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LOOK Old LEARN
 By A. c. Gordon Ii

l. From what are camel hair brushes made? K g How many npraries in the United States did Andrew Carnegie found? A.aS 3. At what temperature will mercury freeze? ''" ssif 4. What metal can best be drawn into wire? g W 5. What states name. comes from an Indian name meaning Father of Waters? ff iii
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 ANSWERS
 l. From the tails of, Siberian squirrels SfS s@Nl fSf 2. More than 2,800
 3. 39 degrees below zero. Feh- renheit. 4. Gold. 5. Mississippi n ..4 ad ] . N"~
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Your
 |IncOnle
 Tax
Bad Debts, Year in Which Deductible from An
 nual Statement

| To be allowed as deduction from gross income, a bad debt must Ihave been determined by the tax payer to be worthless within the taxable year for which it is claimed, land, where books are kept, it also must have been charged off within the same year. The necessity for Tthis provision is obvious. If debt could be deducted without the re- .quirement that it be charged off the taxpayers books, the certainty of its worthlessness would be open to question. Neither the taxpayer nor the Government could be cer- tain that debt would not be claimed more than once.
 If bad debt were allowed as a deduction, without regard to the year when it became worthless, such charges could be accumulated to be deducted in a year when there was a large income.
 The burden is upon the taxpayer to show what debt claimed as a
 
 deduction was without value dur ing the taxable year. A statement should be attached to the return showing the propriety of any de- auctions for bad debts. If in the exercise of sound business judgment a taxpayer concludes, after making every reasonable effort to determine whether there is likelihood of re- covery, that the debt is of no value, deduction for such debt is allow able. Court action as proof that the debt is worthless is not essential.
 It is optional with the taxpayer, in year prior to that in which a debt becomes wholly worthless, to take a deduction for partial loss if
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The Sound of Hammers
(New York World-Telegram


 Home building has been slowed up by many things which seemed to know how to deal with. Just it's trouble is simple one, easy to remedy.
 Government guarantee of debentures issued by the Federal Housing Administration construction loans expires July l. Some bankers refusing to make loans because there is little time remaining complete buildings before expiration date Appar enty Congress will extend the guarantee but it should act promptly so that building favored by unusual weather conditions in large portion of the country may continue without break.
 Insured mortgages promise important permanent gains toward solution of the housing problem we'll temporary ones. They part of the admins tration effort to establish broad nationwide market for mortgages such exists for bonds of munich palties in any part of the United States In the past home financing has been difficult and expensive because of the fact that mortgages with all kinds of different terms and conditions saable only to investors close enough to the property involved to familiarize themselves with their worth
 Government, insurance has eliminated second mortgages and has required standardized terms with -time amortization provisions. It should be con- tinued until the built up in the mutual mortgage insurance fund and the heed of the gover ment guaranty removed r ~
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partial worthlessness occurs. If it can be shown that upon maturity of bond, mortgage, or note evidenc- ing debt it will not be paid in full, the partial loss is deductible.
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dent Hoover Born in Glens Falls N r, April II, 1882 BE
 Harlan F Stone 64, appointed in 1925 by Presi- dent Coolidge Born in Chesterfield, N. H.. October II, 1872
 James Clark McReynolds, "A appointed in 1914 by President Wilson. Born in Elkton Ky, February 8 1862
 Owen J. Roberts, 61 appointed by President Hoover in 1880 Born in Philadelphia Pa May 2 1875.
 Louis Dembtz Brandeis, 80, appointed in 1916 by President Wilson. Born in Louisville, Ky, No- vember 13, 1856.
 Pierce Butler 70, appointed in 1922 by President Harding. Born in Waterford, Minn- March IT, 1866.
 George Sutherland, "A appointed in 1922 by President Harding Born in Buckinghamshire, Eng land. March 25, 1862. A,
 Willis Van Devanter, 77 appointed in 1910 by President Taft Born in Marion, Ind, April IT, 1859.
 Benjamin N. Cardozo, 66 appointed in 1892 by President Hoover. Born in New York City, May 24 1870.
 Those the nine men who make up the Su preme Court. It is enlightening to note that only two of the nine were appointed by Democratic President They are Justice Brandeis and Justice McReynolds both named by the late President Will son. That is not to imply that the Court majority is made up of deserving Republicans But it is ob vous that it not made up of deserving Democrats or any other kinds of Democrats for that matter.
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Ladies of the Altar Society met with Mrs. Robert seMrle.

