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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-10-04

You want the dollar to 60 far
especially in these times. The Amer
lean ads give it stretch.
Evening star., 1934-06-09

it. Thus the problem of Q public
censorship is difficult of solution.
Furthermore, taste varies widely in
such matters and Judgment is not
always uniform on the part of those
who demand cleaner contributions to
the public entertainment. Yet, with
unity of effort a decided effect may
be had upon the business judgment
of producers and exhibitors. The
latter are practically helpless in the
premises. They must take what is
sent to them, and unfortunately under
the present system of organization
there is virtual coincidence of factors,
leaving the public, so far as decency
is concerned, at the mercy of those
who plan and produce the materials
of entertainment, who are far re-
moved from the field of exhibition.
There is no lack of good material
in classic and modern literature for
dramatic representation on the screen.
Resort to indecency is not essential
to profitable production. To demon
strate that fact by the negative but
ultimately effective method of CO.
operative refusal to patronize the un-
wholesome offerings is the task of the
forces that are now combined in an
effort to clean the screen of the filth
that has so often of late fouled it be.
yond tolerance.
Evening star., 1934-06-09
Learn to Swim,

The people who especially regret
never having learned to swim un-
fortunately are apt to be those who
discover the practical value of aquatic
training too late to do anything about
it. Good resolutions formed as one
falls overheard are too tardily con-
ceived to have any helpful effect
The time to develop a technique OF
navigation in the water is any other
time than that of danger. And the
Learn to Swim campaign next week
win provide an opportunity which
ought not to be missed. 1t will make
available competent instruction under
safe conditions. and Washington men
Evening star., 1934-06-09
Keep the Screen Clean!

Union of religious organizations OF
the Capital in movement to pre-
vent the showing of indecent films in
Washington is calculated to have a
wholesome effect upon the screen
entertainment enterprise. That the
tendency is toward improperly sug-
gestive pictures as means of attract
ing patronage is undeniable. The pro-
tests of individuals are Ineffective,
save as they are collective, with alb
stention from patronage. There can
be no reform in this matter unless the
box Office is adversely affected.
If through l'ck of cooperation and
guiding advice the patrons of the
screen continue to tolerate the show
ings offered, the demoralizing influ-
ence of the films will persist. To
protest salacity and indecent sugges-
tiveness is not to denounce the motion
picture as an institution. It can, and
should be, wholesome and entertain
ing. There are many films that are
of such a nature. They win large
public approval, some of them run
ming for weeks to accommodate the
demand. 1t is, indeed, true that these
are the greatest successes as money
makers for their producers and ex-
hibitors.
Unfortunately, to denounce par
ticular film means to advertise it and
cause it to be sought by many who
otherwise would not think of viewing
Evening star., 1934-06-09
should be quick TO take advantage OF

should be quick To take advantage OF
any such arrangement.
Swimming is one of the most health
full of sports It renders soft muscles
hard and firm; it teaches control OF
the nervous system; it promotes con-
fidence; it stimulates physical and
mental well-being in dozen differ
ent ways. An individual who cannot
swim, it might be argued, is to that
extent only a fraction of a person
he has mastered only portion of the
power inherent in his body.
Again, swimming is excellent fun.
A bathing beach or a private pool is
about the happiest place to be found
anywhere on earth in Summer. Be
the crowd a matter of thousands or
only a party of three or four, Joy
rules the scene. laughter prevails. A
change takes possession
OF UIle SWlIIlIIlct tIlC uiOulSAI AAC SAA-
ters the water-something he cannot
describe lifts his spirits out OF trou-
BILE and anxiety into the sunshine of
sheer appreciation of the privilege OF
being alive.
And finally, swimming too fire.
quently comes in handy as life-sav-
ing accomplishment. Few indeed are
those who never have been in peril at
sea or on some lake or river excur-
sion. 1t may be a sobering thought,
but old-timers will understand If it
is suggested that the casualty lists of
such tragic incidents as the Titanic,
Empress of Ireland, Eastland and
Vestris disasters might have been less
lengthy had all on board been trained
to swim. Even in Washington, as
Mai. Ernest w. Brown, superintendent
of the Metropolitan Police, has
pointed out, too many persons are
drowned-the number could be and
should be reduced by education of the
type implied by next weeks drive.
Evening star., 1934-06-09
Too Much Publicity.
I'M the Chattaneoga Times.

