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Evening star., 1940-01-17
Cameron 6. Garman
Reelected Head
OF Group Health
Dr.. Russell F. Cohoon
Named Assistunt
Medical Director

Cameron G. Garman of the Farm
Credit Administration was reelected
president Of Group Health Associa-
ton, Inc. by the G. H. A. board Of
trustees last night.
Miss Edith lockwood, Labor De-
partment, was reelected vice presi-
dent Of the medical cooperative of
Government employees and DR.. Rus
sell F. Cahoon was named assistant
medical director.
Morgan Sibbett, a native of San
Francisco, who came to G. H. A.
January !, was named associate
business manager, and Perry r. Tay-
lar, administrator of G. H. A., was
chosen secretary-treasurer.
Mr.. Garman, Miss lockwood and
Robert Shields of the Department
of Agriculture were reelected
trustees at the annual meeting of
the organization Monday night.
New Trustees Named.
New members of the board of
trustees chosen at the same time
were Albert H. Aronson, Social Sc
curity Board; William C. Bowen,
Railroad Retirement Board and
Mrs. Edwina v. Avery, Department
Of Agriculture.
At the meeting last night the
Board of Trustees approved pro-
posals to add two additional ply
sicians to the staff of Group Health
This will permit the addition of a
limited number of new Group Health
members during the year.
Reports at the annual meeting
were made by Mr.. German, DR..
Mario Scandiffio medical director;
Mr.. Taylor and others.
Members were informed of a net
gain in membership during 1893
amounting to 268. With their de-
pendents, these members comprise
a group of $50 additional persons
who look to Group Health for their
medical and hospital services.
On cash basis, members were
told, Group Health has shown a sur
plus during three out of the past
four months and Group Health
members were admitted without diff
flculty in 1889 to all local hospitals
Open House Next Week.
An opportunity to view the facili-
ties and meet the staff of G. II. A
will be extended all interested non.
members January 26, Mr.. Taylor
announced yesterday at public
meeting in the Library of Congress
Mr.. Taylor said the open house
would begin at 8 pm in the G. H. A
clinic, 1888 I street NV.
The business administrator of the
cooperative was one of three Off
GERS who spoke al the meeting
which was arranged by committee
OF the librarys employees to acquaint
Federal workers on Capitol Hill
and in the Government Printing
Office with the monthly payment
medical care plan of G. H. A.
DR.. Scandifflo, medical director
traced the development of the
group in membership, staff and
equipment since its establishment
late in 1887, pointing out the orig
inal membership of BIT has grown
to almost 2,400.
The administrative setup was ex-
planned briefly by Garman.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Reds Spur Troops Into Attack
With Slogans From Trenches

missars, who accompany Red SOL
diers all the time. remained behind,
firing catchwords out of the
trenches.
The attack was aimed at Finnish
posts which the enemy judged weak
est. The extreme cold forced the
Russians to advance with their
arms folded on their chests and
hands tucked into the sleeves. Their
guns were left strapped across their
backs until they were close enough
to shoot effectively.
Finnish machine guns withheld
their fire until the Russians were
near enough to be moved down
without waste of ammunition
Then the Firms closed down on their
triggers-and after a few minutes
of firing those of the enemy who
had not fallen were scattered and
retreating The number of dead was
not determined.
Evening star., 1940-01-17

