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SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR
Driver Arrested After Fatal Accident
C&C Hires
Sun Editor
As Secretary
CHARLES DUNCAN TO
TAKE POSITION
AFTER MAY 15
Civic and Commerce association
members at a dinner meeting
Tuesday evening voted unani
mously to hire Charles Duncan of
Redwood Falls as the first full
time paid secretary of the organ
ization.
Mr. Dune i has resigned his
position as managing editor of the
Redwood County Sun, effective
May 15. He had edited the pub
lication since January 1938, com
ing here from Alexandria where
he was advertising manager for
the Park Region Echo. A grad
pate of the University of Minne
sota journalism department, he
also worked for a time on the
Northfield News.
M. L. Holmberg, president
of the association, reported on
the search for the man for the
job as well as the drive for
funds. Over $4,200 has been
pledged for the C and C bud
get for the year, he stated,
and there are enough mem
bers still to be seen to raise
the figure to $5,000.
Although the directors were
authorized at the last general
meeting to hire a secretary if the
drive was successful, he said the
group felt the entire membership
should have a hand in the decision
since Mr. Duncan is a local man.
A dozen or 15 applications were
received, Mr. Holmberg said, and
the board interviewed four can
didates. Two others were re
quested to meet with the group
but were not heard from again.
The board, he said felt Mr. Dun
can the outstanding candidate.
L. R. Ewart commented favor
ably on Mr. Duncan’s candidacy
and members voted by secret
ballot without further discussion.
Most important other item of
business was the announcement
that the North Star Mutual In
surance company picnic will be
held .in Ramsey park June 19. Mr.
Holmberg and Alden Sheffield, C
and C treasurer, worked with A.
E. Anderson of Cottonwood,
secretary of the firm, in bringing
the affair here. J. M. Stewart is
local representative of the firm
which was founded here.
Senator Henrik Shipstead
and Governor Harold E.
sen will be speakers at the all
day event which is expected
to bring 2,000 people to the
city.
Another item concerning Ram
sey park was the reading of a
letter from Harold Lathrop, state
park director, agreeing to confer
with the new park committee of
the organization on his next trip
here. It was his suggestion that
the group be called a committee
rather than the “park board.”
The suggestion was offered that
the association’s committee on
highway 71 be made a good roads
committee and be authorized to
act for the association in matters
concerning the development of
other highways. W. M. Smith and
Clifford Janes, committee mem
bers. were promptly voted the
greater latitude.
Several other matters were dis
cussed but left for action either
at a later meeting or by the dir
ectors.
Mr. Holmberg reported sev
eral American Legion members
have indicated the willingness of
that organization to maintain the
clubrooms at the present $7.50
annual fee to non-members of the
Legion if the C and C decided to
discontinue their maintenance.
Directors will continue to dis
courage solicitation in the busi
ness district and will be fair but
strict in the issuing of solicitors’
privilege cards, Mr. Holmberg
stated.
It was suggested that the con
stitution and by-laws of the as
sociation be revamped to provide
for the paid secretary and pos
sibly so that various groups of
businesses will select their own
representative on the board. Un
der this plan the board would
choose the president.
INSURANCE FIRM
MARKS 50 YEARS
Celebrating its fiftieth anniver
sary this year, the Farmers Mut
ual Fife Insurance company of
Redwood county is planning a
festival at Lamberton June 1 in
collaboration with the Lamberton
Commercial club.
Two baby beeves will be bar
becued and Jay Gould’s free at
tractions and rides have been en
gaged. The insurance company
will hold its annual meeting dur
ing the celebration which is ex
pected to attract a huge crowd.
The date of the Redwood coun
ty Farm Bureau picnic at which
Senator Shipstead will speak is
Thursday, June 27, William Poul
sen, Bureau president, announced
this week. The gathering will be
held in Wabasso.
THE REDWOOD GAZETT#
Everything’s Changed But the Depot Stove
Since W. S. Brammer Became Agent in ’97
A chapter of Redwood Falls
history closed Wednesday when
William S. Brammer, agent at the
Chicago and North Western de
pot here since 1897, voluntarily
retired from active service.
