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t y ik > - q ‘TRANSFER OF FIRE ~ MARSHAL'S DUTIES WARTS POSTION Petitions in Circulation Ask for Referal of Law Authoriz- ing Change Referendum petitions against House Bill 80, transferring the duties of the state fire marshal's office to the state insurance department were being circulated in North Dakota Sat- urday. Circulation of the petitions by a “firemen’s referendum committee” which charged the transfer would make the department “just another branch of the insurance department” Sie opposition in Mandan Friday * A resolution signed by Mike Heidt, president, and Earl R. Vogelpohl, Secretary, of the Mandan fire de- partment condemned the referendum movement and called upon all fire- men to discourage signing of the peti- ‘tions, Listed as the committee of petition- ers for referendum are E. O. Wayde- man, Anamoose, A, E. Goldammer, Lakota; John M. Barnes, Oakes; Harry C. Miller, Jamestown, and A. F. Huber, Kensal. ‘The Mandan resolution declared the committee was acting without any authority from the North Dako- ta Firemen’s association and called attention that H. R. Handtmann, sec- retary of the state association, had notified all fire chiefs that the board of trustees of the association had gone on record against such referen- FIVE PERSONS DIN CROSSING ACCIDENT Driver of Car, Not Expecting Late Train, Rides Into Path of Locomotive Milton, Vt., May 15.—(?)—Five per- sons, four of whom were school chil- dren, were killed Saturday when an automobile used for trans; the children to school collided with train two miles south of Milton Vil- lage. The dead were John C. Vasseur, 37, driver of the car; Rene Laro- chelle, 11, and her brother, Howard, 13; Earl Murray, 10, and Earl Fuller, 14, all of Milton, ‘The children were en route to school on Saturday to make up for time previously lost. Invesigations said the driver ap- parently expected to clear track at the little second-grade crossing, un- aware that the train, an express from Washington and New York to Mon- treal, was running 45 minutes later. Unstamped Cigarets Grabbed in Dickinson Unstamped cigarets were confis- cated from five Dickinson vendors who were ordered by inspectors to purchase stamps before restocking ‘their shelves or face arrest, A. J. Ger- lech, state regulatory department di- tector, said Saturday. Gerlach asserted his inspectors ‘were checking throughout the state, said last month cigaret stamp tax revenue increased between $8,000 and 69,000 as @ result of inspectors’ ac- tivities, ‘The director said in some instances cigaret vendors had not purchased stamps since they applied for license early a year ago. Add New Wrinkle to Capital Visit Plan Three boys from Burt, N. D., accompanied by their school prin- cipal, Olger Olson, are having a high old time visiting points of interest in Bismarck. At the same time they are adding a new wrinkle to the rapidly growing custom of visiting the capital city. Olson, in company with Schurz, Arnold Gilbert and John PRINCE ALGERT PARK He l All Programs Operative Under Welfare Board Have Approv- al of Federal Agencies (Editor's Note: This is second of @ series on activities of the state public welfare board under direction of executive director E. A. Willson, | North Dakota’s state public welfare board is pushing ahead with five phases of the ten-point social secur- ity program which has been approved for this state. The five. phases for which plans submitted to federal ‘authorties in Washington have been approved are: dependent children, old age assist- ance; aid to the blind, crippled chil- dren and child welfare services. Officially known as “plans,” these Projects comprise the pro} method of approaching the individual problems and proceeding to carry out the aid outlined. Under the welfare board these five} Plans are grouped in two divisions: under supervision of L. I. Nicholson are the old age assistance and aid to the blind programs while Miss Theo- dora Allen is in charge of three oth- ers, crippled children, dependent. children and child welfare services. Five phases of the social security program are handled separate from the welfare board. These are: ma- ternal and child health and public health programs under the state health department; vocational re- habilitation under the state board of administration, unemployment insur- ance handled by a separate division of the state workmen’s compensation bureau, and old age benefits handled directly by the social security board. In operation for about a year, the old age assistance plan brought aid to 6,845 persons over 65 years of age during April. They received $110,995, averaging over $16. The blind aid program started in December and 39 applications have been received for such aid with 13 persons receiving payments amuont- . By arrangement with the. local Boy Scout organization they went into camp at Birlea Hollow, scout camp, and will remain there until they leave for home Sunday. Tigers Suspend Rowe