BY the Associated Press.
WITH THE FINNISH ARMY IN
LAPLAND, Jan. 17.-Four hundred
Russian soldiers, urged on by fiery
pep talks from their Communist
commissars, attempted vainly to
smash an opening through Finnish
lines in the Salla sector yesterday
and left their dead and wounded
to freeze on the snow-covered
ground
Shortly before midnight, the Firms
heard the loud voices of the COM
missars crashing through the frozen
silence of 20degrees- below zero
weather. The commissars were at
tempting to stir the frost bitten
soldiers to battle pitch.
Under cover of heavy artillery
fire, the Russians attacked some of
them yelling "Urraa! USraa!' in
response to the spiriteH send-off of
the political spokesmeh The COM
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Phoney Bookkeeping
Used by Roosevelt,
Landon Charges
1896 6. or. Nominee
Charges Evasion Of
Statutory Debt Limit
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALDWIN, Kans., Jan. 17.-Alf M.
Landon said last night president
Roosevelt has evaded the statutory
debt limit by phoney bookkeeping
and use of emergency powers grant,
ed him to use the borrowing facili-
ties of the numerous Federal cor
porations."
In an address before the Young
Republican Club of Baker Univers-
ity. the 1886 Republican presidential
nominee asserted the administra-
tion's financial policies have led the
Nation into a "precarious fiscal sit
uation"
In addition to the visible debt of
Sal ,942 900 900, the former Kansas
Governor said, guaranteed obliga-
tions of the Government totaled S.
62l 100000 on December 81, raising
Indebtedness against the people to
SAT ,563 900 900 or 50 ,563, 900 900 above
the statutory limit.
Budget Called Tricky.
The Presidents budget sent to
Congress last week was the trickiest
of any he has yet submitted" Mr..
Landon declared, adding:
He simply figured out way to
avoid the appearance of two much
deficit, then passed the buck to
Congress CHe) used $400,-
100000 of new taxes just as if he al
ready had it and knowing full we'll
that Congress would hesitate long
time before saddling any additional
taxes on the country.
If Congress doesn't vote the new
taxes or raise the debt limit, the
President knows what he can do un-
der his emergency powers. First. he
Ncan authorize issuance of $780,
100000 of silver certificates backed
by the silver reserve in the United
States Treasury Then he has au-
thority to issue 100000, 900 worth
of greenbacks.
Bookkeeping Detour Cited.
Then he can borrow $5O,0O0 ,000,-
600 or any part of it that might be
needed from the Federal agencies
and thus detour the Treasury book
keeping. This funny bookkeeping
system will put off the day of reck-
oning until after the election.
The budget cannot be balanced in
year it takes time. What
we must have is a President who will
not raise the debt limit bV tricky
methods"
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Coal Handlers Strike
Called in New York
As Mercury Drops
Fuel Deliveries Halted
In Four Borouehs;;
Peace Effort Made
BY the Associated Press,

