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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
Wisconsin Killer
Trapped and Shot
TWO WEEKS HUNT FOR
RAY OLSON ENDED
TODAY NEAR CABLE

Cable, Wis.-(P Ray Olson,
fugitive killer of two deputy
sheriffs, was shot to death today
while attempting to flee from
possemen.
The shooting took place on
Lake Namakagon near the Wheat
ly Anderson farm, ID miles from
here.
Struck by bullets, the killer,
who had been hunted for two
weeks, toppled into water near
a boat he tried to launch to con-
tinue his flight across the lake.
Olson lived about ten minutes.
Before death he admitted the
shooting of the deputies, Carl
Johnson and Fred Scott of Hay
ward and told the officers his
wife was in no way connected
with his law breaking.
Olson was finally trapped be-
cause of his dire need of food and
rest.
He broke into Anderson's home
yesterday, cooked meal, chang
ed his clothes and lay down to
rest. The family smelled smoke
when they returned home last
night. Fearing the killer, they
called the sheriff's office and pos
semen surrounded the place.
At dawn they found Olson in ar
clubhouse. He broke from the
building and fell at the lake
shore amid a shower of bullet:
and SlugS.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29

bration, already crammed with
events. When it will be staged is
still undecided. .
Meeting this week the commit
tee considered expansion of COM
mittees already appointed and the
naming of several new groups to
handle phases Of the rapidly ex-
panding celebration program. An
nounceemnt of the complete list
of jubilee workers will be made,
probably after the general COM
mittee's next meeting.
Meanwhile the committee is
requesting volunteers. Persons
who will take places in the cast
of the pageant are urgently re-
quested to leave their names Win
Mr.. Lauterbach. Other workers
can be used in practically every
phase of the celebration.
In statement this week the
chairman says: "Time is getting
short and your committee has
spent considerable time in laying
out the preliminary work, but it
is now at the point where we need
help from everyone.
Let us pause for moment in
silent thought of our past good
citizens and put our heart and
soul into this celebration in honor
of those who suffered hardships
to help build this community;
laf tlc make If a fitting cpynmarn-
Grafton of those who made it
possible for us to enjoy the coun-
try in which we live.
"a celebration of this kind can
be big success only if everyone
shares the effort and it is not al
lowed to be burden on anyone.
Let us resolve now to do not only
what we are asked to do, but to
become volunteer boosters"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
Radio Station
Goes on Short
Time Today
KIND NOW OFF AIR
FROM MIDNIGHT TO
8 A. M.-ECONOMY

Starting today, KIND will
abandon the "a hour schedule
which has been maintained since
the station was built in 1885 and
adopt 16 hour schedule. The OPP
orators will work in their regular
shifts from a. m. to p. m. and
from p. m. to midnight, but the
shift from midnight to 8 a. m. will
be discontinued.
Economy was given as the rea-
son for the change by P. M.
Smith, superintendent.
Calls were sent to all persons
relying on the station for Informal
ton, giving details of the change,
with the additional advice that in
cases of extreme emergency dur
ing the silent period, one of the
operators could be reached at his
home and would go to the station
for emergency work.
Hugh Winter, who has been
with the station since it started,
left today for a position in a Twin
Cities station. His household goods
were moved earlier in the week,
and his wife and son Paul will
join him soon.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
Better Late Than
Baseball
Team To Organize

Plans are being made for Red
wood Falls to re-enter the Red
wood county baseball league next
year, according to Everett j. Rob-
erts, last years manager.
He plans to have the team play
Independently the rest of this
year and to build for next years
competition.
81 would like to have all the
boys in the city of Redwood
Falls and the surrounding towns
help make Redwood Falls come
back to life in the national pas
time. We have fine athletic field
to play on and we should have a
club in league competition" he
stated.
Roberts plans to have "feed"
in Ramsey park Friday night. All
youths interested in playing base
ball in Redwood Falls are invited.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
URGES VOLUNTEERS
FOR JUBILEE WORK

