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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-29
Seventy Divisions Report ed to Have Been Moy-
 ed Into Balkan Area ITALY, GREEK FORCES
 ARE LOCKED IN BATTLE
Rev Points in Mountain Passes Guarded as Bril-
 ish Aid Is Given
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Germany has maSsed a striking force of 70 Divisions, estimated at 1.25OOO0 soldiers, in the Blankan area to prevent possible Russian in- reference with her plans, military experts report, while Greece IS stubbornly fighting to stave off the Italian thrust in southeast Europe. Military experts assert that Ger many has steadily moved troops into the Balkan trouble zone ever since France fell, singing the ancient war song, We Will Throw Them Into the Sea-.
 Greek Reservists Active
 Thousands of Greek reservists have rushed to bolster the Mex taxas line in the mountain passes in northern Greece.
 Conflicting reports give an un- certain picture of the 24-hour old fighting between Italy and Greece.
 Rome claims that the vanguard of the Italian troops, estimated at 100000 soldiers along the Albanian Greek frontier, have broken through
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-29
Stimson Pulls Out Historic LittIe Blue Capsule
 Shortly After Noon
PACKED AUDITORIUM
 WITNESSES DRAWING
Mother in Audience Hears Sons Called : Actor
 James Stewart Up

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-An esti- mated 6,175 men holding the draft serial number 1858 will be the first called up for military service in the Nations unprecedented time conscription.
 The number 158 was first drawn in today's historic draft lottery.
 Secretary of War Henry Stimson drew it from the big glass bowl at 12:16 p. m., Pacific Standard Time, a minute or so after President Roosevelt made the opening speech, declaring the purpose of raising a draft army is for defense of our freedom"
 Standing on platform in the large Inter-Departmental Auditor ium, Roosevelt told the audience, which exceeded the seating capacity of 1900, that Only the strong may continue to live in freedom and peace"
 Numbers Drawn
 Stimson, blindfolded, was lead to the bowl where he dipped his hand into the glass bowl filled with var ious call numbers put separately into cobalt blue capsules in order that no two numbers would be drawn at one time.
 Number two on the draft draw ing, pulled out by Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, was announced by President Roosevelt as serial number 192.
 Number three serial number, drawn by Attorney General Robert Jack son, was announced by President Roosevelt as 8239.
 Number four was drawn by Sec retary of Navy Frank Knox. It was 662O.
 Secretary of Commerce Jesse F. Jones drew the fifth number, 6685.
 Each of the serial numbers under 200 or 300 and possibly higher. is held by GIFTS men. one man for each of the country's 6,l75 registration districts.
 Registration
 Exact figures for minimum regis tration in all areas are not avail able, but officials estimated some sparsely settled rural counties would not contain more than a few hun dred men.
 The largest registration area is one in Maryland where registration reached 7,836.
 All numbers above that figure are blanks, although registrants may be assigned to them as local draft boards find 1t necessary.
 The first number drawn today is 1858, exactly 100 less than the first number drawn in the World War.
 Gets First Knowledge
 Parents of one Washington reg istrant who held the figure 1858 were present at the auditorium.
 They were MT. and Mrs. Harry Bell. He is a city fireman. His son Robert is 21 and unmarried.
 When the number was read by the President, Mrs Bell screamed. I'm both proud and saddened." she said later after she had gone up to the platform and shaken hands with Clarence Dykstra, National Draft Director
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-29
PASSENGERS OFF ALASKA
 HEAD SOUTH
Rumored Grew Members Smashed Ga erds 10
 Prevent Picture Taking

