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The Redwood gazette., 1936-12-31
Sticker Candidate
Wins In Recount

Morgan-The recount of ballots
on the vote for mayor Of Morgan,
held last Wednesday evening in
the council rooms, gave H. O.
Draeger, sticker candidate, a two
vote majority over F. HI. Schief-
fert. w. r. Werring represented
Schieffert and Julian E. Morten
of Redwood Falls was counsel
for Draeger.
The original count was Draeger
134; Schieffert 130 and the re-
count gave Draeger 1873 to 131 for
Schieffert, the incumbent.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-12-31
CITY ELECTION
NEXT TUESDAY


With only one candidate
for each office and no other
issues to be settled, a quiet
city election aDith q small
vote turnout is in prospect
for Tuesday. Polling places,
the city hall and Drogosch
Plumbing shop, aDill be open
from $50 a. m. to 8 p. m.
Candidates are: for mayor,
J. F. Knudson; for alder
men, DR.. j. c. Budik in the
first 1pard and George A.
Patton in the second; for re-
corder, F. B. Forbes and for
treasurer, F. w. Stanton.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-12-31
Security Act
Brings Birth
Record Calls
CITIZENSHIP PAPERS ARE
HUNTED FOR AGE
PROVING

Every day brings several re-
quests for birth records and certi-
fed copies of citizenship papers
to Clerk of Court Frank Baldwin
who is discovering that vital stat
istics are more in demand than
ever before since the Social Sec
urity act went into effect.
The act provides for the pay
ment of monthly sums to persons
at the age of IS years. In view
of the possibility that an applicant
may advance his age a few years
SO as to get his pension earlier,
social security officials say that
Uncle Sam will make a close
check-up before payments are
made. Those under the act will
have to produce records of their
birth when the government calls
for the information.
Since the social security act af-
fects aliens as well as citizens ac-
cording to best information here,
it is believed the citizenship pap
ers are wanted to help establish
age records.
Mr.. Baldwin is running into di-
fficultieS since records in the per-
iod between 1865 or thereabouts
to 1900 are not complete. Hun
dreds of persons born in the coun-
ty during those years are not re-
gistered at all, he believes, as
birth registrations were not con-
sidered especially important and
many times they were neglected.
Two-thirds of the inquiries
come from persons living in Cali
fornia and other states on the
west coast, a region to which
Minnesota born people gravitate
when they move away. Only a
few come from eastern sections
of the country.
A few years ago when the gov
ernor of Alberta, a Canadian pro-
vince, was elected on a pension
for-everybody plan, Mr.. Baldwin
received a great many requests
for statistics from former Red
wood county residents who were
living there.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-12-31
Mathilda Seifert and
.Owatonna Man Wed

In a simple and dignified set
ting of palms at st. Johns Luth-
'eran church, the marriage of Miss
Mathilda Seifert, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Seifert and Char
les I. Gordon, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles H. Gordon of Owatonna
took place at 4 p. m. Tuesday with
Rev. E. A. Birkholz, pastor Off
ciating.
The bride wore white trans
parent velvet gown and double
veil of net, edged in rosepoint lace
extended. beyond the train. Her
shower bouquet was of talisman
roses and she wore a gold brace
let, the gift of the groom.
The maid Of honor, Miss Frieda
Voeltz of Minneapolis and the
bridesmaids, Miss Mabel Gordon
of Minneapolis, a sister of the
groom and Miss Mary Brandt of
Warroad, were gowned alike in
rust transparent velvet dresses.
Their flowers were shoulder COR
sageS of talisman roses and they
wore gold head bands, gold slip
pers and bracelets of gold and
rhinestones, gifts of the bride.
Dick Jones of Minneapolis was
the groom's attendant and the
'ushers were Arthur Seifert and
Stanley Otto of Redwood Falls.
The nuptial music was played
by Miss Alice Hagen and Mrs. Os-
car Galstad sang Beautiful Saw
iour" and "Al Joy Be Thine"
Mrs. Seifert, mother of the
bride wore a black crepe and net
dress and Mrs. Gordon, the
groom's mother, was gowned in
blue lace for the reception and
dinner which was held after the
ceremony at Hotel Ramsey.
Out of town guests who attend
ed the wedding and reception
were Mrs. Charles H. Gordon of
Owatonna, Miss Lois Wyman of
Northfield and Arthur Kriesel of
Owatonna.
Later Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon left
by motor for Minneapolis and will
return Saturday. For travel Mrs.
Gordon wore green crepe dress
with black accessories.
Mrs. Gordon was graduated
from the high school here and
Mankato Teachers college. She
taught at Waseca and for five
years has been principal of the
Jefferson school at Owatonna. Mr..
Gordon is a graduate of Ovation
ma High school and Carleton col
lege and is associated with his
father in the Gordon Dairy at
Owatonna where they will make
their home,
The Redwood gazette., 1936-12-31
WPA Will Remove
Part of Old School

