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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-07-19
Walnut Groue Farmer Killed
byLightning in Field Monday
Employment Offices
Now Operate Jointly

John w. Lauterbach Jr., manag-
er of the National Unemployment
Offices at Redwood Falls and Olivia
under the new plan adopted last
week, will be here Tuesday, Thurs
days and Saturdays and at Olivia,
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
The offices at both places will be
open for registrations and to make
placements every day, however. Mr..
Lauterbach urges every employer to
make use of the service. Almost any
kind of position can be filled on short
notice, whether the job is for few
hours or for longer period.
Reports of placements and regis
trations are made by county, district
and state Offices to the federal gov
eminent both daily and weekly, CIV
ing a constant check on employment
trends.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-07-19
First Credits in Gazette's
Expansion Campaign Printed
513 Cattle Bought on
1874 Farms Under AAA

Any rags, any bones and bottles
enclosed in cowhides) to sell?
The government cattle buying pro-
gram is going right ahead. The pur-
pose is not to buy the best but to
provide satisfactory market for the
poor ones that do not pay for their
keep. The better cattle are shipped
to some other point where they are
turned over to people who have suffi-
cient feed while the poorest are con-
demned and slaughtered. Some are
butchered and canned for relief pur-
poses.
Appraisals and shipping permits
have been issued on 1874 farms in Red
wood county and 513 head of cattle
have been purchased. Only 16 head
have been slaughtered as unfit for
market.
Anyone having cattle to sell to- the
government should notify the county
agent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-07-19
Fewer Delinquent Car
Licenses This Year

Another indication of better times
Frank Baldwin, clerk of court, states
that fewer Redwood county car driv-
ers were delinquent with their license
money this year.
Seventy-one delinquent licenses
were reported from state headquart-
ers for the county while last year
there were "a. About Is of the "a
who have been notified reported their
cars have been junked.
Delinquent owners have ten days
after the notice to settle, after which
citations are issued and given to the
sheriff for collection. After ten more
days warrants are gotten out.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-07-19
Jackson, Kearney Buy
Webb Station Monday

Leo Jackson and Phil Kearney, en-
ployees of the Webb Oil station at
the east end of Bridge street for sew
eral years, closed a deal with l.. j.
Kise Monday whereby they became
owners of the station.
They announced that the station is
back on a 24-hour basis. The lunch
room at the station, formerly operat-
ed by Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Wickman
also has been taken over by them and
will be run by Mrs. Kearney.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-07-19
Building and Loan
Directors Elected

DR.. J. C. Budik was elected to the
board of directors of the Redwood
Falls Building and Loan association
at the annual meeting recently. He
succeeds A. C. Burmeister who re-
signed. D. w. Gold and w. L. Hardy
were reelected board members.
The directors reelected Mr.. Gold
president; C. H. Schultz, vice presi-
dent; F. w. Stanton, secretary; E. L.
Gallea, treasurer and Mrs. E. E.
Lang, assistant secretary.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-07-19
Ira LOOMS, "a, Dies
After Long Illness

Ira Loomis, "a, formerly of Wal
nut Grove, died Monday at Ills a. m.
at the county home following a long
illness from cancer of the liver.
Funeral services were conducted at
the home at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday
and burial was in Walnut Grove Gem
etery. Rev. Oscar Joneson, pastor OF
Christian church, was in charge.
Mr.. Loomis is survived by his wife
and five children, all Of whom live in
California.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-07-19
Novel Radio Shower
Given Belview Couple

Belview-Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Anderson were guests at a novel
"radio" shower here Friday evening
in the Synod church basement.
The guests were ushered down "the
rocky road of welded bliss" to the
"throne of love" under canopy of
streamers. Miss Nora Knutson play
ed Lohengrin's wedding march.
Station WE'D provided the pro-
gram, after giving the time signal
and the weather report, "Belview
fair" Mr.. Ryquist played flute
solos and Miss Dorothy Johnson
sang two numbers. Later in the
evening the station Joined the EAT
network with Mr.. Food as announcer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-07-19
Harvest Time, Bargain Time

This the harvest and the season of clear
will find this weeks
cuary good guide of splendid vaues-Aune and
Thun Palace The Economy store having real
sales-Montgomery Ward Offering
values-A Farway Red Owl suggest food savings
Parath Skegas-Look for the feed
ing Building and Loan presents convincing
argument building home-The Paris Shop tells of
oer-Redweod Theatres feature picture hoo the
Works" good after reading these offerings
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-07-19
CORN LOAN NOTES :
EXTENDED MONTH

