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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-03-02
OUESSENBERRY SALE
STOPPED BY ORDER
GIVEN TO SHEkIFFS
Governor Curbs Sale of Mort
gagged Chattels and Land
Occupied by Owner
is EMERGENCY MEASURE
800 Farmers at Forced Sale
When Proclamation Was
Relayed to Farm

A telegram from Governor Floyd
B. Olson ordering all mortgage fore
closure sales stopped arrived in time
Friday afternoon to save the stock
and machinery of John Quessenberry
from going on the auction block.
Eight hundred or more farmers
milled around the Quessenberry farm
yard waiting for the sale which it
was generally understood would be
another of the kind where friendly
farmers bid in the items for few
cents and turn them back to the
owner.
If this was planned, the plan was
first thwarted when the receiver of
the closed Clements bank which ad-
vertised the sale in the interest of
the banks depositors, heard the rum
or and ordered the sale cancelled. Mr..
Quessenberry and friends Immediate
" consulted lawyers as to the right
of the receiver to cancel the sale.
They were consulting the statutes
covering such cases when the COVER
nor's message arrived.
Carl Croker, who was scheduled
to cry the sale, announced early IN
the afternoon that it would not be
held until attorneys had decided If
the owner was within his rights in in
sisting that his goods be sold. 1t was
after 3 p. m. when Attorney Leon H.
Brown went to the farm with his
clients and read the telegram. A
cheer Immediately went up.
The telegram was addressed to
Sheriff L. J. Kise and read: II have
today issued order directing all Min
nesota sheriffs to refrain from furth-
er foreclosures on real estate and
chattels. Copy of entire order fol-
lows by mail.-Governor Floyd B. o.
son."
The governors order which arriv-
ed later stops foreclosures on farms
occupied by the owner and on chat
tells, both until May l after which the
governor may lengthen the period If
he wishes. His authority for the &C
ton he stated, is based on the neces-
sity of preserving order.
Sheriff Kise accepted the order and
farms scheduled for sale here Satur-
day were not sold except in cases not
covered by the order. Two tracts
sold had no buildings. Meanwhile
the governors stand was variously
viewed and three counties reported
cases where it would be contested. At
Austin farm sale was delayed when
it was found there is road which
cuts off the property and the mort
gage in question was on the piece
without buildings. After much con-
sulting with the governor and aides,
the land was sold.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-03-02
Officers Installed
at Veterans Meeting

With J. A. Fleetwood, past COM
mander of Post Number 742, Candy,
in charge of the installation cere-
monies, the officers of Redwood
county post, Veterans Of Foreign
Wars were installed at meeting
Thursday evening at which ten men,
bers from Candy and Marshall posts
were guests.
Following the installation, DR.. c.
A. McGuiggan, commander and John
Philip, past commander of Oscar Mon
geau Post at Marshall, talked on the
steady growth of the organization.
Plans were also discussed for the sue
cess of the state encampment to be
held at Marshall June 20, 80, July l..
Redwood county post organized in
May 1882 has had consistent growth
and it's membership includes men
from nearly every community in the
county. Plans are also being made
for the formation Of women's auxi-
liary. Among the charter members
are the four Lampe brothers of Nor
gan, Eli, Maurice, Arthur and Ed
mond who enlisted in the service on
the same day during the World War,
were assigned to the same organiza-
ton, Company B, 80 Engineers, serv-
ed until after the signing of the
Armistice and were discharged the
same day.
During the meeting Irl Starr and
Emmett O'Neill were elected men,
bers of the post and will be obligated
at the next gathering. A social hour
with lunch at the Backus Sweet
Shop followed the meeting.
Officers installed, all Of whom were
reelected, were j. w. Lauterbach,
commander; Eli Lampe, Morgan, first
vice commander; Gus Johnson, Delhi,
second vice commander; F. B. Forbes,
adjutant; Walter Hassenstab, quart
ermaster; F. B. Macs, chaplain; Gasp
er Olson, officer of the day; Gilbert
Wandersea, Gilfillan, guard; DR.. j.
w. Anderson, post surgeon and w.
A. Backus, A. P. Falk and Harry
Thomas, trustees.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-03-02
County Farmers to
Get Loans on Seeds

