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The Redwood gazette., 1936-12-03
s YEARS AGO

The state highway commission
er called for bids on paving be-
tween Redwood Falls and Mar
SHALL Sheriff L. j. Kise bought
an airplane to help in his work
Gilbert Corbett was promoted as
adjuster with a Sioux City Insur-
ance company Martha Hack
and Chester Alvin of New Ulm
were married. Mrs. Wilhelmine
Breitkreutz died. Frank Clague
received the Minnesota delega-
TONS support in running for
speaker of the house of represen-
tatives.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-12-03
Is YEARS AGO

The Odd Fellows were having
jack rabbit hunts with D. L. Grim
minis and j. w. Thomas as cap
tains.- Mrs. George Whittet, 26,
died. Fair grounds were to be
purchased at once Mrs. Ella
Hall Chollar died in Minneapolis.
= Robert Pile was reported mis-
sing H. D. Thorp opened his
new studio William Mathews
and Laura Baldwin were married.
= A. H. Emerson was county at
torney- Blaine McKay's car
burned Joseph Tyson and A. D.
McRae secured the Ford agency.
Mrs. H. N. Bell was given a
party as she was planning to
leave for the west coast Jack
Philbrick and Ben Fuller were
absent from high school.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-12-03
10 YEARS AGO

"Only 38" was presented at the
Lincoln school Mrs. E. E. Mos
ier's chickens won "a prizes at the
Northest Poultry show in ST.
Paul "Why The Chimes Rang"
was selected as the high school
cantata.- A new front was being
built on the Aune and Thune
store The village of Milroy
honored Mr.. and Mrs. William
Duncan at party prior to their
moving to Mankato.- Fred Suen-
sing died. Mrss Orlene Raverty,
high school teacher, broke her leg
in a fall DIR. w. A. Brand and
DR.. E. H. johnson moved their Of
fees to the Granite Block Ru-
fus Rand, state commander of the
American Legion spoke at ban
quet and rally here.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-02
Looking Back
Through Time
Excerpts from the Herald of Thur,
March 80, 1916-Items of In
terest of Twenty Years Ago

At the election of the Independ-
ent School district held Saturday,
]. A. Caughren and C. d. Marshall
were unanimously reelected to sue
coed themselves as members of the
Board of Education.
l.. j. Irish has purchased from
A. G. Whitney, of st. Cloud,
through o. B. Winslow, of this city,
the crack high-bred Percheron stall
lion, Bankor, the price being $1,000.
The third annual style show CIV
en- at the Boston Store by living
models Saturday night drew a
crowd which filled the large build
ing to OVERLOOKING.
Jonas Didier, residing west of the
city, has gone to Chicago for a Wis
1t with relatives and to look over
the city which was his birthplace.
He had not been back for % years
and hopes to see many changes.
With the close of the winter,
"lumberjacks" are coming down
from the north woods in large
numbers. Every *" line train
brings a quota of them. Almost in
variably these men wait until they
arrive here to buy their spring
Outfits" and local clothing and
shoe merchants are getting the
benefits.
Sank Centre Is way out in front
when 1t comes to raising large
hogs. This week Brown Bros.
bought from Frank Schmiesing
two Yorkshires weighing 625
pounds each and gave a check for
sos for the porkers.
Ben Carpenter has purchased the
Henry Hanson home on Main
Street just north of the viaduct
and with his family will move there
next week.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-02

Folks, these games are under the
lights. Four home games with a
possibility of five. Though five
would raise hob with the home sea-
SON of 81. II you chuckle over Har-
vey's worries pipe the schools OPP
ening date, the 14th, and then
glance slyly at the first scheduled
game and subtract. So what? you
say. So 1t leaves four days, we re-
tort. Thus Harvey will probably
roll in this city on Sept 1, and If
those guys don't get knocked into
shape in two weeks time-he'll
know the reason why.
49,
It's no wonder that coaches are
working their fingers to the bone
to get a chance at spring football.
The locals need fullback and a
halfback badly--two new men in
the backfield doesn't listen so good.
For three nights a week football
will be given it's chance this spring.
Fundamentals, hard driving-ball
handling-and headwork, will be
stressed and all the while Harv
will, listen to this you prospective
football players, have his weather
eye cooked for backfield material,
Two nights week track will be
given a toss. But be not dismay-
ed. Baseball will come in for a
time, but 1t will have to be later.
Because of the short season it has
been thrown out of most schools.
and finding a game to schedule is
like looking for an idea in this
"hyar kollum." But to give impetus
to the Legion's Junior club it will
be given a short concentrated sling
in the latter days of spring. So the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-02
State News Briefs
Buys Old Can for loo; Finds $50 In Bottom

