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Evening star., 1936-11-09
SLAYERS LOSE APPEAL
Conviction of Marcus and Cum
mings Is Affirmed.

mings Is Affirmed
The United States Court OF Ap-
peals today affirmed the first degree
murder conviction Of Willett Marcus
and John Homer Cummings, both
colored, who were accused Of fatally
shooting Joseph r. wushnak, deliv-
eryman for q provision house, Janu-
ary (. 1885.
The principal point in the appeal
was the admissibility Of signed con-
fessions. Defense attorneys contended
that the statements were obtained
only after police had beaten Cum-
mings and threatened to beat Mar.
cus. pulice denied violence.
Evening star., 1936-11-09
DEATH SENTENCE
IN T-SHOPPE CASE
UPHELDBY COURT
Jordan Murder Conviction Is
Affirmed by U. S. Ap-
peIlate Bench.
FORMER CAFE BUS BOY
DUE TO Die DECEMBER IL
Tribunal Rules Against Plea
Jury Was Illegally Con-
stituted.

The first-degree murder conviction
OF Thomas Jordan, former cafe bus
boy, who killed Mrs. Lizzie Jaynes in
the Garden T-Shoppe hold-up of April
Evening star., 1936-11-09

Upper: Parts of the bomb
that killed Curry Thomas last
July In Cape Charles, Va.
Beside the bomb fragments is
a model package iDhich postal
inspectors said duplicated the
original bomb.
LoDer:: The match 1Dhich
Thomas, pealthy Virginia
farmer, carried in his pocket,
stopped at the enact minute
of his death. This 1DGS one
of the clues used by the in
Spectors. A. P. Photos.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
Magen Tops County
Huskers But Loses
toNewUlm Champ

gathered in the county. Only
about 100 persons followed the
wagons through the corn, the
others sitting in cars at the top
of the bank or standing on the
edge of the natural amphitheatre
from which full view of the en-
tire field was afforded.
Unofficial timers counted Al
ears minute hitting the bang
board of Magen's wagon. Famil-
lar to his followers is the blue
net which holds his heavy shock
of hair in place during the stren-
uous activity of a husking event.
This year the net fell off and Ma
gen husked most of the time with
his hair hanging over his eyes.
Aaron Garman of Vesta was
third with 1884 bushels and Her
man Balko of Redwood Falls
fourth with 1925. A complete
tabulation will be found on page
four of the Gazette.
Harvey Benson of Redwood
Falls, only left-handcd husker in
this years fray, found position 13
an unlucky one, tallying last in
the final weighing.
Cash donations amounting to
$50 were contributed by business
and professional men Of Redwood
Falls and given as prizes to the
huSkerS.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
Funeral Friday For
Gladys Quesenberry

Gladys Quesenberry, 81, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Quesen-
berry of New Avon died at 2 a.
m. Wednesday of a rare heart dis
ease with which she had been i'll
for four months.
Funeral services will be held at
the Odlaug funeral parlor where
the body now lies in state at 1:3O
p. m. Friday and at 2 p. m. at
the Presbyterian church with Rev.
]. P. Linn and Rev. G. E. Martin
in charge.
A member of the 1885 gradua-
ting class of the Redwood Falls
high school, she is survived by her
parents, five sisters, Mrs. Lee
Warner, Mrs. Lester Mott, Lois,
Joyce and Mary Quesenberry and
two brothers, Harold and Willis
and her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. M. Kline of Redwood
Falls.
She was born in Three Lakes
township where she grew to
young womanhood. Only a few
days after her graduation, she
became suddenly i'll and had
peen confined to bed since. She
had been improving until Tues
day of last week when there was
turn for the worse. q
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
No Criminal
Cases Listed
ELECTION WILL DELAY
NATURALIZATION
OF ALIENS

For the first time stn years, there
are no criminal cases listed on the
calendar of the October term of
court which opens Monday. Thir-
ty civil cases will be heard, either
by Judge A. B. Gislason or Judge
Albert H. Emerson.
Petit jurors. whose names ap-
peared in last weeks issue of the
Gazette are called for 10 a. m.
Wednesday.
Application for citizenship pap
ers will not be passed until a
week or ten days otter the district
court session in accordance with
the law which forbids naturali-
zation during regular district court
sessions in election years. Appli-
cants include Jurgen j. Behrens,
Revere, Johan A. F. Johnson,
Walnut Grove, Olof Urbom and
Sven E.. jacobson, Delhi, Rudolph
Simon, Wabasso, Thomas F. Hoo
per, North Redwood and Joseph
Coubal, Redwood Falls.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
Decision Expected
In Appleton Case

