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Evening star., 1936-11-10

Chesterton and Jack Dempsey, we had
to find for ourselves.
For American Eyes.
The boy. 1t seemed, had his own
ideas of what Americans should see,
for whatever he showed us. there
was an epithetical indictment in
words with which he ended each SEN
tence:
Very old! Very famous!"
Signs in London:
Halt. Major Road. (LOcated at
all bouleUdrds.)
Dead SloU. Police pdrnino in
Westminster HdH driueWdy.j
Car Park. Draw in. Parking
lot sign.j
No Parking Here, Please. fOf-
fetal police notice.
4 4 y
What I like about the British"
said little old lady, trying to clarity
her confusing impressions of a for.
eign land by pigeonholing them in
a phrase, lis their lust so-ishness.' u"
The studios of the British Broad
casting Co, illustrate this. They're
not like those in America. At Broad.
casting House there Is library studio
from which authors may broadcast
and chapel from which religious
services are put on the air. The for
mer is walled with books and fur
nished so much like a library in any
sumptuous home that the lone micro
phone on the table seems out of place.
The chapel is shrine in itself. and
if the officiating minister 50 desires
there is button to press that turns
on a lighted cross on the wall behind
the altar.
British Wireless Trouble.
But with all, the British are rather
upset over their wireless. They still
call it that, although King Edward
prefers the word radio"
British broadcasting is financed en-.
tirely by l0-shilling annual tax on
Evening star., 1936-11-10

each radio set. But 1t isn't the tax
that disturbs the Britisher. He wants
better programs
I'VE wouldn't have to tune in on
continental station to get good pro-
grams" one hears them say, IF they'd
only allow advertising on the radio
here"
4 n
Polly stands and sells her papers
on Fleet street at the intersection
that the lawyers pass on their way
to the Temple.
No one knows how long she has
stood there with the inevitable poster
that gives you just enough of the
Evening star., 1936-11-10
news to want a newspaper. It's bcel
years and years.

Wanted Evening Dress.
For long time Polly was unhappy
as she stood at her corner. It seemed
she had seen ladies pass in evening
dresses, and she had seen evening
dresses in store windows, and out of
what she saw she formed the idea
that what she wanted most in all the
world was an evening dress.
But how" she confded once to
an old barrister who was a daily Gus.
toner, 'can one save enough for an
evening dress out Of the pennies one
takes in for papers,"
But Polly is happy today. That
same old 'barrister died not long ago.
In his will he expressly provided that
Polly should receive an evening dress
She wears 1t around the house
sometimes in the evening.
Nert:: Channel crossing.
Evening star., 1936-11-10

Merit. Channel crossing.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-03-05
Watch Sold SO Years Ago
at North Redwood Started
Large Mail Order Concern
Sears ROebuck Recalls First
Transaction on Fiftieth
Anniversary

Fifty years ago a man bought
a watch. 1t cost him $7.65 and he
sold it Is years later to a man
whose whereabouts he does not
know. But that first sale started
Richard Sears in business which
was to grow to gigantic proper
tions and is giving Lewis Linde-
man of North Redwood, the pur-
chaser, a large part in the publ
city attending the Golden Jubilee
of Sears Roebuck and company.
Current Sears-Roebuck national
display advertising cites Mr.. Lin
deman as "the man who really
started this company in business
the man who set the example
which SO million other Americans
have followed" Headed ITO The
Tick OF A Watch" the advertise
ment is addressed to Lewis Lin
deman as the first Sears customer
and draws a parallel between the
progress of the country and that
of the Sears company.
A boy of Is, Lindeman pur-
chased the watch from Sears who
was depot agent at North Red
so years ago. Sears had ordered
two at low prices from . New
York jeweler and having sold
them both, ordered new supplies
Continued on Pags l0)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-03-05
Merchants Warned
OF Check PaSSer

