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Evening star., 1937-03-25
ARCUMENTSBEG|N
IN DAWSON TRIAL
Wife of Alexandria Mayor
Co||apses on Stand, Tes-
tifying in Defense.
" . Stat, corr.spondent Of The Star.

BY : stan Correspondent Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. March 25.-
Arguments in the case Of Emmett C.
Dawson, Mayor of Alexandria, on
trial in Federal District Court here
on charges of concealing assets in
bankruptcy proceedings and making
false statements, were begun shortly
after court convened today. with Judge
Luther B. Way on the bench.
William E. Leahy, chief of defense
counsel, and District Attorney Sterling
Hutcheson were to open for their
respective sides
Dawson has been on trial since
Monday morning and spent nearly
four hours on the stand yesterday,
denying all allegations made in an
indictment returned by a grand jury
here last June. Another indictment
charging perjury in the same pro-
ceedings, is also pending against him
Wife Collapses on Stand.
The high light of the trial came
yesterday, when Mrs. Laura L. Davi-
son. wife of the defendant, collapsed
on the witness stand while defending
her husband. Mrs. Dawson recently
underwent major operation and
came to testify, against the advice of
her physician, DR.. 0. A. Snyder. She
entered the court room supported by
DR.. Snyder and nurse. When she
collapsed. she was revived by DR.
Snyder in the witness room.
Mrs. Dawson corroborated the story
given the fury earlier by her husband
She said during their 80 years OF mar
ried life Dawson had always given her
his money and that she had managed
the household and the finances.
She denied that Dawson knew any
thing about the transfer Of savings
account from the names OF herself and
husban nd to that of herself and daugh-
ter, Mrs Laura M. Heflin, until after
the transfer was made. She denied
this money was held for her husband
to evade the bankruptcy law.
Dawson Describes Finances.
Earlier Dawson had described hi!
finances over period OF three year!
prior to the filing OF the bankruptc!
petition November 10, 1885. The
charges are based on savings account
in the Citizens National Bank Of Alex
andria in the names of Mrs. Davisor
and her daughter and check drawn
by Dawson from the International AS
sociation OF Machinists, Of which h
Is general secretary-treasurer
Dawson declared the check from tn
association represented an overdraf
on his account and that he had tole
the truth when he told the referee II
bankruptcy he had no money on hant
and that no wages were due him a
the time. 1t is around this check ant
the savings account that the charge
were found by the grand jury.
Just before the noon recess yester
day the dapper little mayor told o
wire tapping during an investigation
by the Federal Bureau Of Investiga
ton. Asked If he intended to insin
uate that the wire tapping had beer
done by the F. B. I. agents, Davisor
declared:
II don't intend to insinuate any
thing-I am merely making a state
ment Of fact"
The case was expected to 60 to tn
| Jury shortly after noon.
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FIRE RAzES HOME,
KILLING I PERSONS.
Five Children Fatally Burned
in Jersey City, N. J., Three
Alarm Blaze.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated PresS.
JERSEY CITY, N. j., March 25.-
Mrs. Rose Burkhardt, 54-year-old
widow; her five youngest children and
q brother-in-law burned to death early
today In a three alarm fire which
razed three-story frame dwelling.
The other dead:
John German, about So.
Philip. IL; Charles, IS; Florence, II;
Theresa, 10, and Veronica, 8.
Rose, II, another daughter, was the
only occupant OF the building to es-
cape. Awakened by smoke, she was
carried to the street by passerby.
Three Families Reused.
All available firemen and apparatus
in the city were called to battle the
fire. Police and firemen awakened
members OF three families sleeping in
an adjacent three STORY building and
aided them in reaching the street.
Firemen kept the flames from spread
ing to this building and to a garage
on the other side.
Firemen said the Burkhardt family
and German were sleeping in their
quarters on the second and top floors
of the building. On the ground floor
German operated = junk shop, and
firemen said they had to fight their
way with axes through the piles OF
mattresses, furniture and other ar
ticles stored there to reach the stair
way to the upper floors.
Two Children Suffocated.
DR.. Alan Rose, Medical Center in
terne, said two of the children suf7o-
Gated before fire reached them.
Robert. "a, and John, %. two other
sons OF Mrs. Burkhardt, did not spend
the night at home.
An older daughter, Mrs. Mary
Lanese. 26. who lived elsewhere COL
lapsed when she reached the scene.
Evening star., 1937-03-25

