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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
RANDCAARD Will
run CLUB CAFE
GOLF CLUB COMPLETE
ARRANGEMENTS FOR
CLUB CONCESSION

Oscar Randgaard, operator of
Randgaard's cafe, has leased the
Redwood Falls golf club house for
the golfing seasons this year and
the two years following.
The agreement specifies that
Mr. Randgaard shall serve meals,
lunches, soft drinks and beer to
members of the club and their
guests only, at prices as nearly
comparable to uptown prices as
possible. He must buy all licenses
necessary to the service.
He has agreed to keep the club
house open to members and guests
at all reasonable hours during
the golfing season for the three
years of the lease. He will pay
for electric current, the club for
telephone service.
The club house operator will be
responsible for the registration of
players and the collection of
green's fees from non-residents.
Persons having social member
ships will be entitled to all club
house privileges which regular
members enjoy, including the
holding of picnics at the club
house.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
Pageant Considered
for Jubilee Program
DRIVE FOR FUNDS IS
UNDERWAY; BUTTONS
WILL BE SOLD

A pageant depicting early Red
wood county and Redwood Falls
history may be added to the Dia-
mond Jubilee program, following
favorable consideration by the
committee Wednesday evening.
1t would be given Monday eve
ming, August 81, in front of the
fairgrounds grandstand. Parts
would be taken by local people
and Indians from the agency in
regalia would add realistic
touch. Members of the committee
hope it can be handled as an NYA
project.
Such a pageant written by H. B.
West was given two nights at
Morgan several years ago and was
most successful. Mr.. West and
Clark Sponaugle, area WPA re-
creational director who assisted
him, would be asked to help with
the pageant here.
The committee heard favorable
reports on work of solicitors for
jubilee funds and decided to en-
gage c. A. Lauterbach to finish
the drive. He may also be asked
to assist in compiling a list of
former residents to whom invi-
tation to the Homecoming cele-
bratiOn will be mailed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
Labor COnciliatOr
To Be Chosen Monday

st. Paul-(P)-A labor concil-
iator to head the new setup un-
der the labor relations act prob
ably will be named next Monday,
Governor Stassen said today. He
refused to indicate whom he had
in mind and added he has not yet
received the bill for signature.
The reorganization of state de-
partments provided in another of
the major bills will be put into
force July l, StaSsen said. The
bill contains no effective date and
becomes operative when the gov
ernor makes his appointments.
Stassen said the change-over
would be made July to start the
new bienuium avoiding booKkeep-
ing confusion and the necessity of
transferring unexpended balances
from present departments which
will be abolished
A supplement containing all
the statutes passed by the legisla-
turc, which adjourned this week,
will be mailed subscribers with
an early issue of The Gazette.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
100 Students
of Ia Schools
In Festival
SINGING GROUPS AND
Observation-Disclosures
WILL TAKE PART

More than 1000 pupils from IA
schools will take part in district
music festival at Redwood Falls
High school auditorium Saturday.
Vocal and instrumental pro-
grams climaxed by the perfor-
nance of masSed choruses and
bands will occupy the entire day
and evening.
F. L. Lawrence of Carleton col
legs will be critic-judge of vocal
entries and A. M. Nervig of South
High school,, Minneapolis, instru-
mental numbers.
Beginning at 8 a. M, boys glee
clubs, girls glee clubs and mixed
choruses will present their selec-
tons. Beginning at l p. M, vocal
and instrumental ensembles, OIL
chestras and bands will play.
The massed organizations will
appear at the evening session,
starting at '7:30.
Schools participating besides
Redwood Falls are: Bird Island,
Echo, Fairfax, Gaylord, Gibbon,
Buffalo Lake, Morton, Sanborn,
Sleepy Eye, Springfield, Tracy,
st. James and Winthrop.
Redwood Falls musical organi-
cations which will take part are
the mixed chorus, Junior and
senior high school girls glee clubs,
band orchestra, brass seXtet and
clarinet quintet.
S. w. Limburg, music instructor
here, is in charge of arrangements
for the affair.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
Farm Program
.Deadline Near
FARMERS HAVE UNTIL
MAY 1 TO AGREE
TO COMPLY