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Oct B. Passengers from the wrecked liner Alaska are headed southward again aboard the steamer Aleutian, leav- ing here at 2:30 o'clock this after noon after an enthusiastic welcome oy a crowd of around 500 cheering First City folk who swarmed ont ! roped off dock.
 The shipwrecked passengers art none the worse after their Elliott Island experience except Mabel Knudsen and Jack Coffey, both going to Seattle from Kodiak.
 The two injured their ankles going from the lifeboats to the island shore after the wreck and X-rays were taken here.
 X-rays were also taken of Mrs R. V. Galloway of Cordova, who was heading south for an opera tion
 No Confusion
 There was little confusion or fright when the Alaska struck because the passengers didn't real lze the possible seriousness of the situation until daylight John O. Connor, Department of Labor of. ficial said.
 O'Connor declared passengers Jeff so hastily that some went bare. footed in their night clothes, anc girl about five years old had not a stitch of clothing, although sht was soon wrapped in blankets.
 Rocks on the beach were slippery with oil from the receding tide and were covered with a carpet oi blankets to furnish a path to tht beach.
 An unconfirmed report was heard here that personnel of the Alaska smashed cameras of passengers try ing to photograph the landing anc permitted no cameras ashore.
 Bernice Berg, of Seattle, return ing from Port Vita, entertained or the beach with an accordion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-29
ELECTION YEAR SESSION ISL0NCEST SINCE 1888;
 CONGRESS SPENDING
By ALEXANDER K. GEORGE AP Feature Service Writer

WASHINGTON, Oct. %. - The 76th Congress started it's l940 grind as brief, budget-minded' sesslon but it has turned out to be the un- challenged No. l spender in U. S. peacetime history.
 Originally figured to come to a close in June, the session has con- tinued later into the fall than any in a general election year since 1888.
 Five months ago, economy -mind- ed members voiced apprehension at prospective total appropriations for the year of $7,780,000,00.
 Came the conquest of France Congress started voting speedy and almost unanimous approval of billions for defense.
 Appropriations for the session will run around $17000,000,0 ,000 Previous peacetime mark was $13,351 100000 set by the same Congress at it's session last year.
 Highest In 1918
 Highest wartime mark was $27,- 0S5,O00,000 voted by 50th Con- gress in 1918.
 Some $12,000, 0,00C000 will go foi national defense. This does not in- clude future expenditures for the two-ocean navy authorized by Con- gress which would bring the total arranged-for defense outlay tC about $16,OOO, 100000
 Thirty -odd legislative measures provide for military and naval equipment ranging from buttons to battleships and from forks to flying fortresses.
 From June l to October 1, Con- gress voted defense funds at the rate of $82,536 a minute for every minute, night and day.
 The 76th Congress also made history by ordering the mobiliza- ton of military manpoWer on a scale heretofore unapproached ir peacetime.
 The conscription law called fol the registration of more than 16,- 5O0,00O men-every eighth person in the country-for selective mili- tary service.
 More Income Taxes
 The defense tax law, designed to raise $1 ,OO6, 100000 a year, puts the heaviest Federal tax load or U. s. citizens since the World War
 An additional 2,050,00 persons with small incomes will become Federal taxpayers next March IS Exemptions are reduced and 2 "super-tax" of 10 percent is added
 Congress also boosted by 10 per. cent most of the excise taxes-or tobacco, liquor, autos, tires, ra' dios, etc.
 A "no-war- -millionaires' law put a graduated tax of 25-to-50 percen
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WASHINGTON = Nothing has been said about it publicly, but the Defense Commission has persuaded the Army to make a revolutionary change in its purchasing methods. It will mean juicy orders to hun- dreds of factories which never had a look in before.
 The new system junks the old procedure of advertised bids and substitutes a modified plan of ne gotiated contracts. Instead of buy ing shoes, shirts, or raincoatS in huge quantities from a few large concerns, the Army will purchase these goods as far as possible with in each of the nine corps areas.
 This means that small local fac- tories will have a chance to obtain a chunk of the Army's business.
 The new procedure works this way: When the Army needs l. O0OO GOO pairs of shoes, it will not ask for bids on the total order, upon which only few of the big gest firms can bid. Instead, the Procurement Divisions of the nine Army Corps areas will each ask manufacturers in their districts to submit a bid on as large an order as they can fill within specified time. The manufacturer must also make a statement on the size Of his plant, type of equipment, num- Der of employees, wage levels, work ing conditions, and other details about his methods.
 At corps headquarters these of- fers are opened on a given day and hour, but not publicly as in the past. Instead, the quoted prices will be kept confidential until the or ders have been allocated.
 Each corps abstracts the bids submitted and makes a report to the Quartermaster General .n Washington. There the awards are decided on the basis of lowest price plus considerations of speed of delivery, labdr standards, local conditions and other military fac
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-29
President Charges Repub- Iicans with Sabotage
 of u. S. Plans
PRAISE IS GIVEN 10
 FIGHTING SEA FORCES
Declares Army and Air Corps Must Be Brought
 Up for Safety

