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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-01
HOLMBERGS MOVE
UP WITH 3 WINS
TOURNEY AT BELvIEW
FEBRUARY z AND s.;
5 IN RUNNING

Three important games tonight
and Friday evening will decide
the four contenders at the county
league basketball tournament to
be played at the Odeon in Bel
view, Wednesday and Thursday
of next week.
After winning three games in
two days to climb into the play
off picture. Holmberg's team from
Redwood Falls goes to Delhi to-
night for a contest which the
Redwood team must win to as
sure it a place among the top
four. Delhi is apparently already
set for the playoff, having won
five and lost four.
Top team in the standings is
Morgan with seven wins. three
setbacks; followed by Delhi and
then Belview with four each way.
Wabasso is tied with Redwood at
present, needing a victory also to
be sure of a playoff place.
Games in which the tourney
contestants will be decided are:
Redwood Falls at Delhi to-
night.
Belview at Echo tonight.
Wabass0 at Belview Friday
night.
A four way tie for second place
/, win result if Belyiew wins from
Echo and loses to Wabasso and
Redwood succeeds in reducing
Delhi to a 500 rating.
Holmberg's margins were small
in the two games which put the
team back in the league picture.
Delhi lost % to 81 and Belview
"a to 33 in the doubleheader
Monday Tuesday Echo was an
easier victim, 81 to 90.
Zimmerman will play with the
squad tonight and in tourney
games if the team gets in. Don
Peterson and Wyman Corbett
were the heavy point getters this
week, aided by Gordon Venema,
Wilbur Arnett, and Victor and
Clarence Kraemer.
Lamberton was eliminated from
the county playoff at the league
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SPRINGFIELD ADDS
LAMBS TO STRING
# GAYLORD TRIUMPHS In
NEW ULM ENCOUNTER
MORGAN POWERFUL

- Springfield's chances of being a
finalist in the district ten high
school basketball tournament
next month looked brighter than
ever this week after the Kraut-
ers came home from Lamberton
with a double victory.
The first string Lambs fell "a to
10 before the invaders and the
second quint went down 20 to 10
in the prelim encounter.
For the Fielders it was the
second triumph in successive
weekends over quints which had
been rated higher in league cir
cles. Only the Friday before they
had comparatively easy time
blasting reports of Redwood's
invincibility in 1918 upset.
Next week the Krauters face
two of their contenders in the
upper bracket of the district
meet, New Ulm, their first round
foe, February 6 and Sleepy Eye,
February 9. Wins in each case
will remove all doubt about their
being favorites to reach the finals
unless a sub-district A bracket
team shows up big in the opening
tourney here March Z, and 9.
a Gaylord must be reckoned with
it was indicated Friday night
when New Ulm visited the Sibley
county capital and came away on
the short end, Is to IA.
Gibbon and Winthrop, other A
bracket teams, had a neighborly
engagement the same evening
with the Gibbonites emerging
victorious 26 to "a.
In an inter-district game that
evening, Delhi ran away from
Danube in the second half to
score a q to 10 triumph. Danube
was scoreless after the first half
which ended with the Scots lead
ing IL to 10. In prelim game,
teams made up of Delhi reserves
and captained by Harold Hult-
quist and Kenneth Bunting We'd
for glory and Hultquist's five fin
ished with the laurels 80 to 9.
This weeks games will throw
much light on probable sub-dis-
trict, results as Belview goes to
Delhi, Echo to Sanborn, Wabasso
to Franklin, Gibbon to Gaylord,
Sleepy Eye to Morgan and Nor
ton to Winthrop.
Morgan has collected nine con-
secutive wins which marks Coach
Strommen's team as favorite in
the B bracket of the SUBJ district,
the winner of which will play
Fairfax in the first round of the
district meet Fairfax upset LAM
berton, also drawn for the lower
bracket which indicates the eight
teams in the district meet may be
more evenly matched than in any
recent year. Franklin, Walnut
Grove, Delhi, Wabasso and Sam
born are other B bracket quints.
Games with teams from other
districts this weekend include
Lamberton's trip to Tracy and
Springfield's return game with
St Mary's of Sleepy Eye New
Ulm will go to st. James for a
Little Ten tilt and Fairfax will
play at Hector, besides the Red
wood Glencoe game.
Other games of interest are
Milroy's invasion of Wood Lake,
Olivia's game at Whitman and the
Marshall-Pipestone encounter.
Bird Island plays at Stewart,
Danube at Renville, Clarkfield at
Milan and Hutchinson at Litch-
field.
Monday evening the Tracy Sec
onds play at Milroy. Walnut Grove
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Independent
Teams Enter
Tourney Here
s COUNTIES TO SEND
TEAMS; FINALISTS
GOTO STATE MEET

