatively Accepts Invitation
To Attend State Catholic
Gathering on September 20

Governor Harold E. Stassen has
accepted the invitation extended
him by the local committee to be
present and speak at the State Con-
vention of Catholic Societies to be
held in Melrose next month.
The governors letter, however,
states that he accepts the invitation
subject to any unforeseen develop
ments which may arise that will
prevent his attending the conven-
ton.
The Melrose committee invited
the governor to attend the conven-
ton on Sunday, September 22nd,
and take part in the program of
addresses scheduled after the big
parade.
Plans for this large convention
are taking form rapidly and activ-
tiles will be stepped up during the
remaining six weeks before the
event in order to have Melrose in
complete readiness to entertain the
largest gathering in it's history
Melrose Beacon.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-08-15
Plan Rural Tele-
phone Development
CONTINUED from Page one)

into service shortly before the first
Of July, LATERAL said.
The Sallk Valley company, that
hitherto served the Spring Park
patrons, announced a plan to
straighten it's line with the advan-
tage of getting out of the trees
throughout which it's line now
runs. With the upper end of its
line out of service, the company
now with five subscribers sees
hope for doubling it's list of pa
irons with the program of revamp-
ing it's lines. Not affected by pow
er line induction noises, the COM
pany will continue on the grounded
system.
Directly affected in the service
crippling blow when REA's power
lines set up parallels causing Undue
ton noises in telephone communi-
cation is the Mccormick Lake COM
pany now planning a program. Ma
terials, LATERAL said, are laid out
to metallicize the line, which will
give it two wires in a plan that
cuts out noise caused by power in
duction. Work will probably get
under way in the fall with the end
Of harvest and post-harvest rush.
This Mccormick Lake line will
bring to II the total number of
lines put into service again since
1888, it was announced. Power in
duction from the REA program af-
fected just half of the local lines,
some $50 farm subscribers. This
week all that remained to be chang
ed over to the system to eliminate
noises was two lines. No plans for
their return to efficient service
could be announced.
Lines already metallicized against
power induction, thus marking a
new high in local rural telephony,
include: Pleasant Valley Telephone
company, Hello Telephone company
operating both the CT and ST lines,
Mccormick Lake company 13F line,
now planning it's Of line, Sank VAL
ley Telephone company 15F line,
North Ashley Rural, Cedar Lake
Telephone company, Ashley Tele-
phone company, Bergman Rural,
and the Grey Eagle Rural Tele-
phone company.
All companies are served through
the local exchange, all are farmer
owned and operated. Work done
on the lines, it was announced, is
done with farmer-owner labor on
the bee" system, under supervision
of the Sank Centre employees of
Northwestern Bell.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-08-15
Stearns County Fair
Reported Successful
Continued from Page One)

tally for the younger folk, was the
pike, made up of a number of shows
and rides of the Frisk Carnival, as
we'll as a large number Of conces-
sions. Newness and cleanliness of
buildings, shows, concessions and
grounds brought forth favorable
comment from out-of-town visitors
at the fair.
In an effort to stimulate interest
in the fair, the st. Cloud Chamber
of Commerce sponsored a special
train to the fair, and many st.
Cloud and Eastern Stearns bust
nessmen and residents took advan-
tage of the opportunity and made
the trip. Besides the large and
splendid st. Cloud Boys Band,
there were about $50 men and wom-
en- in the group. They arrived at
the fair grounds Monday afternoon
at 1:45 o'clock, the day being des-
ignated as st. Cloud day.
Everything went off fine as ad-
vertised, and the crowds were ord
erly and happy. Only two incidents
marred the fair; one when a bull
escaped and caused excitement for
a time, but luckily was caught and
returned to the barns without dam
age; and one when an accident
occurred in Monday afternoons
horse races.
Crowds on Monday and Tuesday
fell off considerably from Sundays
attendance, most likely due to the
threshing and harvest season. Dur
ing the three days, however, the
attendance was fair, yet not what
it should have been for the pro-
gram and entertainment that was
offered this year.
Although threatening clouds how
cred in the Eastern sky Tuesday
night, the fair made three days
without rain, and the fireworks dis
play ended the fair with a blaze
of glory, although attendance was
light the last night. The fireworks
showing was the best seen at the
local fair for many years, and 1t
ended fine program of variety for
three days.
Attendance at the fair this year,
probably exceeded that of last year,
however, until the secretary's re-
port is complete accurate figures
and details cannot be given. How
ever, without doubt, the fair was
successful financially as well as in
all other ways, and plans will be
made Immediately for better and
larger fair for next year.
Butter Exhibit Contest
w. S. Clemensen. buttermaker OF
Clarissa, placed first in the butter
scoring contest at the Stearns
Couny Fair this year. Albert Lind
or, of Hewitt was second and Will
liam Holtberg, of Little Sank, was
third. Twenty-three entries made
this exhibit one of the outstanding
dairy contests of several years.
High score was 90. Scores for all
entries were as follows:
Butter scores: First, w. S. Glenn
mensen, Clarissa, 90; second, Albert
Lindar, Hewitt, 95.75; third, VIM
Holtberg, Little Sank, $3.50; Geo. A.
Johnson, Eagle Bend, $500; G. r
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-08-15
DIR. M. J. KERN, SO,
DIED AT ST. CLOUD
County Coroner For Many
Years-Was st. Cloud
Clinic Member

