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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-01-18
"To Pay Through the Nose"

This is an idiomatic phrase and
means ''tO pay fancy price, or Ito
be charged eXorbitantly" The idiOm
dates from 1872, according to Literary
Digest, but its origin is unknown.
Brewer, citing Grimm ("Deutsche
Rechts Alterthumer'O, says that Odin
had poll-taX which in Sweden was
called a "nose-tax"; it was a penny
per nose or poll (head). The Danes
levied a tax, historically so-called, on
Irish houses in the Ninth century, and
the name given to it is attributed to
the fact that the penalty for the fail
ure of payment Of the tax was the
Sitting of the nose of the owner of
the house. Weekley says, "'to pay
through the nose seems to be a play
full variation on to bleed in money
sense, in which the metaphor was
originally surgical"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-01-18
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FRENCH PASTRIES

THE french pastry which we all
L admire so much and pay such
prices for, may be made at home at
little expense, and be just as attractive
as one has time and taste to give to it.
Cake Pastry Foundation.
Take three eggs well beaten in a
bowl, set over hot water and beat
lightly, add one-half cupful of sugar
and beat until the mixture becomes
fluffy, then add one-third of q, cupful
Of melted butter, three-fourths cup of
pastry flour sifted with one-half tea
spoon of baking powder. Mix well,
add vanilla or other flavoring. Bake
in sheet and cut into shapes while
warm.
Neapoljtan Squares.
Cut the above cake into two-inch
squares. Spread half the squares with
apricot jam, currant jelly, orange mar
malade, or any cake filling one likes.
Cover with the other squares and press
together between boards until firmly
Joined. Now spread the sides with
jelly beaten to a paste with a few
drops Of water and dip each in COCO
nut finely chopped. Ice the tops with
q thick chocolate icing and in the, cen
ter place halved niaraschino cherry
outside down; add stem and leaves Of
citron or white or green icing.
Almond Slices.
Spread the entire sheet of cake with
a tart jelly or jam beaten to a PASTE
Now cut into strips three or four
inches long and one and one-half
inches wide, spread the sides with
jelly. Top each with heavy meringue,
using two egg whites and eight table
spoons of granulated sugar, one-fourth
teaspOonful of almond extract. Ar
range over the top with a pastry tube,
sprinkle with powdered sugar and top
with shredded almonds. Place, in a
slow oven and brown lightly.
g by Western Newspaper Union. ~,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-01-18
Welsh Name With So Letters

For more than half a century an abb
breviated form Of the name of the
Anglesey village Llanfairpwllgwyngyll-
observation-disclosures iliogogo-
goch has been used at the railway sta
tion on the acknowledgement line, on
the L. NJ. and S. railway, but now the
full name is blazoned on placard %
feet long. This is understood to be in
honor Of the visit of Prince George to
the residence of Lord Anglesey. The
name Is commonly shortened to Liam
fairpwllgwngyll, meaning "the Church
Of st. Mary by the white hazel pool"
the Llanfair P. g., and even to Liam
fair. The full name contain So letters
and 10 syllables.-LOndOn Times.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-01-18
Shark Never Relaxes His
Search for Food in Sea

No one has ever seen a shark
asleep, although they may bask in the
sun with lazy tanning of fins, either
on the surface or on the sandy bottom
In shallow water OmnivorOus, fated
to be ever hungry, rowing, relentless,
the tiger of the sea apparently never
relaxes his vigilance, never ceases his
restless swimming through the sea in
search of food, which is gulped down
whole. From birth in the dim sea
lanes, shark has to keep that great
lunate tail waving constantly, his
ghOstly eyes alert in an unremitting
search for prey.
Sharks are the greatest fish in the
sea, says a writer in the Baltimore
Sun. They glide silently up brackish
river mouths, play in sunlit tropical
waters, migrate by the millions along
the coasts of our country, and even
live at the 200-fathom mark under the
Ice of Greenland's shores, where Es-
kimos have caught them for many
decades. They have been undisputed
rulers of their domain for millions of
years. Yet mankind is only beginning
to know the truth about them.
There is something indefinably sim
lister in the appearance of these sea
monsters. The sight of sharks
ugly green fin slicing in zigzags along
the surface, then disappearing with
swirl, leaves one with sense of
dread.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-01-18
BONERS are actual humorous
tid-bits found in examination pa
pers, essays, ETC., by teachers.

