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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-12
S YEARS AGO

Leon H. Brown was elected
president of the district bar as
sociation.-J. H. Housman, Delhi
hardware merchant, died. There
was a district court hearing on
lands to be condemned for high
way II near Sanborn. = w. M.
Smith, chairman of the Presid-
ent's birthday ball, announced
there would be old time polkas
and quadrilles at the darce.-12O
Redwood county farmers received
As cent loans on 49, 900 bushels of
corn.-Construction of a dam at
North Redwood which would
flood large area was approved
by state CWA authorities but had
to be approved by the president
before it was assured. Willard
Duea and Jack Robinson went to
Detroit to bring back an airplane
for Harry Webb of Tracy.-Mar-
vim Larson was appointed village
treasurer at Milroy to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of
his father.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-12
BECHYN GROUP
PLANS PARTY
BY Alice v. Zetah

Bechyn - The women OF the
Altar society are sponsoring a
card party Sunday evening in st.
Mary's church basement. Whist
and euchre' will be played with
high and low prizes given. Lunch
will be served.
Mrs. John Barta was a Tuesday
supper guest of her brother and
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Faiman and daughter.
Alice Zetah spent the weekend
in Renville visiting her sister.
Mrs. Jay Franklin was hostess
to the Union Home Federated
club Wednesday afternoon.
Neil Wagemaker and Stephen
O. Neill of Olivia were Friday
callers at the William j. Kelly
home.
Rose Kodet returned to her
studies at Glencoe Sunday after
spending two weeks with her
parents, Mr.. ard Mrs. Wencel c..
Kodet and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tersteeg
entertained Friday evening at a
card party. Guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence Houdek and FAM
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph P. SWo-
boda and Earl, Mrs. Anna Wer-
fish and family, Mrs. Joseph W..
Kodet and sons and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Kelly.
Bernard Kodet visited last week
with his uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Malacek and family.
Mary and Joseph Dolezal spent
Tuesday evening with Mrs. Mary
Schweinfurter and Evelyn and
Joseph.
Benjamin and Alvin Zetah mot
ored to Mankato Saturday return
ing in the evening.
Jerome, small son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Malacek is ill with
severe case. of tonsilitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Malacek
attended the funeral of Mrs.
Malacek's grandfather, Peter Too
saint, at Morton Saturday NOR
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Wertish
and Raymond visited Friday eve
ming with their daughter and sis
ter Evelyn who is employed in
Franklin.
Mrs. Joseph Kodet entertained
at a party Friday evening in hon.
or of her son Harry's eighteenth
birthday. Those present were Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence Houdek and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph P.
Swoboda and Earl, John Kodet
and Mrs. Anna Wertish and fam
lily.
Mayme Hinek returned Sunday
to her work at the Vern Zum-
Wrinkle home after spending
week with her mother, Mrs. Mil
lie Hinek.
Irene and Lorraine Kodet,
Cecilia and Lillian Wohnoutka,
Wencel Frank and Joseph Ruiz
land attended the ice carnival in
Montevideo Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Malacek
entertained Mr.. ard Mrs. Frank
T. Kodet and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wencel E. Kojetin and fam
lily, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wertish
and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mala-
eek at card party on Mr.. Mala-
cek's birthday.
Mary Ann Halanka visited from
Thursday until Sunday with her
grandmother Mrs. Mary Horejsi.
DR.. S. F. Ceplecha of Redwood
Falls. visited Sunday afternoon
with Rev. F. j. Tomek.
Joseph Kozubik accompanied
his son Joseph Jr. and Leonard
Kodet to Minneapolis Tuesday
morning. The boys remained
there to resume their studies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Faiman and
daughters were Sunday supper
guests at the Frank Malacek home
north of Olivia.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-12
A Get CCC Appointments

Morris F. Armbruster of San
born, Truman Benson and How
ard G. Severson of Lamberton and
Theodore Holt of Belview left
Redwood county for CCC service
Tuesday. They were selected
from "a applicants for enrolment.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-12

Gowan to Minneapolis Saturday.
Virginia will resume her duties at
Northwestern college.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Corn
wall of Olivia were Sunday din
ner guests at the Ambrose Dallen-
bach home.
The Fred Haas family moved
into their new home recently.
Mrs. Matte Wollmuth plans to
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-12
10 YEARS AGO

