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The Redwood gazette., 1935-04-25
BIRTHS, DEATHS
IN COUNTY TOP
TOTALS FOR '33
Redwood Falls Had 20 Babies
33 Deaths in 1884; Three
Lakes Score Best

Births, death, marriages and
naturalizations in Redwood county
during 1884 increased over the
1888 figures, while divorces re-
mained at the same level, accord
ing to statistics obtained from the
office Of Frank Baldwin, clerk of
court.
The stork made 434 trips last
year compared to Ais in 1888,
while death struck on 143 occa-
sions, nine times more than the
previous year.
Cupid's arrow reaped a crop of
166 weddings, to 151 in 1888, u.s.
ually regarded as a harbinger of
the return Of prosperity. Five
couples terminated diplomatic re-
lations in divorce, the identical
number as the year before. Ma
turalization papers were taken out
by six persons, an increase from
four in 1888.
Redwood Falls with the largest
population led the field in births
and deaths with 70 and 33 respec-
lively, but Three Lakes township
had the best score with Is babies
and no loss of life. Other COM
munities which had no deaths
were Lucan, Milroy and Revere,
but collectively the three recorded
only II new lives. Vail township
had the second largest number of
births for any one locality with
26 and only four deaths. Delhi
village and Homer townships
were the only two units having
more deaths than births, each
having two of the former and one
of the latter, while Clements and
Kintire townships had the same
number Of both.
The table of births and deaths
by villages and townships follows:
The Redwood gazette., 1935-04-25
$4,000 Fire Levels
BrOwntOn Elevator

The Columbia Elevator COM
pany at Brownton was destroyed
by fire Friday with a loss of
$4,000.
Officials of the elevator, a line
company with head offices in Min
neapolis, say the firm intends to
rebuild. The loss was covered by
insurance.
Evening star., 1935-12-20
FIRE THREATENS
ROOM|NG HOUSE
Two Young Women Led to
Safety as Blaze Is
Checked.

Blinded by smoke, two young women
were led to safety early today, when a
two-alarm fire threatened q rooming
house at 1929 @ street. Fourteen other
persons in the house made their way
to the street unassisted, and clad only
In night clothes and hastily donned
robes, watched hremen check the
flames.
The fire broke out in q basement
apartment of the residence Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ferdinand Miller. who operate
the lodging house. Mrs. Miller was
awakened by smoke and flames and,
with her husband, aroused the other
occupants.
With the electric lights put out of
commission by burnt wires and the
house filled with smoke, roomers had
dificulty cropping their way out.
Mrs. Telitha Whitfield, Federal
Housing Administration employe, and
Mrs. Harold Minor, who works at the
War Department, were helped from
the house by flremen as they stumbled
about in the smoke on the third floor.
The fire, which police said started in
a coal bin when hot ashes were
dumped near a trash heap, was con-
fined to the basement. Furniture in
the Miller apartment was destroyed.
Firemen were summoned by Richard
Weiss, q roomer, who ran to the corner
and turned in an alarm. He tried to
telephone an alarm, but the wires were
burned.
Evening star., 1935-12-20
BY BILL BELL. IR.

