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Page 3 THE WINONA REPUBLICAN-HERALD, WINONA, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1947 Le raids rdimaince Keys lr arise Jackson Co. Tavernkeepers, Officials to Combat Liquor Sales to Minors Black River Falls, Wis. (Special) Jackson county law enforcement officers and members of the Jackson County Tavernkeepers league unanimously agreed on a unified "crack down" on the sale of liquor to minora at a special meeting at the courthouse here Monday night. Despite bad roads, 50 tavernkeepers, county authorities and other persons interested In curbing the sale of liquor to minors attended the meeting, called by District Attorney Larry Gilbertson. Every community was represented except Taylor.

The meeting -was called following an investigation of a recent suicide which is believed to have resulted from liquor sold to a 16-year-old high school student. Louis Cauley, chairman of the Jackson County Tavernkeepers league, informed the group that the organization would "do all it could to keep minors out of taverns." He requested that parents and juveniles help in the drive against the sale of liquor to minors. Mr. Gilbertson announced that all law enforcement officers in Jackson county had been instructed to arrest minors who are found guilty of misrepresenting their age in order to get liquor. Maximum penalty has been set at $50.

The tavernkeepers were urged to report violations of. taverns known to be selling liquor to minors. Taverns violating the law will have their license revoked, Gilbertson said. V--, -v li.unnni Offenders to Get Warning First-Bingold New City Law-Is Effective Wednesday To combat the theft of autos, the city council Monday night voted to make it illegal in Winona to leave keys In a parked car. The amended parking ordinance, which will be effective Wednesday, provides that a police officer may remove the keys from, a parked car excepting commercial vehicles, and deliver them to the police station.

There the keya may be recovered. (The ordinance which was amended by the council provides that any person violating any pro visions of the ordinance shall be punished by Imprisonment not to exceed 80 days or by a fine not to exceed $100. Parking violators have been receiving $1 fines in municipal court. Chief of Police A. J.

Bingold said today that first offenders of the ordinance will be given only a warning.) This action was taken by the council at the request of the board of fire and police commissioners, which was represented at the meeting last night. In the delegation with Commissi oners Peter F. Lough-rey and Alfred J. Meier were Chief of Detectives Everett Laak and Ray Johnson, St. Paul, who is with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

All Had Keys Laak told the council that of the 38 cars stolen here in 1946 all had keys in theU Ignition locks. "Not one. said he, "was stolen after changing the mechanics of the car. Keys were in every one of them." Be added that all but four of the 38 car thefts were by juveniles. Commenting on that record, Mr.

Johnson declared that he was not necessarily endorsing the ordinance, "but the F3X is interested in anything which will prevent crime. A juvenile steps into a car here, finds the key and drives away. When he gets say 75 miles from Winona, he feels he needs a little money, spots a filling station and sticks it up. He may not use a Mankato Company Gets Contract to Furnish, Install Park Lights National Guard First Lieutenants Millard Plate (left) and Wilton Bellman, both veterans of combat duty, have been assigned as officers of Company A of the 135th infantry regiment, Winona's new National Guard unit. They will be at the armory to night to continue the recruiting drive for the company of 188 men.

Already 19 men have enlisted. When the roster reaches 25, procedure to activate the company will be started, and it is expected that the ac tivation will occur sometime in Feb ruary. Lieutenant Plate, who enlisted with the National Guard headquarters company here in 1939, began active service with Company in January, 1941. After service at Camp Haan, he went to officers' candidate school at Camp Davis, N. where he was com missioned in the coast artillery in July, 1943.

Austin Company Drawing Plans for Watkins Plant The Austin Company, consulting engineers, architects and contractors which maintain offices in the principal cities the United States, is now preparing plans for the new factory to be built by the J. R. Watkins Company in Winona, it was announced today. The plant, a modernistic type of factory, will be located just west of the Swift Company packing plant in the far east end of the city, between Wabasha and Sanborn streets. The Austin Company will super vise the letting of the contract for the structure and will supervise its construction immediately following authorization from the CPA, said Watkins company officials today.

As much material and as many services as can be obtained locally will be used, they said. The Austin company's Chicago office is in charge of the Watkins project and already has advertised for building materials, equipment or services available in the Winona area. Preliminary work in the matter of plans and specifications and ob- i- iMiifc -J Gun Club Asks Full Protection From Drawdown Full protection against any winter drawdowns must be embodied la any legislation proposed to Congress, the Winona Rod and Gun club decided at its annual meeting at tha Redmen's wigwam Monday evening. The proposed bill submitted to tha Anti-Drawdown Congress by tha waterway group was discussed, but no action taken on the matter, in so far, as it rests in the hands of tha board of directors of the Congress to act upon the proposal first. All officers were re-elected for another year.

