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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-08-25
Former Milroy Girl
Dies at MankatO

Milroy, August 23-Word came
from Mankato last Friday that Mar.
ion Duncan had passed way on Thurs.
day. Funeral services were conduct.
ed in Mankato and burial was made
in Springfield beside her mother who
preceded her in death ID years ago
and a brother who died in infancy.
She was the older daughter of VIII
liam Duncan, former well known re-
sident of Milroy. Their many friends
join in sympathy for Mr.. ad Mrs.
Duncan and daughter, Gretchen, in
their hour Of sorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Gates of Walnut
Grove spent Sunday with the latter's
father, John H. Rudd.
Mrs. William Henke of Wood Lake
was a caller at the Hogan johnson
home last Thursday afternoon.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-08-25

brother. At the time of her death
Mrs. Lewis was 81 years of age and
had been a resident of Redwood
county since 1912. She leaves to
mourn a husband, three sons: Ber-
nard, II years; Lovald, Is wears and
Adelbert, II years besides a host of
friends.
Miss Julia Solseth is expected home
Tuesday of this week from the Tracv
hospital where she underwent an
operation two weeks ago.
Mr. and Mrs. James Dolan and
family of st. Paul were weekend
visitors at the formers parental P.
Dolan home.
Funeral services were conducted
for Martin Durrenbirger Monday of
this week at his home northeast of
town and burial made in the GENET
cry at Lucan. Mr.. Durrenbirger died
Friday night at the home of his par
ents who survive besides several
Confined on Page Tent
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Walter Dolan made a trip to Estb-
ervllle, Iowa, Monday of this week to
visit his brother Mark and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Mowerv and
family of Amiret were Sunday guests
OF Mrs. Mowery's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Larson.
Mrs. Ethel Smith Gillette is a puest
OF her mother, Mrs. Annie Smith
having arrived from MINNEAPOLIS
August IL.
Funeral services were conducted
here last Sunday afternoon for Mrs.
William Lewis who passed away sud-
denly at her home Thursday evening.
Rev. Alexander of Vesta officiated at
the Presbyterian church and burial
was made in the Tracy cemetery. The
pail bearers were Messrs. Julius ALL
ness, Aza McCulla, Paul Stolp, Bruce
Mowery, Henry Ludwig and Otto
Have. Several families from their
old home at Dawson, Iowa, were pre-
sent including three sisters and a
The Washington times., 1932-03-04
Crank Letters Average One a Minute,
ApOnize Parents, Frustrate Police

There is an average Of almost
q letter a minute being received
by the LindberghS. The Postoffice
Department has been asked II it
is possible to take some action
to discourage the sending Of
"crank mail" to the fuer.
A modern police headquarters,
with radio broadcaSting and tele-
type facilities, was established on
the Lindbergh estate to centralize
handling Of the search for the
kidnaperS.
One Of the first important mes
sages to go over the teletype sys-
tenn was a personal appeal from
Colonel Lindbergh to police of
Philadelphia, Atlantic City and
Camden to aid in running down a
clue. It read:
II request you to make q
check Of all SecOnd-claSs hotels
for the Llndbergh baby"
Another "tip" reported that q
woman with a baby had stepped
out Of q green monoplane on
farm near Richboro, Pa. entered
an automobile, and sped away.
It was discovered that such a
plane had landed on the reported
site but that it contained only the
pilot.
800 Suspects Quizxed
Since the kidnapping OF Baby
Lindbergh 1aSt Tuesday night. BOG
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Elsie Robinson Holds Civilization to
Blame for Lindbergh Tragedy