Federal seed loans for Redwood
county farmers will be handled
through the county agents office, it
was announced Tuesday by C. A. Har-
ris, representative of the regional
seed loan office at Minneapolis.
Mr.. Harris stated that loans made
to Redwood county farmers last year
for seeds have been paid back in more
cases than in most counties of mid
dle-western states. The same COM
mittee, w. M. Smith, L. R. Ewart
and Parker D. Sanders, will approve
the loans again this year.
Nate H. Bovee, county agent, said
that application blanks will be re-
ceived soon with full details. Mr..
Bovee recommends the seed loan
plan for farmers without money and
who wish to use grass seed in their
planting this year. He said that SILL
500 was borrowed for seeds last year
in this county.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-03-02
ELECT
COMMITTEE TO AID
BANK LIQUIDATION
Weeks, White, Backer, KnudsOn,
HuhnerkOch Named at
Meeting Monday

Frank Weeks, A. j. White, Charles
Huhnerkoch, j. F. Knudson and l.. E.
Backer were elected members of the
depositors' committee of the State
Bank and Trust company of Redwood
Falls to help the receiver iquidate
the banks assets at a public meeting
held in the court rooms in the court
house Monday afternoon.
About 1870 crowded the court rooms
and heard A. C. Dolliff, chairman,
explain the purpose of the gathering
and what can be accomplished with
whole-hearted support of the deposit
ors. He explained that the commit
tee would work without pay for the
benefit of the depositors.
It was moved that the chairman
name five persons, including the
chairman, who would place ten names
before the voters and that the five
receiving the highest number Of
votes make up the committee. The
motion was passed. Mr.. Huhnerkoch,
Rev. ]. P. Linn, w. S. Brammer and
Mr.. Backer were appointed.
The committee named the follow
ing Mr.. Knudson, Mr.. White, Mr..
Weeks, Mr.. Huhnerkoch, B. H. Kuen-
Iii of North Redwood, DR.. A. Asleson,
Mr.. Brammer, E. w. Currier, H. F..
Buechner and Mr.. Backer. When the
committee was announced someone
remarked that five of the men were
stockholders of the bank.
Leon H. Brown suggested adding
new names to the list but Rev. Linn
stated that the motion had been pass
ed and these men had been chosen
and the result should not be changed.
His suggestion was carried out. Park
er D. Sanders, George A. Patton and
Mr.. Brown were chosen to act as
tellers.
A total of 127 votes were cast but
only 126 were counted as one voter
voted for six of the ten men. Frank
Weeks received 1O3 votes; Mr.. Backer,
SO; Mr.. Huhnerkoch, "a; Mr.. Knud-
son, 70 and Mr.. White, 62.
Mr.. Dolliff told the group that al
though Mr.. Weeks was a director OF
the bank and was the second largest
depositor and knew the condition of it
before it closed, he did not withdraw
one cent of money. The group was
also told that the stockholders who
are on the depositors' committee, do
not owe money to the bank.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-03-02
Two Injured in Car
Accident Saturday

Mrs. Clair Sweesy of Morton sus-
tanned broken leg Saturday night
when she was struck by a car while
walking east on Highway IA near the
North Redwood road intersection. Her
companion, Miss Alice Sweesy, was
bruised and scratched.
They were going to the Webb oil
station to catch a ride to their home.
Mrs. Sweesy said they noticed car
coming from the east but did not see
a car behind them. They were walk
ing on the, right side of the highway.
The driver of the car which struck
them, Charles Ellis Of Franklin, said
he was blinded by the lights of the
approaching car and did not notice
anyone in the road until they were
struck.
They were thrown several feet
ahead and when the car stopped, Mrs.
Sweesy was lying beneath the fender
of the rear wheel. Miss Sweesy was
standing at the side of the road. She
was walking on the outside and was
only glazed by the fender.
Mrs. Sweesy was rushed to the
Redwood Falls hospital where x-rays
showed her leg was broken in three
places. The accident happened short
ly after II p. m.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-03-02
EXTRA

Radio reports early Thursday
stated that Thomas ]. Walsh of
Montana who was to have been
encouragement in the ROose-
welt cabinet, died during the
night on train in South Caro-
lima. He was returning from
his wedding trip.
MIR. Walsh was senator from
Montana for years and gained
prominence as prosecutor in the
Teapot Dome case during the
Harding administration. More
recently he served as chairman
Of the national convention Of the
Democratic party.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-03-02
RING BROKEN
With CAPTURE OF
6 AT MONTEVIDEO
Men Who Had Narrow Escape
at Renville Confess Crimes,
3 Women in Group
BANDIT SLAIN AT BENSON
Wild Ride With Six H0ldups
in a Night Climaxed
With Capture