They are Robert J. Ver-chota, president; Leo Olsen, vice-president; L. P. Lambert, secretary and John Burmeister, treasurer. New directors are Clarence Thorpe, First ward: Mark Hendricks, Second ward: LaVern Kuhlman.

Third ward: Vincent Mrozek, Fourth ward, and Leonard Heuer and Ray Keller, county district. The legislative committee consists of William A. Galewskl, Joseph E. Page, Leonard Derrick and Mr. Ver-chota.

Otto Biltgen was named chairman of the fish committee, and Gus Seeling of the game committee. Harold Hahn will head the entertainment committee. Motion pictures were shown and lunch served. Mrs. George Morrison, Trempealeau, Succumbs Trempealeau, Wis.

(Special) Mrs. George Morrison. 63, was found dead in her bod by her husband early Monday. The couple reside about a mile and a half north of Trempealeau. Mrs.

Morrison had been in poor health for a year. Funeral arrangements are being completed. There's a Shortage of Site and Oils tolHialvSoaps, "Jr ran. He may Just put his hand in; amendment provides that a motor-bis pocket." 1st is in violation when he leaves Each Costs $100 his car "unattended on any street, Mr. Loughrey said that, aside! alley, used car lot or unattended from the damage oftentimes 'parking lot without first stopping caused to the car itself, each theft the engine, locking the ignition, costs about SI 00.

expended by police (removing the key and taking it Officers Early in 1945 he went overseas. serving with the 96th division on Okinawa. He has the combat Infantryman's badge, a Presidential unit citation, and the American de fense, Asiatic-Pacific and American defense ribbons. He was released to inactive duty February 8, 1946, as a first lieutenant. Lieutenant Bellman enlisted in January, 1942, served at the Aber deen Proving grounds, Aberdeen, and Fort Benning, and was commissioned at Fort Knox, in November, 1942.

After desert training in California with the Fourth Armored division, he went to Europe with the division late In 1945. Combat service took him as far east as Czecho-Slovakia. He wears the Presidential unit citation, the Bronze Star medal and five battle stars on his theater rib son, and has a certificate of merit. He was released in December, 1945, as a first lieutenant. Library Meeting Again Postponed Lewiston, Minn.

(Special) The Winona county rural library project meeting has been indefinitely postponed because of the weather and highway conditions, it was an nounced today. The meeting will be held, said those sponsoring it, when weather conditions improve and arrangements can be made to have the speaker who will address those pres ent, come to Lewiston. talning of materials is being done well in advance of CPA approval. said Watkins officials, so that construction can start immediately after authorization has been given. The Austin company's Chicago office is located at 510 North Dear born street.

Root River Soil Supervisors to Meet Here Tonight The annual banquet-meeting of supervisors of the Root River Soil Conservation district will be held at the Red Men's wigwam here at 7:30 p. m. today. Speakers will be W. A.

Benitt, Hastings, president of the State Supervisors association, and F. A. Fisher, Milwaukee, with the Soil Conservation service regional office DEPOT Phone 371S GO avmg 20 Youths Register for Selective Service Twenty youths residing in Winona county reached the age of 18 last month and registered with their selective service boards, Mrs. Frank Graham, clerk of both city and county boards, announced today. Seven boys were from the rural areas of the county and 13 from the city of Winona.

Those from Winona are as follows: Winfield H. Peterson, Lake boul evard; Arthur E. Vadnais, 50 Orrin street; Donald R. Brandes, 119 East Third; Gene E. Steffes, 421 East Eighth; Allan H.

Mueller, 600 West Eighth; Garland C. East Eighth; Richard C. Bambenek, 920 East Fifth; Richard C. Doyle, 214 Market; Howard L. Otis, 528 East Mark; George P.

Kuka, 175 East Third; Delmar W. Szarmach, 559 Olmstead; James G. Holubar, 186 East Mark, and Ray F. Hughes, 603 Wilson street. Registrants from the county in cluded Everett J.

Neitzke, Lewiston; Russell O. Hackbarth, Houston route one; Curtis L. Kalmes, Altura; Allan J. Strelow, Winona route one; Clair R. Martin, St.

