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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-24
BY WILLIS THORNTON
NEA Service Stnf COrFtHPOhuFH'

WASHINGTON - Beside Presl-
w dent Roosevelt at a recent
press conference sat small
dark man with straight black
hair, neatly dressed Z. a blue suit
He was the president of Panama
Senior Don Karmodio Arias.
FL presidente smiled broadly
throughout the demonstration
which he was witnessing OF the
now-famous Rooseveltian "Open
forum" with the press.
His presence. an unusual event
at a presidential press confer
ence, was explained by the pres
ident as typifying the new neigh
borly spirit he is trying to intro
duce into international relations.
THE conservative and tradition
l. al leadership and policies man
aged to keep control very handily
in the American Federation OF
Labor convention.
The FL triumph OF the Green
element I'm the test case Of an eff
fort to enlarge the eXecuti i've
board and get new blood" into
the A. +. Of l.. shows this. and
so does the 13.S72-5S59 victory
of the craft-union advocates on
the proposal to unionize brewery
workers vertically. on an indus
trial rather than on craft
basis.
A clear-cut issue was presented
here. An effort was maze to or
paniZe brewery workers on the
industrial plan: that is. carpen-
.ers. steam engineers and anyone
Use who works in a brewery
would be eligible to join. The
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-24

The Times-News is so generous
in the use OF it's space for pro
hibition perhaps a little variety
would not be amiss. ,L
Preachers and certain church
officials are active for prohilpIl-
ton. The claim is made that the
issue is moral and not political
Now l suppose that every person
in the nation, excepting Rip, van
Wrinkle knows that an overwnelm,
ing majority of the people 1ay S;
repeal. The effort of prohlpl-
tionists is to make the will OF TINS
vast majority non effective.
have known better morals thah
that.
Again, our present government
came into power by an enormous
majority under a pledge to repeal
the 18th amendment. The effort
of prohibitionists is to prevent
the government from carrying us
pledge to the people. Twist and
distort as you will, but it means mean.
Just that. Does such an efforl
call for a boost or blush! nc
me it looks like dyed in the WOO
politics of the rule or ruin var
iety. -, H..
Perhaps no one will deny that
Temperance is a moral question
but our prohibitionist friends are
almost as silent as the tomb OF
that vitality important moral IS
sue.
The words wet and dry as APP
piled to repeal and prohibition
are misleading and were doubt
less meant to mislead the un
wary. In my humble opinion
illegal liquor sold by bootlegger'
to minors and to your daughter
is as wet as liquor sold under
state supervision and much more
likely to be poisonous. :.
T SuDpoSe not one person II
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ten thousand has o..
acquaintance with ~, 4
There are probaBIv ~,
times as many boa.Tr s :
brewers. ''ea
The charge is nsdo
implication tina, rori :; (.
%aging a battle .Yr t +
A much more rcs. ~s }
damaging chargu cor Il .
ferred against probiSi..
waging a battle for !. 9,
gers. No one can fs u.
that prohibition pss 80. !
bootlegger's paradise @
When we think If =.
millions spent for sag. ~;
forcement, it is no W. w
we reached the ycrgo @ y; /.
collapse. We have S \.
most lawless nation IN '. !.
What then is the No., y
10 or II years Of ~.
Answer, financ.a, a m$
bankruptcy. '''
Sincerely your, for
and no pretcnSc. y"
| J.. +. CLD,
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WAR CREDIT PROSPECTS ARE
DIFFERENT NOW
CBy BRUCE CATION