Cokato.-The boom days of 1929 with us
again. An investment of 10 cents by Cokato man
brought return of $50 last week. 1t isn't often in
ordinary life that investment of a few pennies
cast upon the waters come back in the form of
than half hundred dollars, but that is just what
happened to Emory Davidson when he purchased
an old cream can at the Lee York auction sale, and
found on returning home that he had 500. The mon
ey was found in an old tin pail in the bottom of
pile of assorted bolts nuts chains and things which
had been thrown into the cream can. However the
investment profits were not long-lived. The money
was promptly returned to the bank, to be credited to
Mr. York, although there seems to be why
the money did not belong to the man who purchased
the cream can.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-02

magazine writer should know that
mercial club, Chamber of Com
merce, Community Club, or any
other such group today does as
much and more than any service
club yet invented. The name itself
covers a multitude of responsible
tiles and community duties that
this remote control" magazine
writer evidently could never grasp.
Of course, such an organization
should be supported and kept alive
FIRST. After that a service club
is perfectly in order, for it fills a
gap and is performing a long-need-
ed function.
A service club has plenty of at
tributes and will continue to grow,
but its growth will never be aided
an iota by such emissions from a
"broad-minded" magazine writer
Eveleth Clarion.
In regard to the demands of the
federal social security board that
more money be provided for the ad-
ministration of the Minnesota old
age assistance law, a dispatch from
Washington says letters from the
board are going out to the state
board of control and to Gov. Floyd
B. Olson asking assurance that at
it's next session the legislature will
raise the limit" There is the char
acteristic attitude of the Washing
ton bureaucrat. The state board
Of control has no authority to
pledge the legislative action Of a
legislature which has not yet been
either nominated or elected, nor
has any governor a right to pledge
the legislature and certainly not
Floyd B. Olson, who is not even a
candidate to be governor at the
time the next legislature meets.
Such distators as Mussolini, Hitler,
and Stain are the only persons who
can pledge what the action Of their
respective so-called legislative boz
dies will be, but it cannot be done,
and no one should expect it to be
done in a democracy. The whole
trouble is that in it's mental atti-
tude towards the problems Of gov
eminent, a bureaucracy Is a full
blood-brother of a dictatorship
Morris Tribune.
Oh, For Shame!
The Park Region Echo, one Of
Minnesota's weeklies even though
it's political religion happens to be
Farmer-Laborite, last week derided
the idea of the special session Of
the legislature allowing $4,000 to
the counties to administer the pen
sion law and only $4,000 to the
state commission for the same pur-
pose.
Administering the state end of
the program is not going to be such
a whale of a job as most of the
work will have to be done by the
counties in which the applications
are made. Yet the counties get an
average of only $4,000 each against
the states $4,000. When one con-
siders the large amount that will
be needed in the thickly populated
counties it is not going to leave
much for the smaller or larger
number of counties. But The Echo
solves it easily by saying only a
$500 stenographer is needed in each
of the counties.
Now we ask the Echo If that is
consistent with Farmer-Labor prin-
ciples-paying public office stem
ographer $500 year or $25 a
month? If that is the amount that
administration appointees and en-
ployes get for that kind Of work
then we certainly cannot see where
their claims to being the friends Of
the working people come from. We
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-02

boys will trip gracefully to tn
diamond after football an,
track have rounded off the roug
edges.
Racket wielders have been
cunning this corner TO go back
on the Trail of the Lonesome
Court" which agitation we
dropped fatty during the As
winter. But with q bit of spring
weather to put life back into
the old bones we turn unhesi-
tatingly 10 the tennis court pro-
blem. There Is now only one
court that to our knowledge
will be In circulation In early
spring-unless something is
done. MIR. Svenneby In his beau
LITIGATION project for this city
has visioned q court or two on
the lake shore and tennis fans
are right behind him. The cla-
NOR for more courts has come
loud and long from the pro-
teges of the sport, and they de-
sire to make some arrange
ments with the Country Club
for the use of their two courts.
Looks like they can get the nee
essary funds IL said agreement
can be made.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-02

always thought they stood for bet
ter living conditions for stenogra-
piers as well as truck drivers.
OF course, if the state will hire
only $500 stenos to do the work of
their administration, then they
should be able to hire SO stenos,
about the same as the counties will
need, and still have $4,000 left for
salary for the state administrator.
That will be a big help to the I'M
employment situation.
Funny what a fellow can do with
a few figures.-St. Cloud Sentinel
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-02
EDITORIAL
COMMENT
From Our Exchanges