Charles; George R. Pruka, Rushford route one, and Herbert H. Grant, Dakota, Minn. Minnesota Association of Professional Engineers in St. Paul February 26, 27 and 28 and the airport institute at the University of Minnesota March 13, 14 and 15.

May Make Offer He also told the council that the L. M. Feller Company, Rochester, awarded a highway department contract for remodeling of the old bridge, w)ll probably make an offer to perform the city's portion of the remodeling project. It consists of removing the ramp and stairway to the existing structure. President John W.

Dugan said that the Winona Transit Company had agreed to reduce the size of its bus stop zones for all downtown stops except at Third and Center streets, where transfers are made and more than one bus must park in one stop at certain hours. When the stops were recently changed, the council agreed to leave the arrangement on a trial basis for some time. Since then complaints have been received on the size of the bus stops. The new bus stop arrangement remains on a tern porary basis, since no ordinance has been passed covering the new setup. A request from the Winona Transit Company for an ordinance prohibiting spitting and smoking on its buses was tabled.

The council adjourned its meet ing to next Monday night when the Minnesota department of taxation will report on the sample check it has made here of real estate valua tions. It may recommend that a revaluation be made of all real estate in Winona. Each Stolen Car Costs City $100, Says F.B.L Agent The cost of tracing stolen auto mobiles and sentencing the criminal sometimes runs into more money than the car itself is worth, Ray Johnson, St. Paul, a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent, told the Lions club at its dinner meeting at the Hotel Winona Monday evening. "Every car that's stolen in Wi nona costs this city about $100 and if the F.BJ.

is called in the cost runs much higher, sometimes more than the car is worth after the thief has been Mr. Johnson declared. The speaker, Introduced by Peter F. Loughrey, a guest of the club, said the FJB.I. is in favor of all laws that will reduce crime.

He favored an ordinance that would make it unlawful to leave keys in automobiles. Irving Tingley, who is organizing a community chorus, explained his plans to the club. Francis Vaughan and Marion BIckford were appointed by President Charles Beckman to work with Mr. Tingley on the project. The attendance prize, provided by Van A.

Kahl, was won by Mr. Loughrey. Lester Knutson, Red Wing, was the guest of I. H. Gepner, Carleton Pingle of Ted F.

Maier, John Leaf of Dan Trainor and George Merck, Minneapolis, of Max Lewis and "Mr. Tingley of Sidney Johnstone. Paul Kaiser was program chairman. Mrs. Helen Allen Dies at Ettrick Ettrick, Wis.

(Special) Mrs. Helen M. Allen died Sunday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. u. A.

Brye, Ettrick. The former Helen Mar HulL she was born on a farm near New Berlin, Chenango county. New York, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B.

Franklin Hull. On May 25, 1886, she was married at Norwich, N. to William H. Ashcroft who died May 28, 1922. In 1924 she was married to Hugh N.

Allen, Minneapolis attorney, who died in May, 1928. Since that time Mrs. Allen made her home at Ettrick with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Brye.

She was a member of Fort Perrot chapter. Daughters of American Revolution, of Galesville; the Ettrick Federated Woman's club, and the Bishop McElwain unit of St. Paul's Episcopal Guild in Winona, Minn. She served on the Ettrick Girl Scout committee. She was an active worker for the American Red Cross.

Survivors are her daughter, Mrs. Brye, and a sister, Mrs. Mary A. Fleming, Minneapolis. Funeral services will be at 1 p.

m. Thursday at the Ettrick Lutheran church, the Rev. Russell K. John-! son, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, Winona, officiating, assisted by the Rev.

H. O. Aasen, Ettrick, pastor of the French Creek Lutheran church. Preliminary services will be at 12:30 p. m.

at the Runnestrand funeral home here. Friends may call at the chapel Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. Cremation will follow brief services at Sunset Memorial park, Minneapolis, Friday. Purpose of Seal Drive, Services, Aims Discussed Purpose of the 1947 Easter Seal drive and the services and aims of the Minnesota Association for Crip pled Children, sponsoring organiza tion, were discussed by Mrs. Annie B.

Flugum, state supervisor of dis trict activities, at a meeting of the Winona county committee of the association in the community room of the city hall Monday afternoon. "The association is a private, non profit agency which supplements but does not duplicate the work of public services," said Mrs. Flugum. "Since our organization in 1925 we have taken an active part in promotion of progressive legislation for the handicapped. "Other early interests we still maintain are a program for home- bound cripples, now carried on in cooperation with the division of vocational rehabilitation of the state board of education and a summer camp for both handicapped children and adults.