He hasn’t started his vacation
yet, however, since a new man
has not been assigned to the post.'
“I think I’ll stay right here in
Redwood Falls. I’m satisfied,”
was his outline of future plans.
He has been working at one place
as long as any agent in the serv
ice. • ,
Appearing happy at the pros
pect cf leisure, Mr. Brammer re
called great days when the sta
tion was the center of city inter
est, the source of its news, a vital
part of its daily life.
There were two trains a day
and a passenger train on Sunday
and an average of 40 persons rode
in the two coaches daily before
the advent of the automobile, he
estimates. Those were the days
of huge grain and livestock load
ings—before the Marshall and
Evan or Vesta lines were built.
Special trains were run
fairly often then—to New
Ulm for a ball game, to Man
kato for a school affair or to
Sleepy Eye for a Billy Sun
day meeting.
Starting in Winona as a rail
road clerk, Mr. Brammer was
agent at Janesville, then replaced
Lee Beecher as chief of the sta
tion here. In the years that fol
lowed, he has had opportunities
for similar work in other—and
larger—towns, but never accept
ed the offers.
Redwood Falls had plank side
walks when he came here, he re
calls, McKay and Race were run
ning a grocery store; Fred
Thompson was in the hardware
business at the site of the Red
wood Grocery and the two big
department stores were Phil
bricks and Francois and Schmahl.
These have passed and the city
has changed—but the same kind
of rusty, soft-coal burning depot
stove that was here when he ar
rived still heats the station office.
New Secretary
CHARLES DUNCAN
200 AT CRUSADER
PARENTS BANQUET
J. O. CHRISIANSON IS
SPEAKER AT ANNUAL
CLEMENTS EVENT
The second annual parents ban
quet of the Clements Crusaders
4-H club drew 200 persons to the
Clements hall Tuesday evening.
Ingenuity of plans, carefully
carried cut, made the event an
outstanding success.
A club project, “Com,” was the
theme of this year’s dinner and
program at which Crusaders’ par
ents were honored. Tiny pieces
of corn-cob formed the candle
holders at each plate and there
were little green tapers in them.
In green and white, decorations
included a latticed ceiling from
which hung green balloons bear
ing the white 4-H emblem.
Mrs. J. L. Slaymaker headed
the arrangement committee which
planned an elaborate four-course
dinner.
Principal speaker at the affair
was J. O. Christianson, head of
the University of Minnesota’s
agricultural department, who will
address graduating seniors at
Redwood Falls High school May
31.
Rev. Gillin of Clements said the
invocation; Wesley Slaymaker in
troduced the toastmistress, Ethel
Lindeman and Fay Jensen, Cru
saders president expressed club
members’ welcome to their moth
ers and fathers. Mrs. William
Berg responded.
There were vocal solos by Pat
ricia O’Callaghan and Hillis Slay
maker and appreciative talks,
“Our Moms” and “Our Dads,”
were given by Ardis Hemming
sen and Harold Ryan.
W. S. Brammer has served Redwood Falls as station agent for
42 years, hut the desk at which he is shown winding up nearly a
half-century of work, has been at the depot for almost 62 years.
A notation written on the wood in the drawer shows that the
desk which Mr. Brammer has always used was in the station in
1878, the year that the Sleepy Eye-Redwood Falls branch was con
structed. W. C. Tyler, the city’s first station agent, worked at it.
He had his office in a box car while the station was being erected.
William Jennings Bryan
stepped off the train at the
station for a speech in Chat
auqua, he recalls, and there
was often some drama invol
ved in the travels of passen
gers over the 26 miles of the
branch to and from Sleepy
Eye, through Morgan and
Gilfillan.
Crowds gathered at the depot
for news before the invention of
the radio and special excitement
reigned there when the telegraph
tapped out election returns.
Until about eight years ago, Mr.
Brammer always had a helper.