NEW YORK, Oct. 29-President Franklin D. Roosevelt, broadcasting his major political address from Madison Square Garden last night, accused the Republican leaders, who are now complaining about national defenses being neglected, of re- peatedly attempting sabotage ot the past efforts of the Administra- tion to increase defenses.'
 The President said: T now brand as false, the statements now being made by Republican campaign ora tors, day after day and night after night, that rearming of Americans is slow, that it is hamstrung and impetied, and that 1t will never be able to meet the threats fro m abroad"
 The President said that the al- formative to his reelection would be risking the future of the Ma tion "in inexperienced hands of those who in these perilous days are willing and recklessly implying that our boys are already on their way to the transports.
 Republican Timidity
 The President did not refer oy name to Willkie, who recently said that if the Presidents peace prom ises are no better than some others, then the boys might as well be OH transports.
 The President called the sRepubli- can leadership record the same record of timidity, weakness and shortsightedness which governed the policy of confused reactionary Gov ernments in France and England before the war;
 Our Navy and Army
 President Roosevelt said that "to- day our Navy is at the peak of ef- ficiency and fighting strength, ship for ship and man for man. It Is as powerful and efficient as any that ever sailed the seas in the history of the world.
 Our Army and Air Forces are now at the highest they have ever been in peacetime but in the light of existing dangers they are. not great enough for absolute safety of Americans"
 Charge Against GOPers
 President Roosevelt charged that
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-29

scraped in sliding off the rocks, &C., cording to information received from the Cyane.
 The underwriters, it is said, are worried over $3O0,OO0 in gold bullion destined for the Seattle Assay Office from the Alaska Juneau Gold Min ing Company mine at Juneau. The bullion is in three sacks weighing a total of 200 pounds.
 The Alaska's passengers, taken to Prince Rupert by the rescue ship North Coast, were brought here aboard the steamer Yukon and were transferred to the Aleutian, now en- route south to Seattle.
 The mail aboard the Alaska Is on the North Coast, due in Seattle tomorrow morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-29
If Is Open
 Season on
 Road5igns

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 29. The deer and duck hunting sea- sons are not welcomed by the Cali fornia State Automobile Associa- ton, which erects the official road signs.
 The period is regularly marked by extensive damage to signs. The as- sociation offers a standing reward for Identification of guilty marks men.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-29
Political
 Broadtasfs

Political addresses slated for this afternoon or evening, Pacific Coast time, are as follows:
 Norman Thomas, NEG, 4:30 o. clock this afternoon.
 Ambassador Kennedy, mystery speech, CBS, o'clock this eve- ming.
 Al Smith, CBS. 6:30 o'clock this evening.
 Willkie questions and answers, NEG, 7:30 o'clock this evening.
 Browder, CBS, 7.45 o'clock this evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-29
NorwayFates
 Tough Winter

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 29.-Swedcs sponsoring a drive for 700 tons of clothing for needy Norwegians, de- clare 30,OOO are without homes as a result of the war and may be compelled to spend the winter i'll tents and roughly constructed huts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-29
Bridges Now On
 Visit, Washington

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. = CIO West Coast Chief Harry Bridges has arrived here but it is not known whether he is to visit with John L. Lewis during his brief stay in the national capital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-29
U. }. MiniSier 10
 Canada Pays Visit
 To City of Toronto

TORONTO, Oct. 29. = United States Minister to Canada Jay P. Moffatt, has been given a civic reception here and presented with the golden key to the city by the Mayor and City councilmen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-29
PADGET RETURNS

Quincy Padget, of the Post Of- flee Staff in Juneau, who has been in the States, returned to Juneau aboard the North Sea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-29
To Ban French from
 Listening 10 British Broadeasfs;; Penalties

VICHY. Oct. 29--A resolution has been introduced in Council forbid ding French citizens to listen to any British radio broadcasts under heavy penalties.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-29
MOVIE BACHELOR DRAWN

HOLLYWOOD, oct. 29. = James Stewart, bachelor, was the first top ranking movie star whose number was drawn in the draft call.
 Stewards number, 126, was 3O9th in the list of those drawn.
 He is a civilian pilot with many hours.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-29
SWAPS ARE BACK