Two men who narrowly escaped be-
ing shot down by posse last We'd
ne-day while fleeing through Renville
after robbing and kidnapping a Buff
falo Lake filing station attendant,
were captured with four other per-
sons early Monday at Montevideo af-
ter a wild drunken ride from Mime
apolis during which they staged six
other holdups and saw one of their
gang shot to death at Benson.
The slain bandit was Unidentified as
Noble Bunrud of Watertown, South
Dakota. His wife and Mr.. and Mrs.
Cleon Bunrud and Mr.. and Mrs. Per-
ley Olivia of Minneapolis and Walter
Christensen Of Watertown were cap
tured. The latter was wounded dur
ing the encounter at Benson.
Wife COnfesses
Soon after the capture they con-
fessed to a long series of offenses.
They headquartered in Minneapolis
and preyed on surrounding towns,
making filling station holdups spe-
cialty. Mrs. Bonrud was first to i'm
plicate members of the gang when
she confessed to police at Montevideo.
Discovering that their funds were
getting low they started on the wild
night Sunday at p. m. after a
drinking party in a Minneapolis
apartment. They kidnapped Clay w.
Johnson of Minneapolis as he was
seated in his new car waiting for his
wife to come out of a drugstore and
took him to Fort Smelling. They bound
and gagged him and put him in the
rear seat. Then they picked up three
women and another man and started
northwest, taking Johnson with them.
They raced westward on Highway
No. 10, stopping to hold up filling
stations at Cokato, Litch6eld, Atwat-
er, Grove City and Willmar in rapid
succession. State crme bureau opera
tives set out from Minneapolis in pur-
suit. Alarms were broadcast to peace
officers over western Minnesota.
Fired 10 Shots
They dashed into Benson, held up
the Coggin oil station, robbing Arnie
Strand, attendant. Chief S. o. john
son, who had been notified and was
lying in wait for them, stepped out
of hiding and opened fire. His bull
lets killed one bandit outright and
wounded another. The bandit fired
10 shots at him. The survivors, af-
ter futile attempt to retrieve the
body of Their companion, sped on to-
ward Montevideo, still in the car of
Johnson, the Minneapolis attorney.
A tire on Johnson's car became flat
four miles west of Benson at about
1:3O a. m. Monday and they abandoned
their stopped car, leaving johnson
trussed up in it, stopped the car OF
Henry Larson, Benson farmer, and
rode west with him.
They left Larson's car because he
had little gas, forced their way into
the farmhouse of j. A. Wayne, west of
Benson, awakened Mr.. Wayne and
kidnapped him, forcing him to drive
them toward Montevideo in his auto
mobile.
At 4 a. m. they were captured Ia
miles northeast of Montevideo by
Sheriff Peterson, Chief Lars Skun-
borg and Frank Tinson Of Montevideo,
who had driven out on the highway
to search for them.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-03-02
Basketball Scores
Minnesota Valley Tourney
Wednesday Games

Wood Lake 52-Morgan 81.
Providents 44-Bird Island 20.
Sacred Heart 18*-Franklin Ii.
Wabasso 3O-Belview &c.
protested to Franklin
because of use of ineligible players.
Score 20.
Games Thursday Night
Wabasso VS.. Franklin.
Providents VS.. Wood Lake.
Friday Night
Finals and Consolation.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-03-02

M. O'Connell spent the weekend in
Minneapolis.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-03-02
Co-ops Meeting

The postponed meeting of stock
holders of the Scenic City Co-opera-
tive Oil company will be held Monday,
March 6, in the city hall in Redwood
Falls, it was announced this week by
A. M. Dennistoun, secretary. The
meeting was scheduled for several
weeks ago but due to the snow storm
and blockaded roads, it was post
poned. ,....
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-03-02
IN PREDICAMENT

Backward Chances this week reveal
that so years ago Redwood Falls was
without milk because the milkman
had sold his cow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-20

Time IL valuable! Save 1t when shop
ping for apartments by FIRST consult
ing the Rental Columns Of the WANT
AID SECTION Of this newspaper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-20
CANNED CAROLS
FOR PUBLIC

Christmas carols Of the
canned variety will be added to
the National Community Christ
mas tree celebration next Sun
day evening in Sherman. Square,
with the installation this week of
a huge photograph.
Encompasing selection Of
carols, instrumental music, relig-
ious oratorios and others in the
holiday mood, the mechanical
entertainment will be turned on
nightly between Christmas night
and New Year night from 8 to 10
o'clock. Twenty new photograph
records have been obtained for
the entertainment.
Amplifiers placed in tree tops
will carry the music, and for
those who care to sit and listen
to the concerts, ITS folding seats
will be available.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-20
TOBACCO MEN
HOLD RALLY

