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Newspaper
Grand Forks Herald
Location
Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1919
Page
4
The county Play Day, slated for Larimore, has been postponed again because roads remain in bad condition. Officials say the event will be held next week with races and drills delayed. no definite date has been set.
Co. C Carpenter chairs the committee arranging a Homecoming athletic program for July 4. The group will meet soon to outline events and invite one athlete from each township. A county survey will gauge support for the plan. Only returned service men will be eligible to participate in the events.
The Fortnightly club will hold its annual meeting on Monday evening at the Commercial club rooms. A banquet will follow the business meeting, with reports and officer accounts presented. Dr H E French of the university school of medicine will be principal speaker on home relations of medicine.
A university ROTC statement by Lt. R N Haggerty says no reserve officers training camp cadets at the university will join Camp Funston this summer. Only students with two years of ROTC credit qualify. RA TV and ROTC credits combine to one year for eligibility. Major Brown has departed for Camp Funston. Lt Haggerty will leave June 11 or 17 to report for camp June 19.
Five delegates from Grand Forks, chosen by the local Sons of Norway branch, travel to Fargo to join district proceedings. The group includes Chris Running, Olaf Warwick, Cato Johnson, H. Y. Sannes, and Tom Thompson, representing the Grand Forks branch and its North Dakota peers.
Grafton lists F Nelson and Berg Thomas battery for visitors. Grand Forks Independents will start Parish on the mound. Grafton positions include Nelson Laxdal St Wilson Evans Thomas Berg Collings Tollack and G Nelson. Arvilla game to open Fadden's grove was canceled due to poor diamond conditions. County visitors included Benway Isakson and Lind.
Gansl of Billin Mont funds a $60 prize for the university men in the Gay Debate on the League of Nations at Woodworth auditorium at 8 o'clock tonight. Two thirds goes to the winning team and one third to the losers. The resolution asks if the United States should participate in the proposed peace conference clique. The affirmative team includes Harr Thrigh, Ralph J. Stewart, and Paul Samuelson. the negative team includes Alan Gray, Harold Wylie, and Edward Butler. Dean Joseph Kennedy presides with judges C. M. Cooley, E. J. Lander, and H. E. Willis. Gans, a former Grand Forks resident, also funds the Gans scholarship cup for top overall student averages.
Blanks were received today at the local navy recruiting office in the Federal building for application for five cent mileage or difference between that amount and sums already received by those discharged for travel pay and diner services.
Frank F. Constans and Verne F. Cox received their discharges from the 4th U. S. Cavalry now at Fort Ringold Texas. Enlisted in May 1917 they were stationed at Scholfield Bar racks Honolulu for a year. Constans will return to Grand Forks and Cox will visit his mother in Seattle, Mrs. Frank Kinnie.
A. J. Surratt, North Dakota field agent for the Bureau of Crop Estimates, departed for Washington D C to handle federal bureau duties. He will serve on the June crop reporting board during a national meeting, joining crop estimate staff members including at least two field agents.
Maurice J. Sullivan and his wife, East Grand Forks residents, marked their 25th wedding anniversary with a large informal gathering at the Commercial club rooms. About 250 guests attended from town and beyond, with gifts including a chest of Community silver and other presents. The evening opened with a grand march, mingled with supper and dancing to a four piece orchestra.
The Associated Press president urged the Pan American board to expand good news reporting. He praised North and South American AP members, welcomed new South American members, and spoke of a program to boost air links and news from Spain and Portugal. He predicted a continual exchange of news to deepen mutual understanding. Also noted are local visits by Percy Cook of Minnesota and Gus Baer of Gratton on regional business leads.
More than six thousand returning soldiers arrived today on transports Santa Ana Pannonia Pretoria and Britannia. The 36th and 78th divisions include guardsmen from Texas Oklahoma New York Pennsylvania New Jersey. Also on board the Von Steuben were 2 814 troops led by Major General Charles J Bailey of the 61st division. The Mada waska carried 2 835 officers and men led by the 313th engineers. Other units include the 343rd machine gun battalion of the 90th division bound for camps Dodee Taylor Funston Russell Bowie Travis and Pike.
Washington June 6 The national Anti-Saloon League of America moved toward an international body by submitting a tentative constitution for the global organization. The plan envisions world wide prohibition through cooperation with foreign and American groups. Niagara visitors Mr and Mrs R D English of Niagara were in the city yesterday. Liberty bond final prices today were: 3 1 2s 99 50 first 4s 95 94 second 4s 94 38 first 4 1 4s 95 80 second 4 1 2s 94 70 third 4 1 4s 95 62 fourth 4 1 4s 94 92 Victory 3 3 100 10 Victory 4 3 4s 99 98
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