The Church of Christ was de-
stroyed in flames as a bitter
northwest wind ragged in a tenn
perature more than, 20 degrees be-
low zero.-M. r. Myers talked on
Beauty Attractlveness and Ad-
ornment,'' at a meeting of the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-12
MORTON WRITER
REVIEWS EVENTS
By Florence Lapien

Morton - Mr.! and Mrs. Robert
Henton left Wednesday for Flor
ida
Mrs. Ed Fell accompanied Mr..
and Mrs. w. c.. Andrew and
daughter Virginia and Nora Nc
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-12
FORMER GOVERNOR

.e fORMEh (IOVEhNOh DLlNOOIN .
claim to party leadership was relinquished,
in the eyes of many Farmer-Laborites, when
he broke precedent and failed to attend the
Inauguration of his successor.
More than petty slight, it was the
muffng of a fine opportunity to serve the
cause of liberalism for which rank and file
members of his party stand.
By calling attention to Governor Stas-
SENS liberal platform, Benson might have
emphasized that the election results were no
setback to progressive government He
might have aided passage of legislation on
which both candidates were agreed by as
surfing his successor that the few remaining
liberals in the legislative halls are backing
his program. He might have laid the
groundwork for a party comeback by put
ting his conservative enemies among the
solons squarely on the spot.
From strictly personal standpoint, he
would at least have left the office bigger
man in the eyes of both friend and foe.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-12

KNOW YOUR OVEN !

She says cat last Pm expert meat-cook! But
really shouldn't take the credit It's the controlled moist
heat OF my Electric Oven that browns meats perfectly with
out stealing their good juices
THE NEW TECHNIQUE IN COOKERY-OVEN MEATS
l. Wipe meat with damp cloth Wash fish and carefully
Never let meat fish fowl water they will lose
their flavor.
Place in shallow uncovered side meat
with butter Season. Sprinkle with flour.
Put into cold preheated
crate temperature for the required time
TIME AND TEMPERATURES CHART
FOR MEAT COOKING =
FOODS TEMPER
AZURE PER POUND
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-12

REDWOOD FALLS FIRE LOSS FOR
1938-only 1920 according to department
statistics-is something of which both the
department and the city may be proud. A
fire department serves best, although less
spectacularly, when it bends every effort to
prevent fires rather than waiting for the op-
portunity to extinguish them. The public
shares the credit when it responds to sug-
gestions and practices all reasonable care.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-12
MINNESOTA HAS TRUST FUNDS II

MINNESOTA HAS TRUST FUNDS IN
excess Of hundred million dollars, which
are largely invested in state bonds AS the
debtor, the state taxes it's people to pay in
tereSt on its obligations to ITSELF AS the
bondholder, the state distributes the income
from it's funds to it's educational institutions.
No one seems to think this bookkeep-
ing arrangement at all strange but the
practice of the federal government of in
vesting social security funds in government
bonds and spending the bond money has
been widely and bitterly attacked
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-12
KIND, THE STATE CRIME BUREAU

KIND, THE STATE CRIME BUREAU
radio station here, has more than justified
its existence as protection to the people of
southwestern Minnesota. No county Off
cial who has used it's facilities at all consist
emily has failed to find the station real
help. 1t links the counties of this section
in law enforcement and tends to make
crossing of county lines no protection to the
criminal.
During 1888 the station became of more
Importance with the installation, too long de-
layed, of receiving sets in cars of highway
patrolmen operating within the immediate
area. ## t#
The next logical step in the prevention
Of crime in Minnesota is the giving of full
police powers to highway patrolmen who to-
day are merely traffic officers. When full
ly equipped and empowered patrol operates
in the state, radio will reach new high in
usefulness and crime will get another severe
setback.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-12
WE ARE OVERWHELMED WITH