When the chances for new war in Eu-
rope are discussed, the American is apt
to have in the back of his head & notion
not unlike that which possesses the mind
of the village undertaken who watches by
the door of a mortally sick friend.
He hopes nothing tragic happens, but he
can't help knowing that if it does it at
least will put some extra cash in his own
pocket. q 49,
If Europe, that is to say, goes to war
again, Europe will need an infinite variety
of the commodities America produces
everything from wheat to poison gas, from
auto trucks to shells An America which
has sold steadily diminishing amounts Of
these and other commodities for years
hardly can be blamed for thinking about
this. 4 81
But it might just as we'll be pointed out
that this time those expectations might be
disappointed very sharply. Europe would
want to buy those things just as much as in
the last war; but Europe might have very
hard time figuring out what to use for
money. : @M
In 1914, Europe held vast quantities Of
American securities. American railroads
had used enormous amounts of foreign
capital in their construction; so had Ameri-
can mines, American factories, American
oo4 m
When the war broke out, Europe hur-
ried to turn these securities into cash; with
the cash, huge purchases of munitions ard
other commodities were financed. And
when that money was used up, the Allied
nations borrowed heavily in the American
market to buy more.
But things are different today.
The amount of sound American securi-
ties held today by Europe could almost, as
they say, be put in your eye. The shells
that could be bought with the money these
securities would bring wouldn't last Il
week. After that, Europe would have to
borrow.
And anyone who looks at the present
state of foreign loans in this country knows
without being told that there would be a
different story this time. European bonds
would not go like hot cakes now; as a mat
ter of fact, they probably wouldn't go at
all.
There are various ways in which Ameri-
can prosperity might be restored. A new
European war, however, is not one OF
them.
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2 Killed, 8 Hid
Bus-Car {.

WATERFORD. NJ
(UP).-Two persons r.,
and eight injured. ors
Sunday night in a rors
tween a bus and an :,
on the White Horse ):
here. d"
The dead were VIII,
erhardt of Philadolpbs
unidentified girl abom :
of age.
The injured We're -.
Cooper and Yves. Jeys,
pathic hospital at Can,
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STANDS LIKE ROCK

1t is manifest that when former Governor-Sen-
ator Morrison said that he was not through fight
ing the battles of the people of North Carolina he
was not talking about raising pedigreed heifers
and fancy-eoored chickens
That meant goriness out in the arena of public
service where he has always fought with gladia-
torial ability, giving lick for lick mailing his
victions to his masthead and allowing none to
force him out of line.
His pronouncements incident to the talk about
the national committeemanship mirror in striking
and impressive measure the old Morrisonian fire
of the years ago.
One may not be able to walk with him along the
path that seems clear to him, but one must ad-
mire his fighting tone his tenacious hold upon old
convictions, what he conceives to be his duty AMI
his answering devotion to it.
In vacilatng, compromising world, you don't
find such stamina stalking generally abroad.-The
Charlotte Observer.
wife is person who thinks it all right to opeY
letter which Sha racoup;zas tba
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craft nIlDIIN. '"I'tluiF Y
neers. yelled their hsl4t
they won handily.
NEVERTHELESS. lt:,a
~ ton Of The NRAFel
give a boost 10 the rer. A
Industry Is now or-l,,l
cally. a shop appealed
it's trade. association "a
its government hoiyFl
There is a strong itsa
NRA that labor ShouAl|
lied along the sane rsTt
instead OF on the horl 81
cutting across wlrr iDt.l
a single craft.
General JOhn,og himseE
this method. though he ID
labor's right 10 or!a1E
pleases. The Fers-s'i.
stuck it3 toes into this =
manner CT organiD'Io-
new federal unions
But the next biz ;ir
may be within labor; ~
to determine which .'y51
is to be supreme.
A LOCAL jcwclry ,'oFI
"A selling the IIueE =
lee Medal" reports hT'"'
more than "Gu Of them q
member its the m"Ga! I
Grating the Bat'.e o. y.
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You know the skin is to be removed if
the gossip begins with the words: II like
him personally, but"
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HOME FROM Fl

Mr.. and Mr.. II. u :,
ace, Jr., Mrs. s. 4. FIJI,
Hoke Flack have re,gry
motor trip to the Ca,
Progress expo .ition in r,
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This column. "Be'm ind me scenes
in Washington" is being c0hdncfed
bv Willis ThOrntOn during the re-
cation Of Rodncy butcher.
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eve are in Geneva solely for disarma-
ment purposes" says U. S. Ambassador
Davis. So Germany disarmed the other ma
tons by quitting.
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door, but the trouble is there's nobody
home at the time.
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That is, a righteous man is slow to wrath
except when somebody claims to be more
righteous than he is.
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LETTERS TO :
THE EDITOR

NOTE-No unsigned COM
uun;cations are published by
The Times.News. All letter.;
must be signed with the real
name of the author. No COM
munications signed with a tic
titious name will be published.
EDITOR.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-24
BIBLE THOUGHT