A committee of Redwood Falls
business men had an opportunity
Wednesday to look behind the
scenes on preparations for fl
fitch anniversary celebration So
days prior to a similar event, ex-
cept that it commentaries 25' adj
ditional years. to be held here
August 20 to "a.
Interested both in the Rogers
Producing company which is to
conduct the Redwood Falls pa
geant and the L. F. Vaughn De-
corating company, makers of par
AIDE floats, the group went to
Staples to see the handiwork of
both concerns. They returned en-
thusiastic.
Mike Lauterbach, chairman of
the celebration; Charles F. CAL
les, chairman Of the parade COM
mittee: A. j. Green, decorations
committee member and Louis
Sommers, perennial booster for
anything Redwood Falls" made
the trip.
Mr.. Lauterbach declared, owe
feel we have made two great sell
ections in the two companies. We
met with the Staples committees
and found them enthusiastic. We
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
Boy, 6, Sees
Older Brothers
Drown in River
DONALD AND GORDON
WARWICK FUNERAL
CONDUCTED MONDAY

Franklin-Rev. G.. o. Wang
berg officiated Monday at double
funeral services for Gordon and
Donald Martwick, small sons of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Martwick,
who drowned in the Minnesota
river Saturday afternoon two
miles southwest of here. Services
were at Freeman's undertaking
parlor and interment was in the
Franklin cemetery.
Donald, IL, Gordon, Z and Wal
ter Martwick, 6, had been picking
berries. They had already waded
across the river once and the two
older boys were wading at a
deeper place when they dropped
into hole in the river bed. At
ter coming to the surface once and
crying for help, they sank out Of
sight. Walter, powerless to help,
went back to the shallower part
of the river, crossed, dressed, took
his brothers clothes and ran home
to tell his parents.
The bodies were recovered a
few hours later in about IL feet
of water. Mr.. Martwick, a WPA
worker, did not know of the
drownings until he reached home
about p. m.
The boys are survived by their
parents, a sister nine years old,
Walter and another brother four
years old.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
|WPA Official
Splits Dollar
Paid Clients
FOOD, RENT LARGEST
ITEMS, CLOTHING,
HOUSEHOLD NEXT

WPA workers in Redwood
county are spending an average
Sc, 1854 every month for the neces-
sites of life.
This represents the average
total monthly wage of all WPA
workers in the county, Linus G.
Glotzbach, state administrator,
said in disclosing where the work.
er's money goes. For the state as
whole, he said, WPA workers
spend $3,797, 1856 in an average
month.
Of the total spent, 80 per cent
goes for food, II per cent for
rent, 10 per cent for clothing, 10
per cent for household opera
lions, four per cent for transpor-
tation and four per cent for medi-
In Redwood county, he said,
this means: 1852 is spent month
ly in grocery and meat markets;
1882 goes as rent to landlords;
1895 reaches storekeepers for
clothing; 1896 is spent for other
household necessities. 1915 is
paid for transportation; $375
reaches the hands of doctors and
dentists.
After he has paid for his rent,
food, clothing, household ex-
penses, transportation and medi-
cal care, the WPA worker has 16
per cent of his monthly wage left.
The balance of the total for all
WPA workers in Redwood county
is $1,498 which goes for recrea-
ton.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
Hail and Wind Cause
Damage in AreaEast
and Southeast of Civ
MORTON, MORGAN AND
FRANKLIN VICINITIES
IN STORMS PATH

Hail struck a second time
in the vicinity of the Mime
sofa river Tuesday afternoon,
this time causing damage be-
tween Morton and Franklin
on the Renville county side
and north and northwest Of
Morgan in Redwood county.
Damage is decidedly spot
ted, some fields of small grain
being flattened and some
corn, now waist high, being
stripped of leaves. Losses will de-
pend in part on weather late this
week and next during which the
crop may recover partly but some
of the fields were hard hit.
Starting several miles east of
the North Redwood sector which
was hit June Is, the storm once
more followed the approximate
course of the river, crossing over
east of Morton. Crops hit in the
earlier storm have recovered Won
derfully in most instances.
The hail Tuesday was accom-
panied by wind which f1attened
some farm buildings and rain
fell in torrents, both Tuesday af-
ternoon and early Wednesday,
flooding loWlands and washing
hillsides and roads quite badly.
Among farms in the area be-
tween Franklin and Morgan
which suffered damage, in some
[ cases severe, were those of Fred
Brandt, Charles Neitzel, Ray
Tompkins, William Kirschtein,
Emil Kopischke, AL Reitter, Ro-
man Fischer, Les Harding, Henry
Seifert, Aage Hansen, the Menk
Estate, the Vohs farms, Fred
Diekmeier.
In the Morton-F Franklin area
| damage began at the Robert Sim
mons farm and the Forsyth, Foss,
Sam johnson, Rudolph Diekmeier,
Ted Dickmeyer and Poss farms
were in the path hard hit.
| During the storm early We'd
| neSday, the K. B. Nelson barn in
Eden township was struck by
| lightning and burned to the
ground, killing two horses and
destroying some machinery. A
leanto containing grain and feed
also was lost. Estimated at $4,000,
the loss is covered by insurance.
Fred Tower owns the farm. The
fire was discovered at a. m. i'm
mediately after lightning struck
but it was all ablaze as if from
an explosion.
Wind damage Tuesday included
silo blown over on the Louis
Beckman farm and the barn Oh
the Dennis Stasson farm lost its
roof. Other small buildings were
blown down, trees damaged and
windows broken.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
CORN KNEE HIGH
TO PAUL BUNYAN
WEEK BEFORE 4TH

