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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-04-23
CONTRACTOR SETS
UP CAMP SOUTH
OF N. W. STATION
Nolan Brothers Accommodate
36 Men Regularly Hired for
Paving Work
TO ADD LOCAL CREW
Tandem Concrete Mixer and
% Trucks to be Used on
Highway No. IA Job

A dozen carloads of equipment for
the Nolan Brothers, Inc, paving con-
tractors, arrived in Redwood Falls
Monday and Tuesday, and men be-
gan unloading operations Immediate
ly.
Headquarters will be at Redwood
Falls during the paving of the first
stretch Of SO miles on T. II. No. IA.
When this is finished they will shift
the camp and headquarters to Nor
ton.
Thirty-six men were on the job
Tuesday setting up the camp on an
acre lot south of the Chicago &
Northwestern tracks These men are
regularly employed by this contract
or, and are largely composed Of mar
ried men.
To Hire Local Men
About 100 men will be employed
when paving operations are in full
swing, said Mr.. Swanson, who was
here supervising the organization
work. These will be recruited from
local men who apply for jobs at the
scene of operation.
Trenching and scarifying started
this week, and they will begin to pour
concrete on the 28th. Two mixing
machines will be used this year of
the tandem model. This is the first
time this method will be employed in
highway construction work in Mime
sofa.
Pipe Water From Here
Water will be piped from the head
gates of the Redwood Falls Light and
Power Company for the So miles
stretch from the city east. A ditch
between here and Morton will be an
other source utilized when working
in that vicinity.
Twenty-Five large Mack trucks will
be used on this job. Gravel will be
shipped from Minneapolis. The state
supplies the cement, which comes
from Duluth.
Included in the equipment of the
camp are bunk house to accommo-
date SO men, a kitchen and a dining
hall, an office and sleeping house
for the chefs. Only men who are re-
gularly employed will be accommo-
dated at this camp.
Two derricks are in use by the rail-
road tracks to unload machinery and
gravel.
Soil Pack Cure Method
The concrete after it has been pour
ed and leveled, will undergo the soil
Continued on Page Seven)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-04-23
WHAT, NO FURNITURE?

For the first time in IL years tires
were changed on the front wheels of
the Redwood Falls fire department
truck last week.
Chief Joe Corbett attributes the
record service to the ideal tempera-
ture conditions maintained in the fire
house, cool in the summer, and warm
in the winter.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-04-23
Final Indoor Concert

The last indoor concert of the sea-
son will be given by the Scenic City
Band under the direction of S. w.
Limburg Friday evening at the Red
wood Falls armory. A special comedy
act by John Murset and Rex Miller
features the program.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-04-23
Membership Increases

Interest in All club activities con-
tinues undated. Over two hundred
are enrolled. Many are new member
ships.
Forty boys and girls of the Morton
reservation have signed up for gard
en- projects. A tract of land has been
turned over for this purpose, and
each member will be allotted his share
of ground. The boys will be under
the supervision of the Rev. G. H. Ten
Brock.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-04-23
Sportsmen Plan
Crow Hunt Drive
County Game Protective League
Sponsors Anti-Vermin Con-
test up to May IL

A drive for the determination OF
crows and other vermin preying upon
wild game will be held from Satur-
day, April Is, to Monday, May II, as
one of the first constructive moves OF
the Redwood County Game Protec-
tive League.
Sorrows are one of the greatest en-
emies of our game birds, as well as
causing destruction of chickens and
livestock by being disease carriers,
and everyone is urged to join in the
hunt who is interested in protecting
and preserving wild game" said a
statement from the committee in
charge of the drive.
To increase interests in this drive,
it is planned to be competitive. Sides
will be chosen and the losers will give
a banquet to the winners.
Those wishing to participate in this
hunt should submit by Saturday eve
ming, April Is, their name to either
one of the committee in charge, as
follows: E. L. Gallea, Fred Schmidt,
w. E. Paffrath, Carlyle Jaehning.
Drawings win be made for the
sides, and captains chosen. Members
will receive notice as to which team
to go with. The hunt is not restrict
ed to Redwood county, and every
hunter interested IN determination OF
these pests is asked to take part
The contest will be judged as fol-
lows: crow eggs and young crows,
two points each. Old crows three
points each, and hawks five points
apiece. Rules Bring in the eggs
and the legs IL the crows which
should be tied tagether IN pairs
Prizes will be given to the hiGh
point man ON eaulh side BY F1lEzzk
and Jaehning haz1ware stores a -
[couns win be mn1nt1Gny IL at So
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-04-23
PROPOSED WATERWORKS
MEETS STATE APPROVAL