THE LORD KNoWETH HOW
10 deliver the godly out of temptation" e Pet. 29
Leave the HOW with Jesus
Sweetly He has said
Wherefore are thou troubled?
give daily bread
Leave the HOW with Jesus,
IT'S enough to know
Faithful to His promise
Help He will bestow.
Leave the HOW with Jesus,
He will all explain;
Only trust Him fully
Till He comes again.
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wife is person who thinks it all right to open
any letter on which she recognizes the handwriting
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There is no subsi.
newspaper advertii,n
BEHIND TIE SCENES IN
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craft unions. c%paciaIlre
neers. yelled their hel4i
they won handiIy.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-24

THE SlAMESE say that the first gibbon was , vel
woman Who, with the assistance Of her youthful ft
aged and ugly husband, and them fled to the fore
man. Ayensing Spirits caught them however ~"
anu turned the woman into a,gibbont,rq
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-04-20
CHENGWATANA

A very enjoyable dance party was
held at the Joe Curtis home Easter
Monday evening, the occasion being
CALCULATIONS, Louise!
Mrs. Russell Kirkland called at the
Ford home Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Francis Black of Pine City,
is visiting at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Adolph Merleen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Bever called on
Mrs. John Becvar Sunday.
Miss Florence Lindahl. who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Floyd
Gray at Cloverdale, was called home
by the illness of her mother and
brother, Fritz, who have both been
quite i'll with flu.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Carlson have
been entertaining relatives from Iowa
the past week.
Eli Hustled of Minneapolis. visited
over the weekend with his sister,
Mrs. John Becvar.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Shatava, Jr., Wis
tied at the parental home Easter Sun
day.
Park Bitner visited with Johnnie
Becvar Sunday.
Pauline kubat and Charlie Becvar
spent Easter Sunday at the John Toll
lefsOn home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Merleen Wis
tied at the Jerry BroZ family Sunday
Mrs. Johnnie Becvar visited at the
home of her parents. the Aug. Ham
bergs, Sunday. Mr.. Hamberg ant
son, Gust, are both ill with flu.
Mrs. Mike Kirkland visited at the
Hamberg home Saturday.
Miss Margaret Engler is visiting
with her sister, Mrs. Mike Kirkland.
Mrs. Steve Smith and little grand
daughter, Donna Mae Unverzact, Wis
tied in Pine City Monday.
Mrs. A. P Norton was called to AL
ton, ILL.,, by the serious illness of hel
daughter, Mrs. Ray Andrews.
| Elmer Carrier and A. w. Piper were
business callers in the neiShbOrhoot
Saturday Mr.. Piper was formerly
business man of Pine City, but is nov
located in st. Paul. Mr.. Carrier still
owns the old home farm and is doins
much of improvement work on tn
place this spring.
Mrs. Arthur Bloom and son, Ken
meth, of Rush City. was in this vicin
ity visiting her sister and renewing
old acquaintance last week. Mrs
Bloom is the daughter of Mrs. j. I
Engler and lived in this neighborhoo'
many wears before her marriage t.
Mr.. Bloom some years ago.
The Union Cemetery association
will hold its annual meeting Tuesday
| May 9, at $3.50 p. m, at the ChengWa
tana town hall. One officer and wv
directors are to be elected and othe
business will be discussed. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-04-20

legs, and when the fate which might
come to him as an individual was so
utterly unimportant that it never
even occurred to his bosses to think
about it.
The other expresses the ideas of a
new day; a day in which heavy ma
chinery does the heavy work and the
workman himself is not simply cog
in an industrial mechanism but is,
first and foremost. citizen whose
right to a good job and a decent llv-
ing is paramount to all other con-
siderations.
The speed at which we have trav-
eled i'm the past decade can be gagged
by that contrast.
Just how federal law fixing a
maximum working week might work
out in practice is, perhaps, some
thing else again. Such a law would
have to be elastic, it would have to be
administered with great wisdom, and
it might we'll have to be accompanied
by some sort of minimum wage law
But at the moment those matters are
beside the point.
The really exciting thing is the fact
that we are at last able to cOntem-
plate such a law without quaking in
our boots and muttering about Boil
shevism This scheme would have
looked like the very quintessence o.
radicalism a few years ago; today We
are about ready to accept it as par
of whole new program, and so fal
it has drawn far less comment thar
the fact that an American citizen cal
legally buy a glass of beer.
That change reflects a shift in pub
lie sentiment which is almost too pro
found to be cOmprehended.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-04-20