Corn six and one-half feet high
on June 26!
That's a pretty tall story in
these parts, but c. w. Rote calm
ly walked into the Gazette office
Monday and expounded such a
story as a fact. AS if expecting a
few doubts, he went to his car
and brought in cornstalk, which,
exclusive of the root, measured
six and one-half feet, beyond all
doubt.
The corn, he said, was grown on
his farm two miles west OF Glenn
ents. occupied by Joe Plcetz.
Some corn in the field, ne SAID,
had tasseled already.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
Extension Workers
Meet At FairmOnt

County Agent j. /. SWedberg,
Lenore Golden, home demonstra-
ton agent and Robert Halloran,
All club worker, are among dele
gates attending a camp of All
and extension workers from 19
counties at Interlachen park at
Fairmont> this week. Halloran,
who has charge of the music at
the camp, Donald KohlS of Lam
berton, Loretta Waterman of San
born and Jack Moses of Tracy left
Monday to attend all sessions. Mr..
Swedberg led a discussion on
"How to conduct recreation
Tuesday and Miss Golden went
there Wednesday to conduct q
discussion on Special helps for
local leaders"
Mrs.. L. S1aymaker attended
Wednesday also and gave dis
cussion on Literature helpful to
All leaders" Hills Slaymaker
sang save Maria" accompanied
at the piano by Ethyl Lindeman.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
June Rainfall
Near 5 Inches
95 DEGREES HIGHEST
TEMPERATURE WITH
LOW POINT OF so

Nearly five inches of rain has
fallen so far during June, accord
ing to N. B. Andersen, veteran
weather recorder of Redwood
Falls.
Tuesday of this week was the
wettest, when liz inches were
recorded. June 81 was next with
one inch.
The fall as reported by Mr.. An
dersen is as follows: June 2, s."
June Z, 49,; June 8, .26"; June
9, .O5";; June 10, .32"; June -
.56";; June IA, .32";; June 81, ~;
June %, .O2";; June Is, .15";; June
rs, .32";; June q, 1.12". Total "a
inches.
The highest temperature of the
month was 95 degrees, recorded
June and June %. The lowest
was SO degrees, registered June 3,
IL and IL.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
FORMER MORTON
RESIDENT BROWNS
JAMES MCCARTHY, 26
BURIED TUESDAY;
LEAVES FAMILY

Morton - James Mccarthy, 26,
who drowned late Saturday in
Shady lake near his home at Hop
kins was buried in the Morton
cemetery Tuesday following serv-
ices at st. Johns Catholic church,
conducted by Rev. j. Abbott. Nc
Carthy made his home here until
two years ago. - -
Accompanied by his wife and
two children, James Jr., two years
old and Sharon, three months old,
he went to the lake, mile south
west of Hopkins and rowed out
alone intending to catch a mess of
fish for his father, Thomas F. Nc
Carthy, an M and st. L engineer
who was due into Hopkins from
the west on the 7:15 train.
After dark when all the boats
except that of her husband had
returned, Mrs, Mccarthy enlisted
aid. His overturned boat was
discovered about midnight an
chored and overturned about 15C
feet offshore. Darkness hampereo
search for the body, but it was
recovered at dawn Sunday in Is
feet of water, half way between
the boat and shore.
A good swimmer, Mccarthy APP
parently had tried to reach shore
when the boat capsized. He was
born October 16, 1913 at Fland-
reau, S. D. Besides his family
and his father, he is survived by
a brother, Richard and sister
Alice.
Pallbearers were William Chap
man, John Brown, Lyle Mattke
William Revier, Warren Quehl
and Kenneth GreenSlit.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
AAA COMPLIANCE
CHECK UNDERWAY
TOWNSHIP REPORTERS
AT WORK IN ALL
PARTS OF COUNTY

