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The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
Baseball's Doom

they told few years ago, is
doomed because Of interference from other
sports. People prefer golf, tennis, fishing, boat
ing and motoring because they can participate in
stead of watch 1t sounded logical
Fact is, however, that baseball quite generally is
enjoying prosperity. In towns like Lamberton
Sanborn, Wabasso, Wanda and others with strong
teams and friendly rivalry with neighboring towns,
the crowds usually are excellent. The number
who sat in the blazing sun here July to watch the
game was evidence enough that interest in the
sport is by no means extinct.
Baseball has suffered through the years be-
cause of quarrels, protests and the unsportsman-
like doings that lead to protests use of inexperi
enced or dishonest umpires and mob fights at
games, These things have been as great handi-
cap as competition from other sports.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
Backward
Chances
FIFTY YEARS AGO

H. D. Chollar and w. F. Dick
inson were elected to the school
board Israel L. Alexander
shot and killed his father-in-law,
Charles Bowers Isaac Leslie
at Delhi finished his new 58x28
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
The three youngest children of
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis DeGroat died
within "a hours as q result Of
complications from measles A.
Asleson and G. A. Patton were ell
ected to the school board j.
Alfred Johnson shipped . carload
Of mules from Aledo, Illinois
which were to be on sale at Delhi
>. The Commercial club was in
stalled in its new rooms over The
Gazette office.
TEN YEARS AGO
The Redwood Falls fife and
drum corps won first place at
the Second District Legion con-
vention at Window H. NJ. San
dagger died at Belview First
National Bank was closed w.
L. Hardy was given the contract
for erecting the dance pavilion at
the fair grounds Miss Bernice
Whittet and Ambrose Van Zant
were married at Brainerd DR..
and Mrs. II. ]. Henze and daugh-
tiers, Janet and Katherine left for
Long Beach, California and Mr..
and Mrs. Earl McPherson and
children also left for California
where they expected to make their
homes.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
Cheaper Housing

Recently The Tribune published editorial
from another newspaper comparing the buying of
automobiles with the buying of homes This article
stated that people were buying automobiles before
they bought homes and assigned the reason
that the automobile industry had put its product
within the reach of the masses, while home owner
ship is beyond the reach of the average family.
Now Purdue university has started an expert
ment along these lines. A tract of 143 acres has
been acquired west of the university campus where
homes of different types will be built. Experiments
will be made in heating, ventilation, air condition
ing, insulation, sewer construction, and types OF
building materials. The homes will be occupied by
university professors and accurate records kept OF
upkeep
Owen D. Young is one of the hackers OF this
project and he predicts that within the next few
years more than a million low priced homes will
be built in this country.
From our own observation we believe Purdue
is on the right track Here in this locality there
is a demand for modern low priced homes, but the
cost is too great for the average worker This
probably is due to q number of causes and the
Purdue experiment will discover many facts winch
will enable contractors to build better home at
lower cost-Tribune, Chesterton, Indiana.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
Public Records

HE old argument as to the right of the public
to know what transpires in offices maintained
by public funds, flared again last week at
Wayzata, Minnesota, where the editor of the week.
ly newspaper sought the right to examine the re-
cords Of the local justice of the peace
Why anyone in public office should feel that his
official acts and the records he is required to main
tain for his private use, sacred from the eyes of
the public which elects and maintains him is diff
cult to understand. Usually the person guilty Of
this attitude is one in office and suffering
from an attack of swell-headedness over being
chosen for public service, or who has held Of
flee past the period of usefulness. Why should
public records be kept if not for public informa-
ton?
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
Let Them Swim

4 LMOST essential in the minds of modern
~ parents as teaching children to walk, talk
and read and write, is seeing that they have
instruction in swimming and how to handle them
selves under various conditions in the water.
Years ago great percentage of the men never
learned to swim and few attempted to learn,
handicapped with the modest suits of that period,
extending from shins to wrists and equivalent to
bathing fully dressed.
Today water sports extremely popular and
contribute considerable to the building of strong
bodies. Their popularity makes it essential that
everyone knows how to handle ones self in the wa
ter.
For the next two three weeks, expert instruc-
tion will be offered at Lake Redwood, in classes
arranged to provide training to beginners as we'll
as persons in all stages of proficiency. They are
free to all who care to attend All who can are
urged to avail themselves of the opportunity.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
@3Gary's s
Little &

