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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-04-23

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fax spent a few hours here Wednes-
day on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mantzke and
son Jimmie of Window spent Sunday
here with relatives.
E. F. Cummins spent the weekend
in st. Paul, the guest of his sister,
Mrs. Mccormack. He returned here
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. Asleson, Mrs. J..
Haugen, all of Minneapolis and Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Messenger of Virginia
were weekend guests at the home of
DR.. and Mrs. A. Asleson.
Clerk of Court w. G. Weldon issued
the following marriage licenses this
week: John Rider to Margaret Hag-
ert; Vern Pratt to Irene Fish, and
Henry Roller to Mary Vogl.
L. H. Grimm of Lamberton motored
here Friday bringing with him his
aunt, Mrs. Louis Schmid of Tolna,
North Dakota who visited here until
Saturday with her niece, Mrs. H. S.
Aune.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andy Luscher and
daughter 10 were weekend guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. C.. A.
Luscher. Little Miss 10 remained to
spend the next two weeks with her
grandparents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Peabody accom-
panied by c. A. March went to New
Ulm last Friday where they visited
with Mike Anderson who has been
patient at Union hospital for the
past six weeks. Mr.: Anderson ex-
poets to return to his home within the
next ten days.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-04-23
SENIOR CLASS PLAY


The Senior class play entitl-
ed ut Happened in June" is
scheduled to be given Friday
evening, May LIST, in the Lincoln
School auditorium. TIE public
is informed that reserved seat
tickets may be secured at
Sward-Kemp on Thursday, the
3Oth of April, beginning at 8
a. m. The price of admission
will be SOC for adults with no
extra charge to have tickets re-
served. Students will be adj
mitted at Csc for admission to
the general unreserved section.
The school orchestra will play
a fifteen minute program from
7:45 to 500. 1t is hoped that
everyone will come early to
hear this musical program and
that the audience will be seated
so that the play can start
promptly at 500.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-04-23
THURSDAY, APRIL Is. 1891

Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Sherman Of
Franklin came here on business Tues
day. &
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Morley are
the parents of a daughter born Sat-
urday, April 10.
Mr.. and MRS. August Freitag Of
Morgan were business callers in Red
wood Falls Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Weis and fam
lily were Sunday guests at the Frank
Gallery home in Franklin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman P. Storck of
Marshall were guests Thursday eve
ming at the w. G. Weldon home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert McDougall
and family were dinner guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Cheney.
d. w. Stewart and son of Mime
apolis came here on business Satur-
day, returning to their home Sunday
evening.
Mrs. A. D. McRae was in Heron
Lake Saturday, April Is, attending
the Jackson County Rally of the Fed
Grated Clubs.
Mrs. D. w. Gold who had been a
patient at the hospital following an
operation for appendicitis was able
to return to her home Tuesday.
Costume Jewelry! See the attrac-
tive display at 29c and up at The
Paris Shop. 42-1t.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Brewster of
Howard Lake came here Saturday
and visited with Mrs. Elizabeth Pea
body at the home of her son Earl
over the weekend. -
Harrison B. Sherwood, former
instructor in the Redwood Falls High
School, will spend the next several
weeks here on business connected
with the Attorney Generals office.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Fobes and son
Allan motored to Rushford Saturday
where they helped in the celebration
of the eighty-fourth birthday of Mrs.
Fobes' mother, Mrs. j. H. Moore.
They returned here Monday evening.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-04-23
GRAND OPENING

Dance to Kinney's Orchestra and
laugh at the Politicians in person.
Ole Gunderson and Timothy Murphy
with AL Sheehan as Master of Cere-
monies, at Renville, Friday, April
"a. 42-1t.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-04-23
= CITY AND COUNTY T.

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
FOUR MILE CHASE
JAILS BOY DRIVER
Joseph Hall, FL, Is Held for Jury
After Takoma Park Crash.
Girl Is Injured.