Linear expansion Is illustrated by
the days getting longer when the
weather gets warmer.
Lightning was invented and devel-
oped by Benjamin Franklin.
The first wheat was discovered In
Egyptian mummies.
Like magnetic poles bit each other.
Space from which all matter has
been removed is called heaven.
Heresy is where a child looks like
his father.
John Smith was a brave man, he
married POcahontas.
G. 1888. Bell syndicate.-WNU Service.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-01-18
Cock-of-the-Rock, Most
Beautiful Bird in World

In the Venezuelan jungles, near the
lonely Brazilian border region. the
cock of-the-rock, sometimes called "the
most beautiful bird in the world"
goes through remarkable dance rOu-
tine. The performance, writes cor
respondent in the National Geographic
Magazine, takes place on the ground,
flame-cOlored males and their drab
consorts, gathered on bushes.
While the audience cheers approx
ingly. the dancer, with lowered wings
and outspread pumping tail, walks
round and round, scratching the
ground and springing into the air.
When 1t tires another male takes it's
place. There seems to be no data as
to the duration of these marathons.
Other dancers of these hills, far
more numerous and even more accom-
plished, are the manakins. There is
one little fellow with jet black coat
and bright blue cap; another, of the
same diminutive size, exactly like him
except that the blue cap is replaced
by one Of white; and a third Of the
same stature, with orange head and
red boots.
All are denizens Of the deep shad-
ows of the underground, and in the
dusk might well be mistaken for lit
tie back-coated gnomes, as they go
so seriously about their intricate
dances. But some one has called them
"gigolos," because the dancing seems
to be done at the bidding of the fe-
males.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-01-18
Where Squirrels Live

Chickeree, the common little red
squirrel, is at home in almost any
place, even in the orchard, about the
barns, or in the attic, where one squir-
rel can make more noise than two
boys. But the larger gray squirrel is
a shy and timid creature of the forest,
of the hardwood ridges and the Sc
cluded heights. where there is plenty
of oak. hickory, beech, butternut and
sugar maple. In favorable locations
they will congregate in considerable
numbers, living amicably together.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-01-18

The revolution in method wrought
by the tractor is not generally real
lied in urban communities. It ushered
in the era of power-farming, affording
employment to smaller number of
persons, but with an increase of indi-
'vidual output. The chemist with his
fertilizers, the biologist by segregating
special resistant qualities for partic-
ular climates and soils, have all con-
tributed their quota to development
as significant in it's way as the rail-
way train and steamship.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-01-18
The Silvery Years
BY ANNE CAMPBELL

KIOW we have come to the silvery
L years,
Silver with vanished hopes, silver with
tears,
Silver with promises of silver dawns,
When Deaths silver chessmen take
Life's silver pawns.
Now we have come to the silvery
years.
Silver my tresses, and silver appears
Stealing the brown of your own pretty
hair;
The silver of winter is shimmering
there.
Now we have come to the silvery
years.
The journey is ending, the Swallowed
path clears,
And over the top Of the silvery hill
The bright silver moon of our love
rises still!
Copyright.-WNU Service.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-01-18

uERE are three types of the motorized
trains that are fast coming into use.
At the upper left is the Texas and Pacific
two-car train running daily between
Fort Worth and Texarkana, Texas. 1t
is equipped with two twelve-cylinder mo-
tors burning gasoline. In the middle is
Britain's first streamlined railroad car,
run by the Great Western railway be-
tween Reading and Slough, with single
100 horse power motor burning heavy
oil. At the right is phOto-sketch Of the
Burlington Zephyr, the last word"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-30
Euclid Mayor Helps
Frame Steel Men
Organizer, Six Strikers
Found Guilty