get him away-away from head
lines and spotlightS-from curious
eyes and Cabling tongues and
mauling hands. Away, most of
all, from the pressure of alien
thoughts
People said he was "hipped"
on the subject. Tried to kid
him. Chuckled and said he'd
get over it. But Lindbergh
didn't get over it. He grew stub
born about it-almost grim.
81 want him to grow away
from it all. 1 don't want the
world to get at him."
Refuge a Snare
He felt there was something
wrong with the world. Rain
and wind, fog and sleet, these
were natural things-clean dan
gers. But there was a danger
in the world that wasn't clean.
There was a "break UP" some
where in life-control wires snap
ping-he couldn't put it in words.
There was only that stubborn
fury when anyone tried to shake
him. Somehow he was going to
get his baby away from 1t all.
So they found place, those
three, in the heart of the woods
on the top of a hill-a place
The Washington times., 1932-03-04
COCHRAN ON AIR
ASKS j. 5. LAW
ON KIDNAPPING
Congress DeferS Action on
Bills Until Next Week;
Won't Be Stampeded

House and Senate marked
time today and deferred action
on bills imposing the death
penalty On kidnapers and their
conspirators caught entering
one State from another.
Other branches of the Gov
ernment continued to cooper
ate with the States in efforts
to recover the Lindbergh baby.
The Senate Judiciary Commit
tee will consider the bill of Sen
ator Patterson (R0 of Missouri
at it's regular meeting Monday.
Further consideration of an iden-
tical bill introduced by Represen-
tative Cochran CD of Missouri
has been deferred by the House
Judiciary Committee until Tues
day.
Cochran in Air Talk
The Mead bill making a felony
the sending of a ransom letter
through the mails, Representative
Mead CD New York, expects to
have perfected by Wednesday.
Cochran in a radio address ex-
planned how his bill would oper-
ate to aid in apprehending kid
naperS and cited the Lindbergh
case and the Niles COhio) crime,
as showing a need for Federal
legislation.
Referring to the action Of Presi-
dent Hoover in ordering all the
resources of the Federal govern
ment to aid the New Jersey
authorities, Cochran said:
Everyone will applaud the
action of the President, but he
acted without any authority of
law. 1 seek to give thaf au-
thOrity in my bill"
Cochran explained that where
kidnapers crossed State lines,
Federal agents could aid State
authorities in passing from one
State to another in their search.
Some Oppose Bill
Members of the House Judiciary
insist there was no disposition
to hold UP the Cochra4l bill, but
that as nothing the committee
could do now would help get
back the Lindbergh baby, there
was no reason to be stampeded
into haSty action.
Nevertheless there was in un-
dercurrent Of opposition in some
quarters to further encroachment
of the Federal Government in
! 1ertaking States police duties.
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away from the world. A place
where they could be safe!
Catches at your heart-doesn't
it? The thought of those three
children, going away like that
seeking peace. Maybe you envied
them. Perhaps you, too, haye
felt the same fear that Lindbergh
felt Of something wrong with the
world"-the same vague, puzzled
disgust.
The Unknown Strikes
Whatever you felt then, there's
only one thing you're feeling now
"a sob in your throat-prayer
like a scream in your heart. For,
like a great bat Hopping through
the night, the something wrong"
they fled from, has followed those
three-forced it's way through
their barred gate, fumbled its way
up their guarded wall and
struck And baby Lindy is gone!
For hours we've been waiting
h er Listening while reports
came in. Listening while they
failed. Sitting here waiting
Thinking as we sit
He'll Broken Loose
This thing-this incredible
fiendish thing-it's more than the
story Of those three. It's a story
of something else-something even
bigger-it's a story of all decency
fighting for it's life! This isn't one
kidnaper-nor a kidnapping racket
This is hell broken loose-the he'll
we've let form out of our own lax
ness and laziness and lawlesSness
out of our own playing with fire
And now our eyes are opened-at
last. With the tears of that heart.
broken mother and the cries OF
that tiny, helpless little boy, as
the price!
Where is Lindy's baby? God
knows. And He also knows some
thing else. He knows that wher'
ever he is-you and I helped put
him there.
The Washington times., 1932-03-04
JAPS WANT j. s.
IN PARLEY