Plans for the improvement of the
Redwood Falls waterworks system
were approved by the state board OF
health with only few minor changes
from the first draft.
The municipality Of Redwood Falls
is advertising for bids on water
works program which calls for the
construction and installation of re-
servoir, pump house, pumping units,
and water softening plant. Bids will
~ opened Tuesday, May 5.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-04-23
Tom Finn and Friedd
Voetz Honor Students

With an average for the four years
of 89.03 per cent, Tom Finn was de-
clared valedictorian Of the 1881 SEN
ior class of the Redwood Falls high
school. F'rieda Voeltz was next high
est with 87.37 to receive honors of
being the salutatorian. The eight
students of the honor roll
will be announced later.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-04-23

William Frank visited over the
weekend at his home in Springfield.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-04-23
EVERETT RESIGNS JUDGESHIP

C. v. Everett, for the past years
municipal Judge for Redwood Falls,
resigned. Appointment for this posi-
ton will be made by Governor Olson.
There are several likely candidates.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
MRS. KANE ",'.,,'''' t'..,..'
RICHEST YOUTH
WE'D 6 MONTHS

CONVICTION, Va, Sept. Is
uNsJ.-George Huntington
Hartford, heir to millions, who
recently broke into the news when
Miss Mildred King, of Boston,
sued his mother. Mrs. Henrietta
Hartford, for 100000, has been
a benedict for nearly six months,
according to records Of the Ale
gheny county court here.
It was disclosed today that
Hartford and Miss Mary Eliza
beth Eppling, Of Boston, appeared
here at the county clerks office
on April 1S, obtained n marriage
license, and were married the
same day by the Rev. J. E.
COusar, q Presbyterian minister.
Hired to "Save Him"
They departed from Covington
Immediately after the ceremony,
and that is all local authorities
know of it.
Miss King brought suit for
100000 against Mrs. Hartford,
asserting that she was employed
BY the mother to Save her boy"
from women of the adventures
type.
She acted as a social COM
panion to the young man, accord.
Ing to her suit, and prevented
his meeting girls of whom Mrs,
Hartford disapprOved.
Mrs. Hartford denied the
charges.
S2OO,OOO,O0O Fortune
Young Hartford is a sophomore
in Harvard. Up to the time OF
his graduation from Andover and
his matriculation in Harvard. he
was known as "the worlds rich
est boy"
His fortune of 100000, 900 was
inherited from his late father
who founded and carried on the
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Company chain of stores.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15.-Tele-
grams, letters and flower con-
tinued to stream into the home
of Aimee Semple Mcpherson Hut
ton today as the noted evangelist
and her bridegroom, David Il.
Hutton, were completing plans
for northward journey.
Besieged by newspaper men and
photographers, the smiling woman
preacher told her radio audi
ence: at doesn't look as though
we will have much chance for .
honeymoon. But, our life will be
q continuous honeymoon"
Tomorrw the newlyweds plan
to motor to Ventura, Calf, where
they will speak before an assem-
blage of high school students.
Then they will entrain for Port
land. Ore, to pen a weeks
evangeliStic campaign.
Hutton, the 230-pound radio
singer, insists he will take care
Of Aimee henceforth. with par
ticular reference to those who
poke fun at her. He added:
Aimee conforms exactly TO
my ideals of perfect woman.
hood. / aim to do my best to
The Washington times., 1931-09-15

Patrolman Raymond M. Nor
row, Of the Third precinct, found
dead Saturday morning under
meath the bridge at Sixteenth
Street and spring Road. N. W.,
was seen shortly before Friday
midnight, III the company of a
dark.complexioned woman known
only as Sugar" a coroner's jury
was told today.
Hainer Henshaw, 1121 Seven
teenth st N. W., with whom the
policeman had dinner Friday
night. told The jury the girl
called for Morrow at Henshaw's
apartment and Morrow drove
away with her In her car.
The policeman was very drunk
at the time, Henshaw said.
Quart Of Gin
He explained that Morrow had
called at his home about 1880
and asked if he might take a
shower bath, as it was a very
hot day. He was slightly intoxi-
Gated at the time, Henshaw said.
(cOntinued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
TO USE
100 TO TELL
Of POLICE
CRUELTY
Department Of Justice Ends
Probe This Week; Harker
Receives Threat of Death