A news item stated that General
John j. Pershing has been invited to
return to the Treasury at least half
of his S21,5OO retirement pay as his
to balancing the budget.
Since the same news item stated that
he had advocated slashes in payments
to veterans he commanded during the
World war, we wonder if he will do
his bit. 1t would be a good post
war deed if the distinguished general
will do this. Likewise Admiral Rich
ard f. Byrd can help liQuidate some
of the frozen assets of the people
throu ghout the country-since 1t Is
his hobby to explore cold regions
if he will relinquish some of his re-
tiremem pay in favor of balancing
the budget for his Uncle Sam.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-04-20
SHOW LESS
COST OF LAW BODY
Bv JOHN ]. McDONOUGH


Chairman of House Rules Committee.
Despite the fact that the business
of the House has been far greater In
the present session than in the 1881
session, the legislative expense for
the Forty-eighth session will be at
least $4,000 lower than that of the
Forty-seventh session. Up to and in
Guiding March 23rd which was the
fifty-ninth day of the session, IVA
bills were introduced as compared to
144l i'm like number of days in the
1881 session.
For the first So days Of the 1881
session, the payroll of the House en-
ployes totaled S59,4O4 as compared
to S49.S24 for the first 81 days of the
present session. Upon this basis, the
1888 House will show savings of be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 in salaries
of employees alone as compared with
the 1891 session. 1t will be recalled
that two years ago the House Organi-
cation paid out $4,000 in bonuses
alone. This extravaganza will be
eliminated in the present session.
This savings will be accomplished
despite the fact that the number of
employees has been held down to a
minimum.
The 1881 House provided for 131
positions and the same number OF
positions are being filled by the 1888
House despite the fact that the work
is more than twenty-five per cent
greater The present House organi-
cation recognizing the desperate I'M
employment situation in Minnesota
has endeavored to give employment
to many needy citizens for short time
periods and in this way have success
fully accomplished program to work
out the staggered system of employ
ment so as to spread the benefits of
legislative employment to every cor
ner in this state. Because of this
program the records of the house will
show a greater number of individual
employees when as a matter of fact
there has been no increase in the
number of positions filled by the
added number of employees working
short time shifts.
There will be savings of at least
$4,000 on printing and supplies in this
session as compared to the last ses-
sion and a savings of approximately
$500 on postage. OF course, no saw
ings will be effected upon the sal
aries of members as this is set by
statute. The 1888 House will also
effect a savings of several thousand
dollars on useless junkets enjoyed by
: the favored members of previous SEES
sions. Based upon the above est1
mate, it is safe to predict that the
4 legislative expenses for the house will
t run at least $4,000 under the 1873
4 figure
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-04-20
HAPPY DAYS?
Editor Askov American:

Editor AskOv American:
Well farmers and soldiers, the gov
eminent finally did something for you.
1t gave you beer at Is cents per pint.
Think of it. beer at the price of only
one pound of butterfat, and one and
a half dozen eggs per pint. Your
bushel of barley will buy you from
one to three pints of the amber bever-
age. A bushel of wheat will buy you
three pints and nickel to boot.
Happy days are beer again.
You farmer boys who like to sing
while you milk, please join with us
while we sing:
Hal Ha! Ha! You and me
Little brown jug don't love thee.
And as you pull her teats for all
that's in you, to get the extra pound
of butterfat to buy your pint. you
may continue:
If had COW that gave such milk
I'd dress her in the richest silk;
Feed her on the choicest hay,
Milk her twenty times day.
You soldier boys who got booze in
stead of bonus. please be patient with
your Uncle Sam. He can't give you
too much. You must learn to econ
omize for the budget must be bal
anced. Please don't be tight boys
when it comes to buying your beer
at Is cents per pint, for thereby you
will raise the price of barley, start
men to work. while you booze your
troubles away.
ONE WHO MILKS.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-04-20
Finlayson School Notes