it would establish no definite policy
regarding the justices in the future.
"3. Adoption OF the proposal, in the
present circumstances. would threaten
the independence Of the Supreme
Court and might permanently impair
the confidence OF the people in that
court
=. The proposal is designed to bring
about fundamental changes in the
Federal system without submitting the
question to the people"
The witness disagreed with the
Interpretation Of the general welfare
clause Of the Constitution made by
President Roosevelt in recent ad-
dresses. He contended this clause re-
lated to the power to levy taxes and
that 1t did not relate to other powers
which were not delegated to the
United States.
THE Interpretation of the general
welfare clause by the President is not
new" Smith said. 1T has been re-
peatedly advanced and tenaciously
held by some. But it has never
gained approval by the court and in
the opinion of most statesmen, lawyers
and legal scholars who have written
upon the subject, it is untenable'
In his testimony. Brenckman had
suggested Ar amendment to the Con-
stitution fixing definitely the number
Of justices comprising the Supreme
Court.
mo other amendment to the Con-
stitution is so urgently needed"
Brenckman said. Nine judges are
enough. Adoption Of such an amend
ment would forestall any future At
tempt to pack the Supreme Court to
influence its decisions"
After stating that whereas the
Supreme Court has declared II laws
unconstitutional, Presidents have
vetoed 1,167 acts Of Congress, the
farm leader said:
Why should the Supreme Court be
accused Of nullifying the action Of the
representatives of the people when it
declares . law unconstitutional, while
comparatively little Is said about q
presidential veto, which is usually soon
forgotten"
Brenckman said that from the
foundation Of the Government down
to the present time Congress has en-
acted approximately $4,000 public laws.
He said only about a dozen of the acts
invalidated by the Supreme Court are
considered Of any great Importance.
1T should be kept In mind that
when the Supreme Court voids legis-
lative act it is only done at the trial
in open court and after full con-
sideration on the part Of nine JUS.
tices," Brenckman said But when
the President disapproves an act Of
Congress he may do it arbitrarily and
without consulting any one. In the
case of a pocket veto he does not even
give q reason"
The witness told the committee the
Presidents plan to curb the Supreme
Court has stirred the Nation from
center to circumference as it has never
been stirred before in the time OF
profound peace" Defending the
court, he stated that under the Con-
stitution, the Supreme Court is fully
empowered to declare acts OF Con-
gress unconstitutional since the Con-
stitutson declares that ths judicial
Evening star., 1937-03-25
WINDSOR MAY GO
TO FRANCE TO WE'D
Duke and Mrs. Simpson Will
Honeymoon in Carinthia, Says
Vienna Rumor.

BY the Associated Press.
VIENNA, March 25.-Belief that
the Duke Of Windsor and Wallis War
field Simpson would wed in France
and honeymoon in Carinthia spread
today on the report which was not
confirmed, that the former King had
obtained a permit to take hts pet
terrier, Slippers" to France.
Windsor was rendered a farewell
dinner last night at the British Le-
CATION. He plans to leave by auto
mobile Monday for st. Wolfgang, 4
health resort in the Austrian Tyrol.
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land, was the
first member Of
the court since
1894 to be born
on foreign soil.
He was brought
to this country at
the age Of Is
months
A former Re-
publican Senator
from Utah, he
was appointed an
associate justice
by Isl d e n t
Harding in 1922.
He would be
0~a - .;v tue
Evening star., 1937-03-25

Of the Italian units which participate
in the unsuccessful insurgent drivc
toward Madrid
1t was not known where the italians
had withdrawn The government has
contended at least 10000 Of them
fought the losing battle for the in
surgents In the Guadalajara sector in
the last few weeks.
From Geneva came news an eX-
traordinary session Of the League of
Nations Assembly was convoked for
May 26-with the possibility that the
Spanish problem might be discussed.
The Assembly will be primarily for
the purpose of eiecting Egypt to the
League, but the Spanish matter was
not debarred.
Want to Keep Committee.
London sources stressed that Britain
was anxious primarily to keep the
Spanish question within the Nom
intervention Committee.
Action outside the committee, 1t was
feared, might endanger what successes
the neutrality body had gained in
the long months of its wrangling.
Italian officials in Rome kept silence
on the entire matter, pointing out
they were resting on their own pro-
posal to ban volunteers, made long
ago. Some sources deplored any new
unilateral action designed to achieve
the same end.
British diplomats working to smooth
threatened break with Mussolini
we're encouraged by reports in some
quarters that the British cabinet had
received Rome's assurances Italy did
not intend to abandon the non-inter
vention program.
Diplomats Near Clash.
It was said the ministers would re-
member only those assurances and
forget everything else, including near
fist fight between Ambassador Dino
Grandi of Italy and the Soviet envoy
Ivan Maisky. over the latters charge
OF lever increasing" Italian interven-
ton.
Maisky charged $4,000 Italians went
to the Spanish war about the middle
of February, many OF them from the
regular army, and termed it, "one of
, the most fragrant cases OF foreign
intervention ever known to history
Grandi has refused even to discuss
removal of Italian soldiers from Spain.
The Italian attitude also has been
represented as an inslstence that
Italian soldiers remain in Spain for
the duration of the conflict.
Angered words by Joachim Won
Ribbenthrop, the German Ambas-
sador who accused the Russians Of
hypocrisy" and by the Portuguese
delegate followed the Grandi-Maisky
clash before quiet was restored and
the Soviet charges referred TO
subcommittee.
Evening star., 1937-03-25