Approximately IS more WASH
ington policemen face Indictment
on brutality charges, It was
learned authoritatively tnday.
Fifty cases have been investi'
gated by the Department Of JUS
tice and practically all Of them
are now in the hands Of United
States Attorney Leo A. Rover. 26
being considered of sufficient
merit to warrant indictments.
Five are Waiting Trial
Five First precinct policemen
already have been indicted rs .
result of the departments third
degree investigation and are now
awaiting trial.
The Grand Jury will take up
the new cases tomorrow, with ap-
proximately 100 witnesses sum-
moned to appear. The cases Mr..
Rover now has represent the last
the justice agents have found IN
their delvings into police bru.
tality, and the inquiry, instituted
by President Hoover, will be
ended this week,
The justice agents are 1eeklug
into the authorship Of several let
tiers of q threatening nature re-
ceiyed by the mother Of James
Henry Harker, Liindale, Nd.
youth, whose charge that he had
been beaten into a confession pre-.
cipitated the third degree iF1vesh-
cation.
Harker is a star witness in five
cases in which indictments already
have been returned, and has been
warned that if he testifies he Will
be put on the spot"
Harker Under Guard
Harker has been threatened per.
sonalIy on two occasions and Is
now under guard day and night.
The first threat was made
against him in Police Court sew
eral weeks ago, while the other
was made last week as he walked
along New York Avenue North"
west, near Twelfth Street.
The department already has
warned the man who threatened
him in Police Court, and Is row
seeking to identify the second &C
coSter, in addition to the author
of the anonymous letters.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
Cat and Dog May SaUe
Ships $85O,OOO Gold

LOS ANGELES, Sept. IS G.N.S.)
The United States Coast Guard
cutter Montgomery was hurrying
down the Pacific Coast today
bound for the scene Of the wreck
of the Panama mail liner Colon
bia.
The Colombia was abandoned
by crew and passengers after run.
ming abround on the lower Cali
fornia shore approximately TOO
miles south of here.
The Montgomery was dispatched
to the scene in response to an ap-
peal for protection against posi-
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
Gandhi Pulls aFast
One on LondonerS-.
Wears Pants!

LONDON, Sept. Is IN.S) /.
The East End of London gasped
today when Mahatma NJ. K.
Ghandi, disciple Of bare legs
and Indian freedom, emerged
from Kingsley Hail.. his lodg"
ings, attired IN a pair Of white
linen trousers.
After all the publicity given
to his loin cloth, the presence
of pants on Ganhris scTawnyi
legs abazed Londoncrs more
than an earthquake.
BY the time Gandhi reached
st. James Palace for the round.
table conference, however. he
was attired in his traditional
scanty costume, drinking goats
milk from q thermos bottle and
eating dates.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15

bic looters. It was reported that
the liner carried $3.50, 900 in gold
bullion in her strong room.
Under Mexican law . wrecked
vessel and its cargo may be the
property Of those who are first to
arrive at the scene, provided there
Is no living thing aboard. II was
reported that Captain Oaks had
left the ships cat and dog aboard
the Colombia.
The $50 survivors of the wreck
were expected to arrive at Los
Angeles harbor today aboard the
Panama mail steamship La 3erla.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
Lightning Hits DO-X,
Member of CrelU Hurt

NEW YORK, Sept. 15.-One
member of the crew was injured
and two others were knocked
down when lightning struck the
giant air liner DO-x at the North
Beach Airport during a heavy
storm yesterday. The ship itself
was undamaged. Hans 1sdle. the
injured man. was removed to the
hospital.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
JUNKERS PLANE
LOST OVER
CANADA
Flying Trio Last Sighted at
Halifax; Expected at New
York Airport Last Night