A crew of WPA workers will
begin tearing down the former
high school building, ruined by
fire this summer, January 3, it
was planned this week. They will
remove material down to the Sec
ond floor level and clean up scat
tered debris in project which
win probably last four months.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-12-31
Christmas Day
Robin Sighted

A robin, apparently fool
ed by the SO degree dbope
zero tcedther Christmas day,
perched on a limb in Red
Uood Falls and sang as
though spring, rather than
ice and snop and tcintry
blasts, tDere In oieD.
The bird Das seen by Mrs.
EttG Ruder and her son
Richard Juenen.an on q
branch outside their home,
plump and apparently per-
fectly happy.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-12-31
HOG CHOLERA SCHOOL

The annual Redwood county
hog cholera school viii be held
in Redwood Falls February 18
and 19 under the direction of w.
A. Billings, extension veterinar-
ian. The county agents office
asks that applications be left there
as soon as possible
The Redwood gazette., 1936-12-31

Mr.. and Mrs. f. L. Bell and son
arrived Friday from Milwaukee
for a visit with DR.. and Mrs. Fl.
B. Cole and family. Mr.. Bell re-
turned the latter part of the week
and Mrs. Bell and son left We'd
nesday.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-12-31

Miss Florence Schenck who was
a holiday guest at the home of her
brother, III. A. Schenck returned
to Chicago Sunday evening.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-12-31


Motor travel to the Twin Cities
from Redwood Falls is impossible
until roads have been cleared of
drifts, highway patrolmen warn
ed early Wednesday afternoon.
State highway plows were at
tempting to keep main routes open
Wednesday noon, the heavy snow
fall and its effect on visibility be-
ing the biggest handicap to driv-
ing at that time. County plows
were waiting for the storm to stop
before taking to the county roads.
Richard Cook, county engineer,
stated. The county's fleet is too
small to keep the roads open dur
ing storms and it finds it more
economical to move the snow af-
ter storms have stopped.
In downtown Redwood Falls
many cars were drifted in during
the morning and must be moved
before the streets can be cleared.
The snow followed a series of
rains and sleet storms which sew
eral times during the week left
highways, streets and sidewalks
ice coated as traffic moved at
Snai1'S paca
The Redwood gazette., 1936-12-31
A INJURED AS CAR
HITS PARKED TRUCK

Four brothers, sons of Frank
Pratt living west of town, were
injured in an accident when the
car in which they were riding
struck truck parked on the
highway near the Clarence Halves
farm Saturday evening.
Harry was most badly injured
and is at present confined to the
Redwood Falls hospital with
severe cuts and bruises. Leslie,
the driver, has several teeth
knocked loose and suffered a cut
tongue, James was cut about the
face and Louis escaped with
scratches.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-12-31
WOMAN BREAKS NECK
IN TRAFFIC MISHAP

MarShall-Mrs. D. c. Campbell
of Wolsey, South Dakota, suffered
a broken neck Tuesday morning
when her car skidded and over
turned on highway 19 within the
city limits. Physicians say she
will y-oDor,or
Evening star., 1936-03-08
COURT MUST RULE
IN PERMIT CASES
Testimony of Officers Will Not
Be Sole Standard in
Revelations.

Arresting officers statements, which
up to now have been accepted as prima
facie evidence by the Board of Revo-
cations and Restorations of Operators
Permits in the suspension of permits,
will have to be bolstered in the future
by court decision, it was decided yes
terday after a conference of Police
Court judges.
In one case in point the officer tes-
titled that woman motorist was driv-
tng so miles an hour. The record
shows she was convicted of driving 80
miles an hour. Her permit was sus-
pended for 80 days Yesterday the
board recalled the order.
Previously the record of court action
was not transmitted to the board and
only printed form was made out and
signed by the officer. Upon this state
ment Of facts the permit of the mo-
torist was suspended or revoked.
Evening star., 1936-03-08
CHANGE PLANNED
IN AIRPORT BILL
Amendment Requiring D. c.
to Pay for Site to Come
Up This Week.