The farm administration has ex-
tended from August 1 to September
/ the maturity date of outstanding
notes Of farmers who borrowed mon
ey from the government on corn
stored under seal, it was learned here
Wednesday.
The extension will permit farmers
who need corn for feeding to make
arrangements to discharge their OBJ
legations.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-07-19
DIGGING WELL

Work was started Wednesday
morning by the Thomas Arnett crew
on q new well which win furnish
water to Lauterbach Brothers store.
The well is in the rear Of the store
building.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-07-19

Mrs. R. w. Serkland spent sever
al days last week in Minneapolis.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
Woman OPERATORS.
SCORE LONG HOURS
Time of Comptometer 0per-
ators in N. R. A. Section
Protested by Union.

A protest against the seven-day week
at long hours required of 2e women
comptometer operators tn = section Of
the N r. A., has been hled by the
N. r. A. Employees Union
The operators work FROM am. to
5 pm. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Satur-
days and Sundays, with one hour OH
for lunch, and from 8 am. to $50
pm. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days with an hour OF for lunch and
an hour and a half for supper.
Demand Limitation.
The union demanded that 1.-The hours
Of these employees be limited and that
none of them be permitted to work in
excess Of seven per day and that they
not be required to work on Sundays
or on Saturdays after l pm"
c. A. Bishop, executive oficer Of
the research and planning division of
the bituminous coal section of the N.
r. A.. under whom the women work,
said today that he is trying to secure
IL more operators to tighten the load
on this section. He had previously, he
said asked for "a flock" Of operators,
but had been assigned only g.
He said that he had asked the union
oeIegatlOn WHICH Appeared Tor the re-
duction in hours If the employees would
consider a reduction in working hours
to 80 a week accompanied by a re-
duction in pay from $l,377 to $1,000
per annum, but that the answer was
no.
Doing Job in Hurry.
"These people" he said. ARE work
ing on something which viii make
100000 coal miners happy. We are
doing a job In a hurry to be ready
for hearings February IL. It would
be a different proposition If these
hours were to continue for nine
months, but they won't even last nine
weeks"
The union delegation which asked
for the reduction consisted Of John
Donovan, Margaret Stabler, Thomas
G. SWEETS. Henry Rhine and Joel Ber-
rail-.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
Woman C0nfesses
MurderingHusbon
Because He Nagged
Ne,c Jersey Wife Declares
She Could Stand 1t
No Longer.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SWARTSWOOD, N. j., January %
She shot her farmer husband Joseph,
she said. because "he was all the time
finding fault with me-"
As he slept she placed the muzzle OF
a shotgun against his breast and pulled
the trigger.
When he was dead, she sat in a
rocking chair and awaited the return
of her son from town.
That is the story police said today
was told them by Mrs. Meta Heckelman,
a small, nervous, red-haired woman
of 46
No charge has been placed against
Mrs. Heckelman, mother of two chill
dren. Adelia, %. and Joseph, II. She
surrendered to State troopers early yes
terday morning, a short time after her
husband, who was so, was killed as he
lay on a cot in the kitchen OF their
cottage.
Il Shot him because could not stand
it any longer" police quoted Mrs.
Heckelman as saying. Il did 1t for the
best"
She retired early. feeling very nerv-
GUS, police said she told them. After
midnight she rose, went to the kitchen
after collecting three guns in the house,
and placing the double barrelled shot
gun alongside her husband, pulled the
trigger
Then-so the story runs as released
by police-she put on a bathrobe and
bed room slippers and waited on the
porch for the return of Joseph who had
been to Newton. He drove her back to
the State police barracks.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
AID FOR WHALING
INDUSTRY SOUGHT
House Committee to Begin Hear
ings on Measure to Provide
Loans.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Sounds reminiscent of the whalers'
romantic Thar she blows" will be
heard shortly in Congress: An effort is
afoot to help the whaling industry.
A House committee begins hearings
tomorrow on bills to alter the merchant
marine act so that loans for building
vessels can be made not only to mer-
chant fleets, but for whaling and fishing
vessels as well.
The Senate passed a bill at the spe-
cial session to cover the whaling indus
try, but the House didn't get around to
it. Tomorrow's hearings will be on this
and virtually identical bill by Repe-
sentative Lloyd Democrat of Washing
toni and the one by Representative
Andrew Republican of Massachusetts,
applying to the fishing industry.
Chairman Bland democrat of Vir-
ginia) said if it was decided to press the
legislation, the Senate measure probably
would be acted on and amended to
carry the fishing loans provision
The proposed liberalization of the
lending authority is urged on the
ground that the modern mechanical
whaling industry is relatively new and
that both it and commercial fishing are
sound enough and of enough national
interest to warrant governmental back
ing.
Furthermore some legislators are re-
calling the World Wars fishing vessel
mine sWeepers and are advocating the
move in the interest of the national
defense. explaining the vessels to be
built with Fedeal funds would be quick
ly convertible in time of war.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
Dig in Heart Of Los angeles
For City of ''Lizard People,
Engineer Seeks Records of "Lizurd Peo.
ple," Which Legend Says We're
Written on Tablets of Cold.