From the Chattanooga Times.
One of the obstacles to law enforce
ment with reference to the prominent
or notorious criminals In this country
is the attention given such charac-
ters. A chicken thief, a pickpocket
or a bootlegger may be apprehended.
tried, convicted and punished with
out more than mere mention of the
fact in the columns of the daily press,
or without any mention at all.
But let a society or financially
prominent individual become involved
in the tolls of the law, let a COM
mon criminal like Dillinger achieve an
unusual record of crime, or let some
individual create a sensation by COM
mitting murder under unusual news
producing circumstances and column
after column is devoted to the crimi-
nal. The public demands such serv-
ice. The crime is soon overshadowed.
if not lost sight Of, as result OF re-
citals of the criminals goings, comings
and experiences, which bulge with
human interest, rather than with en-
phasis on his crime against individ-
uals and society. And along with
such recitals frequently 60 printed
pictures of the criminals.
The effect upon the public mind is
not surprising to the understanding.
It is only natural that the individual
human consideration involved, touch
ing the emotions, as they do, should
crowd to the outer edge of conscious
ness the idea of law enforcement;
that sympathy should eventually dis
lodge the sense of justice; that there
should begin to 60 up cries Of per-
secution. In the presence of pris-
oner standing at the bar, surrounded
by weeping relatives, it is easy TO for.
get the robbed, even the murdered.
Evening star., 1934-06-09
Boosting Recovery.
From the Chattanooga Times.

From the Chattanooga Times.
1t is anything but difficult now
adays to find business and industrial
leaders who are ready, even eager,
to give recovery a boost. Even among
the giants in these fields there is
ready good word for improvement.
Business is on the increase, indus
trial output is mounting and in some
instances wages are being raised. 1t
is even said by no less an authority
than Alfred P. Sloan, jr.. president Of
General Motors Corporation, that lin
dustrial recovery is under way with
irresistible force"
The Annalist, noted for its con-
servatism, says: Most business in
dices reflect what is regarded by many
observers as a surprisingly well sus-
tanned volume of activity in view Of
uncertainties largely traceable to
political activities. These uncertain
ties have been reflected mainly in
declining stock and commodity prices
and in slack textile orders" And
what many regard as a most encour-
aging sign is the fact that this VOL
ume of activity is being sustained at
time when Spring business is sup
posed to have passed its crest.
It is to be hoped that in all this
there is no whistling through a grave
yard: that fear of strikes and in
creased wages and prices has not
played too great a part in stimulating
production and buying: that the up
ward swing of business and industry
will continue right on through the
Summer and into the Fan, when it
should receive another seasonal boost.
OF course, much will depend upon the
attitude of the public, for the vol
ume of business and the number and
steadiness of jobs depend, in the last
analysis, upon the volume of buying.
Evening star., 1934-06-09
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The first installmert in The Star
regarding machines and men, and de-
scribing Russia's race to eclipse world
production records, through machines,
which would also ruin competitors,
was short but to the point. In fact. it
is pointed hint that any interference
by the United States with orderly and
natural progress in our own country
might prove disastrous.
There is no overproduction nor
over-machined country in the world.
There can be no lack of market for
any product until everybody is salts
fed, and the human appetite for new
and better things is Unsuitable. Fully
95 per cent of our homes are obsolete;
everybody wants new and better auto
mobiles. better clothes. better house.
hold furnishings. more art; desire
awaits new and hitherto unthought of
devices for entertainment. Only by
machines have We advanced from
virtual slavery to jobs from which we
could exc out an existence.
I should not be surprised If Ger
many and Italy. like Russia, should
also plan greater achievements by
machines. Note we'll the word plan.
Note also if you will. that today most
of the men who work in industry, and
are at work owe their Jobs to the
existence of machines The automo-
bile. telephone. electric refrigeration
radio, aircraft and air transport in
dustries, for instance, each employ far
more men, even during these depressed
times, than would the industries they
have displaced.
A planned machine age holds in
store the fullest enjoyment of human
life for every one. The Constitution
sought to reserve to inventors such
rights to their inventions as would
prove incentive to men to use their
Evening star., 1934-06-09
Make Machines Support Men
And Not Men the Machines