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June pa
jury, hand picked by the notorious
anti-labor Mayor Ely of Euclid,
Ohio, returned verdict of guilty
against Frank Rogers, Cleveland
district secretary of the Steel and
Metal Workers Industrial Union.
Rogers and six other strikers
were framed on charges of dis
orderly conduct" growing out of
mass picketing of the Euclid police
station from which scabs were re-
cruited and taken in police cars to
break the Chase Brass strike on
April 9th.
All local unions of the SM.WI.U.
and other workers organizations in
Cleveland are asked to send protest
resolutions to Mayor Ely, City Hall,
Euclid, Ohio and demand the re-
lease of the arrested workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-30
Declare Martial
Law at CCC Strike
Boys Desert Tennessee
C.C.C. Camps

IVY, Tenn.-Out of the 200 young
workers in the C.C.C. Camp IA,
Company 1910 here, 100 have quit,
and many are still grumbling over
the rotten food. Forty were dis
charged when they led strike in
protest over the food which con-
sisted in the main of potatoes and
squash, and broke into the store
room.
Martial law was declared when
the 40 went on. strike. Captain
Johnston ordered Lieutenant Lord
to strap on the guns and to shoot
to kill if further "uprisings" &C.
Cured. Other c. C. C. boys were
armed with clubs to use against
their fellow workers.
All over Tennessee, c. G. c. boys
are quitting the camps, being I'M
able to stand the food and condi-
lions. Last month, 100 quit at the
Turtle Town camp, and SO deserted
the Cocoa Greek camp.
The 40 strikers were hustled
North under guard as prisonres and
we're not allowed to get off at
Washington, D. C. to place their
grievances before the federal G. G.
G. authorities.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-30
Put Demands To
Rumanian Consul

NEW YORK. - After running
away Wednesday, the Rumanian
Consul was forced to see a dele
CATION representing over $4,000 work
ers of New York City, Friday, June
%, and agreed to send copies of the
protest resolution presented by the
delegation, to the Rumanian Lega-
ton in Washington, D. c., to Secre-
tary of the Interior of Rumania,
and to the Military Tribunal in
Craiova who were forced by the
workers of Rumania and other
countries to reopen the trial of the
seven railroad workers leaders con-
demned a year ago to from five
years to life imprisonment at hard
labor.
The Rumanan railroad workers
over a year ago, unable to bear
wage cuts and terror, barricaded
themselves in the shops in different
cities throughout Rumania and es-
pecially in the Grivita shops in
Bucharest.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-30
Victory in Three Big
Locals; Cangsters Used
in Local 637
fDaiIy worker Midwest Bu-caul