Redwood Falls merchants are
warned to look out for bad check
passer, calling himself H. B. John
son, who has worked a popular
check racket in Faribault, Waba-
sha, Olivia and Mortified during
the past two weeks.
According to information broad
cast by KIND Wednesday,, the
youth presented a check for $3.50
at lumber yard in Faribault re-
Gently, ordering the dealer to set
aside the merchandise he pur-
chased, and leaving with the diff
ference between the value of the
material and the face value of the
check. He did not return.
The man usually presents checks
of $50, signed with some local
farmers name, and made out to
himself as H. B. johnson or H. B.
Branson. He claims to have re-
ceived the check for farm work,
and often the words, "for labor"
appear in the lower left corner.
He is about five feet, 10 inches in
height, heavy set, and "a years of
age.
Local police officers ask that
merchants check up on anyone
cashing checks for merchandise
which they leave in the store, as
the racket is widespread at pres
ent. Sheriff L. j. Kise or the staff
of KIND have information on
most check passers working in
this section, and will be glad to
check on suspicious persons.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-03-05
County Will Pay No Pensions Until
Federal Government Approves Plan

applications were filled out.
at usually takes about As min
utes to make out an application
blank" Mr.. McRae said, except
those for bachelors who require
only about half hour as most OF
their questions can be answered
mo- and no explanations are need
ed" The oldest person to apply
for a pension was an 84-year old
woman, he stated.
Mr.. McRae told Of one man who
made out an application who has
nearly $1,000 in the bank, still
owns his home, has been a resi-
dent of the United States for
about 40 years without taking out
naturalization papers but who be-
lieves he is deserving of a pen
sion. The application was taken
and mailed to state headquarters
but its chances of approval, Mr..
McRae said, are very slim.
The board let contracts Wednes-
Gay for their supply of road Gull
verts for the year to the Elk Riv-
err Concrete Products company,
the Lyle Culvert company Of Min
neapolis and the Mortified Iron
company.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-03-05
PLANE, ON MERCY
MISSION, STRIKES
POLE AT SANBORN
Pilot Unhurt; Girl Taken to
New Ulm by Car for
Operation

An airplane flying from Mime
apolis on an errand of mercy
crashed last Thursday night at
Sanborn where it was to have
picked up a girl and transported
her back to Minneapolis for an
emergency operation. The pilot
escaped unhurt.
The machine, with Elmer Hinck
at the controls, cracked into a
telephone pole as it was about to
land two miles north of town,
breaking one wing and the pro-
peller. Hinck had flown from
Void Chamberlain field.
Snow blocked roads presented a
dilemma when Viola Pankonin,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Emil
Pankonin, living nine miles south
west of Sanborn, was stricken
with an attack of appendicitis.
The plane was summoned but
when the air ambulance was
wrecked, the girl had to be taken
by sleigh to Sanborn and from
there was driven in a car to a
New Ulm hospital by Dale Dan
newitz. The operation was per-
formed in time and the girls con-
dition at present is said to be
good.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-03-05
RITES HELD FOR
MRS. LONGBOTTOM

Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at the Odlaug
Funeral home for Mrs. Edward
Longbottom of Brookville town.
ship who died Saturday at the
hospital here after a long illness.
Rev. j. D. Keith of Delhi was in
charge of the rites and Mrs. Keith
sang a solo with Mrs. Victor john
son as accompanist.
Sophia A. Larson, DAUGHTER of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Lars6n, was
born December 10, 1877 at Evan
and was married to Edward Long
bottom, November 2, 1899. They
lived at Seaforth for many years
and later moved to farm in
Brookville township.
Mrs. Longbottom is survived by
an only daughter, Mrs. G. D. Dou-
glas of Minneapolis who with her
husband was here for the services.
There are also three sisters, Mrs.
o. c. Heelman of Fargo, North
Dakota, Mrs. Dorothy Dale of
Phoenix, Arizona and Mrs. Kath-
crime Enger Of Omaha, Nebraska
and two brothers, Peter and Wal
ter Larson of Canada.
Burial was in the Home ceme-
terry at Sleepy Eye, beside the
grave of her husband, who died
August Is, 1885.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-03-05
About 80 Have Applied for
Old Age Benefits Since
February "a

The board of county commits
sioners decided Wednesday not to
allow old age pension payments
until the federal government has
definitely approved Minnesota
plan and assurance has been Civ
en- of the government appropria-
ton of so per cent share of the
pension fund.
The social security board last
week declined to accept the states
plan contending that it fails to
meet requirements and the COM
missioners did not feel they
should go ahead with their part
in the program and put the coun-
ty under obligations until plans
are definite.
About 80 applications had been
received up to Wednesday by A.
d. McRae, supervisor of pensions
in the county, and his assistant,
S. F. Scott. The pension office
opened February "a. The heav-
lest day was Saturday when 16
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-03-05
NEA MEET URGES
CURRENT AFFAIRS
in SCHOOL WORK
Educators Spoke for More
Practical Courses,
Gray Says