brain and save their Drawn. But the
Constitution has not reserved the
profits of machines to those who use
them after the inventor has parted
with his property rights in them. A
plan. therefore, in which the profits
Of machines IN excess of similar profits
to human labor, paid in wages, taking
into account capital invested in ma
chimes, is divided in fair ratio be-
tween employers and employees, would
balance buying power and production.
How can this be done? The for
mula can be simple. The profits Of
capital investment including machines,
and to profits of employers. The ex-
cess of reasonable return on invest
ment is an unreasonable profit to en-
ployer after he has been credited a
proper amount for service. The Gov
ernment, State or Federal, should
heavily tax all unreasonable profits
made by machines which displace
men. but should allow credits for wage
increases. From the excess profits of
machine production should come pub
lie works funds tan employment as
surance). old age and disability PEN
sions and direct relief
New industries gradually absorb
workmen displaced by machines. but
during the interim. or period Of ad-
justment, the public works funds sup
piled by taxation on excess machine
profits would keep at work all who
desired to work. Disability and old
age pensions would take up the loose
ends. The result should be more ma
chimes, more production. higher wages,
shorter work-days. and lower prices
for the things that make life worth
living.
In other words, the plan is to make
the machine support men, and not
men the machine.
ARTHUR E. COOK.
Evening star., 1934-06-09

good sob-story for jury about the
poor little boy who never had
chance. and all that sort Of thing.
The English burglar, after he had shot
a policeman, knew that he would go
to jail and stay there for life. There
would be no squirming out of it
either in court or by parole or pardon
later on"
There is hardly a large city in
America" according to the Reno Eve
ming Gazette, in which policemen
are not wounded and sometimes killed
by criminals, all of whom 90 about
heavily armed 1t has been frequently
suggested that all sales of arms should
be registered, just as druggists keep a
record of those of narcotic drugs. but
it is doubtful whether in this country
the registering would effect much I'M
provement. New York has a strict law
on the subject and the mere unlawful
possession of pistol is felony there,
yet many of the shootings that cost
the lives of policemen occur in New
York City itself. Two were killed
there only a fortnight ago. What
seems to be necessary is a complete
ClIdllse III Ille dICiIuue Ol IQl1lQ Oh Tie
part of the public"
There is growing in the public con-
sciousness, thinks the Columbus Eve
ming Dispatch. "a realization that if
law and order are to be maintained
there must be first public respect and
demand for such laws as are adopted.
and, second, public respect for and
confidence in the law enforcement
agencies. 1t will be a happy day in
the United States when the wound
ing Of policeman by a law breaker
occasions as much CONSERVATION and
comment as it does in England"
"Of course, it will be readily ad-
mitted that the American and English
crime situations are entirely different"
states the New Castle (Pa) News, but
that paper believes that I'VE in this
country can learn much from this
case" The Rockford Register-Rep
lie comments: Notable among the
detected crimes in Great Britain where
punishment by process of law does not
follow are those where the criminal
escapes by suicide. Every year there
are several recorded, and this, per-
haps, is the best indication of the
hopelessness of crime against an honest
and intelligent enforcement agency
and a determined public"
Evening star., 1934-06-09
Lesson for America Is Seen
In Fate of British Cunman

