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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-23

mer.-Volume two Of 'Trader
Horn" was available at the lib
rary.-Fingar Fingarson of Wal
nut Grove died.-Carman Ann
Byram had a birthday party
Boy Scouts with their leaders
Charles Burmeister and William
Evans were camping at Nest
lake.-Blanche Stava of Milroy
was married to Lloyd Rankin of
Amiret.-Jerry Mahoney, James
Whittet and M. Amberg attended
a meeting of the c. o. F. at Oil
via-Mr. and Mrs. John A. Pot
ter entertained in celebration of
Mrs. A. j. Potter's birthday.
Is YEARS AGO
M. O. Byran purchased the
Dream theatre from Charles
Huntsberry. - According to a
special dispatch from Julius
Schmahl, there were $4,000 auto
mobiles in the state. Registration
fee was $1.50.-There were two
accidents during the construction
of the Redwood high bridge. w.
d. Higgson fell 20 feet and broke
a vertebra and Fred Lobdell had
finger crushed.-Gov. A. O..
Eberhart wanted state utilities
commission.-Helen Perry Gray
and Duncan r. McCorquodale
were married. - Mayor Julius
Melges returned from a tour
through the north. - Herman
Werder purchased Minneapolis
threshing outfit and a 40 horse
power motor.-Andrew Kenney
accepted a position at Grand
Rapids. - Those who became
members of the Knights of Col
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President Lauds Congress
in Last Hours; II Billions
Appropriated for Program
Paul John KVale, M. C..

With the hearty congratulations
of President Roosevelt, the seven
ty-fifth congress which passed his
entire New Deal program of
must" legislation adjourned sine
die Thursday night. A total of
more than twelve billion dollars
was appropriated, much of it for
the purpose of carrying on the
fight against the recession which
has gripped the country. S745,-
740,279 was set aside to help the
farmer.
The large appropriations were
made necessary by the slump in
business with its resultant in
crease in unemployment, the rap
idly expanding social security
program and the unsettled condi-
tom of international affairs.
Briefly the appropriations and
their purposes are as follows:
agriculture department $758, ST.
800; District of Columbia SAT-
255, 155; independent agencies ST.
423 ,098,240; interior department
$129,678, 460; congressional estab-
lishment $21 1868 ,783; navy de-
pertinent $546, 1866, 494; state, just
ice, commerce, labor departments
$50, $50, 1876; treasury, post office
departments S1,4O3, $3.50, 526; mill
tary $459, 401 ,254; civil functions,
war department $I96,962 1857; first
deficiency S28,089,OO9; relief de-
ficiency $250,0O0, 900; relief-pub-
lie works $2,917, 905, 900; second
deficiency S288,00O, 900; perman-
ent appropriations S2,718, 772,257;i
reappropriations $685., ATS, 375; mis-
cellaneous S92, $4,000. Total $12,-i
293 1862 ,035.
Investigate Relief
Major legislation acted on by
congress in the adjournment rush,
includes: recovery bill sent to
White House after senate approx.
ed house formula for distributing
S212,000,000 farm parity pay
ments. Approved conference re-
port on S285, 100000 second de-.
ficiency bill. Senate adopted re-
solution condemning bombings of
civilians and approved investiga-
ton of politics in relief, voting
100000 for inquiry to be made by
senate campaign expenditures
committee; OVERRIDE presidents.
veto of cut in Farm Land Bank
interest rate.
Bills which were sidetracked in
the adjournment rush included
revision of the Walsh-Healy act
expanding the scope of the nat.
ional labor relations act; railroad
aid; revision of railroad bank
ruptcy laws; regional planning;
antiwar profits bills; neutrality
act revision; revision of the u. s..
housing act; abolition of chain
banking; revision of social secur-
ity act; revival of the Florida ship
canal; investigation of the radio
industry and FEC; federal control
of chain stores; government oW-
nership of Federal Reserve banks
and bill outlawing block book
ing by the motion picture indus
try.
Earlier in the week the high
ly controversial wage hours bill,
which kept the congress in tur-
MOL for many weeks last summer
and again this season, was finally
passed. 1t provides a minimum
wage of 25 cents an hour for the
first year and 80 cents the second.
Industrial boards are permitted to
fix minimum wages of 40 cents an
hour for those industries or class
ifications of employment within
industries under certain condi-
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BY MORGAN M BEATTY
AP Feature Service Writer