GENEVA, March 4 GNSJ.
Japan today suggested that a
round table conference. with the
United States represented, meet
at once at Shanghai to arrange
terms for an Armistice.
League of Nations officials, after
lengthy discussion. evolved a form.
ula this afternoon by which the
United States could be invited to
participate in the assembly'S dis
cuSSion Of the conflict.
The committee of the whole, at
the suggestion of Sir Eric Drum
mond, secretary-general Of the
League, agreed to ask all nations
with representatives at the dis.
armament conference to attend
the assembly debates as OBJ
servers.
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Japs Renew Army DriUe;
Chinese Still Defiant

Shutters and bars were taken
down from hundreds Of shops
and stores along Marking Road,
Shanghai's shopping district, and
the city in other ways began I'd
resume its normal appearance.
Japan's latest peace proposals,
entirely unacceptable to the
Chinese, are:
/. renewed demand for
total eradication of anti-Jap-
anese boycott organizations.
2. Perpetual demilitarization
of the Shanghai area.
3. Permanent dismantling Of
the Chinese forts at the mouths
of the Whangpoo and Yangtze
rivers (this includes the Woo
sung forts).
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Resist laps, Marking
Orders TSai'S Army
Copyright. 1892. international
News Service)

Copyright. 1882 international
News Servico)
NANKING, March 4 QN.S) &.
The Nanking Central government
has ordered the Chinese Nine.
teenth Route Army to continue
it's resistance, it was announced
today.
A denial was made that Nan
king had ordered the army to
cease hoStilities as reported yes
terday.
Gen. Tsai Ting-Kai, commander
Of tn Nineteenth Route Army, re-
ported he was resisting the Japa-
neSc at Nanzinag and near
Tachang, and that the japanese
repeatedly attacked his new de.
tense positions.
The Washington times., 1932-03-04

Its general contents were given
out in Trenton in this annouce.
met:
"The first ransom note left in
the room on the night of the
kidnapping asked for $4,000.
at specified that the bills
were to be in denominations Of
one, two, five, 10 and 20 dollars.
It said that the baby would be
we'll taken care Of.
'Tt was signed with three pen
pricks in the paper.
There were no directions as
to how the ransom should be
paid and there was no time limit
specified"
John J. Toohey, secretary to
Governor A. Harry Moore, denied
that he had given out the con
tents Of the ransom note.
Lindbergh, convinced that the
best efforts Of the police, Secret
Service men, and the State troop
erS have proved unsuccessful, be
neves that the only thing to do is
to ask the kidnapers to bring. the
child back on their own terms.
Colonel Lindbergh promised any
amount for the baby's return.
The difficulty is that at no time
since the child was taken from
its crib has communication come
from the kidnaperS. wildcat Ie
ports that Lindbergh had been IN
touch with them were secuted by
Captain Lamb.
Police May Retire
It is anticipated that Lindbergh
will appeal to Governor A. Harry
Moore to ask that all police he
withdrawn in an effort to show
the kidnapers he is sincere in his
intention to get the baby back
llnharmed-no matter what the
cost.
One lone, and as yet improved,
lead remains to be Investigated
here. At 7:45 a. m. a postcard
was intercepted by Trenton
postal authorities. It gave direc-
tionS for paying the ransom and
demanded immunity.
The card, addressed to Lind.
bergh, is being rushed to the
Lindbergh home, 16 miles from
Trenton, but police say frankly
that it is just another one Of the
hundreds Of crank notes.
Among the horde of crank
letters there were several on hand
today which were considered Of
possible Importance.
A postcard, intercepted at
Auburn. N. Y, was addressed to
Colonel Lindbergh and read:
"Baby taken good care Of.
Look for instructions Saturday.
If police get too close, watch
out"
Another postcard mailed to
Colonel Lindbergh from South
Orange, N. j., read:
"Baby will die"
2 MiSspeIIings Same
This card resembled a previous
postcard mailed the colonel from
Newark, N. j., last Wednesday.
Both cards were printed In
pencil. Both were addressed:
Charles Linberg."
Another misSive was mailed
from New York and referred to
the fate Of Frances st. John
Smith. who disappeared from
Smith College in January. 1928.
Her body was found a year later
in the Connecticut River. She was
said to have committed suicide.
This letter cautioned secrecy
and was of a rambling nature.
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Continued from First PGge)


