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Askov American., 1935-09-19
IS AVIATION A BENEFIT =!
(Springfield Advance-Press)

The death of Will Rogers raises the
Is aviation a benefit to mankind or is
it curse? Regardless of what any
one may think or say, aviation is
here to stay. So also are many other
things of doubtful value. What can
be said for flying and what can be
charged against it?
The only thing that can be said for
aviation is that it furni nishes speedy
method of transportation. That is avi-
atoms principal function. No one de-
nies that speed is desirable. At the
same time we have the fast auto and
the fast train, not so speedy as the
airplane, but fast enough for most
people. The value of speed is i'm
possible to estimate. To some it ap-
pears necessary. To others it does
not. 1t is safe to say that the great
majority would never miss the air.
plane if they never saw another. 1t
plays little part in the life of the
average person.
What does aviation cost and what
must be charged up to it?
Aviation is an expensive mode of
travel. What one saves in time is
not a total gain. But the money
cost isn't material. VIII Rogers
wasn't flying to save time or money.
Aviation is a dangerous sport and
takes a heavy toll from among the
adventurous. 1t also takes a heavy
toll from among commercial flyers
and passengers. The figures showing
the death ratio are APPALLING. The
risk of losing ones life is many times
greater in the air than on the ground
Measured in human lives, aviation is
an expensive mode of travel.
But the advantages and disadvan-
tages of commercial and adventurous
flying are as nothing compared with
the curse of war aviation. Flying
has made war ten times as destruc-
tive as it was. England is construct
ing underground tunnels and provid-
ing each person with gas mask
Why? Because in the event of wal
enemy ships would fly above that
country, dealing death and destruc-
tion with bombs and gas. When one
cOntemplates that picture, it must be
the conclusion of all thinking people
that aviation is more of a curse than
blessing to mankind. Like the in
vention of the submarine, the ma
chine gun and poison gas, the inven-
tion of the airplane must be classed
as unfortunate. Perhaps we shall see
again all too soon the terrible conse.
Quences of war in the air.
Askov American., 1935-09-19
TROUBLE AGAIN

The ball was fumbled in the ham
ding of the strike situation at the
plant of the Flour City Ornamental
week. The result of the riot Wednes-
day evening was two dead and more
than thirty injured.
The Union men had been out for
some time. The strikebreakerS who
worked in the shop were fed and
housed right there A city ordinance
forbidS housing men in the factory
where they work and why that was
not enforced by the chief executive
of the city before restraining order
was brought in is a mystery.
Without knowing the history of
that ordinance one can easily imagine
that labOrers and their repre-. .enta-
tives on the council may have agi-
tated long time before such Ordi-
nance was enacted. There is a good
reason for the ordinance for without
it the men on strike would have no
opportunity to explain their cause to
those who have taken their place in
the factory when they stay there
night and day. The men being
locked up tends to incite trouble.
With the ordinance on the books
and labor mayor and his chief of
police in the saddle, and then not
have it enforced naturally caused
great resentment on the part of the
labor element in the city. The mayor
was severely criticised by The Labor
Review of Minneapolis and The Min
nesota Union Advocate of st. Paul.
Lack of decision and action appar-
emily is the main cause of the turmoil
which unfortunately eliminated in a
riot with the two deaths and many
injuries which is no credit to the city
Governor Olson stepped in and put
a quietous to the affair the day after
the riot by issuing an executive order
whereby the plant was "closed and
sealed for public safety.
Askov American., 1935-09-19
Uphold Neutrality