Captured after a sensational four mil,
chase through Washington streets by
IA other motorists, Joseph E. Hall, al
years old, of Takoma Park, Md, today
was arraigned in Police Court on
charges of colliding and reckless driving.
Hall was ordered held for the grand
jury under $500 bond
Meanwhile, Miss Judy Hamilton Of
the Wardmsn Park Hotel, an occupant
of a machine struck by Halls car early
yesterday at Fourteenth and S streets,
was recovering from slight injuries SUI
fered in the accident. She was dis
missed from Emergency Hospital after
receiving first aid treatment.
A. Richitt, a traffic policeman, told
Judge Ralph Given he had taken Hall
into custody after his automobile had
crashed into a telephone pole at Piney
Branch road near Thirteenth street.
The policeman said Hall had been
chased by IA other drivers, some of
whom saw his car collide with a ma
chine operated by Wilmer T. Snowden
Of 2311 Connecticut avenue, at the
Fourteenth street intersection. Miss
Hamilton was passenger in Snowden's
car.
The policeman declared witnesses
said Hall was driving at so miles an
hour when he drove his automobile
into the telephone pole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
CAPITAL CITIZENS
Join IN HONOR|NG
FIRST PRESIDENT
Services Throughout U. S.
Mark 199th Anniversary
of His Birth.

With a holiday for virtually all ex-
the citizens of the National Capital
joined again today in celebrating the
one hundred and ninety-ninth ami
versary of the birth Of George Wash
ington, which yesterday was observed
at devotional services throughout the
country.
The broad avenues OF the Capital
were lined with the Stars and Stripes
waving in q brisk breeze. Here and
there the flags OF foreign nations fiut-
tered their tribute from the embassies
and legations. Most of the business
houses of the city we're closed or had
planned to close their doors at l o'clock,
as citizens released from their routine
duties were joining in paying tribute
to the CIVIC virtues Of the FIRST Presi-
dent at especially arranged ceremonies.
These we're featured by colorful mill
tary mass in the Church Of the I'm
maculate Conception under the Spon-
sorship of the District of Columbia De-
partment of the American Legion and
a joint patriotic observance in Me-
mortal Continental Hall.
President Hoover remembered the
Father of His Country yesterday by at
tending divine services in Alexandria,
Washington's home town" He occu-
pied the pew in old Christ's Church
in which George Washington often sat.
With him were Mrs. Hoover, who has
returned from visiting their conva-
lescent son at Asheville, N. c., and their
oldest grandchild, Peggy Ann, who thus
celebrated her first attendance at
church.
Congress Work Piles Up.
Congress had before 1t today a mass
OF accumulated work, as did also Presi-
dent Hoover, who remained on duty in
the executive offices OF the White House.
Yet the House Of Representatives con-
vened an hour earlier, at II o'clock, to
hear tribute paid to the memory of
Washington by Representative James M.
Beck Of Pennsylvania, one OF the lead
ing authorities on constitutional gov
eminent in the United States. Reading
OF Washington'S farewell address was
dispensed with.
Museum and few other places Of
general interest TO the thousands of
visitors in the Capital, all the executive
departments of the Federal and Dis
tr1ct governments were closed today
This was done in keeping with Gus
tom when legal holiday occurs on
Sunday.
Although Alexandria dispensed with
its civic parade which is held on
WashingtonS birthday anniversary
only every other year. its citizens Joined
in an official observance at 1890
o'clock today at the laying of the
corner stone Of the new post office and
Federal building under construction at
Prince and Washington streets. The
corner stone was laid under the aus
piceS OF the Alexandria Washington
Lodge of MaSons, and the famous
George Washington trowel, which was
used in the laying of the corner stone
OF the United States Capitol, the Wash
ington Monument and other historic
structures, again was put into service.
DR.. A. M. Showalter, grand master of
MaSons OF Virginia. was the principal
Continued on Page 3, Column So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
CONFESSION MADE
IN $1,36O HOLD-UP
Police Say Two Young Men Admit
Robbing Filling Station
Collector.

Questioned for more than five hours
last night by headquarters detectives,
two men are said to have confessed
that they held a collector for a Lord
Baltimore filling station at pistol point
two weeks ago and robbed him OF
$1,3So.50 in checks and cash.
The two men, Samuel A. johnson,
% years old, of 637 G street southeast,
and Clarence P. Hulse, "a years old,
of Baltimore, Md, are being held at
the first and ninth precincts, reSpec-
lively, on charges of investigation.
Formal charges will be made today.
According to police, the two men stole
an automobile at Baltimore and made
their way to Washington.
Police said they were seeking a third
man in connection with the gas station
hold-up.
The hold-up occurred at Sixth street
and Rhode Island avenue, when three
men held Benjamin Burch, collector for
the company, at pistol point Accord
ing to Burch, the trio forced him into a
nearby alley and demanded his money.
When he turned over the money the
men fed, using a waiting automobile.
Burch was the victim of a hold-up
last August while he was collecting re-
ceipts at a gasoline station at 1873 Penn
sylvania avenue. At that time he was
robbed of $500. He identified johnson
as the perpetrator of this robbery.
Phillip Bitmer, manager of the Rhode
Island avenue filling station, in Novem-
Der Of 1928 was shot to death by hold
up men.
Headquarters detectives are attempt
ing to connect johnson and Hulse with
the hold-up of a recent gas station in
Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
BOY SHOT IN CHEST
BY HIS PLAYMATE
Children Watch as Strange
Youth Fires RifIe-Con-
dition Serious.