of the Japanese truce proposals,
the Chinese would continue to re.
siSt wherever they believed they
could hold ground.
Chinese officials declared the
Japanese had taken advantage Of
situation planned to aid in
truce negotiations.
The Chinese retreat was
ordered to aid a halt in fighting,
they declared, and the Japanese
attacked during the retreat and
thus renewed the hoStilitieS.
Japanese officials declared the
Chinese had opened fire in these
two positions as the Japanese
attempted to occupy them.
The main body Of the Chinese
Army Was outside the 20-kilo-
meter limit. but was understood
to be awaiting heavy reinforce
ments with which they might
launch renewed general often
Sive.
Chinese residents and officials
of Nantao, south of Shanghai,
evacuated in fear Of a Japanese
advance on that city following
announcement by the Japanese
that they intended to protect
their property there even If it
should mean bombing.
The Chinese claimed a military
victory after severe fighting Is
miles north of Shanghai at Luho,
on the Yangtze bank.
Shanghai itself was quiet TO.
day for the first time in 35 days.
The city was, not lit up by
great fires, and there were no
loud reports from shells and
bombs. ~
The Washington times., 1932-03-04

suspects have been questioned by
police and released.
Fingerprints of the servants in
the Iindbergh household have
been taken in order to eliminate
them in the search for marks in
the vicinity Of the home, police
explained.
Authorities would neither con.
firm nor deny that a former Lind.
bergh employe was being sought
for questioning.
Witnesses continued to stream
into the emergency police head
quarters for questioning by
troopers. These included many
who had worked on the construc.
ton Of the Lindbergh homestead
last fall.
Servants Questioned
The three servants in the
house have been questioned re.
peatedly in the hope that they
may be able to recall some piece
Of information which might aid
in solving the crime. ~
The trio are Oliver Wheatley,
the Lindbergh's 'chauffeur-butler,
his wife, who Is the cook, and
Betty Cow, nurse TO" the baby.
Miss Cow is a Scotch girl
whose history was checked by
the Lindberkhs before they en-
ployed her. She was recommended
The Washington times., 1932-03-04
STOLEN CH|LD'S
NURSE STILL
IN DAZE
Betty Cow, Silent and Sad,
WanderS House Like a
Woman Forgotten
By LAURA VITRAY

