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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-04-29
april 22-29-May 60
ON PETITION FOR CONVEYAN-
CE OF LAND.

april 22-29-May g.
ORDER AND NOTICE OF HEARING
ON PETITION FOR CoNVEYAN-
CE OF LAND.
State of Minnesota, County of Red
wood, SIS. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Rudolph Kohlmann, Decedent.
WHEREAS, Kate NJ Duncan has
filed in this Court a petition stating
the above named decedent was at his
death under contract in writing to
convey to the petitioner that tract of
land in the County of Redwood, State
of Minnesota, viz: Lot Fifty (5O),
Auditors Subdivision No. One "a,
Section No. One ~, Township One
Hundred Twelve O12), Range Thirty
six $3.50, City of Redwood Falls,
Minnesota, that the terms of said
contract have been performed by
reason of which said petitioner is en-
titled to such conveyance, and pray
ing that the Court direct the repre-
sentative of the estate of said de-
cedent to make such conveyance ac-
cording to said contract;
1T is ORDERED, That said petit
June, 1887 at ten o'clock a. M, at the
Probate Court Rooms in the Court
House in the city of Redwood Falls
in said County and State; and that
| notice of said hearing be given by the
! publication of this order as provided
| by law in the Redwood Gazette and
/ by mailed notice as provided by the
| rules of this Court.
Dated April 18th, 1887.
| (SEAL) Robert V. Ochs,
| Judge of Probate 43-3ts
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-04-29
Students Condemn Alcohol In
WCTU Essay Writing Contest

Essays on the liquor problem,
written by Redwood Falls school
children, were read at the meeting
of the w. c. T. u. Thursday af-
ternoon.
Particularly strong paragraphs
from several of the better essays
submitted were selected for pub
LEGATION this year instead of print
ing all of the best two or three.
Following are the selected par
agraphs:
Think what happens to a man
under the influence of liquor.
Much cancer, tuberculosis, di-
vorce, insanity, poverty, child
misery, and half the crime are
caused by drink"
Beryl Radtke-
"There are four exceedingly
harmful effects of alcohol. First,
alcohol is q ndrcotic.-Secondly,
alcohol binders the 1oork of the
body.-Thirdly, liquor is a habit
forming drug.-Fourthly, alcohol
is q poison to the life cells in our
body. A small percentage OF the
children born to sober parents
haze died before taoo, $50 of the
children of drunken parents haze
died before that age"
James Finn
"Alcohol is a habit forming
drug. First, a person just takes
one drink of it, then he wishes
for its effect again. A little later
the resistance is less and he takes
another. Soon his resistance
breaks down altogether and he
can no longer be without it."
June Waller
"Alcohol is one of mans aDorSt
enemies.-It causes destruction
everu aDhere in the body.-Scien-
fists and variouS organizations are
trying to prevent further destruc-
ton caused by alcohol"
Ada Merit
'It (alcohoD is narcotic, a
deterrent of bodily functions, a
habit forming drug, and a poison
to body cells. That should prove
that alcohol should be unWanted
by all mankind.
Gwendolyn Birkholz-
eff every person a0ho drinks
alcohol aDoutd take the money to
buy bread, potatoes, and milk for
his family, don't think so many
people aDouId haze to haze county
aid"
Jean Lauterbach-
"Medically and socially alcohol
is as harmful as opium or any OF
the other narcotics.-Part of that
cost (drinking) you must pay In
person; the balance will be the
heritage of future generations. AS
mere business proposition; is
your glass of beer, your bottle OF
wine, your high ball, or your
cocktail worth the price?"
Elsie Nelson
"ThoSe aDho drink occasionally
to the point of intorication are
distinctly shorter liued than the
Children aDith ancestor!
addicted to drink haze tDedke,
bodies, aDeaker minds than othe1
children.-When young people O.
to-day sacrifice alcohol they knou
it is for the good of their bodieI
and minds. They don't need it."
Mary Dwyer~
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"Alcohol is bringing about a
marked degeneracy in the traits
of man which distinguish him
from the lower animals-What is
there to distinguish him "a
drunkard) from the dog that
walks at his feet"
Airline Waller
Carefully conducted expert
nlents prove that alcohol lotDers
the ,Dorking ability, efficiency,
and endurance of drinkers.-Be-
cause employers can't afford to
hire men whose aDorking ability
is impaired. Drinkers often find
themselves aDithout jobs or at
least denoted to lo1Der position.
-Au the fulIness and Jog of life
is possible without alcohol. For
the safe of ,your oa1n health and
character and for the sake of your
telloapmen-abstdin from the in
dulgence in alcoholic beverages"
Dick Anthony
From the sunny shores OF
California to the rock bound coast
of Maine comes the tinkling OF
glasses as the old destructive
scourge in the guise of smartness
and sophistication still sweeps the
land. White liquor, amber liquor,
red wine, and many other forms
all invitingly bottled, advertis-
ed, and placed before us play
upon the too human sides of our
minds.-I firmly believe that I'M
til the profit can be removed from
| the liquor industry by legislative
action, it will still drive full force
at the foundations of civilization"
Avis Tompkins-
"Alcohol is handicap to
heaIth.-USerS of alcohol are us
ually found to be fat and heauy
because the 1DaSte material COL
lects i'm the cells and red COR
puScleS do not carry it a1Day pro-
| perIy.-Alcohol is an important
contributing factor to deaths from
accidents. - Everything that is
possible should be done to make
young people, especially, abstain
| from liquor because the abStainer
gains and acconnplishes so mach
more in the end"
Dorothy Nell
"FAlcohoI preserves everything
but dignity Any man who will
allow himself to disregard his
own personal health and that OF
others will never gain the respect
of friends and business associates
| He will be known as shirker OF
duty and a good for nothing he
will have no value in his COM
munity and be a detriment to his
country"
Virginia Larson
"What Mould he (Shdke.
Speare) haze said Dhen he learn
ed that $31, 900 of hard liquor hac
been sold lin our city, in on'
year? Yet many are aDithout pro
| per food, small children need mill
and vitdnines, and the unenlploy'
ment problems are still urlsolved
If the amount of beer had bee,
added to this $4,000, the reSul
Dould haze staggered as all-Ml
friends, is it North anything t.
you, to k7oD that you are dom!
your bit to check this heathenisl
tuaste of money and tUeS?-Re
member, that in strict dbStinenc
from alcoholic beverages you ar,
not causing brother to Stun
bIe.'"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-04-29
april 15-22-29)
NOTICE TO BIDDERS