Washington If the nations
first wage and hour law is blur
to you, back up little, and run
over the history of the thing in
slow motion.
The first scenes take you back
to the days before the Civil war
when the steam engine was de-
veloping the foundation for a
modern industrial system.
Then jump to 1900 and the
birth of the automobile. Now go
ahead little way to the first as
sembly line, and mass production
in the automobile industry.
You're up to 1910. Look at the
expansion that mass production
and high speed transportation
started in all industrial and build
ing activity. Note the skyserapers
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REDWOOD GAZETTE REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA
What 1t Means: Wages and Hours.

for fewer hours at the start.
But there are couple of i'm
portant points to watch:
4. You should remember that
it lis now the policy of the United
States government to assure wor-
kers enough wages to promote
their health, efficiency, and
well-being." Before now, the nat
ural laws of supply and demand,
and survival of the fittest, were
supreme in that field. Will Uncle
Sam be successful?
2. Also, you will constantly
hear the Accent hour and the 40
hour week discussed in the press,
on the radio, and in workshops,
homes, clubs - everywhere. Will
it become the national yardstick
for wages and hours? That's what
happened to the "eight-hour day.
in 1916.
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umbus at New Ulm meeting in
cluded William and John Pen
tony, William Cummins, John
Lauterbach ST., John Schwein-
furter, Charles Johanneck and
Joseph Fischer.
SO YEARS AGO
Mrs. Jones was serving ice
cream to her customers daily
j. S. Towle, clerk, issued a call
for bids for a new schoolhouse at
New Avon.-George Houghmaster
got stylish carriage and driv-
ing horse.-Eddie Luscher sue
ceeded Willie Albeit who resign
ed at Peck's drug stroe.-P. R.
Pease bought the Chandler house
and the w. c. Tyler property
There was to be an excursion
train from here to New Ulm for
the dedication of the Herman
monument Sorlien brothers had
the lumber on the ground for the
much-needed sidewalk between
Captain Dunnington's corner and
the bridge.-Lizzie Bissel had the
highest average of the graduating
class Glib.
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eight-hour law passed muster be-
cause the railroads crossed state
lines.
Meanwhile the protests against
some of the practices in industry
continued. Congress responded in
1918 with a lawtto guarantee wo-
men workers a minimum wage in
the federally operated District of
Columbia. The Supreme Court
threw it out because it seemingly
interfered with an individuals
right to make a contract to sell
hiS-or her-ServiceS.
The Door Swings Open
Congress in 1924 put the child
labor question up to the states in
the form of constitutional
amendment, but it was never
ratified. Last year, the Supreme
Court reversed itself on minimum
wages, and held that state, at
least, could set up fair wage
standards for. women. Other de-
cisions enlarged the meaning of
interstate commerce, intimating
that similar law for businesses
that cross state lines could be
passed by Congress.
In effect, the Supreme Court
was cracking open the door to
more modern labor legislation.
The Roosevelt New Deal, with
promises to- the underprivileged,
could hardly overlook the oppor-
tunity.
But again it was easier to talk
better wages and fewer hours
than to put them into law For
instance, what was to be done
with such industries as canning,
where the work has to be doEe
when the tomatoes or the salmon
are ready? And what about COM
peting industries, like cotton and
wool textiles, when one was a
low-wage industry and the other
fairly high? Could you give one
the advantage overnight?
For nearly two years now, Con-
gress has been wrestling with
such questions. Three trial ball
looms have been sent up, and shot
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Morgan M. BeaftY,or consequences
or purely human elements in the
picture.
But all the while, the processes
of industrialization were changing
lives and habits and customs. We
did not stop to analyze the changes
while they were. going on. And
neither did the men we sent to
Washington to make our laws.
Voices In The Wilderness
Nevertheless, social problem
was in the making. The industrial
system was creating the sweat
shop. 1t was using children to
operate machines at extremely
low wages. But, the industrial
leader had to show his stockhold-
ers profit. He had to meet COM
petition. Workers had to make a
living. The natural laws of supply
and demand and survival of the
fittest were operating, as usual.
But these natural laws were
tough on lot of people. 1t was
only logical that they should pro-
test. And by 1912, the agitation
had intrigued the leaders of both
major political parties.
The job of translating into law
blind protests against a system
was lot easier said than done.
After four years of wrangling,
Congress produced in 1916 the
first two laws designed to meet
the protests-the eight-hour law
for the railroad workers and the
anti-child labor law.
The Supreme Court tossed out
the child labor law on the ground
that it was matter for the states
to regulate, and not Congress. The
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-23

in the cities and
the huge mech
anical harvest
ers in the wheat
fields.
You've jus t
run through the
bare essentials of
the making of
industrial Amer
lea. All through
t no S e early
years, the job
was the thing.
A m erica was
developing re-
gardless of cost
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1T MEANS NOTHING. -
TO. MR.. AVERAGE MAN

