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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-13

neapolis where they will live.
The Comstocks motored here two
weeks ago from Springfield, Ill.
where they have made their home
for year and one-half.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Slaymaker
of East Chain were Delhi callers
Friday.
Vivian Miller returned to St.
Cloud Monday after having spent
Easter vacation with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. d. E. Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. T. Vaala of
Appleton were Easter guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Bunting and
daughters. Mr.. Vaala returned to
Appleton Sunday evening but
Mrs. Vaala will visit here longer
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lake were
Minneapolis visitors Monday.
Verna Goldberg treated the Jun
ior Christian Endeavor society of
the Presbyterian church to an
Easter party in the church base
ment Saturday afternoon. Easter
hunts and games were enjoyed by
the young people after which
Miss Goldberg served lunch.
Margaret Bell of Morton spent
Sunday here with Phoebe Bell
and Mrs. Mile Hainie.
Sverre Omtvedt and two dau-
ghters of Duluth visited from
Thursday until Sunday with Mr..
Omtvedt's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Omtvedt.s
Mr.. and Mrs. Neil Mckay re-
turned Sunday from trip to CAL
ifornia. They returned through
New Orleans and visited relatives
in Illinois and Michigan enroute
home. 81
Mrs. Kenneth Gaffney and Oris
were Sunday evening guests at
the T. B. Fletcher home at Lucan.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Gimmestad
and daughters TO Dawson were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Omtvedt and Esth-
er.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kuck and
daughters were Redwood Falls
shoppers Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Carbert of
Morris were weekend guests at
the Samuel Carbert and Peter
Mckay homes. The Carberts were
/ returning from Texas and Mexico
where they spent the winter.
Agnes Hultquist of Mime
apolis, Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
Hultquist and family of Belyiew,
Arthur Hultquist and Mr.. and
Mrs. Knute Lauve and family of
Kintire were Sunday guests at the
r. A. Hultquist home.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Borg and
Mr.. and Mrs. v. w. johnson were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. David Jacobson and family.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-13
Elenore Schiller
And Walter Bruins
Wed At LambertOn

Lamberton = Zion Lutheran
church was the scene of an inn
pressive Easter wedding when
Eleanore Schiller became the
bride of Walter Bruins Monday at
2 p. m.
Viola and Alice Schiller and
Mildred Bast of Springfield att
tended the bride and Lester Bruins
and Alvin Schiller attended the
groom.
Following the ceremony close
relatives gathered at the brides
parents home for a wedding din
ner. In the evening friends and
relatives gathered at the Lamber-
ton pavilion for a wedding dance
Der. He was buried in city ceme-
terry.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-13

day evening at the Anderson
home.
Phyllis Irish of Redwood Falls
spent her vacation with her
grandparents Mr.. and Mrs. John
Anderson and her uncle and aunt
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Gray.
MIR. ard Mrs. Ted Balko and
family and Myrtle Rasmussen
were visitors of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Anderson of Wabasso
Sunday afternoon.
Adair Ash of Fergus Falls spent
Saturday and Sunday with her
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-13
Delhi Man Buried
In Iowa Monday
BY Vera Jacobson