WE ARE Wv INV WILL
the success of our ''defne statesman" con-
test. Like the Lams omission of the lam,
it has brought to light several readers we
never knew we had-almost enough for a
public" While no such HOWLING sue
cess as LauSter's first baby contests, we at
least had more entries.
First entrant was Fred Macs whose "a
statesman is politician with top hat is
being carefully weighed for the prize
years subscription. However we doubt if a
hat, even a top hat, is an adequate disguise
for a politician.
Hugh Winter adequately describes a
politician but mislabels him statesman"
we think, in his definition: "a man that ex-
tracts money from the rich and votes from
the poor on the promise of protecting each
from the other" The office holder who COL
lects campaign funds from his employees in
stead OF the rich can never be a statesman,
we take it.
Charles Duncan, as he anticipated, is
ruled ineligible but not for plagiarism as he
suggested. His Sun is already on our ex-
change list and The Gazette on his, which
may be fair exchange but he'll pay five
cents each for extra copies containing his
definition, "a statesman is a politician who
has read book"
Jack Philbrick consulted Webster and
ooOliiCICu CIilS, Ouc ShlllSu Ill the science OF
government. A political leader of distin-
gulshed ability He adds that he doesn't
think that quite covers the subject-and be-
! sides his subscription is paid until 1912
With the hands of contestants thus ex-
posed, any new entrants will improve their
cause by naming men who fill>the qualifca-
lions they set up
DAME RUMOR CERTAINLY DOES
twist and color story. The Green Parrot
| robbery was hardly discovered when the
story was around that the Red Owl had been
burglarized. Green Parrot-Red Owl, the
bird coincidence seems the only basis for the
| story.
| SOME FELLOWS WHO MADE THE
resolution ''this year I'm really going out
after the business" have already let two
weeks slip by without making their deter
mination known in our advertising columns
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-12

SOME FELLOWS WHO MADE THE
resolution this year I'm really going out
after the business have already let two
weeks slip by without making their deter
mination known in our advertising columns
Evening star., 1939-09-22
Winning Contract
BLOCKADE
BY THE FOUR ACES

David Bruce Burnstone. Merwin D.
Maier, Oswald Jacoby and Howard
Schenken, worlds leading team d four.
inventors Of the system that has beaten
every other system in extstence.)
Evening star., 1939-09-22
Lightning Tokes Rings

AS Mrs. p Won der Nerve was
opening an iron gate on q farm
near Boekenhout, South Africa, she
was hurled to the ground by a blind
ing flash Of lightning. After her
husband had revived her he noticed
that her finger was bleeding and
Evening star., 1939-09-22

vided or broken" (from the Latin
fractio," breaking). Therefore a
fraction may be large part as
well as small part. Thus SO cents
IS q fraction Of dollar. In using
the word fraction, be specific. Say
Ills fortune Is but q small fraction
o." etc.
Evening star., 1939-09-22

her wedding and engagement rings
were missing. A search revealed
them several yards from where she
had been standing.
Evening star., 1939-09-22
Jolly Polly
N Little Chat on English

BY JOS. ]. FRISCH.
I. G. K-Care should be taken in
Fhe use Of the word fraction. Many
persons use it as if it meant only
small part. A fraction is a part
pf something that has been di-
Evening star., 1939-09-22
Squeezed!

every other system in existence)
Squeezed!
In the semifinals of the Masters
Team of -Four Championship at
Asbury Park, N. j., Howard Schenk-
en- was able to make doubled con-
tract by means of a brilliant end
play.
South, dealer.
North-South vulnerable.
Oswald Jacoby.
4 K 4
Qese2
>J72
" N. VS.
:kssss;,,. 81. wiz. :.!o.s,s+
4 1912
wax J l043
<AQ
%Q4
Howard Schenken.
The bidding:
South West North East
~ Dbl. - Pass
~ a Pass Pass
81 Dbl. Pass Pass
Pass
West opened the ace Of spades
and continued with the three spot.
Dummy's king held the trick. After
two trump leads Mr.. Schenken now
trumped his one remaining spade
In dummy, returned to his own
hand with q third trump and played
the four Of clubs. West ducked and
dummy's king held the trick. Mr..
Schenken now ran down all his
trumps, his last three cards being
the ace-queen of diamonds and the
queen Of clubs. West, who was COM
pletely squeezed, chose to hold the
ace-jack Of clubs and the king Of
diamonds. Now Mr.. Schenken SIM
ply banged the ace of diamonds,
dropping the king, and made his
contract.
Had West discarded to his SINGLE
ton ace Of clubs, Mr.. Schenken
would have thrown him in and
forced him to lead up to the ace
queen Of diamonds.
Yesterday you were Howard
echenken's partner. The opponents
were vulnerable and you held:
AJAX
vAx
<xxX
%QJxx XXX
The bidding:
Jacoby schenken Burnstone You
IA Pass Pass Cd
Answer-Your correct bid is to pass.
You have a good hand, but your
principal strength is In clubs, and
II you double, your partner will
surely take it out.
Score 100 per cent for pass, 0 for
any other bid.
Question No. 245.
Today you are David Bruce Burn
stones partner and hold:
4 K97
K65
<964
= 10 975
The bidding:
Burnstone Jacoby You Maier
- Pass Co
What do you bid? (Answer to-
morow)
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TwizzIer Answer

