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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14
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A reader of this paper tells us he
has been threatened. He had spat
with his wife and instead Of threat
ening to go home to mother. she
threatened to have mother come to
her.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14

The ads save you money.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-13
A Probe Called For

We wonder if perhaps there may not be
 something more behind the suggested
 probe of conditions at the State Hospital
 in Middletown than appears on the sur
 face. A group of employees at the lnstltu-
 tion have persuaded the Committee on
 Humane Institutions, the chairman ot
 which is Senator Albert E. Eccles social
 ist, of Bridgeport, to call hearing at
 which they may present their claims and
 cite their injustices. It should be most
 interesting hearing if everything develops that should
 S While the members of the legislative scommittee are not discussing at great
 length the charges which will be aired
 tomorrow at 1:30 o'clock in the Capitol, ait seems to be the feeling among certain sgroup of employees that they have to work Eextra long hours. And when the investi- sgation was first brought to light we recall sreading that the same employees used the Eexpression, brutal treatment. Thls smight we'll mean any number of things Ewithout indicating that the employees had been physically mistreated.
 It is our opinion that this little hearing lis going to result perhaps in action, long sdelayed action. 1t. may bring forth, if Dr 5R. l.. Leak, superintendent of the hos Spital, is quite outspoken, the fact that , employees there have a grievance, but not against the hospital authorities. No, the grievance will be against a state that z compels an institution to accommodate sthe thousafds that are now being cared Nfor at Middfetown There is no question but what the hospital is taxed beyond it's capacity. That fact has been brought to light on many occasions It makes very . little impression on our legislators.
 z If the hospital authorities and trustees shave chosen this means of centering the Fattention of the entire state on the situa- . tion, then indeed conditions must be bad. And we really think that the real cause for {. tomorrow's hearing is not to air personal S grievances, gbut to show that an entire ssystem is being disrupted by failure of the N Nstate to expand it's institutional activities. We feel sure that Dr Leak and the trustees who testify tomorrow will perhaps bear out the stories that the employees give on \ long working hours. But such working sghours are perhaps necessitated by the fact 1that annual appropriations do not permit hiring of sufficient force to care for the number of patients now overcrowding the 2 institution at Middletown.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-13
Little Known Hero

< On Saturday Colby College will com- {. memorate the first American martyr" to ssthe cause of the freedom of the press - \ Elijah Parish Lovejoy. Prominent news @papermen will be present at the exercises <; in Waterville, Maine, not merely to honor s the memory of the first man who gave @his life for the above principle, but also 1to dedicate themseles to such cause swhen it perhaps is being imperiled. The
 event is more than one of mere passing \ interest. 1t is an occasion upon which the Fourth Estate of this nation is seizing Ewith avidity.
 & 1t is not fair to speak of the occasion Ewithout delving into the background of sthe central subject, Elijah Lovejoy He Twas born in Albion, Maine November 9, 1892. He entered Colby College in 1923, Nthe institution then being known as Wa sstervllle College. He was one of it's most ebrilliant students and before graduation had been made principal of what today sis Coburn Classical Institution. He was Svaledictorian of his class, 1926 He went West, where inside of a year he had
 abandoned the teaching profession to be- &come an editor.
 St Louis was the field of his endeavors in this field. It was the day of outspoken- mess in the political platform, as we'll as in the columns of the few newspapers of the day. L0vejoy was a Henry Clay enthu-
 siast and many were the columns written in his behalf. In 1882 Lovejoy studied
 for the ministry. He returned to St Louis
 in 1883 and was both a preacher and an editor of religious paper Always out
 spoken and never unswerving in his be-
 liefs his religious and political expres-
 sions aroused resentment.
 Moving in 1886 to Alton, Illinois he met with armed resistance and lost his print ing press. He maintained business,
 Enough, against mob violence. A second press was destroyed year later and also .a third one, bought with funds raised by public subscription. Life for Lovejoy in these days was hectic. He was constantly in danger of death, so violent was the mob spirit. And ultimately it did claim his life. On Novermer q, 1887, wh:le defend ing his printing plant Lovejoy was killed by bullets exchanged between tine mob and his loyal friends guarding it.
 But his death did not come until he had voiced these undying sentiments: "As
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-13
SOUND DECISION New Haven Journal Courier)