Further amendment Of the fire.
quently rewritten local airport bill, to
meet the storm of objection which
blocked the final step to enactment OF
the measure late Friday in the House,
will be considered tomorrow or Tues
lay by House conference managers.
The conferees will consider an
amendment requiring the District to
pay the entire 100000 for selecting a
site and obtaining options, and also
may consider an amendment to wipe
out the authorization of funds for
taking options, conflning the power OF
the proposed airport commission mere
ly to the selection of site.
It is possible a joint meeting Of
Senate and House conferees may be
called. since it will be necessary for
the Senate to act again If the bill Is
amended by the House.
Representative Bankhead of Ala
bama, the majority leader, who saved
the airport bill from what seemed to
be certain defeat by withdrawing 1t
from consideration, made no definite
suggestion to the conferees as to
amendment of the measure.
The House conferees, headed by
Representative Palmisano Of Mary
land, also probably will meet with
members of the Airport Subcommit-
tee of the House District COMMITTEES
which framed the original airport bill
This subcommittee is headed by Rep
resentative Randolph Of West Vir-
ginia, who aided in the defense oi
the bill Friday on the floor.
Evening star., 1936-03-08
City Traffic inquiry Evolves Ideas To End RushHour Jams
Reckless Youth Heads List
In Traffic Driue Figures
55.37 Per Cent of Speeders Bet,Oeen 16
and 26-439 Permits Revoked or
Suspended Since january "a.

from driving, but the number of young
people brought in for speeding Is
astounding"
Under the traffic act of 1925, any
person over Is can pay $40 down on
a secondhand car and drive it all he
wants to. This part Of the act was
not changed when the act was amend
ed by Congress in 1881.
Presiding Judge Gus A. Schuldt,
who has observed the increasing
traffic problem from the Traffic Court
bench since 1923, believes the mini
mum age for drivers permits should
be raised, but is of the opinion it
should be 49,
Judges John P. Mcmahon. who Is
now sitting on the Traffic Court bench,
also would like to see the minimum
limit higher than it is now.
Children irresponsible.
II agree with Mr.. Bastian." ne said
my experience on the TRAFFIC Court
bench has amply demonstrated to me
the responsibility of children who
are allowed to drive automobiles. AL
though we are faced with the worst
traffic problem in our history-and
it is fast getting worse-we still let
boys and girls of 16 and II tear
around through the streets, en-.
dangering lives. Something must be
done about this problem, and taking
away permits from even few Of the
irresponsible might help"
Judge Isaac I. Hit, who has beer
sitting in Traffic Court over period
Of several years, said:
Some young people are just a.
good drivers as older people, but I dc
think that any one given permit be-
tween the ages of is and 18 shoule
be required to give bond or some
guarantee that they will drive care
fully"
Judge Walter ]. Casey, the young.
est member of the bench in point o.
service, stated:
Il don't agree entirely with Mr.
Bastian, because some boys between
the ages of l8 and 81 have to carr
their living by using a car"
Evening star., 1936-03-08
PRIVATE PENSION
AGREEMENT NEAR
King to Call Meeting This
Week If Experts Can
Make Report.
BY 7. A. O'LEARY.

Government and private actuaries
were reported in congressional circles
yesterday to be nearing an agreement
on some method of handling the pri-
vate pension problem in connection
with the social security program.
Senator King, Democrat of Utah,
chairman of joint House and Senate
subcommittee handling the question,
said he would call a meeting some time
this week if the experts are ready to
submit report.
Headway Is Reported.
Although details of what the experts
have in mind will not be available until
the subcommittee meets, information
reaching the Capitol was to the effect
they have made headway in recent
conferences.
The question which has been before
the joint subcommittee since Congress
passed the social security law last
Summer has been to try to work out
some arrangement to preserve the
many private retirement systems in
industries, after the Federal old-age
annuity plan goes into operation in
January, 1887.
Clark Offered Original Amendment.
Senator Clark, Democrat, of Mis-
souri,, who has estimated that at least
4,000,0 900 employees are working under
private industrial retirement plans
that are equal to or more beneficial
than the proposed Government sys-
tenn, offered the original amendment
last year. It would have authorized
the Social Security Board to exempt
from the pay roll taxes required for
the Federal system any concern oper-
ating plan at least as beneficial as
the Government system.
The Senate adopted the amendment
by a substantial majority, but 1t went
out Of the bill in conference. In DROP
ping 1t, however. to speed final pass
age of the security program an agree
ment was reached to set up the joint
subcommittee to make further efforts
to adjust the Clark amendment.
Evening star., 1936-03-08
Three HURT AS AUTO
CRASHES AT CURVE
Driver in Accident on Foxall
Road, 0urn L. Swan, Feared
Suffering Skull Fracture.