Clifford Swap, wife and young son. returned to their Juneau home aboard the North Sea after several weeks in the States.
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-04-04
Census
Women DOM Kno,u AUthe Answers

status (whether married, single,
widowed, divorced.)
The highest grade of school
completed.
The place of your birth and cit
izenship if of foreign birth.
Your place of residence April
1, 1885. e
If you are over IA years of age
you will give:
Your employment during the
week of March "a to March 80
and the number of hours you
worked that week.
The number of weeks that you
worked in 1889 and the amount
of salaries, wages or commissions
you received last year.
You must answer yes or no to
the question, "Did this person re-
ceive income of $50 or more from
sources other than wages or SAL
ary?"
The enumerator gets four cents
a head for the population sched-
ule which includes the questions
above and eight cents for each
housing schedule which asks:
Do you own your home? If so,
estimate the amount of rent you
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-04-04
Brief Court
Term Probable
2 ACTIONS RESULTING
FROM ARRESTS ON !.
COURT CALENDAR

A brief spring term of district
court in Redwood county is pre-
dicted as attorneys prepare cases
for the first day of the session
Monday when Judge Albert Ener-
sen will open court hearings. The
petit jury will report at 10 a. m.
Wednesday.
Three of the 80 civil cases list
ed for trial promise to be inter-
esting. They include the suit of Mrs.
Emma Good of Walnut Grove
against j. Norman Peterson,
state liquor commissioner, Henry
Nordlin, deputy commissioner and
others for alleged false arrest. A.
r. English of Tracy, her attorney,
said she is asking around $780,.
900.
Another is an appeal from a
Redwood county probate court
decision on the estate of Mrs.
Margaret Schaffer and there will
be a suit by Emil Kruse against
Morris Jorgenson, Morgan mar
shall, in another action growing
out of an arrest.
Seventeen of the 80 cases were
carried over from the fall term
calendar.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-04-04
CITY RECREATION
PROGRAM FOLDS

Redwood Falls recreation pro-
gram folded this week when
members of the city council which
sponsored the. project withdrew
their support, some members of
the school board which, had given
cooperation to the program ex-
pressed their dissatisfaction with
it and members of the city recre-
alton planning committee indicat-
ed that they would like to give the
whole thing up. s
Clark Sponaugle, city recreation
supervisor, had his position term
mated, effective April 7, the New
.Ulm district office announced this
week. Last week district officials
terminated the jobs of Carl Spar
by and Robert Baldwin, recrea-
ton leaders.
This leaves Charles Joneson,
Marian Tenney and Burdelle
Beckstrand on the recreation staff
until the New Ulm office learns
of the sponsors withdrawal and
takes further action.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-04-04
Waterman Hearings
Scheduled In May

Hearing on proposed building
of Waterman on Ramsey street
from Flynn street south to an un-
named street running west of the
water tower was set by the city
council at its regular meeting
Monday night.
Ramsey street passes the Rote
hatchery, Emil Worsech and L. P.
Winter properties.
This and another hearing on
assessments for sewer and water
construction by WPA labor last
fall and winter will be held at the
regular May meeting.
The council voted to send Po-
lice Chief c. E. johnson to the
state police school at the Univer-
sity of Minnesota April Is to 10
and granted a special exception
building permit to the Coca-Cola
company for construction of a
warehouse and garage on high
way 10 between the Webb and
Texaco oil stations. -.
They granted beer licenses to the
Green Parrot, Lauterbach's, Ben's
Cafe, Mint and Randgaard's and
bought six small fire extinguish-
ers from Rud Stensvad for use in
city buildings. County commits
sioners purchased IL extinguish-
ers from Stensvad at their meet
ing this week.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-04-04
BETTER ROADS
. PROSPECT
BELIEVE HIGHWAY II
WILL BE TREATED
THIS SUMMER