Miss Hoe Slade had as her guests at her fifteenth birthday party: Anita Garnick, Venetia Pugh, Irene Nelson, Lena Korhonen, Lucille Ba- the, Helmi Janiksela, Genevieve Jonas, Howard Case, James Mc- Naughton, Edward Peltret, Donald Haley, Billy Biggs, Clarenc e Knight, Samuel Kiegman and Miss Brenneman.
 I So great had become the vol ume of business at the cable office that another messenger. had been added to the force. Paul Abrams was the new night messenger, and Warren Geddes remained the hurry up boy for the day work
 Changing positions, Frank Bach, deputy marshal at Douglas, be- came jailer in the U. s. Marshal's office, and Harry F. Morton, for merly jailer, was made deputy on tie island
 With war talk Tn the air, H. R.. Shepard advanced the idea that Juneau is for a Home Guard. The Guard, as suggested by MT. Shep- ard, would be composed of men too old to go to the front, but who wished to do their share in serving their country at home.
 Weather: Highest, 35; lowest, 28; cloudy.
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Another worry is prompted by the thought that hardly any of the flood water be impounded and used to relieve the drought conditions. Indianapolis News
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Another difference between Mussolini and Hitler is that Mussolin hasn't tried to reform the Bible and teach theology to the Pope-Dallas News.
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Americanism: Providing pension to care for the old turning out enough fool drivers to keep you from needing it-Akron Beacon Journal.
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We willing to grant that Tennesseeans did not descend from apes, their state law says but they sometimes make monkey business out of marriage Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Georges Bonnet is the new French Ambassador to the United States. France denies it is again at tempting to pass the hat"
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In the final analysis, the question to be, shall we gaff another pink salmon take dollar off the fine ounce? 70
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It develops that Senator Thomas saw something
 in Alaska he approves-the reindeer
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Paul Kegel, shift boss at the 300 Mill, had not lost faith in his mush- room farm. With the price of foodstuff on the ascent, it looked as if he would make success of fur nishing mushrooms locally.
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Third Reich relations with Spain get Natzer and News .ss
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Senator Charles A. Sulzer and Mrs. Sulzer with their son Bill ar rived on the Watson and had ta- ken apartments at the Gastineau for the legislative session.
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Major P. w. Davison, disbursing officer of the Alaska Road Conn mission. was on his way to Ju- |neau from Valdez to confer with |Supt. J. C. Hayes about road work during the coming year.
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Weather: Highest, 35; lowest, 28; cloudy.
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20 YEARS AGO
 Fru,n The Empire
MARCH l, 1917
Fron The Empire

A Berlin correspondent of the New York Times said that the crisis between Germany and the United States would become ser ious at once if the United States armed it's merchant ships.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-04
KENNETH SCHMIDT is
VICTIM OF CRASH OF
NAVY PLANES

Kenneth Schmidt, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Fremont Schmidt of
Springfield, was killed Wednes-
day with four other navy fiiers
when their amphibian plane coll
lided with a small navy ship
over Boeing field at Seattle,
Washington.
Two enlisted men in the second
ship landed safely with para
chutes while Lieutenant Henry
B. Twohy of Spokane, Aviation
Cadet Kenneth Rhuddy of Seat
tie, Machinist's Mate M. McCrod-
dan and Radio Operator r. E.
Reagan of Seattle were listed
with Aviation Cadet Schmidt as
victims of the crash.
Schmidt is a University of
Minnesota graduate. He took. his
training course at the naval air
base at Wold-C Chamberlain field
in Minneapolis and was transs
ferred about a year ago after
completing his course, to Pensa-
cola, Florida.
He attended high school at
Springfield where his father is
one of the publishers of the ADJ
vance-PreSs.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-04
Professional [ Teams
To Play at Athletic
Field ArrnisticeDay
STORES TO CLOSE ALL
DAY NOVEMBER H.,
ARMORY PROGRAM