Shufelt said Macklin told him he
apparently had located one Of three lost
cities on the Pacific Coast dug by the
lizard people about 5000 years ago
after great tongue OF fire had come
out OF the Southwest destroying all life
in its path"
Protection Against Fire.
They dug the labyrinths to escape
future fires and one of the cities lay
within q chain Of hills forming "the
frog of horses hoof." The description
fits, said Shufelt, and he interested
other persons in financing the shaft.
which is being dug on North Hill street
within few blocks of the city hall.
The legend, as told by Macklin, said
the lost city was dug with powerful
chemicals. The tunnels began at the
ocean. The tide, passing daily In and
out of the lower portals forced air into
the upper tunnels providing ventilation.
Large rooms in the domes OF hills
housed hundreds of families who stored
imperishable herbs as a food supply
against the coming of another fire. The
lizard people, who were reputed to be
highly intellectual and to have de-
veloped a cement better than any now
in use, regarded the lizard as the SYM
boil of long life They laid their city
out in the shape of one, its tail to the
The legendary story must remain
speculative" said Shufelt, until proved
bv excavation But we are prepared TO
20 down ], 900 feet before we will aban-
don our operations"
Evening star., 1934-01-29
], s. BANKRUPTCY
PROBE IS PLANNED
House Judiciary Committee
Will Investigate Practices
of Judges.
- the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
Investigation of the practices Of Fed
Oral judges in bankruptcy and receiver
gl1ip cases to determine II there Is need
for additional legislation or for removal
Of any Of the jurists. will be undertaken
shortly by the House judiciary Com
naittee.
Chairman Summers. Democrat, Of
Texas, made this disclosure yesterday
g the House prepared to act on a
resolution before it extending for six
months the time allowed the committee
10 complete its inquiry
The study Of how Federal judges are
handling bankruptcy and receivership
cases, begun during the congressional
recess, will continue to center in Chi
cago.
Hearings were held there concern
ing Judge Charles E. Woodward S
actions by q subcommittee headed by
Representative McKeown, Democrat of
Oklahoma, and an investigator has
gathered data on receivership and
bankruptcy activities of other Chicago
Federal courts.
Chairman Summers said that while
the inquiry was national in scope, it
was considered that the Chicago in
qutry would be sufficient to determine
Furthermore, he said, Chicago citi-
Bens were anxious to have that study
completed as part of their general
cleanup program.
There is a chance that we may dis
cover abuses that can be corrected
by legislation" Summers said. But in
the main the policy should be. when
abuses OF power are found. to take the
man from the Office instead of taking
the power from the office.
Generally, the Federal courts are
presided over by a high class of patri-
otic judges. However, in some cases
abuses may have crept in.
The inquiry last Summer included an
investigation by a subcommittee headed
by Representative Celler, Democrat. OF
New York, into receiverships by the
Irving Trust Co.. New York
Chairman Summers himself directed
IN inquiry into the activities of Judge
HAlsted L. Ritter of the Miami, Fla,
district. It was expected more data
would be obtained in this case before
. report Is drafted.
A fourth inquiry was cut short by
the death of Judge James A. Lowell
Of Boston.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
PULLMAN EXECUTIVE
KILLED BY TRAIN
Albanian, Patient at Towson, Md.
Hospital, Decapitated While
on Leave.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, January 29.-While on
leave from the Sheppard and Enoch
Pratt Hospital at Towson, near here,
Frank B. Kemp Of Atlanta, Ca, was
found decapitated yesterday on the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks nears
the Camden station.
Identification was made by police
from markings In his clothing and from
. letter from his wife.
DR.. Alexander r. Martin Of the hos
pital told the police Kemp had been a
patient at the institution for the past
six months. Recently he had been al
lowed to leave the grounds to visit
friends in Baltimore. His condition
had improved to such an extent that
Mrs. Kemp was expected to arrive this
week to take him home.
Kemp, who was 81 and q native of
Kempton. Ind, had been with the
Pullman Co. for 80 years, being recently
superintendent at Atlanta.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, January "a
group Of men are digging In the heart
Of Los Angeles fer . lost underground
city Of the lizard people"
The shaft, now down $50 feet, the
explorers believe. will lead to the key
room" Of the city Of catacombs in
which were stored city records which
legend says were written on tablets Of
gold.
G. Warren Shufelt, geophysical min
ing engineer and designer of an
X-ray which, together with Indian
legend, spurred the diggers on, not
long ago was engaged in Q search for
other associates he dug so feet on
county property, but was denied per-
mission to penetrate further.
One Of Three Lost Cities.
But Shufelt continued explorations
with his device. which led him hither
and yon over an area from the public
library to the Southwest Museum.
Il knew I was over a pattern OF
tunnels" he declared today. land had
mapped out their course, the position
of large rooms and the location Of de-
posits of gold, but couldn't under
stand the meaning Of it,
He was taken to little Chief Green
leaf, an educated Hopi Indian from
Arizona who sometimes lectures under
the English name Of L. Macklin.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
new DEMOCRATIC LEADER
LIKELY FROM UPSTATE