CHICAGO, Ill, June 29-Pro-
greesive forces won smashing
victcry over the reactionary old
line leadership in three locals Of
the Painters Union in Chicago in
the elections held this week. Two
Of the three most important and
largest locals elected almost COM
plete progressive states.
In Local No. 637, which has a
membership of 1900, the rank and
file slate, headed by Carl GrOnquiSt
for president, was swept into office
except for one candidate. The old
financial secretary was able to beat
the progressive candidate by 81
votes, but all other Offices went to
progreSsives.
Gangster tactics were used few
weeks ago in Local No. 6S7 to pre-
vent the victory of the rank and
file. When nominations were held
for business agent, business agent,
j. DUNCAN of Local 1911, came in
with a crew of armed thugs to
smash the meeting. The workers,
though unarmed, faced the guns
of the gangsters and threw the
whole lot into the street.
A progressive, William Flodin, was
nominated for business agent by
No. 637, and took Office without
opposition.
Every progressive candidate in
local No. 275 was elected. Only the
Office of recording secretary, for
which no progressive ran, was won
by the old guard. The local has
1,400 members.
Another victory for the rank and
file was won when the progressive
slate triumphed in the elections OF
local No. 1874.
The three locals combined have
in their membership over one third
of the union painters in Chicago.
In local 521, the corrupt officials
are continuing their efforts to crush
all militant sentiment. Charges OF
creating dissension" have been
brought against M. Brier and F.
Robins, who have put up heroic
battle against the racketeers that
dominate the local. If the leadership
is successful in expelling these two
militants, they will undoubtedly go
on to drive out anyone who opens
his mouth against their rotten
administration.
The rank and file of the local
has called an open air protest
meeting in front of the local union
hall for July II to smash this at
tempt to drive out the best ele-
ments in the union. Numbers OF
workers organizations have pledged
their support to the meeting.
Robins, Brier and three other
progressive rank and fllers were
slugged at a union meeting few
weeks ago by gun thugs imported
by AL Green, big boss of the local,
who is a grating paint store owner
The fight developed when the mem
bership of the union was denied
the right even to nominate candi-
dates for union offices. The rank
and file group in the local is call
ing on the members to put up a
determined fight for democratic
rights in the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-30
New Wage Cuts as
LayOffSCOntinuein
Detroit Auto Shops
Speed-up Is Increased;
Hours and Wages
Are Cut

DETROIT, Mich.-Mass layoffs
and wage cuts are continuing in
the auto industry, with the Hud-
son Company taking the lead, hav-
ing laid off 10 per cent Of its
10000 workers in the past few
weeks. Motor Products, with IS
per cent of 5000 workers, and
Ternstedt, with IS per cent Of
$4,000, are next, closely followed
by Chrysler with SIS per cent,
and Dodge with so per cent. AL
other plants have laid off their
employees proportionately, with
the Ford Motor Company with a
lay-off rate of approximately 40
per cent.
The auto manufacturers are en-
ploying many schemes in putting
over their wage cuts. The Chrys-
Ter Corporation is refining" jobs
and is forcing up the rate Of pro-
duction per man and cutting the
piece work and bonus rates.
The Budd Manufacturing Com
pany is laying off workers in the
finishing departments who get 80
cents to $1.10 per hour and is
replacing them with newly hired
men at so and so cents per hour.
The Briggs Manufacturing Co. is
employing this method also. Thou
sands of workers who were laid
offices daily, and only few hun
off from other plants go through
the Briggs and Budd Employment
dred are hired each day at SO
and so cents per hour, to replace
men working in these plants who
receive from 80 cents to $1.10 per
hour.
The Hudson Motor Car Co. is
putting through its wage cuts on
a stagger system, first by cutting
as much as 8 cents per hour from
the workers in departments which
did not strike when the wave Of
department strikes took place in
this plant last April. and is now
cutting the wages slightly in the
departments which struck.
Increased speed-up and decreased
hours are the rule in all plants.
Eight and ten-dollar weekly pay
checks are very common. After
the cost of carfare, gloves, lunches
and aprons is deducted from these
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-30

of need when the veterans are doing
their utmost to put over their
Three-Point Program and force the
Federal government to pass the
Unemployment Insurance Bill which
will benefit every worker, that a
new group calling itself the Sup
pcrters of the Workers Ex-Service-
mems League" has been formed.
This group is holding their first
affair, a garden party, to raise
finances for the national headquar-
tiers of the w. E. S. L. on Saturday,
June 305h at SO East 3rd St. at 8
p. m Dancing, entertainment and
refreshments. Subscription 15c. All
non-veterans who wish to support
the fight of the veterans should do
SO by joining the Supporters"
Information can be obtained at
Room 523, 799 Broadway, New York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-30
Pay Cut Due in
Textile Mills.
After Lay-Of
National Textile Union
Urges United Fight
Against Wage-Cut