Redwood Falls will be the
scene of a district independent
basketball tournament February
IA and Is when teams from eight
counties meet to battle for the
privilege of representing this Sec
ton at the state tournament Feb
ruary %, "a and Is at the Mime
apolis auditorium.
Tracy, Danube and Hendricks
have already signed as entries
and Franklin and Bird Island, as
well as one or more Redwood
county teams are almost certain
entries.
The armory has been obtained
for the event and there will be
games both afternoons and both
evenings, according to Clark
Sponaugle who has charge of ar
rangements.
The winner and the runner-up
will go to the state meet.
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RESERVES Shine
In WEEKS Tits
SEVEN GAMES REMAIN
ON SCHEDULE; FOUR
ON HOME COURT

REDWOOD + ais f1lSn SCHOOL
cagers will begin their final
month of preparation for the dis
trict tournament Friday night
against Glencoe, with a seven
game gauntlet to be run in four
weeks.
Even with one, regular not in
suit and another on the sidelines
most of the game, the quint per-
formed brilliantly against Tracy
Tuesday evening as reserves
worked in well at the vacant
posts, indicating the tourney
squad will be well-balanced.
Hoffman is out with pink eye
while Diekmeier is recovering
from the flu.
The 80 to % triumph over
Tracy was a presidents birthday
gift to Coach Zimmerman who
remarked Wednesday that Coach
Chef Raasch's teams previously
have tripped his teams regularly
in their floor encounters.
Since Tracy apparently has no
peer in district nine, the triumph
was significant to fans who are
prematurely anticipating the re-
gional playoff. The contest with
Glencoe, one of the twelfth dis
trict aspirants, will be watched
with equal interest in this regard.
Waconia defeated the Glencoe
quint 35 to 9 Tuesday.
After Glencoe, the Cards have
games with New Ulm, there and
Lamberton here on successive FRI
days. They go 10 Tracy February
20 and to Hutchinson three days
later and return to try to prove
that Springfield upset was all a
mistake February 81. March /
they close the regular schedule
with Olivia as their opponent
here.
Except for moment in the
first quarter, Redwood held a
comfortable lead throughout the
Tracy encounter.
Main of Tracy scored first, but
Stensvad sank a rebound and
when Aarthun made two free
losses, Lang countered from the
hole. Stensvad put the Cards
ahead with two gift shots, Wacks
tied the count and Rose sent his
team into a short lived lead with
free-throw Duea scored as the
quarter ended with Redwood on
top 8 to z.
Lang scored twice, Otto once
and WackS of Tracy once in the
wild first minute of the second
stanza. Duea and Storts counted
free throws, Otto swished the net
from mid-floor and Storts drop
ped one through from the side.
Main retaliated with one hand
push shot and Wacks counted
once from the free line giving the
visitors IL to the Cards 20 at the
half.
Otto opened the third period
with field goal and free shot.
Main netted a long shot, but Duea
and Storts countered in quick
succession. Main and Otto swish
ed the net and Duea made good
from the gift line to finish the
third period scoring with Red
wood ahead 30-16.
Stensvad scored with long
try, Duea dribbled in for a neat
shot, and Otto again bucketed
from midf1oor. Wacks and Camp
bell counted three times from the
gift line and Wacks and Main
each once from the hole before
the. Redwood reserves were in
serted with three minutes of play
remaining. Redwood counted
once from the field and once from
the circle while Campbell and
Main registered baskets and
Dolezal counted a gift shot.
Otto led the Cards scoring with
IL points, followed by Duea with
nine. Wacks and Main were tied
with ten each to lead the invad-
erS.
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Cards Come Back
To Defeat Indians