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 29.-The Her.
sldT Tribune says the new Democratic
national committeeman from New York
probably will be from upstate unless
Postmaster General Farley, who is re-
signing as national and State chair
man, should decide to take the post.
Secretary Of State Edward j. Flynn,
The paper says, is reluctant to become
committeeman. because he Is an at
tnrney and would have to limit his
practice by the rules laid down by
President Roosevelt against commit
We members handling Government
0asAg
Farley passed through here today on
Ids return to Washington from Boston,
where he attended q dinner in honor
q former Mayor James M. Curley.
He Il expected soon to recommend
Q successor to the late John H. McCooey
- Democratic leader in Brooklyn.
Evening star., 1934-01-29

or actually under way with day labor
hired directly by State highway de-
partments, the Public Works Admin
istration announced today.
The announcement stated the projects
in these categories were estimated to
cost $289, ,95S 900. A total of 5,614
projects. representing 67.6 per cent OF
the total allotment, had been adver-
tised for contracts; Of these 1852 had
been awarded, 3,140 were under con-
struction and 544 were completed.
Administration offlcials estimated
13:, ,169 men were provided jobs at the
construction sites and many more" in
directly.
The cost Of Federal aid highways
under construction was estimated at
s181 .996,000. Projects already COM
pleted represented an outlay OF $13,-
$4,000.
New York had s6.e per cent Of its
allotment under contract. followed by
Evening star., 1934-01-29

Connecticut with s6.4 and New Hamp.
shire with 93.6.
Eight States were listed as having
advertised less than so per cent Of
their allotments for contract as Of Jam
uary 20, as follows:
Maryland. 339 per cent; Indians,
353; Arkansas, 35.5; North Carolins,
1872; Georgia, 40.4; Mississippi, 41.1;
Alabama, 43.8, and South Dakota, 4s6.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
Road Plans to Be Rushed.

ODENTON, Md, January 20 (spe-
ciaD.-A mass meeting will be held by
the Lanham-Severn Road Association
here February 5, when plans for push
ing construction of the road will be
discussed. The meeting will be held
in the school auditorium and arrange.
ments are being made by the O0enton
Committee of the association.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
Al Die in Blizzard.

TOXIC. January 20 P.-A Rengo
(Japanese) press agency dispatch yes
terday from Taiku. Korea, said at least
Al persons we're dead in a blizzard
which has swept the shores Of the Sea
Of Japan for the past four days Rescue
parties found the victims on Matsu
Island. aslo called Dagelet Island.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
REJECTS BERGDOLL PLEA
Prosecutor of Draft Dodger Opposes
Pardon Asked by Mother.

