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The Washington times., 1938-12-27
Ideal Man
Is Married
AndPOOr

CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-The
Ideal Christian" has . job,
Is married, and Is voluntarily
poor" the Rev. Paul Furfey
told . convention Of the
American Catholic SOciOlOgi-
cal Society last night.
Father Furfey, Of the CathO-
hce University Of Washing.
ton and leader Of . "CathO-
lie social extremism" move
ment, said his Ideal Christian
spent money ON himself and
family only for necessities
and "never for artificial needs
created by q worldly attitude
toward material things"
The Washington times., 1938-12-27

this stronghold" are doing) !,
nevertheless, you'll have to ad-
NIT that as my first political
prognostication, your old home
town gal Evie hit Harry Hop
kins' appointment correctly
Just two weeks ago.
But I went further than to
prophesy his appointment
I also said he'd make q "darned
good" Secretary Of Commerce;
20 just wait and see. Then I
can again say Il told you So"
It must be grand to have
The Washington times., 1938-12-27
Postmaster Exams
Slated in Six Cities

Applications will be received up
to January II from persons desir-
ing to take examinations in six
cities for first-clasS postmaster
posts, it was announced today by
the Civil Service Commission. The
examinations are scheduled to be
given In Altoona, Pa; Bradford.
Pa: Norwalk, Ohio; Covington.
KY; Kenosha, Wis, and Atchi-
The Washington times., 1938-12-27
Consumers Income
Parallels That in sc

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 U.N.S0.
Consumers income this year has
run about the same as in 1885 and
in recent months has been about
the same as in 1887 despite a 50
Der cent drop in profits reported
by 100 industrial concerns, accord
ing to an estimate today by the
National Industrial Conference
Board.
The Washington times., 1938-12-27
Plenty Luck-AII Bad

PARIS, Dec. az Q.N.S0.-Ah!
Ignominious fate, Jean Pierre
Demget, a 49-year-old laborer, fell
into a pond one foggy day here on
his way to work. Unable to swim
he nevertheless succeeded in saw
ing himself by grabbing a log. En-
route home to change his clothing
he was run over by car and died
of his injuries.
The Washington times., 1938-12-27
Public Examples

TERMANY and Austria To-Day
~ are pathetic examples Of
the ultimate logic of stabilizing
industry by eliminating COM
petition. Economic life in these
countries Is controlled by car
tells and trade associations. In
1927 in Germany an economic
commission was created which
represented the last expiring
gasp of those who favored free
enterprise. They were over
whelmed by arguments that
business could not stand the
uncertainty Of the enforcement
of competitive conditions. In
1923 a decree had introduced in
Germany some of the principles
of the American antitrust laws.
It was never enforced. You all
know German industry was
"rationalized" to create a per
feet springboard for Hitler'S
leap to power.
Il + 4
THERE is a big crowd today,
L Of course, that argues that
in America our competitive
scheme is out of date, but the
experience Of Europe makes me
believe that it is very bad medi-
cine for us to decide competi-
ton won't work until there has
been a real test Of its posi-
bilities. That test requires only
increased personnel In the
Department Of Justice and some
procedural amendments. The
Sherman act is Americas con-
tribution to economic legiSla-
ton.
America still has a fighting
chance of preserving in a large
part competition by private en-
terprises. OF course it requires
more than the five lawyers and
four stenographers who consti-
tuted the antitrust division in
the trustbusting days Of Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
Yet, If the businessmen Of
this country are as smart as I
should like to think they are,
it should not be necessary to
argue the merits of an enforce
ment program to them. # they
look at Europe they can see
that the elimination of com.
petition has not protected the
busineSSman-it has only made
him increasingly inconSeQuen-
tial.
Since I feel that independent
enterprise is the only safe
foundation for political de-
mocracy, I am willing to work
the clock around enforcing the
Sherman act. I am willing to
take it on the chin from those
who feel outraged because I
necessarily am prosecuting nice
people instead of criminals. And
I feel that a wise country, and
particularly a wise business
world, in the long run, is going
to give support to that effort.
The Washington times., 1938-12-27
UNEXPURGATED
HITLER VOLUME
FACES BATTLE
Move Starts Conflict
Over Copyrights
BY WALTER KIRNAN


NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Adol
Hitler's 'Mein Kampf" (My Bat
tle), expurgated in its American
printings to eliminate passages
offensive to Americans and par
ticularly American Jews. may soon
form the basis for another battle
"a battle OF copyrights in which
the United States government may
find itself on the side Of the Ger
man leaders.
stackpole Sons, after having
considered all angles Of the copy
right have announced definitC
plans to bring out ''Mein Kampf'
in an unexpurgated edition de
spite the Fuehrer's wishes, hon
ored in the original prlntings By
Houghton Mifflin Co., who hold
the American copyright.
STUDY COPYRIGHT
According to Stackpole Sons
study Of the copyright indicates
that 1t no longer is effectual In
the United States and the pub
fishers in bringing out the new
volume In January are prepared tt
defend it on what they claim to bC
substantial legal grounds.
Their legal position Is, for the
present, secret, but it Is known
that recent events In Germany
under the Hitler regime havt
served to disturb the basis OF
which international copyright
treaties rest.
GOVERNMENT POSITION
There also is some question a.
to the protection afforded an ex
purgated work by copyright. I
has been held in some instance;
that fragments cannot be copy
righted as q whole and that ex
purgation can be construed as re
ducing q whole to fragments.
What m q kes the situation
unique Is the position into which
1.-THE United States government ma!
be forced through backing up it
copyright laws and its copyrigh
division Of the Library Of Con
greSS.
MUST DEFEND LAW
While the copyrighter Is neces
Sarily ION his own" as to tn
merits Of his copyright claim, tn
lgover ment, nevertheless.
charged with the duty Of defend
ing the copyright law.
The result in this case nigh
be to place the government In tn
position Of supporting Hitler'l
standing against releasing thosC
sections Of ''Mein Kampf" which
might be offensive to Americans
OTHER PUBLISHERS
Although Stackpole Is actual,
bringing out the volume, othel
publishers have given consider
able thought to getting the unex
curgated edition to the American
market and one was reported Il
have been dickering for the copy
right with the intention Of dis
regarding the Fuehrer'S expurga
tions once the deal was closed.
Requests for the uneXpurgatec
edition, curiously enough, havl
come mostly from Jews who havt
demanded that the Hitler worl
be produced in its entirety Il
show his position regarding thet
race.
The Washington times., 1938-12-27
Charm of the South

HUBERTA (Mrs. Earle) has all the charm Of the
IA South (she comes from Kentucky and bit
thrown in from Europe and all over America.
She's charming hostess and had knack Of
making the governors mansion place you loved
to go to-because it was home.
1t lost no dignity through an informality
which is rare to find in such . place, it rather
gathered strength-and big men Of all runs Of life
have often said how nice it was to go there and
sit in front Of an oldfashioned fire and forget
the trite and tiresome things Of life for few
moments,
The Washington times., 1938-12-27
The Natural Thing

0F COURSE, it's natural for
" inefficient people to seek
security in organization against
competition. It's just as nat
ursl for powerful enterprises to
want to eliminate the competi.
tion which stands in the way Of
this industrial empire building.
Competition is strenuous game
and every strenuous game re-
quires a referee. The offenseS
in the competitive game often
involve no more moral turpi-
tude than interference with q
forward pass in football. Never
theleSS, they must be penalized
If the game is to go on.
The Washington times., 1938-12-27