A meeting that got scant publicity
in the press of the state, perhaps due
to the fact that it was during State
Fair week and at the fair. where
there was so much activity, was the
peace meeting sponsored by the Wom-
ems International League for Peace
and Freedom. Governor Olson gave
stirring address in behalf of peace.
and against the time worn and bar
barious method of settling interna-
tional disputes through war and bic Od-
shed. He gave wonderful tribute to
the late Jane Adams, the great wOm-
an leader for peace who was loved
by thousands and millions of Amer
lean citizens as we'll as folks in ali
parts of the world for her many good
humanitarian acts.
The meeting over which Mrs. Ruth
Gage Colby of St. Paul, state chair
man, presided, was. besides being a
fitting tribute to Miss Addams also
very timely in view of the turmoil in
Europe today, principally the trouble
between Italy and Ethiopia. This is
a mighty good time to emphasize that
America should and must stay out OF
the conflict if war ensues. 1t is bad
enough to have innocent citizens of
Ethiopia and Italy mauling one an
other down without spreading the
madness to other parts of the world.
1t must be emphasized time and again
that if America is to remain neutral,
war munitions from here must not be
sold to either country. Profits from
the sale of munitions look very in
result may be the embroiling of Amer
lea in another conflict if the sale Of
munitions are permitted
A resolution addressed to President
Franklin d. Roosevelt, which was
adopted at the state meeting, follows:
WHEREAS. War settles no problems
and tends to create new and even more
serious ones through the economic dis
aster which inevitably follows it; and
WHEREAS. Our government has
signed the Briand-kellOgg pact renOunc-
ing war as an instrument of interna-
tional policy; and
WHEREAS. There now exists in the
world peace machinery, as evidence of
the sanity and Intelligence inherent in
civilization, sufficient to settle disputes
between the nations without recourse
to arms;
THEREFORE,. BE IT RESOLVED. by
a thousand men and women of Mime
sofa. assembled in memorial service to
Jane Adams. Friday morning. Septem-
ber 6. 1885, at the HippOdrOme on the
State Fair grounds, Saint Paul:
First. that no interest real or ina
gined on the part of the United States
III any phase of any dispute between
other nations shall be deemed juStifi-
able cause for the involvement of our
country in another war;
Second. that no cause whatsoever
! shall justify the use of American men
and boys a military machine again.
other than the cause of actual defense
of United States soil in the event of
| an invasion;
Third. that the president. as com
mander-in-chief of the army and navy,
| be urged to exert his influence toward
organizing and maintaining those two
departments in strict accordance with
| this conception; and. Furthermore. that
! the president, as chief executive, be
urged to use his great power to effect
| nationwide respect and obedience of the
| revised neutrality laws.
Askov American., 1935-09-19
HUEY LONG
(The Minnesota Union Advocate

(The Minnesota Union Advocate)
The tragic death of United States
Senator Huey P. Long should have a
Christening effect ON other ambitious
politicians who forget that democ-
racy is still much alive in this union
of states.
Huey P. Long was a hill-billy, ig-
norant and illiterate as boy. He
had a native genius for organization,
a glib tongue, a bombastic sense of
humor and an abnormal amount of
daring. BY no twist of the imagina-
tion can it be said that he had cour-
age His was a faculty of making
people believe he was utterly fear
less and unafraid of physical viO-
lence.
For more than two years he paraded
across the headlines of newspaper
dom. He was always good copy. He
was always doing the unexpected and
invariably the objectionable thing.
He knew no reverence. He believed
he was law unto himself, arrogant,
unfeeling, bigoted and boastful. He
made the state of Louisiana his play
ground, and he dominated the legisla-
ture of that great state to it's utter
discredit.
Huey Long was dictator in fact
with all the fears of tyrant con-
stantly haunting him. He drove in
armOred cars, always attended by an
armed bOdyguard. He ruled the leg
islature with an iron hand, STOPPING
to the vilest infamies to silence pro-
test or to eliminate opposition. On
one occasion he saw to it that a
union barber was discharged from his
position in New Orleans hotel sim
! ply because the trade unionist had
criticized Longs patronage of scab
Labor. His opponents he threw into
Jail, and he personally named non
with power to vote
Long was a tyrant, arrogant as Mus
soIini, boaStful as Hitler and a con-
stant mOcker Of traditional demOc-
racy. He lived as a tyrant and died
as one because he had engendered SO
/
men were willing to kill him as nor
NAL men would snuff out the life OF
mad dog.
The passing of this man should
have a quieting effect on other pup
pet dictators, drunk with a false sense
of power.
Gone is the pOmp and glory that
once was his. Gone is the arrogance
he affected as he strutted like a
stuffed peacock over his kingdom OF
foOt-licking politicians. But his go
ing has focused attention upon the
sort of a man he was to rate the
kind of a death which came to him
on the eve of another of his crazy
special sessions of the state legisla
ture. Power breeds tyranny" and
Huey P. Long went to his grave as
others like him have gone before.
Askov American., 1935-09-19
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Editorial Comment From Other News
papers. Which May or Nay Not
Conform with the Opinions
of the AskOv American.)
USEFUL TAXATION
THE St. Paul Daily News)