 Mir Joe Lawlor seems to have emerged from his trial by fire with something like aplomb. The Coco Viscusi matter was widely hailed, of course, as much a trial for tho boxing commissioner as for the principals. The commissioner 6 office has not always escaped crit icism; here was the kind of thing which can ruin the boxing business because it almost has. The evil dence seemed clear and the gossip was particularly noisome. As we suggested at. the time, the circum- stances required an exceedingly close research by Mir Lawlor fol- lowed by an exceedingly full re- port. .
 Well, Mir viscusi has been ex- cused. from further participation in the fight game for an indefinite period. While nothing positive was pinned upon him, at the hear ing, Mir Law1or concluded his own and the fight game's health re- quIred certain amount of airing which isN sNperemptorily decreed. The commissioner office gains obvi- 0usly by such action; but what is far more important to the fancy and It's fanciers, the ugly rumors of moral turpitudo in the ring are again put off. 4 fair fight and no favors is all the ring fans ask: Mfr I.awi0r's action e an indication they wili get lt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-13
So They Say

Unless our government now begins to curtail its reckless spending this country will be in stinking mess. .t
 Roger Babson. The crisis under which North America is aboring is partly a crisis of depopulation
 --Mussolini. People forget the capitalist is taking great risk in starting industries and creating employ ment. As matter of tact very few capitalists die rich. About 90 per cent of them lose, their fortunes.
 Frederick H. Prince capitalist. Women not all bandwagon voters. But most of them I've been in politics 49 years and know
 -Representatives Walter M. Pierce, Oregon. The Hoover may be upward; it could not be downward; it may be a straight line.
 William Allen White.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-13
In To-day's Mail
 Anonymous letters will not be accepted unless accom-. panied with writer's name.
EDITORIAL POLICIES OFTEN DICTATED BY CIRCULA-. Y TIoN FIGURES
 waterDury, Conn.
 May. II, 1885. 2

Editor, The Democrat:
 After reading the editorial in last Friday mornings edition or the Pape syndicate entitled 'Fath- CT Coughlin Froths Again, I ar rive at the point of choosing be- tween either of two conclusions or perhaps, both conclusions doyetail to make a compound truth. IL Pape is trying to boost his circula- ton figures by4restoring to reverse Journalism. 2-His editorial staff consists of bigots and standpatters. Regarding the boosting of cir culation, c ert ain newspapers throughout the country are said to purposely take sides against the tide of opinion on certain topics. The psychology is to get under the skin of partisans who may be readers of other papers. Out of curiosity partisans on particular subjects or principles will pur- chase the obstreperous paper 70 read their articles no matter how silly they turn out to be.
 Regarding Lbigotrys the Pane edi- torial writers are narrow in. their opinions on economies, social jus tice, monetary reforms and other problems which face the Ameri- can people today. Father Cough lin may not be 100 per cent right. He might be only 50 per cent right. To the Pape editors he is 100 per cent wrong. purpose1y leave re- ligion out of it although plenty of innuendos have been given that Father Coughlin has not the right to speak on the subjects he does.
 Huey Long has probably receiv- ed the worst press lambasting that was ever. the lot of any man. Yet. the New York Daily News, (cir- culation of million or more} af- ter conducting an exhaustive in- vestigation, publicly admitted that Senator .Long's figures regarding the concentration of wealth were substantially correct. Huey Long Is not quite the fool that news- papers try to make him appear. Fools sometimes call others fools.
 Many newspaper editors should be out looking for n job. They haven't tho least senblance Of what Is going on. They adopt a policy and # would crack thnir brains to change it. l94l '- ''- t..f f.s- .i
 COMMON cLAx.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-13