FRANKFORT, KY, Dec. 20
U.N.SO Hundreds of Burley to-
bacco growers froms five States
flocked to the capitol here today
for a huge mass meeting to dis
cuss the Federal plan for acreage
reduction.
What should be done with leaf
delivered to warehouses but un-
sold before market holidays para
lyzed loose leaf floors was to be
considered also.
Governors of two StateS-Hill
McAlister, of Tennessee, and Ruby
Laffoon, of Kentucky-were to
address the farmers. o. E. Van
cleave, commissioner Of agricul-
ture in Tennessee AAA, attended.
Representative hurley growers
from Tennessee, Kentucky, In
diana, Ohio and Missouri par
ticipated in the conference. All
these except Missouri have pro-
claimed holidays. as have North
Carolina and Virginia, also.
Lexington warehouses today set
January 2 for resumption of
auctions if AAA officials advise
that sufficient contracts for 1884
acreage reduction have been
signed by that time to warrant
the reopening.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-20
SCHOOL WORKS
EMPLOY 100

About $50 men are now at
work on school projects in Mont
gomery county and 8s women are
employed on special projects.
The men are employed on
school project No. 3, Of which
there are % units, the work being
done by these men include terrac-
ing grounds, building tennis
courts, planting shrubbery, gen.
arel repairs to the buildings,
etc.
The women are employed in
establishing permanent school rec
ords and perfecting a catalogue
system in school libraries. An
other special project for women
will provide about IL weeks die
tetic work in school cafeterias.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-20
HOUSE TAX PLAN
SEEN AS RUIN
To SHIPPING
Committee Told Peril Faces
Merchant Marine on Which
U. S. Spnt Billions

Tax revision program Of the
House Ways and Means Com.
mittee would deal a heavy blow to
the American merchane marine,
Eugene P. Thomas, of New York,
representing the National Foreign
Trade Council, testified before the
committee today.
The declaration was made In
opposing the investigating sub
committees proposal to deny
American firms a credit for taxes
paid abroad on the profits Of for
eign trade.
Thomas was one of several
Spokesman for varied business in
terests who asserted the commit
tees tax program would lay an
unnecessary burden on business
during the recovery period.
Cites Billions Spent
American foreign trade, Thomas
said, has contributed to the re-
building of the American mer.
chant marine on which the Gov.
eminent has spent billions Of dol
lars in the last few years. He said:
"Our foreign trade has dimin-
ished in three years to $1,60O,-
100000. Employment of our mer.
chant marine has likewise dimin-
iShed, vessels are becoming OBJ
SOlete, and very few new ones
are being built.
Therefore the foreign trade
is of national important in
maintaining our merchant ma
rine."
The principal value of foreign
trade in the past, he said, has
been to American agriculture.
Sees Capital Levy
H. B. Fernald, of Washington,
speaking for the American Min.
ing Congress, told the, committee
that its plan of permitting only
IS per cent of reasonable deprecia-
ton for the next three years
would be a capital levy tax. He
said:
1--WE approve your efforts to
prevent tax avoidance, but we
ask that you do not injure bust
ness with onerOus taxes and
thus prevent recovery and EN-.
plOyment.
cover fOrty.five billion dollars
of income and profit taxes have
been paid since 1917. This,
think, shows that most people
have tried to meet their obIiga-
tiOnS."
Harry j. Gerrity, of Washing
ton, speaking for the National
Association of Building Owners,
said the subcommittee plan for
a IS per cent tax on SURPRISES Of
personal holding companies would
hit many closely owned corpora.
tons controlling office and apart
ment buildings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-20
Of HOUSE
. SEEN AS KEY
OPLANS
Owner Tells Reporters That
(, She Was Instructed to
= Say "Not a Word"

PASADENA, Cal, Dec. 20
A rumor that Col. and Mrs.
Charles A. Lindbergh are plan
ming a secret and quiet visit to
Pasadena this winter was current
today following the leasing Of a
modest bungalow here for a
former secretary of the late U. s.
Senator Dwight Morrow.
Reports here were the bunga-
low was leased for Lindbergh and
his wife.
Mrs. Lindbergh's mother, Mrs.
Dwight Morrow, will come here
for the Christmas holidays to
visit another daughter, Mrs. Aud
rey Morgan, here for her health.
Mrs. Morrow, according to reports
will be accompanied by her
daughter Constance, and a son,
Dwight Morrow, jr., Amherst Col
leeg student.
Mrs. A. Hughes, lessee OF the
bungalow. refused to deny or con-
firm the report the Lindberghs
were coming to the Coast. Her
daughter was attached to the
secretarial staff Of Senator Nor
row. -.
The lessor of the house, a sis
ter of Walter j. Scott, was asked:
els it true that Colonel Lind
6ergh will come to Pasadena
this winter"
She replied: u.
II was told to say nothing
about that"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-20
I INSULT plot
INDICTMENTS
RETURNED
Indiana Probe Cites Deceit
BY Error; 100000
Mistake Aided Rates

