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The Washington times., 1932-07-16

minutes boVOnd renoarSdl
continent heehawings from the very people who com,
planned aterward that they had to leave before the emo
to catch their trains AS to acting 1t is lmpossOe unoe
such circumstances except by snaches I'm AFRAID mosC
writer's of comedies would not care to suppress
lust as most players would object to note in the pro-
gram asking the audience to wait until the END OF the ACT
before appaudng actors who may after ALL turn IN BAD
performances.
Keep On Forever
Granting that applause does start when Miss Doe
swims lightly the stage exactly why does it stop?
Miss Doe preends (a that she is surprised and (b)
that she overcome with eagerness to get into her lines
but the audience knows (a) that she would have been
hurt if the applause had not come and Cb) that she
doesn't give hang for Shakespeare, ONell and oscar
Wilde together and would stand there halt an hour
and make little bows and look pathetic and sweet only
the applause would keep up Now the audience IS not
applaudng her evenings work. which has just begun but
is applaudng either her past performances her per-
sonaty, why end the handclappng? Perhaps Miss
Blank, the night BEFORE got minute and half; then,
surely Miss Doe is entitled to two minutes; and IN
month of many openings at the end old Mrs. Whershe
bn the great old lady of the American stage will be ap
plauded IS minutes thus completing the running time of
Act and making it much easier for us all to under
stand the play.
A Good Entrance
Jed Harris solved the problem prettiy. He
brought Miss Lillian Gsh the stage in "Uncle Vanya
had her walk clean it slowly, and then disappear
That short stroll, the opening night exactly paraeed
to speak at that point returned later to speak without
being interrupted. In "Show Boat" by way of con-
trast Paul Robson is revealed at the end of song in
which two of the other principals gain much honor The
confusion of motives in the applause is such that the
beginning of the plays best song be heard A
few weeks ago. when Jane Cow appeared the rstnipht
applause nearly answered my question: for threatened
not to stop until Miss Cowl broke into song and dance
That, obviously, is what audiences want and | don't
why they don't get it. It's their money in the box
office, isn't it?
The Washington times., 1932-07-16
z KILLINGS CAP
FAMILY ROW

Charged with the murder of
his wife and mother-in-law.
Ernest Bolden, 25, colored, of
1924 K st. N. w., was today ar
rested and held at Seventh pre-
cinct.
According to police, Elsie Boil
den, Is, and her mother, Mrs.
jamie Plummer, 54, both colored,
were shot during a family alter
cation in house at 1918 Thirty
seventh St. N. w.
The Washington times., 1932-07-16
VETS IN FINAL
ATTEMPT To
GET VOTE
BuIkIey to Call Resolution
In Senate; Shafer Seeks
Beer Poll in House

The wet and dry issue, which
has dogged Congress during
recent months, promised today
to figure in it's closing hours.
Senator Bulkley CD of Ohio,
planned to call up his motion to
suspend the rules to secure a
vote on the repeal resolution Of.
fered by Senator Wagner CD of
New York.
Shafer Also To Act
In the House, Representative
Shafer (RD of Wisconsin, was
ready to renew his request that
Speaker Garner suspend the rules
to permit a vote on beer. Few
believed either of these efforts
would succeed.
The Senate wet bloc, now
sharply divided along party lines,
was jubilant at the change of
heart announced by another stall
Wart dry, Senator harrison (DJ
of Mississippi.
Harrison declared he will speak
and vote in favor of the Demo
cratic platform plank, which de-
mands repeal of the Eighteenth
amendment and immediate modi'
fication of the Volstead act.
ASsails G. o. P. Plank
The plank is binding upon
Democratic members Of Congress
only after next March 4, he In.
sisted. He added:
"The platform is to be a
sounding board, refIecting the
views of the people in Novem-
ber."
He assailed the Republican
liquor plank as weak, milky and
muddy"
Although reconciled to repeal
of the Eighteenth amendment,
Harrison declared he will vote,
as a Mississippi citizen, in favor
of a State enforcement act.
The Washington times., 1932-07-16
WOnlan'S Screams
ROUt Purse Sn0tcher

