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Evening star., 1939-09-14
Would Cancel War Debts
For Territories.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
1t is interesting to note that the jap
anese government has requested that
Great Britain remove her fighting forces
from China. This is furthering the policy
of Asia for the Asiatics" or rather Asia
for the Japanese" and it seems as if
Great Britain will have to accede to this
request If Japan insists.
Since the Monroe Doctrine was enun-
ciated number of slices of this hemi-
sphere have been taken by European
powers. 1t is true that those powers, who
have chiseled in on this hemisphere are
not threatening us or the Panama Canal
now, but possibly they will in the future.
At least these territories may some day
become threat to our neutrality and
may cause us to suffer somewhat in the
manner Of the European neutrals. 1t
is not inconceivable that if Japan ever
became engaged in a war against France
she might desire to take French Guiana
from her, just as she appropriated Ger
man possessions in Asia
Our life line runs through the Panama
Canal and the Caribbean as Great Brit
aims does through the Strait of Gibraltar
and the Mediterranean and we should
avail ourselves of this opportunity of
clearing away any possible future OBJ
struction. With the possible exception
of Canada, French and British sovereign
ty should end in this hemisphere and end
now! Bermuda, the Bahamas, Guiana,
British Honduras, ETC., should be ceded to
us. There is the matter of war debts and
other considerations to differentiate our
position in such q matter from that of
Japan's. With new war under way, our
chances of collecting anything else on
the last one are about nil. The allies
did quite thorough job of grabbing the
former German colonies, yet they have
defaulted on their debts to us and the
least they could do would be to cede their
possessions in the Western Hemisphere
to us. While we may not want them ex-
cept for possible naval bases, at least we
shouldn't allow them to be kept by Eu-
ropean countries. As to their disposition
once we had them, it is to be remembered
that we handled the Cuban situation
pretty well and dare say we could do as
well with the others. All we kept in Cuba
was a naval base at Guantanamo Bay.
Relative to the war debts, perusal Of
history shows how the British Empire
was built in part by taking over small
countries which couldn't pay their debts
and how the French occupied the Ger
man Rhineland because Germany de-
faulted on her World War reparations
payments. II those actions were justi-
liable. our military occupation Of Ber.
muda, the Bahamas, etc., would be even
Evening star., 1939-09-14

more so. Such military occupation
should be unnecessary, as the British and
the French should give up these possess
sions as an expression of good will and
friendship, as we'll as payment of an
honest debt. This would be an excellent
opportunity for the British and French
to show us and the world whether or
not they are true democracies or i'm
perialistic as the Germans charge
1t is high time that We were looking
into the future with the view of insuring
our security and worrying less about the
affairs of Europe The State Department
should make representations to Great
Britain and France with view of trad
ing unpaid war debts for territories of
strategic value to us and history to come
would show it as the best bargain we
ever made, classed with the Louisiana
Purchase and the buying of Alaska. Who
ever dreamed Alaska would have a stra-
tegic value for the defense of our West
Coast? j. c. NIEMAND.
September IL.
Evening star., 1939-09-14

carry plan. This would be a neutral
ity that would open our markets to
any belligerent able to pay cash and
carry the goods away in her own
snips-whether the goods be NUM-
tions or raw materials. Herr Hitler
would not like this particular brand
of neutrality, it is true, because his
merchant fleet has been driven to
cover by a war of his own making.
What Hitler likes or dislikes is of
secondary Importance, however. The
paramount objective Of Congress
when it meets next week should be
the safeguarding of the peace and
security of the United States. The
Star agrees with the administration
that the best approach to that OBJ
jective is the scrapping of the arms
embargo and cautious exercise of
neutral rights under recognized rules
of international fair play.
Evening star., 1939-09-14

ton, and presumably all others, have
concentrated their energies on dis
cussing the war.
The result, of course, should be a
far greater public enlightenment on
vital developments than was ever
possible in the case of previous
epochal events. And that this will
be so can hardly be doubted.
At the same time this whole ma
chinery of disseminating factual
information can with relative ease
be abused by an indulgence in mac
curacies or propaganda to a point
where it might nullify much of its
value. Very probably there will be
determined effort by interested gov
ernments and individuals to turn the
radio or the press into special plead
ers for their particular cause. And
there will be a measure of success
in such efforts, at least in countries
where freedom of expression has
vanished or is in jeopardy.
For those in control of the radio
and press of America, divorced as we
are from immediate participation
and concerned primarily with the
true interests of the United States, a
grave responsibility exists to see that
our own facilities should be directed
exclusively at bringing to the public
truths rather than distortions, sane
judgments rather than inflammatory
opinions.
Along such lines lies not only the
good of the Nation, but the continu-
ing existence of our valued heritage
Of free speech and free press.
Evening star., 1939-09-14
Letters to the Editor
Believes Capitalistic Structure
Will Break From Top.