PHILADELPHIA, January % (P.-
Francis Fisher Kane, who was Federal
attorney in charge of the Governments S
case against Grover c. Bergdoll, said
last night the move to have the draft
dodger pardoned holds no appeal" for
him.
Mrs. Emma c. Bergdoll, mother of
the fugitive. has written letter to
President Roosevelt asking that par
don be granted her son and he be al
lowed to return to his Philadelphia
home.
Bergdoll is now in Germany.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
PUBLIC WORKS ROAD
PROGRAM ADVANCED
Nearly Three-Quarters Of $400,-
100000 Quota Either Adver.
tised or Under Way.

BY the Associated Press.
While the District and Kansas are
the only States which have advertised
100 per cent Of their public works high
way allotments, nearly three quarters of
the $400, ,000, 900 program was reported
today as either advertised for contract
Evening star., 1934-01-29
Card Party Tonight.

GREATER CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md
January 20 (SpeciaD A card anc
bingo party will be given tonight at 8 sc
O'Clock in the fire house here, under
the auspices Of the Ladies Auxiliary
Of the Greater Capitol Heights Volun.
teer Fire Department.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
CHILDREN TO GIVE PLAY
"Cinderella" to Be Presented at

C1ndereIIa 70 Be Presented at
Thomson Community Center.
A Midwinter program for children
will be presented Wednesday in Thom-
son Community Center, Twelfth and L
streets, when the play, Cinderella, !"
will be staged by the older children in
the community. The program will be
under direction of Mrs. A. C. Driscoll,
community secretary: Mrs. Wilma
Wright Flood dramatic director, and
Mrs. Jeanette P. Tolford.
Three new classes in short-story writ
ing will be started next week in Thom-
son and Roosevelt Centers by Felix
Conrad Schwartz, president of the So
ciety Of Free Lance Writers.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
Hyomens Club to Meet.

HYATTSVILLE. Md, January 20
(SpeciaD The Hyomens Club will
meet Tuesday night at its club rooms.
Cedar street, to complete plans for
the dance it will hold February 10 at
the Raleigh Hotel in Washington.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
OPERATION VICTIMS
HUSBAND ENDS LIFE
st. Louis Man Dies at Grave of
Wife Whose Death Is Blamed
on Midwife.

on Midwife.
Dy the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, January 29~Richard
Fitzgerald, "a, husband Of one Of six
women for whose deaths Mrs. M. ].
Merrifield, 71-year-old midwide, is held
by police, was found fatally gassed in
. motor car beside his wife's grave here
yesterday
Mrs. Fitzgerald died January 16 after
an illegal operation, which police charge
was performed by Mrs. Merrif1eld.
A garden hose attached to the ex-
hauSt and inserted through the floor.
boards Of his car caused Fitzgerald's
death by carbon monoxide poisoning,
officers said.
Mrs. Merrifeld is under $4,000 bond
in connection with the deaths of the
women.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
81x1O3h inches

Your last opportunity to buy them at these
prices. Famous the country over for their
smoothness, their snow-whiteness and their
splendid wear A sheet that's a splendid
investment at any price and positive
"giveaway" at this price.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
v. H. BASSETT,
METAL EXPERT,
DIES At G6

WATERBURY, Conn, July %
Funeral arrangements were being
made today for william H. Bas'
sett. 66, for many years chief
metallurgist Of the American
Brass Company and expert for the
Federal Government, who died yes.
terday at his home in Cheshire, fol
lowing an illness Of three weeks.
Mr.. BaSSett was q member Of
the Metallurgical Army Board, the
q. s. Bureau of Standards and the
United States Ordnance Depart
ment. He also held membership
in the American Geographical So
ciety and the Engineer and Chem
lists clubs Of New York.
He was recently elected presi-
dent of the American Society for
Testing Materials and in 1925 was
awarded the James Douglas medal
by the American Institute of Min
ing and Metallurgical Engineers.
Besides his widow, he is sur
v1Ved by son..
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
COL. J. T.AXTON
BURIED TODAY

Final rites for Col. John T. AK
ton, "a, retired, former head of
the Army Chaplains Corps, who
died Friday at his home, 3100
block Porter st. N. w., were held
in Arlington National Cemetery
today with full military honors.
Colonel Axton was buried near
the Chaplain's Cenotaph, at the
dedication Of which he officiated
in 1926.
Surviving are his widow, two
daughters, both wives Of Army Of
ficers, and a son, a chaplain at a
western Army post.