Washington - When the
wage-hOur bill goes into eff
feet four months from now,
Mr.. Average Citizen might as
well reconcile himself to the
fact that it will mean nothing
at all i'm his life.
For the average wage earn
er in the United States makes
more than rs cents an hour or
works less than A hours a
week-the wage and hour
headlines in the new bill.
After one year, workers re-
ceiving less than 80 cents an
hour or working more than
AZ hours a week will come in
for a few benefits. That may
bring the total beneficiaries
close to the million mark.
After seven years, the Accent
hour and the 40-hour week
comes in and then some
100000 or more workers
will get small cut out of the
wage and hour dividends.
But even then Mr.. Average
Citizen need expect very
little pers0nally-eXcept per-
haps overtime pay of time
and a half, and the fiye-day
week, if he hasn't already got
those things.
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Chinese historical records state
that silkworms were reared as
long ago as 1850 B. c., and the
production of silk was a jealousy
guarded secret for nearly 5000
years until-according to legend
Ia Chinese princess who married
in Khotan succeeded, at the risk
of her hfe, in carrying with her
eggs of the silkworm and seeds
of the mulberry tree on which it
feeds.
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Backward
Chances
5 YEARS AGO

5 YEARS AGO
"a new oil station was being
constructed on the Webb proper
.ty.-B. H. Clark was elected pre-
,sident of the Lions .club.-The
parking problem of the city was
believed solved with the opening
of a lot with a 200 car capacity
near the Shell station.-Frank
WEIGH was injured in a car ac-
cident near Lake Lillian.-Pax-
ton boys between IL and 18 years
of age were guests of c. o. Gill
fillan at camp on Green lake.
Evelyn Hoffman, and Oscar CAL
stad were married.-A four and
one-half mile paved stretch east
of 'Lamberton was completed.
Elsie Langholz of Wanda and
Rev. w. c. Conradi of Canon
City, Colorado, were married.
A small ice house on the Pure Oil
PROPERTY near the Jail was COM
pleted.
10 YEARS AGO
Richard Glassman, 20, of Sea-
forth was killed in an automobile
accident. -Malcolm Mcdonald of
Walnut Grove who was attending
Harvard planned to conduct tours
Though Europe during the sum
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-23

More than 13,5O0,O0O trees were
planted in New York states 1898
reforestation program.
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down by critics and experts. Now
comes the fourth--a compromise.
Naturally, a law that's gone
through as much difficult
history as the wage and hour
bill of 1888 cannot be ap-
praised off-hand either as
good or bad. It is simply be-
ginning in tricky legislative
field-a beginning toward a
Accent minimum wage and a
40-h0ur week, with modifica-
tiOns for industries and sec
tions of the country, especial
ly the south.
= ): !.
How 1t Stacks Up
You can judge how much of &
beginning it is by this: Conserva-
tive statisticians in the govern
ment estimate that no more thar
100000 persons will get more pay
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~ CONGRESS VOTED APPROPRIA.
tons in excess of IL billions and adjourned
Taxpayers will now proceed to provide as
much of the sum as they able and write the
rest on the cuff. We are getting more and
more like the family which lives within its
income by not paying it's bills.
The Washington times., 1938-01-01
Thorpes Are
Hosts at Tea

The lovely country home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Thorpe sit
uated on the Rockville Pike
will be the scene of a New
Years tea this afternoon from
5 until 7 o'clock.
The house will be tastefully
decorated with flowers. The tea
table will be laden with cakes,
paper-thin sandwiches and bon
bons, tea and coffee will be
served.
Pouring at. the table will
be Mrs. Charles Hawley, Mrs.
Ere derrick Van Nuys, Mrs.
Charles Henderson, Mrs. Wal
lace w White, Mrs. Bertrand
Smell, Mrs. William E. Borah,
Mrs. Fred Britten, Mrs. John
Marshall. Mrs. George Thorpe,
and Mrs. John Herrick.
Mrs. Minturn Wright, Of Phil
adelphia. Pa. who, with Miss
Elsie Bettle, has been spending
scme time in Washington at
Wardman Park Hotel, will leave
today for home.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Quarles,
Of Winchester, Va, are staying
at the Raleigh during q visit
to the Capital.
The Washington times., 1938-01-01
British EnU0y and Wife Entertain