May is the last day for entry
in the 1889 farm program in the
north central area of the United
States, AAA authorities have an
nounced.
The area includes 10 northwest
states.
Farm plans must be completed
and signed by that time, accord
ing to George Claussen, AAA
head here.
Officials said that in the north
central area, no farm inspection
for the purpose of determining
performance will be made on
farms for which farm plans are
not executed by the first of next
month, except where landlords
have specifically requested such
inspection by letter.
Either the completion of a farm
plan or letter from landlord
indicating his intention to parti-
cipate in the program, received
by the county agricultural con-
servation committee by May l.,
will assure inspection of a farm
for the purpose of determining
payments.
1t will be impossible to obtain
payments on farms for which no
performance inspection is SO re-
quired by May 1, Mr.. Claussen
further explained.
The farm plan for participation
is form which shows acreage al
lotments, soil building goals and
maximum payments. It is used
in working out the farming sys-
tenn considered best for the farm
in 1899.
Price adjustment payments on
wheat and corn allotments farms
can be earned on farms that are
not eligible to receive conserva-
ton payments, if farmers specify
their intentions to stay within
their respective allotments. These
forms must be executed before
May l.
The county committee has not
authorized anyone to measure
farms. Farmers wishing their
places measured may do so them
selves but complete check will
be made by the county conserva-
ton association this summer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
FARMERS MUTUAL
INSURANCE FIRM
TO HOLD MEETING

A district meeting of the Amer
lean Farmers Mutual Automobile
Insurance company will be held
at the city hall in Redwood Falls
Monday at l p. m. Redwood
county's several hundred policy
holders and others from through
out the southwestern part of the
state are invited.
Policy conditions and claim
work will be discussed and the
financial report of the company
for 1898 will be read.
c. D. Clipfell, Redwood Falls
and A. M. Anderson of Cotton
wood are directors of the COM
pany. Their terms do not expire
at this time but two alternates
will be elected.
S. r. Boyle, company fieldman
stationed at Redwood Falls, is ar
ranging for the meeting.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
C&C SOLICITOR
PLAN in EFFECT
$50 TO COOPERATE
IN WEDDING OUT
UNWORTHY CAUSES

The Redwood Falls Civic and
Commerce associations protective
soliciting plan went into effect
last week, promising to be sue
ceSsful.
The association has secured
signatures. of about $50 business
men and other residents to an
agreement not to contribute funds
to solicitors until they have first
examined credentials issued by
the association.
John Hoepner, c and c secre-
tary, issues cards reading: "This
is to certify that -................ is an
accredited solicitor and is permit
ted to solicit in Redwood Falls
for .....-.-... purpose from .......... to
----.-.... (dates)."
Signers to the agreement have
been presented with larger signs
which indicate they will not con-
tribute to any solicitor unless he
has the credentials card.
Mr.. Hoepner said the first card
he issued was to a Salvation Army
representative who conducted a
Tag day here last week. The
secretary called Salvation Army
headquarters in the Twin Cities
at the field mans expense before
issuing him his card.
About rs per cent of contribut-
ors approached here asked to see
Continued on page four)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
Hitler Views Troops
At Birthday Party

Berlin-(P- Adolf Hitler, the
world war corporal who became
"augmenter of the Reich" today
paraded a cross-Section of the
armed might which gave him
mastery of central Europe before
distinguished foreign guests at
tending the celebration of his
fiftieth birthday.
1t was the largest military re-
view ever witnessed in Berlin.
10000 soldiers, tanks, motorized
equipment and artiilsry passed by
in a parade which lasted four and
one half hours while 1872 planes
in air squadrons roared over
head.
Hundreds of thousands of spec
tators crowded the curbs and
sidewalks in ideal weather.
Shortly before the parade start
ed Hitler became an honorary
citizen of the free city of Danzig.
There had been rumors that
Danzig, German territory beNre
the world war, might be birth
day present for the Fuehrer but
Hitler received only the honorary
citizenship.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
113 DELINQUENT
ON PERSONAL TAX

Persons in Redwood county
who haven't paid their personal
property taxes are decidedly in
the minority, only lib being list
ed in the report of A. p. Falk
county treasurer.
OF the delinquents, So reside in
Redwood Falls or did when the
assessor made his rounds last
May. Most of the items are small
amounts assessed against persons
who were temporarily employed
here.
OF the remaining so, only 19
reside in townships while 81 are
village residents.
Brookville, Gales, Granite Rock
Homer, Kintire, Paxton, Red
wood Falls, Shutdown, Swedes
Forest, Vail, Vesta and Waterbury
townships and North Redwood
Milroy and Seaforth villages are
100 per cent paid up.
Delhi, Johnsonvipe, Morgan
New Avon. North Hero, Sheridan
Springdale, Underwood, Westline
and Willow Lake townships anc
Belview, Clements and Delhi vii
lagos have one delinquent each
Charlestowh, Sherman and Three
Lakes townships and Lucan, Re.
we're, Sanborn and Wanda have
two each while Lamberton town
ship and the villages of Morgan
Vesta and Wabasso have three
Six are listed in the village Of
Lamberton and five at Walnu
Grove.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
Youths Admit
Torture Raid
at Farmhouse
REUBEN GEHRKE AND
ADOLPH SPERL FACE
HEAVY PENALTY