George Stegner of Tracy who is
retiring this year after 23 years
employment with the C and N W
was one of them and there was
Donald Comrey and Victor John
2,665 of County’s
3,331 Farms in AAA
HOME FURNISHING
ACHIEVEMENT DAY
PROGRAM ENJOYED
SECOND AFFAIR WILL
BE HELD SATURDAY
AT LAMBERTON
The first of two Home Furnish-,
ing Achievement days for Red
wood county was held at the Red
wood Falls Methodist church
Wednesday night, with at least
200 persons enjoying the windup
of the season’s activities in the
home demonstration project.
Mrs. Otto Flom of Delhi, chair
man of the Redwood county home
and community group, presided
and Lenore Golden, county home
demonstration agent who directs
the projects, gave a summary of
the work.
The project for next year will
be home management, Charlotte
Kirchner, state home furnishing
specialist, announced in an in
spirational talk based on questions
asked by the census taker.
Each scene representing a les
son in the project just closed, a
play, “The Ideal Home,” was giv
en by Belview group members.
Mrs. George Kohls, Mrs. Albert
Kohls, Lora Lou Kohls and Ruth
Harang took part with Mrs. H. W.
Waller of Redwood Falls substi
tuting in the cast. Mrs. Will Smith
was reader.
In connection with the play, a
group of Lamberton 4-H club
girls trained by Mrs. Harvey
Swennes presented a “color re
vue,” presenting the colors of the
spectrum against costumes of
monotone grey in a series of for
mations.
Mrs. Nick Eidem was reader for
the revue in which Frances Coul
ter, Ruth Coulter, Betty Tassler,
Helen Olson, Dorothy Arnold,
Velma Butler, Cheryl Jaeckel, Ar
von Skelton, Bonnie Skelton,
Marylin Skelton, Elenor Sanger,
Janet Howe, Mary Warren and Ila
Tetrick appeared.
Musical skits were given by
Mrs. C. O. Valvorson and Mrs.
Tennis Kresse both of Redwood
Falls who also accompanied com
munity singing led by Mrs. Hil
mer Mattson of Vesta.
After the program punch and
wafers were served from a table,
covered with a lace cloth and set
off with a bouquet of yellow
snapdragons and groups of yellow
tapers. Mrs. W. R. Roberts. Mrs.
E. E. Bliss and Mrs. R. V. Kinney
served.
A second Achievement day will
be held at Lamberton Saturday.
REDWOOD FALLS, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1940
son. Mr. Stegner is moving here
in July. ,
Now 72 years old—two years
past the official retirement age—
Mr. Brammer has been in charge
of the station alone, working with
Fred Pfeiffer, telegraph operator.
Among congratulatory mes
sages reaching Mr. Brammer this
week was a letter from M. J.
Boyle, former superintendent of
this division of the railroad for
35 years.
The eldest superintendent of
the company, now living at Ma
son City, lowa, Mr. Boyle is re
tiring now, too.
“Congratulations on a long
and successful career,” he
said, “I hope you enjoy your
coming vacation and I’m of
the opinion you will.”
NEARLY 84 PER CENT
OF FARMLAND WILL
BE IN PROGRAM
Eighty per cent of Redwood
county farms and 83.8 per cent of
county farmland has been signed
for participation in the 1940 soil
conservation program. Both per
centages are higher than last
year, Fay Starr, county AAA
committee chairman, said as he
announced the figures at the
close of the sign-up deadline day
Wednesday.
Of the county’s 3,331 farms,
2,665 are slated fcr planting un
der the soil conservation pro
gram, while only 666 farm owners
or operators did not sign up.
The last of the sign-up papers
were sent to Washington, D. C.
this morning and no more will be
accepted.
These 2,665 tracts will be meas
ured for compliance this summer
by 30 reporters who are: Allen D.
Fredericksen of Brookville; Ralph
CHECKS OVER $434,000
In the last few weeks,
$434,380.54 in soil conserva
tion checks have been receiv
ed by Redwood county far
mers, the AAA office said
Wednesday night. Only about
one-half dozen of the checks,
representing final payment
for compliance in 1939, are
still expected.
Flaig of Charlestown; John Mc-
Corquodale of Delhi; Alton O.