School began Monday, after an en-
ioyable week of Easter vacation.
A large group of boys answered the
first call for track practice Monday
afternoon. We expect to have meets
with various nearby towns in the near
future and are going to the county
and the district meets later on. Lyle
Bergseth is captain of the team.
Everyone is studying hard this week
in preparation for six weeks eXamin-
atoms
Minimum essential tests were given
before vacation to all of the high
school, The median for the freshmen
was 90 and, for the rest of the high
school, 95.
The Campfire girls plan on giving
a program at Pine river on the eve
ming of April %. They plan on Civ
ing a program at Willow River in the
near future also.
The senior class is studying its
class play, 'Lookin' Lovely" and plan
to present it the first part Of May
Watch for the date.
Some day, this week. is going to be
set aside for general cleanup, at
which time the campus will be
cleaned up.
A meeting Of the Campfire girls was
held Friday. March 81. The official
group name decided upon was Vita
machick." meaning friends" At
nd ON | 1
by flags were practiced.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-04-20

Art Shires, admittedly great base
ball player, and even at that above
the average, is having a hard time
getting a job with major league teams
who like to have peaceful and am
bilious young men in their lineups.
The case of Mr.. Shires lis sadly enough
with many other people
the world with good abili-
ty-their temperament will not have
them get along successfully even
though they possess the necessary
ability. 1t pays and pays big to try
to get along in ones particular line
of endeavor even though things don
always go to suit one.
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FROM EXCHANGES
Editorial Comment From Other News.
papers. Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions
of the AskOv American.)
NO PROSPERITY FROM WAR
Capital TimeS)

(Sdpitdl lluicS)
1t doesn't seem possible that any
one familiar with the horror and aw-
full toll of life of the last war would
seriously advocate another war as
cure for unemployment and depres-
sion. Yet reports from world capitals
record that the jingoists are busy and
willing to plunge the world into an
other holocaust of it could be ar
ranged.
How false and fraudulent is the
prosperity produced by war was made
plain by the misfortunes that have
come to our own country since the
dark days of 1917. And now Japan is
experiencing the immediate effects Of
her own folly in the present Sino-
Japanese hostilities. During 1872
when the Japanese army staged its
big drives in Manchuria, unemploy-
ment in Japan increased by 20 per
cent. Conservative estimates find eight
per cent of the population destitute.
japanese finances are admittedly in
a precarious condition and all trad
ing has been suspended on japanese
exchanges. The decline in the yen
has been serious and trade, both in
ternal and external, has dwindled.
Certainly not a very attractive PIC
ture for any nation seeking to revive
good times by starting handy little
war.
1t takes the human race long time
to learn the simple lesson that war
doesn't pay.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-04-20
WEST ROCK

Miss Myrtle Johnson of MinneapO-
lis, spent the weekend at the Emil
Anderson home.
Miss Martha MattsOn of MinneapO-
lis spent from Saturday until Monday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac
Mattson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Lyden and
family of Minneapolis, spent the week.
end at the Eric Holmberg home.
The Axel Johnson family were Tues
day evening visitors at the Theodore
Thompson home.
Kenneth Carlson was a weekend
visitor at the F. d. Rogers home in
Finlayson.
A dancing party was held at the
Eric Holmberg home Saturday eve
ming.
Mrs. Okerson is seriously ill with
pneumonia Her children have been
called to her bedside. All hope for
speedy recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs Emil Olson and family
of BerOun, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry john
son and family, John Swanson, and
/ day afternoon visitors at the {. l..
/ Carlson home.
| The Rev. and Mrs. ChaS. Swanson
and Charline spent Sunday afternoon
at the Theodore Thompson home.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Lyden and
| family and Mr.. and Mrs. Eric Holm
/ berg and family were Sunday after
noon visitors at the Fred Fiegi home.
Lonnie Johnson is on the sick list.
| Miss Martha MattSOn was dinner
| guest at the Earl Lisk home Monday.
A group of young men, Marlin and
Glen Johnson, and Albert Dyrland
from here, and Edward Anderson and
Marvin Ericsson of Rush City, mOtored
to Long Prairie Saturday afternoon to
spend the weekend with the Rev.
Sigurd Dyrland. They were to sing
at his church Sunday morning.