D1 DILL DELL, Jh.
TN A manger long ago a Child was
born to q young mother. In
a four-room house, bare as that
= manger, another child will soon
be born to Mrs. John Lewis, young
mother Of five.
Men came from the East bearing
gifts to the Child of Bethlehem, and
ever since the civilized world has
celebrated Christmas with representa-
tions of mutual good will.
But who will come to the five chill
dren in the little yellow house with
the red tar paper roof two doors above
the church on Fifth street, near the
Cabin John, Nd, post office? Esther
Lewis doesn't know.
Husband Died Last Month.
Her husband, World War veteran,
died November Is. 1t was all right
when he was alive He got s66 a
month retired pay from the Veterans
Administration and was a guard in
the State Department Building. But
the retired pay and the guard salary
stopped with his death. and he left
no money.
Esther Lewis and her five children
it will be six next month-now must
depend on their 81 weekly relief al
lovance. It's little more than that
-four gallons of oil for cooking. a
quart of milk daily. the charity of a
few friends, neighbors and a veterans
organization.
Bruce. the baby. IA months old, is
the only one who can get milk. Mar
garet, 3, needs it badly-the doctor
says she is inclined toward tuber-
culosis. But quart Of milk a day is
just enough for the baby. Margaret
has to get along on canned goods and
an occasional frankfurter. Can't even
have cereal. There's not enough milk.
Girl In Sanitarium.
Then there Is John, 8; Esther, 8.
and Noela, z. Noela is in the Mount
Wilson Sanitarium. She has tuber-
culosis. They are going to let her
come home for Christmas, but don't
know why" said Mrs. Lewis. There
isn't going to be much Christmas
here"
Evening star., 1935-12-20
SPECIAL NOTICES.
MARRIAGE ENN0TrNcENFFNTs

MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS
24-HOUR SERVICE. S3.75 UP
GOODHARTS 1914 H ST., Natl S172.
! WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts other than those made by myself.
I. CAMBRIDGE 534 Irving st. NV. 21'
WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
debts contracted by any other than myself.
JOHN G. HAzELL. 523 l1th st. Sc. 22'
THE NEXT EXAMINATION IN OPTOM-
etry. in the District of Columbia, will be
held on February 27-2S-29, 1886. All ap-
plications must be filed with the Secretary,
on OF before January 10. 1885. For further
Columbia Board Of Optometry, DR.. NJ.
LUTHER DICUS. Secretary. 1919 F St.
NV. WASHINGTON. D. C.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders OF the Kane Transfer Company will
be held at the Office of the company 2116
Fifth St. NE. at 3 O'Clock P M. Monday,
January 90. 1898. for the election of Of
ncers for the ensuing year and the trans
action of such other business that may
come before the meeting
KANE TRANSFER COMPANY
Philip l.. Norris Secretary o
Evening star., 1935-12-20
COMMUNITY YULE
PROGRAM READY
President and Mrs. Roose-
welt Will Attend Lighting
of Christmas Tree.

President and Mrs. Roosevelt and
group of high Government officials
will attend the lighting of the COM
munity Christmas tree in Lafayette
Park on Christmas eve, which will
be the signal for Illumination of
Similar trees throughout the country.
Final arrangements were COM
pleted yesterday at melting of the
Executive Committee in charge of ar
rangements, headed by Mrs. Eliza
beth K. Peoples.
Marine Band Concert.
The lighting ceremony will be pre-
ceded by a concert by the Marine
Band, starting at 4;3O pm. The
President and Mrs. Roosevelt and the
White House party will arrive at 5
pm, surrounded by official guests, in
eluding Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hull, Secretary of Commerce and Mrs.
Roper, the District Commissioners,
justices of the District Supreme Court,
members of the National Committee
for the Lighting of the Community
Christmas Tree, members of the Com
munity Center Council, the Board of
Education and other civic organiza-
tions. They will be introduced to
the Nation over a Nationwide radio
hook-up by Theodore A. Walters, AS
sistant Secretary of the Interior.
At Minutes After S.
The President will press button
setting the living spruce tree aglow
with colored lights, and wish the
Nation Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year" At the same time, chimes
will peal out the news that the holi-
day season has begun.
The American Automobile Associa-
ton will follow its custom, inaugu-
rated several years ago, Of placing
greeting cards in hotels, clubs and
restaurants where strangers in the
city may be on Christmas eve, invit-
ing them to attend the lighting cere-
mony.
Stands Near Completion.
Erection of the Presidents stand, as
well as those for the Marine Band
and the singers, will be completed to-
morrow. The American Forestry As
sociation will furnish holiday pro-
grams and loud-speaker system is
being installed to facilitate broadcast
ing. John A Remon is in charge of
the broadcaSting, and John S. Bart
lett of lighting the tree.
The so members of the choir will be
TRANSPORTED from the Franciscan Mon
aStery and Catholic University by spe-
cial buses provided by the Capital
Transit Co. They will be directed by
Rev. Bonaventure Simon. The Lincoln
Cathedral Choir of the University of
Nebraska will arrive here Tuesday
from New York to participate.
Evening star., 1935-12-20
This
Changing
World
British Public Forces II
Duce to Go 1t Alone
in Ethiopia.
BY CONsTANTINE BROWN.

BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.
F MUSSOLINI wants his Ethiopian
Christmas bird, he has now to go
and get it himself. British public
Il opinion has prevented the logical,
but immoral, shift of Laval and Hoare
to get out of critical situation which
may-some say will-plunge the world
in another general war by partitioning
AbySSinia.
1t was with a heavy heart that
Premier Baldwin yielded to the popu-
lar demand to bury without honor the
Franco-British peace proposals.
He spoke about the lack of liaiSon
between the government and its for
eign secretary, who gave up Ethiopia
to Mussolini in Paris between two cups
of tea which Laval offered him at the
Quai d'Orsay.
The truth appears to be that
iUhen Sir Samuel Went to skate in
Switzerland and told his associates
in the government that he Mould
stop oUer in Paris and see Uhdt
could be done to hate peace before
Christmas, BnIdtUin and the other
cabinet members replied: GO
ahead and do your best to settle
this matter"
Neither Hoare nor Ldvdl irldg-
ined for moment that public
opinion counted much in this busi-
ness.
Neither did they imagine the reac-
ton in Great Britain of the indigna-
ton Of the smaller nation members Of
the League. They thought that since
only Britain and France were bearing
the real burden of sanctions and the
consequences of a possible war in the
the silent partners at
Geneva would leave the whole matter
to the discretion of the British and
French governments.
Evening star., 1935-12-20
DOG HELD WITH MASTER
AS AIDE IN LOTTERY
Pet Caught Attempting to Escape
With Numbers in Pouch
on Harness.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JERSEY CITY, N. j., December 90.
Emil Cerco. 20, and his dog Renee,
white spitz, were seized by police
yesterday, Cerco on a charge of aiding
and abetting a lottery, Renee as evi-
dence.
Cerco, arrested last week on the
same charge and freed in $4,000 bail
to await grand Jury action, was ar
rested again by Detective Joseph
Gantner. The dog fed. Gantner
caught 1t, and said he found 1877 num-
bers on slip In q pocketbook fixed
TO the dogs fancy hsruess.
Evening star., 1935-12-20
NEW INSURANCE RATES
GIVEN AIR TRAVELLERS
Employers Able to Insure En-
ployes at Annual Premium Of
81 Per $1,000.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 20.-C. r.
Smith, president of American Airlines
Inc, said yesterday recognition by in
surance actuaries of the increasing
safety of air travel was the reason for
scheduled issuance of q new form of
air travel policy by six large casualty
companies. The new policy rates were
Evening star., 1935-12-20
SOON TO LEAVE HOSPITAL
Physicians Report Senator Nc.
Carran Much Improved.

CHICAGO, December 20 [P).-Sen-
ator Patrick A. McCarran, Democrat,
of Nevada. will leave the Presbyterian
Hospital, where he is under treatment
for a stomach ailment, within the next
few days, according to DR.. John Foster,
his physician. His condition con-
tinues to show improvement" Dr..
Foster said.
Evening star., 1935-12-20
NOTICE,