Armistice day in Redwood
Falls will be one of various enter
tainment and activities, culmin-
ating in the professional football
game scheduled as the feature, of
Homecoming and the dedication
of the new athletic field that eve
ming. ~
Business places will be closed
for the day. rs
A patriotic program is schedul-
ed that morning at the armory
under the auspices of the Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars, assisted by
two members of the American
Legion. Casper Olson is program
chairman.
The high school football team
will close its season at Springfield
that afternoon and return to see
former college stars, now MEM
bers of the professional teams of
Continued on Page l21
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-04
MORTEN DIRECTS
RED CROSS DRIVE
WALLACE SIMPSON TO
HEAD ROLL CALL
IN COUNTY

Redwood county will partici-
pate in the twenty-first annual
Red Cross roll call starting Ar
mistice day and ending Thanks
giving.
The drive for members in Red
wood county will be conducted
under the leadership of Wallace
Simpson of Wabasso, county
chairman. Julian E. Morten is
Redwood Falls chairman. K. M.
Jensen of Morgan has charge of
the central section of the county;
Charles Lantz of Walr ut Grove
will direct a canvass of the south
west and Miss Millie Scott has
charge of the Milroy community
Redwood county residents were
especially generous in contribut-
ing to the Red Cross for flood
relief last spring. The county
quota was S425 but residents gave
S2,631.12.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-04
Administrator of Billions Once
Peddled Milk, Brother Here Says

Rome Hopkins, brother of Har-
ry Hopkins, national WPA admin
istrator, visited friends in Red
wood Falls Tuesday.
He made an amusing COMPARE
son of the fact that his brother
now directs the expenditure of
billions of dollars while in his
youth he peddled milk in Grin
nell, Iowa, at five cents a quart.
II was the ore who MIXED the
bob-tailed Jersey cow, the only
one we had" said Rome.
He believes that his brother, or
someone in his position, has a
steady job.
''WPA is a permanent part of
the national scheme because
scientific improvement comes so
rapidly that the political and
economic system is rot able to
keep pace. There will always be
unemployment" he said.
The Hopkins brothers are grad
yates of Grinnell college where
Harry, two years younger than
Rome, was a cIassmate of Mrs. S.
B. Duea of Redwood Falls.
Rome, an insurance man, has
consistently refused positions in
his brothers department. While
here Tuesday he had dinner with
Mr.. Duea, Julian E. Morten, A. r.
English of Tracy, Jack Overstreet,
bond salesman and Gordon Grit
fiths, court reporter.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-04
Springfield Youth
Among 5 Aviators
Killed at Seattle
SAFETY FILMS TO
BE SHOWN IN CITY

Arrangements were made this
week for free showing of safety
films by the state industrial COM
mission Friday, November IL, at
the city hall. The hour and half
show will start at 8 p. m.
Films on traffic accidents, home
accidents, dangers of carbon
monoxide gas and fire preven-
ton pictures will be shown.
Rural teachers of the county
will be in session here that day
and the pictures will be shown
for their benefit at the high school
that afternoon.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-04
Street Lights
by
CityiCouncil
CITY BUYS PART OF
CERTIFICATES OF
INDEBTEDNESS

After a discussion of street
lighting in the residential section
of Redwood Falls, the city coun-
ell authorized the Light and Pow
er company to trim trees along
boulevards in order to get the
maximum efficiency from lights
now in use. Low branches have
cut down light to great extent
it was said.
Other business taken up at the
regular meeting Monday included
the city's purchase of $4,000 of
certificates of Indebtedness of the
latest issue of $4,000 for street
and sidewalk improvements. The
certificates were purchased with
profits from the municipal liquor
store and will be put in the sink
ing fund. Mrs. Lottie c. Patton
purchased the remaining $1,000
worth. Other bidders were the
Citizens State bank and Virginia
Murray.
B. L. Lane of Minneapolis was
employed to repaint the inside OF
the water tower, job last done
in 1884.
The council also discussed the
need of a sidewalk on East street
south of the Lincoln school anC
referred the matter to the street
committee for investigation.
Hearing on special assessments
for sewer and water on Second
@seet between Drew and. Swain
was set for November 10.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-04
7 Seniors to
Play in Last
Home Contest
SLEEPY EYE INDIANS
MEET CARDINALS
HERE FRIDAY