Until He Can Pitch convicted of second degree jughter in @ hit-run auto death ip FE iy, i i Z g | Bo to $223 in March. The anticipat- number of blind aid recipients up to Sept. 1, is 150, based on a recent survey which indicated 175 blind per- sons are in need of public assistance. Five Phases of Social 4 Security Plan Pushed |. | Boy Lands Giant l Sturgeon by Hand | Meebo dbeiah ote th Shafer, N. D., May 14—(P)— Veteran anglers can take a few lessons from Marvin Knutson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. [teat aie in |PLBA FOR PAGIG OGEAN PACT MADE —— Proposal at Empire Conference Would Include Great Na- tions Bordering Sea Moses of Labor in _ KIN: GRITIAN OF Great Britain Dies| PE#RK HONORED Sir’ Philip Snowden, Dynamic Cripple, Succumbs to Heart H gise ay FEA s ATLANTIC HOPPERS throne Ee af s G PLAN NEXT FLIGHT Ride Airways to Washington Bearing President Letter From Coronation Envoy gE i xf 5. ° Hindenburg Disaster Claims Another Life i 2 i ; i E EBS is E i s & F Newark, N. J, May 15.—(P}—Dick E Ef i plane for Washington where they will Beer Distributors to Meet Here Next Week State officials will be the principle when North Dakota Whole- tors gather here for the annual conven- association. Squires Will Install First Unit in Mandan Columbian Squires, St. Thomas More Circle No. 180, will be installed in Mandan Sunday at a special Knights of Columbus assembly. A class of ap- John Pes imniely PP candiatas Will ba ii; Ae a bee 5 ey charge of a degree circle of Watertown which will put on the installation and initiation. A morning mass will open the day’s Program to be followed by registration and exemplification of three degrees Our telephone number has to 2482. Yegen’s FOR RENT Apartment Boutrous Apartments i 5 dg Reed sg i i ture was socialistic eg! into a study of it that converted te its tenets, He rose from his bed with perma- nent injuries to his back that forced him to hobble with rubber-ti Knutson, who live near here. Without rod or reel, Marvin landed a 5-foot, 22% pound stur- geon the other day while catch- ing minnows in shallow water in the Milk river near Nashua, Mont. Thinking the object was a beaver tail, the youth drove it to- ward shallow water, caught the sturgeon with his hands and threw it up on the bank. Sa Former Dakota Boy Given Scholarship a Minneapolis, May 15—Designation |“ cf Forrest Blaine Jenstad as winner of the Northwest Daily Press associa- in the Knights of Columbus ritual- istic work. of canes through the rest of his Installation his lumbian Squires unit is slated evening. the Co- for the ___—_—__ A delicius noonday lunch be- ing served at the Glass Brick Front, 20, 25¢, 35¢. Coffee Shop Only tion scholarship at the University of | p44, Minnesota for 1938 brought a former North Dakota boy nearer to the goal which he has pursued for more than seven years, For Jenstad has been working on newspapers and learning the prac- tical side of the business to earn money that he might pursue his stu- dies about the theory of newspaper |! making. In 1928 and 1929 he was “devil” in the shop of the Wimbledon (N. D.) News and there learned to operate a linotype. In 1990 he moved to Hop- kins, Minn., and has since been em- ployed at various times by the Hen- nepin County Review, taking charge of it when the publisher was out of |! town. In his spare time he has writ- ten the news for the Country Club Crier, a magazine circulated in the country club district of Minneapolis, and also has written. publicity for the Hennepin county fair. BOND ISSUE APPROVED Crookston, Minn., May 15—()}— Crookston voters approved $25,000 ins proposed $06.00 winter sperta ®& pro} b wi sports building for this community. . The United Kingdom has 6000 women doctors in active practice. [ swe GLANCES - ¢ cents a Pe ctororec coc that place on the corner. You save three - By George Clark ee od dozen.” Feeaeteegt __ Maytime is Seed-time - for Play-time However softly May zephyrs blow, they awaken in all ‘of us the fond yearnings for Summer and vacation. Like seeds, these stir in the depths of the mind and twine pleasant tendrils about our thought. Visions in- trude upon the daily task ... of gossamer mists lifting at dawn from a campsite in the slumberous Shenandoah... of clean, tang-laden sunshine flooding a salty seaport in Brittany or Nova Scotia .. ..of squat Mexican missions : ... the Rhineland... Bermuda... our own Northwest... or a pretty little cottage by the sea. Whichever it’s to be, half the' fun lies in planning. And there, the newspaper helps. Travel columns are full . of the very information you’re after. Daily advertising is a reliable guide in buying cruise luggage . . . resort clothes...sporting equipment ...sun lotion ... new tires for the car .: . all the other accoutrements of one of the happiest times of the year. Advertisements can help to make vacation dreams come true! - on paper, they were recognized their full value by the hero-worship- ing crowds that greeted him. rpecii & Bie ? ay