Charged with first degree rob-
berry after confessing they. tortur-
ed and robbed Peter Fesenmaier,
aged Brown county farmer, De-
cember IL, Adolph Sperl and
Reuben Gehrke, 24-year-old New
Ulm youths, were bound over to
district court by Justice o. j.
Kolb in New Ulm Monday.
Sperl is known in this vicinity,
having been catcher for the Nor
ton baseball team in 1886.
Gehrke was taken into custody
Thursday for stealing a water
pump and gas engine from the
Frank Gassner farm on the Hans
ka road September ID. Sperl was
arrested Friday evening and after
being questioned by Sheriff Jack
Reitter, spilled the story of the
robbery in which Fesenmaier
and his two daughters were beat
en- with clubs before they gave UP
$27l which the farmer had in the
home. Both signed confessions.
Brown county had posted $500
reward for information leading to
the solution of the crime, to which
Fesenmaier added another $500.
The reward will not be paid since
the arrests came about through
the work of o. G. Lee, state GRIM
inal apprehension bureau operat-
or; Reitter and his deputy Ben
eel. all officials working in line
of duty.
Judge A. B. Gislason who is
conducting court in Redwood
Falls will sentence the men later
this month. First degree robbery
draws a sentence of from five to
40 years in states prison.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
Instructor at u
To Sneak at PTA

Mrs. Marion Faegre, assistant
professor in child welfare at the
University of Minnesota, will talk
on Parent Education" at the
meeting of the Parent Teacher
association at 2:3O p. m. Monday
in the high school auditorium. 1t
will be the last meeting of the
year and the business session will
include election of officers.
The program will have music
by the Junior high school girls
glee club directed by Muriel
Wickstrom and demonstrate,
of games by pupils of Gladys Bos-
from of the physical education
department. Badminton, arch
cry, SWITCHBOARD and table ten.
mis- will be played under the di-
rection of student teachers.
Refreshments will be served.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
LIS Inches Of
Moisture Will
Benefit Crops
ROADS BLOCKED AFTER
APRIL @BLIZZARD"
EARLY IN WEEK

Redwood county's dry soil re-
ceived one and three-quarters
inches of welcome moisture the
first three days of the week.
With the exception of flax,
seeding was nearly completed and
farmers agreed that the precipita-
ton was badly needed to foster
sprouting of crops.
Snowfall which made highways
hazardous, impossible in some
cases, accounted for .65 of an inch
Monday as spring blizzard rag
ed.
Sundays steady rain measured
.95 of an inch, according to N. b.
Andersen, and snow Tuesday
measured is of an inch.
A General Electric salesman
who visited the Redwood Falls
Light and Power company Tues
day said he started from Minnea-
poliss at 10 a. m. Monday, didn't
reach Glencoe until p. m.
Between Norwood and Glencoe,
he said, he counted la cars
ditched. Because school children
coming from outside as well as
travellers were marooned at Glen
coe, there were no rooms to, be
had, so he took the train back to
Minneapolis and made much
less hazardous trip to this terri
tory Tuesday.
Cars lined up on both sides Of
a treacherous stretch near the E.
A. Raddatz farm on highway II
about five miles south of Redwood
Falls and the Raddatz tractor had
plenty of customers on trips both
going and coming across the spot.
Earl Bliss, Redwood Falls
trucker took II hours to get into
South st. Paul. Heavy machines
were stopped at Glencoe and
when they were allowed to pro-
coed, Bliss counted 81 trucks
lined up in the parade to market.
Redwood Falls residents whose
evening papers are brought here
by truck missed them as they diS
not arrive until the next morn
ing.
No buses reached here Monday
night.
The weeks official tempera-
lures were:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
Mussolini Rejects
Roosevelt Proposal
CITES ITALIAN WORLD
FAIR AS EVIDENCE
OF INTENTIONS

Rome-(P)- Premier Mussolini
today rejected President Roose-
velt's plea for a decade of peace
by non-aggression guarantees on
grounds that they were unneces-
sary and failed to take into con-
sideration "pyramidal errors of
geography"
But, speaking in the shadow of
the statue of Julius Caeser, Ell
Duce cited Italy's plans for a
world exposition in 1912 as pro
missing indication that we do not
intend to attack anyone"
Indicating he might not make
any formal reply to Roosevelt,
Mussolini dealt with the principal
points of his message asking
Hitler and Mussolini to pledge
they would make no aggressive
moves on 81 nations and. join in a
disarmament and economic con-
ference.
Mussolini said it was absolute
ly unjust and unjustifiable from
any point of view to attempt to
place nations of the (Rome- Ber-
linz axis on the seat of the ac-
c1,caI -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
Seniors of 1851, ~ Strong
Begin Long Climb to Diplomas
How time flies!