to do with this situation? For
most of American business and
industry they provide a way to
eliminate this great waste in
distribution by bringing prices
within the reach of consumers
by opening lines of trade to new
daring. OF course they do not
provide the whole solution. In
emergencies, Government subsi-
dies are necessary. In some cases
where it has been demonstrated
competition won't work effec-
lively, there must be some form
Of public price control. However,
in at least q major part of our
national economy the antitrust
laws offer the best method of
making effective uses Of our re-
sources and for getting people
off relief.
The Washington times., 1938-12-27

people so scared of you, as q certain group here
Is Of Harry. can't help criticizing those who
damn q man from "A to Lizard" when they
haven't even met him and, further, don't want to.
Surely it couldn't hurt to just MEET person
and Just as often people change their minds
after meeting fellow. I've seen it happen so
often, but guess they don't want to change their
minds.
The Washington times., 1938-12-27
One At A Time

THE antitrust laws are not de-
l. signed to destroy efficiency.
They are not intended to break
up large combinations for the
The Washington times., 1938-12-27
By tEvie' Robert

boys when he named Col. Frank Harrington to
succeed Harry in WPA, as you no doubt know.
Pink" Harrington is hard-boiled Army engi-
neer of the finest type and will handle this relief
problem with gloves off,"
I'd like to hear someone suggest better man
for the job-it can't be done, according to me.
The Washington times., 1938-12-27
Getting Back to Normal

NettInR BACK 20 N0Tnl0I
THE after Christmas lul is on us here, too. Too
much to eat, too many parties, and now wen
take it easy for q day or so.
A lot Of the rich" took the day after Christmas
to go off on their yachts for the day and rest up
sit in the sun, and try to get back ION the aka
line side"-if you get what mean
was worried when I read in the headlines
about the George Earles being in another air
plane crackup. This makes the fourteenth, and
if George isn't careful he won't leave an airplane
for Mr.. James when he takes office early in
January.
Pennsylvania may not be stuck on George
Earle at the moment. but they can look far to
find q couple who'll grace the governors man.
sion as the Earles did.
The Washington times., 1938-12-27

Double Duty" circulation Of the Herald
ana Times produces twice the results
at one cost.
The Washington times., 1938-12-27
Ewes Rib
PALM BEACH, Fla, Dec. ~.

FAALM 6EACn, clA, OeC 1t'
WHETHER you approve of it or not, or whether
w you like it or not, or whether you tear your
hair over it or not Gas most people down here in
The Washington times., 1938-12-27

mere sake Of breaking them UP.
Early In the history Of the law
the Supreme Court held that
only unreasonable restraints Of
trade are illegal. This means
that neither efficient mass pro-
duction nor such combinations
as are necessary for orderly mar
keting should be destroyed. The
application Of this rule is case
by case, industry by industry.
It permits US to take up one
thing at q time, which is the
only sensible way Of treating an
organization problem.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-09-22
$l7O,6SO to Be
Spent Here by
Fall of 1899
REBUILDING so MILES
PLANNED; ADVANCES
NORMAL PROGRAM

Redwood county has been al
loted $76,8O6 in PWA funds for
countrywide highway rebuilding
program, The Gazette was advis-
ed Wednesday in kilograms from
Congressman Paul Kvale and
Senator Ernest Lundeen
The allotment is As per cent of
a $170,680 program to rebuild 80
miles of road.
According to Richard Cook,
county engineer, the project will
take up the normal rebuilding
program for the last half of 1888
and all of 1899 and 1910.
The highway department will
attempt to finish what would nor
mally be two and one-half year
rebuilding program by the fall of
1899.
Some additional mileage is
planned since government funds
are available.
The PWA project should move
the rebuilding program forward
three or four years and make
possible the reduction of the nor
NAL reconstruction program from
about Is miles per year to below
20, he said.
Preliminary surveys on road
ways to be rebuilt were got UNI
derway thisl summer and will be
completed by the time snow flies,
Cook says.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-09-22