Blanche DeVrieS, Of 1O17 Eighth
st. N. w., told police today a
colored man had attempted to
snatch her pocketbook while she
was walking on G Street, North
east, between Fifth and Sixth
Streets, last night. Her screams,
she said, frightened the man
away.
The Washington times., 1932-07-16
Door Founders Find
Loophole in New
License Law

The first loophole in the
Districts new license law has
been discovered by house-to-
house solicitors.
The law provides that solici-
tors must obtain a license for
$12 a year in case of where the
solicitor accepts deposits.
In getting around the law, it
was pointed out that the solici-
tor may not require the deposit
at the time, but change about
to collect on delivery system.
The Washington times., 1932-07-16
Rifle Association
Matches Ordered

The War Department yesterday
instructed corps area commanders
to conduct rifle competitions in
cooperation with the National
Rifle Association to take the place
of the national matches for which
Congress made no appropriations.
The Washington times., 1932-07-16
HOWard LGW Dean
Joins NeqrO Group

Charles H. Houston, dean OF the
Howard University Law School,
has been added to the legal staff
of the National Association for
the Advancement Of Colored Peo-
pie. it was announced yesterday.
Houston is the fourth young col
ored attorney to be added to the
staff.
The Washington times., 1932-07-16
u. S. Local Protests
SUSPENSION of Pair

The Bureua of Standards local
of the Federal Employees Union
is on record today as protesting
the suspension by the National
Federation of two of the locals
members. The local voted the
two honorary memberships "as a
mark of our esteem" to them.
The suspended members were
j. P. McKeon, second vice preSi-
dent, and G. L. Jeffrey.
The Washington times., 1932-07-16

applause IOT players WHeH ILoy HAdn0
their first appearance, and this
usually takes place only on opening
nights. Mr.. Benchley hates, more
than anything else, premature ap-
plause before song and dance num-
ber is ended; he likes to hear the
music to which the hoofer hoofs. To
him Mr.. Shaw wrote: Imagine an
orchestral symphony stopped every
three bars or so by the audience
brawling their delight at a pretty
progression or a rousing fortissimo,
as operas are interrupted in italy,"
Don't Laugh!
Mr.. Shaw, incidentally, is also op-
posed to laughter. 81 have had per
formances of my plays prolonged rs
The Washington times., 1932-07-16
Ice Cream Plant
Safe Is Smashed

Police today are investigating
a robbery at the Washington
Maid Ice Cream Company plant.
81 L St. S. E.. last night, when
bandits entered the place,
smashed open the safe and made
away with $l8.
The Washington times., 1932-07-16
HOLU0rd Historian
To SDe1k at Meet

DR.. Charles H. Wesley, head of
the department of history at How
ard University, is to speak at the
annual conference of the national
laymen's department of the Y. M.
c. A., being held today at the
State Manuel Training School,
BordentoWn. N. j.
The Washington times., 1932-07-16
Starring Vet Falls
After Trying to
Eat 81 Bill

John Kelly, of San Bernadino,
Calf. member of the B. E. F.,
was so hungry that he tried to
eat a dollar bill.
He collapsed on Delaware
Avenue Southwest, just after a
man had given him a dollar
and he had tried to eat it.
Kelly was taken by the Fire
Rescue Squad to Gallinger Hos
pital where physicians say his
collapse is due to starvation.
The Washington times., 1932-07-16
STREET EXTENDED

The extension of Elm Street to
Wisconsin Avenue. in Chevy Chase,
will be completed in two weeks,
engineers said yesterday as work
on the project was begun.
The Washington times., 1932-07-16
BENEFIT FOOD SALE

To raise money for it's welfare
work, the Current Comment Club
at Montgomery Hills, Md, is
holding a food sale today. Mrs.
George Good, Mrs. Carl Lines
and Mrs. Alexander Macdonald
are in charge.
The Washington times., 1932-07-16
True to Type
WHY DOES AUDIENCE
EVER GET TIRED OF
APPLAUDINC?
-RV (HELREEHl SLIDES

ONE of the mysteries of the theater is why audiences
" ever stop appauding. For 10 tried to dis
cover why they start ably assisted by that eminent enemy
of audiences Mr. Robert Benchey who in turn enlisted
the potent aid of Mr. Bernard Shaw. My pet hate is
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-30
MAKE 1T A SAFE FOURTH