Greater emphasis on current af-
fairs and problems, in social stud
les of the school curriculum, was
urged at the annual conference of
the National Education associa-
ton held last week in St. Louis,
Superintendent Reede Gray stated
upon his return Saturday from the
convention.
Leading educators in the coun-
try, Mr.. Gray said, spoke in favor
of making courses more practical
with special attention on social
studies wherein it was recon-
mended that current events be
studied to a greater extent than
past history. A need is seen fol-
teaching students to become bet
ter citizens, more understanding
of the political machinery of the
country in which they live and
better able to conduct themselves
as members of a democratic Soc
iety, Mr.. Gray related.
More than 5000 school men
from throughout the United
States attended the meeting in
GLIDING more than 100 from Min
nesota. j. H. Wichman, former
superintendent here and now at
Mortified travelled with the Min
nesota delegation.
Mr.. Gray recounted that tenn
peratures in ST. Louis reached as
high as 70 degrees above, while nc
snow or ice could be seen any
where. Delegates discarded over
coats and overshoes while there.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-03-05
Relatives of Revere
Women Found Frozen

Revere - Frozen to death in
their car which was stalled in
drift not far from Leal, North
Dakota, the bodies of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Julien were found Sun
day by a rural mail carrier. Mrs.
Julien formerly lived at Lamber-
ton and has two sisters at Revere,
Mrs. L. P. Rasmussen and Mrs.
Frank Olson.
Details of the tragedy were not
given in the message which was
received Sunday by her sisters
who left at once to attend the
funeral. 1t is understood, how
ever, that they had driven to Leal
(about SO miles west of Valley
City, for provisions. Both were
about 35 years of age. They had
no children.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-03-05
LEAP YEAR BABY
BORN AT MORGAN

Aorgan-Mary Lou Kohl, six
pound daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Kohl born Saturday morn
ing, February 20, faces the pros
pect of a birthday only once in
four years under the present cal
endar and may never have an
other if plans to change the calen-
dar to 13 equal months material
iz1 in the next three years.
However, the very young lady
isn't perturbed by the prospect.
She was born at the home of her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Reding and was christened and
baptized Sunday morning at the
Catholic church service with
George Green and Mrs. John We'll
ter Jr. as sponsors. There are
six boys and five girls in the Kohl
family.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-03-05
Fire Causes $4,000 Loss at Sanborn; 3 Killed
As Home Burns at Tracy Father Leaps to Safety
Mother, Son And
Daughter Perish

Three persons were burned to
death in their home at Tracy ear
ly Wednesday, while a fourth es-
capped by leaping from an upstairs
window when fire broke out as
they were asleep.
Mrs. Andrew Stahowiak and
her two grown-up children, Vic
toria, 80 and Frank, 81, lost their
lives when trapped in their Sec
ond story bedrooms by the flames,
while the father jumped from a
window into the snow. He was
badly burned but will recover.
Mr.. Stahowiak was the first to
awake. Shouting to the other
members of the family as a wall
of fire shot through a doorway,
he dashed to the window and
leaped. AS he lay in the snow
he could hear the screams of the
others. The house was completely
destroyed.
Frank was the publisher of a
small tri-weekly paper in Tracy,
while Mr.. Stahowiak is employ
ed by the North Western railway.
A son, Edward, of Chicago, also
survives.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-03-05
Hutchinson Boy
First In OratOry