1t used to be that people did not
want to go to the poor house. They
did not want to be taken care of by
the government or by their neigh
bors. Each person wanted to take
care of himself or at least feel that
he could take care of himself. It
was the matter of retaining ones
self respect. That spirit of COM
mendable personal pride seems to
have disappeared. At the same time
has grown up a spirit of careless
ness as to the feeling of the value
of property and the sacredness of
ownership. So many help them
selves to things whether they have
any right of title or not. Whether
it is yours or mine, does not mat
ter. If I want it I'll take it.-Glen-
wood Herald.
Which Would You Prefer?
Speaking before a group of bust
ness men S. Wells Utley recently
told of an automobile driver who
was taken before the judge for
speeding.
"Well, hurry up and do whatev-
er you're going to do" the driver
snapped, "for I'm in a hurry. You
can't do anything to me anyhow"
When the judge recovered from
that amazing speech he exclaimed,
who do you think you are that
you can talk to me in this man.
ner?"-only to be met with the
calm reply: II am the chauffeur of
the warden Of Sing Sing prison and
I'm lifer."
That man, said Mr.. Utley, had
achieved economic security. All his
life the government will take care
of him, feed him, clothe him, doc
tor him, and relieve him of taxes.
Which would you prefer, his secur-
ity or your freedom!-Blue Earth
County Enterprise.
Pardon Our Indignity
Occasionally there hobs on the
horizon an editor of national
magazine whose eyesight and vision
is so hazy and stunted as to cause
those who are close to ordinary
peOple anu communities W DiuSii
for his unlearned aspect. Behind his
desk in a big noisy city this indiv-
idual seems to have lost all sight
of everything but noise, smoke,
crowds, and machines.
The editor of the Lion is an ex-
ample, or at least the individual
who has been given the assign
ment of writing the editorials for
this magazine. The main office is
in Chicago, with the great bulk Of
the subscribers being in smaller
cities and towns throughout the
country. We do not mean to cast
any disparaging remarks about the
Lions club. Being charter MEM
Der and consistent attendant at
meetings it has perhaps meant
more to us than the service club
has meant to the editor of the or
ganization's magazine.
The heading of the lead editorial
in this magazine for March tells
the story in nutshell: mo Local
Outfit Can Take the Place Of a
Lions Club" He takes to task the
editor of a small town newspaper
who has the "affrontery" (and we
call it loyalty to seek to revive a
dormant Business Mems Associa-
ton before advocating a service
club in his town. The benighted
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-02

New Ulm.-The winds blew fell and mer-
curry tumbled below But in New Ulm during re-
cent weeks tropical fruit has been growing with
much more enthusiasm than the average fruit grows
In It's natural habitat Proof of this phenomenon
furnished when Stoeskert brothers, greenhouse-keep
ers extraordinary exhibited huge lemon fresh from
tree in their glass-covered conservatory. One of
the several giant specimens, the lemon was six in
ches across and five and one-haf inches long when
measured through the center tape measure
stretched 1914 inches around it's grth while measur-
ed from top to bottom is Is inches in circumfer-
ence. Its weight is mere pound, liz ounces
One year the Stoeckerts had lemon from which
they made three pies.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-02

Iakefield.-Mrs. Lester Norgrant believes in mir
acles now. About five years ago she lost her high
school class ring The other day Mr.. A E. Norgrants
car stopped and the battery had to be repaired When
the cover lifted above the battery Einar Jensen
found the ring, laying in the frame of the car. The
ring had apparently been riding the frame for
the past five years while its hunted high and
low for it.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
on Licenses
Faced by Traders

ROCKVILLE, Md, May ga
10 per cent penalty will be added
to all traders licenses issued in
Montgomery county after May 81,
Clayton K. Watkins, clerk of the
Circuit Court, warned here today.
Watkins said since this is a
State requirement he had no dis
cretion, but must add the 10 per
cent penaty for each month after
May that the licensee fails to Sc
cure a license or a renewal. They
may be renewed by mail or in per-
son at the Rockville courthouse.
The clerks office will be closed
all day Saturday in observance Of
Decoration Day.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
A|L|NG JUROR
HEARS CASE