! bS tHe ASSOCldteQ ITeSS-
NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-With the
temperature far below freezing, coal
deliveries in four boroughs of Great
er New York were partially para
lyzed today as the vanguard of S.
300 coal handlers went on strike.
The walkout, threatening millions
of office workers and apartment
dwellers with ,mid-winter shiver-
ing siege, followed collapse of ne
gotiations between the A. F.. of l..
International Brotherhood of Team
sters and Chauffeurs and the Coal
Merchants and Fuel Merchants As
Sociations.
Truck drivers, yard men and help
ers struck in Manhattan, the Bronx,
Queens and Brooklyn.
Shortly before noon, the coal COM
panies accepted an offer by the
State Mediation Board to attempt
to bring both sides together for
discussion of the points in dispute.
William H. Davis. board chair
man, said he would try to arrange
a joint meeting this afternoon.
Mercury Drops to IL.
Meanwhile, anxious householders,
with an eye on the family coal bin,
saw the mercury drop to a low of
II degrees, and the Weather Bu-
reau forecast a minimum tempera-
ture of S degrees in city and suburbs
tonight.
First reports that last-minute ef-
forts to avert strike had failed
came at $50 am. when three large
coal companies telephoned police
headquarters that their drivers had
struck.
Police throughout the city i'm
mediately began a survey to deter
mine the extent of the walkout and
its effect on deliveries.
The strike resulted from the re-
fusal of coal dealers to accede to
the unions demands for a wage in
crease from 81 to 81 20 an hour with
an extra man on each truck as a
safety measure and to reduce un-
employment.
Dealers contended that if they
met the union demands it would in
crease their labor costs 140 per cent.
Jersey Handlers Strike.
simultaneously. coal handlers in
Hudson County, N j.. went on strike
in quest of a wage boost to 81 an
hour. The present scale was not
disclosed
John J. Conlin, president of
the New Jersey International Broth
erhood of Teamsters and Chauffeurs,
said the strike there affected Jersey
City, Bayonne, North Hudson and
Hoboken.
In the New York situation, it was
believed most coal consumers had
taken advantage of advance warn
ings to lay in supplies which would
forestall at least an immediate short
age
Mayor LaGuardia said he had re-
ceived assurances that there would
be no interruption of delivery of
contracted coal to the city hospitals.
He said Bellevue Hospital had 1000
tons on hand, enough to last about
six days.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
FiinIund
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the Firms were mining, and trans
ferred to a low, o-passenger sled
for miles more.
Men on horseback towed their
captain and adjutant, who were on
skis. Low branches brushed at us.
and one could have trailed hand
in the snow from the sled.
A biting wind swirled the snow.
At intervals, the soldiers paused to
rub snow on their faces as FROST
bite preventive.
On the border, the party stopped
at a farmhouse, while ski troops
famed out to reconnoiter.
I walked with others for an hour,
through a tree-blocked valley, past
Finnish dugouts and through gaps
in barbed-wire entanglements. The
Firms had felled the trees to make
way for artillery action, the stumps
and logs remaining to guard against
Russian tanks. On Russian soil. we
prowled for more than an hour in a
clearing beside frozen lake.
(Hawkins' description of the
location indicates this probably
was Tuulijarvi, a narrow lake
about five miles inside Russia)
Skirmish Two Days Before.
Although there was skirmish
here two days previously, no warlike
sounds broke the wintry silence that
greeted us.
The deep valleys. choked with
snow, and the evergreen-forested
hills conveyed the impression this
was a high, mountainous region, al
most like our own American Rockies.
Actually the attitudes range from
slightly above sea level to maxi
mum of about 1850 feet.
The sickly sun faded early, and
we made our way back by the dim
light of quarter moon. The patrol
stopped occasionally to listen in
tently and peer into side-paths that
meandered into the gloomy woods.
Back at the tent that was head
quarters my captain-host served a
dinner that included cocktails, beef
stewed with macaroni and coffee
followed by cigars. The staff lolled
on blankets, toasting their bare feet
at the camp stove.
Still farther behind the line, at
a modern military base, I had break
fast in bed, served by two blond,
dark-eyed members of the Lolita
Svard, the Finnish Women's Auxil-
iary Corps.
Reds Drove 20 Miles.
The Finnish commanding colonel
said that at the start of the war
the Russians were able to drive
about 20 miles into Finland here
because both sides of the border
for 80 miles had been demilitarized
by agreement.
Rushing men to the scene, the
Firms defeated the Russians Decem-
ber 10 on the northern of the two
highways branching from Lieksa, he
said.
On Christmas Eve they defeated
the Russians on the southern high
way and then for the first time
pushed into Russian territory.
GA Russian communique of
four days ago, reviewing the last
three weeks of the war, said for
eign reports that Finnish troops
had broken through the front
in all directions, crossed. the
frontier and waged operations on
Russian territory" were IAN utter
lie. and a childish, witless, laugh
able lie at that.'O
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Senator Boruh in Bed
After Fall at Home

Senator Borah, Republican, o1
Idaho remained in his bed today
because of sprains and bruises re-
.ceived when he slipped on a rug
in the hallway of his home yester-
day.
The Senator, who is rs years old
was said by his physician, DR.. Worth
Daniels, to be resting easily and in
no danger. His office said the Sena-
tor would be confined to his home
for several days.
Representative Taylor, Democrat
of Colorado was in Walter Reed
Hospital today while physicians
treated him for a cold. DR.. George
w. Calver, Capitol physician. said
the 81-year-old chairman of the
House Appropriations Committee
had no fever and that his condition
was good.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
; to Take Flight Training