DChCtCS SdpitnhStlC StTuCluTC
Will Break From Top.
To the Editor Of The Star:
In your editorial today, you mention
"the preaching of Communist gospel
everywhere from pulpit to soapbox"
AS an accountant with over 80 years
experience with numerous large corpora
tions would say that the breakdown of
the capitalistic system, If 1t comes, will
not be from the bottom, on account of
the rawlings of any ragged moron on
soapbox, nor from any messages from
Moscow.
The crackup will be from the top, due
to the greed and seldshness Of the So
called economic royalists at present in
the saddle, with their overcapitalization
dividends on watered stock and fat sal
aries and bonuses to chosen few.
In their mad scramble for wealth,
position and power, they refuse to pay a
living wage to the real producers of their
wealth and entirely ignore the millions of
unemployed HECTOR MacEACHEN.
September IL.
Evening star., 1939-09-14
ALEXANDRIA, Va.

Dear Sir:
II am greatly surprised each time you
or one of your correspondents in the
This and That column writes of numbers
of cardinals at the feeder or gathering in
the yard.
May remark in the friendliest way
that these remarks appear to be exag-
gerations.
I'VE have in our two acres Of woods
about our house but one cardinal and his
mate, venture the same couple for the
last three years.
mo other cardinal is permitted by his
excellency in these woods.
Many have tried to enter but he evicts
them promptly. Even the couples young
after being fed in the nest and in our
feeding area to maturity are finally
driven of by the father.
ut takes about three days for him to
convince them that it is time to depart
on their own.
How can credit your stories of num-
bers of cardinals in the yard?
VERY truly yours, "R. j.. B."
Birds are as you find them, not as
some one else finds them.
This column has repeatedly stated that
although various species have general
patterns of activity there is a wide lat
itude of action among them, and that
what one bird does in one neighborhood
is no criterion of the action of other birds
Of the same species block away.
Evidently those Virginia cardinals are
more belligerent than Maryland redbirds |!
There have been no more peaceful
birds, with the exception of wood
thrushes, in our garden during the past
nine years.
We had cardinals from the very start,
usually two or three pairs, and these in
creased almost overnight when feeding
was started.
This was the year of the big snow and
bitter cold.
One Sunday morning, when ice and
snow lay on the ground two feet deep, we
had nine male cardinals at the feeding
station at one time.
1t was brilliant sight.
Not as many females were sighted, but
they may or may not have been in the
yard. The likelihood was that there were
several pairs and their offspring, which
that season ran to males.
4 4
Since that time we have had from two
to three pairs steadily, and at times as
many as four males in sight at one time.
This very morning, on stepping into the
Evening star., 1939-09-14
Questions Relationship of
Drugs to Crime.
Tn the Editor of The Sfar.