Faltinson of Gales; Robert Dan
ielowski and Carl J. Brau of
Granite Rock; Fred Scharfe and
Walter Anderson of Johnsonville;
Ray Roxberg of Kintire; Harvey
W. Griese of Lamberton; Edwin
D. Rogers of Morgan; Henry
Luescher of New Avon; Vernon
Storm of North Hero; Eld win J.
Henderson of Paxton; D. M. Tiff
any of Redwood Falls; Leonard
M. Fuhr of Seaforth; Albert
Fischer of Sherman; Andrew
Farber of Springdale; Alois Li
petzky of Sundown; Oscar Ander
son of Swedes Forest; William
Beijj of Three Lakes; Hjalmer L.
Hogren of Underwood; Herman
W. Bagdons of Vail; Emil J. Bou
sl\ek and Raymond W. Eichten of
Vesta; Michael R. Arnold and Leo
Wagner of Waterbury; Herman
H. Esser of Westline.
J. M. Mahoney of Redwood
Falls is supervisor of reporters.
AT COMMANDERY MEETING
Dr. J. W. Inglis, L. J. Kise, Os
car Randgaard, J. L- Parsons, Dr.
J. W. Anderson and R. F. Whit
ing went to Minneapolis Tuesday,
taking H. J. Robertson, Renville
county clerk of court and George
Strandness, also of Olivia, who
received the Malta degree of the
Commandery at Cascade Masonic
temple.
Republicans
Will Convene
Here Tuesday
40 CHOSEN IN CITY
TO CAST 15 VOTES
AT CONVENTION .
Redw'ood Falls Republicans
elected 40 persons to cast 15 vot
es at the county convention of the
U.O.P. at a caucus in the county
cjbmmissioners room Wednesday
night.
I They will be official attendants
ait the county conclave to be held
Tuesday at the courthouse, begin
ning at 2 p. m.
Entitled to seven votes, on a
IJasis of one delegate-at-large and
ahe fer each hundred votes or
fraction thereof cast for the Re
publican gubernatorial candidate
in 1938, first ward Republicans
selected 24 persons to divide the
votes between them. They are:
Mrs. H. N. Nupson, Logan Fore
man, A. R. A. Laudon, Mrs. J. F.
Smudson, John Stoutland, Clif
!rd Janes, Mrs. S. B. Due.a, Rf/.
iller, R. F. Whiting, D. L. Crim
ins, F. W. Stanton, Mrs. B .P.
inn, E. A. Johnson, Roy Crooks,
•ed Murset, Mrs. C. A. Fobes,
L. Parsons, C. H. Burmeister,
CSarence Thorson, Leßoy Flore,
JN. Nelson, Mrs. Elmer Knud
i. Mrs. W. R. Roberts and E. L.
Ilea.
’The second ward’s 16 delegates
Will have one-half vote each.
Hiey are: A. C. Dolliff, George
A- Barnes, L. O. Alexander, Dr.
M. P. Feigal, W. A. Duea, J. Al
bert Johnson, Frank Clague, W.
S. Brammer, William R. Parker,
Harlan Jaehning, C. A. Luscher,
Mrs. J. J. Christensen, Mrs. A. D.
Mcßae, Mrs. Barnes, Mrs. Feigal
ajhd Mrs. H. E. Kickul.
118,000 DITCH JOB
MBERWAI TODAY
ONAWA, IOWA COMPANY
GETS CONTRACT FOR
COUNTY DITCH 12
An SIB,OOO contract for deepen
ing, widening and bank leveling
of Redwood county ditch 12, was
let by the board of county com
missioners to Nielsen Brothers of
Onawa, lowa, Thursday.
Approval of the contract by the
Public Works administration was
received Wednesday and work
was scheduled to begin today.
About 10 miles of open ditch
is included in the project which
runs through Kintire and Delhi
townships in the vicinity of Bel
view and Delhi villages, affecting
10.400 acres of watershed.*
The Nielsens, Carl and Arthur,
were low among four contractors
submitting estimates. H. P. Lund
and Sons of Thief River Falls
asked $19,020; Megarry Brothers
of St. Cloud bid $19,475 and the
Theo. Jenson company, also of
Steams county wanted $20,563.37
for the work.