Feliz Ano Nuevo! Une Bonne
AIMEE! Happy New Year!
The cheeriest Of New Year
greetings reSounded through
out the Capital last night in a
multitude Of tongues, while dip
lomats celebrated the advent Of
1888.
Champagne corks popped
with astounding regularity at
the spacious Embassy out Mos
Sachusetts Avenue way last
night, for the British Ambassa-
dor and Lady Lindsay were
among the many hosts at gala
celebrations.
Some 10 guests had been in
vited for dinner. They were
seated at small tables, arranged
cozily about the state dining
room. An abundance Of pink
roses and rosy gladioli were art
fully placed in the rooms.
MRS. BELMONT GUEST
The guests, for the most part,
included members of the en-
bassy staff and friends of the
Lindsays of residential society.
Among the out-of-town guests
were Mrs. August Belmont, of
New York city, and Miss Mary
Lampson.
The lifting strains Of sydney'g
The Washington times., 1938-01-01

a host of Latin-Americans were
making merry with the Minister
of Panama and Sonora de Boyd
acting as hosts. A buffet sup
per was served throughout the
evening.
The German Ambassador and
Frau Dieckhoff remained in
Florida for the New Year and
will return to the embassy on
Monday. They plan to entertain
at dinner on Tuesday evening.
IN LAKE PLACID
Lake Placid claimed the
Italian Ambassador and Donna
de Suvich, who are ardent de-
votees of winter sports, for the
holidays. Just when they will re.
turn is not yet known.
Members of the Brazilian En-.
bassy staff were transplanted
virtually en- masse to New York
city (TimeS Square includedO
for their celebration of the COM
ing of the New Year.
The Ambassador of Chile, Don
Manuel Trucco, and his three
pretty daughters, "Chela," Re-
beca and Marta, entertained at
and informal reception last
night for the members Of the
embassy staff.
The Washington times., 1938-01-01
Hosts at Dinner
PANAMANIAN PARTY

Mr.. and Mrs. j. Bruce Kremer
entertained 60 guests at dinner
last evening at their home in
Spring Valley, additional friends
joining the party to welcome in
the New Year. Mr.. and Mrs.
Kremer have as their house
guests Mrs. Barlow S. Weeks,
of New York, who entertained
at luncheon yesterday at the
Mayflower, Mrs. William Tuohy
and Mrs. Tuohy Walker, of
Butte, Mont, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Erie Daveler, Of New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Claren-
don Smith entertained a party
of friends at the Lord Fairfax
Country Club last night in
honor of their son, Arthur
Clarendon Smith. jr., a student
at Washington and Lee Univer-
sity.
The Washington times., 1938-01-01
Engagements of the Week

VANCEHETTMULLER. Miss
Mary Jane Vance, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Scott
Vance, to Gerard Townsend
Heitmuller, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jesse Heitmuller.
4
JANE S!WAHL. Miss Helen
Muriel James, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Albert E. James. to Mr..
Carlton Wilson Wahl, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Richard Wahl.
y y
TABB UT T-BABERS. Miss
Grace Charlotte Tabbutt, daush-
ter Of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M.
The Washington times., 1938-01-01

NO. s5-MIss MARGARET PAINE daughter Of Comman-
der and Mrs. Roger W. Paine u g. n She very artistic
person. with great many dreams and the determination and
ability to that many of them will true. At the
moment she is studying in New York at The American
Academy Of Dramatic Art hopes do stock and work
in The Little Theater next summer and intends to
and in the theater and with her stage work. until she
accompshes something that she will be proud about When
she little girl she spent half her time writing plays
producing them and acting in them and is also study
ing the production end Of the theater thinking that she
might at time do something in that part of the theater
The Washington times., 1938-01-01
Co4o0
Society 4odAI0
SociaHtes Celebrate at Mclean BaN4*+ UtMXz
BIZ Peter Carter

Trs H. Benjamin Smith, and her son. Major Horace Smith,
1V1 entertained of the incest parties last Wednesday aft
ado of of
in
lin
The Washington times., 1938-01-01

Tabbutt to Frank Babers, son Of
Mrs. Fannie C. BabeTs. q
Gainesville, Fla.
S-THOMASON. Miss
Catherine Elizabeth ennis,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. S.
James Dennis, to C. Temple
Thomason, son of Mrs. Clarence
C. Thomson.
X \ X
GILES-WILLSON. Miss Lu-
cille 2. Giles, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest T. Giles, of
Mount Lebanon, Pa, to Prentiss
Wilson, jr., son Of DR.. and Mrs.
Prentiss Wilson, Of this city.
The Washington times., 1938-01-01

music intermingled pleasantly
with laughter and many
"Cheerios" over glasses of bub-
bling champagne. A delectable
supper was served not long after
the clock struck twelve.
PANAMANIAN PARTY
Out on New Hampshire Ave
nue. at the Panamanian legation
The Washington times., 1938-01-01

