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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18
Gains Reported in
Battle With Weeds
GOOD COOPERATION,
REALIZATION OF
DANGER CREDITED

Although the war is by no
means won, Redwood county far
mers have broken the weed
"West wall' and creeping jenny.
leafy spurge. Canadian thistle and
French weed divisions are in or
derby but reasonably speedy re-
treat.
Reconnoiter activities carried on
by Wesley Mckay, county weed
inspector with the aid of town.
ship chairmen indicate clearly
that progress is being made on
every front. Mr.. Mckay says Co
operation and a better realization
of the problem weeds can be-
come" are mainly responsible for
the gains.
Sixteen township chairmen
have responded to a request for
estimates of the weed acreage in
their townships and Mr.. Mckay
has checked their guesses on
gains made since 1887, to, guard
against oVer-optimism.
Figures for the 16 townships
reporting (Of total of 26) show
a reduction in estimates of creep
ing jenny acreage from 1855 to
l,1846 acres. In addition, Mr.. Nc
Kay believes the present crop of
jenny is less healthy than the
1887 crop, suffering heavy cas-
ualties in recent encounters with
black fallow and sodium chlorate
treatments.
Sow Thistle Gains
Leafy spurge never made the
inroads on county property that
was made by jenny, long confus-
ed with morning glories. InfeSta-
ton amounted to 1914 acres in the
reporting townships two years
ago, now the scattered patches
total 1871 acres. Canadian thistles
infest 1913 acres compared with
GA two years ago while French
weed has backed up from so to
15A acres. Only weed covered in
the survey which is holding more
territory today than two years
ago is sow thistle, the figures
being 81 acres two years ago and
liz today.
While several townships re-
porting have no known patches of
creeping jenny and several no
spurge, sow thistle or French
Weed-Canadian thistle infesta-
tions were reported in every case
Homer and Vail townships
have the cleanest fields according
to the survey, only three acres Of
Canadian thistles being reported
in each. The range is from thres
acres to 564 acres, two townships
reporting nearly LOO of the 1,56;
acres of weeds reported for the 16
The average for the other IA is 81
acres.
Townships covered in the sur.
Continued on page two)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18
PAID SECRETARY
MATTER STUDIED
ANNUAL MEETING TO
AWAIT REPORT OF
COMMITTEE

Plans for the annual meeting of
the Civic and Commerce associa-
ton. tentatively slated for next
week, were tabled temporarily
Wednesday when directors Of the
organization met with the COM
mittee appointed to investigate the
matter of financing a paid secre-
tarv for the club.
The group decided to meet
again today to prepare budget
of expenses likely to be incurred
in the EXPANDED C. and G pro-
gram for 1910. and then hold a
series of meetings with groups in
various business lines to deter
mine whether the amount can be
raised.
Members of the group felt the
matter should be presented at the
annual meeting but that plans
should be more carefully prepar-
ed. The aim is to cover all ex-
penses with one pledge, although
members NAV make quarterly
payments if they prefer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18
Former Resident, 100, Fought
In Civil War, Shibevrecked,
Voted for Abraham Lincoln

Rounding out 100 years of Wig
orous living, Godfrey Luscher
was honored at a party of 800
persons in Pasadena, California,
Friday, his birthday.
A congratulatory letter from
President Roosevelt and telegram
from Governor gilbert L. Olson
of California were presented him
at the fete, sponsored by the
Daughters of Union veterans of
the Civil war.
Attendants at the party includ-
ed his sister-in-law, Mrs. Emil
Kuenzli of Redwood Falls and her
granddaughter, 13-months old
Helen Carol Conterno of Pasa-
dena.
A former Redwood Falls resi-
dent, the centenarian is an uncle
of Charles Luscher and E. A.
Luscher of Redwood Falls; a
brother-in-law of B. H. Kuenzli,
Lena and Bertha Kuenzli of
North Redwood, Mrs. H. G. Wer-
der, Gottlieb and Charles Kuen-
Eli of Redwood Falls.
| At his birthday fete he sang,
1.-THE Girl l Left Behind Me-" and
recounted experiences of his full
life.
Born in Switzerland January
IL, 1910, he was six years old
when his father, a merchant,
moved to this country with his
wife and five children. They
came in a sailing vessel and dur
ing the AZ day trip, Godfrey SO
frequently slipped from the
watchful eyes of his elders and
climbed up the ratlines that the
sailors threatened to tie him up.
The family was living in Chic
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18
Mrs. Paffrath Heads
Eastern Star Matrons