scented Ahrens with a pen and
pencil set in recognition of his
work as secretary of the civic
organization for three years.
Refreshments were served after
which a short program was given.
Frank Clague introduced Ahrens
telling what Ted has done for
Redwood Falls and Ahrens re-
sponded, stating that he has en-
joyed working with the club
through thick and thin and urging
more cooperation between the
merchants and business men ''to
bring about better town in an
already great little city" He
plead for 100 per cent cooper
alton for the Diamond Jubilee
next year.
Ernie Schramm, entertained
with three tap dances accompan-
led by Leo Kurschner at the
piano. Then the meeting took on
an informal atmosphere, cards
were played and there was sing
ing.
Tonight the j. c. Penney store
staff will entertain for him.
Ahrens was with the firm here
for five years and was assistant
manager at the time of his re-
signation.
Tuesday night he will be hon.
ored by the 1. o. 0. F. lodge of
which he is a member.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-09-22
Mint Cafe Sold
ToDakotaMan
WAGNERS WILL LEAVE
CITY; OPERATED CAFE
SINCE APRIL 1881

The Mint Cafe has been sold,
Charles Wagner, owner for the
last seven years, announced after
details of the transaction were
completed Tuesday.
New owner is H. Kronoveter
of Wagner, South Dakota, who
will give up the grocery business
to come to Redwood Falls. Mr..
Kronoveter, whom MIR. Wagner
knows as Hank" will take over
the Mint October Is and with his
family will move into the Wag-
ner home which he has rented.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wagner will leave
the city but have not announced
further plans.
Particularly proud of the fact
that he has operated the Mint for
longer period than anyone else
since its establishment, Mr.. Wag-
ner points out that Mr.. and Mrs.
w. S. Buchanan who began the
business were there from May
1922 to August 1929. MIR. and Mrs.
P. A. Gottenborg owned the place
lOi 10 lliOIlIilS Lie " dSIlSIS lOOk
it over in April 1881 and when
they leave will have been there
seven years and five months,
beating the Buchanan's record by
three months.
The cafe was the first place in
town to install a cooling system,
the second to boast a neon sign
one of Mr.. Wagner'S first adj
ditionS.
Since he has been here he has
replaced every piece of equipment
in the place with the exception
of two counters, the cigar case
and the kitchen sink.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Kruse of
Lake Andes, South Dakota have
been here for two weeks to be
trained by the Wagners'. They, in
addition to the present staff, will
work under Mr.. Kronoveter.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-09-22
Movie Boys Town LikeReal
Place, Former esidentSays

Bob Maxwell says "Boy's
Town." is a remarkably true pic
ture of life in Father Flanagan's
home for boys near Omaha.
Bob Maxwell says Spencer
Tracy gives an unbelievahly
realistic portrayal of Father Flan-
agan.
Bob Maxwell should know.
Boys Town" is his home town
and Father Flanagan was his
veritable father during the five
years of his adolescence.
Now "a years old and making
his own way in the world-he's
cook at the Mint cafe-Bob was
thrilled with the motion picture
previewed at the Falls theatre
Thursday afternoon.
With members of the school
board, city council, clergy and a
few others, Bob was a guest of the
management at a special showing
of the feature which will open at
the Falls Friday, September 80,
for five day run.
Wueil lie Was IL years OLD MS
parents separated and Bob and a
brother were sent by their mother
to the haven for homeless boys
established by Father Flanagan.
He hated the school at first
what lonely bewildered youngster
Wouldn't-but in a few weeks he
came to love it. Now he regards
it as home, makes as many visits
there as possible and feels a
Continued on page six)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-09-22
6LocalFmi1ns
GetContracts
on School Job
GENERAL CONTRACT
OF $S,9S5 LET TO
LANG AND MAHAL