Seven seniors, five of whom are
regulars, will play their last home
football game Friday night when
the Cardinals strive to break their
losing streak against the Sleepy
Eye eleven under the lights.
The roster of passing stars in
cludes Co-captains Kruger and
Discher, center and hafback, Jo-
hanneck who recently has been
starting at fullback, Bollum, a
guard and Kohler, regular end.
Other seniors are Baldwin, who
has been out for three years as a
tackle candidate and has served
as cannon fodder for varsity prac-
tees and as willing substitute
in spite of the handicap of lack
ing sufficient weight for a re-
gular berth and Frank ChanSy
who joined the squad in mid
season.
After a four game gauntlet
against the toughest teams this
region has to offer, the Cardinals
hope to break into the win column
again against the Indians who
started the year woefully short
on material but have been de-
veloping rapidly in recent games.
A win over Sleepy Eye will give
the Cardinals a $3.50 break in
eight games played, with only the
Armistice day contest at Spring
field remaining on the schedule.
Six injured players, including
Kruger, Bollum, Discher and
Quesenberry who have bad ank-
les and Dwyer, with an injured
hip and Donald Aarthun, nursing
torn ligament, may all be well
enough repaired to break into the
lineup. Coach Tom expects to
have Wolverton and Coubal at
tackles, Kruger or Smith at cent
er, Bollum and Steele at guards
and Kohler and either Lang or
Dwyer at ends while Discher,
Lussenhop, Dickmeier, Quesen-
berry, Jergen Aarthun and By
Continued on page l2)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-04
Trading Post Store
to Open Saturday

Saturday will mark the OPEN
ing of the Second Hand Trading
post, to be located in the Shoe
maker building on Second street.
Matt Salzle will manage the
store here assisted by his wife and
Wesley Kiesing, furniture repair
man. Mr.. and Mrs. Salzle viii live
at the rear of the store.
Besides second hand and new
furniture they will sell clothing,
shoes and other items from clos
ed stores and similar sources. The
firm has other stores at Milbank
and Webster, South Dakota.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-04
Redwood Streets
to Be Decorated
For Christmas

Redwood Falls streets will be
dressed for Christmas in much
the same garb provided in other
years, it was decided at dinner
meeting of the Civic and Com
merce association at the Legion
hall Tuesday evening.
Repainting of the centerpieces
will be necessary this year, MEM
bers learned, and color comb1na-
tons will be experimental with
in the hope of providing a salts
factory change.
The program costs the mer-
chants about $500 yearly, which
will be raised by committee to
be appointed by M. V. Kurschner,
president.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-04
Corn Loans To Be
to Soil
Plan Participants
LOANS OF A TO so
CENTS PLANNED BY
GOVERNMENT

Redwood county farmers who
complied with the government
1887 soil conservation program
will be eligible for corn loans of
from "A to so cents per bushel,
depending upon the moisture
content of their corn, according
to announcements at Washington
Wednesday.
Seventy-five million dollars
has been made available for so
cent loans on corn having a
moisture content of 141z per cent
or less while that testing 20a
per cent or less will be eligible for
A cent loans. No loans will be
made on corn with more than
201a per cent moisture content, it
was stated.
The agricultural department
which announced that loans will
be limited to farmers who coop
Grated in the soil program also
stated that farmers must agree to
comply with the 1888 program if
they wish to extend their loans
beyond the ten months maturity
program. The interest rate is
four per cent.
Explaining how they will be
made, Chairman Jones of the RFC
said:
Banks and other lending agen-
cies may make the loans to the
producers, as in former years,
with the definite understanding
that the Commodity Credit COR
poration will take them up on
demand, at any time prior to
September 80, 1888, at par and
accrued interest at the rate of 21z
CONTINUED on Page Sikh
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-04
Triple Trio on
Radio Program
Saturday Noon