Three students who have been
undergoing preliminary training at
the Navy air base here are among
list of Al cadets appointed for
flight training at Pensacola, Fla. the
Navy announced yesterday. They
are Lauchlin McIver Kelly, Texas,
Md; Benjamin Floyd Rowe. Crock
EFT, Va, and William Simpson
Strong, Princeton. w. Va.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Navy Asks Permission
To Accept Lond

The Navy asked Congress yester-
day for authority to accept a parcel
of land at the Floyd Bennett airport
in New York for use as a base for
Navy planes on the neutrality patrol.
In letter to Speaker Bankhead,
Secretary of the Navy Edison ex-
planned that the land would be given
to the Navy by the city of New York.
He said the more immediate need"
for the land is for the neutrality pa
troll and its early acceptance is of
the utmost importance"
The Navy recently announced
plans to build two large hangers at
the Floyd Bennett field and at other
bases along the Atlantic Coast and
in the Caribbean area for planes on
the neutrality patrol.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Fleeing Intruder
Leaves Ladder by
Window Near Child
StumbIes Over
Blackboard After
Entering Bedroom

An intruder who climbed ladder
into child's bedroom at 1864 Ritten-
house street NV. last night was
frightened away when he stumbled
over blackboard in the dark.
The child's mother, Mrs w. Irvine
Russell, heard the clatter of the
falling blackboard and ran upstairs.
She found her daughter, Sally, 3
years old, asleep beside an open
window The screen had been raised
from the outside.
Mr.. Russell, Navy engineer, was
away from home at the time. Mrs.
Russell called neighbor, who dis
covered that a 20-foot ladder had
been placed under the window.
Police were summoned.
May Have Planned Kidnapping.
The officers believed the intruder
intended to rob the home and leaped
from the window after falling over
the blackboard Mr. and Mrs. Russell,
however, feared the man planned to
kidnap their daughter.
The ladder was crude, home
made affair, police said The in
truder made no attempt to take it
with him when he fled.
Eva A. Apperson of 5759 Thir-
teenth street NV. told police a
burglar entered her apartment last
night and escaped through bed
room window with her pocketbook
containing $3.50. She said she got
glimpse of the burglar as he sud-
denly emerged from the bedroom,
grabbed up her purse and ran back
to the window. The burglar also
took a childs savings bank con-
tainlng 81.
Holdup Suspects Held.
Detective Sergt. Daniel Jones Of
the robbery squad arrested three
colored youths in connection with
the holdups yesterday of a High
ice cream store in the 100 block
OF U street NV and a Palace Laun-
dry branch in the 14OO block of New
Jersey avenue NV. The robbers
obtained s32 at the ice cream store
and s18 at the laundry branch.
The suspects were 16, II and 18
years old. They were to be ques-
toned in additional robberies, de-
tectives said.
Ralph White, colored, Of 1882 T
street NV. told police that two
gunner with handkerchiefs over
the lower part of their faces took
$3.50 from him last night as he
started to enter his automobile
parked in an alley near his home.
He said both robbers had guns
trained on him while they TOOK his
pocketbook.
Evening star., 1940-01-17

for an Argentine agreement had
collapsed because no assurances
would be given that determinations
would be stopped.
He assured the committee that the
State Department was alert to dis
examinations, and stated he was GER
tain that any damaging British and
French action had been protested.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
DR.. RuhIdnd
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ton bill for the Commissioners and
because no such idea was discussed
at the public hearing held by the
Commissioners.
Rumors that some changes in the
Commissioners plan had White
House inspiration followed brief
conference MIR. Allen had with the
President before the Commissioners
bill was sent to the Budget Bureau.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Club Plans Binqo Purty

Members of the Southern Mary
land Democratic Club will stage a
bingo party at pm. tomorrow eve
ming at their clubhouse on May
hew road, near Suitland, Md.
Evening star., 1940-01-17