A decision by the state supreme
court is expected soon in the now
famous case involving the pur-
chase by the state of the lake
shore property here owned by
Mrs Elsie M. Appleton.
An injunction suit brought in
district court by three taxpayers
this spring resulted in the court
voiding the transaction in which
the state highway department
was to pay Mrs. Appleton So, 900
for her house and lot The high
way department maintained the
land was needed and the price
reasonable and contended also
that the court had no jurisdiction.
The taxpayers claimed the land
is not necessary to the project
and that the price was excessive.
The case has repeatedly been
discussed by political speakers.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
TED BALKO ONLY RED
WOOD COUNTY MAN
IN STATE RACE

For the first time in several
seasons, Redwood county will
have but one contestant in the
state corn husking contest which
this year is to be held in Rice
.cunty October 80.
Automatically entered accord
ing to the rules because he is the
state title holder, Ted Balko this
year will not be accompanied by
the county champion because the
county meet Saturday on the
Louis Paulsen farm near Glenn
ents served as an elimination
meet for both Brown and Red
wood counties and by the narrow
margin of one-twenty-ffth of a
bushel, Leo Schugel of New Ulm
nosed out George Magen OF Wa
basso who after several years of
faithful effort, was nevertheless
rewarded with the county crown.
Husking 1877 bushels in the 80
minute period, the stocky Brown
county champion nosed-out Ma
gen who accounted for 17.9S bu-
shells. AS the Rice county field
is small, counties are being
grouped in pairs and the best
husker in both selected as repre-
sentative.
The crowd which watched the
huskers from a natural grand
stand formed by the bank of the
former lake in which the field
was located was estimated at
nearly 1000, believed to be the
largest corn husking crowd ever
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
IL to Enter
Livestock in
Junior Show
All YOUNGSTERS WILL
ATTEND so. ST. PAUL
AFFAIR

Seventeen Redwood county All
club members will compete in the
junior livestock show to be held
at South st. Paul November 8 to
IL.
After judging, all entries are
sold at auction and are consigned
to the South St. Paul packing
companies for slaughter. Highest
placing animals are entered in the
carcass show November Is.
Entries from Redwood Falls are
lamb owned by Hazel Wheaton
and baby beeves owned by Calvin
Zieske, Faye and Junior Armitage
and James Kohler. Virgie Trent
of Delhi will exhibit three lambs;
Sylvia and Ursula Belig of Wab-
asso will show two fat lambs;
Lowell Schmiesing has entered a
ton litter of IA hogs; Jack Moses
of Tracy, pen of turkeys; Ivan
Klabunde of Clements, a fat bar
row and Marian Madsen of Nor
gan, fat barrow. Baby beeves
will be shown also by Harold and
Harrison Schmiesing of Lucan,
Maynard Trapp of Sanborn and
James Thorston of Springfield.
Producing 2,945 pounds of pork
in 180 days from one litter of
pigs is the record of Lowell Sch
miesing, son of George Schmies-
ing of Lucan, and member of the
North Star All club. The Hamp-
shire litter of Ia pigs was farrow-
ed April 20. October 18 the hogs
weighed 2,945 pounds or an aver
age of 210.35 pounds each.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
Court!Upholds
Jury Decision
in Keefe Case
$4,000 FOR INJURIES
UNSUITABLE, HIGH
COURT SAYS

The state supreme court upheld
a Redwood county jury's award
of $4,000 to Clancy Keefe of Red
wood Falls for injuries received
in an automobile accident in July
1885, George A. Barnes, Keefe's
attorney, learned Thursday morn
ing.
The sum will be paid by an in
surance company for L. c. Lund,
Minneapolis, who was involved in
the crash near Chaska when his
automobile and the Keefe car
sideswiped. Robert Keefe was
driving and Clancy, who was
sleeping in the back seat, sustain
ed severe decorations of the hand,
neck and face near the eye.
L. j. Lauerman of Olivia, at
torney for Lund, asked new trial
of Judge Albert Emerson OF the
district court following hearing of
the case in April. When this was
denied he appealed to the Min
nesota supreme court. Barnes and
A. R. English of Tracy, attorneys
for Keefe, and Lauerrf1ail ergued
the case before the states highest
tribunal October when LRuer-
man asked for a new trial r a
reduction in the award.
The decision, one of the quick
est of which local lawyers have
ever heard, held that indications
were the Lund car had struck the
Keefe car. The court also held
that the amount of the award was
justifiable because of the peculiar
nature of the injuries and that
the tribunal would hesitate to
disturb the award of the trial
court.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
DEADLINE FOR
TAX PAYMENTS
is OCTOBER 81