(The St. Paul Daily News)
The American Institute of Archi-
tects has put forward a sound idea
by suggesting that system of state
taxation on billboardS be set up.
Such a scheme would have two ad-
vantages. First of all, it would provide
a lucrative new source of revenue
and there isn't a state in the Union
which would not welcome such a
thing. Secondly, and more important,
it would provide the state with some
means of control over one of the great
public nuisances of the day.
There is a place for billboards, of
course, but that place is not the spot
which most of them occupy. They
spoil mile after mile of our country
highways and render ugly the ap-
proaches to our cities and town. 1t
is utterly absurd to say that the state
has no right to assume control over
them. A taxation system which would
make possible the abatement of this
nuisance would be an excellent thing
from the standpoint of public interest.
Askov American., 1935-09-19
AGAINST MOB RULE

Editor Askov American:
| think that one should not go into
debts amounting to much unless it is
absolutely necessary, or he knows that
he will be able to pay it when due;
and when he gives a mortgage in
some property, he should know that
that property belongs to the party
holding the mortgage, until it is paid;
so when one foreclOSes a mortgage,
it is only for the purpose of taking
his own property, so any resistance
is unlawful.
Somebody thinks it is all right when
mob, by force, is hindering officers
in holding a force sale, but by hon.
estly thinking it over, one may get
to an other opinion.
Any person is having stated amount
of property exempt from execution.
(that is different in the several
states) but if the owner of such prop
erty has given it in security for a
debt, it is not his property, but can
be sold to pay the debt if it is not
paid according to contract.
from execution but not given in Sc
curity for the debt, then he is to be
held responsible for it, and to make
good to the person whom he took 1t
from; but an officer is not apt to do
SO. He and his bondsmen are to be
held for it and he knows it. We can
be sure that whenever force sales
are held it is done according to Law,
so any member of such a mob is a
violator of law.
Now there are too many in favor OF
mob rule, but how would it be If mob
rule was made lawful? Well, then
it would take the place of cOnstitu-
result would be that physical strength
would take the place of law. That
is what is used by all mobs in strikes
and otherwise. If physical strength
shall be allowed to rule, this country
will not be fit for decent people to
live in. There are too many dishonest
and rough people for that. People
must become more civilized so the
selfishness, egoism and fighting spirit
is taken out of them, and still I
think that written laws are needed.
Nobody can make me believe that
anarchy ever will work to the COM
mon good for all. So my advice is
to abandon that kind of action.
1t would be a good thing if the peo-
pie who are i'm favor of mob rule
would turn around and work for real
reform to make better economical
conditions, so small percentage Of
the people should not continuously be
allowed to take such profits out of the
rest of us, so the producers of the
wealth shall be in need in the midst
of abundant wealth, as the circum-
stances are now. Come along and let
us work for reform! Mob rule will
not make better times than robbery
would, and it is not much more hon.
Orable.
ANDREW RASMUSSEN.
5000 West River Blvd, Minneapolis.
Askov American., 1935-09-19
THE MEAT BOYCOTT