The County Board OF Redwood
County. Minnesota. will receive seal
ed bids at the office of the County
Auditor at Redwood Falls, Minnesota
until 1000 a. m. May 4. 1887 for the
purchase of the reinforcing and
structural steel necessary for Bridge
Number 5745. there being approx
mately 51.7S0 pounds of reinforcing
steel and 87,120 pounds of structural
steel. $3.50 pounds Of pipe railing and
drains.
Plans are now on file and may be
seen in the office of County Highway
Engineer.
A certified check Of not less than
five per cent Is per cent? Of the
amount bid will accompany each bid.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids and to waive de-
IRA r. ROGERS,
42-3t Redwood County Auditor.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-04-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hauptli
and daughter Judith Ann spent
Sunday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Roland Overmeyer and Mr..
and Mrs. Bernard Selke.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kerby and
family were visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Goblirsch and family
Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Weber, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Weber, MIR. and
Mrs. Ben Mages and son Arnold,
Mrs. Mary Mages and daughter
Theresa were visitors at the Wen
eel Goblirsch home, Monday
evening.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-04-29
Battery ExplOdes;
Fairfax Man Hurt

Fairfax-Ben Graml was seri-
ously burned about the face last
week while working in the Peter
Dale garage. Gram1 was remov-
ing a storage battery from a
charger when the battery explod-
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ed, throwing acid into his face.
He was taken to the John Anton
home where he resides and a ply
stefan was summoned. An eye
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-04-29

specialist from Minneapolis was
called few days later and hope
is held for complete recovery Of
his eyesight.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
TREASURY CONDITION

G.N.S.) Treasury balance De
cember 8: $2,721, ,006,502.06; in
ternal revenue, $8,347, 1883; Gus
toms receipts, $8,333,348.68.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
RUTLAND TELLS
T,B. NEEDS HERE

District Health Officer George
C. Ruhland told the District Po-
diatry Society last night more
than 400 additional beds are
needed for tuberculosis patients
here.
DR.. Ruhland spoke as guest of
honor at a dinner at the May
flower Hotel. He said he based
his estimate on standards recon-
mended by authorities.
Others who addressed the po-
diatristS were: DR.. A. Owen Pen
ney, Representative Leslie C..
(R) of Illinois, and DR..
John H. Trinder.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
ROOSEVELT JRS.
TO SEE DUPONTS