History repeats itself. Last
week there was Sioux outbreak
at Fort Ripley where Bunny Wes-
terman, Irate Indian, gave Frank
Bishop, husky shaver-offer, well
broken jaw which put him in Eli
tel hospital. What we want to
know is, who held the Rabbit up
while he delivered the sock?
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Which reminds us or the time
that Bunny brought a promising
Indian athlete friend from Has
kell, or some such place, to Red
wood Falls. Coach Brown, with
frightening Of the eye, took
note of the muscular young man,
determined that he was eligible
for high school basketball ETAI
for high school football, and
thenceforward dined him, bought
him a new suit of clothes and put
him to bed in preparation for a
good mornings gridiron practice.
upon arising the coach found the
young mans bed empty and the
Fellow evidently departed. Search
ing later in the day, the coach
found Bunny and inquired as to
the disposition of his friend, "Oh,"
says bunny, "He's one of those
Vanishing Americans"
Clarence Bake has found out
(and how!D why Lucky Strikes
aren't on display at the Mint cafe.
And now county newspapers can
get Charlie Wagner to run for a
county office and be sure he won't
buy thing from Miller-Davis.
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TRAITOR OF the Week: Mrs.
W. R. Goudy of Seaforth, Gazette
correspondent for nigh unto .25
years, sends a neat little story to
the Reporters Cuff, i. But we
can take it right off the cuff.
Mrs. Goudy drove through
Tracy recently. In the residence
district, she noticed something
unusual-a huge cast iron stork
sitting up in the center of a rock
garden at one of the homes.
Being newspaper women, Mrs.
Goudy pulled over to the curb and
spoke to the lady of the house,
who was working in the garden:
Pardon me- she asked, but
would you mind telling me about
that big stork? It's so unusual, I
had to ask you if it had any sig
nificance
The lady of the house sighed
and replied:
We'll if it has any significance,
l wish you'd tell me what it is.
I've been married 26 years and
have lived here 20 and it hasn't
delivered the goods yet
49,
AS long as we're clipping, we've
decided to make good week Of
it. From the Springfield Advance
Press comes the following:
There's an old German song
that contains the line, so holt und
schoen und rein.' All three of
them will be at the younger
Democrats" meeting at st. Paul
tomorrow and Saturday. There
will be Senator Holt and Con-
gresham Ryan and no doubt
Scott Schoen, the Redwood edi-
tor"
Schoen, by the way, means
beautiful. We think he's simply
gorgeous every Saturday.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18

A man, desiring to test the value OF
advertising, took one thousand dollars and
divided it equally among daily newspapers,
country weeklies, street cars, radio stations,
circular letter firms and bill boards. He
kept record of his returns. He found that
he made profit of 143 per cent on his coun-
try weekly advertising; Ill per cent on his
daily advertising; 50 per cent on his street
car advertising; 49 per cent on his radio ad-
vertising, while he lost q per cent on his bill
board advertising, and A per cent on his
circular letters. That is not surprising, be-
cause it proves that the profitable ad is the
ad that people come in contact with oftenest.
Murray County Herald.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
Tyson Oil Station
Features New Pumps

The Tyson Service station, re-
Gently moved from the corner Of
Mill and Bridge streets to the east
intersection Of highways 10 and
II, features three new computing
pumps by which the amount Of
gasoline and the price are auto
matically registered on q chrome
dial on the pump proper. All
modernistically designed, the cent
er pump is built with . glass show
case for oils. A new hydraulic
hoist and grease room have also
been added to the station, owned
by Tom Tyson.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
BathrObes and Pack Sacks

The story is being told Of these farmers
who went to Alaska at the government ex-
pense.
One of them went into store at Du-
luth to get the outfit which he was supposed
to have. Among the items OF clothing was
bathrobe.
A bathrobe is good thing. Of course,
every farmer should have one. But this
particular farmer thought that he could get
along without one. He asked if he might
forego the robe and get an extra Jacket,
shirt or pair of pants. He thought that
these things might be more useful.
But he was told that he was to take the
bathrobe. The government had decreed
what he was to have and the Judgment OF
the government must never be questioned.
There was time when the pack sack
was the symbol of the pioneer. The govern
ment has substituted the bathrobe..Grand
Rapids Herald Review.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18