Peru is turning from Germany to
the United States for medicinal
products.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18
BrOOkville Home
Training Unit
Elects Officers
By Mrs. Otto BIoenke

Brookville-The south unit of
the home demonstration project
held its check-up meeting Friday
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
John Hannah. Food preparation
reports were checked. Officers
elected were: chairman, Mrs. Vir-
tus Fonken and secretary, Mrs.
Hannah. Leaders for next fall
will be Mrs. Ernest Wendt and
Mrs. Harold Veenstra. The group
decided to take two evening les
sons on good refrigeration with
Mrs. Albert Jeske and Mrs. Han
nah as leaders. The north unit
received its last lesson in food
preparation at the home of Mrs.
Fred Bast the same afternoon.
Mrs. Bast and Mrs. George Rose
are leaders. They will hold their
check-up session at the home of
Mrs. KrebS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Klabunde
entertained relatives and neigh
bors Friday evening in honor of
their daughter, Beverly's birth
day. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Jeske en-
tertained the following relatives
at dinner Sunday in celebration
of their wedding anniversary: Mr..
and Mrs. Emil Winkelmann and
family, Mrs. Meyer and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred JeSke, all
of Springfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. William jacobson
entertained friends at a whist
party Friday evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Arthur Clock en-
tertained friends at the home of
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Bast Friday
evening. The women quilted and
the men played cards.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harm Baker and
family were guests at the Jorgen
Peterson home south of Golden
Sunday.
Albert Jeske and Otto Bloemke
were in Redwood Falls Thursday
on business.
Kenneth Menk of Morgan and
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Arndt, Har-
riet and Eugene visited Saturday
and Sunday at the Herman Kiln
ker home at Randall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Peterson, AL
ton and James, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gerhardt Peterson and Eta and
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Peterson
and family were dinner guests
Sunday at the Louis Peterson
home in Sleepy Eye. Other guests
there were Peter Peterson and his
sister, Mrs. Hanna Nelson of
Morgan.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18

Sleepy Eye called on Mrs. Louis
Kissner Saturday.
Lydia and Leona Gerth of
Lamberton are spending the week
with THEM brother Walter.
Theodore Schwanke and Jer-
ONE Halverson were Sunday din
ner guests at the Donald Schwan-
Ike home at Sanborn.
/. Milton Werner, Rienhart Wer-
ner, August Gumto and Walter
Gerth went on a tour to Winona
Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Wegner
and Dale spent Sunday with Mrs.
Wegner's mother, Mrs. c. Carlson
at Westbrook.
c. Goehring left Tuesday to at
tend a Farmers Mutual Insurance
company meeting at the Ryan
hotel, st. Paul. He returned FRI
day.
Mrs. Theodore Schwanke ac-
companied her daughter to New
Richmond, Wis. Friday. She will
also visit relatives at Eau Claire
and Milwaukee before returning.
Louis Kissner and daughters
Melba and Mrs. William Bor-
chardt attended the funeral of a
relative at Wabasso Saturday.
Louis Erkel and daughter are
spending the week with Mr.. En-
keps parents at LIE Center.
Mrs. Hannah Beaten of Milroy
will spend several days at the
Everett Wilt home.
Lyle Schwanke and Marvin
Batzlaff spent the weekend with
relatives in Minneapolis.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18
mrs. BANCERTER
!OF WABASSO DIES
RESIDENT OF COUNTY
40 YEARS; BORN
IN SWITZERLAND