The Redwood Falls Cardinals
won a double-header from the
Sleepy Eye Indians Friday night
at the high school auditorium
here. Bouncing back into their
winning ways, the senior Cards
humbled the Indians 43 to 81.
Sleepy Eye jumped into an early
40 lead but the count was soon
tied and Redwood took the lead,
to eliminate all worries. The
quarter ended 10-5; the half, 81
IL and the third quarter, 30-18.
ROX SCOPE
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box SCORE
City Team Enters
Minneapolis Meet

A team of Redwood Falls keg-
glers. has entered the state bowl
ing tournament at the East Side
alleys in Minneapolis, February
10 to Is. They viii play February
Is.
Alden Sheffield, j. 7. Murdoch,
Walter Wothe, DR.. NJ. p. Feigal
and E. A. Johnson make up the
aggregation.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-01
CHECKER STARS
IN TOURNEY FOR
COUNTY HONORS

Redwood county checker play
ers will meet in combat at the
Belview American Legion dining
car Monday, the winner of the an
nual tournament to 60 to the state
checker tourney at the Minneapo-.
lis Chess and Checker club Feb.
ruary IL.
Any player can enter the event
which begins at Z p. m. William
Stonebeck of Redwood Falls is
defending champion.
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defeated the Milroy Spartans last
week Il to Is.
cCoRES LAST wEEEk

Lester Prairie %. Hutchinson 10.
Delhi "a, Danube Is.
y Gaylord 15-1S, New Ulm 14-14.
Springfield 1929, Lamberton 10 10.
St Mary's Bird Island AZ II, Holy
Trinity (Winstead) % 10.
Hendricks 22-1S, Ivanhoe 20 81.
Gibbon 26-9, Winthrop 24-1S.
Montevideo 1921, Dawson I7-12.
ST.. James 49, Lake Crystal Is.
Redwood Falls 1928, Sleepy Eye
81 Is.
Glencoe 32-1S, Litchfield % II.
Willmar Al, Morris 25.
Stewart 20. Buffalo Lake %.
Tracy 24-9, Marshall % 80.
Milan 1920, Granite Falls 1916.
Mountain Lake 1921, Window 10
Pa
Comfrey Al Is, LETTERS 30-1S.
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BOX SCORE
VICTORY FIVE BEATEN

The Victory Five had their
string snapped in a heart breaker
prelim game "a to %. Inability to
sink free throws accounted for
the defeat. The Tracy seconds
led 5 to 8 at the quarter, Is to Is
at half time and 81 to Is at the
third quarter.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-01
FAIRFAX &C ELECTS

Fairfax = A. T. Johnson was
elected president of the Fairfax
Civic and Commerce association.
Kenneth Dickmeyer was named
vice president, w. c. Nelson,
secretary, Joe Ellevold, treasurer.
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NOTICE

We proudly opening our office
In addition giving the rcon
also experienced opcan charge cutting edgng and fit
ting into mountings the lenses prescribed
The shop equipped with instruments
for that work The lenses Lomb quality which
means correction not only at the ordinary
edge to edge to give perfect vision eye.
needing protection extra strain
Softte is pescrbedthe decay flesh lenses blending
complexion which reduces changing
No other tint is substitute for genuine SoftIte.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-01

The Victory Five hung up their
eighth straight, swapping the
Sleepy Eye seconds 80 to Is in the
preliminary game. They led 10 to
4 at the quarter, Is to at the
halftime and 18 to Z at the end of
the third period.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-01
Strikes and Spares
CHARTER

February 6 - Lauterbachs VS.. Red
& White, Galleas VS.. Aunes, Cox Oil
VS.. BotsfOrds.
200 Bowlers: w. Wothe 221, A.
Sheffield POI, A. Seifert 217.
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meeting Friday night when the
managers of the other teams vot-
ed them out for failure to comply
with the rules.
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/, February - Reynolds VS.. Bells.
Shells VS.. Miss Hits, Smiths VS.. Alley
Cats.
$50 Bowlers-M. Zitzman 157, E.
Russell 1872.
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February - Morton VS.. Renville,
Lucan VS.. Fords, Redwood Falls VS..
Clements.
200 Bowlers-Conley PIP, J. Lauter-
bach 2OS
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February Waits VS.. Courthouse,
Holmbergs VS.. Farmers, Red Owl VS..
Ink SINGERS. ..
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cox Oblivion

