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The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13
2 MILLIONS PAID
FARMERS OF TWO
COUNTIES BY AAA
Complete Figures Show Ex-
tent to Which Program
Helped This Section

Redwood county farmers bene-
fitted to the extent of 1884, 1925
through the now defunct Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administration
during the two and one-half years
of its existence it was revealed
this week, in a bulletin released
by the National Emergency Coun-
Gil.
Farmers throughout Minnesota
were paid $31 ,052, ,S14.60 for parti-
cipating in the wheat, corn-hog,
tobacco and sugar reduction pro-
grams, the summary shows, with
corn-hog checks making up $685.
V55, ,446.71 of the total.
From May II, 1888, when the
AAA was established through
June 30, 1884 the bulletin shows
that $21,201.26 was received
III Redwood county on wheat
reduction contracts, while during
the fiscal period from July l, 1884
to June 80, 1885 the AAA poured
5 $1,000 into the county, $685.
056.13 of which was on the corn
nog program and $44, 4,O96.18 Tor
retiring wheat acres. The bene-
hts from July l, 1885 through
October 81, 1885 totalled $751;
1880, all but $3.50 of which was
corn-hog money.
Renville county participating in
the sugar reduction program as
well as the wheat and corn-hog
programs, received $1,207, ,549.36
for it's farmers during the AAA's
reign.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13
Bank Offers $25 in Prizes
For Home Identification
Project by Club
July 4 Celebration Given
Full Approval by Group;
More Dinners Planned

The longest stride so far to-
ward giving Redwood Falls a
fully representative, powerful
and active business mems organ
ization was made at the dinner
meeting Tuesday evening at the
Legion hall, attended by 156 men
representing practically every
firm in town.
The group went on record as
favoring further meetings of the
same type, voted to sponsor an
other Fourth of July celebration,
discussed briefly efforts toward
securing a federal building and
athletic field for the city and
heard additions to the new Civic
and Commerce associations plans
for city development.
John DeWild of the Minneapo-
lis Civic and Commerce associa-
ton and Allen E. MCGOWAN, Sec
retary of the Minnesota Editorial
association, called business pros
poets for 1886 the best in years
and urged cooperative activities
such as special days" and the
improvement of every facility OF
the city to increase its trade. The
value of newspaper advertising,
of buying at home and home pro-
ducts and of boosting the city in
word and deed were particularly
stressed.
Called on by K. w. Stockton
who presided, Parker D. Sanders
declared "the city has been played
horse with long enough" in urging
determined and organized efforts
toward securing postoffice. He
also raised the question of an
athletic field, stating the city can
have one comparable with the best
other towns nearby have con-
structed. K,
= D. W. Buckley, principal donor
toward the July celebration, de-
clared the event was an outstand-
ing success and should be contin-
ued. T. F. Reed Jr. urged that
the work of giving such a pro-
gram be divided among many
committees, not loaded onto a few
Announcement was also made
of a lawn Identification project
to be sponsored by the club for
which L. R. Ewart, vice president
of the Citizens State bank, has
offered $25 in prizes. A commit
tee will complete plans for the
project and make full announce
ments in an early issue of The
Gazette.
Members of the Degree of Hon
or lodge served the well prepared
dinner quickly although every
available space in the hall was
with tables.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13
Redwood Falls Has Suicide
Pairings For District Meet
Wedding Delayed But
SnOWplOW Aids Cupid

That love will find a way was
proved Tuesday as Herbert Jo-
hanneck of Redwood Fails hiked
three miles through the snow to
Belview when his car stalled out
side the town, led Miss Myrtle
Holt, his bride-to-be to the wait
ing automobile and drove back to
Redwood Falls for their marriage
which had been once postponed
because Miss Holt was showed in
at her home.
The marriage ceremony, per-
formed this morning at St. Cath
erlnes church, had been planned
for Monday. Miss Holt went to
the home of her mother in Bel
view to prepare for the wedding
last week, but drifted highways
and a severe blizzard kept her and
the bridegroom apart. Tuesday
county snow plows aided Cupid
and Mr.. Johanneck at least part
Of the way to the recording of an
other vital statistic in spite of the
elements.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13
4 Charred Bodies Found in Rains
of Jackson Farmhouse; Man Held