The peoverb: HE Who hEsItAtEs
1s lost.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-04
Lloyd Shanks
Gets Plum from
Republican Tree
Earl F. Kyle, Mill City Business
Man, Also Gets
State Job

Among the last minute appoint
ments of Negroes to political jobs
was that of Lloyd Shanks, son of
Mrs. Fannie NJ. Shanks of Mime
apolis who was active in behalf of
the Republican state ticket in 1898.
Another appointee was Earl F.
Kyle, well known Minneapolis bust
ness man and president of the
Credjafawn Social Club. Kyle is
active politically in the 7th Ward.
Little is known of Shanks' political
activity. The two men are in the
unemployment compensation divi-
sion.
The appointment of the latter is
the second appointment given fam
lily members of persons who led
political groups. The first appoint
ment was that of Miss Beneta Ed
wards as a junior stenographer.
Miss Edwards is the daughter of
Mrs. Lola Edwards, prominent in
Ramsey County G. o. P. circles.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-04
Crowd Applauds
Louis Armstrong Band;
RumOr Cuts Attendance

A crowd of 1000 persons well
coined Louis "Satchmo" Arm
strong, worlds famous radio,
stage, picture and dance band star
who made his first Twin City ap-
pearance last Friday night at the
Coliseum ballroom, st. Paul.
The Armstrong band led by Luis
Russell dished out the latest swing
tunes and "Satchmo" played his
trumpet and sang his way further
into the hearts of the crowd.
RumOr Hurts Gate
Some irresponsible individual
several days before the date of the
dance spread the rumor that the
Armstrong band would not appear.
are being made to ascer-
tain the guilty party. Whoever it
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-04
YOUNG MINISTER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Joel E. Spingarn, NAACP
President, Dies; Ardent
Foe of Race Prejudice

eminent to train Negro officers for
service in France. Over 1000 were
so trained.
One of the most memorable
speeches of Colonel Spingarn was
that delivered at the annual con-
ference of the N.A.A.C.P. in Cleve-
land, Ohio, in 1919 in which he
flayed the treatment of the Negro
by white America and called for a
militant assault on all fronts to
secure full citizenship rights for
colored Americans.
His final speech before a large
N.A.A.C.P. gathering was in De-
troit, Mich, in 1887, when he spoke
on the youth Night" of the asso-
citation. In that speech, he reviewed
the record of militant action which
had been taken by the N.A.A.C.P.
in years past, told of the Difficult
ties and prejudices in the early
days of the movement, and exhorted
the youth councils of the MA.
C.P. to take up the battle and fight
good fight.
Mr.. Spingarn was a life member
of the association, having paid in
many years ago the $500 member
ship fee. He did not, however, re-
gard this as a truly life member
ship which relieved him of all other
contributions and throughout his
life he was a steady and substan-
tial contributor to the associations
budget. Mrs. Amy Spingarn, his
widow, is also life member of the
N.A.A.C.P.
Tribute to Mr.. Spingarn's mill
tant and uncomprOmising leader
ship was paid by Walter White,
N.A.A.C.P. secretary, as soon as
news of his death was made pub
lie:
'Mr.- Spingarn was a leader
ideally suited to the presidency of
the N.A.A.C.P.," said Mr.. White,
because deep in his heart he be-
lieved passionately in equal rights
for all citizens irrespective of race,
color, or creed and never in all the
twenty-One years it was my priv
lege to work with him did he devi-
ate from that high principle"
Funeral services were private
and were held in Duchess county
on July 81. Mr.. Spingarn is sur
vived by his widow; two sons,
Stephen ]. and Edward D. W.; two
daughters, the Misses Hope and
Honor; his mother and three broth
ers, one of whom, Arthur B., is
chairman of the N.A.A.C.P. ma
tional legal committee and a mem
Der of the board of directors.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-04