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Dec.
10.-After completing his first
term law school examinations,
Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr., will
leave the University of Virginia
with his wife, the former Ethel
du Pont, and will spend Christ
mas with Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
du Pont, at Owls Nest, the du
Pont home at Wilmington, Del.
Prior to journeying to Delaware,
the couple will stop off at the
White House for several days. On
December 80, they will return to
the White House to attend a dance
to be given by the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt in honor of their
youngest son, John, and his
fiancee, Ann Clark, of Boston.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
with the murder of the girl.

not to excite their suspicious.
I introduced myself as Bobby
and offered my services in any
tours they might like to make
Of Paris or the provinces.
"Afte1. making sure I had
created a good impression, I
asked whether I could take the
girl to dinner on the evening Of
the twenty-third.
SUGGESTS VILLA TRIP
"She hesitated, then told me
she would see me about lunch
con time on that day and let
me know definitely. When she
appeared, I suggested that we
go to my villa in st. Cloud. I
said I had things of interest to
tell her and show her.
"She agreed to come with
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
Y.M.C.A.Loses
Dartmouth Wins De-
bate on Labor Board

Dartmouth's debating team COM
pleted a two months tour Of the
South last night with a victory
over the Y. M. C. A. debaters here
on: Resolved That the National
Labor Relations Board Be EN-
powered to Enforce the Compul-
sorry Arbitration of All Labor Dis
putes."
Taking the Y. M. C. AS affirm
ative side were Lester Hurt and
John G. Kelley. Dartmouth speak
ers were Seymour Ellis and Sid
ney G. Craig. Judges we're: Leo
George, president of the Postal
Clerks Federation: DR.. John r.
Fitzpatrick, dean of Columbus Law
School, and Representative Charles
M. Toby, of New Hampshire.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
Autopsy Today
In Tub Drowning

An autopsy will be held today
in the death of Sidney R. Jones,
38, who was found drowned in the
bathtub of his home at 1928 Raum
st. N. E. last night. Jones was
lying face downward in eight
inches of water when found and
was pronounced dead by a Cas-
ualty Hospital physician.
Jones' wife made the discovery.
She told police that her husband
had recently lost his Job with the
Government Printing Office and
had been respondent.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
New Labor Head
FOils Slayers

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Dec. 10
(C.T.P.S0-Myles Dunno, success.
sor to the slain Patrick J. Cor.
coran, labor leader, disclosed to-
day that three men attempted to
ambush him Tuesday night just
as assassins waited for Corcoran
and shot him to death the night
Of November IT. Dunno is secre-
tary and treasurer of the team
sters' joint council.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
Yale Daily News
Picks D. G.. Youth

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. 10.
Charles c. Glover, jr., Of Wash
ington, D. c., has been elected
chairman of the 1910 board Of
the Yale Daily News, 1t was an
nounced today.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
SONS OF LEGION

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. 10.
Officers of Squadron No. "a, Sons
of the American Legion, will be
elected for the ensuing year at .
meeting of the organization to.
night at 1880 o'clock in Gadsby's
Tavern
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
How DeKOven Girl
] Was Slain Is Told
By German; 3 Held
Cash Murder Aides
ELude Police
at Border
BY KENNETH T. DOWNS

PARIS, Dec. 10 dN.S0-With
steely unconcern, wild-eyed Eugene
Weidmann sketched q story Of
boundless horror today and told
in detail how he had killed pretty
Jean de Koven, 22-year-old Brook
lyn dancer, one Of five victims
Of the most bloodthirsty "blue-
beard ring" Paris has ever known.
The German expatriate, who
fled from military service in the
reich to head a "murder-for-profit"
gang, supplied the missing details
Of the dancers death as police
announced arrest Of three alleged
confederateS-a woman and two
other men.
THREE ESCAPE
Police first announced the three
were taken into custody at Nantua
in the Ain department as they at
tempted to flee across the border
into Switzerland, but provincial
authorities later wired the trio
had succeeded in making q get.
away.
The suspects were traced to a
hotel at Nantua, but owing to a
French law which forbids police
raids at night, officers surrounded
the hotel and waited until dawn,
but the three had fled, leaving
their baggage behind, following
receipt of a telephone call from
Paris. Investigation disclosed
they had apparently crossed the
border. Swiss police were asked
to aid in tracking them down.
Police identified the girl as
Colette Tricot, q demi-mondaine
believed to have been used as a
lure for the gangs male victims.
The men were Pierre Million and
Jean Blanc.
Authorities described all three
as "gangsters" of the ruthless
apache type, who slew victims for
the few dollars on their persons
and buried their bodies beneath
the soil Of Weidmann's rented villa
at st. Cloud.
It was there that the strangled
corpse of Miss De Koven was
found yesterday. She had disap-
peared July %.
HYPNOTIC EYES,
Weidmann hardened and boast
full Of his hypnotic eyes" that led
Miss De Koven to a horrible death,
blurted out his new confession to
Examining Magistrate Charles
Berry, of the Versailles district. He
related:
II first met her at a hotel
July a." he said. "She was
with her aunt and I scraped
their acquaintance knowing they
were American travellers and
that they would have money on
them.
1T was necessary, of course,
The Washington times., 1937-12-10