was somewhat surprised at the state
ment of United States Attorney Pine
published in The Star of September 7.
According to the report, Mr.. Pine has
instructed his staff to prosecute narcotic
peddlers with uncompromising severity,
to destroy any underworld impression
that Washington is soft spot" The
report goes on further to remark that
agents of the Narcotics Bureau reported
to me Pine) last spring that large
number of serious crimes could be at
tributed to the use of narcotics" Also,
"the Criminal Justice Association has
come to the same conclusion"
This is all very interesting, if true.
But want to know upon what positive
evidence the district attorney and the
Criminal Justice Association arrived at
their startling conclusions. When such
dogmatic assertions as those quoted are
made, romantic or sensational impress
sions must not take the place of calm,
dispassionate, reasoned, scientific obssr-
vation. What criminals, what crimes
last spring were due directly to mar
coticS?
In the journal of the American Medi-
cal Association of January 81, 1899, there
is an article headed Drug Addiction"
in which Surg. Gen. Thomas Parran is
quoted. I will quote from the article:
"The vast majority of the (drug) addicts
want to be relieved of the habit-punish-
ment alone Is never effective"
have studied psychology and the mat
ter OF drug addiction to some extent,
but have not seen any authoritative
or reliable observations or experiments
proving that crime is due primarily to
the use of narcotics. have seen, how
ever, that the denial of the narcotic
creates craving which will lead the ad-
dict to 60 to any length to obtain the
drug which satisfies
The position taken by men who have
really studied the problem is that our
present handling Of this matter is like
pouring gasoline on the fire to put it out.
The matter Of drug addiction and the
problems it gives rise to are too impor-
tant to be handled from the standpoint
that punishment" and being hard
boiled" will solve them. Loose state
ments rashly issued by high ofdcials
with no scientific foundation confuse the
issues rather than clarity them.
pSYCHOInGIST
September 8.
Evening star., 1939-09-14
Believes Profiteering Already
Under Way.

Under Way.
To the Editor Of The Star:
War in Europe was not week old be-
fore the consuming public in the United
States began to feel the rise in the price
of food, particularly that of meat, flour
and sugar.
There has been no drastic shortage in
the wheat crop this estimated at
549, 9,21900O bushels, which is $4,000 900
bushels over the crop of last fall. There
has been no drought to kill off the cattle,
as was the case a few years back. And
while domestic sugar cane and sugar beet
growers have been curtailed in their
quotas to some extent, there has been no
reported shortage of sugar, which up
until week ago was selling at NOM
inal price.
Therefore it would seem that this sud-
den jump in the prices of these necessi-
ties is profiteering.
Those of us old enough to remember
the World War recall the hectic days of
rationing of foodstuffs. This, no doubt,
was a necessity at that time, but no
doubt could have been forestalled had
foresight been used in storing up supplies
against time of necessity.
A pound of sugar was ration per
person for a month. I remember very
clearly trying to make my pound of
sugar exc out. Also I remember how
my younger sister surprised us all by saw
ing out enough Of her ration over a
period of weeks to make pound of
candy to send to my brother in France
for Christmas.
There will be no necessity for such
rationing by the consuming public OF
today If we demand that prof1teering
In the foodstuffs and other necessities
of life be stopped Immediately. We live
in land Of plenty. Never again should
we be compelled to lower the living
standards and undermine the health of
our people merely to fill the pockets Of
profteers. ONE WHO REMEMBERS.
September 8.
Evening star., 1939-09-14
When Children Smile
(Rondedu.)

(RoHdedu)
When children smile catch the sleam
OF golden sunlight on stream;
And high sweet winds Of springtime blow
Along the hawthorns blossomed row,
Or dewy freshness reigns supreme.
All earth's wide loveliness I seem
To see therein; the mornings glow;
The questing eyes Of fawn or doe,
When children smile.
Be this the burden of my theme;
A thought to ponder on and dream
OF all the blessed sights know
That bring down Heaven here below,
The fairest one Of all deem
When children smilel
MARION n. ADDfNGTON.
Evening star., 1939-09-14

Science announces number three
type" of helium, hard to obtain and
desirable for aircraft because Of
high degree of lifting power and
n-inflammability. This also will
be a good sort for the United States
to keep to itself.
Evening star., 1939-09-14

The largest restaurant in the
world seats 5000 persons. It would
take a big band to blare loudly
enough So that the patrons in far
corners have to scream at one an
other, but it is probable it manages
to have one adequate for the pur-
nose
Evening star., 1939-09-14

Can you remember when, away
back yonder, the monthly meetings
of the League of Nations were big
news?
Evening star., 1939-09-14

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the use for republicat ton of all news dispatches
credited to It or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
All rights Of publication of special dispatches
herein also reserved
Evening star., 1939-09-14

Well, well, 1t will look sort Of ia
niliar, at that, to see aged Aloysius
Simmons in another World Series.
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
BELVIEW WRITER
REPORTS EVENTS
By Florence Lyslo