From q wedding account In the
LaKeIleid Standard: "Mr. Ander-
son wore a blue figured suit with
white accessories and corsage of
Talisman roses"
What, no Swainsonia
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Nate Bovee, county agent, gives
the following advice for ridding
lawns of dandelions, "Go to your
butcher and buy three and a half
pounds of small bones, beef
bones, chicken bones, any
kind Of small bones. Take them
home and bury them at intervals
about the yard. Leave for one
day. Then the dogs will come and
dig them up, taking the dande-
lions with them" /. Personally,
we've always preferred sodium
chlorate.
Our librarian doesn't want to
circulate, "Of Time and The Riv-
er" on the grounds that the book
is too sophisticated for Redwood
Falls From what we see up
and down the street, the publish
ing houses are going to have a
heck of a time keeping ahead of
US.
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The Question of The Week:
Where was Winter when the
Proxies came out?
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A recent headline in the Daily
Gazette read "Free Show Next
Monday Night; An Eclipse of the
Moon" "For while," one of
our readers said 81 thought you
meant real one, not just NOV
lie" +. And Don Buckley thinks
he doesn't get the breaks!
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AS we spill the weekly dirt, Ish
Jueneman sits behind us writing
his girl letter Con Gazette sta
tionery, God bless him). "How",
asks Ish, "Do you spell ladder"
-. The boys either planning a
Romeo or seriously inquiring how
the girls stockings wear.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18

Movie star muffs chance to be real hero" says
4 beSdIine, That's one Hollywood yarn that was
~ prepared by publicity director.
The Washington times., 1935-02-26
COLLEGE YOUTH
| Of PAST GONE

COLLEGE PARK, Md, Feb. 26.
Recent findings of the Carnegie
Institute to the effect that the
rah, rah, college boy is a thing #
the past in American universities
today are corroborated by Scolastic
records at the University of Mary
land.
John Guckeyson of Chevy Chase,
Md. a three-letter varsity athlete,
was the outstanding backfield man
of the football team last season,
but managed to make one of the
highest scholastic averages of the
semester. And he is not a frater-
nifty man.
Another important aspect of
college life on the Maryland cam
pus is the activity of the debat-
ing team, an institution which
would have been Stunned by the
rah, rah boys of a generation ago.
But now the entire university is
agog over the approaching formal
debate with Stamford University
on the subject: Resolved that all
collective bargaining should be
negotiated through non-comr my
unions, Safeguarded by law.
The Washington times., 1935-02-26
DECREED
To MATR|C|DE

BELLEv1LLE, Ont, Feb. 26
G.N.SO -Convicte of the
hatchet murder of his 76-year-old
mother, Harold w. Vermilyea, Of
Ontario, Cal, was sentenced to
death today by Justice Nicol
Jeffrey.
Unless an appeal is entered by
Vermilyea'S defense counsel, he
will be hanged May 2.
The jury declared Vermilyea
guilty despite a defense plea of
insanity buttresSed by admissions
from his sister, Mrs. j. A.
Faulkner, wife of the Ontario
minister of health, regarding a
strain of insanity in the Yer.
milyea family.
The victim, Mrs. Nathaniel Yer
milyea, was killed here last Oc-
tober 4, at the doorstep of the
Faulkner residence. Vermilyea,
born here IS years ago, moved
to California more than 20 years
ago. Under his mothers will he
was to have received a $4,000
share in her estate. The crown
charged Vermilyea came here
early in october, committed the
murder, ana then returned to
California, where he was ar.
rested.
The Washington times., 1935-02-26
Enemy Sends
Hauptmann
Razor Blade

TRENTON, N. j., Feb. 26
U.N.S0.-A gift" for Bruno
Richard Hauptmann was deliv-
cred at the office of Governor
Harold G.. Hoffman today.
1t was a brand new razor
blade, together with a sugges-
ton that it's use would save the
State the cost of an appeal.
A letter enclosed with the
blade said:
Dear Sir:
"My contribution to Bruno
tell him to use this and save
the taxpayers the burden Of the
expense Of maintaining him and
cost Of an appeal.
"If he were in Germany, he
would have gotten the az long
ago with Herr Hitler"
The letter, postmarked Jersey
City, was signed:
"One Of His Enemies"
The Washington times., 1935-02-26
COLD WAVE HITS
D. c. TONIGHT