A last afternoon rush is ex-
pected at the office of A. P.
ak Saturday, October 81,
the final day on which the
last half of property taxes
can be paid without penalty.
Although tax receipts of Oct
ober this year far exceed
those of last, the treasurer
and E. w. Currier, his assist
ant, have found that most
persons wait until the last
day to make payments.
After next Saturday PEN
atty of eight per cent is add
ed to the unpaid portion of
all taxes. First half taxes
could be paid up to June l
without penalty, after which
a three per cent penalty was
added with an additional one
per cent for every month
thereafter if the tax was not
paid.
After November I, the
eight per cent penalty will be
added to all unpaid property
taxes until January l, when
the taxes will be declared de-
linquent and additional pen
alties will be added.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
WPA Work
onSportsFiield
Starts Friday
SKATING RINK ONE OF
FIRST JOBS FOR
THIS FALL

With the arrival of the approv-
ed WPA application for Sl4,O36
to be spent for improvements on
the new municipal athletic field,
plans for leveling the baseball
diamond and tennis courts are
being made. A crew of Is WPA
workers will begin operations
under the supervision of Joseph
Nj. Corbett Friday.
AS private employment lessons,
it is expected that more workers
will be added and that an aver
age of AZ workers will be given
employment over an eight months
period.
Much of the work such as lay
ing tile along both sides of the
football field and tennis courts
for drainage cannot be done until
the football season is over. Other
work including pouring cement
for the courts will necessarily be
left until spring. Present actlvl-s
ty will be leveling and preparing
a site for a winter skating rink.
Members of the athletic fields
board of directors will meet soon
to decide the priority of the work
and to plan for future develop
ment.
Three other Works Progress
administration projects in the
county are a new highway bridge
near Lamberton, constructed OF
native rock, the graveling OF
m-to-market roads, involving
the expenditure of $4,000, and
another countrywide project Tor
the Improvement of farm-to-mar-
ket roads.
Located one-half mile south of
Lamberton a project provided
for the construction of new
highway bridge across Dutch
Charlie creek at a cost of $14,-
776.28 and the use of 352 man
months of labor. 49,,
This bridge is of the double
span type on stone abutments and
piers and the stone work is con-
structed of split field stone. ALI
the masonry work was done with
relief labor, with the exception
of the foreman, William Hosken.
Application has been made for a
bridge of like structure across the
Big Cottonwood river north OF
Lamberton.
The countrywide road project
includes the surfacing with grav-
ell of a great number of second
ary roads commonly described as
farm-to-market roads. 1t will be
completed on or about June 80,
1897. Another countrywide pro-
ject provides for road improve
ments and involves an estimated
expenditure of approximately
S85,0OO and the use of l,436 man
months of labor. This includes
the repairing of culverts, neces-
sary ditching and light grading of
secondary roads of the farm-to-
market variety.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
Fewer But Larger
Birds Anticipated
HUNTING CROWDS NOT
LIKELY TO BE UP
TO NORMAL

Bigger birds than the general
run of last year are assured hunt
ers who will take the field Satur-
day against Redwood county
pheasants. The birds secuted by
anxious gunsters so far are
heavier than ever, bigger and
huskier, an example of the rule
of the survival of the fittest. In
jured pheasants, runts and sick
birds died last winter with the
cold and lack of food.
AS a result of the widespread
publicity attending the death OF
pheasants throughout this section
last winter, fewer city hunters
than usual are expected in the
community.
Although consensus is that
that there are less pheasants than
last year, farmers with bitches
running through their land and
residents of the Minnesota bottom
lands believe there are more. Ex-
cessive cover in wet sections they
say, is protecting great many
birds.
Hatches during this spring, a
normally wet period, were unbe-
lievably large. According to
Lyle Tweet, game warden, the
average hatch of 1885 was from
four to nine birds. This year the
hatch averaged between IL and
18.
The season lasts from Saturday
to November / in Redwood coun-
ty, with shooting permissible
from noon to sunset. Bag limits
are three male birds or two cocks
and one hen in one day, with six
males or four males and two fe-
males in possession.
In Yellow Medicine, a neigh
boring county, the season will last
until November 13.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
5-Year-OId Child
Scaided In Milk

Scalding both arms to the elbow
when she fell into pan of boil
ling milk Friday morning, Joyce,
five-year-old daughter of MIR. and
Mrs. Roland Overmeyer, was
treated at the Redwood Falls hos
pital and taken to her home
where she is suffering from shock
i..Iu burns.
MRS. Overmeyer was making
cheese at the farm home one mile
south of Redwood Falls and had
set the pan of hot milk on tne
floor. Joyce, standing nearby, IN
some manner lost her balance and
Ieu forward into the pan.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22