Washington, May 13rDemo-. cratic floor leaders of the senate, are secretly trying to persuade the president to agree to the shelving of important pending legislation.
 Their argument is that unless the list of controversial issues is curtailed congress will be i'm session until August 1.
 The proposals the leaders are urging be dropped are:
 Title 1.-The central bank ing feature-of the adminis- tration's banking reform bill. This far-reaching provision is violently opposed by Senator Carter Glass and banking in- sterests. M ,a s-
 The provision, in the ad -s slhinistration's holding corpo-3' ration bill, abolishing certain types of utility holding com panies. The entire power in- dustry is arrayed against this legislation.
 The Wagner Labor Disputes Bill, opposed by practically every employer organization in the country.
 The first two measures are certain of Aenactment if allowed to come to a vote.s The house all ready has passed the central banking proviso. There also is a 50-50 chance that the Wagner bill can be put through.
 In view of these facts, the secret scheme of the senate Iead- CTS has all the earmarks of a crafty attempt to sabotage, the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-13
Press Comment
PORTRAIT OF A SENATOR.
(New York Times)

To a country that has just seen the senate pass the Patman Bonus Bill and hears the insolent ciamor that threatens the opponents of that measure, the speech of Sep- ator Glass accepting the medal of the National Institute of Social Sci ences is as saluatary as it is timely. Senator Glass will not even accept the common phrase public ser- want" in its contemporary meaning To me 1t was never intended to
 mean abject subservience to the
 popular will, however unihform- ed or misdirected. prefer to think of a United States senator
 as the representative of the SOW
 ereignty of his state and subject
 every moment to the promptings
 of his own conscience and the :,
 preservation of his own intellec-
 tual integrity. The Senator learned long. ago. :
 indeed, I did not have to learn:
 1t is a self-evident sproposltion-
 that the public man who permits
 himself to. pause long enough to
 inquire whether a thing is popu-
 lar or unpopular. instead of seek-
 ing to know whether. it is right
 or wrong. is not only useless but :
 dangerous. to his country. He
 is coward to begin with and .
 menace always.
 Senator Glass whole public car; ger has been framed on this model, His public life is the realization Of his words. ts
 His name is written in raomen- tous legislation: 1t is his greatest achievement that he has been faith full to his high conception of the duty of senator. He goes his way, unmoved by threats. careless of popularity. He is q free man and senator, subservieut neither to the administration nor to the maflu- factured '.public opinioF" of herds of seif-seekorB. Ills qualities are recognized and respected. It may be doubted if any public man oftor day stands higher in general esti- nation. His unbending flr1nnesa oi purpose is appreciated even tnD the senate. where he is one Qk the few specimens ok what . senetor should w. st .Itt ts 44 tlI i. .4|f. tl Ir.4Iilf4t t..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-13
Who Are The Jobless7

Two facts stick out like sore thumbs in an unemployment summary compiled in a typical American industrial center. Most of the unemployed are in the two age classes below 26 and above 45. The big gest group of all is found in the seven- year period from IS to 25. The survey finds 26,000 in this group. Four minor age groups running through the next 20 years, from 25 to 45, aggregate 44,000. Then comes the second largest group 0e 20,000 in the ten-year period from 45 to 55.
 Those under IS, it is almost universally agreed in this country, should not be em- ployed except in education. Those over 55, though usually needing work in our pres ent-day society, should not have to work if we got our national economy properly organized. The most serious problem at present, as shown by these figures, is to provide work for the young people under 26, most of whom have never had jobs, and for the middle-aged people from 45 to 55, who are mostly competent and willing to work, but are denied work in favor of younger people.
 Roughly speaking, our jobless are mostly the boys and girls between high school and marriage, trying to help themselves and their parents, and the men and women between middle age and the old age, try ing to finish rearing and educating their families and provide something for their last years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-13