Wabasso-Funeral services were
held Saturday afternoon at the
Evangelical church here for Mrs.
John Bangerter who died Thurs
day morning. Rev. w. Wordel-
man had charge and interment
was at the New Avon Evangelical
cemetery.
Pallbearers were Russell Aus
tin, Devon and Marvin Ban
gerter, Albert Weber, Fred Haus-
emann and Ed Norman.
Mrs. Bangerter, n, had been
falling in health for several years
Elizabeth Kormann was born De-
cember /, 1862 at Berne Switzer-
land. In girlhood she came to
America and November 20, 1888
she was married to John Bangert-
er at New Ulm. They made their
home at Sleepy Eye and later at
Amboy until 1900 when they NOV
ed to a farm in Redwood county
Later they retired and moved to
Wabasso
Mr.. and Mrs. Bangerter had
seven children who with Mr..
Bangerter mourn her death. They
are William F. of Revere, Mrs.
James Austin, Robert, Louis,
Marie, and Walter, all of Wabasso
and Mrs. King of Seaforth. Three
sisters, Mrs. Anna Weber, Wabas-
so; Mrs. Lena Datweiler, Lake
Crystal and Mrs. Matte Hofer Of
Berne, Switzerland and, two bro
theirs, Rudolf Kormann of Wa
basso and Chris Kormann of Bot
tineau, North Dakota also survive.
There are 16 grandchildren.
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forded the entertainment for the
evening. Mrs. F. j. Fenske and
Mrs. c. C. Brosch were awarded
first and second honors. Refresh
ments brought by the guests were
served. Tuesday afternoon neigh
bors dropped in at the Jensen
home to help her celebrate her
birthday.
Mrs. c. C. Brosch who spent
the week with her Son-in-law
and daughter Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Hanson at Minneapolis returned
home Sunday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18
Shutdown Events
By Gazette Writer
Nv ElSie .Jensen

Sundown-Mr. and Mrs. Ebert
Meyer of Clements visited MIR.
and Mrs. Herman Tonak and
family Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. .Senius Jensen
and Richard accompanied by Mrs.
John Kagel of Clements, drove to
Triumph Saturday where they
visited the B. r. Bergeson family
until Sunday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Wendt,
Lois and. Bonnie, of Springfield
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Stewig
of New Avon were Sunday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Jensen.
Mr.. and MIS-. Fred Werner at
| tended party at the home of
| Mn. and Mrs. Ed Stain in Brook
vile Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Jensen
and family visited Mr.. and Mrs,
Tony Jensen at Springfield Sum
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Werner
were among those present at a
dinner given Sunday by Mr.. and
Mrs. Wesley Werner in German
town.
Mrs. James Parsons of Elbow
| Lake was guest of Mr.. and Mrs,
Lloyd Thorston Saturday after
| noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Ziegen-
hagen and Calvin called on the
Rinehold Ziegenhagen family at
Morgan Sunday afternoon.
| Mrs. Herman Tonak and Emma
visited Mrs. Minnie Schwan al
Wabasso Monday.
Mrs. Luther Hack was hostess
at the January meeting of the
Ladies Aid.
Recent guests at the Tonak
home were Mrs. Joseph Bellig
and Emil of Mankato, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bernard Kastner of Revere,
Mrs. Ida Tonak, Sleepy Eye, Mr..
and Mrs. William Clarkin, Sea-
forth and Mrs. Bernard Carsten-
sen of Redwood Falls.
Leander Meyer and Warren
Jensen attended sale at the
Lamberton pavilion Saturday af-
! ternoon.
Carroll Show is enjoying a visit
with the Robert Vernon, Mrs.
Anna Lawrence and Morris Show
families at Pine River.
Francis Lipetzky drove to st.
Paul Wednesday to get his BROTH
er Vincent who will spend three
weeks vacation at his home. He
is student at the st. Paul SEM
mary. Mrs. Harry Erwin of Belle
PLANE will return with them to
visit her mother Mrs. Philomena
Lipetzky.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Thorston
entertained Tuesday evening: Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Tonak, Mr.. and
Mrs. Michael Show and Ralph,
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Johnson and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hem
mingson and family and the L. G.
Bredvold family of Charlestown.
They played games, including
Chinese checkers after which
Mrs. Thorstpn served a midnight
lunch.
Mrs. Gus Ziegenhagen arrang-
ed a party Friday evening in
honor of her mother Mrs. Carrie
Jensen's birthday. 1t was held at