Delhi = Funeral services for
Jacob Hougham were conducted
at the Delhi Presbyterian church
Monday morning by Rev. H. A.
Henderson.
A women's quartet including
Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. F. E. Pat
ten, Mrs. Peter Mckay and Mrs.
.. r. Jacobson sang, accompan-
led by Mrs. v. M. Johnson at the
piano.
Mrs. C. A. Hultquist, Mrs. Hugh
Mckay and Mrs. Wesley Mckay
were flower bearers and pail
bearers were Peter Mckay, v. F.
johnson, Wesley Mckay, John
Seigfried, Roy Bunting and j. F.
Bunting.
Interment was at Abel, Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. v. w. Johnson,
MIR. and Mrs. D. R. Jacobson and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Orville
Huhnerkoch Of Redwood Falls
were Thursday evening guests of
mir. and Mrs. John Seigfried. -
Mr.: and Mrs. A G.. Sandburg
and Dorothy Sandburg of Red
wood Falls were Easter Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Christianson at Belview.
!. A home talent play Father
Goes Domestic" will be present
ed in the Delhi school building
Friday evening. Lunch will be
served afterward.
il j. E. Miller, Mrs. Miller and
Louise and Roger of Belview and
D. E. Miller motored to Olds,
Iowa Saturday having been called
by the serious illness of Mrs. Mil
Ter, mother of the men.
Mrs. George Chroup left We'd
nesday for Redwood Falls where
she will serve on the jury.
Mr., and Mrs. Ray Johnson and
son of Minneapolis spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Fay Starr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Kohler of
St. Paul spent Easter with Mr..
and Mrs. Ole Vogland.
Naomi Anderson spent her Eas-
ter vacation with her parents at
VeSta.
Richard, Marie and Pauline
Jacobson were Minneapolis visit
ors Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Larson and
family and Mabel Larson of Min
neapolis were Saturday and Sun
day visitors at the Larson home
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Lundberg
and Laura were Friday guests OF
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lundberg
and daughters at Echo.
Gust Johnson visited relatives
at Upsala Sunday.
The Presbyterian Ladies Aid
society met today in the church
parlors. Hostesses were Mrs. j. L.
Borg, Mrs. d. R. jacobson, Mrs
Peter Mckay and Mrs. v. W.
Johnson
Florence Jacobson returns Sun
day to Gibbon after spending this
week at her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hausman
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. D. M
: Monson and family, Mrs. Elsie
Hausman and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifford thinner and sons OF
Danube and Albert Butenhoff OF
Belview were Sunday dinner
guests of Laura Hausman.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Comstock
and Avalon were Sunday visitors
at the John d. Stevenson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. R. McCorquo-
dale were Redwood Falls visitors
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Comstock
and Avalon left Monday for Min
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-13

lodge enjoyed a Easter egg hunt
Saturday afternoon at the Will
Bidinger home Games were play
ed, twenty-five children were
present and ITS eggs were hidden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Kurtz of
North Redwood were Tuesday
visitors at the Ernest Drury home.
Mrs. Mary Schlicht of Sank
Center is spending the week
visiting her sons Leo, Ambrose
and Anthony.
Joe Weltsch of Waterville spent
Easter with his family here.
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brother-in-law and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. Otto Lindeman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Quesen-
berry and family were callers
Sunday evening of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester Mott and Mr.. and Mrs. CAL
vim Wheeler CT Clements.
Hills Slaymaker who spent the
week with his parents returned to
Mankato Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Prokosch and
family were diner guests Sum
day at the Anton Nacht home in
Lucan.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-13

ghter of Clements spent Monday
with her mother.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Kueber
and family and Mr.. and Mrs.
Merton Heath and family of Red
wood Falls were Easter dinner
dinner guests of their parents Mr..
and Mrs. John Stewig.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Gray and
Sharon Rae were dinner guests
Easter of their parents MIR. and
Mrs. John Anderson Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd Anderson and Patty
Lou of Redwood Falls spent Sum
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-13
NEW AVON

Edith Barenthin returned to
Mankato Monday and Willard
Barenthin returned to the Twin
Cities. Leona Fathers of Red
wood Falls spent the weekend
with Edith Barenthin.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Schwab
and two daughters and George
Schwab were visitors Sunday af-
terneon of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Walters at Seaforth.
Mrs Calvin Wheeler and dau-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-20
Prosecutor Acorn With Defense Attorney Healey
 Agreed on Later Date
TUESDAY, JAN. 3l,
 IS NEXT DATE SET
Doctors Report There Was Some Improvement But
 Not Very Satisfactory
BY JOSEPH F. DoNAHUE Democrat Staff Reporter)

Illness of Superintendent of Streets Thomas J. Flem- ing today caused the post. ponement of the actual start of the Waterbury conspiracy trial Until Tuesday, January 31, eleven days from today. Announcement of the post ponement was made by spe- cial Prosecutor Hugh M. Alcorn and Defense Attorney Pat- rick Healey, following the exam- ination of MT. Fleming at his home this morning by 6 commission or four doctors.
 Tn the words of Special Prescott tor Alcorn, "The doctors believe that there will be less possibility of further delay because of the condi- ton of Fleming, if the trial is post- poned to Tuesday, January 3l."
 Both Agreed
 Both agreed to the postponement. Judge Ernest A. Inglis left the decision to them last Wednesday. when he tentatively set the trial for Tuesday, January 24. The report of the doctors resulted in the post ponement of one week beyond the date originally set by Judge Inglis.
 The four doctors, Joseph F. Burke of Waterbury and Daniel P. Griffin of Bridgeport for the defense; and John A. Wentworth and Otto c. Wiedman of Hartford for the state examined Fleming starting at 10 o'clock this morning.
 Shortly before noon the doctors reported to their factions, Burke and Griffin to Attorney Healey and Wentworth and Wiedman to AL corn.
 Each then went into private con- ferences which lasted about half an hour.
 At their conclusion, MT. Alcorn
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-20
NELSON EDDY WED
 TOCOMELY WIDOW
Radio Singer Shied Away From Women During
 His Great Career