The Minnesota sector of high
way IL, part of the American
Highway which extends from.
Mexico City to Winnipeg, appears
to be coming into its own.
To the grading project near
Window announced in March,
projects farther north of Kandi-
yohi and Hubbard counties were
added. The department is taking
bids on stabilized aggregate base
and bituminous surface treatment
north from the south Kandiyohi
line, nine miles toward Willmar.
The Hubbard project is 80 miles
Of grading near Park Rapids.
Meanwhile w. M. Smith, peren-
NAL highway II chairman, report
ed at Lions club Monday that H.
y. Granum, whose position is
somewhat the same at Window,
is assured that most of the road
between Redwood Falls and Win
dom will be oil surfaced this
summer.
Funds were allotted at the state
SApitol0 this week to Minnesota
81 counties. Redwood county's
share of the $4,000 distribut-
ed from one mill tax and gas tax
funds is $86,519. OF this amount,
$13,269 is from the one mill levy.
Renville county's share was
slightly more, $13,371 from the
one mill tax and $73,500 from
the gas tax, a total of $86,781.
Yellow Medicine county gets $13,-
600 and $4,000, total of 500 900.
On highway 4 at Sleepy Eye,
the highway department called
for bids on grading, paving and
sidewalks for an underpass where
the road crosses the c and NV
tracks.
Redwood county commissioners
let contracts for grading nearly
Is miles of state and county aid
roads Wednesday. George Huh
nerkoch of Redwood Falls was
awarded three jobs, William
Schottenbauer one and John Ose
of Belview, one.
One job, state aid road number
6, running from highway 10
north on the Delhi road ,1.36
miles, was rejected as the county
was unable to obtain easements
for additional right-of-way.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-04-04

Lightning played April FOOL
tricks at the Floyd Trent farm
home, three miles southwest of
Delhi, Tuesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Trent were COM
fortably seated in the living room
about $50 p. m. 1t was raining
and laundering outside.
Suddenly there was terrific
crash as bolt Of lightning struck
the chimney. Mr.. Trent, who was
toasting his shins with his feet on
the parlor stove, didn't feel the
effect of the shock but Mrs. Trent
whose chair was several feet from
the stove, was knocked onto the
floor.
Investigation revealed still
stranger things. The upper three
feet of the chimney was scattered
about the yard, although only one
brick appears to have travelled
west. 1t hit the Trent car, parked
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-04-04
Weed Meeting
Here Saturday
STATE MEN TO ATTEND
ALL DAY SESSION
AT LINCOLN SCHOOL

The annual Redwood county
weed meeting, usually lively
session, will be held at the Lin
coin school in Redwood Falls,
Saturday from 10 a. m. to p. m.
c. H. Schrader and George Ham
merbeck of the state department
of agriculture will be present and
reports will be made by Wesley
Mckay, county weed inspector
and the township weed inspectors.
Mr.. Mckay has late information
on his subject as he attended
weed and seed control school at
the state office building in st.
Paul last Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
In the forenoon the general
weed law and the primary nox-
ious weed law will be explained.
Special legislation on hybrid seed
corn and wild hemp and forms
used by weed inspectors will be
discussed.
The afternoon will be given
over to weed eradication by
spraying and black fallow. Cues
tions on the success of methods of
killing weeds will be answered.
Special invitations have gone
out to the members of the county
board, township chairmen and
city and village officials. The
meeting is open to anyone inter-
ested.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-04-04

could receive for it, unfinished.
In what year was the structure
originally built?
How many rooms are occupied
by you and your family? (Do not
include halls, bath rooms or pan
tries. Don't include attics or base
ments unless they are finished
off and available for use as liv-
ing quarters. Do not include por-
ches or sunrooms unless they are
used, or available for use, as liv-
ing quarters throughout the year. j
From what source do you OBJ
tain your water supply? Running
water, hand pipe, source within
so feet of the building, etc.
What type of toilet facilities is
available in your household?
Is there a bathtub or shower
with running water piped to it?
What is the principal lighting
equipment? Electric, gas, kero-
sene, etc.
What is your refrigeration
equipment?
Do you have a radio in your
dwelling unit?
What is the principal heating
equipment and the principal fuel
used?
If you do not own your home
you are asked:
Is the use of furniture included
in your monthly rent? II so, esti-
mate what you would have to pay
for your dwelling unfinished.
In addition to rent, what is the
average cost to you of electricity,
gas, other fuel and water.
Home owners will answer:
What is the current market VAL
ue of the property which includes
the home you own?
How many dwelling units are
included in it.
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