home of a neighbor, H. K. Kines
and call doctor, sheriff and cor
oner. He ran to the Hines home,
put in the call and on coming out
of the house saw the Poelaert
home a mass of flames, he said.
He attempted to break into the
house to save the occupants but
found the doors locked and then
ran to the barn. There, he told
authorities, he found Poelaert in
a semi-conscious condition with a
hole in his head.
While Sheriff Henry C. Muse
gades and DIR. S. Engh, Jackson
county coroner, strove to reach
the isolated farm in response to
the call, the burning house crum-
pied, dropping the bodies of its
four victims into the basement.
Arriving after snowplow and 20
WPA workers had fought through
the drifts, the authorities saw the
bodies under piles of smouldering
embers.
A guard was posted at the
scene until the bodies of the VIC.
Tins could be returned to Jackson.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13

Jackson-While four members
of his family lay dead in the
charred debris of their farm home
13 miles northeast of here, Paul
Poelaert, 80 years old, is in hos
pital under guard with a deep
wound in his head, silent concern
ing the tragedy.
The dead:
Mrs. Marie Poelaert, rs years
old, mother of Paul Poelaert.
Mrs. Paul Poelaert, 36 years
old.
Paul Poelaert, Jr., two years
old.
Infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Poe
laert, six months.
Theodore Alt, 60, farm employ
ee, told authorities who reached
the scene after a three-hour bat
tie with snow drifted roads that
Poelaert had sent him to bring in
a load of straw from stack on
the farm. A few minutes later,
he told authorities, the farmer
called him to "Come quick"
Running back to the house, Alt
said he was told to go to the
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13
Cards Meet Springfield And
If Winners Then Play
Sleepy Eye

The Redwood Falls basketball
team will need few horseshoes,
rabbits feet and other good luck
pieces, plus top form, if it expects
to go through the suicide schedule
which it will encounter in the dis
trict 10 basketball tournament
March 5, 6, and z, the pairings for
which We're announced this week.
The Cardinals will officially in
augurate the tourney by meeting
Springfield in the first game the
opening night, Thursday and
should they come out on the long
end of the count, will undoubtedly
meet the high powered Sleepy Eye
Indians, Saturday morning in the
semi-finals. Sleepy Eye drew a
bye the first night and plays the
winner of the game between Fair
fax and the champion of the Class
A tournament, scheduled late this
month for Redwood Falls, either
of whom the Indians should take
in stride unless they have a COM
plete night off.
Sleepy Eye will be the big fav-
orite to cop the district title, its
superiority over the other aggre-
cation in the section having been
clearly indicated during the sea-
son. The Indians have an unbeat-
en- string of ten games and look
good to continue it through the re-
mainder Of the schedule and the
New Ulm playoff which they won
last year.
In the other two brackets of the
tournament, Lamberton and VIM
throp and Morton and New Ulm
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13
200 EXPECTED AT
COMPANY L BALL

About 200 couples are expected
to attend the fourth annual Com
pany L, Minnesota National
Guard, military ball to be held
Wednesday night in the armory.
AL Menke's orchestra will fur
nish the music for the dance, one
of the social events of the year in
Redwood Falls, for which 400 in
vitations have been sent out. A
special drill at p. M, arranged
by Lieutenant E. H. johnson and
Sergeant Thomas Hosken, will be
an added attraction.
Members of the invitation COM
mittee are Sergeants Andrew Bob
zin and James Welch and Corpor-
ais Archie Dennistoun, E. Payne.
George Discher, Roy Stitz and
Robert Hosken. Those who will
have charge of the armory deco
rations are Lieutenant E. H. Boil
lum, Sergeants B. E. Marsh,
Charles Roberts and Clare Hauck
and Corporal Irven o. Buss.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13
335 WORKERS
HERE GET $500
IN l5DAY PERIOD
New Ulm District Load Was
$73,345 for EmplOyables
In 16 Counties