The federal government, more than anything else, is forcing Connecticut into sales tax, so it was disclosed to the Leg islature last week. Speaking for the gov ernor Senator John c. Blackall declared that "The governor is disturbed over the fact that the federal government at Wash ington has been recurrently insistent on the state itself doing something for towns by relief legislation. Washington can't understand why Connecticut has not done so to date" We'll, we presume the real reason has been because the state feared to interrupt fine job that most of the cities and towns have been doing. And now that resources of most towns are ex- 4 hausted the state will come to the aid. Unfortunately we do not regard the sales tax as the proper vehicle on which to speed to our aid
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-13
Paris Letter
BY HAROLD ETTTdNGER United Press Stan Correspondent

Paris--Thirty feet under the ground in the Avenue Foch, most fashionable residential street In Paris, a model concrete {, shelter against aerial bomb and gas at tacks has been constructed.
 Consisting of several rooms and equipped with a variety of con veniences, including apparatus for detecting gas outside, the shelter is, considered 100 per cent safe and will serve as q model for others the, city of Paris soon will con struct. eskf ~f Concrete Roof
 This shelter is built under a mansion, 30 feet below the ground. Its roof is a block of concrete six feet thick and capable of resisting the shock of a one-ton, bomb. over the roof is 10 feet of earth, then a one-foot concrete slab reinforced with steel bars, and finally another layer of earth.
 Special First Aid Rooms
 There are special rooms in the shelter for giving first aid. to in- jured persons, machine rooms for light and ventilation apparatus, and storerooms for food, water and other supplies. 5 ;.
 Although it is connected with the city's regular electrical service, the shelter is equipped with gene. rators and batteries to furnish light If the city current fails, and there are likewise machines for furnishing gas and oxygen. -i.i s
 One of the most important nla- chimes in the structure is the veny tilator, which is equipped with a gas detector. This machine, which is connected with the surface by q heavy, 30-foot pipe. can not only detect whether there is gas in the atmosphere. but also can tell what Kind of gas 1t is.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-13

Perhaps the most telling blow delivered against the Federal Reserve banking sys- tenn offecent weeks was that contained in the address of Father Coughlin the other evening. He said among other things, From 1913 to 1883 part of the profits made by the Federal Reserve banks were legally contributed to the United States government. But one of the first actions of the Roosevelt administration was to legalize that all profits made by the Fed eral Reserve belonged to the Federal Re- serve.' And the Federal Reserve is not tgovernnlent-co controlled, but is; a private corporation controlling the money of the country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-13

MAY IA
 Most favored ones today are those born; fro m october P through November 21a
 Emotional Barometer Morning-U Uncertain.
 Afternoon-Good. f.; Evening DaG. v.
 The evening is treGeherous ana deceitfui. Do not become smisled by some one who has persuasive speech. e orr Birfhdate. &H;
 You must be careful to guard your finances from September 80 through October II, 1885. You may tend to disagree with the partner over money. Your part ner's financial outlook will be bet ter than yours. Danger of rash actions. speech of use of dangerous weapons or sharp tools from September 2 through 8, 1895. s. <
 Readers, desiring additional in. formation regarding their horo- scopes arc Invited Co communi- cate xs1fl oelaxlnc in care 0f lIiis n6HsnaD6f. Enclose a a-ccni stamped seIf.nadEe.and snsciDes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-13
Selected Poem
DITCH DIGGER

! DITCH DIGGER
 (Tom O'Connor in the New York Times) I have conquered in a thousand ways, And wrecked in numbers numberless Lives. homes and undisturbng industries. I. with the hand that holds this pen, Have shattered walls of ininitudes, 3t Smashed planets driven chaos through old stars. The 'hordes have fled at my stern approach, And disaster echoed through cosmic spaces. Now I am tired. But days work Is done The ditch is dag and the pipe laid down, The earth put back in its place again, Where bewildered insects may rebuild their broken worlds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-13
Your Qusstidns Answered