Three men were injured, one Sc
riously. late yesterday, when their au-
tomobile failed to take a curve on
Foxall road, hit an embankment and
swerved across the road, knocking
down two heavy posts of cable fence.
They were taken to Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital, where Ourn L. Swan,
"a, of 643 East Capitol street, said to
be the driver of the car, was treated
for deep gashes on his head. Physi-
clans believed his skull may be frac-
tured, as q deep hole was cut in the
center Of his forehead.
The other occupants Of the car,
Elmer Robinson, 1924 Eleventh street,
and Robert Ballard, 81, of 1414 D
street southeast, also were treated for
cuts about the head. None of the
men was unconscious, but they are
being held at the hospital for observa-
ton, while police investigate the cause
Of the accident. The automobile was
smashed.
The accident occurred just north OF
Uplands, the estate Of Mrs. j. Borden
Hartman, at 1900 Foxall road. A wit
ness told Officers e. r. Wyckoff and
r. 8. Evans of No!T scout car that the
driver evidently lost control.
Evening star., 1936-03-08
RENT BILL ACTION
DUE TOMORROW
House Committee to Call Up
Measure as Result of
Labor Demands.

The Ellenbogen rent-control OIL,
which has occupied privileged status
on the House calendar for year, will
be disposed of tomorrow on the sixth
so-called District day Of the present
session.
The House District Committee will
call up the measure because of the
demand of organized labor for its en-
actment. 1t also will call up the only
other District bill on the calendar
which would eliminate the fee Office
of the boiler inspector and substitute
salaried Office.
The Ellenbogen bill had been re-
garded as dead until last week when
labor organizations demanded that it
be acted on before adjournment Of
Congress. AS a result, it was revised
in accordance with minor recommend
ations proposed by a subcommittee Of
the District Committee last year, and
favorably reported second time.
Emergency Held to Exist.
Evidence presented before the sub
committee" said the committee report.
Shows conclusively that an emergency
situation exists in the District regard
ing rental and housing conditions.
Testimony showed that on March
%, 1885, there were 97,388 Federal
employees in the District, not counting
some 10000 employees Of the District
government and members of the leg
islative, judicial or military branches
of the Federal Government.
"At the end of April, 1885, there
were 1o0,949 Federal employees in the
District, not counting those noted
above. This latter figure is within
1900 of the all-time peak of Fed
eral Government employment in the
District Of. 117,760 on Armistice day,
1918"
A rent commission similar to that
which existed during the war period
would be set up by the bill. It would
be composed of three members ap-
pointed by the President and approved
by the Senate
According to the committee report,
the bill aims to alleviate the emer-
gency situation existing in the Dis
oAASo Ny 'SACdSA1A6 o SoAA11AcoAoA w 4lA
fair and reasonable rents"
Protection Of Tenant.
The report also declared: 1.-THE
bill makes every effort to protect the
tenant in this emergency, but does
so not in any manner unfair or un-
reasonable to the owner of any rental
property. BY creating an administra-
tive agency to hear and determine
complaints there will be guaranteed
equity to both tenant and owner
Questions raised as to the consti-
tutionality of the legislation are an
swered by the committee in citations
Of past decisions of the Supreme
Court. Then the committee said:
Unless the Supreme Court departs
radically from the principles pro-
nounced in the cases which have been
referred to. the legislation considered
by the committee may not be chal-
lenged on the ground Of constitution
atty" ~
Evening star., 1936-03-08
RED RIDER HEARING
END IS SEEN WITH
QUIZ TOMORROW
Report of Measure to Full
District Committee, How.
ever, May Be Delayed.
LEGION REPRESENTATIVE
TO RESUME TESTIMONY
Mrs. Jenckes Promises to Submit
Brief to Back Up Charge
Against Board.