Eight-year-old Jackie Bennett, 1892
Twenty-seventh street southeast, is in
. serious condition at Providence Hos
pital with a bullet wound in his chest,
shot by one of two strange boys while
playing in q woods near his home.
Jackie and three children who live
next door to him-Yettie, Virginia and
Mildred Skillman, ages o, and !, re-
spectively-were playing with the two
strange boys, both armed with .22-cali-
Der rifles.
Neighbor Hears Cry.
Without warning, according to Yet
tie, one of the strange boys raised his
rife to his shoulder and fired at
Jackie. The wounded boy ran to a
shed in the rear Of his home, where
he fell, screaming;
I'm shot!'
His cries were heard by Mrs. Ruby
Skillman, mother of his three play
mates.
She picked him up and carried him
into his house, while a neighbor tele-
phoned police. Meanwhile, another
neighbor took the boy to the hos
pital.
Police Begin Search.
Police. after questioning Yettie, i'm
mediately began a search of the woods.
Jackie, whose father Is dead, has
boarded with Mr.. and Mrs. Mack
Stritz at the Twenty-seventh street ad-
dress more than a year. His mother,
Mrs. Margaret Bennett. is said to live
at the Home Apartments, Seventh and
K streets.
She was notified of the shooting.
Mrs. Stritz also was at work when the
shooting occurred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
Begins Nationwide Inquiry
as to Distress Among
Veterans.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE AT DESK
AS USUAL DURING HOLIDAY
10000 Can Beneft-Reports From
Two Cities Show Small Per.
centage in Want.

President Hoover is having an inquiry
made to determine the number OF
veterans throughout the country who
are actually in distress, and the degree
Of their distress, as we'll as other DOS
sible effects Of the World War veterans'
loan bill. before he takes any action.
Mr.. Hoover did not declare a holiday
for himself today, but was at his desk
at his usual early hour, and remained
absorbed in the study OF this veterans
loan bill throughout the forenoon. The
President has started q draft Of the
message he will send to Congress when
he finally acts upon this measure, but
he will not have it in completed form
until he has completed this inquiry he
has entered upon.
In making this known at the White
House today, it was said in his behalf
that he wants to have suficient re-
spouse to this inquiry to make 1t pos
sible for him to dispose Of this bill by
the middle of the week.
Maximum Loans Of $500.
The President is also making this
survey, include q study as to how efIec-
tive the loan bill will really relieve
distress. The average maximum bor-
rowing capacity on veterans certificates
will be $500, but the certificates will
vary from $l25 up to that amount. II
has been assumed that this would be
the measure of relief available.
1t was further explained in the Presi-
dents behalf that in the group Of vet
Grams whose certificates are for less
than $3.50, approximately 10000 vet
Grams would have . borrowing power
OF $l6,OOO,OOO, or an average OF $50
each.
The next group, Of 500, 200 veterans
whose certificates average between $3.50
and $500, would have borrowing DOW
er OF $77,S00,000. or an average Of $l3T
each.
Restrictive Needs NoteA.
President Hoover was represented az
looking upon these figures a. being IL
Illustrative OF just how restrictive Is the
actual need among veterans throughout
the country. Moreover, 1t Is safe to as
sumo that these veterans who are in
need already have borrowed up to the
22la per cent possible under the pres
ent veterans bonus act.
Figures already received by Presi-
dent Hoover in this connection, which
are considered as substantial proof of
this restricted need, show that one UNI
named city has 10000 veterans In its
population, and that only I59 Of them
are known to be in distress. Another
city, having over 100000 veterans in
its population, reports only 1.700 vet
Grams in distress. These figures are
being furnished by local agencies en-
gagged in aiding those in distress, In
their respective communities. The two
cities mentioned are widely separated.
and are looked upon at the White House
as being typical of the situation at
large.
According to the White House this
survey is being made for the President
by the Veterans Bureau and variou~
other agencies of the Government q
by welfare organizations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
O'BRIAN DENIES SLAP.
Assistant Attorney General Says He Was
Merely Drawing Contrast.