Six Redwood Falls companies
and only one outside firm, will
have a part in the re-roofing, and
partial remodeling of the Lincoln
school.
Lang and Mahal received the
general contract with their bid of
1895, school officials learned
from PWA authorities this week.
Sub-contractors are Charlebois
brothers, roofing; Drogosch and
Son, plumbing; c. A. Fobes, cleo
trical work; Grover Mansfield,
painting and the Forster furniture
company, furnishing inoleum for
the home economics kitchen. The
Insulation Sales company of Min
neapolis will install acousti-celo-
tex on ceilings.
Work is scheduled to begin not
later than Tuesday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-09-22
250Die, Thousands
Homeless in Storm
EASTERN STATES HIT
BY HURRICANE AND
FLOOD WATERS
By The Associated Press

By The Associated Press
The ever frightening roster of
the dead from an equinoctial hur-
ricane which struck the north At
lantic states with a savageness
uEequalled in 100 years neared
the $50 mark today-and still the
tragic figures mounted.
The damage to property-to
hundreds of smashed boats-to
growing and maturing crops, to
homes, utilities, public buildings,
transportation and communica-
tion-was beyond calculation, ris-
ing to uncounted millions OF dol
lars.
How many thousand were
homeless could not even be guess
ed.
Many thousands of men and
women in the great area of dis
aster were called to the work of
rescue.
Streams rose everywhere in
the stricken area, most of which
had been deepened for days by
extra heavy falls of rain and to
those standing amid the debris
left by the wind there came the
added menace of imminent flood.
Especially, hard hit were the
areas of Providence, Rhode Is
land and the swank north shore
of Long Island. Looting started
at several points.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-09-22
Farm Activity
Plans Made at
Meeting Here
COMMITTEES CHOSEN
EXPERTS ADVISE ON
EXTENSION PLANS

Paul E. Miller, director of Min
nesota extension activities; A. E.
EngebretSon, district supervisor
of county agents and Mrs. Beat
rice McGrath, assistant state
home demonstration leader, offer
ed expert advice at a county wide
meeting for planning 1889 Red
wood county extension activities
in the court house Tuesday.
Goals include dairy education
program to promote consumption
of dairy products and herd inn
proVement work, specifically COW
testing; crop variety trials; soil
testing and fertilizer trials; weed
eradication; work on hog diseases;
continuation of farm management
and conservation studies; the
study of family finances; farm
yard improvement including
windbreaks and fruit trees; group
disqualification, medical and den
tai care and preventative health
measures; home convenienceS and
comforts; rural identification and
spreading the influence of extern
sion work.
An agricultural committee to
kplan the farming extension pro-
gram was named by County
Agent j. 1. Swedberg. 1t is COM
prised of William Poulsen, Sheri-
dan; Joseph Zwach, Walnut
Grove; George Claussen, Redwood
Falls; H. c. Lau, Tracy; J. L.
Slaymaker, Morgan; John Krin-
Ike, Lamberton and L. B. Freder-
ickson, Morgan. They will hold
their first meeting October 6.
Groups represented at Tues
days session and their delegates
were: All club federation-Au
Della Tompkins, Morton; Mrs. A.
D. McCorquodale, Redwood Falls;
Otto Bloedow, Wanda and Mrs. J.
L. Slaymaker, Morgan; rural
youth - Joseph Zeug, Walnut
Grove; Nels Hansen. Walnut
Grove; Margie Bliss, Redwood
Falls; Inez Davis, Wabasso and
Rodney Morgan, Marshall; home
and community committee-Mrs.
Otto Flom, Delhi; Mrs. c. L.
Tompkins, Redwood Falls; Mrs.
John Morgan, Marshall; Mrs.
John Sabin, Walnut Grove; Mrs.
F. w. Moses, Tracy; Mrs. Ray
Tompkins, Morton; Viola Fixsen,
Wabasso; Mrs. Earl Bliss, Red
wood Falls; Mrs. H. A. Winn,
Redwood Falls and Mrs. Otto
zBloedow of Wanda, substituting
flor Mrs. John Eichten.
Central Minnesota Cooperative
Power association: L. B. Fredrick-
son; Farm Bureau board: John w.
Morgan, Marshall, Henry CORES,
Wanda; Joseph Zwach; Henry
Zachte, Lamberton; William Poul-
sen and J. L. Slaymaker; Farm
Bureau and Community club Of
ficers: r. L. Jensen, Sleepy Eye;
E. M. Fredrickson, Morgan; F. w.
Moses, Tracy; Madge Goodyear,
Redwood Falls; Freda Egle, Wa
basso; Joe Beran, Clements; Ger
hardt P. Boelter, Lamberton and
Anton Hansen of Walnut Grove.
Weed administration: Arthur
Precht, Wabasso; Herman Dom
ner, Lucan and Sven Anderson of
Belview.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-09-22
Early
Life Obscure
KNEW HARDSHIPS IN
BOYHOOD; BORN IN
MARYLAND
Ry Mary Finn
Walking IrOn-Part Two