February Morgan VS.. IGA, Green
Parrot VS.. Jaehnings, Knudsons VS..
Oilers.
000 RowlarS-M Chri OF 900
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EHLERS-Lost q

$50 acknowledgements 152, Alter
matt $50.
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Comfrey 41-15. letters sO-lS.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
France Goes Down

In this tragic hour, as the Republic
OF France goes down to defeat, we in
America look to the future with
heavy hearts.
A bulWark of freedom has fallen.
A land where men had learned to
live in the fullest sense of that word
has been crushed by a force which
reckons not with human values. And
now the flaming torch of total war
will be hurled at Britain, and the
British will fight on. But for how
long no man can say.
This Is a time when Americans
must free themselves of shackled
thinking. How has this catastrophe
come about? Is the naked force of
totalitarianism truly irresistible or
are the democracies of Europe the
victims of their own weaknesses?
There is but one answer-France
and Britain were not ready to de-
fend their liberty, and the aggressor
gave them no time to prepare after
the first blow was struck.
AS a Nation, we have not vet
erasped the full significance of this
harsh truth, and for that reason we,
too, are in deadly peril
Evening star., 1940-06-17

foreign aid policies, afford an alarming
picture OF the near hysteria prevailing
among lawmakers, political leaders and
laymen.
While heretofore these programs ard
utterances were characterized by instruc-
tive discussions of matters of public con-
cern many OF them are now disintegrat-
ing into personalities, heated statements
and non-lnformative arguments. These
cross-sectlon debates bring home forcibly
the dangerous lack of clear-headed think
ing which abounds. And this at a time
when clarity of vision and expression is
OF paramount Importance to American
institutions
America is the last great lighthouse of
sanity and reason. If its people fully
appreciate and value the priceless hertz
age OF liberty under constitutional gov
ernment which they enjoy, they must
quickly awaken to their responsibility as
individuals. 1t is the solemn duty of
each citizen by word, deed and ballot to
zealously safeguard this Nation from the
ravishments abroad which are now oc-
curing with stunning rapidity. It be-
comes the sacred obligation of each in
dividual here to place in power only those
best qualified by experience, ability,
patriotism and proved trustworthiness to
steer our course safely through the rapid
ly submerging wrecks of civilization.
This leadership should be actuated by
unself1sh devotion to the preservation,
intact. of national and individual liberty
1t should seek only such additional pow-
ers as may become absolutely necessary
to the furtherance of national interests
This leadership should inspire supreme
confidence that any essential grant of
extraordinary powers will be cheerfully
relinquished when an emergency ceases.
This leadership should weld America
again into a classless people who stand
together as one. Before such righteous
might, right will prevail.
June IL. EDISON w. BRIGGS.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Martin Arnold Roberts

News of the sudden death of Mar
tin Arnold Roberts has come as a
shock to hundreds OF public officials.
scholars and others who have had
reason to appreciate his endeavors
as chief assistant librarian of the
Library Of Congress.
Mr.. Roberts, it must be conceded.
was not universally famous, vet 1t
may he wondered If any other serv-
ant OF the common good in his gen.
Grafton ever more truly deserved the
gratitude of the entire national
community. The great intelligence,
understanding and sympathy with
which he was endowed were dedi-
Gated to the development of what is
now the most important biblio-
graphic establishment in the world,
He lived for the Library from 1903
onward. Those with whom he was
intimately associated speak of him
as "a man Of unremitting and self
sacrificing industry" but the words
are inadequate. 1t is necessary to
explain that his workdays were Or
dlnarily eighteen hours long; neither
Sundays nor holidays nor the usual
vacations were permitted to interrupt
his labors. His was a career of de-
voted service which he pursued with
an 1ndomitable spirit that never sur
rendered to fatigue or even took &C
count OF the limits of physical en-
durance.'' His home was in Balti-
more, and it was characteristic Of
him that he cheerfully commuted
daily to Washington during no fewer
than thirty-seven years.
Himself scholar of distinction. an
alumnus OF Johns Hopkins, Harvard
and Columbia Universities, Mr.. Rob-
erts cultivated talent for the giving
OF exactly that sort of help which
research workers require. His au-
thoritative knowledge of books he
freely pledged to all who sought his
aid. A certain generous enthusiasm
stimulated his efforts without dis
turbing his native modesty and SIM
plicity. Kindliness was his out
standing quality, a humane cooper
ative faculty his most notable ca
pacity. Nothing else pleased him so
much as the privilege of contribut-
ing to the completion of task which
he considered worthy of the effort.
He was builder, adding himself and
his genius to the expansion of the
Library and the advancement of
its patrons. His memory assuredly
will be treasured by all who care
about cultural progress in this earth.
AS it was declared of Wren at st.
PaulS, his monument will be found
in the shrine Of learning to which
he gave his heart.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
A Step Forward