oy bGAONA Va MA
HOPEWELL, N. j., March 4
(I.N.S.) S.).-Maybe you know
how a sea captain feels who
has seen his vessel swallowed
up by the waves.
Then you have some vague
idea of what is going on today
in the heart of the world 's
most tragic figure.
iShe is Betty Cow, slender, dark
haired, white. uniformed nurse to
the little lost Eaglet of the White
House that caps the peak OF
HopewelIs Sorrel Hill at the edge
of Southland Mountain.
And Then-Screams!
Empty-handed and vocationless
now, with no more duties to full
fill, she moves about the Lind
bergh home, forgotten and ne
elected in the midst Of the tense
fever of investigation and search
that has turned the house into
the police headquarters OF the
State"
Tuesday evening at 1880, Miss
Cow put her little charge to oeo
and tucked in the covers. Tues
day night at 10 o'clock her
screams. piercin., and terrible,
startled the parents.
A few moments later, tears
streaming down her cheeks, eyes
wild with stark terror, she faced
them at the foot Of the stairs and
choked out somehow the news
that was to shock the world. ,
No one remembers just what
she said, or what they said. JUST
a few. breathless monosyllables
wrung from her in convulslVe
gasps:
"The baby-iS-gOne."
Not Talked at All
Since then she has said little
Or, rather, she has not talked
at all, except when the detectives
tracing and retracing their clues
to the kidnapping have asked her
to tell and retell her brief story
The Lindberghs have sought, IN
the midst. of their own grief, to
be very kind to Betty Cow.
Today, even, Mrs. Lindbergh,
buoyed by new hope that her
son is alive and will soon be re-
turned to her, sought to relax
from her long vigil.
After a night of fitful sleep, she
donned a white sports suit and
a jaunty fur-trimmed blacK-and-
white sweater and went for a
short stroll about the grounds OF
the estate. And she smiled brave
ly at the stream Of persons ar
irving and departing from the
house who greess"I her.
Like a Lost Person
But Betty Cow did not leave
the house, averted her tragic
glance when members c. the fam
lily sought to console her.
In the midst of a beehive OF
activity that fills the house and
centerS about the solution Of the
kidnapping, she has nothing to do.
The LindberghS have their long
conferences with the police to
relieve somewhat the strain Of
uncertainty, the anguish that has
their hearts in its grip.
The servants have their hands
full, with a house full of the
most unusual guests they have
ever known.
The baby who furnished Betty
Cow her whole occupation is
gone as suddenly and as un-
believably as a frail bark Swal-
lowed up by the sea.
The Washington times., 1932-03-04
PARENTS ARE DISTRAUGHT
AS CEASELESS VIGIL
BR|NGSNO REWARD
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man was taken custody who said he made the ele
phone call from Long Branch.
But the man explained he merely taking friendly
interest in the kidnapping
But this and that in this area of mutwinged
caused report to be born that Colonel Lindbergh
willing not prosecution against the kdnapes
If his son returned safely.
While police and State troopers were silent as this
"immunity" ANGLE they admitted they willing to go
along with the colonel any arrangement he might make
IN his chi
The Washington times., 1932-03-04

in Germany
h a S b e e n
formed under
the honorary
Craftsmanship
of the Ameri-
can ambaSsa-
dor, Frederic
M. Sa ckett.
The commit
. wv RA"AAo w
raise a fund
Of $4,000 for
relief this
year.
The ambaS-
Sador opened
the subScrip-
The Washington times., 1932-03-04
Fort Myer to Stage
Last Ride of Season

witt h Maj. Gen. Harry G..
Bishop, chief of field artillery, as
honor guest, the last exhibition
ride of the season was the feature
program for this afternoon at the
Fort Myer riding hall. The pro-
gram was arranged for the benefit
of those unable to see previous
drills.
Forty-three girl riders have al
ready applied to take part in the
society circus Monday, the next
event at the nost. f%3
The Washington times., 1932-03-04
Police Watch MOrrOU
Home With Guns

ENGLEWOOD, N. j., March 4
0.N.S0. - Equipped with riot
guns, policemen today vigilantly
maintained guard at the Morrow
home. Automobiles passing the
residence were halted and occu.
pants challenged to identify
themselves and their business.
In numerous instances, the cars
were searched.
The Washington times., 1932-03-04
HOpeUeU Man Back;
Faces No ChGraeS

NEW YORK, March 4 ON.SJ.
Patsy Olando, IS. who had lived
in Hopewell, N. j., returned
there today in company of Lieut..
John Osnato, Of the Brooklyn
police. He lived in Hopewell
village nearest to Col. Charles A.
LindberghS home, until about
s o'clock last Tuesday night"
Police declared there was no
charge against him.
The Washington times., 1932-03-04
SENATE REPORT
FAVORSHEFL|N

The Senate Subcommittee on
Privileges and Elections today
adopted the report of it's chair.
man, Senator Hastings CRO OF
Delaware, declaring the Alabama
1880 senatorial contest mo elec-
tion."
Hastings report said there was
evidence Of universal disregard
of the Alabama election laws" in
the contest which resulted in the
victory of John H. Bankhead over
former Senator Thomas ]. Helm.
The Washington times., 1932-03-04

"I've had my religious moments.
I'm not as bad as they say /
am. I'm worse. But once or
twice, late at night sometimes,
I've felt that could show peO-
pie the way to happiness. You
know what I mean. Not gin
an. jazz, but honest happiness.
Now / got a chance to be an
evangelist. It's my big chance"
The Washington times., 1932-03-04