Simple incidents connected with
the shooting of an English policeman
have attracted the attention of Amer
leans. The press observes that an
officer of the law had the advantage
of public respect, that citizens turned
out to assist in hunting the criminal
and that the fugitive so feared the
punishment that was sure to be in
flicted that he committed suicide.
The curbing of the use of firearms
in Britain also is matter of COM
ment. and it is held that the story
Of tragic encounter should furnish
an example for improvement of Amer
ican practice.
THE difference in popular attitude"
comments the Kansas City Times. lis
just about as wide as the difference
between crime prevalence in America
and in England. A burglar, ques-
toned by British policeman, draws
a pistol and shoots and slightly
wounds the officer. why should that
arouse the whole countryside, enlist
ing in the chase airplanes, motor cars.
bicycles, motor cycles, bloodhounds
and the population generally? Just
because not even criminals are sup
posed to be armed in England. Even
officers do not carry weapons, except
under special dispensation and in the
face of uncommon danger. The law
against carrying weapons is so severe
and so rigidly enforced that GRIM
inals almost without exception respect
it. When it is violated it is in fact
sensational. In this instance the
burglar was so terrified by the gravity
of what he had done that when cor
nered be killed himself.
1T might be difficult in this coun-
try to prevent the sale and use of
weapons to the extent of prevention
in England. but it is possible. Isn't
it about time that all consideration
for the manufacturers and dealers in
the farmers business be disregarded In
favor Of long suffering public? Why
should Congress act on the request of
the President for authority TO stop
the sale of arms to warning South
American countries and yet fail to
prohibit the sale of arms to public
enemies in this conntry?"
It Is observed by the Allentown
Morning Call that the case attracted
much attention in the British Isles,
because shooting policeman-a bob
by, as they know him over there-was
almost unprecedented" That paper
adds: "It shocked the people of the
British Isles. Therefore, also. the
story was widely printed because it
was such an exceptional and startling
crime. In the United States the re-
actions are somewhat different. The
amazement is that burglar should
commit suicide just because he had
shot a policeman In this country
policemen are killed almost every day,
but the gunner keep right on. They
do not commit suicide. They make
their escape, or, If captured, they hire
lawyers to furnish an alibi or develop
Evening star., 1934-06-09

stocks, individual investment programs,
how the investor may adapt himself
to phases of the business cycle, avoid
ing both the excuses of the boom
period and the disastrous results of
carrying speculative securities through
q major depression" The advice given
is conservative and Of the type needed
b. many. For the sake of greater use
fulness and timeliness, the book should
have had chapter on investments in
an inflationary period.
Evening star., 1934-06-09
Free Port Plan.
From the Pasadena Star-Newa.

A~''A 'Ne escsNha otdA -NeWn
After many years of agitation, pros
pect appears for the establishment Of
free zones within ports of entry to
expedite commerce and promote
American shipping.
The so-called free port, which has
been in existence in certain European
harbors for many years, permits the
entry of foreign goods without duty
provided they are designed for trans
shipment to some other foreign land.
The real purpose of the policy is to
encourage the importation of raw ma
terials for conversion into finished
products which, in turn, will be sold
outside the land which manufactures
them. If it should prove that these
imports, whether processed or not after
arrival, enter the domestic market.
they are subject 20 tariff charges on
the basis Of their status when re-
ceived
1t is believed that Southern Cali
fornia's harbors would be ideal for
such use, for the reason that power.
labor. transportation and other factors
largely involved In such activities ere
availahl2.
Evening star., 1934-06-09
The European Chessboard.

Coincident with news from Geneva
that ways have been evolved for pre-
serving the Disarmament Conference
from collapse come tidirgs of other
diplomatic maneuvers designed to pre-
serve the peace of Europe At the
end of protracted negotiations the Lit
tie Entente is reported to be on the
verge of recognizing the Soviet Union,
whereby Mr.. I,itvinoff completes his
plan for encircling Germany with a
wall of alliances of mutual assist
ance."
Rumania played a conspicuous role
in this transaction, which includes an
understanding between herself, Poland
and the Soviet for the guarantee OF
the frontiers of those three states.
Incidentally the new Eastern Lo-
carno" closes the Bessarabian feud,
which for fifteen years has been the
potential cause of grave conflict.
Bessarabia was assigned to Rumania
at the Paris peace conference at the
expense of Russia, but the Soviet
stubbornly declined to recognize
Rumania's title. MoScows need to
tighten up the security of the Soviet's
western borders in order to be free
to concentrate attention on Japan in
the East has brought about the end
ing of the ,Bassarabian question.
The Little Entente's recognition of
the Soviet tends, too, to revive the
old pre-war pan-Slavic alliance in the
Balkans, with the big Russian brother
once again the acknowledged head
and front of vast racial group now
apparently united for common polit-
ical purpose.
France, of course, is part and par
eel. if not the motivating force, of
these new groupings, which have as
their all but openly avowed purpose
the basic object of keeping the Nazi
Reich in leash by surrounding it
with a ring of States animated by a
common fear of German attack. The
official and ostensible reason for these
major moves on the European chess
board is the desire to fortify peace.
Statesmen have short memories if
they have already forgotten the catas-
trophe to which the pre-war system
of balances of power led the world.
That system. the Germans have al
ways contended, with its "encircle-
ment" of the old Reich. directly and
inevitably precipitated the Great War.
In the uper-nationalistic mood of
Hitlerized Germany, it is easy to i'm
agine that plans to envelop the Reich
of today on any lines reminiscent of
pre-l914 arrangements would provoke
resentment on a scale little conducive
to the maintenance of peace.
Today's news includes a report that
Chancellor Hitler will confer with
Premier Mussolini at Venice next
week. Perhaps they will have some
thing to say about Europe's "en-
circling" schemes from which, as far
as public knowledge extends, Italy
seems to be detached.
Evening star., 1934-06-09
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
Literary Progress.