Walking IrOn-Part TWO
Tracing the purposeful course
of Joseph R. Brown over Mime
sofa and on his trips to Nebraska,
Chicago and New York is a simple
matter.
Contemporaries noted his move
ments as a colorful personality
and present day historians, in
trigued by a force and vividness
which has not dimmed with the
passage of a century, have recon-
structed his life from the time he
came west as boy of IA until his
death at the age of 65.'
But his beginnings are obscure.
Certain it is that he was born in
Hartford county, Maryland, jan
uary S, 1905.
His father Rev. Samuel Brown,
was a circuit riding Methodist
preacher who, if he ran true to
type, was called to the exhorta-
ton of sinners by a binding Wis
ion.
Perhaps he found emotional re-
lease in the fervent camp meet
ings of his sect-at any rate his
home relations were stern and un-
compromising
Browns mother died when he
was only a month old and his
aunt, Mrs. Eliza Henderson, after
whom he later named the Mime
sofa town, took the baby on
horseback to her home in Penn
sylvania.
A Bible given Joseph by Mrs.
Henderson was found in the
ruins of the Brown mansion near
Belview not so many years ago,
and is now in the possession of C.
G.. AIlanson of Wheaton, Browns
grandson.
When his father remarked, the
boy returned to live with his
father.
Then situation as common as
it is tragic developed-Joseph
was punished for the wrongdo-
ings of his half-brother.
When he was IL years of age
he was made virtual slave by
apprenticeship to cruel Lam
caster, Pennsylvania, printer.
Within year he fed the un-
bearable life there, enlisted as a
drummer boy in the Fifth Infan-
try, then at Detroit, and came to
Minnesota under the command of
Colonel Leavenworth who was to
establish Fort Smelling.
They arrived here in 1919.
Freedom, adventure, the power
to sway men and to turn oppor-
tunity to his foresighted ends
were to come to the 14-year-old
boy.
(To Be Continued)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-09-22
Thieves Raid
Gas Barrel on
LOhrenz Farm
TRACTOR TANK, ALSO
DRAINED; OIL AND
APPLES DISAPPEAR

Thieves emptied barrel partly
filled with gasoline and then took
the supply from the tank of a
tractor on the Martin Lohrenz
farm one and one-half miles east
of ! Redwood Falls Wednesday
night.
The theft was discovered this
morning when Schwab brothers,
who live south of Redwood Falls,
went to the place to resume plow-
ing. They rent the farm and the
tractor and gas belong to them.
Five gallons of oil in cans also
was taken
1t. was the second theft within
week in which Mr.. Lohrenz was
involved.
Approximately two bushels of
Wealthy apples, ripening nicely,
were picked and carted away
from a tree in the Lohrenz' yard
on Third street last Thursday
night
The tree is just outside Mr..
Lohrenz' bedroom window but he
slept through the raid in which
every apple on the tree was TAX
en-. Mr.. Lohrenz said he was
thankful they didn't leave a few
''to bother with"