The Fourth of July holiday is about
upon us and there will be congested
traffic on the highways. We should
take it upon ourselves. each one of
us. to make it safe and sane Fourth
for those intrusted in our care while
motoring on this weekend.
Each driver can usually drive his or
her own car, but it is the other fellow
that must be watched. Don't take
any chances! Better be safe than
sad. The Minnesota Safety Council
states in a bulletin that there are
more people killed and injured on
Sundays and holidays than on other
days. A total of CAT were killed last
year in Minnesota while 10000 were
injured. Death takes no holiday, has
been truly said but it can be made
to take a holiday this Fourth of July
if each will heed the warning each
previous tragedy has written.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-30
INDEPENDENCE

Monday will be the 156th birthday
On July 4, 1916, the fathers of our
country had the courage to sign a
document which would declare the
united colonies independent fom
Great Britain. This was a difficult
step to take in view of the wonderful
ly trained armies the sovereign power
maintained, but the same courage that
saw them colonize on a virgin soil
displayed itself at that time. The
deed was done and the war to prove
that independence was no idle dream
was won and it has still taken courage
and intelligent leadership at times
to MAINTAIN that independence. From
the time when the famous ''heard
round the world shot" was fired in
the Revolutionary war the United
States of America has held to the
precedence of our forefathers as much
as possible.
Our government had democratic
and wise leadership in the beginning.
1t is up to us as citizens now to send
men to our legislative halls who have
these qualifications. Men who will
legislate for the common masses as
we'll as for wealth. BY this method
alone can our country be kept on an
even keel so that each and every one
of its people will be happy in the
thought that it truly is land of the
free.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-30
HOME MANS VOTE HEARD

To sit in our own homes and hear
the reports of the national Democratic
convention or any other important
national affair over the radio is one
of the wonders of the age.
The Democrats voted at midnight
last night to embody as one of the
planks of their platform direct repeal
of the Eighteenth amendment, the
vote being 934A to 213A. Mime
sofas "a delegates voted four for a
resubmission plank while Is voted for
a repeal plank. Two delegates were
absent.
The voice of Viggo Justesen, from
Pine county, the Tenth district dele
gate. was heard when the Minnesota
roll was called and his vote was re-
corded for repeal of the Eighteenth
amendment.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-30
WHY ELIMINATE THE SCANDI.
NAVIAN COURSE IN OUR
HIGH SCHOOL

Editor Askov American:
This is question that has come
to some of us in the Askov commun-
ity since reading the minutes of the
last school board meeting as pub
lished in the Askov American of
June 16. Why did our school board
and superintendent choose to drop
this course at this time, to take up
other courses that will involve far
greater financial outlay?
Had the course proven a fiasco? If
SO might this not have been remedied?
l am willing to admit that greater
results could have come from this
course had we been better equipped
for this work, than the case was
when Supt. H. Petersen arranged for
it in 1880. 1t has been something of
an experiment for all concerned,
something of pioneering in this field
and this community. We had to map
out the course, take into cOnsidera-
tion the ability of the students as
we'll as the support we might find
for this work. 1t was arranged for
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that Bucks we're off SIS today" or
the "Chevrolets responded to big de-
mand in Oklahoma yesterday and are
up $780," "Fords are down 500 as a
result of Jim Fogarty breaking his
left wrist in the Dearborn factory"
1t would be real thrill for farmer
to hear his radio announce that
"Swift's picnic hams are quoted at II
cents today. A shower in southwest
Missouri caused drop of four cents"
How farmer would grin when the
radio said, farm wagons have
reached nearly pre-war prices on &C
count of Alex Legge breaking both
legs when he fell into the eighth hole
of the Gold Coast Golf club in Evan
ston.'
And, here in the city, wouldn't we
gasp to hear that, telephone rates
are down so per cent Sixteen Boil
sheviks in southeast Minneapolis or
dered their phones removed. The low
cred demand caused great price drop
Then the p. m. strap-hangers
would giggle when the local radio
station announced, street car tokens
took great fall today. Twenty to-
kens can now be purchased for one
dollar. The reason given in the pit
is that the management of the T. C.
R. T. Co. has just received a wire
from Paris informing them that the
war is over"
A good many people are beginning
to wonder if we haven't had rather a
surfeit of market gambling and rig
ging all around in this country. The
present Investigations of Wall Street
by the U. S. Senate is bringing to light
some startling facts and startling fig
ures. After all. it seems that Wall
Street is not merely the "bogey-man"
of half-baked minds as we have been
so frequently told by the daily papers.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-30