Sweeping in from the Midwest,
a cold wave was forecast for
Washington tonight by the
Weather Bureau, which will send
the mercury down to %.
The atmosphere will remain
cloudy throughout the day and
night, the bureau said, and tomor-
row will be clear and cold.
The wave, coming on the heals
of several days of spring-like
weather, originated in northern
Canada and swept down through
the Midwest as far as Texas. The
mercury was sent down to below
zero temperatures in several cities,
the bureau said.
The wave is now spreading east
ward and is expected to hit the
Capital tonight, lasting for several
days.
The Washington times., 1935-02-26
BILLIARDS. KILL
IS IN WEST

CHICAGO, Feb. 26 G.N.SO.
Snow-locked highways and icy
temperatures remained today in
the wake of a two-day onslaught
Of blizzards, dust storms and tor
nadoes that swept across the up
per Central States. An estimated
toll of 16 deaths was blamed on
the wintry storms.
A general cold wave that saw
the mercury drop to 10 degrees
above zero this morning will give
way to warmer weather by night
fall, Government forecasters said.
Although the western blizzard
that left deep snow in Iowa,
northern Illinois, southern Wis
consin and Michigan swept
around Chicago, rain and snow
t1'rned to a dangerous coating Of
ice that impeded traffic here.
Motor traffic in southern Wis
consin was paralyzed by ten
inches Of snowfall, while the storm
blanketed Freeport and Rockford,
in northern Illinois, with eight
inches Of snow.
Three buses carrying IS pass
engers were stalled in deep drifts
near Blue Mound, Wis, for sew
eral hours before help reached
them.
Airplane service to the North
west was paralyzed. Trains arriv-
ing here from the storm area to
the West were delayed.
The Washington times., 1935-02-26
Taxpayers Urged
To File Returns Late

NEW YORK, Feb. 26 CU.sO.
All income tax payers we're called
upon yesterday to withhold filing
their tax returns until March Is,
in statement made by Raymond
Pitcairn, national chairman of
the Sentinels Of the Republic.
The delay, Mr.. Pitcairn said,
would give Secretary of the Treas
ury Morgenthau and Revenue De-
partment officials time to appear
before congressional committees
and give Congress opportunity to
repeal the "inquisitorial pink slip
law" requiring public posting Of
private income figures, before the
final filing date.
Mr.. Pitcairn has challenged
Senator La Toilette. sponsor of the
income publicity move, to a ma
tional radio debate. The Senator
so far has ignored the challenge,
but Mr.. Pitcairn aims to secure
another antagonist willing to de.
fend the La Toilette bill.
The Washington times., 1935-02-26
.HAUP MANN s
FAVORS RAPED.

TRENTON, N. j., Feb. 26 Q.N.SD
A hunger strike of inmates of the
death house of the New Jersey
State prison was reported under
way today in protest against spe-
cial favors said to be granted
Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
The prisons grapevine" tele-
graph brought reports that the
other death house inmates were
incensed over special visiting
privileges granted the convicted
killer of the Lindbergh baby.
Two mattresses on his cot while
other prisoners have one and Spe-
cial permission regarding smoking
were reported to be other matters
of protest.
Michael Mule, condemned Tren.
ton gunman, and John Savorita,
murderer from Fort Lee, were
named as the men who had started
hunger striking.
Look how they treat that baby
Snatcher," Mule is reported to have
screamed as the guards were
changed last night.
It was said the men also were
incensed by the ''honor" paid
Hauptmann by the presence of a
special guard with whom he can
talk and play games. The special
guard has been assigned to Haupt-
mann to forestall any possible at.
tempt at suicide.
The Washington times., 1935-02-26
GANG ROUNDUP
SEEN NEAR IN
SLAY|NGS
Outside HoodIums Blamed
For Killing of 2 Workers
Jan. Fl in Chevy Chase

Three men, accused of plotting
to rob three Capital Transit Com
pany car barns, were held for
the Grand Jury under $4,000
bond each today in Police Court
BY Justice John P. Mcmahon.
The accused are Lawrence
Franklin Petit. 27. Richard B.
Boyle, 27, and George T. Bruf.
fey, 80. The men were arrested
February / by Jerry Hobbs, OF
the Montgomery county police.
Plot Discovered
Hobbs entered a poolroom, en-
joying a day off, when he became
ACQUAINTED with the men, who
sought to take him into the rob-
berry plot, police reported.
At the time Hobbs was working
with local detectives on the dou
BILE murder at the Chevy Chase
car barn. The men were ques
toned concerning the murder.
The search for the slayers OF
two Capital Transit Company en-
ployes at the car barn January 81
may result in a roundup Of Grim
inal gang within a short time,
police limited today.
Outsiders Blamed
At the same time it was indi-
Gated the search has narrowed
to a hunt for three known gun
men, not inhabitants of Wash
ington's gangSter world, who
came to the Capital broke and
staged the fatal robbery in q
spontaneous fashion.
It was learned today from In
spector Frank S. w. Burke, chief
of the detective bureau, that the
roundup of the gang will be staged
in an Eastern city," and that To-
cal detectives and Montgomery
county police assigned to the case
have been watching the out-of-
town hideout Of the slayers for
several days.
The Washington times., 1935-02-26
SENATORS FIRM
ONREL|EFPAY
FRANCES STANLEY
CONTINUED from Page u
sly the President and swing