was caused several hundred per-
sons who would have liked to hear
the great musician to remain at
home.
The Spokesman in Minneapolis
and the Recorder in St. Paul re-
ceived over 100 inquiries as to
whether the band was coming or
not on the day of the dance. The
Trio Club, promoters of the dance,
thanked the public for their pat
ronage.
Louis Great Snowman
Armstrong gave the crowd its
moneys worth and the people left
the Lexington Avenue dance pal
ace in good humor feeling that
they had enjoyed a treat.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-04

New York, July 28.-J. E. Spin
garn, president of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, died at his home
here, 10 E. 18th Street, July rs,
after long illness.
Mr.. Spingarn had been president
of the N.A.A.C.P. since 1880. Prior
to that time he was chairman Of
the board 1913-1919; and treasurer
of the N.A.A.C.P. 1919-1930.
In 1918 he established the Spin
garn medal which has been award
ed annually since that time to "the
man or woman of African descent
and American citizenship who has
made the highest achievement dur
ing the preceding year or years in
any honorable field"
Throughout his long career with
the N.A.A.C.P., over a quarter OF
a century, Mr.. Spingarn was an
incorporating fighter for abso-
Lutte equal justice for the Negro
race.
He became interested in the
N.A.A.C.P. years ago through the
extradition case of Steve Green, a
colored sharecropper who escaped
from Arkansas after an argument
with the landlord over pay and his
crop. Arkansas authorities at
tempted to extradite Green from
Chicago and warned him that
mob would be waiting for him at
the Arkansas line.
Mr.. Spingarn was outraged when
he read of the Steve Green incl
dent and plunged into the work of
the association with his whole
heart and soul. The Steve Green
case was won and the sharecrop-
per did not have to go back to
Arkansas. From that day through
out a quarter of a century, Mr..
Spingarn saw the association win.
victory after victory and extend
the rights of Negro citizens over
greater and greater areas.
He made four transcontinental
speaking tours for the association
in which he always insisted on pay
ing every penny of his own ex-
penses. He became intimately ac-
quainted with the problems of Ne
groes in every section of the coun-
try and often delighted to tell how
some of his audiences in the south
ern and border states melted away
person by person before he finished
his uncompromising speeches on
equal rights.
Colonel Spingarn, who served
during the World War, is credited
with having been the chief mover
in forcing the United States gov
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-04
Joseph Albright
Caught in Purge
by Stassen Forces
POLITICAL AXE STRIKES
CAPABLE ACCOUNTANT

Climaxing one of the biggest po-
litical purges which has taken
place in Minnesota for a number
of years, Joseph Albright, account
ant in the division of Unemploy-
ment Compensation, was dismissed
this week by the Stassen Admin
istration.
Mr.. Albright's termination
marked the last important post
held by Negroes under the Benson
regime. 1t was pending for sew
eral weeks but was held up because
of negotiation in his behalf by his
friends. He had passed a merit
examination for his job, but the re-
suits were nullified by the new civil
service law.
He was given the Endorsement of
a number of Republicans following
the Stassen victory but his friends
charge that Twin City members of
the G. o. P. insisted that Governor
Stassen dismiss him.
Indication is that the greater
part of thirty-one persons en-
ployed under the Farmer-Labor
Administration have been fired
Among those who were taken of
the payroll were: Clifford Rucker
accountant in the State Relief set
up; Miss Leah Mae Young, social
worker in the Veterans Relief Ad-
ministration; and John Thomas
referee in the division of unem-
ployment compensation, Ear
Shamwell, Frank Boyd and others
Political observers point out that
the actions of the Republicans in
the Gopher State are being COM
piled by agents of the Democratic
party for release on a national
scale in 1910.
A number of persons who had
been friendly to the Stassen ad-
ministration are reported to be an
noyed because, although several
new positions have been given, it
will be impossible to regain many
of the jobs which were lost during
the purge.
Others who have no political af-
filiations point out that they are
keenly disappointed in the way the
pledges for a clean civil service
system were broken by the new
Governor.