Mrs. w. E. Paffrath was chosen
president and Mrs. B. H. Clark
secretary of Past Matrons club
organized Wednesday afternoon al
the Paffrath home. Sixteen form
er heads of the Eastern Star lodge
attended but the new organization
will have 81 members, all living
in Redwood Falls.
Meetings will be held four times
a year, the third Wednesday OF
January, April, July and October
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18
SPRINGFIELD, NEW ULM
IN ANOTHER FIRST
ROUND ENCOUNTER

Redwood Falls and Lamberton
will meet in the first round of the
district ten high school basketball
tournament to be played at the
New Ulm High school auditorium
March IA, Is and 16. Pairings
were made by superintendent
here Wednesday.
Springfield and New Ulm will
open the tournament at 1880 p. m.
March IA while Sleepy Eye drew
the "a" bracket winner of the
sub-district meet, for a game to be
played at Z p. m.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18
Cardinals Draw Lamberton as
First District Meet Opponent

The Redwood-Lamberton game
is slated at 8 and at 9 Fairfax
will tangle with the "B" bracket
winner to decide another semi
finalist.
In pairings made for the sub
district, to be played on the Red
wood Falls High school floor
March z, 8 and 9-Belview, Gay
lord, Delhi and Morgan drew first
round byes.
Gibbon and Echo will open the
meet at 4:30 p. m. March Z, the
winner to play Belvew in the sec
ond round. Winthrop and Nor
ton compete at p. m, with Gay
lord waiting to take on the win
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18
Second Earthquake
Leaves so Persons
Dead Near Ankara

Ankara, Turkey-(P)-Turkey's
second major earthquake in three
weeks was reported today to have
killed SO persons and injured $50
in the Nigde district, 200 miles
southeast of here.
This district, which escaped the
disastrous earthquake of Deem
Der % which killed at least 30
900 persons in northeast Anatol-
ia, suffered a series of heavy
shocks last night accompanied by
terrifying underground rumbl-
ings.
New quakes were felt in the de-
vastated region of the December
shock about 200 miles northeast
of today's quake area but no cas-
ualties were reported from there.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18
Firemen's Wives
Plan Night Out, Too

There'n be no light in the
windows for Redwood Falls fire
men when they go home from
their annual meeting and feed to-
night.
Their widows" will be out for
the evening, too.
Mrs. r. F. Byram will enter
tain wives of Redwood Falls
fire-eaters while the men are eat
ing, electing and receiving their
1899 pay checks, totaling 1889.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18

ner. One of these six teams will
enter the district tourney as the
"a" bracket winner.
In the sB" bracket, Franklin
and Walnut Grove are booked for
the 8 p. m. game on opening day,
the winner to be challenged by
Delhi. Nightcap of the first eve
ming will be the Wabasso-Sanborn
encounter, with Morgan, the bye
team in that division.
Seminal games will be played
March 8 and final contests March
g.
The regional tournament this
year is at Granite Falls; the dates
March 20 and 81.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18
JOINS The NAVY

Luther d. Seifert, son of Mrs.
Isal M. Shining of Morton, was
among four young men enlisted
in the United States navy at the
Mankato recruiting office last
week. The youths left at once for
the naval training school at Great
Lakes, Illinois.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18
COLD INTERPRETERS WITH
CONGREGATION MEETING

Singing cold weather prevent.
ed members of the Redwood Falls
English Lutheran congregation
from venturing from their homes
Wednesday night when the
church's annual meeting was
scheduled.
There was not quorum pre-
sent and the session was postpon-
ed until Sunday, January %,
when it will be held in connection
with the morning service.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18
The Weather

Average max. temperature 20
Average min. temperature AZ
Average mean temperature 10.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18
MOST OF NATION
SHIVERING TODAY

Intensely cold weather gripped
the United States today from the
northern Rocky mountains to the
frozen cornfields of Indiana.
1t was 20 degrees below zero
last night in most of Wisconsin
and Minnesota, the Dakotas and
in stretches of Nebraska, Iowa
and Montana.
Lennon, South Dakota report
led -azstsnaperature of 80 degrees
below zero.
The severest cold of the season
descended upon New England,
driving temperatures down to II
degrees below zero in the nor
thern districts. Atop Mt. WASH
ington where it was % below a
80 mile an hour hurricane howl
ed.
Forecasts generally promised
no relief until the weekend.
Even Texas felt the Arctic air
blown into the United States yes
terday by an unusually large high
pressure area in Canada. 1t was
four above at Amarillo, Texas,
while residents of Dallas and
Fort Worth shivered in Is above
temperatures.
Schools were closed in some
Minnesota communities and WPA
projects were abandoned for the
day in the Twin Cities.
Readings of % below at Roch-
ester, 20 below at Austin and II
below at Winona set new seasons
lows
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18