Chairman Kennedy of the District
Education Subcommittee expects to
complete hearings tomorrow on the
Sisson bill to repeal the rider banning
instruction on communism in the
public schools. Report of the measure
to the full District Committee. how
ever, may be delayed.
When the hearing is resumed in the
House caucus room at 10:30 am, e.
Brooke Fetty of the American Legion.
who was in the midst of statement
when the last session ended, will re-
sumo his testimony. Fetty. an oppo-
nent of the Sisson bill, is expected to
complete his statement in few
minutes.
That will clear the way for Repre-
sentative Jenckes, Democrat, of In
diana, a member of the subcommittee,
to present her promised brief in sub
sanitation of charges of neglect and
inef1iciency" in the conduct of the
schools and administration Of school
funds. She hurled the charges at the
Board of Education, but declined at
the time to be cross examined.
Challenged by Mrs. Doyle.
A few minutes later, Mrs. Marion
Wade Doyle. president of the board
challenged the Indiana Representative
to support her charges and accused
her of using the hearing for publicity
purposes.
Representative Ellenbogen, Demo-
crat, of Pennsylvania. a member Of
the House District Committee, pro-
tested the acceptance of Mrs.
JencHes' statement unless she could
be cross-examined. Kennedy. how
ever, allowed the statement in the
record and said time would be grant
ed later to examine Mrs. Jenckes on
her charges.
Representative Sisson, Democrat, Of
New York, author of the repeater,
probably will be the last witness, but
Is not expected to make a statement
until after the Board of Education is
given the opportunity to answer the
Jenckes charges.
Sisson also expects to present,
through Charles B. Degges, secre-
tary of the board, list Of organiza-
tions that have approved the repeal
of the rider. in spite Of its support
by the Federation Of Citizens Asso-
Citations and the Public School Asso-
citation.
Degges has compiled list of 10
citywide organizations and 36 local
groups that have written the Board
of Education opposing the rider or
urging the enactment Of the Sisson
measure.
Delay of Report Seen.
Delay of the report on the meas
ure to the whole District Committee
probably will result from the passage
of the District supply bill by the
House. Elimination of the character
education experiment from that meas
ure sets up the same situation, so far
as the House is concerned, as existed
when the red rider was enacted a
year ago. Negotiations in conference
for the restoration Of the experiment
resulted in compromise, and the ban
on teaching or advocating Commun-
ism in the schools was the result.
Kennedy twice before had hoped to
end the hearings, but as testimony
was offered the controversy grew. 1t
was delayed the last time until the
caucus room could be obtained, since
the District Committee room is too
small to accommodate the crowds.
Evening star., 1936-03-08
SENTIMENT Of D. c.
ON RACING SOUGHT
Congress Committees viii
Conduct Hearings on
Norton Bill.

An effort to learn the sentiment OF
the District with respect to the pro-
posal embodied in the Norton bill to
legalize horse racing under the pari-
mutuel system, will be made this
week by members Of the Senate and
House District Committees.
Chairman Palmisano of the Ju-
dietary Subcommittee of the House
District Committee, where the Nor
ton bill has languished for several
months. made arrangements yesterday
to begin public hearings on the bill
Thursday at 1890 am. Two men,
bers of the Senate District Commit
tee-Senators Bilbo, Democrat, of
Mississippi and Carey, Republican, OF
Wyoming-will sit with the Judiciary
Subcommittee to obviate the necessity
Of public hearings on the Senate side
If the bill gets that far.
Chairman King of the Senate Dis
trict Committee has decided to accept
the report of Senators Bilbo and Carey
as substitute for public hearings
The decision Of the Palmisano sub
committee to swing into action on the
racing bill represents a victroy for its
sponsor. Chairman Norton of the
House District Committee, who has
made repeated efforts to move the
measure to the House calendar She
is confident the House will pass the
bill if given an opportunity. Its fate
in the Senate, however, is very doubt
full
A similar bill passed the House in
the last Congress, but died in the
Senate.
The Norton bill. aside from legaliZ-
ing horse racing, would set up racing
board to control and regulate the sport
Ten per cent Of the money wagered at
the track would be deducted, two
thirds of which would be retained by
the promoter. The other one-third
would be turned over to the District
Evening star., 1936-03-08
Motorists Speed
On Decline Here,
Figures Disclose
Arrests Sho,c Drop of
5 to E Miles an, Hour
on Average.

The average speed OF District motor
lists is on the decline, it was shown in
report yesterday by W. H. Murphy
secretary of the Board of Revelations
and Restorations Of Operators
Permits.
Figures show that when drivers
started losing their permits for exces-
sive speed January "a, they were being
arrested at an average speed Of be-
tween 38 and so miles an hour. Now
the report shows. the average has beer
cut down to between 80 and IS.
Murphy also said the number o,
cases presented to the board had beer
cut almost in half in the less thar
two months.
Evening star., 1936-03-08
Accounts to Be Adjusted,

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. March
7 Especially Notice has been given
that the Prince Georges County Com
missioners will sit March II, 18 and
10 here for the purpose Of adjusting
all accounts against the county, pre-
paratory to making the annual levy.
Accounts must be sworn to before a
notary or justice of the peace and
filed at the commissioners office on
or before March 16.