Rather than allow an important
District Supreme Court trial, in
which he is a juror. to be diScon-
tinued, Moe l.. Lounsbury. $50
pound talisman. who underwent
a minor operation yesterday, came
into court in a wheel chair today.
Lounsbury is a member of the
jury that for the past month has
been hearing evidence in the trial
of seven persons, including three
PWA engineers on a charge of
conspiring to defraud the Govern
ment in connection with a $5,000,-
900 irrigation canal project in Will
lacy county, Texas.
The jury was locked up during
the first month of the trial and
Justice F. D. Let's relented only
last week to allow the jurors to
visit their homes. The defendants
have been on bail.
Senator Tom Connally, Repre-
sentative Luther johnson and
Representative Milton West, all of
Texas, and c. N. Avery, prominent
in Texas politics, were on the
stand today as character witnesses
for three of the defendantS-Perry
A. Welty, Frank McElWrath and
William A. Harding, Texas lr-lga-
ton district officials.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
Ken Murray
Says:

Automobile fuel manufactuF.
ers in this country were startled
to learn that, because of the
high price of gasoline, Italy is
planning to use wine as q
motor fuel q. . If that happens,
it's really going to take a good
mechanic to tell whether a
motor is missing or merely hic.
cupping.
Personally, I'd imagine the
Italian pedestrians would be
kinda afraid that the use Of
wine would make the cars act
like ii Duce =. You know, sOrta
drunk with power.
OF course, if this idea be.
comes general in our big cities.
suppose they'll have to ar.
range all their traffic lights by
the Stagger system.
And, too, it'll be awfully EN-.
barraSsing to the driver if every
time he stops his car at the
curb, it tries to lie down in
the gutter.
But regardless of what kind
of wine motorists use in their
tanks, I'll bet the police will
still continue to use Side-cars
for a chaser.
Copyright, 1885. by McNauEht
Syndicate, Inc.l
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
4 Pretty Kittens
Offered TOdQu
For Adoption

AS pretty kittens as can possibly
be found anywhere are being Of
fered for adoption today. There
are four kittens, two months old,
two males. Three are tiger kit
tens and the other is black and
white.
Their present owner wishes to
give them to persons who have
homes with yards and where they
will have excellent care. Apply
to Miss M. L. Sherman, 209 Var
mum st. N. W. adams 4434, after
6 p. M. if you wish to have one
of these kittens for your pet.
A very fine male cat is also being
given away today. This is a large
Maltese cat, one year old. He, is
a good mouser, affectionate, loves
to be with children and gets along
we'll with dogs. If you would like
to become the owner of this pet,
notify Mrs. L. M. Orndorff, 2710
Lorcom Lane, Cherrydale. Va.
(Telephone, Walnut 6896).
The pet editor of The Times,
through this column, will assist
in finding homes for cats and
dogs that must be placed in other
homes.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
BOY, IA, FLEES
HIS STUDIES

His dislike for studies at the
Stewart Junior High School may
have caused Walter Malone, jr.,
IA, to run away from home, his
mother told police today.
Walter, who lives at 1117 Abbey
Pl. N. E., was last seen yesterday
afternoon near Florida fruit trucks
at the market at Fifth Street and
Florida Avenue, his mother said.
Mrs. Mahoney said she repri-
manded Walter yesterday for miss
ing school and he left the house
without telling her where he was
going.
Police this morning asked police
in Southern cities to look for the
missing boy. He was wearing gray
trousers, brown shirt, baseball cap
and brown shoes. He had no
money, his mother told police.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
DR.. zook 10 Address
Graduates at Howard

DR.. George Frederick zook,
president of the American Coun-
Gil of Education, will deliver the
commencement address to the
graduating class at Howard Uni
versity on June 5.
Other commencement events
include the annual R. o. T. C. re-
view in the stadium Friday at
1870 p. M, the baccalaureate SER
mon by Dr.. Mordecai w. johnson
Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock,
senior cap and gown exercises
next Wednesday at noon. and the
prese of The Beaux
Stratagem" by the Howard Play
ers Thursday night.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
ASKS WEAPON
TO BATTLE
SENATOR'S
Fight on Local Funds
Carried to Floor in
Effort to Cut Cash