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 O. Name the speaker of the ssU s. House of Representatives.
 A. Joseph W. Byrns Of Tennes.
 O. How many quarter dollars were minted in 19S2? z
 A. s,24s,s0o. .4s.a
 so.. what is Gene Tunney's ad- dress?
 A. Greenwich. Conn.
 Q. Where are the head quarters of the Republican National Com; mittee?
 A. Barr Building, Washington D. c. l1a@
 O. Who played the part of Hig. gins in the motion picture Death on the Diamond ?" \
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-13
Mail Bag

R. g. F., Someryillc, Mass: "Share : the -.Wealth' literature sent out by Senator .FIuey Long is reprinted from the Congress sienal Record, b u t not by the Government Printing Offic.e. Long wants headlines and large type, for which he must turn to a commercial printer, as the GPO will reprint only in. small type. R.H. F.. Washington, D.. O.: There has been iiio 'nor- maj budget since; 1882, when 3,9 billion dollars was spent by the. federal, government. Since then the cost of relief has almost doubled the Federal expenses, ] the 1885 figure being "A billion.
 (Copyrlght, 1885, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-13

ster, from the famous Aroostook, Maine. spud region.
 But they are up against two important factors and one of less importance:
 1. The AAA is lukewarm. Secretary Wallace shakes his head and says he has enough enforcement troubles. Potato farmers would add several mill lion more.
 2. The K err-S nit h To- bacco restriction act, after which the potato bill was mod eled, was ruled unconstitutional in, Kentucky. The AAA wants to test the final constitutional ity of the act before adding more burdens. s5s
 8. Of lesser importance is the opposition of Michigan's Congressman Hook, who claims his state is just starting in the potato growing business.
 The net result is that potatoes will remain the common, ordi- nary spud, unadorned by an al- phabet agency.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-13

long as T am an American citizen, and as long as American blood runs in these veins, shall hold myself at liberty to speak, to write, and to publish whatever please. being amenable to the laws of my country for the same" The first of the great opponents of the constitutional right of freedom of speech-Elijah Parish Loveioy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-13

The Connecticut Guide obtained at ter centenary headquarters in Hartford is, one of the finest books yet put on on the Con- necticut celebration. It offers not merely the visitor complete information on the state and the spots to see, but also there is plenty of interest to the man who may have been born and brought up right in Connecticut. We advise everyone to pamphlet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-13

We don't like to be "regimented" any more than other people. Yet lot of folks who profess to be individualists want us all to wear the same kind of clothes and ride in the same kind of cars and make the same kind of ice cubes in the same kind of refrigerators.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-13
measures and thus avoid having to go on record on them.
 Politician Relief

{ to go on record on them.
 Politician Relief
 Tall, Chesterfieldian Senator Henry Fountain Ashurst, who once modestly described himself as ''veritable peripatetic bi- furcated volcano in behalf of democratic principles" has de- ]. cided that the government isn't doing right by the politicians.
 With corporations, farmers, banks, veterans, railroads; etc., battening on treasury pap, the AriSonan contends that some. thing should be done for the proper feeding, care and nur. {, ture" of politicos.
 He advocates politician srelief act. But until such measure is enacted he has drawn up the following regimen for the gentry:
 If a politician is troubled with insomnia he should read one of his own speeches or listen to one of a, fellow poli- ticiah. Sound sleep will then come to him quickly. If in need of exercise, the politician should go in for fence building" If the lateral : muscles of h e body require development he, should take
 up tlie5 practice of lodging. ! If the politician during a campaign, finds it necessary to resort to flattery, he should
 spread it on, not i'm thin lay it , CTS but with a trowel, or bet- ter still, a shovel.
 The politiciaH h o u Id not :. forget that voters never agrow
 weary of illusory promises. '
 Politicians should ever re- member that the electorate suspects and distruts men of. superb intellect, calmness and serenity. bss, Z. W
 And finally, the politician must always tell the people What they want to hear
 '.such a course" says Ashurst, t'may not improve the govern. ment, but 1t will nourish the pol iticfan" f4fF2,is rs S,