The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-03
FORMER MORGAN
RESIDENT TELLS
OF WAR HORhORS
JAPANESE DECAPITATE
THEIR DEAD; HAUL
HEADS IN TRUCKS

Morgan-The horrors of the
war being waged in China were
described with gruesome details
in letter received by Mr.. and
Mrs. c. c. Brosch from Mrs. Ray
Purdum. Mrs. Purdum before her
marriage was Katherine Goblirscn
and was reared in Morgan. Her
parents are MIR. and Mrs. George
Goblirsch of New Ulm.
Mrs. Purdum, whose husband is
an American embassy guard at
Peiping, China, told of being an
eye witness to bombing raids and
machine gun warfare. The dead
and wounded are brought into
town in truckloads, she said, add
ing that the japanese only bring
in the heads of their dead because
the bodies take up too much room.
Sometimes a few roll off and are
thrown back on the load. They are
cremated and the ashes sent home
for burial.
She told also of the peace-lov-
ing nature of the Chinese and
their preference for old customs.
Birdnest buildings are still a del
icacy, she said. The letter mem
toned visits to hospitals and other
modern institutions there.
The Purdums have one daugh-
ter who attends school in Honoiu-
lu.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Kettner are
the parents of a daughter born
February %. Their first son, Jon
Thomas, was the first 1886 baby
in Redwood county.
Earl Butcher returned Saturday
from Westwood, Calf. where he
spent the winter with his brother
in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
AL Welder. He also visited MIR.
and Mrs. Henry Welder, early
settlers of Morgan, in Oregon.
Mrs. Gertrude Garlic and little
granddaughter returned Thurs
day evening from a visit with
Mrs. Marian Somod and the We'd
wrath sisters at Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Hopfenspir-
ger entertained a party of chill
dren Thursday afternoon, observ-
ing the eighth birthday of their
granddaughter Marylin Harris.
A nine pound boy was born to
Mrs. A. E. Hartzen Friday.
Celene Andersen of Redwood
Falls accompanied his sister Mrs.
c. Jorgensen to st. James Sunday
where they spent the night at the
parental Henning Andersen home.
Mrs. Gertrude Ball, sister of H.
B West, is spending the winter
with her son Halbert Ball in Cal
ifornia. She attended a Minnesota
picnic recently and saw the fol-
lowing former Morgan people:
Douglas Allen and daughter Mar
garet, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Courtney
(Susie Eaton), Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Poncin, DR.. and Mrs. j. L.
Adams and daughter Mildred,
Mrs. Florence Eischen Halter, Will
Gerstmann, Bessie Rist and Mr..
and Mrs. Burt Adams.
1s4A aiAo 4NA1 .. 1COISC 1ISSIl anu
daughters Calverna and Mae, and
son Jerome spent Saturday at
Redwood Falls.
R. w. Tempel of Sherburn has
been helping his sons install fix
lures in the Federated store which
will be opened soon.
Neighbors surprised Mr.. and
Mrs. Amer Cody at farewell
party Wednesday evening. Mr..
and Mrs. Cody are moving to
Fenton, Iowa soon.
Lyle Butcher of Clitherau is en-
joying visit at the home of his
aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Zaske.
Neighbor women gathered at
the home of Mrs. Mary George
Thursday afternoon to observe
her seventy-ninth birthday. Sat-
urday her son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. James Jensen
OF Euclid spent the night at her