The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-06

~ been squelched at New Ulm by the
legal action of city authorities, "
stated last weeks Minnesota Leader, re-
ferrlng to the "fence sign" battle in our
county seat.
We wonder if "squeIched" is just the
right word. The sign which DR.. Vogel, ar
dent republican, had caused to be painted
was causing a few smiles on the streets
of New Ulm, but we doubt if 100 people out
side the city knew anything about it until
the farmer-labor end of the city council
went into action. We further doubt if it
had taken many votes from Franklin De-
lano Roosevelt. It wasn't until Alderman
Neuwirth made an issue of the campaign
humor that very many outside New Ulm
knew the sign existed. Since he went into
action the whole world has learned about
it. From California to Maine pictures of the
fence, with the letters thereon, have been
published. If the sign in New Ulm was dam
aging to democracy, what must it be when
broadcast to the whole, wide world?
And not only has the world learned
about the sign and it's message. 1t has fur
ther learned that New Ulm has doctor who
is humorist, an alderman who is not, and
a citizenry which enjoys a good battle re-
gardless of the outcome Sleepy Eye Her
ald-Dispatch.
Lie COuuCIy COuSlu SOIIetllIlCS lOOhS up
to the city newspaper but on one score at
least, the country newspaper can laugh Ion.
and loud. Ever read real news hoax in a
weekly paper? Occasionally the editor gets
taken in but he isn't sucker a second time
from the same source. How about the dali
les? They have been taken for suckers by
the publicists for years. Hollywood has
only to whistle to get front page for some
of the most obvious tripe a space grabber
can think Of And the next day he does it
again.
We haven't contacted his physician at
Rochester and we haven't any friend who
talked to friend who has fifth cousin
who is a janitor at the Mayo clinic. We
know from what we read, however, that
lieve the press reports from day to day de-
scribe his condition as accurately as doctors
can diagnose it and newspaper men can ex-
press it. When there is more news on the
subject, rest assured your newspapers will
carry it.
Professional ethics carried to the ex-
treme become fantastic. For instance when
kidnapper, the lowest form of rat life, con-
victed and sentenced to 80 years in jail,
looks into the future and decides he can
90 society favor Dy onOlng IL all-Wny
should men work over him for hours trying
to save life neither the owner nor the state
wants, and why, incidentally, the American
flag and firing squad at such funeral?
An Iowa newspaper, we understand,
conducted poll on July fireworks, found
that Is per cent of the people would be
glad to see the end of all firecrackers and
similar explosives. The other 25 per cent
perhaps never lost finger or burned a
hand.
Most pertinent remark of the week
Curves that attract the judges eye at a
beauty show will, likely as not, be spread
over two-thirds of an automobile seat ten
years hence.
A Marshall woman has retired after
running boarding house 20 years. If the
sundry reaches she has seen could be COM
bined, the owner could dine in Marshall and
help himself to chop suey in China.
A bonuseer at Austin has blown it
| all in and is back on relief. Come on pen
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