Las Vegas, Nev., Jan. 20 - U.Po Nelson Eddy, the girl-shy roman tic baritone of screen, radio and concert hall, and the former Mrs Ann D. Franklin, of Beverly Hills Cal, were honeymooning today,
 They motored here yesterday ano were married by District Judge Will liam E. Orr. Looking on approvingly was Eddy's mother, Mrs. Isabel K Eddy, Doris Kenyon, the actress ano singer, and Eddy's business man. ager, E. J. Osbourne. They were the only witnesses. The bride, a petite brunette, wore a gray travelling suit and orchid corsage.
 Eddy gave his age as 37; his bride as 40 She divorcel Sidney Frank. lin, the motion picture producer six years ago. Within year she hao met Eddy at a party given by Miss Kenyon. She is an accomplished musician and their friendship grew through music. For the last year they have kept constant company. It was Eddy's first marriage. Hol- lywood regarded him as a confirmed bachelor. His shyness has been made famous on numerous occa- sions when he fled from public ap- pearances where crowds of feminine admirers nearly mobbed him, try ing to kiss him, pat his blonde hair or snatch a handkerchief as mem- ento.
 Eddy a native of Providence. R. was a telephone operator and news paper reporter before entering mo- | ton pictures. .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-20
POLICY WRITER
 GIVEN } MONTHS
Wm. Dunham, 65, Enters Guilty Plea-Judge Nc.
 EvOy Sentenced Him

Pleading guilty to a charge of policy writing, William Durham, 65, colored, was sentenced to serve three months in the county jail today by Judge Frank P. McEvoy in superior court. Entering court this morning, he withdraw a not guilty plea which had been registered yesterday when he went on trial before jury
 Before sentence was imposed, As- sistant States Attorney Walter w. Smyth informed the court that Dun- ham, until his arrest December 28, 1888, was the chief Waterbury agent of a New Haven policy group. He mentioned the policy and lottery cleanup which was staged by the states attorneys office here in Sep- tember, and urged the court to im- pose sentence similar to those which were given a number of those arr raigned in September-three months. Smyth told the court that Dun- ham accepted bets from one cent up on three numbers, and if the num- bers were drawn, the ticket holder had chance of collecting 600 times that size of his bet. Several local colored men worked for Durham. according to the state. Attorney Harry Krasow, representing Du1- ham, assured the court that his client would never resort to the pol- icy game again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-20
Four Local Youths Are Placed On Probation
Were Given Suspended State Prison Sentences on Charges of Breaking Entering-lsaac Chase
 Sentenced Yesterday on Same Case

Four local youths were given sus- pended state prison terms on charges of breaking and entering when they were arraigned before Judge Frank P. McEvoy in superior court today. All were placed on probation.
 In connection with the same case, Isaac Chase, 49, of New Haven was sentenced to prison for one to five years by Judge McEvoy yesterday afternoon. He posted bond of $l0,000 for release until Thursday morning to arrange his New Haven junk yard business.
 The four arraigned today all pleaded guilty. Chase was found guilty yesterday after a trial on charges of larceny.
 Max Shulkin, 26, Walter Alixhaus- kas, Victor Gurske and Anthony Ramonas were given the suspended terms. Charged with breaking and entering, Alishauskas, Gurske and Ramonas were given terms of two to four years. Shulkin was given a term of two to seven years. All four were given suspended sentences and placed on probation.
 Shulkin and Chase were charged with lareny, it being charged that they received metal anodes stolen by the other three in breaks at local factories.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-20

Exeter, N. H., Jan. 20 - (U.Po - Freed from the shadow of the gall lows, bespectacled Herbert w. Sprague, 53, itinerant Portland, Me, barber, vowed today never to take another drink of liquor.
 It was liquor, he contended, that resulted in his trial for the mur- der of eight-year-old Barbara Dris- coll, Portsmouth schoolgirl. He was acquitted last night by a Rocking ham county jury that deIiberated only one hour and 32 minutes.
 The state had based its case on Sprague's confession" that he beat the child to death with a rock last September. Because she laughed when kissed her." During his trial Sprague repudiated the confession and asserted he had been under the influence of liquor and narcotics when questioned. Actually he was ,n Maine at the time of the murder, he said, and produced a parade of witnesses, including his mother, in support of his alibi.
 I'll never take another drink,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-20
FINLAND MAY GET
 SOME REWARD