The relief load in the 16 coun-
ties of the ninth WPA district was
greatly lessened to the counties as
well as the local communities dur
ing the sub-zero 15-day period the
latter part of January, when but
little employment of any kind was
to be obtained in this part of the
state, by the distribution of $751;
345.46 among 3,497 employables
and 265 men who are in the tram
sient camps at New Ulm and
Lake Shetek.
Should the various counties and
the communities in this district
have been compelled to assume
the relief load during the rigorous
winter being experienced the
hardship would cause many coun-
ties and municipalities to add
thousands of dollars to their in
debtedness.
The amounts disbursed to en-
ployables on WPA projects in the
counties in the New Ulm district
for the last 15-day period in jan
uary, follow: Blue Earth, 1926
"a; Brown, $10,282.45; Cotton
wood, $3,919.42; Faribault, $3,987-
.S2; Jackson, $1,637.58; LeSueur,
$899.97; Lincoln, $4,656.9S; Lyon,
$7,479.73; Martin, $2,677.37; Muir
ray, $3,671.67; Nicollet, $3,S3O.45;
Mobiles, $3,353.54; Redwood, $8,-
606.91; Rock, 81 1,884.66; Pipestone,
$4,475.92; Watonwan, $3,054.75;
Total, 3,345.46.
The active WPA projects in
counties of the district total lis.
By counties these projects num-
Der as following: Blue Earth, 13;
Brown, Is; Cottonwood, 8; Fari-
bault, s.; Jackson, 5; LIE Sueur, 2;
Lincoln, 9; Lyon, Ia; Martin, 8;
Murray, a; Nicollet, z; Mobiles, 5;
Redwood, 9; Rock, 2; Pipestone, s.;
Watonwan, 5.
The numbers of persons en-
ployed on WPA projects in the
Continued on page eight.)
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13
DELHI MAN KILLED
BY FALLING TREE
William HOusman, 43, Crush
ed After Stumbling in
Deep Snow

William Housman, 43 years old,
living on a farm three miles
northwest of Delhi, was accident
ally killed about 10 a. m. Tuesday
when a tree which he was chop
ping down for use as firewood fell
on him, pinning him underneath.
DR.. j. Gordon Cole, county cOron-
er, was summoned and announced
Housman's death was due to a
crushed skull suffered accidental
ly.
Housman's body was found by
two neighbors who noticed the
tree fall but saw no sign of any
one about it. Investigating they
found Housman crushed beneath
the large tree. He apparently had
run as it started to fall but stum-
bled in the snow before reaching
safety. Housman is survived by
his widow and four children, one
a five weeks old baby.
Due to the condition of the
roads and the inability to notify
relatives, funeral arrangements
had not been made Wednesday.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13
RELIEF OFFICE TO
MOVE MONDAY TO
LIBRARY BASEMENT
New Location Will Double
Space; New Rules Made
For Interviews

The county relief office will be
located in the basement of the
Redwood Falls public library af-
ter Monday, February II, it was
announced Wednesday by the Red
wood County Board of Public
Welfare, which also posted visit
ing days for relief clients.
The use of the library basement
will about double the space of the
relief office which since last sum-
mer has been quartered in room
on the first floor of the court
house. The entrance to the new
office is on the north side of the
library.
The relief office will be open
for interviews with clients Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays,
instead of daily, in order to re-
duce the number of unnecessary
visits and the time spent by the
office personnel on such inter-
views. Clients from Walnut
Grove, Revere, Milroy and Nor
ton may confer with Mrs. Bue,
county relief worker, Monday or
Friday mornings, while those
from other towns will be inter-
viewed by Miss Audrey Lidren,
visitor, Monday, Wednesday and
Friday afternoons. Redwood Falls
clients will be seen only Wednes-
day afternoons.
The child welfare office, which
will remain in the court house,
will be open for consultations
with Mrs. Katherine Praxel, child
welfare worker, on the same days
as the relief office.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13
Roots Broadway
Hit, Milky Way
Coming March !

'The Milky Way" the musical
comedy written by Lynn Root of
Morgan and Redwood Falls which
entertained New York theatre go
ers during a long run and then
was made into motion picture by
Paramount, will be shown on the
Redwood theatre screen Sunday
and Monday, March 1 and 2, D. w.
Buckley, manager, announced this
week.
The film, starring Harold Lloyd,
bespectacled comedian, was only
recently completed and it's presen-
tation here will be among the first
in the country.
Guests of honor at the perform
ance will be the parents of the
author, Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Root of
Morgan, the community where
their son was born, April IL, 1905
and lived until he was ID years
old. He then spent four years in
Redwood Falls attending the
high school, from which he grad
uated in 1928. That is where Red
wood Falls lays it's claim to share
honors with Morgan in Roots sue
cess.
Upon his graduation, Root
worked at odd jobs a few years
and then obtained employment
with the National Lead Battery
company in ST. Paul. He was pro-
missed advancement but the de-
preston came and he was cast a
drift in the steadily mounting ar
my of unemployed. He managed
to find work with the Milwaukee
street car company but was re-
leased within a short time.
Going to New York with a
friend, Root decided to launch
Continued on Page Eighty
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13
One OF EVERY 5
PERSONS IN CITY
HAS TELEPHONE
New Directory Lists 2,O77
Subscribers; 145 New
Phones Added