Farmers generally in Pine county
as well as elsewhere have come to
the conclusion that something dras-
tic must be done to remedy the eco
nomic situation-the root of the evil
must be gotten at. A Frazier farm
refinance bill is needed and needed
badly with it's low rates Of interest.
Wealth must be decentralized con-
siderably and a better distribution
afforded through the income. inherit
ance, gift and estate taxes If we are
to enjoy more prosperity. happiness
and contentment. The majority of
old party members are dilly-dallying
while Rome is burning" The farm
ers of Pine county are going to cast
splendid vote this fall to send
Farmer-Labor congressman to WASH
ington. They want men of action
men whom they know will vote for
the Frazier bill and for better distri-
button of wealth-a better deal for
the masses.
Will the folks in Pine county viii
lagos help the farmers in their vote ?
1t is to be hoped that the small
town business men who cannot very
we'll get along without the farmer
will be more concerned about the
farmer than the preachings of the
metropolitan daily press of the re-
dictionary type, the wholesalers. the
financial interests, and the reaction
aries in office. The village folks
should have. and have much more in
common with the farmers than the
other interests above mentioned. The
farmers have gotten sick and tired of
promises and promises and delays and
delays-'prosperity just around the
corner" and such bunk. Therefore
they have taken the lead, they show
the courage. and it will be no harm
or detriment to the village folks of a
rural county like Pine to take up
the battle together with their farmer
friends and neighbors. What is good
for the farmer will be good for the
village folks and certainly there
should not be such difference in
political sentiment as the primary
vote would tend to show. In unison
there is strength.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-30
INTEREST in PRIMARY ELECTION
GROWING

A comparison of votes in Pine
county for the last three primary
elections shows how the Farmer-La-
Dor party is steadily growing here
and that more and more people have
become convinced the Farmer-Labor
party must be placed in complete con-
troll of the state. In the 1881 session
of the legislature about one-third Of
the senators and representatives were
Of the progressive type. Two-thirds
of the legislators being opposed to
the program Of Governor Olson it was
practically impossible for him to put
over his legislative program. About
the best a governor can do in a situa-
tion of that kind, so far as legislation
is concerned, is to veto bad bills and
this the governor did. Prospects
look bright for quite a change in
membership in the lower house this
year. Some Of the reactionary men,
bers were dropped in the primaries
and more will be left at home in the
fall election.
The total primary vote in Pine
county in 1928 was 2,328. OF this
number 1877 were Farmer-Labor and
1.541 Republican votes. No Demo-
cratic primary that year.
In 1880 the total primary vote in
Pine county was 4,574. The Farmer
Labor vote was 923; Democrat, 1873:
and Republican, 3,468.
The recent primary election of
1882 showed total Pine county vote
of 5,343. OF this number the Farmer
Laborites cast 2,69S; Democrats, S73;
and Republicans, 1,772.
These figures show a steady in
| crease in the total vote of the county
in the primary elections and a decided
increase in the Farmer-Labor vote.
In fact the Farmer-Labor vote in the
primary election of Pine county this
year was more than the other two
parties combined. The primary cleo
tion is the peoples convention and
it is gratifying to note the increasing
interest in the nomination of candi-
dates for public office. In the general
election of 1880 the total vote cast in
Pine county was $3.50, and in the
primary election this year the total
vote was 5,343 so it is very notice
able that the primary election vote
is steadily growing and creeping up
toward the general election vote. The
Importance of the primary election is
being recognized more and more.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-30
CAN WE DISPENSE WITH
RAILROADS?