Pittsburgh, Jan. 20 - (U.P) - Plans to collect a library of fine books for presentation to the scien- tific societies of Finland, because she believes that some appreciation would be shown the only nation that pays its war debts, were arl- nounced today by Mrs. Malcolm Me- Leod of Pittsburgh.
 Mrs. Mcleod, wife of the head of Carnegie Techs English department has been collecting books for 10 years, and sending libraries to var ious institutions in the United States and abroad. She said that she had written to learn whether Finland would accept the gift and had received a letter of acceptance from Dr. Paul Nyberg of Helsing- fors.
 Mrs. Mcleod vii send only books of literary value, which she will col- lect herself.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-20
INVERSION co. IN
 ASSEMBLY BILLS
One Presented in House at Session Today-Bills
 Are Pouring In

Hartford, Conn, Jan. 20-(UP)-- Investigation of McKesson & Rob- ions, Inc, by the attorney-general was proposed today in the General Assembly by Rep. Benjamin Ton konow, D., Meriden.
 Tonkonow submitted a bill in the House, directing the legislature au- thorize the attorney general to con- duct an inquiry into the $87 ,000, ,00C wholesale drug company which now is involved in reorganization pro- ceedings under the Chandler Act and to report his findings to the legislature by May 3.
 The investigation would be un- dertaken, according to Tonkonow to reveal what, if any, loopholes exist in the states laws concerning corporation investments so that they might revised flor the protection of investors"
 At the same tmie, he said, state prosecution authorities would be
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-20
SPANISH REBEL
 GEN. ESCAPES
Franco Almost Shot Down in Tour of Field; Loyal.
 ists May Evacuate
By HARRISON LAROCHE United Press Stan Correspondent)

Hendaye, French-Spanish From tier, Jan. 20 -- (UP) - Insurgent armies hurled more tanks, artillery and infantry at three vital points of the Loyalist defense lines in Cata- lonia today after rebel Gen. Fran cisco Franco returned from an in- spection fiigh tover the suburbs of Barcelona, during which he narrow ly escaped" death according to @ Burgos radio broadcast.
 Franco's plane flew some 30 miles over Loyalist territory to the suburbs of the government capital where his squadron was caught in burst of anti-aircraft fire and one plane shot down, the Falangist radio station and the Nationalist capital station reported.
 The radio said that Franco's plane narrowly escape being hit by the bursts of shrapnel as he looked down on the city toward which his troopsare driving in an effort to end the civil war.
 Roth Sides Report
 On the long Catalan front, three main attacks were reported by ad- vicesfrom both sides. Loyalist dis patches said the rebels had failed to gain when they encountered the main defenses but the insurgent messages claimed capture of c dozen
 Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-20
Escapes Death On Gallows, Vows Never To Drink Again

Sprague said after his release. "I've learned by lesson. I'm going back to barbering where l belong and I'll make good, you see If I don't"
 Had Sprague been convicted of first-degree murder as charged, he would have faced a mandatory sen- tence of death on the gallows. How ever, jurors said that at no time during the taking of eight ballots did they consider a first-degree con- viction. The four jurors who voted guilty" on the first ballot favored a second-degree conviction, carrying a life sentence.
 James J. Driscoll, Jr., father of the victim, said he never made up my mind as to his innocence of guilt. If he didn't do it, I'm glad he's free. My baby can't come back; that's the most important thing"
 The defense contended that Bar bara was killed by a hit-run motor- ist who, panicky at the thought of discovery, hid the body beneath the railroad loading platform where 1t was found next day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-20