Belview = Mrs. Edmund Bia-
stock was honored at shower
Monday evening in the Synod
| church basement.
Mrs. John j. Ziegler attended a
party at the Mrs. Elmer Becker
home in North Redwood Wednes-
day afternoon.
In honor of the birthday of
Gertrude Austin, a group OF
friends gathered at the Walter
Christensen home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Skalbeck
and children of Sacred Heart
were Sunday dinner and supper
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. B.
Hegdahl.
Thursday evening William Pet
erson Jr. entertained 10 friends at
his home.
Mrs. Ben Smith and Edward of
Wayzata came Saturday for a visit
with Mrs. Clara Johnson.
Sunday dinner and supper
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Pas
kewitz and family were Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Hansman of Vesta
and Mr.. and Mrs William Wes-
terhouse and Patricia of Walnut
Grove.
A shower was given at the Den
yer Williams home Wednesday af-
ternoon in honor of Vivian Will
liams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hagen re-
turned from Minneapolis Wednes-
day. Melva remained to attend
business school.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Ben Simpson were
Sunday supper guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wallace Simpson at Wabasso.
The Legion Auxiliary met with
Mrs. Minor Sampson Monday eve
ming. Mrs. Clarence Kohls was as
sistant hostess.
Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Ziegler
visited relatives and friends in
Franklin Sunday.
The Congregation Guild met
with Mrs. George Kohls Thursday
afternoon. Mrs. Charles Eckelbar-
ger assisted as hostess.
Clarice Anderson returned from
Mankato Sunday after completing
her business course.
l.. S. Martin son of Montevideo
was a Monday morning caller at
the Carl Martinson home.
Lavon Sampson Of Montevideo
visited her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Bonnie Sampson over the week.
end.
The Birthday club met with
Mrs. Emma Sandager Saturday
afternoon.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
FAREWELL PARTY
AT MIDDLE CREEK
By Margaret Lueck

Middle Creek - Friends and
neighbors gathered at the Ed
Lueck home Thursday evening for
a farewell party in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Park who are
moving to a farm near Tamarack
soon.
Grace Gaffney is spending this
week with her sisters Margaret
and Mrs. Kenneth King in Red
wood Falls.
Willard Prodoeh1 has been as
sisting at the Charles Zachow
home this week.
Members and friends of the
Evangelical League of Christian
Endeavor joined the North Red
wood E. L. c. E. Sunday evening
in presenting a program at their
church in celebration of the fifty
eighth anniversary of Christian
Endeavor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield Becker
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
WABASSO

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Johanneck,
LenuS and Lawrence were all day
guests at the Sylvester Kahnke
home near Redwood Falls Sunday.
Mrs. A. Bruflat spent a few
days last week in the Twin Cities.
The Progress club met with
Mrs. Lloyd Peavey Monday eve
ming. The program included a
paper on parliamentary law by
Mrs. Frank Rohlik; the topics
''Mormons" by Dorothy Starken;
"Mennonites" by Mrs. R. Leisti-
kow ard "Mennonites at Mountain
Lake" by Mrs. Ewald Kintzi. At
ter the program officers were
elected as follows: president, Mrs.
Frank Rohlik; vice president, Mrs.
Lloyd Peavey; secretary, Mrs.
Howard Elliott and treasurer,
Mrs. Lloyd Jensen. Bridge was
played at five tables with Mrs.
Leonard Merth winning high and
Mrs. G. H. LeistikoW second high
score. Refreshments were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Johanneck
and daughter drove to Wanda
Sunday to visit at the parental
Math Eichten home.
Mrs. Lloyd Jensen returned
Sunday from a weeks visit at the
parental Otto Arnold home at
GAINESVILLE.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Leistikow
and Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Leistikow
were visitors at the j. A. Rick
home at Springfield Sunday.
Mrs. Sylvester Kahnke of Red
wood Falls visited at the Gerald
Johanneck home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Gueggis-
berg are moving onto the farm
formerly occupied by the Lloyd
SHINING family who are now re-
sidents of Minneota where they
are operating a restaurant.
The Lloyd SHINING sale was
among the largest sales held in
this community for some time.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16