Assistant Attorney General Says He Was
Merely Drawing Contrast.
BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, February 23.-An ad-
dress in which John Lord OBrian. First
Assistant Attorney General of the
united States, was quoted as indirectly
criticizing Benito Mussolini rebounded
in 1talian-Amerlcan circles today.
Speaking before the Union League
Club of Brooklyn Saturday night, Mr..
O'Brian was quoted as follows:
Thank God, We do not live in a
country such as Italy, where a dictator
ship of one man can make a horizontal
slice in wages"
Asked to explain his remarks later,
he said:
Perhaps 7 made a poor choice of
words in expressing my ideas. 1t was
not my purpose to cast aspersions upon
Italy or its rulers. l was giving ex-
preston to contrast.
Il understand that when the de-
preston came to Italy, Mussoini issued
manifesto ordering a 10 per cent cut
IN government salaries. 1 understand
this was later extended further into
private employment.
The thought I had was that the
Federal Government here has taken no
such action"
II Progresso, Italian newspaper. COM
municated Mr.. O'Brian's first remarks
to the Italian Ambassador at Washing
ton yesterday, requesting that he con-
slider a demand for an explanation from
the State Department No comment
was forthcoming from the Italian en-
baSsy.
Mr.. O'Brian's address follows close
upon the incident involving Maj. Gen.
Sn1ndlpU N ",
Philadelphia, Gen. Butler referred to
the Italian premier as a "hit-and-run
driver" who injured child. Secretary
of State Simpson promptly rendered an
apology to Italy and Gen. Butler was
ordered held for court-martial The
order later was revoked, but the general
was reprimanded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
TWO RUM RUNNERS
ARE BELIEVED SUNK
Firing Heard OFF Newport, r. I.
Between Coast Guard Patrols
and Boats.

BY the Associated Press.
NEWPORT. r. l., February 23.-Two
rum runners were believed to have been
sunk just outside Newport Harbor early
today during a running fight with Coast
Guard patrol boats.
Police received reports that the crews
of the two boats were taken aboard
Coast Guard patrol boats, which pro-
ceeded TO New London, Conn.
The rattle Of machine gun fire and
the boom Of 1-pounders could be clearly
heard in the city. From the high bluffs
that overlook the sea at the outskirts
of the city, two patrol boats could be
seen engaging in battle with a squirm-
ing power boat, which headed for the
open sea and seemingly escaped.
Police said that tug captain brought
reports OF the sinking Of the rum boats
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23

BY the Associated Press.
SYDNEY, Australia, February az
The curtain was rung down today on
the life Of Dame Nellie Melba, one Of
the purest sopranos grand opera has
ever known, after weeks abed with a
strange illness which baffied her
physicians.
Seventy-one years old, the famous
prima donna for several days had
fought a losing battle with a skin
malady picked up in Egypt and ag
gravated by a long journey home from
Europe before Christmas and the ex-
IRENE heat of the Australian Summer
Stage Name From City.
Friends believed she fastened her own
end with insistence upon spending
Christmas in her native Australia, dis
regarding the advice Of her physicians
in Europe under whose treatment she
CONTINUED on Page 4, Column g.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC, February %. - Masanao
Hanihara. Ambassador to Washington
from 1922 to 1924, who created a stir
by predicting the proposed japanese ex-
clusion act would bring grave conse-
quences," was in a coma today after
falling to rally from a paralytic stroke.
Physicians said his recovery was doubt
full as the patient developed pneumonia
and other complications.
After Hanihara expressed his fear OF
the exclusion act he became the target
of its advocates, who interpreted his
statement as a threat against the
United States. AS the outcome, Hani-
hara was recalled to Toxic.
He retired from the diplomatic serv-
ice and since his return to Japan con-
tinued to contend the immigration law
should be revised in the interests OF
better relations between japan and the
United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
ITALIAN EMBASSY
TO STUDY O'BR|AN
ATTACK" ON DUCE
Consulate in New York viii
Send Full Report to Envoy
Here; No Action Expected.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Italian embassy today requested
the italian consulate in New York to
send to it for study full report of the
remarks there Saturday night by As
sistant Attorney General O'Brian.
The official has been quoted as hav-
ing indirectly criticized Premier Musso-
lini in his talk
Ambassador de MARITIME declined to
make any statement on O'Brian's
speech before the Union League Club of
Brooklyn, as reported in press dis
paches. 1t was said on high authority,
however, that the attitude of the en-
hassy now is that since OBrian made
public explanation that he was not
casting sspersions on Italy or Premier
Mussolini, but merely drawing a con-
trast, no action would be taken.
The embassy has not communicated
with the State Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
POLICEMAN TURNS SAMARITAN
TO AID FAMILY OF PRISONER
Pleads for Colored Man He Trailed to Desolate Home
and Arrested on Charge of Taking Coal