Weyant, whose stage name, 1t was said, was Winthrope Wayne. to- gether with one-tflird interest in trusts set up to handle the ball club and the residuary estate.
 No official estimate of the value of the estate was forthcoming, but 1t was expected to exceed $50 ,o00. 900, in which event Miss Weyant would receive income from more than $l0,- 100000 in addition to the $3oo,0oo gift.
 The other heirs to the ball club and residuary estate, under the trust arrangement, were Ruppert's nieces. Helen Ruppert Silleck and Ruth Rita Silleck. He left $l50,000 to the Lenox Hill Hospital and to the Metropolitan Museum of Art such objects from his collection of paintings, antiques, bronzes and other objects dart as the museum shall choose within year of the colonel's death last January l3.
 Identity of Woman
 Ruppert's attorneys said they had no information concerning Miss Weyant and at her home, a woman who answered the telephone said there is no information available
 Chorus Equity, an organization corresponding to Actors Equity, has records of a "Winthrope Wayne" described as chorus girl who gave up active membership in the organ ization in May, 1929. She appeared in "The Merry Malones" and Three Cheers" both Broadway musicals.
 Miss Weyant, 1t was said, occu- pied a position similar to that Of an adopted daughter to Ruppert. Helen Ruppert Silleck and Ruth Rita Silleck are the daughters of the colonel's sister. The former is Mrs. Joseph Holleran of Green wich, Conn.,, mother of two chil- dren, Richard R. and Glenna, ?. The latter is Mrs. J. Basil Mcguire Of Greenwich, mother of a four months-old child.
 The will, which provided for the continued operation of the baseball club with whatever financial aid 1t (Continued on Page 3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-20
MRS. LAUER GIVES
 UP HER JEWELS

New York, Jan. 20.-(UP)-Mrs Edgar J. Lauer, wife of a New York supreme court justice, has surren- dered bracelets and rings valued at from 5000 to $10,00O to customs inspectors and admitted they were smuggled into the country last fall 1t was reported today.
 Mrs. Lauer pleaded guilty sev- eral weeks ago to having conspired to have approximately $2,00o worth of clothes 'smuggled from Paris She will be sentenced after the trial of the comedian Jack Benny under indictment on similar charge in case growing out of the affairs of Albert N. Chaperau, whc used Nicaraguan consular papers tc avoid customs inspection and smug- gled in clothing and jewelry at bargain prices for celebrities.
 Benny's trial is set for Tuesday
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-20
TWO WOMEN, MAN
 BURN IN TRAP

New York, Jan. 20-(UP)--Twd elderly women and man were trapped in upper floor bedrooms and burned to death today when fire swept three-story Brooklyn resi- dence. A fourth member of the family escaped.
 The dead were Mrs. Amelia Clem- ent, 90, widow of the late New York supreme court justice Nathaniel Holmes Clement; her son, George, 54, and his wife, Grace 5i. Arthur Clement, 60, brother of George, escaped through . window.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-20

Wer4 mtrOduced yesterday, all OpVi- ouSly designed to hamper the pres ent activities of Waterbury's city government by a Democratic ad- ministration headed by Mayor Frank Hayes.
 Che of today's measures specifics that the tax collector shall report to she Board of Aldermen, when so requested, the names and addresses of those more than six months de- linquent in taxes. The collector will also report the amount of taxes due.
 A short time ago COP leaders in Waterbury made much of allega- tions that Mayor Hayes and other city officials and prominent Demo- crats were in arrears on their prop erty taxes.
 Amends City Charter
 Another bill amends the city char ter on that section dealing with the powers of the controller. One sec tion of the new provision makes him purchasing agent for all city depart ments in requests for services, as well as materials and supplies. The controller would call for bids for services and materials. The other section empowers the controller to name a deputy when unable to per- form his duties.
 A bill aimed at the present proce- dure in the Waterbury city court would make it necessary for all city
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-20
Own Confidential Adviser, Walther Funk, Named
 Schacht Successor
REMARKS MADE BY
 SCHACHT OUSTED HIM
American Official, George s. Rubee, Also Told He
 Is Through

BY JOSEPH w. GREGG, JR. United Press Staff Correspondent
 Berlin, January 2O.-UP) Adolf Hitler today removed pr. Hjalmar Schacht, Ger many's leading financier, from the presidency of the Reichsbank. In Schacht's place Hitler named Walter Funk, economics minister deputy dictator of the four year economic self suffi- ciency plan, and for years his owr confidential advisor in economic matters.
 Coincidently Nad authorities in- formed George s. Rublee, Ameri- can director of the inter-govern- mental refugee committee, that his negotiations here for emigration of 500,000 German Jews were "dis- continued" Rublee and his asso- ciates, astonished, planned to re- main until they had confirmed this news.
 Hitler in a special message of congratulation to Funk on his pro- motion, mandated him to Nazify completely, and to bring under com plete government control. the ma chinery of the Reichbank.
 Official Announcement
 A move which seemed destined to prove of world impor tance, was ex- plained in the following official an- nouncement:
 "In realization of the additional