Work will begin when the Pub
lic Works administration approves
the contract.
Funeral Today
ForJ.P.Dunlap
RESIDENT SINCE 1912
DIED MONDAY AFTER
NOON; WAS 83
This afternoon funeral services
for John Preston Dunlap, 83, were
conducted at the Redwood Falls
Methodist church by Rev. G. E.
Martin of Worthington,, former
pastor here.
11l for several months, he died
at 7.45 p. m. Monday, leaving his
wife and two children, a daugh
ter, Mrs. Rayburn Burris of Red
wood Falls and a son, Pearley
Preston Dunlap of Hulbert, Mich
igan, Tyho came here for the rites.
Also surviving are a sister, Mrs.
Myrta Ballinger of Akron, Ohio,
six grandchildren and four great
grandchildren.
Zanesfield, Ohio was the place
of his birth February 12, 1857.
His parents were Mr. and Mrs.
William Dunlap.
He married Blanche Leymaster
at Rushsylvania. Ohio, March 16.
1882 and farmed in Ohio until
coming to Redwcod Falls in 1912.
Mr. and Mrs. DunlaD celebrated
their fiftv-eighth wedding anni
versary this year.
Mr. Dunlap belonged to the
Friends church until he came to
Redwood Falls when he joined
the Methodist congregation.
“Rock of Ages” and “Abide
With Me” were sung at the rites
by a quartet including Mildred
Nafsinger. Mrs. R. V. Ochs, Hen
ry Jaehning and Alden Sheffield.
Mrs. Grace of Minne
apolis began work Wednesday in
the clothing department of the
Louise shop. She is staying at the
J. I. Swedberg home.
Highway 71 Gets Attention
This week’s call for
bids on bituminous treat-'
ment of another eight
miles of highway 71 be
tween Redwood Falls and
Windom brings to four
the number of construc
tion projects to be car
ried on along the 50 mile
sector in the early sum
mer.
To be opened May 17,
bids will be on stabilized
aggregate base and bit
uminous surface for eight
miles from the junction
of highway 47 north to
ward Sanborn. Materials
needed are 10,603 tons of
gravel base, 37,697 tons
of stabilized gravel base,
3,414 cubic yards of
binder soil, 100,500 gal
lons of bituminous ma
terial and 4,714 tons of
mineral aggregate.
Bids will be opened
tomorrow on the black
tepping of the sector
frem Redwood Falls to
the junction with high
way 14, including Mill
street in Redwood Falls.
Already let are two
contracts, one for grading, the
other for culverts, on the section
from near Windom north to high
way 47—the total cost to be $42,-
871.
Meanwhile, in Kandiyohi coun
ty, blacktopping of highway 71
from the south county line to
nine miles north was let to N. W.
Hodgman and Son of Fairmont for
$60,089.
With improvement of highway
Wind Causes Heavy
Property Damage
May Tax Judgment
Sale Slated May 13
The annual May tax judgment
sale in Redwood county will be
conducted by Auditor Ira R.
Rogers at his office Monday, May
13, beginning at 10 a. m.
Tax certificates on lands
against which levies have been
delinquent since 1938 will be sold.
Usually no more than a half doz
en are disposed of at the sales.
Rites Held for
John Ruder, 62
RESIDENT OF DELHI
TOWNSHIP 40 YEARS
DIED FRIDAY NIGHT
John Ruder, a resident of Delhi
township for nearly 40 years,
died at his farm home there at
9:45 p. m. Friday after an illness
of about eight months. During the
last two weeks he was confined to
bed.
Interment was at the Catholic
cemetery at Redwood Falls after
a requiem mass conducted by
Rev. Geoffrey O’Sullivan at St.
Catherine’s church Monday morn
ing. Six nephews, Leo Ruder of
Worthington, Leonard, Bernard
and Henry Amberg Jr. and Roy
and Douglas Whittet, were pall
bearers.