charge of petit larceny against Tweedy
at the third precinct. Tweedy's penni-
less wife borrowed $40 from friend,
posted 1t as collateral and gained the
mans release.
Hinton got busy today and talked the
gas company into Withdrawing the
charge. He then appeared before John
r. Fitzpatrick, assistant United States
attorney. and obtained an order for
the return OF the $40.
The policeman said later he intended
to give the coal TO Tweedy unless its
return was demanded by the gas COM
pany. Furthermore. he communicated
with several friends in an effort TO
find Job for Tweedy, unemployed
about three months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
KING, IN LONDON, TALKS
WITH SON IN SANTIAGO
Conversation Carried on Several
Minutes Over Land Phone
Line and Wireless.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, February 23-King George
spoke today with the Prince Of Wales.
The fact that the father was at
Buckingham Palace in London and the
son at the British embassy in Santiago
made no difference in these days OF
long distance telephony and the con-
versation was carried on easily for some
minutes.
The voice Of the Prince Of Wales
passed over a land line to Buenos Aires,
then was carried by wireless to the
British post office receiving station at
Baldock, and finally was relayed
through the London exchange to
Buckingham Palace. The Kings voice
travelled by land line through Rugby,
then by wireless to Buenos Aires and
over land line TO Santiago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23

1t is not crime to steal coal II your
wife and three children are shivering,
In the opinion Of r. L. Hinton, third
precinct policeman. He trailed Will
liam Tweedy, colored, 80 years old, to
his home, at TBS Twenty-fifth street,
last night after receiving a report that
Tweedy had stolen bushel and half
Of coal from the Georgetown plant of
the Washington Gas Light Co.
Tweedy's wife and three children,
scantily clad, were lowering about an
open fireplace as the husband cracked
kindling over his knees preparatory to
injecting a bit OF warmth into their
lives when Hinton appearAd. The po-
liceman seized the coal ID placed a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
PARTY SPLIT RUMORED
Wealthy Socialist in British Par
lament Expected to Bolt Ranks.

LONDON, February % (P.-Reports
were heard yesterday that Sir Oswald
Moseley. wealthy young Socialist mem
Der of Parliament, soon would separate
from the Labor party and form a new
parliamentary group with a number OF
other Labor dissenters, estimated at
from to Is.
Sir Oswald spoke at Portsmouth yes
terday and refused either to confirm or
deny these reports, but said he would
make a statement shortly. Some Of
those who signed his unemployment
manifesto last year, which preceded his
resignation from the cabinet and called
for a five-man economic dictatorship to
bring Britain out of the slump. said he
would leave the Labor party.s They
added that he was expected to resign
Wednesday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
CLOCK KEY SWALLOWED

Daughter Gives Milwaukee Man
Good Late-to-Work Alibi.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, February %
H9.-H John Rogers is late for work
the next few days he's going to have
an alibi.
His 2-year-old daughter, Roberta
Jean, unscrewed the key to the family
alarm clock and swallowed it last night.
Alberta was taken to hospital.
Doctors said she was in no danger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
KIDNAPER CONFESSES

Abductor of Illinois Banker Admits
Crime as Pals Go to Trial.
CAMBRIDGE, Ill, February % tP).-
Orville Whiskers pleaded guilty today to
the kidnapping of Earl Yocum, Galva
Bank president.
Captured on an Iowa farm, Saturday,
he was brought back and arraigned in
Henry County Court where his three
alleged confederates in the $4,000 ran
som plot of last October were to go on
trial today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
DIRIGIBLE MAKES TIME

Los Angeles Reports OF Jamaica
on Trip From Panama.
The dirigible Los Angeles at 7:47
am. today reported to the Navy De-
partment it was Of Point Morant, ia
maica. and making good time on the
voyage from Panama.
Point Morant is 1874 miles south OF
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the dirigible S
first stop.