How time flies!
Believe it or not, these are the
young men and women who are
engaged in six-weeks practice
bout with old Slugger School
training for at least IL years of
hard fighting in the educational
ring:
Charles Burmeister Jr., Joyce
Campbell, Leroy Dotson, Thomas
Dwyer, La Beta Erb, Billy Henke,
10 Ann Johnson, Audrey Jordan,
10 Ann Lamberton, Joey Mahal,
Parker Ochs, Dick Parsons, Jay
Randgaard, Dorothy Roberts,
Lauris Slocum, Billy Smith, Hell
en- Stebbins, Donald Van Beck,
Donald Won Mosch, Cyrus WEIGH,
Joan M. Welch,, Paul Winter,
Burgess Young and Donald Wendt
all registered for the morning
sessions of the spring primary
class which opened Monday morn
ing.
In the afternoon class are Phil
lip Doble, 10 Ann Anderson,
Mary Jean Baldwin, Blair Bjerke,
Thelma Birkholz, Elizabeth Ann
Cady, Dorothy Anna Crippen,
Lila Davis, Roger Dooner, William
Fairchild, Marjorie Ford, Bobbie
Gray, William Oscar Hillger, La
Won Huling, Lervy Jones, Robert
Kenney, Virginia Kruger, Gene
Won Kueber, James Orion, Bobby
Schackel, Sharon Marie Smith,
Joan Tissue and Darlene WEIGH.
Beatha Sando of Minneapolis is
the primary teacher.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
P. 0. CLEMENTS OF
CLEMENTS IS 81
MAN FOR WHOM VII
LACE WAS NAMED
OBSERVES BIRTHDAY

Clements-P. o. Clements, for
whom this village was named,
celebrated his ninety-second
birthday at his home Sunday. He
is in good health and does his own
work.
Relatives and friends who gave
him surprise party on the oc-
casion were: Mrs. Louise Glenn
ents and daughters, Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Clements, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy BraLdt and son, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lincoln Clements, Mr.. and
Mrs. Weldon Clements and FAM
lily, Mrs. w. A. Marvin of Red
wood Falls, Mrs. Henrietta Nell
son of Evan and Mrs. Janet Will
son and daughter Alice of near
here.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
Mrs. Lindbergh to
Join Husband Here

LIE Havre, France Up Mrs.
Charles A. Lindbergh sailed today
for New York with her two sons
and a nurse aboard the French
liner Champlain.
They will join Colonel Lind
bergh in the United States where
the army has called him to ac-
tive duty as a consultant in re-
vamping the expanding air corps.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
Bureau Officers to
Meet at Sleepy Eye

Farm Bureau officers and lead
ers of this district will meet al
the Standard hall in Sleepy Eye
Tuesday from 10 a. m. to p. m
Organization, legislation, home
and community service and insur-
ance will be among topics dis
cuSSed.
Officers urge every Bureau unit
to send at least one delegate.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
Girl Killed, 2 Hurt at Walnut CIR
Car Hits Soft
Shoulder, Tips
on Highway IA
DOROTHY KEYS, TRACY,
FIRST VICTIM OF
TRAFFIC IN 1889