Editor AskOv American:
Transportation is really one of the
basic industries of this country, as
we'll as of any other country. Bill
lions of dollars have been invested in
our railroads, and can the country as
a whole, very we'll afford to create
a situation wherein a large railway
system becomes a nOnpaying propo-
sition? Our railroads are the primary
transportation system of the country,
also the most reliable means of trans
portation. and the fact being that this
country is not able to support more
than one transportation system, it
seems that the railroads should re-
ceive first consideration. What would
most of the country amount to today
if it were not for the railroads, and
what would it amount to now If the
rails were torn up and rail service
discontinued?
G. L. WAHLQUIST.
Kerrick, Mimi, June %, 1882.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-30
young Americans, not for immigrants.

young Americans. not for immigrants.
Because of the Danish work with
our children in the grades and in
many of our homes, we could map
out this course, not as the usual two
year beginners high school course in
foreign language, but as an advanced
course We could have made "snap
course" out of it as all of the students
could read, write, sing, and converse
in Danish when we started. In fact,
some of them could have passed the
ordinary test in Danish and been
given high school credit for it as a
foreign language course when they
entered. But as this was not permiss-
able under our present public school
system, we mapped out a course in
Danish rhetoric and composition and
Danish, Norwegian and Swedish liter
allure and history, through which stu
dents might increase their knowledge
of the Northern Race, their thoughts
and problems. They have carried
or this study of the period from 1888
to 1900, comparing constantly with
the thoughts and conditions in Amer
lean, English and other countries dur
ing the same period. l dare vouch
for their work, that every one of this
class of II is far in advance of what
is usually required in high school for
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seeking the office are stressing this
fact and are pointing out that party
politics should not be considered for
this office. Most of them are laying
claim to being independents" They
do this during the campaign in order
to garner votes. But when they are
elected and go to St. Paul they line
up with their party. This is more
apparent in the Republican ranks, as
during the campaign they do not want
to be hampered by the Republican
label. In fact they desire to slide
into office under false pretex. The
Farmer-LabOrites, despite the fact
that they are listed upon a non-parti-
san ballot, are not ashamed of show
ing their party affiliation and on their
campaign literature come out flat
footed as Farmer-Labor candidates.
They are not ashamed of showing
their cOlOrs; they stand for the Farm
er-Labor platform; they pledge their
support to Governor Olson for the en-
actment of laws that will be beneficial
to the farmers and workers of the
state, and should have the whole
hearted support of those who desire
to see a new deal inaugurated in the
state-not mere promises that are for
gotten as soon as election is over.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-30
MUST MAKE GOOD

Sleepy Eye Herald-Dispatch: Usual
ly the argument is made that every
business concern should advertise.
Generally speaking, this is true, but
there are exceptions. In fact. some
concerns hardly dare advertise, be-
cause they cannot make good accord
ing to the requirements of modern
business practices.
When advertising is untruthful and
misleading it does more harm than
good. Only an enterprise which full
fills the promises made in it's adver-
Using can stand the spotlight of pub
licity. Hence, when we find a firm
boldly advertising its wares or service
month after month and year after
year. we may generally conclude that
it can and does give real values.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-30
INTERNATIONAL PEACE
BY J. G.. Skemp.

Freedom can be maintained only
by those willing to assert their claims
and to defend their rights. The cause
of disarmament and international
peace can be promoted by creating a
public sentiment that will not tolerate
waste of life and by establishing in
ternational relations, understandings
and agencies that will constitute an
insuperable barrier to policies of
force and destruction. With the ac-
ceptance of the principle of democrat
cy. the acceptance of the rule of rea-
son, occasions for war and wars them
selves will cease. The working people
the masses of the worlds population,
can end wars if they but have the in
dependence to think and to give their
convictions reality by daring to do.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-30
GOVERNOR OLSON NEEDS HELP TO
CARRY OUT HIS PROGRAM
(St. Louis County Independe

(St. Louis County independently
Electing a Farmer-Labor governor
alone is not going to make it possible
for him to carry through his progress
sive program. He needs help. There
is very little doubt about the re-elec-
tion of Governor Olson at the COM
ing election but if the voters of the
state desire some action at the COM
ing session of the legislature they
must send to the states law making
body men who will give Governor Oh
son the backing necessary for him to
carry out his program. and those men
must be pledged to the Farmer-Labor
platform.
The candidates for the legislature
are elected upon a non-partisan ballot
and a great many of those who are
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-30
INFLUENCE LOST

A standpat rural weekly newspaper
says it fears that Minnesota's influ-
ence at Washington might be de-
stroyed if some of the reactionary
congressman are defeated If their
influence had become very noticeable
it might cause alarm, but as it stands
there is perhaps more anxiety on the
part of postmasters and other federal
might be out of a job if the grand old
party men are not returned to office.