Twelve young people from II
high schools competed for honors
in the region three declamatory
contest held Wednesday evening
in the Lincoln school auditorium.
Howard Popp, Hutchinson, with
his selection, 1.-THE Hardest Thing
In the World To Be" won first
place and Luther Lokkesnoe, Hen
bricks reciting "The Way Of
Life" was given second honors in
the oratorical division. "Hagar"
given by Beulah Sampson, Frank
lin, was first place winner in the
dramatic group with second hon
ors going to Anita Hanson, Mon
tevideo who gave Camille. In
the humorous division, first hon.
ors went to Betty Engebretson,
Candy with "Dedieating the Gas
Station" anE seenpd pIace was
given to William Nierenezyten re-
citing Lord Dundreaxys Letter"
Others "a IL oratoricali divi-
sion were 0tto IteboIh0rn. VIM
throp and Dona1d Riseh. Appleton.
The dramatje had for It's other
entrants Martha Harmed, Glencoe
and Helen Ehlers, Marshall and
two more competitors in humor
wer Keith Griebe, Brownton and
Earl Alden, Clarified.
CONTINUED on Page 10,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-03-05
BLOCK IN DANGER
As FIRE DESTROYS
STOREAND BAKERY
Firemen Prevent Spread to
Other Buildings in
All Night Fight
Frozen Hydrants and Power
Shut-Off Hamper. Work
of Quelling Blaze

Fire which for a time threaten
ed the entire business district,
two buildings early
Monday on Sanborn's main street
with an estimated loss of $40, 900,
most of which is covered by in
Surance.
Discovered about 1880 a. m. in
the Theodore Hensch mercantile
store, the flames spread to the ad-
joining John Leopold bakery and
gained too great Roadway before
the fire department, hampered by
frozen hydrants and a shut-off of
power at the pump house, was
able to play streams of water on
the blaze.
The flames cracked through the
two one story, wooden frame
structures until 3 a. m. before
they were finally put under con-
troll. Famed by strong west
wind it was feared that the fire
might proceed the length of the
block and the firemen, observing
that there was no hope in saving
the two burning buildings, bent
every effort to prevent the flames
from enveloping neighboring bust
ness places.
A call was sent to the Spring
field fire department 10 miles
away but the blaze was under
control by the time the Springfield
apparatus arrived. The entire
Is members of the Sanborn fire
company, aided by many volun-
teers, fought the fire, one of the
largest in the towns history.
Some damage was done by
smoke and water to the Sanborn
State bank building, which is ad-
jacent to the Leopold bakery,
while large plate glass windows
of two stores across the street
from the burning structures crack
ed from the heat.
The blaze was discovered by
Miss Agnes Berg who could see
the flames through the rear win
dows of the Hensch store from
her home a block away. She rush.
ed to Mr.. Hensch's residence
across the street from her home
and he turned in the alarm. Sew
eral other persons had passed in
front of the store but had not
noticed the fire, which is believed
to have started in the rear part
of the attic on the west side of
the building.
The Hensch store was leveled
while only part of the walls of
the bakery were left standing
when the fire was finally extin-
guished about dawn. Nothing was
saved from either place.
Workmen have been busy since
Monday erecting a temporary
building in vacant lot on the
street to replace the general
store and Mr.. Hensch stated We'd
nesday in a telephone conversa-
with the Gazette that all business
will go on as usual, starting Fri
day. A permanent structure will
be constructed later, he said.
Plans for the reconstruction of
the other building, which is owned
by the bank, were not announced.
Origin of the blaze has not
been ascertained but defective
electric wiring in the attic is ad-
vanced as a possible cause. The
Hensch store, of double cOmpart-
ment, was So by 81 feet in di-
mansions while the bakery was
about half that size.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-03-05
Neqv Ordinances Aimed
at Traffic in Illegal Liquor
INTERNATIONAL
DECLAM CONTEST
OFFERED SCHOOL

The Redwood Falls school re-
ceived the chance this week to
sponsor the inter-regional declam-
atory contest scheduled to be held
March II. Inquiry as to whether
the school here would consider
holding the contest was made by
William H. Dittees, superinten-
dent of schools at Sherburne and
chairman of the inter-regional
committee. Superintendent Reede
Gray replied that it would.
The contest would bring togeth-
er the leading high school orators
in regions two and three, which
cover southwestern Minnesota. A
total of 121 schools are listed in
the two regions and those partici-
pating in the contest here would
be the survivors of sub-district,
district and regional contests.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-03-05
Church of Christ, Victim
of Tevo Fires, to Celebrate
Years of Perseverance
Last Setback in 1929, Week
After Mortgage Was
Paid and Burned