WASHINGTON AND OLD DOMINION
RAILROAD hereby gives notice that on the
the Interstate Commerce Commission at
Washington; D. c.. its application for
certificate that the present and future pub
lie convenience and necessity require the
acquisition and operation by it of that
pa OF the Washington and Old Dominion
Railway extending from RossIyn to Blue
mont JUNCTION. distance of five (5) miles.
all in Arlington County, Virginia.
WASHINGTON AND OLD
Evening star., 1935-12-20

said to compare favorably in cost with
other travel insurance.
Smith said he had been informed
by United States Aviation Underwrit-
ers, Inc, that effective January /, the
new insurance will be available as an
employers voluntary contractual LA
bility policy. An employer thus will
be able to obtain up to $4,000 insur-
ance for each employe named for an
annual premium rate Of 81 per thou
sand with minimum premium of $50
covering five or more persons as the
employer may designate.
Evening star., 1935-12-20

John almost had to stop school re-
Gently. His one pair of pants was
worn to paper thinness and ragged
Esther needs a coat. Mrs. Lewis has
to wear coarse. cotton stockings and a
soiled dress pierced with holes.
Sleeping is better at the Lewises'
now. They were given few blankets
from the Walter Reed Hospital. 1t
wasn't so long ago that the five of
them-the mother and the four chill
dren at home with her-Were sleeping
like sardines," to quote Mrs. Lewis,
in an old iron double bed. They had
to do it to keep warm. 1t wasn't wise
with Margaret with a trace of tuber-
culosis and the baby so young, but a
chill wind came up from the river a
quarter Of a mile below and sneaked
through cracks in windows and floor.
There is a gaping hole in one window
pane, covered by piece of cardboard
packing box. The ton of coal given
by the relief agency is getting low.
Mrs. Lewis is chopping up the chicken
coop for firewood.
Cares Erase Beauty.
Esther Lewis was pretty once. She
is a Spaniard of Cuban birth with
dark eyes. jet hair and finely cDiseled
features. The bitter problem of pro-
viding for five fatherless children has
erased her beauty, dulled the eyes that
once flashed with hope for her young
Then there is the approaching birth
of her sixth. Whence will come
money for the expense of her con-
finement? Who is to chop frewood;
who to take care of 14-month- old
Bruce?
Il could get work" Mrs. Lewis said
Il want to get work. But these two
Margaret and Bruce) are too young
for me to leave. I don't want to put
the kiddies in a home, but II there's
nothing else to do"
From an open quart bottle on a
table, Mrs. Lewis poured milk for the
beby into a battered tin cup. The
baby grabbed it, sloshing milk on his
chin. Esther Lewis smiled
Well" she said, lit could be a lot
worse. 1t could be a lot worse"
Evening star., 1935-12-20
MRS. CARAWAY HERE
Lone Woman Senator Anticipates
"Hard-Fought" Session.

Mrs. Hattie W. Caraway, Democrat,
Of Arkansas, only woman Senator, ar
rived in the Capital yesterday for the
coming session Of Congress, convinced
it would be "hard-fought one with
plenty Of fireworks"
II think we will be here until May
or June despite the fact that it will
be an election year." she said. She
added the length of the session de-
pended to some extent on what the
Supreme Court decided on various New
Deal acts.
Evening star., 1935-12-20
HAYES is DIVORCED
Former Trainer of Jack Dempsey
Charged With Cruelty.

Charged With Cruelty.
LOS ANGELES, December 20 Dr.
Lima Basquette, dancer and actress,
won a divorce yesterday from Theo-
dore Hayes, former trainer of Jack
Dempsey.
Hayes. she testified, threatened her
and once became so angry that she
fed her home with her sister and
4month-old baby.
Judge Harry R. Archibald was in
formed settlement was effected out
OF court, with Hayes paying one
fourth of his income to support their
son, nov 20 months old.
The couple was married October 10,
1881.
Evening star., 1935-12-20
NOTICE.