Morgan-Funeral services were
conducted Wednesday morning
for Victor Hansen, %, who died
at the Redwood Falls hospital
Sunday night from self-inflicted
shotgun wounds in his jaw. Rev.
N. Gerstl, pastor of st. Michael's
church, was in charge of the rites
Henry Lattman, Morgan barber,
witnessed the fatal shooting. Latt-
man saw Hansen driving alone in
his car about the streets of Nor
gan early in the evening. When
Hansen stopped, Lattman ap-
preached him and Hansen held
out his hand, saying, "Well, good
bye, Hank" in such peculiar
manner that Lattman became ap-
prehensive. He looked into the
back seat of the car where he saw
a double barrel shot gun which he
grabbed from the machine as
Hansen drove off.
Later, Morgan persons said,
Hansen tried the door of Latt-
mans room in the second floor of
business establishment three
times. He then went to the elev-
ator where he worked and tele-
phoned for Lattman at Dittben-
ner's cafe. The barber was not in
the restaurant at the time, but
when he was told that Hansen
was looking for him he went to
the elevator. AS he opened the
door to the office, Hansen was
standing with a 16 gauge single
shotgun held to his jaw. When
he saw Lattman, he pulled the
trigger.
The gun was owned by Everett
Creaser, elevator agent, who kept
it in the place.
Hansen had driven his car into
the runway of the elevator. He
had left piece of paper which
he had obtained from Louis War
zecha, butcher, in the front seat
of the automobile but he had not
written on it. No reason for the
act has been advanced. He spent
the afternoon with friends at
Morton and seemed in good
spirits.
The shooting occurred at about
T:15 p. m. and Hansen was
brought to the hospital here by
DIR. j. Gordon Cole and Sheriff L.
]. Kise who were called.
Victor Hansen was born De-
cember IL, 1912 in Morgan. In
1929 he was graduated from
Morgan High school and August
%, 1882 he married Miss Ivona
Steffl. They have two sons, Rus
sell, 8, and LIE Roy, baby.
He is survived by his wife and
two small sons, his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Axe1 Hansen, owners
of general store in Morgan, a
brother, Norman, employed in the
Morgan bank, and three other
brothers, Raymond and Lester Of
Minneapolis and James of Russell.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
Olivia Photographer
Sttuck Down By Car

O. AZ ALauterbach of Redwood
Falls was an occupant of an au-
tomobile which struck David
Gustavson, Olivia photographer,
at about IL p. m. Sunday, caus-
ing head injury and breaking
his leg. Gustavson, who was
walking on the main street of
Olivia, was apparently at fault.
The 1car was driven by John
Nonher of Wayzata who was ac-
companied by Lauterbach and
Mr. Kramer of Bird Island. Lau-
terbach was returning to his work
in ST. Paul and the other men
were returning home from the
Foresters initiation ceremonies at
Lamberton.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
RETAIL SALES IN
STATE GAIN 1920

Retail sales in Minnesota dur
ing 1885 totaled $815,954, 900, an
increase Of 80 per cent over 1888,
according to figures obtained by
federal census takers in 37,397
stores, a retail summary released
this week indicates.
Sales in 1888 totalled $585, ,102,-
900 in 33,879 stores which was a
A per cent drop from the figures
of 1929.
The average number of employ
ees increased from 1890 in 1888
to 92,033 in 1885, gain of 18 per
cent. Total payrolls in the same
period showed a rs per cent gain,
from $64, 4,783 900 to $81 ,426,0 900.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
Big gVoteSeenAs Campaign Nears Finish
Gray To Speak At
C. And C. Banquet

Only speaker at the Civic and
Commerce club banquet to be
held next Tuesday in the Legion
hall, Reede Gray, superintendent
of Redwood Falls schools will dis
cuss "The Relation Between Edu-
cation and Business
While the tickets sale now in
progress will be confined to mem
bers, anyone who wishes to attend
is welcome, officers state.
The dinner meetings were star
ted last year and were well at
tended. Out of the discussions at
them grew several major CONF
munity projects, notably she ath-
letic field now rapidly gda1g for
ward.
Christmas decorations viii b
one of the subjects at the l<eeting
next week. ~
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
FIRST SNOWFALL
COVERS STREETS