The Redwood Mixers triple
trio will sing over a national
lookup from station WTCN
i'm Minneapolis during the
noon hour Saturday.
They will sing a selection
in about the middle of the
program and close the hour by
singing "The 4-Leaf Clover"
All club song.
The event is a part of the
observance of National Al
club Achievement day. The
trio including Dorothy john
son, Mavis Reynolds, Desnei-
ge King, Dorothy Olson,
Katherine, Gertrude and
Margaret Whittet, Katherine
Treu, and Bernice Pettis, will
be Redwood c0unty's only re-
representatives. on the program.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-04
ORGANIZATION OF
THIRD REA LINE
NOW UNDERWAY

Three meetings for the purpose
of organizing the third REA
project in Redwood county were
called this week by the board of
directors of the Central Mime
sofa Cooperative Power associa-
ton.
The first was held at WabaSso
We'd esday evening, session
will be held at Gales tonight and
a third will be held at Belview
Friday.
REA has approved a requisition
from the funds available for the
second project, for $1,892.21.
Money will be available soon and
viii be used for office expenses,
salaries and supplies.
Total advances for the first and
second projects are more than
SGT 900. i
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-04
JuryDismissed
yesterday
PLAINTIFFS WIN IN z
SUITS TO COLLECT
SERVICE FEES

Judge Albert H. Emerson dis
missed the district court jurors
Wednesday afternoon, but did not
discharge them, stating that if it
is necessary to try any cases ORR
ginally scheduled for this term,
before the April term, he will
recall them.
The last case to be heard was
the suit of the Marshall Clinic
against Marcel Parmentier for a
bill of professional services. Par
mentier claimed that a price for
services had been agreed upon
but that the bill ran considerably
higher. The jury was out only 80
minutes before it returned full
verdict for the defendant. The
amount was S23723 which repre-
sented a bill of S203 plus inter
est.
Tuesday the jury returned a
full verdict for Christ Peterson of
Willow Lake, plaintiff, in suit
against Herman Berg of the same
township for a commission on a
land sale. Peterson received $685.,
representing S640 commission on
1887 acres at two dollars an
acre, plus interest.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-04
Commissioner
Traces Trends
at Dedication
DECENTRALIZATION OF
SCHOOL CONTROL
RECOMMENDED

Interpreting the modern con-
ception of education in Minnesota
as one in which local boards pro-
vide courses and facilities in ac-
cordance with the needs of the
community while the state con-
tinues to keep uniform standards
through system of state aid,
John Gunderson Rockwell, COM
missioner of education, gave the
dedicatory address at the new
high school Wednesday evening.
Tracing education facilities
from the earliest schools of col
ony days down to modern times,
DR.. Rockwell stated the appear
ance of the policy of state aid, in
which communities poorly fin
anced are helped by those with
greater resources was one of the
milestones of progress.
He declared for decentraliza-
ton of school affairs, leaving the
problems of individual districts
to be solved by local boards and
added the warning that a cent
rally controlled education system
in the state might get in impro-
per hands.
Schools of every community
should be left free to undertake
planning to meet the real needs
of their community" he stated.
Change in Courses
There has been tendency to
overstress college preparatory
training" he said, sin the face OF
the fact that only 80 per cent OF
high school graduates go on tt
college. There should be more
planning toward better fitting the
other 20 per cent to take theil
places in the world.
''The increase in delinquency
can be traced back to poor plan.
ming within the Schools" he said
"a difficulty which we are meet.
ing today with recreational pro.
grams"
Citing the experiences of othel
countries with adult education, h
predicted forward stride in thi!
field in Minnesota and in health
education and community plan.
ming which he said can well bs
built with the school as the cent.
er.
He commented on recent schoo
laws in Minnesota, describing The
first legislation providing trans
portation for rural youths wh.
wish to attend high school as ;
great stride. The educationa
picture in Minnesota is good, HI
declared.
Glasses in Session
The commissioners address!
climaxed a series of short talk!
in which the superintendent
board members, the architects
contractors and the PWA wer.
highly complimented on theil
careful planning and fine cooper.
alton Patrons, in inspection tour.
of the building, found every evi.
dence of forethought and crafts.
manship. Glasses met for shor
sessions in many of the rooms il
order that visitors might see thu
! rooms in use.
The program began as the cur.
tain was drawn and the large
high school band, in uniform
played two numbers under thu
direction of S. w. Limburg, schoo
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