Dorothy Keys, 25, of Tracy
was fatally injured in an au-
tomobile accident one-half
mile west of Walnut Grove
on highway ID about Ito
a. m. Wednesday.
She was Redwood county's
first 1889 traffic victim and
the first in six and one-half
months.
The young woman was
hurled from the front seat
into the rear seat of the car,
driven by Rosetta Peterson,
%, of Tracy when the machine
passed another car, struck the soft
shoulder of the highway, over
turned twice and came to rest in
the ditch 600 feet from the spot
where it left the road, according
to the highway patrol report.
Coroner A. w. Hubbard and
County Attorney Tom Reed who
also Investigated the accident
said there was no evidence of
negligence and there would be no
inquest. Mr.. Hubbard said skull
fracture was the cause of her
death which occurred at the Tracy
hospital 20 minutes after her ar
rival
Window Man Hurt
Melvin Meeker, %, of Window
suffered brain conclusion and
body bruises. He was seated in
the front seat with Miss Peterson
and Miss Keys when the accident
occurred. Driver of truck for
the HORNED packing company of
Austin, he has regular run
through Tracy. He was treated at
his hotel there, in dazed, con-
dition caused by the blow to his
head.
Mrs. Helen Thaxton, 20, of
Tracy received a serious cut over
the right eye and a sprained left
ankle. She was sitting in the
back seat with Helen Wiuff, 20,
of Tracy who was uninjured.
Miss Peterson was badly shak-
en- up but suffered no injuries.
Carol Lindman of Minneapolis,
driver for the Elkay Motor Ex-
press company, owns the heavy
1888 sedan involved in the ira
gedy. Damage to the car was esti-
mated at $500.
Passersby Assist ,
A friend of Miss Peterson, he
was to arrive at Tracy about
1873 a. m. AS he was late get
ting in, she took several friends
and started to meet him on the
highway as she had done pre-
viously.
Miss Keys was taken to the hos
pital by Martin Hanson who
drove by the scene shortly after
the accident. Mrs. Thaxton and
Miss Wiuff were picked up by
j. M. Learn and K. N. HulletI,
Minneapolis statesmen who took
them to DR.. w. e. Ferguson at
Walnut Grove for treatment and
then drove them to their homes
at Tracy. Mary Kane of Tracy
took Miss Peterson to her home
there.
The highway patrolman and
Mr.. Reed went to the scene of the
accident not long after it occur
red. Mr.. Hubbard made his in
vestigation later in the day.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
Al Club To Entertain

Members of the Four Leaf Glow
ers All club will be guests az the
Sheridan club at meeting Nay
l. The invitation was accepted
at a recent meeting at the Oscar
Nelson home at which Gerald
Sward was elected kittenball cap
tain and Glen Anderson was re-
ceived as new member, bring
ing enrolment to Is.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
KIND "KnOckOver"
Hotel Bill Skipper

Wanted by Sheriff Harry Croft
of Marshall on charges of de-
frauding an innkeeper, Earl T.
Loneia, 80, was picked up by the
sheriff at Luverne Friday.
KIND here marked the item
"K.O." which means a direct
knockover through their broad
cast.
Loneia, whose alias is Earl
Looney was accompanied by his
wife, Florence.
The item was broadcast here
April 4, the apprehension coming
10 days later.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
Completes Course

Merton F. Ekfelt of Redwood
Falls is one of 38 students who
were recently graduated from the
Refrigeration and Air Condition
ing Institute at Chicago. He COM
pleted four weeks of laboratory
training there following an 10
months extension course. He has
been employed at the Gandrud
creamery here and is expected
back soon.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
NAME ASSESSOR
Dentists Convene

Every one of Redwood county's
II dentists attended a dinner at
Hotel Ramsey Wednesday night.
They discussed child welfare and
named DR.. j. c. Budik and DR.. c.
L. Lynn of Redwood Falls and
DR.. c. H. Boelke of Sanborn as a
committee to meet with the coun-
ty welfare board on the subject.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
Caruts Awarded $3.50 Damages gyey Accident Cas-
Mill STREET TO
BE RESURFACED
NEW GRADE, CURBS In
PLANS FOR MAJOR
IMPROVEMENT

Mill street will be regarded and
surfaced with bituminous paving
from highway II at Finn street
to the paving at Third street,
members of the state highway de-
paftment told Mayor j. c. Budik
and the city council at a special
meeting here Monday afternoon.
Property owners along the
thoroughfare will be asked to put
in curbs.
The bituminous surfacing is
heavier than ordinary blacktop,
including a crushed rock compo-
sition. 1t will be laid so feet wide.
George A. Barnes, acting city
attorney during the illness of
Leon H. Brown, sat with the
council at the session.
The Appleton property case,
scheduled for court hearing at
this session was also discussed.
NAME ASSESSOR
Glenn A. Lauterbach has been
named city assessor by the Red
wood Falls city council in place
of j. Albert johnson who was
given the original appointment
but refused. Mr.. -Lauterbach will
begin work May /.
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In connection with the drive,
orders will be taken for adver-
Using envelopes which will be
printed for the committee and sold
if sufficient quantity is wanted.
The committee also voted to
buy membership buttons for the
jubilee organization. The matter
of street decorations was left to
a later meeting.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20
TOWNSEND SPEAKER

S. v. Wardell will explain the
National Recovery plan to men,
bers of the Townsend club and
other interested persons at the
city hall here Saturday. The
meeting begins at 7:30 p. m.