NEW YORK, Sept. IS uN.s0.
The transatlantic fliers are lost.
At dawn today planes and
water craft all along the 300
miles from here to Halifax were
searching for the D-2027 Junkers
monoplane, which was last seen
395 miles east of Halifax at 1:40
yesterday afternoon.
The search took to the sea and
air at midnight yesterday when
the plane, Esa named after the
sister of one Of the filters and
wife of another. on the eve OF
her take-off from Lisbon, failed
to appear from the dark. At 4
o'clock this morning it was be.
heved the, 635 gallons Of fuel. she
carried was exhausted.
sighted BY Captain
The fate Of willie ROdy, Chris
tian JOhanSseIl, and Fernando
De Costa Vega remains q nnys-
terry, yet hopes remains they are
Still alive.
The Esa was only sighted
once after she left the Azores
Sunday afternoon. That was
when the S. S. Pennlar1d captain
saw a gray, low-winged mono
plane, flying at 1000 feet. 395
miles east of Halifax and 80
miles southwest of Cape Race.
That was at 1:40 yesterday
afternoon. She was conquering
the adverse winds and was flying
at such high speed it was pre-
dicted the fliers would arrive in
New York about midnight.
Beacons Kept Burning
But at midnight, the Esa
had not appeared. Beacon lights
stabbed the darkness all along
the coast and from Floyd Bennett
Field in Brooklyn, Roosevelt
Field, L. l.; Glen H. Curtiss, Air.
port, North Beach, Queens:
Curtiss Field, Valley Stream, L. I.
At 6 a. m. two Photographic
planes, carrying news reel oper.
ators took the air at Roosevelt
Field. on a northward flight in
search of the fliers. One was
piloted by r. j. Barbin and the
other by Randy EnSlow.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
OTHER WOMAN
NEW GLUE IN
DROWNING
Authorities Search for Letter
Which May Throw Light on
Death of Professors Wife

HAMPTON, Va., Sept. IS GIN.
S0.-The spectre Of a domestic
triangle insinuated itself today
into the circumstances surround
ing the death of Mrs. Jenny
Graham Kane, whose husband,
Elisha Kent Kane, a professor
of languages at the University
of Tennessee, is being held in Jail
here charged with murder in con-
nection with her drowning off a
lonely shore in Chesapeake Bay
on Friday. "
Suspicion that there IS another
woman In the case has spurred
authorities Of Elizabeth City
county to search for q letter
which they believe may provide
3 motive for the alleged crime.
Other than admitting that the
letter is from another woman, I"
officials are uncolnImunicative.
Kane In jail
Developments in lengthy In
quest last night were kept secret
and witnesses were warned from
discussing the cas-.
Meanwhile Prof. Kane is being
held incommunicado in jail here.
His father, DR.. Even O'Neill
Kane, of Kane, Pa, arrived this
morning, but refused to talk
about the case.
Prof. Kane asserts the drown.
ing was accidental
Scream Draws Fishermen
According to the. authorities,
who have questioned the husband
almost continuously. the couple
were swimming at an isolated
spot along the bay shore Sunday
afternoon.
Fishermen nearby heard the
woman scream, saw Prof. Kane
drag his wife from the water, put
her in an automobile, and rush
her to the HAMPTON Hospital. six
miles away. She was dead upon
arrival.
The authorities declare Prof
Kane has told conflicting stories
of the affair.
Revival Efforts Denied
Prof. Kane at first said his
wife was apparently injured when
she dived into shallow water.
Later, authorities say. he said
she slipped from a rock.
He said he endeavOred to re.
vive her but failed. The fisher
man testified at the inquest that
they saw no efforts made to
revive her,
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
Man Dies Instantly
As Machinery Slips

James Bell, so, Of Savage. Nd,
an employe Of the Baltimore ana
Ohio Railroad Company, was
killed instantly shortly before
noon today when crushed by Q
heavy crate of machinery at the
freight station at Florida Avenue
and lexington Place, Northeast:
Bell was engaged in shifting
the machinery in q box car
when the heavy crate slipped and
caught him.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
SARAZEN 5 UP
ON ESP|NOSA

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Sept. Is.
That fighting Italian former caddy
from Lakeville, Gene Sarazen, fin.
ished the first 18 holes of his first
round match with Al Espinosa, of
Chicago, 3 up.
Sarazen, who won the qualify
ing medal yesterday, had q four.
hole lead at the ninth hole but
Espinosa, who appeared on the
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
HOOVER URGED.
NOT To RUN
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
(CopyriEht, 1885, by International News
. Service)

Service.)
Processing dissatisfaction with
Republican prospects in the West,
hard hit by 30-cent wheat and
other ur1favorable factors of the
economic depression. two Senate
insurgents came boldly into the
open today with suggestions that
President Hoover eliminate him
self from the 1882 race.
Senator Brookhart (R0 of Iowa
and Senator Frazier Of North Da-
kota, both of whom have split
with the Administration, declared
that none but a Progressive" can
carry the West in the presidential
campaign next year, and neither
considers Mr.. Hoover a Progress
sive. .... ...
Politicians Startled
The suggestion rather startled
the politicians of both parties here,
for while the insurgents have long
rallied against the White House,
none Of them heretofore has gone
so far as to propose the efface-
ment of Mr.. Hoover as a candi'
date.
Said Senator Brookhart:
"Mr., Hoover ought not to
run under the conditions. We
have had the most mis-
managed economic conditions
in many years, and it Is newt.
able that this Is going to
feact against the Administra-
tiOn next year.
"Of course, I think the
Democrats are partly RESPONSE
BILE for conditions, for they
Joined in the deflatiOn policy
of the Federal Reserve Board.
Nevertheless and nOtwithstand-
ing, / do not think Mr.. Hoover
should rum"
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
Bank Robber Suspect
Must Go to Nebraska