The first snowfall of the winter
blanketed Redwood Falls streets
with two inches of wet flakes
Tuesday as a steady soft fall of
snow continued from l p. m. to
6 p. m. The mercury dropped to
20 degrees early Wednesday NOR
ming for the seasons new low.
Last year snow flurries came
October 9 and three inches fell,
October 81.
Motorists scurried to get radia-
tors filed with anti-freeze and
the seasons first discomfort from
icy windshields and frozen brakes
was experienced.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
119 Pound Haiba1t
In Window Display

If you are served HdHbtt
at a Redwood Falls restdit-
rant apithin the meet 1fetD
days, chances are strong that
it is part of that 119 pound
speciman noaD on display IN
the Red O,Dl ,DindoU.
It's 81 inches long, "a in
cheS aDide and eight inches
thick. The tail alone is 20 in
ches aDide and Is inches long.
Caught in the Poetic off
Seattle, the fish is of the
Giant Hdlibut UGriety. POr-
tions of it haze been spoken
for by seueral local cafes.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
Will Replace Church
DESTROYED By Fire

Lamberton-TheH Highwater Luz
theran church congregation will
have a new church to replace the
building which was struck by
lightning and burned a few
months ago. The sum of $4,000
has been raised by subscription
and to this will be added the
$4,000 insurance money which
was received as the result of the
flre. The new building will be
erected on the site of the old
church, seven miles south of
lamberton.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
CONTEST WINNER

Alan Goodyear of the Paxton
'Go-Getter All club has been
declared county winner in the
meat animal project contest and
is now competing in the state con-
test The winner will receive a
trip to the National All Club
Congress to be held at Chicago in
December. Alan had grand
champion colt and champion fat
lamb at the county fair and
champion purebred eve at the
county achievement show. Be-
sides this, he was entered in the
state advanced ten-ewe project
and raised 10 lambs from his ten
ewes. Alan has developed into
an able sheep judge and has built
up a splendid flock of Southdown
and Hampshire sheep.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
Montevideo
Is Threat To
Card Record
UNBEATEN HIGHS FACE
MONTE HERE FRIDAY
EVENING

Still member of that ever
diminishing band of undefeated
high school football teams, the
Redwood Falls Cardinals will risk
their membership Friday night on
the lighted field here against a
powerful Montevideo eleven, a
traditional foe Of more than or
dinary prowess.
Montevideo too is mdefeated
and has rolled up 116 points in
five games while its opponents
have failed to score. Twenty 9TH
er team have unscathed records,
eight of them unScored on.
For some Is years, up to a few
seasons back, Montevideo had not
been beaten by a Cardinal eleven
but that jinx has been broken and
Coach Obermeyer is playing his
Cards this week to prevent its re-
turn.
M0ntexideo will come here
fresh from 2 to 0 triumph over
Ap11eton, the team which lost in
- 4pening game to Marshall 6 to
o. e comparative scores mean
anything, Montevideo and Mar
sha3 should be about on a par and
tho Cardinals are ready to admit
that Marshall was worthy oppos-
ition, even though vanquished IL
to 7alast week.
With half the season behind
Red bod plays Glencoe next week
at Glencoe and the following
waeh the Cards 60 to Olivia
SprH gfield's badly trampled elev-
en- &ill come here Armistice day
for he eighth and last home
game, the fifth under the new
lighks.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
Consider Plans For
County Legion Post

A preliminary discussion of the
reorganization of a county post
of the American Legion was held
at meeting of August Donner
post at Belview Monday evening.
Attending from Redwood nFalls
were j. w. Lauterbach, E. H.
Bollum, Frank Baldwin, DR.. j. w.
Anderson, L. P. Winter, and Ira
r. Rogers.
A meeting of officers of all
county posts will be held at Wab-
asso Monday evening when more
definite plans for reviving the
county organization VIII be. made.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
DATE SET FOR
TEARING VESTA
BANK REQUEST

Hearing on an application for
a charter for the proposed State
Bank of Vesta has been set for
november 10 before the state
securities commission in 81. raul.
Prominent IN the proposed or
ganization are Peter DreeS, Ed
Pearson, j. S. Pistulka, w. G.
hengstorI, william rleniing anu
Dr. r. A. Peterson.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-22
200 HEAR LAUERMAN,
CLAGUE LAUD NELSON

A crowd of about 200 persons
heard L. J. Lauerman, Olivia at
torney, speak at a county Repub-
lican rally in Morgan Thursday
evening. Frank Clague Of Red
wood Falls also spoke, advocating
the election of Martin A. Nelson
as governor. William r. Mitchell
of Tracy, scheduled to address the
gathering at which G. w. Hes
nault of Walnut Grove presided,
was unable to attend.