Representative Thomas L. Blan-
ton, chairman of the House con.
ferees, today sought to have the
House reaffirm it's action on three
major points of controversy in the
District supply bill.
He asked that the House in.
struct him and his committee col.
leagues to insist that the Senate
yield on the slash in Federal con-
tribution, the House language for.
bidding District employees whose
salaries is $2,400 a year to accept
outside employment, and recede
from the Senate amendment to
provide funds to continue the
character education program.
1t was the hope of the commit
tee chairman that the House
would approve the resolution so
that he can report that action
back to the Senate conferees, and
thus be armed to continue his ad-
amant position.
Since the resolution is consid.
cred of highest privilege it was
taken up Immediately with the
prospect that the debate would
last for one or two hours.
It is believed likely, however,
that despite what action the
House may take the Senate still
will refuse to yield since the Pres
ident already has indicated he will
support the Senate in demanding
that the Federal contribution be
$5,700,000 instead of $2,700,000
as proposed by the House.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
PLEA
FOR BEARD
RENEWED
and Fellows
Seek Probation or
Cut in Sentence

Samuel r. Beard, former Wash
ington gambler, and IL associates
who are serving prison terms for
conspiracy to violate the gaming
laws, today renewed their plea for
leniency.
Boards associates asked the
court either to allow them their
liberty on probation or else to re-
duce their sentences. Beard Is not
eligible for probation because Of
a prior offense, but he was in
cluded in the motion for reduction.
The principal defendant is
serving from two to six years in
prison and was transferred to At
lanta, presumably because enforce
ment authorities thought he might
retain control of the gambling en-
pire which he headed here for
more than 20 years. His aSsoci-
ateS are serving one to three years
in Occoquan and Lorton.
Attorneys Leo A. Rover, John j.
Sirica, Martin F.. O'Donoghue,
Maurice j. McInerney and Joseph
T. Sherier, in the new motion,
point out that Justice Joseph w.
Cox, who presided at the trial.
agreed to continue the court term
in order that the question Of eligi-
bility for probation might be re-
newed.
Counsel also inform the court
that the defendants have, since
their original arrest, followed
legitimate pursuits and upon their
release from prison, will continue
in lawful occupation. Their Of
fense did not involve violence,
fraud, deceit, anti-social tenden-
cies or other immoral elements,
it is stated and but for the public
support and general desire to gam.
BILE, the offenses involved could
not have been committed"
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
TRAFF|CC0UR7
CONVICTIONS
secnnd Offense. Sneeding

Second Offense. Speeding
Overton Bonner, 1900 Cleveland
Ave. N. W.. $40.
Joseph D. Middleton, 1918 Irving
St. N. E., SIS.
Edward G. Adams, Maryland,
$40.
First Offense. Speeding
Howard w. Whitlock, AleXan-
dria, Va, $40.
Richard BellSchmider, George
town University. $40.
Joseph Kea, 1915 U st. N. w.,
$40.
Walter F. Milligan, jr., Mary.
land, $40.
Theodore r. Miles, 9 E st. S.
w., $40.
Ollie M. Patton, jr, Virginia,
$40.
Bruce Stiff, 1929 Columbia Rd.
N. w.. $40.
Joseph P. Cullinane, 4616 Mas
sachusetts Ave. N. w., $40.
Robert M. Hadnott, 1854 Fourth
st. N. E., $40.
Continued on Page 20, Col. p
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
Mrs. Grant Flying
To N. J. Conference

Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, managing
director of the D. C. tuberculosis
Association, will leave Washing
ton by plane for Atlantic City
today to attend the National Con-
ference of Social Workers. Repre-.
senting the National tuberculosis
Association, she will speak tomor.
rcw before the conference on The
Rehabilitation of the tuberculosis
Patient"
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
Student Exonerdted
OF Death Charqe

Robert E. Smith, 17-year-old
Central High School student, son
of Frank E. Smith, an official of
the Chesapeake & Ohio Telephone
Co., yesterday was acquitted of a
charge Of manslaughter by jury
in District Supreme Court. He was
accused of causing the death of
Elizabeth C. Petry. 1882 Fifth St.
N. W., who was struck by an au-
tomobile, said to have been driven
by him, on February 16. 1885.
The Washington times., 1936-05-26
Nurses to Graduate

Joint commencement exercises
of the Sisters of st. Francis and
the graduating class of the George
town University Hospital School of
Nursing will be held Thursday at
4 p. m. in CASTOR Hall, George
town University. The Rev. Arthur
A. OLeary, S. j., president Of the
university will preside.