Twenty-nine township report
ers, headed by County Perfor-
nance Supervisor J. M. Mahoney,
are at work checking on farmers
who have signed up for the AAA,
it was announced this week by
George Claussen, at the Redwood
county soil conservation office.
Their purpose is to check with
farmers contracts and aerial
photographs and see that the
crops grown are in accordance
with allotments.
The men doing the work are
Allen c. Frederickson in Brook
vile, Ralph FLAG in Charlestown,
Alton 0. Faltinson in Gales, Rob-
ert Danielowski, Granite Rock;
Frank Mas and Walter J. Ander-
son, Johnsonville; George w.
Smith, Kintire; Oscar F. Cutkos-
ky, Lamberton; William J. Lob
Gus and Edwin D. Rogers, Nor
gan;
Henry Luescher, New Avon;
Vernon L. Storm, North Hero;
Louis A. Cheney, Paxton; Dougall
NJ. Tiffany, Redwood Falls; Leon
ard M. Fuhr. Sheridan; Albert c.
Fischer, Sherman; Andrew A. Far
Der, Springdale; Alois G. Lipetz-
ky, Shutdown; Oscar c. Anderson,
Swedes Forest; Jesse L. Slaymak-
er, Three Lakes; Hjalmer L. Hog
rem, Underwood; Herman w. Bag
dons, Vail; Emil j. Boushek, Yes
ia; John r. Price and Michael r.
Arnold, Waterbury; Michael L.
Klein and Herman H. Esser in
Westline; John Eichten, Willow
Lake and John McCorquodale,
Delhi.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
new DRUG STORE
Will OPEN HERE
COTTONWOOD MAN TO
USE BACKUS BUILDING
FOR PHARMACY

Clarence Sather of Cottonwood
is this week beginning remodel
ing of the former Backus Sweet
Shop building on Second street,
and will open a new drug store
there about August l. He pur-
chased the building last week
from Charles F. Gales, A. C..
Burmeister and Mrs. Anna Kol-
.bet.a.rcThe new pharmacy will
have fountain service, in addition
to merchandise ard prescription
service.
Mr.. Sather's home was origin
ally in Candy. He is a graduate
of Iowa State university and was
at Harris, Iowa, before coming to
Cottonwood six years ago. He
intends TO maintain his store
there, having his brother-in-law
manage it.
Mr.. Sather has wife and son,
Harold, Is years old.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
LIONS TO GET
CANADIAN FLAG

Redwood Falls Lions are to be
presented with a silk Canadian
flag for showing the largest per-
centage of increase in member
ship of any club in the forty
third district of Lionism, which
includes Manitoba and Minneso-
ia, officers were advised this
week.
C. c. Carter of Winnipeg, dis
trict governor, is the donor and
may make the presentation here
in the fall. The flag was to have
been awarded at the district
convention at Little Falls recently
but Redwood Falls was not repre-
Sented there.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
JULY 4 TO BE
QUIET EXCEPT
FOR FIREWORKS

Except for fireworks, the strict
ban on which is lifted July l, July
4 will be quiet in Redwood Falls.
Stores and offices will observe
the day by closing and many resi-
dents will trek to lakes, picnic in
the park, visit or entertain rela-
tives.
Parents are urged not only to
help enforce the ban on fireworks
today and tomorrow, but to ex-
ercise supervision over their use
later to avoid accidents. Police
will supplement their efforts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
Farmers Ships IL
Hogs, Finds Ii In
Truck On Arrival

This little pig went to mar
A Milr0y farmer shipped
IL pigs to st. Paul but when
they got there, there were IL.
One of the pigs only weighed
Is pounds but brought more
per pound than the others.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
Enthusiasm Swens For
Jubilee Pageant, | arade
AFTER Visit to Staples

met the pageant director and were
impressed with him and his work.
We saw the beautiful floats being
built for the parade next week
and were hardly able to believe
our eyes,"
The visit apparently assures
what had been tentatively APP
proved by the executive commit
tee, the staging of huge parade
as an added feature of the cele-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
ON PAGEANT COMMITTEE

Mrs. John F. Knudson of Red
wood Falls and H. B. West Of
Morgan were appointed last week
by the Republican county COM
mittee to represent the county on
a general committee planning a
historical pageant at Fort Ridgely,
September 3 and 4. T hey will 60
to New Ulm tonight for a meet
ing of the group made up of re-
representatives. from counties in the
second and seventh congressional
districts. 1t is planned that Gov
ernor Stassen and other notables
will be present.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
WEED TOUR JULY s