Virginia Bach of st. Paul was
a weekend guest of her sister
Mrs. S. R. Boyle and family.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18

N. H. Bovee has been ill with
flu for several days this week.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18
ROBINSONS, WITH CUB,
SNOWBOUND IN IOWA

Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Robinson
arrived in Redwood Falls in their
cub plane Tuesday after being
snowbound in Iowa billiards over
the weekend. They were enroute
from Florida where they attended
the national cavalcade of small
plane owners.
Strictly speaking they were
fogbound at Dubuque Saturday
and snowbound there Sunday.
Monday morning it took them
from 8 to 1890 to get mile and
one-half to the airport and from
1890 to p. m. to shovel off a
runway for the take-off. They
stayed at Austin Monday night.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-01-18

| Total Tax Rate 62.l Mills.
Bruins, Ralph ............ 3l4 81
Evening star., 1940-03-31

mission is given no supervisory con-
troll Of the programs, of business
management or policy. In short, the
broadcasting field is open to any
one, provided there be an available
frequency over which he can broad
cast without interference to others,
if he shows his competency, the
adequacy of his equipment and
financial ability to make good use
Of the assigned channel
The Supreme Court opinion un-
doubtedly will be called to the
attention of the commission when it
goes into the matter of television
programming next week. Its action
in calling this hearing, it was ex-
planned by those who studied the
announcement, was predicated not
on some violation of the authorized
use of the air. but on the pro-
motional activities of the Radio
Corp. Of America and the dealers
in trying to promote the sale OF
television receivers. On the other
hand, the majority of the com
mission contend that the action was
taken because they were of the
opinion that If too many sets using
one particular system were sold, i,
might freeze or even halt the de.
velopment of the new art.
1t is pointed out that there are
several systems of television trans.
mission. and the signal sent out
under one system cannot be picked
up on sets synchronized for other
systems.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Partial Eclipse of Sun to Sweep u. S. Next Sunday
Two Great Astronomical Feot to Be Undertaken lin Texos
Rare Annu|or- r-or Rnq-Ecipse Be
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A partial eclipse Of the sun will
sweep from the West across the en-
tire United States next Sunday.
For nearly all the country, it will
be partial eclipse. but for a 150-
mile-wide strip from Del Rio, Tex,
to Jacksonville. Fla, the spectacle
will be a rare annular-or ring
eclipse
In the area of the annular eclipse,
there will seem to be a narrow
ring of fire around the moon. This
will be thin rim of the sun. visible
there because the moon will be so
far from the earth its face will not
completely hide the sun.
The Negative Shadow.
The moon will blot out 90 per
cent of the suns diameter, which
means it will cover all but IA per
cent Of the suns area.
The shadow that passes over the
earth will be real enough, but won't
actually be the black cone of shadow
that streams from the side of the
moon opposite the sun. It will be
the hour glass extension Of that
black cone, known to astronomers
as the negative shadow.
Under the shaped central
path the sun will give about twice
the light of the full moon. The
sight will last f1ve to six minutes.
During that time smoked glasses
may let the spectator look directly
at vast tongues of flame shooting
thousands Of miles above the suns
edge. Screened cameras will be able
to photograph the mile-high noun
tains on the edge of the moon.
Two Scientific Tests.
Two great astronomical feats will
be undertaken in Texas. One. in
the Chisos Mountains, so miles
south of Alpine, Tex, will be to
measure the strength of the infra-
red rays Of the suns edge. This
strength Is still unknown. Their
measurement some day may be USE
full in long-range weather forecast
ing
The other feat will bring into use
a new instrument. the coronavisor,
invented by DR.. A. M. Skellett of the
Bell Telephone Laboratories. 1t uses
the principle of television scanning
to reveal what is ordinarily invisible
in the glare around the edge of the
sun
The instrument will show the
suns corona. which will mot be
visible to the eye or to cameras. The
scanner converts the light around
the suns edge into electricity and.
oddly. makes two kinds of current,
direct and alternating.
1,500 Miles an Hour.
The alternating light comes from
the invisible corona. pearly struc-
ture of streamers like million-mile
wide collar around the sun. The
coronavisor converts the alternating
current back into light. and thereby
has an image of the corona. This
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Ex-Leeion Commander
Is Honored at Dance

Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, ad-
ministrator of U. s. Veterans AZ
fairs, and other Government Of
ficials last night paid tribute to
Hiram w. Hummer, junior past
commander of the Sergt. Jasper
Post No. l3 Of the American Legion.
Three hundred veterans and their
wives held a testimonial dinner
dance for Mr.. Hummer, veteran
adjudicator, at the New Colonial
Evening star., 1940-03-31
600 Persons Hear
GIee Club Concert

Some 900 persons crowded the
ballroom Of the Raleigh Hotel last
night to hear joint concert of the
Sweet Briar Va) College Glee Club
and Princeton University Glee Club.
1t was the first time the Sweet
Briar girls had sung in Washington
and the first joint concert in which
the club had participated.
DR.. Meta Glass, president Of Sweet
Briar, attended.
Evening star., 1940-03-31

will be the Instruments first use in
an eclipse. Observations will be
made at the Mcdonald Observatory,
Mt. Locke, Tex, a few miles north of
the ring path.
The eclipse will come from the
west, striking the Pacific coast
shortly before noon and travelling
$500 miles an hour, will end on the
Atlantic coast little before pm.
There's one more point about this
eclipse-it will start the day after it
finishes. That's because the shadow
will first strike the globe little west
of the international date line in the
Pacific, where it will be April 8.
When the shadow crosses that line 1t
will be April Z.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Aviator Saves Woman
Chased by Cow

By the Associated Press.
SEWARD, Nebr., March 30.-An
unknown aviator Is q hero to Mrs.
Garth Hannah.
He saw COW charging at Mrs.
Hannah in feed lot.
He swooped down in his plane
several times and succeeded In
frightening the animal away while
the woman escaped through a fence.
Evening star., 1940-03-31

Hotel. Speakers. in addition to Gen.
Hines were Douglas o. Reed, post
commander; Ferdinance G.. Fraser
Of the Forty ct Eight; Watson B.
Miller, director of the National Re-
habilitation Committee; Omer w.
Clark, assistant veterans admins
TRAITOR; William T. Slattery, COM
mander of the District Department,
American Legion; Edward E. Odom.
veterans solicitor, and Josiah j.
Malloy. national executive commit
teeman Of the Legion.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Benefit Binqo Party

The Edward Douglass White Coun-
Gil, No. 2473, Knights of Columbus,
of Arlington, Va, will hold q benefit
bingo party at the Arlington K. Of c
Hall tomorrow night for one Of It's
members who has been i'll In a hos
pital since December.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
RING OR |
ANNULAR ECLIPSE

Diagram shows difference between ordinary
annular eclipse In ordinary eclipse points within dark
cone Of the moons shadow would be totally ecpsd
eclipse points a." the shadow see points
"a and B the suns rim but cannot the
Of the at &C. What they is ring annulus Of
light Other points such P miss the ring because they
"A and &C" while b" is obscured so "P"
eclipse is partial
Evening star., 1940-03-31

Keep your car mechanically safe.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-08
:: SOCIETY =:
Au-American Dance
Declared Success

The All-American Dance, spon-
sored by the Senior Class of Key
West High School last Friday
right, was declared quite sue
cess by the committee-in-c charge.
Highlights of the affair were be-
ing discussed as follows:
Grand Marcia military med
ley-led by Harry knight, presi-
dent of the 80 class, followed by
Ray Pierce, president of Al class,
and Jack Murray, president, class
of 40. All three were with es-
corts.
A box of Whitman's candy
presented Olga Aguilar and Tom
my Bowen, winners of the Prize
Waltz. Judges: Harry Baker,
Julio Lacedonia and MIR. Cara
ballO.
Proceeds of the dance will be
applied towards purchase of
sound equipment needed for the
school auditorium.
Mrs Benjamin D eritt
PIT. A. Room Mother, and Clara
Landlord. sponsor of the class,
were chaperOnS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-08
Tn-Hi-Y Held
Initiation Rites