DR.. M. J, Kern, SO, member of
the st. Cloud clinic, and Stearns
county coroner for many years,
died at 1880 Saturday morning at
his home in st. Cloud after suffer-
ing cerebral hemorrhage Friday
night about 10 p. m.
He served one four-year term as
a member of the st. Cloud city
council.
The funeral was held Monday
morning at 8 o'clock at Holy Angels
church with burial in Calvary GEM
etery. =,
DR.. Kern was born in Wadena on
March II, 1881, SON Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Max Kern. After his gradua-
ton from st. Johns university at
Collegeville, he attended Creighton
Medical school in Omaha, Nebras-
ka, where. he completed his work
in 1904. He practiced in Freeport
two years and then in Albany for
a short time. He was associated
for a short time in st. Cloud with
DR.. George Holdridge, who died
recently in Foley, and then went
abroad to take graduate work in
general medicine in Vienna, Aus
tria.
On his return he became associa-
ted with DR.. ]. B. Dunn and DR..
G. B. Lewis, and after DR.. Dunn's
retirement from active practice, he
was with DIR. Lewis until 1925.
Since 1927 he has been associated
with the st. Cloud clinic.
DR.. Kern was a member Of the
American, Minnesota, and Stearns-
Benton Medical associations and Of
the American Roentgenological So
ciety. He was Knight of Column
bus.
On June 10, 1905, DR.. Kern mar
ried Miss Anna L. Welle, of Free
port, who survives with eight chill
dren-Mrs. John P. Broderick, Of
New York City; Mrs. Paul Berlin,
Of Detroit Lakes; DR.. Max G. Kern,
of Freeport; Mrs. Donald Dauban-
ton, st. Cloud; Henrietta, Eugene,
Margaret and Virginia Mae, at
home. There are five grandchil-
dren and number of brothers and
sisters.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-08-15
Ali EXHIBITS
AT THE FAIR
ership, 6 library, 10 booths, and

CONTINUED from Page One)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-08-15
BROKE RACE TRACK
RECORD AT FAIR
CONTINUED from Page one)

Monday afternoon. Best time in
this event was 2:13A. Mr.. Loomis
a driver on the grand circuit, seen
for many years at races at the
State Fair, is well-known in many
parts Of the United States, where
he took part in some Of the fastest
races staged. In the 2:15 trot,
Catherine Lincoln, also driven by
Mr.. Loomis, and owned by B. j.
Bentfield, of Morris, took first
money. Time 2:14&.
In the 2:24 trot Tuesday after
noon, Walter Elguy, driven and
owned by Fred Feldner, of Donny-
brook, N. D., took first in a fine
event returning a time record Of
2:17k. In the 2:18 pace, driver
George Loomis with 1.-THE Great
G." came through for first place
in a closely contested race. This
horse also is the property of B. j.
Bentfield, of Morris. Time in this
race for the three heats in order
was 2:10, 2:11 and 2:11&.
F. M. Ketcham, Of Alexandria,
was the starter. Mr.. Ketcham is
well-known among racing enthus-
lasts. Judges were: w. M. Parker,
of Sank Centre; F. M. Ketcham, of
Alexandria; Alex Benson, of this
city. Timers were Howard MCGEE
and Oscar Klonne, both Of Sank
Centre. Alex Benson was in charge
of the races at the fair, and it was
through his efforts that so many
entries and fast horses were secur-
ed. Horse races will most likely be
an annual part of the program at
the local fair each year.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-08-15
ELEVATOR DOES
FINE BUSINESS
CONTINUED from Page One)

for hauling are at shortage prem
ium. Horsee are completely out of
the long haul picture today with
their slow gait. 1t all requires speed
and at the elevator they have jump
ed the trend. A compressed air hoist
will empty wagon box load of
grain in less than thirty seconds.
That speed means something, for
it may play an Importantly favor
able part in returning to Sank Cen
tire much of it's lost grain move
ment. Enright admits gleefully that
already the facilities have enlarged
the scope of the plant. "A man
with a ~ mile haul who had to
wait from two to three hours at
our plant couldn't operate at that
COST" he said. We're pulling grain
in this year though from within
two miles of Greenwald and Broot-
en- that we couldn't get before"
Considering that the plant today
is handling 5000 bushels daily, with
no comparative waits for it's Glen
tele, and will be able to take care
of double that amount, appreciation
is found for the difference from
the old plant where employees
bumped" for endless hours to
handle from 5000 to 1000 bushels
daily. For four weeks the first
year I was here" Enright said,
I'VE never left the plant until after
midnight"
Wheat, oats and barley are the
standard run of crops now being
unloaded at the elevator, he pointed
out. Some farmers are selling on
the spot, some are storing, some
still are taking government loans
on the grain. Even so the grain
received is only part of the en-
tire output of the locale, it was
pointed out, for thousands of bush
els are retained on the farms for
winters feed.
Typical stands of grain seem to
be: wheat number one 25 to 80
bushels per acre; number one bar
ley running to so; the average for
oats, with isolated instances run
ming abnormally higher, hitting go
to IS bushels per acre. To farm
ers generally the run Is somewhat
surprising, but in mirrored survey
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-08-15
ENJOY FINE TRIP
TO WEST COAST
CONTINUED from Page One)

There was Charles Pendroy and his
mother. In Portland just as they
arrived, they were hailed on the
street. 1t was v. G.. Wedge and
his family. In Portland too they
visited with Mr.. Hillerud's sister,
Mrs. Otto Hillerud. They saw Rev.
L. E. Kempton, formerly of this
city, attended church at his parish
one Sunday morning. They saw
Mrs. r. B. O'Connell, former resi-
dent here. In Tacoma, Washington,
the group enjoyed fishing for floud-
err off the dock just after the tide
came in in the evening. They re-
turned by way of the northern
route through Montana and North
Dakota.