One week a happy congregation
gathered to celebrate the wiping
clean of it's slate of debts by burn
ing the notes and mortgages. The
following week the church burned
down.
That is one incident in the three
score years of existence of the
Church of Christ of Redwood
Falls which next Thursday Obser-
yes the sixtieth anniversary of its
founding in 1876.
The church boasts of one of the
largest congregations of Redwood
Falls denominations, the number
of worshipers having increased
from the two original members,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Crump who
moved to Redwood Falls when the
community was a village and laid
the spiritual cornerstone of the
church, to 400 present members.
The incident of the destruction
by fire of the church's imposing
edifice belongs to modern history.
Discovered late Saturday night,
January IL, 1929, the flames left
only the stone walls when finally
quenched and the congregation
was without home for its Sum
day morning services. Loss was
estimated at between $4,000 and
$35 200 to the building and con-
tents which included the pastors
library.
For a time the Presbyterian and
Methodist churches lent aid to the
Christian sect's plight by offering
their buildings for use, while SER
vices were also held in the Red
wood Falls armory.
The cornerstone of the present
structure was laid October 13,
1929 and its construction has pro-
crossed on a "pay as you go
basis" until only the main audi
torium remains unfinished. When
construction activities are con-
cluded the building will have cost
approximately $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crump had been
here short time when they sent
Continued on page six)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-03-05
Cards and Springfield
Open District Tourney
Red Cross Training
Planned For State
Highway Employees

In cooperation with the Amer
lean Red Cross, the state highway
department will train many Of it's
employees to give first aid to ac-
cident victims.
The highway department also is
cooperating with the Red Cross
in it's program of establishing
roadside first aid stations in Min
nesota, and will erect official
signs marking such stations. Traf-
fic flow data has been given the
midwest office of the Red Cross at
st. Louis to aid it in determining
the Minnesota trunk highways
which should receive consideration
in the establishment of the en-
Urgency stations.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-03-05
Council Gives Police New
Powers of Search and
Seizure
Orders Work on Elimination
of Static; Calls for
Bids on Pump

The city council put teeth in
Redwood Falls liquor laws and
issued a warning to bootleggers
in the same breath when it adopt
ed two ordinances Monday night,
fortifying police officers with adj
ditional power to halt traffic in
illegal liquor in the city.
The two measures are supple
mentary to ordinance 95 passed
after the voters cast their ballots
for a license two years ago and
which governed only the illegal
sale of liquor i'll the community.
The first ordinance provides for
the regulation of the sale, trans
portation and possession of intox-
icating liquor, while the second
establishes the procedure for the
enforcement of the former.
Besides prohibiting the sale of
tax evading liquids, the first new
law also outlaws possession of it
by any person and makes it the
duty of all police officers to
search any suspected premises.
The ordinance carries sentence
of a fine of not less than $50 or
more than 500 or a Jail sentence
of from 80 to 90 days.
Measures for carrying out the
provisions Of the first law are
outlined in the latter ordinance
which cites that upon a verified
complaint brought before the
municipal court warrant will be
issued for the arrest OF any per-
son charged with the sale, trans
porting or possession of illegal Ii
quor and provides also for the
issuance of a search warrant en-
abling an officer to search
and seize the property where
the unlawful operations are be-
ing conducted and its contents.
The officer also has the power to
arrest without a warrant any
person seen carrying unlawful Ii
quor while sentence of 500 fine
or 30 days Imprisonment is speci-
fed for anyone molesting an Of
ficer or hindering the execution
of his duty.
In short the city's two new
laws makes possible the arrest
with a warrant of any person
charged with unlawful traffic and
the search and seizure Of his
place of operation and the arrest
of any user of illegal liquor. This
would apply to spiking with al
cohol, as it is pointed out, no bot
tied alcohol is sold legally for
drinking purposes.
The council engaged the Dun
can Radio and Electric shop to
work on the elimination of radio
reception interference in co-opera-
ton with the Light and Power
company and the state broadcast
ing station here. Specifications
were approved for a new pumping
unit for the fire department and
the contract for its construction
will be let at 8 p. m. March 20.
The new equipment, which is de-
signed to carry from 200 to 25O
gallons of water for use at small
er fires, would replace the out
NODDED chemical unit. The coun-
Gil ordered that half of the pro-
ceeds of the one mill band tax be
RENTED to the school district
for the payment of the band di-
rector's salary.