tices affected by President Roosevelt's
proposal to reorganize the Court by
appointing an additional member for
each one who did not resign within
six months after becoming 10.
Sutherland is one of the justices
who have voted most consistently
against the New Deal. He has sided
with the administration in cases
and against it in 49,
Justices older than Sutherland are
Brandeis, 80 Van Devanter, II, and
McReynolds, IS.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
M'NINCH HITS COURT
Power Commission Head Dissatis-
fed With Its Decisions.

fed With Its Decisions.
Frank r.. McNinch, chairman of the
Federal Power Commission, said last
night the Supreme Court had laid
down formulas for utility rate-making
80 elaborate. inconsistent, imprac-
ticable" as to thwart regulation Of
rates.
McNinch said in a radio speech that
the court based Its rulings on a
formula OF mixed fact and conjecture,
Of expert and judicial opinion Of
theory. hypothesis. assumption and
guess."
Evening star., 1937-03-25
COUPLES DEATH is HELD
SUICIDE AND HOMICIDE
"Baby" in Wife's Dying Note
Said to Refer to Husband,

AsphlX1ated w nlIe SIeep1Hs'
The gas deaths of Norris Shelton
and his wife, Virginia, were recorded
in the coroner's Office today as sui
eide and homicide"
Investigation led Coroner A. Ma
gruder Macdonald to decide that
Mrs. Shelton, Is, opened the jets OF
a gas stove in their room at l345 L
street Tuesday morning while her
husband, 80, cab driver, slept.
Relatives claimed the bodies from
the morgue yesterday. The couple
were married last May and were
childless. A baby" referred to In
Mrs. Shelton's last notes was her
husband, 1t was decided.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
QUEENS DOUBLE DIES

for Mary by Sentries.
LONDON, March rs R).-Mrs.
Helen Mary Lex, who frequently was
mistaken for Queen Mother Mary, died
Wednesday at the age of -.
Sentries often saluted Mrs. Lex as
she walked from her home at Windsor
and scores of visitors photographed
her in the belief she was Queen Mary.
One day at Windsor Castle young
omcer even turned out the guard and
. present arms" for Mrs.
Lex. i
Evening star., 1937-03-25
Belfast Bans "Green Pastures"

BELFAST, Northern ireland, March
IS tP).-The film version of Green
Pastures" was banned today by the
Belfast Municipal Council on the
grounds it was trreligious.
Evening star., 1937-03-25