BENTON HARBOR, Mich, Sept.
IS Q.N.S).-August Gus" Wink
Ter, st. Louis hoodlum, today lost
his fight to escape extradition to
Nebraska, where he is wanted in
connection with the two millien
dollar robbery Of the Lincoln Ma
tional Bank,
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
Mexico City Flooded
With Fake SO Bills

MEXICO CITY, Sept. Is
N.S).-Widespread search was
made today for a gang OF
counterfeiters who have flooded
Mexico City with fake $40 Amer.
ican bank notes.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
23OLLb. Hubby Has Punch
In Nose for Ain1ee;s Foes
Times staff Photo

help her in her good work. I've
got q punch in the nose for
those self-appOinted critics who
have delighted in malicious
persecution of Aimee by slam.
derOuS remarks in public"
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
Removal of 3 IL. Grain
Fraud Plot Urged

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Sept. is
U.NS0. Charging a gigantic
grain fraud conspiracy, State
Senator Gerald Mullin today de-
manded the removal from public
office of o. P. Jacobson, c. j.
Lurisch, and Frank Mattsor,
warehouse commissioners.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
W0MA \, GIN
LINKED To
MYSTERY
Dinner Host Tells Probers
Officer Was Drunk; Phone
Call to- Times a Puzzle
Who Is Sugar?

Does Sugar" hold the key
to the strange death of PO-
Iiceman Raymond M. Nor
row?
She Is the woman last seen
with Morrow, and is de-
scribed as dark.complexiOned,
about 30 years old, and weigh.
ing about 135 pounds. s
Sugar drove q pea-green
Ford sedan with q khaki top.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as Of Septem'
ber IL, $5S,316,612.31; expendi.
lures. $6,775,874.29: customs re
ceipts, $13,653, 3,801.10.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
THE WEATHER

Local thundershowefs tonight and Wednesday;
cooler Wednesday and Wednesday nights gentle
10 moderate southwest winds, shifting to north
west or north. Temperature yesterday-Highest,
81; lowest, ~. Humidity yesterday-Hishest,
Ok. loNSesA 40
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-08
Millinery Workers
Will Fight Cuts
In United Front

Over 400 millinery workers, at least
half Of them local "a and AZ men,
bers attended the mass meeting held
by the Needle Trades Workers Indus
trial Union at Bryant Hall on Tues
day. So anxious we're the workers
to hear what the NTWIU had to say
about the "Amalgamated Millinery
Workers of America" that they came
to the meeting in spite of the strong
arm men which surrounded the hall
for blocks threatening to Elk" any
worker who went up.
Ben Gold, secretary of the NTWIU,
called upon the millinery workers to
follow the example of the fur work.
ers who are rapidly uniting with the
members Of the Needle Trades Work
ers Industrial Union, going on strikes
and winning wage increases.
The trimmers, who had been on
strike at the Berg and Aranoff shop
where the blockers, members Of local
AZ, and trimmers members Of the N
TWIN, conducted a united front
strike and won under the leadership
OF the NTWIU, and two strikers from
the Engle and Fl. A. Rosen shops
took the floor to stress the need OF
forming united fronts in the shops.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-08
Bittelman to Speak
At Workers School
Forum This Sunday

The fall term of the Workers
School opened last Monday with a
surprisingly great number of students
registered for the many important
courses.
With the fall term well underway,
the school is launching on another
major activity. The Workers Forum
conducted by the school, will start
this Sunday, October II, at 8 pm. at
the Workers School Auditorium, IS E.
18th ST., second floor. Alex Bittel-
man, a we'll known leader in the
Communist movement, will speak on
the vitality important topic: 1.-THE
British Mutiny, Forerunner of
Great Glass Conflicts" The British
crisis will be dealt with systematic
ally. Other speakers scheduled for the
first series of seven lectures, besides
Bittelman, includ Comrades w. W.
Weinstone, I. Amter, T. johnson, r.
Minor, l.. Engdahl, and A. Landy
Admission for a single lecture is IS
cents. A combination ticket of seven
lectures costs only SIPS. 49,.