About every fifth person in
Redwood Falls is serviced with a
telephone according to an esti-
mate made by officials of the Tri-
State Telephone company exchan-
ge here upon publication Of the
1886 directory.
A total of $500 directories, pub
lished jointly by the Tri-State and
the Redwood County Rural Tele-
phone company, were printed last
week on Gaze, presses. This is
an increase from $3.50 books prin-
ted a year ago.
Climbing back toward pre-de-
pression peaks in the number of
subscribers, the rural company
noted an increase of about 70
phones during 1885 and January
This year, while the Tri-State add
ed about rs new numbers to the
directory, 55 in 1885 and 20 in
January. The total phones, in
luding those of the telephone of
ices, listed in the new directory
is 2,O77, about 1,34O rural and the
remainder city.
The 1886 directory contains sc
1ages, four more than last year
and as usual covers eight exchan-
ses, Redwood Falls, Belview,
Echo, Morgan, Vesta, Wabasso,
Walnut Grove and Wood Lake.
Redwood Falls, the largest ex-
change, lists 500 phones, including
the city, rural, North Redwood
and Delhi subscribers while Wal
nut Grove is next with 324. The
other exchanges in order are.
Morgan, 270; Vesta, 156; Wabas-
so 1870; Echo 125, Belview 104 and
Wood Lake 80.
Every letter in the alphabet ap-
pears in the directory with the ex-
ception of x, with the SIS leading
in Redwood Falls with 80. The
name Johnson appears most fire.
quently in the entire book, 80 be-
ing listed, while the Andersons
are second with 26. Only 19
Smiths, Browns and Joneses, the
usual common names, are found
in the entire book.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13
State Ranks High In
Road improvements

Figures compiled by the U. S.
Bureau of Public Roads show
Minnesota ranking third among
all states in mileage of highway
improvements completed up to the
beginning of the present year
with emergency federal funds pro
vided by the National Industrial
Recove.y act and the act of June
Is, 1904. This announcement was
made by a highway department
bulletin.
In mileage of Improvements
completed with federal Works
Program highway funds Minneso-
ia ranks first. 1t stands in third
position in mileage approved for
construction by federal engineers
and in tenth place in mileage un-
Ger construction.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13
Proceedings
Get Statewide Interest
Appleton Case Subject For
Trades in Political
Campaign
AttOrney-G General Harry Pet
ersOn Criticised in Weekly
Hitchcock Letter

Presentation of testimony is
expected to be made in the re-
sumption Monday in Redwood
county district court of the in
junction proceedings brought by a
group of Redwood Falls taxpayers
to prevent payment by the state
of $4,000 for the property of Mrs.
Elsie M. Appleton.
The proceedings, which have at
tracted wide interest and involved
several state officials, have been
enlivened through the announce
ment by the attorney for the
plaintiffs that they will attempt
to show that fraud and collusiOn
existed in the execution of the
settlement between Mrs. Apple
ton and the state highway depart
nent. This statement was made
during the preliminary hearings
Of the Injunction February 1.
Four of the seven defendants,
Stafford King, state auditor; Ju-
Illus A. Schmahl, state treasurer;
Frank w. Murphy, Mrs. Apple
tons attorney in the negotiation
of the settlement and Rex Green,
in charge of right-of-ways for the
highway department, are expected
to be present for the hearing
which begins at 10 a. m. They
also attended the February 1 pro-
ceedings.
Two of the remaining three
parties named in the suit, Harry
Ii. Peterson, attorney general and
n. w. Elsberg, highway commits
sioner, will send their legal repre-
sentatives. Mrs. Appleton, the
seventh defendant, is in Texas.
Several verbal clashes are look
ed for between John E. Katzmar-
elk, special state Attorney general
representing the highway depart
ment and the fiery A. c. English
of Tracy, who with A. C. DOlliff
of Redwood Falls, represents the
three taxpayers, A. j. White, S.
3. Duea and H. G. Werder. Judge
Albert H. Emerson is hearing the
c,,,1f
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13
r. A. TrOvatten To
Address Meeting
Of Farm Bureau