Literary Progress.
Little Reginald was scrappy,
Feeling temperamental shocks.
He has been happy chappie,
Playing with his letter blocks.
Now he has progressed in knowledge
AS his faculties evolve
He'll be ready soon for college,
Crossword puzzles he can solve.
Bye and bye his words prophetic,
AS he builds them all secure,
Will bring triumphs alphabetic
To our modern literature.
Evening star., 1934-06-09

@. How heavily was the air charged
with dust in the recent dust Storm
H. D.
A. This would depend upon the To-
cality. In Washington, D. c., meas
urements showed that each cubic inch
of air over the city contained 10000
count Is 6,400 particles and the high
record has been 10000.
@. Why isn't court tennis more
widely played?-T. R.
A. One reason Is that the number
of courts throughout the country is
so limited. 1t costs $4,000 to con-
struct even the plainest. More elab-
crate ones, such as the two at the
RACQUET and Tennis Club in New
York, cost from SIS, 900 to 100000.
These are modelled after Hampton
Court in England.
@. How are questions handled in
the office of the Haskin Information
Service?-G. I.
A. The incoming letters are opened
at mailing table, stamped with the
date and taken In great basketfuls to
the assignment desk. Here they are
read and divided among the research
ers according to type of inquiry When
the research work is done replies to
letters are dictated to stenographers,
typed, read at the editorial desk. sent
to the table for outgoing mail. where
they are prepared for mailing. Join
the hosts of people who use this news
papers Information Service at Wash
ington, D. c. Frederic j. Haskin is
the director. Send stamp or coin for
return postage.
@. Doesn't locomotive 999 hold the
record for speed for steam locomo-
tive?-I. M. w.
A. Locomotive 999 attained a speed
of 1925 miles per hour in 1892 on its
record run between Albany and New
York City. This is not the fastest
speed ever attained by a steam loco
motive. The tastes; speed reached
was l20 miles per hour on the Plant
vile, on the Savannah, Florida g.
Western Railroad. The Zephyr, which
has established a new record, has a
Diesel engine.
@. When will the reduced advertis-
ing mailing rates on second-class
postage go into effect?s-G. T.
A. On July l, 1894 It will repre-
sent a reduction of from one-half
cent for the first and second zones
to three cents for the seventh and
eighth zones.
@. At what time of year are the
finest concerts to be heard in Eng
land?-A N
A. February is the month of music
In England and world famous orches-
tras usually give their concerts in this
month.
O. Has the dance called the carioca
been reduced to steps possible for
ballroom dancing?-B. T.
A The distinctive steps of the
carioca are not difficult to master and
are combined with regular fox-trot
steps.
@. When was the capital Of Vir-
ginia moved from jamestown to Will
liamsburg T. G.
A. In 1899. jamestown was settled
in 1907. but lost its importance as a
political center when Williamsburg be-
came the capital.
Q. What type of big game is most
numerous on national forests?-J. D.
A. Deer are the most numerous
type and the latest available figure
shows that California led with 254 900
deer. while Alaska, Arizona, Idaho.
Montana. New Mexico and oregon
had more than $4,000 each.
O. Have apartment house rents in
Washington come down since 1928 or
1920. c.