PATERSON, N. o., June 29.-The
National Textile Workers Union,
222 Paterson St., has issued a state
ment calling for a united struggle
of the membership Of all textile
unions against the wage cut which
the textile employers and the N.
R. A. is preparing to put into effect
in the textile industry The manu-
facturers are closing down their
plants as the first step toward the
wage cut.
The N. T. w. U. statement de-
clares: Many manufacturers have
closed down their shops. They are
trying to Starve the workers out, in
order to put over a wage cut. They
tell the workers that there is no
work. At the same time, the bosses
inform the workers that if they ac-
cept a cut there is plenty of work
for them. That is just what was
said when the workers we're forced
to take a 3 per cent cut. with the
aid of the Arbitration Board and
the United Textile Workers Asso-
citation officials.
What are these officials doing to
prevent this cut? What are they
doing to mobilize the workers to
fight for the increase which the
so-called survey calls for The off,
Gals Of the Associated speak Of
strike action" but they are not
mobilizins the workers to take
strike action to prevent the cut.
The membership in the Associated
Union are expressing great dis
satisfaction with the leadership in
the Associated. The leaders know
this. They fear that the members
might break away. In order to hold
the members down, these leaders
want an Agreement with the bosses
MORE BINDING THAN THE
PRESENT ONE-"FULL RECOG-
MILTON OF THE UNION" This
means the Check-offl Forced dues
and assessment collection by the
bosses to be handed over to these
leaders. All this at the expense
of a wage cut!
Proposes Conference
Senator Wagner of the National
Labor Beard, thru the pressure Of
the silk strikers was forced to agree
to the S25.0C minimum. 1t is be-
coming clearer to the silk workers
that the Arbitration Board set up
by Roosevelt's N. r, A. was designed
to prevent strikes and to reduce
the wages down to the Cotton Code
of $1,000 for 40 hours. Mcmahon,
German, Schweitzer, Keller, ETC.,
with their support to- the N. R. A.
have paved the way for this cut.
The National Textile Workers
Union proposes: l. A United
Struggle against the cut by the
membership Of all Unions-Asso-
ciated-Independent-an National.
Q. That a Conference be called of
delegates from each Union to
mobilize the workers against the
cut. 8. That the workers call shop
meetings to vote down the cut and
to strike unitedly against it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-30
Progressive Slate
Wins In Elections of
Chicago Painters
Police attack Picket
Lines Of Columbus
Packing Strikers

COLUMBUS, O-Police radio
cruisers were used to escort
strikebreakers through the picket
lines surrounding the David Da-
vies Packing Co. of Columbus,
where 400 workers have been on
strike since June %. One striker
was arrested on charges of as
sault and battery when he
jumped on the running board Of
a police car and prevented it
from running down girl picket.
For the past six moths many
workers in the plant have been
fired for union membership. The
strike was precipitated when IA
truckdriYers were suddenly dis
charged. The strikers demand
recognition of their unions and
reinstatement of all discharged
union members. Hundreds of
workers from other unions are
on the picket lines.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-30
SundnU