R. A. Trovatten, state commits
sioner of agriculture, will be the
principal speaker at the annual
meeting of the Redwood County
Farm Bureau to- be held February
27 at Wabasso. Mr.. Trovatten's
subject will concern the changing
conditions in agriculture today.
The meeting will begin at 1880
a. M, with the afternoon session
to start at 2 p. m. Joseph Zwach
of Milroy, president of the bureau,
will preside. The election of dl-
rectors will also be held.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13
Scouts To Celebrate
With Valentine Party

Because of rehearsals for the
grade school operetta, the Girl
Scouts Valentine party planned
for this week has been postponed
until next Tuesday afternoon.
With Jane Barnes as general
chairman, a committee made up of
Martha Gold, Mary Kathryn
Schottenbauer, Lucille johnson,
Kathleen Joern and Mary Hoff-
man is planning the entertain
ment and refreshments.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13
$50 Donated To
Salvation Army

About $50 has been contributed
toward the Salvation Army drive
since Monday when it began, Ad-
iutant David Carlson of Minnea-
polls reported Wednesday. 1t is
hoped to be able to reach last
years total contribution and poss-
IDLY exceed it, Carlson said.
Those who are not called upon
personally but wish to donate to
the drive, may leave their contri-
buttons with NJ. o. Hanson at the
Citizens State bank.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13
DRIFTS ISOLATE COUNTY AFTER STORM
1856 Attend Ciuic and Commerce
Association Dinner; Postoffice,
Athletic Field for City Urged
March l Deadline
For so Cent Saving

March 1 is the deadline for
subscription payments to The
Gazette at the old rate, $1.50 per
year, the price advancing at that
time to the standard weekly price
of So per year.
Subscribers who have already
made payments will find credits
made on the labels of their papers
within two weeks. Others should
check their labels to determine
the expiration date of their paper
and make the SO cent saving by
bringing or mailing payments to
the office at once.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13
CASE INCREASES IN
POLITICAL INTEREST

That the Appleton purchase
will be the topic of many poll
tical harangue during the coming
campaign was further indicated
this week when R. W. Hitchcock
devoted half of his weekly RepuD-
lican letter to newspapers to dis
cussion of the subject.
In space about equal to two
typewriter pages, single-spaced.
Attorney-Generai Peterson and
his assistant, Mr.. Katzmarek, are
taken to task for their oral and
written comments on the subject,
along with a detailed review of
the case.
Mr.. Hitchcock's comments, in
part, are as follows:
"Katzmarek in support of mo-
ton to dismiss the temporary in
Continued on page eight
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13
Fire At SanbOrn

Sanborn-The fire department
was called to the hotel Friday af-
ternoon when a fire was discover
ed in a west room. 1t is believed
that the blaze originated in a de-
fective chimney.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Leon H. Brown
returned Tuesday noon from a
visit Of several days in Minneapo-
lis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-29
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-29
Director

Kay Foster, who recently joined the WATR stan as dramatic di. rector, will begin active work Monday afternoon at 800, when she will interview applicants for membership in WATR's new dramatic groups In the middle wide experience with several dramatlcS groups In the middle west and at station WOWO, Ft., Wayne, and WJR, Detroit, gives her . fine background for this work. This, combined with her pleasant personality, makes Miss Foster the Ideal choice for this important position.
 Anyone In Waterbury who would bc interested in working with Miss Foster In founding thls new dramatic group ls cOrs dlaily invited to Dc at the studies Monday At 3 o'clock. If this time is lncODvenieht, write or telephone Miss Foster and she will be only too glad to arrange an auditor at another time.
 All Waterbury will be looking forward Co the first radio pres. entation under the direction of Miss Foster.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-29
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 Bureau. 6:35--VanIahed VoIces--Musical
 and Dramatic. 7:00--Myrt and Marge. 7:15--Paris Night Life. 7:30---Kate Smith. 7:45--Boake Carter. s:00--Cavalcnde of America. 8:30--Gcorge Burns and Oracle
 Allen. 9:0O--Illy Pons--Kostelanetz' S:sO--Ray Nobie's Orch. 10:00-Crime Crusade--Phillips
 Lord. 10:30-To Be Announced. ii 11:00--News Service. 11:f5-Abe Lyman's Orch. 11:30-claude Hopkins Orch. American-made Spanish lan- guage films may be shown in Cuba. London men now favor green hats.