Key West High School Tri-
Hi-Y' held informal initiation
last Wednesday with girls parad-
ing the halls in odd apparel rang
ing from mismated sockets and
shoes, to skirts and blouses. Each
bore a placard held on by two
huge. safety pins which pro-
nOunced that each girl was a Tri-
Hi-Y pledge.
On Thursday evening formal
initiation was conducted by char
ter members Carolyn Cherry,
president, Betty Levin, vice
president, ElOis Sawyer, secre-
tary. Ellie r. Gwynn, treasurer,
Alicia BOrges and Barbara
GueTro.
Tri-Hi-Y is affiliated with the
national Y-W.C.A. New initiates
into the organization locally in
cIude:
Copelyn Ramsey, Florence
Adams, Sara Ann Lowell, Wilma
Russell, Rosemary Demeritt, Vir-
ginia Rodriguez, Olga Aguilar,
Viola Whitmarsh, Catherine Con-
nor, GriSelda Garcia, Betty Ann
Pierce, Blanche Cervantes.
Club sponsor is Clara Lark
ford, councillors are Mrs. Ernest
Ramsey and Miss Margaret Neff.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-08
SOS. Bingo
Party Enjoyed

The SOS. Bingo Party
sponsored by the school children
of Mary Immaculate Convent I'M
der the direction of Mrs. Frank
Del Villar, was declared a COM
plete success this morning. 1t
was held last night at St. Cecilia's
Hall.
Special prize of the evening,
a trip to Miami, was awarded to
Mrs. Martin Wilhelm-the jack
pot went to Billy Roberts of St.
Joseph's school and the door
prize was won by some visitor,
name unknown. About 100 other
prizes were given away.
Rev. S. J. Kelleher, pastor. of
St. Mary's Church, thanked resi-
dents of Key West for their
hearty cooperation in attending
this affair which was staged for
the converts benefit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-08
Waite-Busby
Nuptials Sunday

Rebecca B. Waite, daughter of
Deputy Sheriff Bernard ]. Waite
and Mrs. Waite, was married to
Ewell Busby, member of the local
Coast Guard forces, in a wedding
ceremony performed at the First
Methodist church last Sunday
morning at 800 o'clock. Rev. A
c. Riviere Officiated.
Mrs. BuSby's brother, Bernard
J. Waite, Jr., served as best man,
and the bride was attended by
her sister-in-Iaw, Mrs. Bernard
J. Waite. Jr. Only immediate
relatives were present.
Following the wedding the
young couple left on a honey
moon trip to an unannounced
destination.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-08
St. Paul S Auxiliary
Met Yesterday

A beautiful worship service
opened the monthly business
meeting of the Woman's Auxil-
larry of St. Paul's church yester-
day afternoon.
Report OF the supply secretary,
Mrs. Nellie Curry, showed that
the missionary box to be sent
during Advent will go to VickS-
burg. Miss. Mrs Madelain Was
sell. former nurse in the church
hospital at Wuchang. China, told
of the joy of receiving the boxes.
Mrs. Mary Sweeting told of the
activities of the Christian Social
Service. and Mrs. Louise Grant,
treasurer. gave her report.
The U.TO. custodian, Mrs.
Re5ah Sawyer, gave a short talk
on the United Thanks Offering.
The fall ingathering will take
place Monday, Nov. 4, in the
Parish Hall
The meeting closed with a
meditation by DR.. Grace Lindley,
retiring national executive sec
rotary of the Woman's Auxiliary.
read by Mrs. Gloriana NJ. Bayly.
A record has been made of this
meditation and will be heard at
the educational meeting Wednes-
day. October Is, at 8 o'clock. in
the Parish Hall.
Present at the meeting yester-
day were: Mesdames Gloriana NJ
Bayly. Reba Sawyer, Ella Bierna,
Madelain Wassell. June Williams.
Genevieve Sawyer, Ellen Tynes.
Amy Shine, Mary Sweeting. Ma
RE Russell. Louise Grant and
Nellie Curry.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-08
YOUNG MEN URGED TO
DRAFT QUESTIONABLE

Continued from Page One)
tighten the task of the registrars
and speed up registration.
Each registrant, it was an
nounced, will be required to sup
ply the following data:
First, middle and last name;
address, town, county and state;
telephone number. or where may
be reached by telephone; age in
years and date of birth: place of
birth (town or county,; country
of citizenship: name of person
who will always know regis
trant's address, address of that
person and his relationship to
registrant; employers name, and
place of business or employment
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-08
WPA DEFENSE ARMY
STEPPING UP WORK

Continued from Page One)
estimated to cost more than S.
100000, already have been Ger
titled as essential for military and
naval purposes by the War and
Navy Departments. Before some
of these projects can get under
way, others now active must be
completed to release the neces-
sary man-power, officials ex-
planned.
Still another group of projects
estimated to cost in excess Of 81
100000 are reported to be avail
able at WPA headquarters await
ing final certification and au-
thoriZation.