PICNIC Of Bronx workers Clubs Pleas
ant Bay Park Sunday July l. In ad-
vance 15c AT gate 25c. Tickets at Pros
pect, Bronx, jerome. Allerton, Middle
Bronx Clubs. Entertainment. Dancing.
Shorts. Refreshments.
LECTURE b. Norman Tsllentire OF
American League Against War and Fas-
cism. $50. at Ccney Island Workers Club,
2s74 w. 27th St. cor. Mermaid hv". Sub
'sct "1ve~ prcpareticns Under Guise OF
National Recover" Aom. i5c
HIKE to Hunters Island Meet 10 am.
st Pelham Bay Station Bring bathing
suit Lock for the D.W.C. chalk mark.
Auspices Daily Worker Chorus. Take Pei
ham Bay Local at l25th st. to last stop.
PICNIC at Tihbets Brook Park. Field Is
at 1890 am. Fine time promised. Re-
freshments. entertainment. Adm. free.
Take jerome Ave. Lex. Express to last
stcp. Auspices fremont Prog. Club
MUSICALE AND DANCE-Short telk on
"Mu-ic in Soviet Russia ct 1901 Jerome
Ave. Bronx fcor 10th ST. $50 nm.
Adn,. l5c. hrsricss vt. E5en B.. ESD.
JOINT picnic ri F.S.U. end Now Mir
Club 1T TiaNces Brc~'z Su~Aav. J,iy Isl.
D'@sctions 9.tat Il White Plains Raad t.
H57th St. Ta%a bus to parf. Con'nittee
vill meet YOU start from Cooperative
Retirement an.
rrC-UEE b. Conrad Kcm2rcw-ki cf
J,hn r--i clph at New Culture Clys. 9345
Coney Islsrd Aye. Cone Island. Topic
Julv lth. 1776 and Ocsohe-. 1917
ejyMPoSIUNs. "Rale Of Nero in Art and
Theatre" at John Reed Club, $50 9th Ave.
near 10th St. 8 pm. sharp. Papl Peters,
Arthur schomberg, Or, Reuben S. Young.
Adm. 15c.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-30
WHAT'S ON

PACKAGE PARTY and Dance at l4ol
jerome Ave, Bronx IGOR. roth ST. o;5U
pm. A6n.-one package. Auspices MI
Eden BIZ. F.1.U.
BANQUET. Concert and Dance. pm.
at 4Ino 18th Ave. Brooklyn. N. Y. ADM,
CSC. unemployed iOc. Proceeds for Center.
All sympathi-crs urged to attend and help
us save Center.
PARTY and Midnight Revue by cast of
men in White and "Steyedore, at
irving plaza, Irving Pl & 18th St., $50
p.m. Benefit workers and artists arrested
in unemployed demonstration on May 70
Adm ACC.
RED GRADUATION and Picnic at Van
Cortlandt Park, 2 pm. Auspices Washing
ton Heights Workers Center & women
Council. Theatre, games, refreshments all
afternoon. Committee will be at 242nd
st. and Broadway subway station to dlrect
picnicers to picnic grounds
CONCERT AND FRoLIC at 1O6 E. 14th
St.. $50 pm. Arranged by Freiheit Man
dolin Orchestra for benefit Of Y.C.L, OF
Germany.
GARDEN PARTY arranged by Support
ers of W.ES.I., at SO E. Ord St., pm.
Subscription l5c.
PARTY AND DANCE at Alb W. 53rd St.
$50 pm. Auspices Y.C.L., LID, R.W'L.
Subscription 25c.
THEATRE OF WORKERS SCHOOL Film
Dance and Theatre Night at II E. 18TH
ST., $50 pm.
EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF all unit
and section f<ance secretaries called by
the District for Monday. July End, 1880
nm. sharp at Workers Center, IS 18th
St., Room EOS. Very important problem
to be taken up.
HOUSE AND ROOF PARTY at 10 E,
18th ST., Harlem. $50 pm. Auspices Joe
York Youth Club. Fine program and
dancing
PARTY ct 1913 Boston Road, pm.
Auspices New Youth Group. Dancing,
re +reshments free. Adm. 15c.
GRAND CONCERT AND DANCE a.
Coney Island workers Club, 1874 W. 9th
ST CO.. -,ormaid Ave. $50 pm. Brighton
Blue ] land Dancing starts $50 pm.
srbsc- I 15c.
BARR lANcE. pm. at BIS. Club
Earn enlisted with Labor SPORTS Union.
7s4 4oth St. Brooklyn, N. Y. Auspices
Kay Tee A.C.
BENEFTT-DANCE given by League OF
Struggle for Negro Rights. pm. at VAN
guard Studio Basement 235 w. l35th
st. Good music, refreshments. Subscrip-
tons l5c.