CROWN POINT, Ind, Dec. 20
Q.N.S0.-Seven indictments voted
by the grand jury against officials
and directors of the Northern In
diana Public Service Company,
with a report that the utility had
been "milked" to support tottering
insult holding companies, were to
be formally presented today be-
fore Judge William Murray IN
criminal court.
Charges that the company had
been grossly mismanaged were
contained in the Lake county
grand jury report to Judge Muir
ray, but the court ordered the
names of those indicted sup
pressed until the formal indict-
ments are reported in open court.
Two Months of Inquiry
Samuel insult, jr., one-time
"crown prince" Of the vast insult
utility empire. was until 1882 vice
chairman Of the operating electri-
cal unit that serves more than a
half million residents Of northern
Indiana. Morse Dell-Plain is
president of the company.
Two months of searching in
vestigation, directed by Prosecu-
tor Robert Estill, preceded the
grand jury's action.
The grand jury report on the
company's management charged
that the utility was bled through
illegal manipulations to support
insult holding companies and
other affiliates. Through these
manipulations, it was charged
rate payers were forced to pay
double for their service.
"KnOwn Error" Used
It was further charged that
SO 100000 bookkeeping "error'
was purposely used to obtain per
mission for high service rates
from the Indiana Public Service
Commission.
Funds and assets of the opera
ting company now are being ICON
stantly depleted by the domino
ton of Midland Utilities anc
other parent organizations Of the
insult group" the grand jury re
port set forth.
The grand jury charged that EN-
ployes were compelled to sci
stock in the Midland United Com
pany holding organization for the
purpose of maintaining the stocl
of this company at a fictitiously
high level, and that this was part
of a conspiracy to avert ruin Of
the empire once headed by Sam
uel insult, ST., now a fugitive II
Athens. Greece.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-20
By International News Service

The proverbial fury Of women
Scorned today confronted the
administration. as the result of
Secretary Of State Hull's refusal
to sign a feminine equality dec
laration at the Pan American
Conference at Montevideo.
Providing there should be no
distinctions based on sex in the
laws and practices relating to
nationality Of the nations which
signed, the declaration was ap-
proved by 16 of the 20 nations
present at the conference.
Americas unwillingness to ad-
here, it was explained at the
State Department, was based on
the fact that American laws are
not yet entirely free from sex
determinations, and that pend
ing congressional action on this
question, it was thought best
not to bind the administrations
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-20
PETT|NG DEATH
PROBE PUSHED

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 20
G.N.SJ.-Private investigators to-
day entered the probe Of the
Lovers Lane" Staying Of a
farmer by a college boy.
The family Of the victim. Carl
Melting, 52-year-old retired farmer,
retained private detectives to
probe the story told by Britton
Young, 81, a law student at West
ern Reserve University here.
According to authorities, the
youth said he shot and killed
Melting after the latter allegedly
attempted to modest his pretty
coed companion, Miss Ruth Better,
as the two we're parked in an
automobile on a lonely road in
suburban Pepper Pike village.
Frank Melting, brother Of the
slain man. in announcing that
the victims family would conduct
separate police probe, said:
'T'lI prosecute that young
man to the last notch. Carl
may have been a hOt-head, but
he wouldn't harm anyone or
anything, even an animal"
Young, a nephew of Congress.
man-atrLarge Stephen Young and
the son of Donald Young, prom.
inent Norwalk attorney, was re.
leased in $1,000 bail after he
waived preliminary hearing on a
manslaughter charge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-20
Equality Treaty Rejection
Arouses Fury of Women

hand by adherence to any broad
declaration at the Pan American
Conference.
A Cabinet committee was ap-
pointed by the President last
April to revise and coordinate
American laws on nationality and
naturalization. This committee
has not yet reported.
These explanations, however,
failed to cool the indignation Of
a dozen of the women's leading
organizations in this country, who
are flooding the State Department
and White House with protests
against Hull's action.
A delegation of the National
Women's Party, headed by Mrs.
Florence Mayard Hilles. of Della
ware, was scheduled to call on
Acting Secretary of State Phillips
this afternoon to make another
protest.