Mr. Ruder, 62, was born July
24, 1877 at Mankato, the son of
Andrew and Katherine Ruder. He
spent his boyhood at Janesville,
attended high school there and in
1901 moved with his mother and
sister Anna to the Delhi township
farm four miles northwest of
Redwood Falls where he had since
lived.
His marriage to Louise Fox oc
curred at Waseca. She survives,
with their five children, Mrs. Ed
gar Cole, Mrs. Melvin Riegel and
Delores Ruder of Redwood Falls,
Thomas and Marie Ruder, at
home. He also leaves two sisters,
Anna Ruder and Mrs. James
Whittet and his twin brother, Jo
seph Ruder, all of Redwood Falls.
There are six grandchildren.
Among out-of-town persons at
the funeral were: Mrs. Ruder’s
sister, Mrs. Edith Gahler of Wa
seca and son, James Gahler of St.
Paul; her brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Con
vey of Waldorf; her brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. M. H.
Fox of Pemberton; Mr. Ruder’s
cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Leich
of Searles, Katherine Kunz of
Searles, Henry and Jake Kunz of
Madelia and Mr. and Mrs. Ruder
of Worthington.
SCHOOL ELECTION
SLATED MAY 21
Filings for two positions on the
Redwood Falls school board, to
be filled at the annual election
May 21, will close Friday, May 10
at 6 p. m.
Terms of L. A. Cheney and Mrs.
C. A., Lauterbach expire this
year.
This is the second year that in
dependent districts have elected
in May rather than July. Rural
districts now elect in June.
* i .
71 assured, interest of county
good road enthusiasts is turning
to highway 93, a short but heav
ily traveled route. Last week’s
lettings included a $115,759 un
derpass, grading and paving pro
ject in Sleepy Eye where high
way 4, south of the junction with
93, crosses the C. and N. W. tracks.
Megarry Brothers of St. Cloud
got the job.
INSURANCE ADJUSTERS
GET MANY CLAIMS;
FAIR HAS LOSSES
Insurance adjusters worked fev
erishly through Redwood county
this week, viewing the wreckage
of a high midnight gale which
caused thousands of dollars in
damage as it leveled small build
ings, tore the sides from bigger
structures and raised havoc with
roofing Saturday night Strangely
enough the loss of livestock was
small.
More than 100 wind claims
poured into Redwood Falls insur
ance offices, the time of most of
the losses listed at between mid
night and 1 a. m. when a blow
which started Saturday morning
and continued through Monday,
reached its peak. Some estimated
that the blast was between 45 and
50 miles an hour.
The Redwood Falls fire.depart
ment was called at 12:30 a. m.
when neighbors saw sparks from
burning electric-line insulation
flying near the E. L. Gallea and
W. R. Roberts homes on Minne
sota street. A short circuit caused
by wire rubbing together, the
blaze would have done no harm
as it burned away from the Mrs.
A. Carity residence to which it
was connected, according to J. L.
Parsons of the Redwood Falls
Light and Power company.
The power company’s crew was
out at midnight and worked sev
eral hours removing fallen limbs
from their lines all over the city.
Light service in the neighborhood
was disrupted for a time when a
radio aerial at the Robert Hall re
sidence fell across a wire.
Service on the Redwood County
Rural Telephone company’s lines
was back to normal today after
a four man crew worked from
Sunday through Wednesday to
replace about 100 poles blown
down in Redwood, Yellow Medi
cine and Brown counties.
The storm had its freaks.
Jim Bell's garage in Red
wood Falls was lifted and de
posited in his potato patch.
The top of the corn crib at
the Diedrich Kohloff farm at
Vesta was hurled into the
haymow of the barn, leaving
a perfect imprint of its dim
ensions.
Signs from Russell’s Direct
Service station on the south
edge of Redwood Falls blew
six blocks.
A machine shed owned by
John Rohlik of Seaforth was
tossed into a grove but none
of the implements in it were
damaged.
At the Walter Zemple farm
near Morgan, a straw stack
was blown against a fence
with such force that the
fence posts snapped.