too we'll went out in the middle of the
afternoon to pick up friends car
on a parking lot. After touring the
city IN his borrowed machine, he
returned to the friends apartment
and left the keys. His walk home
ward was interrupted by wild shouts
and great sound as of madman
galumphing down the street. The
reporter turned 1t was his friend.
Hey, these are not my keys" he
yelled. Together they went back to
the car. 1t was the wrong one. The
reporter was frantic and wanted to
hide IN hole Immediately, but finally
was persuaded to return the car to
the parking lot and bring back the
right one.
Fortunately, the man whose auto
mobile had been Willing away an
afternoon with a total stranger had
not called for his machine. He prob
ably wonders, however, who left all
those cigarette butts on the floor.
DITTO.
To epen up things, a Mr.. L. P.
Ch,ttenden Walked from his Euclid
street apartment and found his
car newly mashed and polished. A
bit uncertain OF himself, he ctrcled
around it couple OF times and
then got in. 1t 1Das his all right.
That night, home from the Office,
he asked his family uho had done
the noble deed. None OF them had.
He still doesn't knoW Uhether he
has a benetactor or an unpaid bill
to erpect.
PROFIT.
HERBERT THIELKE and J. NJ
- Bromvell were held up one night
recently and-believe it or not, Mr.
Ripley-made IS cents profit on the
deal.
Thielke and BromWell were sitting
around their home at l706 M street
there being not much else they could
do, since Bromwell had only 50 in
his pockets and Thielke single
penny. Enter two robbers, with de-
mands for cash. After searching
their victims pockets, the bandits
said to Thielke, I'VE won't take your
last penny and to Bromwell, IA
for you. here's 80 cents to buy your
self some breakfast
This was all very gay and charming
but Bromwell was bored. He plckee
up a poker and, to speed the parting
guests. slcughed one Of them on the
head. During the ensuing upscuttle
Thielke ran from the room ana re-
leased his police dog from the cellar
The robbers fed.
Within short distance, the dog
had caught both men, but one OF them
hit him with the poker snatched from
Bromwell. Thielke. who had grabbed
up another poker someplace, retail
ated by singing it at the thug.
Thereupon both thieves shouted
Leave us alone, you guys, we'll give
you your money back" threw hand
full Of change on the sidewalk and
took off.
When the two victims" counted
up the proceeds, they were IS cents
ahead.
4 X X X
CUNTS.
4 HAUSFRAU out in Georgetown
heard cat mewing around the
back door the other morning and
thought she recognized it as a neigh
bor's pet, strayed several blocks from
home. She hauled out a bowl OF
milk and presented it to the cat.
In reciprocation, the cat slipped
down the cellar steps bit later, quite
unnoticed, went into the furnace room
and presented the lady Of the house
with five lusty kittens
X X X
POLICY.
Representative Frank L. kloeb of
Ohio treasures In his desk letter
he regards as the most explicit ever
written to him by constituent.
The tellow simply Wrote::
'I an, against it,"
1t was before the Supreme Court
argument started, too.
X
HELP!
Y :x!z[5|3;|E!;:1'I
Evening star., 1937-03-25
Sutherland, IS,
Fourth OfCOllrt
MPoint of Age
Jurist, Native Of Eng
land, Appointed by
Harding.
BY the Associated Press.

Justice George Sutherland today
became the fourth member of the Su-
preme Court to reach the age Of IS.
The bearded iurist. a native Of Eng
Evening star., 1937-03-25
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
Of Interesting Events
and Things.
MIXED MOTORS.

MIXED MOTORS.
THE principal activity Of our
correspondents around town
yesterday seems to have been
4 tangling up motor cars. Not
in accidents or telephone wires. Just
tangling them.
A certain reporter We know only
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-03

M. Lindeman, Mrs. Celia Page of
West Hope, N. D., Mr.. and Mrs.
H. Moritz, Mrs. Mary Anderson,
Mrs. Carrie Schumacher, Mrs.
Ada Cliff, Mrs. Annette Swan,
George Everett, William Zum-
Wrinkle, H. Draeger, Mrs. Ray
Davis, Mrs. Ralph Mann, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Mann and Mrs. R. c.
Scheunert.
George Helget of Sleepy Eye
motored here Wednesday to bring
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cannot
and son who had been there to
attend the wedding of Mrs. Can
motifs sister Tuesday.
The Taubert families enjoyed
picnic dinner and family reunion
Monday at the Roy Castle home.
Those attending were Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Taubert and family
of Holland, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Taubert of st. Paul, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Taubert of Sleepy Eye,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Taubert and
sons, Mr.. and Mrs. Fay Castle
and family, M. c. Taubert and
Mrs. Oscar Gubrud and family.
Elmer Olson and Miss A. Pet
erson of Minneapolis visited
Sunday at the Charles Cannot
home.
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VESTA

Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Schroeder,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Tenney of
Redwood Falls motored to Mil
waukee Saturday where they
visited MIR. and Mrs. Emil Sch
lemmer, returning Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas Whittet
and son Robert of Lamberton
were Sunday dinner guests of her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Bar
Der.
Miss Elizabeth Arnsdorf of
Minneapolis was weekend guest
of her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam Arnsdorf
Mrs. John Schueller Jr. was a
business caller at Redwood Falls
Wednesday.
Mrs. Joseph Miller and children
Ralph and Yvonne and Ferdinand
Freund of Red Lake Falls are
visiting at the Peter M. Drees
home this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur WARRIOR,
Mrs. Ed. Phalen and Miss Irene
Taylor of Mankato motored to
West Bend, Iowa Sunday. On
their return Monday they visited
friends and relatives in Esther
vile and Algona, Iowa. Mrs. War
lop returned to Mankato with her
sister Irene Taylor to spend the
remainder of the week.
Dinner guests at the Peter M.
Drees home Thursday evening
were Mrs. Chris Drees and Mrs.
Arthur Friedley of Detroit, Mich.
and Mrs. Fred Housamann of
Lucan.
DR.. and Mrs. T. F. BARLEY and
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Radach of Echo spent Saturday,
Sunday and Monday at Lake
Wobedo.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Nelson
were guests at the Ted Jacoby
home at Clements Sunday, the
occasion being Mrs. Jacoby's bir-
thday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Mattson and
family attended the wedding of
Mr.. Mattson's borther at Kensing-
ton Saturday. Their youngest
daughter, Mary Jane was flower
girl. They returned Monday eve
ming.
Mrs. Ryerson and daughter,
Miss Aurelia Viergutz and Rob-
ert Mooks of Winthrop spent
Monday at the Herman Viergutz
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Rengstorf
and family spent Monday at Echo
visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe PiStulka and
family were Sunday callers at the
Gordon DeSlaurie home at Currie.
The Currie Bar Flies defeated
Vesta in kittenball. game at
Vesta Tuesday evening by score
of FL.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Redetzke and
family of Alexandria visited at
the Albert Geihl home Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. William Rengstorf
and family were callers at the
Louis Voigt home at Wood Lake
Sunday.
Mrs. Peter M. DreeS and child
rem, John and Yvonne and Miss
Marguerite Arnsdorf were callers
at Lucan Tuesday. ....t.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-03
NORTH REDWOOD
NEWS INCLUDES
MANY PARTIES
BY O. w .Simondet


North Redwood - Relatives
Gathered at the Henry Simondet
home Sunday to celebrate the
twenty-fIfth wedding anniver-
saries of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Simondet and Mr. and Mrs. w. j.
Simondet of Mankato. They were
presented with gifts and purses
of silver. Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. P. Mueller and fam
lily of Faribault, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
Thiede and daughter of New Ulm,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Peterson of
Sleepy Eye, Mr.. and Mrs. D. o.
Alexander and family of Vesta,
Mr.. and Mrs. u. H. Lipp and son,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Simondet
and daughters, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Zihlke of Springfield,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Kuenzli and
daughters and Mrs. o. w. Simon
Oct and children. A picnic din
ner was served.
Mrs. U. H. Lipp entertained a
group of little boys Friday after
noon in honor of her son Johns
ninth birthday. Games were
played and refreshments served.
Relatives of F. E. Scoates gath
cred at his home Monday evening
to help celebrate his eighty-sec-
ond birthday. Those present
were Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ar
nett and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Scoates and son, Mrs.
Mary Teich and son Richard and
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Schultz and
IL lighter of Verndale.
Mrs. Richard Scoates and son
and Miss Arlene Hemmingsen
were visitors at Clements Mon
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WABASSO
By Mrs. EdW. Weldon

Wabasso- Misses Veronica Tur-
hes, Mathilda and Agnes Schuel-
Ter, Ann Stacker and Inez Weldon
were luncheon guests of Miss
Elizabeth Lamprecht Sunday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. Anton Schueller and son
Gregor and daughters Marie and
Phyllis of Nicollet visited at the
Math. Schueller home Sunday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. F. Druck and
family drove to Kerkhoven Sum-
day to spend the dey with Mrs.
Bert Herrier.-
Mrs. Leo Zitzman, Mrs. Anton
Thomas, Mrs. Mary Zitzman Ber-
tina Schottenbauer and Mrs. Lor-
enz Kratzke were callers at Red
wood Falls Saturday.
MIR. and Mrs. B. H. PelZel and
son Herbert were visitors at the
Joseph Safer home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Pelzel
were visitors at the John Arendt
ST.. home Sunday evening.
Miss Cathryn Sinclair who tea
ches at Stewart spent from Friday
until Monday with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. D. E. Sinclair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Berg and
daughter drove to Springfield
Sunday where they were guests at
the Clifford Smith home
Fred Foy and sons and John
Frerricks fished at Lake Shetek
Memorial day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Jahnke and
daughter Dolores Jahnke spent
Sunday and Monday with relat-
ives at GAINESVILLE and Mankato.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alphonse Mar
tinka and family of New Ulm
came Sunday to visit until Mon
day with Mrs. Mary Goblirsch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Schotten-
bauer of Gilfillan visited at the
Sylvester Baltes home Saturday
evening and helped Mrs. Baltes
celebrate her birthday.