~, q; g; BAGGETT. RECEIVER OF THE
MA$SyH1INGTON ~ AND OLD DOMINION
t2SSn pm gay OF December. 1885. he filed with
cmsststHstngton; D; e. his application for
phhonS oho convenience and necessity permit the
. ssoaRtqonment by him (a) of the railroad
galway which extends from Rossiyn to
B11demSnt Blu GST Junction; a distance Of miles,
ssnu t1DI o. operation over a line of the
from alexandria to Bluemont, a distance
OF 81 miles. all in Arlington. Fairfax ana
Loudoun Counties, Virginia N'N
G. c. BAGGETT RECEIVER OF
OF THE WASHINGTON AND
Evening star., 1935-12-20

Continued From First Page0
Evening star., 1935-12-20

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders Of the Lincoln, National Bank Of
day, January IL, 1885. at IL c oclock % noeS- noeS
ct the Main once, 7th and D Streets
NV, for the. election of directors and
such other business as may properly come
before the meeting. Polls open from II
o'clock noon to l O'Clock pm. Books for
transfer Of stock viii be closed from De-
cember 20; 1885. to January IA. 1896,
VIVA JAMES A. soPER. Cashier.
Evening star., 1935-12-20

WANT LOAD FROM ARKANSAS OR WAY
points. half price Insured. Careful pack
ing and handling. Owner-driver, phone
North 0553.
TRUCK RETURNING EMPTY FROM D. C.
to Conn. via Phila. and N. Y. about 1St Of
year, desires return load. Cleveland 5S37.
WANTED : RETURN LOAD ATLANTA.
Alabama Wash; to points North. Dec; 21
to %. Special return rates all cities.
ANDERSON VAN SERVICE Natl. 1870.
pAILY TRIPS MOVING LOADS AND PART
s leads to and from Bslto Phila ha and pd i New New
cities, Dependable Service Since SOC.
THE DAVIDSON TRANSFER & STORAGE
Co. phone Decatur $500.
cHRYsLER COUPE. D. C. TAGS 166679
motor No. R2S14S1. to be sold at Wesch-
ler's public auction. on Saturday. Decena-
Der 21, for charges. car left by William J.
Winter. CALL CARL. INC. de6. 20
SPECIAL RETURN-LOAD RATES ON FULL
and part loads to all points within 1000
miles; padded vans: guaranteed service.
Local MOVING also. Phone National 1890.
NAT. DEL, ASSOC. NC 1917 N. z. ave.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-08-23

receive an amount in excess Of SIS
per month" 1t is believed that some
financial assistance may be OBJ
tanned for Alaska under the pro-
visions quoted above, pending the
next session of the Territorial leg
islature when the Territorial laws
can be amended to meet the require
ments of the Act.
Under the provisions of the Act
it is obvious that many needy per-
sons in Alaska will be eligible for
a pension that are not eligible IN
der the Territorial law However, in
all probability the present cost of
pensions to the Territory will not
be increased due to the federal con-
tribution of fifty percent of the to-
tai payments. 1t would appear that
the present expenditure of the Ter
ritory for pensions can be spread to
cover approximately twice as many
cases on the basis of the federal
government paying one-half of the
allowed pension up to the amount
of $50 per month.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-08-23

Expert barbering. Ladies and
ehildren's work a speciality. Arts
Barber Shop.-adv.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-08-23