Around Redwood Ralls, Red
wood county sustained a loss
when slate shingles of the Red
wood county home were ripped
off and damage to the main ex
hibit building on the Redwood
county fairgrounds was estimated
at SSOO. The south and east ends,
of concrete, were blown out and
a strip of the grandstand was re
moved.
The south hollow tile wall of
the Coca-Cola plant under con
struction in the vicinity of the
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DEFECTIVE PAGE
NUMBER 45
Olivia Man, 59,
Dies After
Headon Crash
YOUNG FAMILY OF 4
INJURED; SI VERT
KOLBERG ARRESTED
A charge of manslaughter
has been placed against Siv
ert Kolberg, 47, on complaint
of Redwood Falls state high
way patrolmen who investi
gated the accident in which
Kolberg’s companion, Adolph
Skucius, 59, of Olivia, receiv
ed fatal injuries Sunday eve
ning.
Skucius sustained a deep
gash just below the eyes
when the hood of the Kolberg
car plunged through the wind
shield and struck him. His skull
was severely fractured and he
died Monday night at Rice Mem
orial hospital, Willmar.
Hearing Next Week
Hearing on the manslaughter
count will be held next week at
Olivia.
The accident occurred at 7:20,
one-half mile east of Olivia on
highway 212, according to the re
port of patrolmen called to the
scene after the tragedy.
Ed Kadlec, 35, farmer living
five miles northeast of Olivia, was
driving west accompanied by Mrs.
Kadlec, 31, .and their children,
Janet, 4 and James, one-year-old.
The Kadlec car and the ma
chine in which the two men were
traveling collided head-on.
Baby Badly Hurt
Suffering a skull fracture, the
Kadlec baby is given only a 50-50
chance to live. Mrs. Kadlec re
ceived an eye injury and body
bruises; Mr. Kadlec sustained a
chin laceration and bruises and
Janet was cut and scratched.
A laceration of Kolberg’s knee
required 17 stitches and the mid
dle finger of his right hand was
nearly severed.
State highway patrolmen ar
rested Kolberg after the accideqt
and lodged him in the Renville
county jail, awaiting the outcome
of Skucious’ injuries. If he had
lived, Kolberg would have been
charged with drunken driving,
they said.
Kolberg and Skucius had been
working together on an elevator
under construction at Bird Island.
Kolberg’s home is at Pelican Rap
ids, he is married and the father
of two young boys.
NAZIS COMMAND
MOST OF NORWAY
CHAMBERLAIN TELLS
OF WITHDRAWALS
AT ANDALSNES
By the Associated Press
Prime Minister Chamberlain
today disclosed the withdrawal of
British troops from the Andalsnes
area, abandoning the attempt to
take German held Trondheim
from the south. He declared Brit
ain would keep on fighting Ger
many in Norway but refused to
be trapped into letting down her
guard in the Mediterranean.
“We have no intention of allow
ing Norway to become merely a
sideshow,” Chamberlain told the
house of commons, “But neither
are we going to be trapped into
such a dispersal of our forces as
would leave us dangerously weak
at the vital center.”
He asserted that blows to the
German fleet permitted “an im
portant redistribution of the main
allied fleet” and announced a
British and a French fleet is in
the eastern Mediterranean on the
way to Alexandria, Egypt.
Chamberlain’s announcement
indicated the Allies were aban
doning to Germany all of Norway
south of a line running from
Trondheim east to the Swedish
frontier including nearly half the
country’s total area, six-sevenths
of the population and nearly all
industrial centers.
At Berlin, the German high
command reported Nazi forces
had a solid hold on all of south
and central Norway after British
forces “in headlong flight” had
rushed to the sea to abandon An
dalsnes on the Norwegian Atlan
tic coast.
MILK DUMPED
Chicago (JP) Market bound
milk was dumped in highway
ditches today in the midst of a
strike of dairy workers that has
cut off the supply to most con
sumers in the Chicago metropoli
tan area.
ASK REPEAL
Washington—(A>)— Demands for
complete repeal of the wage-hour
act came from a national business
group today during the final
hours of prolonged house contro
versy over extending the law's
exceptions.