The annual Redwood county
weed tour will visit the Lamber-
ton weed experiment farm We'd
nesday, July S, from 10 to IL a.
m. Methods of exterminating
creeping jenny, such as spraying,
summer fallow and cropping trials
will be demonstrated. The farm is
conducted by the University farm
under the direction of L. M. Stah-
Ter.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
EUROPE CAPITALS
FEAR EARLY NAH
COUP IN DANZE
By the Associated Press

Europe's capitals pushed aside
their far eastern anxieties today
as fears were expressed in Lon
don, Paris and Warsaw that Adj
off Hitler was planning a coup,
perhaps this weekend, to regain
for Germany the free city of Dam
zig.
In Danzig itself, nazi-controlled
official sources ridiculed reports
that free corps was being or
ganized and Germans were pour
ing into the city in disguise. In
Germany Hitler newspapers SCOT
fed at wild rumors" of an i'm
mediate coup in Danzig.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
County REA Gets
$151, Allotment

$139, 1865, 927 represents operations
during the current fiscal year.
One of the allotments is for
construction of a 100000 Coop
erative generating plant and
transmission lines to serve dis
tribution co-operatives ip the
Minneapolis area.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
INspECT SCHOOL BUSES

Representatives OF the scnool
board. accompanied by Superin-
t. dent Reede Gray, went yester.
,,ay to Willmar, Hamburg and
Hutchinson to view newer type
school buses. The board has made
no decision on the purchase OF
the districts new bus.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
NAMES WANTED

Several good suggestions of
a name for the pageant de-
plotting the development of
the community have been
submitted, but the contest
continues in the hope that
some more dramatic, graphic
name may be offered. Leave
your suggestion at either
newspaper office or with
Mike Lauterbach Sunday or
before.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29

Jean Ann Morrison of Minnea-
polls spent short time here this
week visiting friends.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29
Spaeth Chosen as
Tax Commissioner

st. Paul-(P)-G. Howard Spa
eth, Ada banker and secretary of
the Minnesota state senate 1929
to 1889, today was appointed by
Governor Stassen to the powerful
post of commissioner of taxation.
With his appointment the pres
ent three man tax commission
ceases to exist at midnight Fri
day, under the reorganization law
enacted by the last legislature.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-29

Helmuth Hagen is confined to
his home following fall on the
sidewalk last night which result
ed in a fractured ankle.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-03-23
ALASKA FISH
TRAPS AGAIN
BROUGHT UP
Delegate Wants CurfdiI-
ment Gradually Then
Absolute Elimination
Colonel shaIienberger

WASHINGTON, March %. - AL
aska Delegate Anthony j. Dimond
has asked the Bureau of Fisheries
to curtail and eventually eliminate
salmon traps along the Southeast
Alaska coast.
Delegate Dimond says the traps
are wrecking the purse seine indus
try in the region and unless elm
mated it will cause "first class
fisheries war"
The Delegate said he has been
advised that an inquiry will be
made next summer but meanwhile
no reduction in the number Of
traps has been made. Considera-
ton of the problem, the Delegate
said, has been retarded by the res
ignation of Frank T. Bell,
No successor to Bell has been
named but informed persons pre-
dict that Acting Commissioner
Charles jackson will get the posi-
ton.
Delegate Dimond said Alaskans
want the post for Norman II.
Walker, Of Ketchikan,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-03-23
Tammany Chieffdin Going
10 Sing Sing Prison
on Is Counts
JUDGE LENIENT DUE
TO PRISONERS AGE
Lottery Conspiracy Sends
Dutch Schultz Crony
Up the River

NEW YORK, March 23.-James
j. Hines, 81. power in Tammany
politics for 26 years, was sentenced
today to from four to eight years
Imprisonment. He was convicted on
lottery conspiracy charges in con-
nection with the late, Dutch Schultz
numbers racket.
Judge Charles G. Mott, Jr, sus-
pended sentence Of one to two years
on the first count in the 10 count
indictment for misdemeanor, charg-
ing conspiracy. On each of the
first four felony counts the Court
sentenced Hines to not less than one
year and not more than two years,
the sentences to run consecutively.
On the last eight felony counts
Hines received one to two years, to
run concurrently with the previous
felony count charges.
IF it were not for your age ]
wouldn't be so lenient with you. The
evidence shows you we're paid at
least $4,000 annually to protect this
vicious racket. In all previous cases
of this type have been more strin-
gent" the Judge said.