Approval of the Ramspeck bill by
the Senate Civil Service Committee
is an important victory for the forces
working to strengthen the Federal
merit system. Tied up for four
months after passage by the House,
the measure now is ready for con-
sideration by the Senate, where ap-
proval is predicted if 1t can be
brought to vote.
Enactment of this legislation,
which has been advocated vigorously
by its author, Chairman Ramspeck
of the House Civil Service Commit
tee, would strike at the root of the
patronage evil by giving to the Presi-
dent power to bring under competi-
tive civil service approximately 150,-
600 positions which are not now sub
ject to the Civil Service Act.
In reporting out the bill, the Sen
ate committee wisely struck from it
House amendment which would
have denied its benefits to employees
here who hail from States having
more than their quota Of positions
Evening star., 1940-06-17

in the departmental service. The
committee acted on the basis of tes-
timony that such a restriction would
be unavoidable and unfair. No effort
should be made in the Senate to re-
store the provision.
The committee did not disturb an
other widely opposed amendment
that denies civil service to w. P. A.
employees, and possibly all other
emergency workers paid from w. P.
"A. funds That particular issue is
complicated so far as the Ramspeck
Dill Is concerned by the inclusion of
the same prohibition in the relief
bill itself, and If the ban on the
emergency workers is to be lifted, it
probably will be necessary to get an
agreement on both measures.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Trace1Oell.

Just as all puppies are charming
whether blue blood or born under the
bar sinister, so all f1edglings just out OF
the nest make an appeal to persons who
like the birds.
There was that baby English sparrow
for instance, which was being fed by its
parents from the grain and seed in the
station beneath the maple.
The youngster would not stand still
No sooner had they popped some food
into its mouth than 1t hoped away to
investigate the bath sunk into the ground
few feet away.
This bath is surrounded by plants ex-
cept upon the one side open for ad-
mittance OF the feathered guests.
The small bird seemed to find the
situation irresistible No sooner had he
bill full of food than of he hoped.
The parent birds then would set up
many and mighty squawks, which would
send the fledgling scurrying back for
food, but no sooner would he get it, and
they turn back to the feeder, to select
him nice seed, than away he would hon
again.
When the older birds turned around
expecting to find that eager bill wide
open for sustenance, they would be dis
appointed to find it nowhere around, but
rather in place which they knew only
too well by this time.
Probably 1t is this curiosity of the
youngsters to investigate open water
which sometimes leads to their death.
Drowning Of baby birds is by no means
rare. There has been story told in this
column Of young sparrow which was
rescued by starting, just as it was about
to drown.
The starllngs and the sparroWs get
along very well together, as they should
both having been brought here from
England.
Perhaps they were more fortunate than
they know. AS much cannot be said for
the American birds, which undoubtedly
have been harmed, to a certain extent,
by these foreigners. But often we wonder
II the amount of harm done our native
birds is as great as has been said
1t is easy to concentrate on injury, and
thereby build up great grievance. Every
one knows how this is. When you see a
robin, for instance, eating your cherries
on the tree, you are very likely to think
that your cherry crop is ruined.
But is it? May it not be that the total
amount Of cherries eaten by the birds
is only one-tenth Of the crop, and are We
not supposed to give a tenth to the
Lord?
At any rate, English sparrows make
quite as good birds to watch as any, pro-
vided, of course, the observer has an
open mind.
When We stop to think how most per-
sons do not have open minds. or minds
which can be said to be even slightly
open, in the good sense, we see how
difficult 1t is for these sparrows to be
watched without prejudice.
But If you possess this ability, to see