(ContInued from rage ~
isfy the President and swing
enough votes to carry.
The substitute, embodied in the
Adams-Byrd plan, would appro.
pirate $1,000. 10000 for the FERA
and constitute a saving of three
billion dollars.
It appears to be about the only
method by which the AdminiStra.
ton can circumvent the McCar.
ran amendment, which ordered
payment of prevailing wage rates
on all relief projects.
All other substitutes proposed,
except that of Senator Long CD
of Louisiana, called for prevailing
wages. The Long plan, which
would expend $2,500,0000,000 on
highways, would allow State high
way agencies to fix wages.
Senator McCarran CD of Ne
vada will support the Adams
Byrd substitute if it is presented
to the Senate, while Senator
Townsend (RD of Delaware said;
"There wouldn't be a vote
against it in the Senate"
Under the Adams-Byrd plan
the Federal Emergency Relief Ad,
ministration could continue small
work relief projects, such as have
been utilized in the past year to
make men work for their relief
allotments.
The Washington times., 1935-02-26
Bill in New York
Bans Balm Suits

ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. rs G.N.S).
Breach of promise and alienation
Of affections suits would be out
lawed in New York State under
the terms of bill pending be.
fore the Legislature today.
The measure was introduced by
Senator John j. McNaboe, Man
haitian Democrat, who charged
widespread abuses under the ex.
isting law, with numerous in
stances of blackmail.
The Washington times., 1935-02-26
BATTLE ON TAX
|. PUBLICATION
STILL RACES
Representative Tells of Woman
Driven Insane by Wealth
Being Published
Universal Service

The battle for repeal of the
publicity provision in the income
tax law continues in the House
with one member declaring pub
lication of a woman's wealth had
caused her to lose her mind.
Representative Ball (DO Of
Missouri explained gangsters and
racketeers had bounded a woman
winner of a 100000 sweepstakes
prize two or three years ago with
the result she is now in an insane
asylum. He added:
"ThiS is just one of thousands
Of similar instances that may
occur 4El quick action is
taken and these publicity pro-
visions repealed between now
and March 49,"
The Washington times., 1935-02-26
Red, White, Blue
In Suit Sported
ByPreSident

HYDE PARK, N. Y. Feb. 26
UN.S0. - President Roosevelt
is giving his celebrated Scotch
tweed Neutrality-suspicious." suit
Q play as vacation apparel while
ct Hyde Park.
Evidently enjoying himself,
despite his congressional trou-
bles, he surprised his mother,
who is with him here, by ap-
pearing in the suit she brought
him on her return from Europe
last summer.
Usually a casual dresser. the
President has now two rough,
mannish fabric outfits, having
recently acquired one made of
material woven at the Hyde
Park industries established by
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.
The Washington times., 1935-02-26
Both Sides Claim
Victory in Strike

NEW YORK, Feb. 26 I.N.SO.
Both sides claimed victory today
in the strike of employees in 571
James Butler Grocery Stores.
James Butler, president of the
company controlling the stores,
said business was normal and all
strikers had been replaced. Union
officials countered with the declar
alton that "in dollars and cents
the strike is mighty effective"
The Washington times., 1935-02-26
Ickes AssaiIS Delay
On Work Relief Bill
International News Service

Although 100000 direct con.
struction site jobs were opened
up by PWA programs, between
July /, 1888, and December 81,
1884, jobs have fallen off approx,
mately Is per cent because of
completion of more than half of
the projects, PWA officials dis
closed today.
The delay in enactment of the
1880 million dollar work relief
measure will further delay putting
men back to work, in the opinion
of the PWA. Administrator Ickes
said:
There is great demand for
public works to continue. 1 am
receiving many letters daily.
think a public works measure
will be passed-it certainly
ought to be and without the
prevailing wage provisions"