M c P h e rson
Hutton in the
rthconning
ra m a t iZa-
ton of isis
ter Aimee, " q
biography, be-
cause she has
always yearn-
ed to be an
u nc on v e n
tional evan.
gelist.
"A sort Of
philosophical
evange Ii S t."
said Miss Gui.
40
The Washington times., 1932-03-04

t h e y er m
the stupidity
of his recent
manifesto ex-
pressing a de-
sire to return
to Spain as
King tn a t
their leaders
are turning
their b a c k S
on him.
In an inter
view to d a y
Count Roma
nones, long
the leader Of
tia lfhnNo
The Washington times., 1932-03-04

The "No Mans Land" set
up around the Lin d ber g h
homestead was continued to-
day.
There were even stricter
rules enforced regarding
gatherings and parking of
automobiles near the entrance
Of the estate. Machines were
kept on the move on the
nearest road passing the estate
for a distance of a couple Of
miles in each direction.
Path Clear For Truce
Under these conditions, it
was possible that an emissary
of the kidnapers might walk
untouched up the winding path
to the childless white house on
the hill.
But the welcome one did not
come-only the mailman with a
continuous stream of letters OF
sympathy, suggestions, and the
unwanted crank" miSsives.
There were almost as many
telephone calls as letters.
If they sounded promising,
Colonel Lindbergh, who has had
only a few catnapS since his baby
was stolen, would answer the
telephone in person.
There were even calls from
across the Sea-London news
papers who wanted to know as to
how the search was progressing.
There was an addition to the
plea made via radio and publica-
ton by Colonel Lindbergh.
It was q semi official addition,
relayed by State troopers.
It was:
- Colonel Lindbergh will do
anything to get his son back"
$4,000 is Ready
The sum of $50, 900, the amount
asked in the ransom note left
behind in the nursery by the kid
napers, was reported on deposit
in a nearby city. It was said to
be in bills of small denomination
in keeping with the request Of
the baby7stealers.
State troopers said this didn't
mean anything except that >ol-
onel Lindbergh was ready to deal
nth &da 6iI~oVNaNS Eu1aono noUnIs
they communicated with him.
Colonel -Iindbergh, whose rigor.
GUS constitution has defied the
ardors of flying through storms
and icy fogs, today developed a
slight cold.
Indy Shows Strain
His resistance has been Sapped
by his long sleepleSS vigilS. The
mental strain is suggested in the
semblance of dark circles under
his blue eyes.
w. F. Kelley, lumberman, Of
Ewing. N. j.. who put forth the
theory that the ladder used by
the kidnapers in climbing to the
nursery was constructed from
wood used in a house he had re-
Gently demolished. conferred with
police again today.
He furnished the investigators
with list Of the names Of the
people to whom he can remember
selling any wood.
The presence Of a ransom note
was officially admitted. It had
been left behind in the empty
nursery after the kidnapers had
Snatched the baby from his crib.
The Washington times., 1932-03-04

Elsie Robinson, noted feature
lDriter, tDhoSe column, Listen,
World" ;" is kno1Dn to millions OF
newspaper readers, blGmeS our
hectic, modern civilization in
large measure for the tragedy
that has betGllen Charles and
Anne Lindbergh. In the follo1D-
ing article, she i1ldictS conditions
that permit little babies to be
made victimS OF preSent-dGy con-
ditiOnS.
The Washington times., 1932-03-04

the SubScrlp- r N. sACNEIE
ton list by a contribution Of
$500. Consul General George
S. Messersmith, honorary vice
chairman of the committee, con-
tributed 500.
The Washington times., 1932-03-04
Texas" Guinan Wants Title
Role in "Sister Aimee"

NEW YORK, March 4.-Mary
Louise Cecilia Texas" Guinan
< admitted today that she is
anxious to play Aimee Semple