" Luers,W gtOn Times
She paints well and has done excellent Portraits she
swms and likes it, but very little for other outdoor
sports She very fond Of evening clothes has marvellous
flair for blending coors in these evening gowns that
both exotic and original but all her young life she has
wanted to black evening gowns, but not until this
winter could she get her charming mother to consent to her
having one She has most intriguing face that changes
with every passing thought and emotion Her hair is golden
brown and her eyes, when look through the darky
thick lashes vevey black and her skn which needs
nothing but light touch Of powder, is creamiy smooth
and clear.
The Washington times., 1938-01-01
LUCIUs BEEBE THERE

To the tune of a Viennese
waltz, Rear Admiral Emery
Land, who is probably going to
be head of the Maritime Com.
mission =, when Joe Kennedy
CONTINUED on Page 10, Col. 81
Evening star., 1938-12-04
Hotel Greeters of America

At the recent meetings of Charter
No: 81 and Women's Auxiliary No.
81 at the Willard Hotel, Educational
Directors Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
Lewis outlined plans for assembling
? script for the forthcoming movie
on Front Office Operation" to be
produced by Lucius Boomer of the
Waldorf Astoria. National prizes
will be awarded for the scripts ac-
cepted, for which all charters and
auxiliaries are competing as part
OF the national educational program.
At the auxiliary meeting the fol-
lowing were elected to membership:
Mrs. Michael George, Mrs. P. E. Bal
lou, Mrs. Sam Marcus, Mrs. William
McClintic, Mrs. Clara Sugden, Mrs.
M. Melbort, Mrs. A. Marshall, Miss
Bess Bauman, Miss Ethel Gibson,
Mrs. Harvey Black. Mrs. Chico
Spencer and Miss Mae Parker have
transferred their membership from
Oklahoma Charter to the Washing
ton Auxiliary.
A rummage sale sponsored by the
auxiliary will be held tomorrow, with
Mrs. Charles Eckert as chairman.
Mrs. Elizabeth Jones was appoint
ed secretary-treasurer to fill the
vacancy left by Mrs. Violet Thomp-
son, who moved out of the city.
Evening star., 1938-12-04
Women of the Moose

The Alumni Committee of Colum-
bia Chapter will entertain at a tea
today from 4 to 6 pm. at the home
of Mrs. George B. Clark, 4119
Twenty second street NE. Miss
Alice Farris, grand registrar of the
General Mooseheart Alumni Asso-
citation, will be the guest of honor.
The tea will conclude the observ-
ance by the local chapter of the
silver anniversary of the founding
Of Mooseheart.
When the chapter meets Decem-
Der 9 at 1414 I street NV. the
Moosehaven Committee will present
a program, concluding with a linen
shower for Moosehaven.
On December 8 the Executive, the
Social Service and the Mooseheart
Committees will meet at Moose Hall
at 8 pm. and on Saturday at 2:30
the Children of the Moose dancing
class will be conducted by Miss Irma
Baker. At 3 pm. Mrs. Pauline Mil
Ter, chairman of the Child Care and
Training Committee, will be in
charge of the story hour at the Chill
dren's Emergency Home Of the Cen.
tral Union Mission.
Evening star., 1938-12-04
Knights of St. John AuxiIiory

Officers of all auxiliaries afIlliated
in district No. l were installed last
Monday by District President Mrs.
Wilfred P. Ross at a special session
at 2400 Sixteenth street. Supreme
Trustee Mrs. G. Steuart Bingham
opened the meeting. Mrs. Emma
Panzer was appointed grand mes
senger and directed the guard of
honor. The meeting was preceded
by banquet, with Miss Ruth T.
Fowler as toastmistress. Among the
guest speakers were the Right Rev.
David T. o. Dwyer, the Rev. DR..
John Cartwright, the Revs. Timothy
M. Mullen, Maurice s. Alexander,
Paul j. Dougherty, Charles E. Roach.
The Good of the Order" Commit
tee, headed by Mrs. Mary McLarney,
presented program.
st. Martins Auxiliary officers re-
Gently elected are: President, Mrs.
Mary jain; past president, Mrs.
Margaret Fogarty: first vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Sallie Deal; second vice
president, Mrs. Katherine McMar-
row; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Margaret Smith; financial secretary,
Mrs. Mary Mulroe; treasurer, Mrs.
Mary Ellwood; sentinel, Mrs. May
Hargrave;; messenger, Mrs. Mary
Whitemoore; guard, Miss Margaret
Whestcott; trustee, Mrs. Mary Leis-
man, Mrs. Mary McLarney, Mrs.
Anna Rice.