me. No one can resist the
hypnotic spell of my eyes. We
arrived at the villa about 4
o'clock in the afternoon. It
was that evening I killed her."
M. Berry pressed the prisoner
for details of the actual
Staying.
"I strangled her to DEATH"
Weidmann said. "She did not
have a chance to struggle.
IT thought of killing her with
my bare hands. Then I feared
perhaps that something might
go wrong-thst even my strong
hands might not end her soon
enough.
STRUCK FROM BEHIND
$50 I went and got two towels.
When she was not looking, I
crept up behind her.
"It was the work of a moment
to seize her around the throat
and jam one end into her mouth
so she could not cry out. Then
I looped the other end around
her neck and pulled quickly,
with a jerk-So!
THAT was all. She crumpled
up and fell over on the sofa like
a stuffed doll"
DENIES ATTACKING HER
Weidmanr later resumed hiE
narrative, again insisting he hac
not kept the girl alive overnight
and attacked her, as he first boast
fully asserted.
when we took the train to-
gether from Paris for st. Cloud"
he said, "she was gay and
happy.
IT had the idea of strangling
her the moment we entered the
villa but she was so gracious and
pretty and charmed me so with
her dancing I hesitated.
But at length I decided I
cloud wait no longer so forced
her to her knees and strangled
her."
Were you alone?" M. Berry
asked.
"Yes," Weidman replied.
you are lying" the magis.
trate said. "You had two &C.
complishes in the De Koven
murder. You'll soon be con-
fronted by them"
Weidmann exonerated himself
from any connection with the
ransom plot perpetrated on Miss
Ida Sackheim, the pretty dancers
aunt, blaming this idea on Million
Weidmann declared it also was
Million who sent forged note
signed "Pradier" which lureo
Roger Leblond, prominent theatri
cal imptesario, to his death.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
SECOND DIVORCE.
SUIT is PLANNED
BY MRS. CURTIS
Couple Parted in 1924
And Later ReWed

Mrs. Laura Merriam Curtis, pop,
ular figure in Washington's social
world, is. going to divorce her
wealthy husband, James Freeman
Curtis, for the second time, it was
learned today. The suit will be
filed here shortly.
For months Washington society
has buzzed with the rumor that
the couple was again to go sep
arate ways.
The daughter of former Gov.
ernor william R. Merriam, of Min
nesota, Mrs. Curtis was one of
the most beautiful girls in Wash
ington when she made her debut
in 1909. Her engagement to Curtis
was announced in 1912.
LEADING FIGURE
In recent years she has become
leading figure in the business
and political world as well as in
the drawing room.
1t was in 1925 that she was
candidate for a District commits
sionership, and = strong fight was
waged to win that post for her.
Following the stock market
crash and depression, Mrs. Curtis
found herself in the same position
as many others, with much
property and income cut down.
It was after that she trans
formed her beautiful home at 1925
F st. N. w. into a fashionable
club.
That venture, which proved a
success, was followed by establish
ment of a smart shop, Chez
Curtis. And this year she insti-
tuted the Curtis Service Bureau,
an organization ready to meet any
demand on an inStant's notice,
from supplying a butler to
bridge teacher.
WINS SUCCESS
Laura Curtis, as she is known
to her intimates, proved herself
as great success in the busi-
ness world as in the social whirl.
Her first engagement was to
T. E. Catlin, of st. Louis, a class
mate Of Curtis at Harvard.
This engagement was no sooner
broken off in 1912, just IS years
ago, than her engagement to
Curtis, who was then Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, was
announced in Washington. They
were married on November 26
that year in Boston.
In April, 1924, Mrs. Curtis went
to Paris and won a divorce and
the custody Of their children.
And then, to. the amazement of
society, only a few months later
Mrs. Curtis and her husband were
remarked, the ceremony being
performed at the New York city
hall in the presence of only a few
close friends.
LOVER OF SPORTS
Mrs. Curtis has always been
keenly interested in sports, par
ticularly "the sport of kings" and
at one time had her own racing
stable. Her daughter, Laura. mar
ried pete" Bostwick, the great
polo player and gentleman jockey.
The Curtises have an estate at
Roslyn, Long Island, and Curtis
has been living there in recent
years, while Mrs. Curtis has spent
most of the time in Washington,
although she has made frequent
visits to RoSlyn.
In addition to her other
activities, Mrs. Curtis has found
time to serve on the boards of the
Children'S Hospital, Emergency
Hospital and Children's Country
Home. She is a member of the
Republican Women's Club and
helped organize the Washington
Women's Club.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-06
CORONER JURY
ENDS PROBE IN
HIGHWAY DEATH