the Act To benefit from the plan
the state laws must provide for old
age assistance on the following
lines: 1t must provide that the plan
shall be statewide in its appliea-
ton, provide financial participation
by the state, be administered by a
single state agency, provide for
granting to any individual whose
claim for old-age assistance is de-
MED, an opportunity for fair
hearing before such state agency.
and must provide that the state
agency will make such reports as
the Social Security Board shall re-
quire. The state plan must not ex-
clude any resident of the state who
has resided therein five years dur
ing the nine years Immediately pre-
ceding the application for old-age
assistance and has resided therein
continuously for one year immedi-
ateiy preceding the application.
The existing laws relating to
pensions in Alaska do not meet the
above requirements to make the
Territory eligible to participate in
the benefits of the Act However
the Act provides THAT in order to
assist the aged of the several states
who have no state system of old
age pensions until an opportunity is
afforded the several states to pro-
vide for a state plan, including fin
ancial participation by the states,
and Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this title, the Secretary OF
the Treasury shall pay to each state
for each quarter until not later
than July l, 1887, TO be used ex-
elusively as Old-age assistance, In
lieu of the amount payable under
the provisions of clause ID of this
subsection, an amount sufficient to
afford old-age assistance to each
needy individual within the state
who at the time of such expenditure
is sixty-fiVe years of age or older,
and who is declared by such agency
as may be designated by the Social
Security Board to be atitled to re-
ceiYe the same:
Provided further, That no person
VINO is an inmate of a public insti-
tuition shall receive such old-age as
sistance, nor shall any individual
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-08-23
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Rev. Russell F. Petersen, Pastor
1890 a. m. Morning Worship; The
Eternal Question; Are You
Saved ?"
u noon Bible School: "Barnabas,
A Consecrated Man" study Acts
chapters.
1880 p. m. Evening Worship: Man
Sees the Outward Appearance;
God Knows the Heart"
Wednesday. 7;30 p. m. Prayermeet-
ing in the Church parlor
COME. LET US WORSHIP GOD
TOGETHER.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-08-23

Commonly known as the Social
Security Act, H. R. 1850. a bill to
establish a system OF federal old
age benefits to make provision for
aged persons, dependent and
crippled children, maternal and
child welfare. and unemployment
insurance, passed both houses of
congress August in its fin..l
amended form as reported out of
conference. Inasmuch as this legis-
lation has been completely endorsed
by the Administration and listed
among the important bills that
must" be passed. it is believed that
1t will be approved by the Presi-
dent in. the immediate future.
The Social Security Act does not
provide outright federal pensions to
aged persons but it is planned to
provide financial cooperation with
the various states that have pension
laws meeting the requirements of
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-08-23
Washington News
Letter
(FrOm Delegate DimOnd's Offios

Legislation to provide for Yaca-
tions for government employees and
to standardize sick leave for civilian
employees was introduced in the
House June II by Robert Ramspeck,
chairman of the House committee
on the Civil Service.
The proposed legislation is sepa-
rated In two bills: H. r. SASS, to
provide for vacations, and H. r.
S459. to standardize sick leave. The
bill first mentioned would entitle all
permanent employees, with the ex-
ception of teachers and Librarians
of the public schools OF the District
of Columbia, to receive thirty days
annual leave each calendar year,
exclusive of Sundays and holidays,
and any unused leave would ac-
cumulate until 1t totals not to ex-
coed one hundred and twenty days
This would put employees back
on the same basis for leave of abb
sence that most of the Departments
recognized prior to the reduction of
leave established by the Economy
Act H. R. S459. to standardize
sick leave would provide cumulative
sick leave would provide cumulative
one and one-fourth days for each
month not to exceed, however, one
hundred and twenty days. Admins
tratiYe officers may advance thirty
days sick leave with pay beyond ac-
crued sick leave in cases Of serious
disability or ailments and when re-
quired by the exigencies of the stu
alton. Both of these bills passed the
House August 8 after action on
them had been delayed in one way
and another for some days.
The proposed legislation is of
particular interest to the Federal
employee in Alaska in that both
bills have a section in them pro-
viding that Nothing in this Act
shall be construed to prevent the
continuance of any existing leave
differential now obtaining for the
benefit of employees of the Federal
Government stationed outside the
continental limits of the United
States" Another point that the
Alaska employee will appreciate is
the definite accumulation of leave
for four months, for under a non
accumulatiVe system it has hardly
been possible for an employee in
some parts of Alaska to take va
cation in the time allowed.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-08-23
CARD OF THANKS

I wish to express my sincere APP
probation to all friends and neigh
bors for the many services extend
ed and the great kindness shown to
me in my bereavement.
J. G. ROBERTS.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-08-23

Miss Margaret Weightman. gov
eminent nurse, returned this week
from Petersburg where she has
spent the past month.