"More than 200 persons attended 1946 camp sessions for orthopedical ly crippled, for cardiac convalescents and for persons with speech de fects. The camp site, near Marine on St. Croix, Is furnished by the St. Paul Klwanis club." Mrs. Flugum described services of the University of Minnesota mo bile speech clinic, a project initiated and financed by the association, and other projects of the asosciatlon.

She urged that Winona county take advantage of the camping and other services offered for the handicapped "All these aids to the handicapped were made possible through sale of Easter seals," said Mrs. Flugum. "Last year's returns were $140,000, an all-time high." The First National bank will serve as depository in Winona coun ty during the 1947 campaign, said Mrs. Mrs. Rudolph W.

Miller and Mrs. George L. Loomis Winona county committee co-chairmen, presided at the meeting. Home Agent's Job Offered to Miss Saari Miss Ethel Saari, home economics instructor at Washington-Kosciusko school here, was Monday offered the position of Winona county home demonstration agent at a salary of $2,600 a year by the Winona county agricultural extension service com mittee. The committee met at the courthouse and interviewed Miss Saari, who will take over her duties July 1 if she accepts the position.

Miss Saari is expected to either definitely accept or decline the post within the next few weeks. Wi nona county has been without a home demonstration agent since the resignation over a year ago of Mrs. Douglas DeLano. Obituary Death of John Kastner John Kastner, 73, former Lewiston resident, died Monday at Burling ton, where he made his home, relatives here have been informed. Mr.

Kastner is a brother of Mrs. John Prigge, 460 Huff street. Born at Lewiston in 1873, Mr. Kastner moved to Burlington about 50 years ago. He had "made several visits here and at Lewiston in the past years.

Funeral services will be held at River Forest, 111, Thursday. Funeral of Robert E. Whitney Funeral of Robert E. Whitney, 117 East Wabasha street, president and general manager of the Willis Company, were conducted at 3 p. today at St.

Paul's Episcopal church, the Rev. Russell K. Johnson of' ficiating. Burial was in Woodlawn cemetery. Pallbearers were J.

Rus sell Smith, J. M. George, R. J. Tearse, J.

R. Chappell, J. Kopp and A. J. Anderson.

Funeral of Michael Sadowski Funeral services for Michael Sa dowski, 571 East Broadway, were conducted at 9 a. m. today at St. Stanislaus church, the Rev. N.

F. Grulkowskl officiating. Preliminary services were conducted at the Wat- kowski funeral home at 8:30 a. Burial was in St. Mary's cemetery.

Honorary pallbearers were three sons, Vincent, Edward and Harry Sadowski. Active pallbearers, also sons, were Nicholas, Stephen, Michael, Daniel, Chester and George Sadowski. I J' WV" 4 Look! Hut fins Made With Mincemeat! Easy on shorlemng end swgar, tool Kellogg's toasted All-Bran and mincemeat taste like Christmas caket 1 cup Kellogg's cup sugar All-Bran 1 case cup milk 1 cup prepared mincemeat 2 tablespoons shortening 1 cup sifted flour 3 teaspoons baking powder teaspoon salt Combine Kellogg's All-Bran, milk, and mincemeat. Let soak about minutes. Blend shortening and sugar.

Add egg; beat well. Stir In All-Bran and mincemeat. Add sifted dry ingredients. Stir only until liquid and dry ingredients are combined. Fill greased muffin pans two-thirds full.

Bake in moderately hot oven (400 about 25 minutes. Makes 12 luscious muffins. Cood Nutrition, I Too! AJI-Bran is made from tha I VITAL OUTER LAYERS of finest wheat aerve I daily aa a cereal. mint I and law enforcement officials in tracing the car and the thief. The council, after hearing the, delegation, passed the ordinance without a dissenting vote.

Although the ordinance prohibits leaving a key in parked car, it provides, however, "that any violation of these provisions shall not mitigate the oSense of stealing such motor vehicle, nor shall such violation be used to affect a recovery in any civil action for thefj of such motor vehicle, or the insurance thereon, or have any other bearing In any civil action." Excepting commercial vehicles. ii iid tit I II iiMni 1 Peerless Chain Among 10 Top Taxpayers Here The Peerless Chain Company Li among the top ten firms in Winona in payment of personal property taxes, It was pointed out today. The name of the company was Included in the 31 firms which will pay over $1,000 In personal property taxes this year, but omitted from the top ten. The Peerless company will pay 3,766.44. Only six firms, the J.