Mrs. Emma Louise Brown, 43-
.year-old police character, came to
her death Sunday night by "being
struck by parties unknown seven
miles east of CaleXico' on the Yuma
highway. a coroners jury decided
late Monday.
The verdict closed an investiga-
ton by the sheriff'S office of mys-
terious circumstances surrounding
the womans death under the
wheels of an unidentified automo-
bile.
An autopsy revealed that pres
sure of automobile wheels across
Mrs. Browns chest caused her heart
to burst, a physicians testimony
showed. That the car sweryed after
striking Mrs. Brown was indicated
by one wheel mark across her face
and the other mark across her
chest.
Claude Ritter, Calexico, who
found the body testified that ne
saw Mrs. Brown stagger from a
ditchbank onto the highway in front
of his car, and fall to the pavement.
He did not stop, Ritter said, but
went on to farmers home, sent
the farmer back to stay with Mrs.
Brown, and drove to Calexico to
summon officers.
Other witnesses said that Mrs
Brown had been drinking for sew
eral days, that she had been seen
drinking from bottle while walk
ing down the highway, and that she
had z habit of hitch-hiking from
her farm home into Calexico while
drunk.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-06

which he said: THE people will not
long patiently torbear unnecessary
strife and disturbance no matter by
whom provoked"
8. A recent assertion By Presi~
dent Roosevelt that the public re-
CARDS actions by extremists IN both
the CLIO. and little steeP' operas
tors in the hight of "a plague on
both your houses" Previously the
president had flatly backed the OBJ
lectives Lewis fights for IN the
seven state strike
4. Gov. George Fl Earle Of Penn
sylQania asked strikers in an sd-
dress at Johnstown. Pa, TO Wipe
the damned Communists" out Of
the ranks Of organized labor.
5. It was disclosed that = secret
formula aimed at occurring peace
between the CLIO. and the rival
American Federation Of Labor had
Continued on Page 2, Col. ID
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-06
TWO SOLDIERS
DIE IN SOVIET
JAPAN CLASH
New Series of Border
Battles Reported
.s IN Tokyo

TOKYO, July 6. (UP)-
japanese army headquarters
at Hsinking, Manchukuo, re-
ported a new series of clashes
between Russian and Japa-
pese- -Manchukuoan forces along
the Amur river, boundary between
Manchukuo and Russia, the Domei
news agency said today.
Two Russian soldiers were killed
in one clash. the agency said, and
Russian casualties were believed
to have been heavy in an unsuc-
cessful raid by $50 Russians with
artillery on a Japanese-Manchu-
kuoan outpost
In third clash, according to the
japanese army authorities. five
Russian soldiers crossed the bor-
der and attacked a japanese guard.
The raid was repulsed, it was said,
and one Japanese soldier was
wounded slightly.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-06

old steel strike, and President
Roosevelt, appeared in Washington
While Lewis fought to bolster the
picketing efforts of his Committee
for Industrial Organization, political
observers speculated on possible
break in friendly relations between
Lewis and the president.
Lewis declined 10 comment on the
suggestion. However. weekend de-
velopments seemed to point to pos
sibls change in the administrators
labor views. These included:
l. An open letter from Secretary
of Labor Frances Perkins to Rep
!. william Otter, F., Pa, In which
she for the first time sharply con-
demned sit down strikes as Illegal
and "unsuited" to the American
worker. The sit down has been en-
ploycd by CLIO, unions, particularly
In the auto field.
2. A speech by Secretary of
Commerce Daniel G. Roper, in
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-06
HEAT, LIQUOR
TAKE 2 MORE
VALLEY LIVES

The deadly combination of heat
and liquor took its fourth and fifth
victims in Imperial county Monday,
coroner's records revealed.
Henry Heiman, 46, died at the
Brawley hospital Monday night as
the result of heat stroke earlier
in the day.
James Jones, SIS, died at the coun-
ty hospital from the effects of a
heat stroke said by Deputy Coroner
Frank Raney to have been brought
on by excessive use of intoxicating
liquor.
No inquest will be held in either
case.