Anna Strenzel entertained the
Art club Wednesday.
Mrs. Sidney Hutchinson is con-
fined to bed with heart trouble.
The Ladies Aid and members
of the Methodist church enjoyed
Tuesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Johnson in Fairfax at a
missionary meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harsen and
Shirley and Douglas spent today
in Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Toossaint
have named their daughter born
February 8, Mary 10.
Mrs. Bertha Lapien and Flor
ence and Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Blume and B. A. Johnson were
Sunday evening guests at the j.
Scheffler Sr. home.
A. F. MahoWald is i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Lueck and
Donald and Julia of Middle Creek
were Sunday afternoon visitors at
the Ernest Drury home.
The sub-district declamatory
contest will be held at Morton
High school auditorium Monday,
February 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. ROLAND Zachow
(Agnes Macheledt) are the par
ents of daughter born February
z.
The Carnation club met Mon
day evening at the home of Mrs.
Gordon Sutten.
The Eight 8's were entertained
Wednesday evening by Gene
We've Simon.
Mrs. Jim Mccarthy and Jimmy
returned to Hopkins Monday after
spending week at the home of
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Theo
Scott.
Mrs. Clarence Bidinger and
SEVERN and Joe Bidinger went to
Minneapolis Wednesday to see
Clarence Bidinger who is a pat
lent in a hospital there.
L. c. Hanson of Minneapolis
came here Saturday and returned
Tuesday after visiting his son-in-
law and daughter Mr.. and Mrs. H.
B. Hanson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Varce Weaver
spent from Saturday until Mon
day visiting relatives in the Twin
Cities.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
MORTON SCOUTS
DISPLAY CRAFT

Morton-Morton Scouts have a
display in the window of the
Jaehning drug store of handicraft
and other scout work.
The Foresters of st. Johns
church presented a play "Inter-
viewing Servant Girls" Wednes-
day evening. Seven women took
part.
Mrs. Herman Neitzel is serious
ly ill.
The Community club met Mon
day evening to discuss gym class
es for adults.
Henry Jorges, student at Gus
tavus Adolphus college at ST.
Peter spent the weekend with his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Jor-
ges.
Mrs. Herman Bucholz was hos
tess at card party Wednesday
evening.
Dan Keefe is confined to'a hos
pital in st. Paul. During his alb
sence John Keefe is assisting at
the hardware store.
DR.. Raymond Brady was a
weekend visitor at his home in
Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Becker and
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Taubert and
families of North Redwood spent
Saturday evening at the Ernest
Drury home.
Jean Farley of the Lamberton
faculty visited Frances Blake
from Saturday until Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Dornfeld
visited at the Henry Dornfeld
home at Redwood Falls Sunday
afternoon.
Millicent Sanger of Lamberton
was a weekend visitor with rela-
tives here.
Mrs. Nora Haskins of Fairfax
spent Monday visiting friends
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. ROLAND Fenske
and Shirley and Mrs. Katherine
Schmidt of Morgan spent Sunday
at the Leo Hunt home.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
Mrs. A. Naab
of Vesta Dies
RESIDENT OF VICINITY
MANY YEARS BURIED
TUESDAY AFTERNOON

Vesta = Funeral services were
held Tuesday afternoon at ST.
Johns Lutheran church for Mrs.
Adam Naab, "a, who died at her
home Saturday morning. Rev.
Karl Brickman officiated and
burial was in the Vesta cemetery.
TULANE Kirschbaum was born
May IA, 1854 at Frederickshorst,
Germany. At the age of IL she
came to America with her parents
and settled in New Rome, in Sib-
ley county. There she attend
school and was confirmed April
IA, 1878 by Rev. John Hunziker.
September 6, 1889 she was mar
ried to Adam Naab at New Rome
and Immediately after the cere-
mony they came to Wood Lake
where he had the star mail route
for two years. In 1891 they traded
the home in Wood Lake for a
farm in Posen township. In 1926
they moved to Vesta. They were
looking forward to celebrating
their fiftieth wedding anniversary
this September. Mrs. Naab en-
joyed good health all through her
life, until the last week when she
suffered from heart trouble. She
leaves her husband, three sons,
Oscar of Cottonwood, Frank of
Echo, Walter of Wood Lake now
living on the home place and two
daughters, Mrs. Louis Meyer of
Echo and Mayme at home; thir-
teen grandchildren and brother,
August Kirschbaum of st. Paul.
Pail bearers were William Zim-
mer, Ferd Werner, Gus Kremin,
Albert Raduenz, Chris Schlemmer
and Otto Maasch.