R. Wat kins Company, the Mississippi Valley Public Service Company, the Northern States Power Company, Latsch Son Company, Arcber-Dan-nils-Midland Company and Rochester Dairies, will pay more. from the amended ordinance, the (with him or her." Mr. Loughrey said that many large cities have similar ordinances, including Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Rodzinski Resigns N. Y. Orchestra Post New York ilP) Arthur Rodzin ski submitted his resignation as conductor and musical director of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony orchestra last night because of what he termed "the direct inter ference" of Arthur Judson, orches tra manager, with the symphony's artistic activities. ICS Council Asks Bids for 2,000 Bleacher Seats The $19,830 bid of the Draper Electric Company, Mankato, for furnishing materials for lighting at Gabrych park and their installation was accepted by the city council Monday evening. The Mankato firm will have the materials on the site June 1, and City Engineer Carl W.

Frank said today that he believed the Installa tion could be accomplished in ten days or two weeks after that. Gen eral Electric equipment will be in stalled on steel poles. Having voted to acquire lights, over the opposition of Second Ward Alderman Joseph Detue, the coun cil voted to advertise for" bids for 2,000 portable bleacher-type seats. Bids will be opened February 17. The Draper company was award ed the bids over four other bidders, including one local firm, the Wi nona Electric Construction Com pany.

It entered two bids, one for General Electric equipment, the other for Westinghouse equipment. and installation. On General Electric equipment the Winona firm bid $14,082, with steel poles; $11,635.40 with wooden poles; $9,918 for the installation with steel poles and $7,869.86 for the installation with wooden poles. Its total on steel poles was $24,000 and its total for wooden poles was $19,505.26. On Westinghouse equipment, with delivery from four to eight months, the Winona firm bid $13,361.15 with steel poles; $10,665.51 with wooden poles; $9,918 for the installation with steel poles and $7,771.87 with wooden poles.

Its total on steel poles was $23,279.15 and its total on wooden poles was $18,427.38. The General Electric Supply Corporation, St. Paul, bid $14,145.82 for furnishing the equipment with steel poles, minus $2,265.08 for wooden poles. The Westinghouse Electric Company, St. Paul, bid $13,361.15 for furnishing the equip ment with steel poles, minus $2,100 for wooden poles.

Delivery by the latter firm would be eight to 20 weeks. The Mankato firm also entered a bid for furnishing Goodrich equipment. That bid was $18,206 with steel poles, including installa tion. It entered no bids on wooden poles, and bid only on equipment and installation combined. Both St.

Paul firms included escalator clauses in their bids, while the Mankato and Winona firms did not. Ask for Seat Bids In advertising for bids for 2,000 portable seats at the Gabrych park the council was Informed by the city engineer that the estimated cost is $2 per seat. Plans drawn for the additional seating facilities at the East End ball park show the seats extended down both foul lines. Only opposition for the purchase of the lights came from Alderman Dettle. He has recommended the development of a larger park, and has urged the council to postpone the installation of the lights until a permanent site is secured.

In other business last night the council received a request from Dr. D. T. Burt, president of the Winona County Dental society, for an increase in dental work rates for welfare department clients. The county welfare department has already adopted the schedule, he said.

He added that the medical and dental groups are the only groups which give a fee adjustment to relief clients. He said this adjust ment was about 66 per cent of the current schedule. The request was held over. The council voted reimburse the city engineer for attending a meeting with airport officials in St. Paul January 28 and to authorize him to attend a meeting of the WAY TO RELIEVE DISTRESS OF, Tes, you get quick relief from sniffly, stuffy distress of head colds with a little Va-tro-nol In each nostril.

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Equally fine return service is offered from Milwaukee over Highway 16. See your local Greyhound agent for departure times, low fares and other information about this marvelous new time-saving service. Remember Greyhound when you want to go anywhere to cities and towns throughout America. FRANKFURTER AND SAUERKRAUT CASSEROLE (A Tested Recipe) Use a 1-pound, 11 -oz. can of sauerkraut; 6 frankfurters.

Be sure to get Cudahy's Puritan Franks because they're ALL MEAT selected beef and pork, perfectly seasoned and smoked no cereal or dried skim milk added. Then place sauerkraut in casserole. Cover; bake at 350 F. for 1 hour. Place Puritan Franks on top of sauerkraut for last 30 minutes of baking period.

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