(By Chas. d. Egley, Manager
Farmers Union Live Stock Commits
sion, So. st. Paul, Minn.)
The nations public press is giving
much space to a boycott, which it is
claimed has been called by number
of organized housewives against the
consumption of meat because of the
high retail prices. The center of the
movement seems to be in Detroit,
Mich. and is supposed to have spread
now to include II other cities.
OF course, if the price of meat has
risen above the ability of consumers
to pay there is no need of going to
the trouble of calling a boycott. That
will come automatically. If people
meat. And that's that.
| haven't any doubt but what prices
consumers are paying (and that's
considerably different from the price
farmers receive) are such that work.
ers' wives are having a mighty hard
time making both ends meet, espe-
cially those on government relief jobs
receiving the handsome? ? ? ? sal
airy of $3.50 per month, or even the
skilled laborers who can make up to
S94.0O per month, and many on reg
| ular jobs are getting very little more.
But calling a boycott doesn't solve
the problem. 1t doesn't remove the
cause of the trouble. Refusal to eat
makes the stomach still emptier,
when the thing these people really
want is more to eat instead of less.
Attempting to solve the problem by
calling boycott reminds me of farm
ers organizing to stop foreclosure
sale. If they are successful they have
made it possible for their neighbor
to stay on his farm a while longer,
but if he raises another crop, it will
be taken away from him again as it
always has been. and the problem
hasn't been solved. The cause of the
trouble hasn't been removed.
Now what's the cause of the trou-
BILE? AS l see it, it simply comes
about by the fact that the spread in
price between what the producer gets
and the consumer pays is too wide
Farmers and workers are both pro
ducers and consumers. AS result
they get robbed on both ends. They
can not buy back as much as they pro
duce, not only of their own products
but Of each others products, and as &
result we have so-called surpluse:
with suffering and misery in the
midst of plenty.
Farmers in the vicinity of the Twir
Cities get s1.7O per cwt. for milk de
livered at the distributors place o
business in the city. l, a consumer
pay 10c quart. There are so quarts
in 100 lbs. In other words l pa.
$500 cwt. The distributor, who pas
teurizes the milk and brings it to m
back door. gets twice as much as tn
farmer who produced it and delivere,
,, it to the distributor.
Somebody Loses.
1 Certainly it doesn't seem as thougl
3 it should be necessary for the distri
butor to get twice as much as tn
: farmer. who produced it. This
: merely an example Of the widenes
: of the spread which is true OF a.
e other products produced and cor
o sumed. This spread must be narrowe
5 so people can consume as much a
they produce.
Askov American., 1935-09-19
HE Is PERSISTENT

Once again nurse copped off a
wealthy man. The groom is none
other than Senator William G. Nc
Adoo of California. and secretary of
the treasury in the Wilson admin
stration. The senator who is II is
said to be some social lion," a crack
dancer. and this is his third marriage.
The bride who once nursed him is but
%. and so if she desires many years
of married life she will have to wed
second time as the old fellow can't
last forever. The brides father took
exception to the marriage of a person
II to another only 25. even if the
man is prominent. but said he would
not interfere. A picture of the ro-
mantle pair is quite unusual.
Askov American., 1935-09-19
DID THEY EARN 1T?

Arthur Brisbane, highly paid edi-
torial writer, wrote:
"The United States Chamber Of
Commerce objects to the income and
inheritance tax program, calls it con-
fiscation. The question involved
seems simple:
Does the property of the United
States, result of thrift and intelligence
belong to the people who created it,
or is it only held in trust by them
for public use by those that for the
time being exercise powers of gov
ernment?"
Commenting on the sacred" prop
ery rights the Thief River Falls
Forum said:
1T would be interesting to have
Mr.. Brisbane explain just how in
telligence' entered into the building
of the Mellon millions. The MELONS
are VIGOROUSLY dull. 1t would also
be interesting to know how Edsel
Ford's Thrift and Intelligence en-
tered into the creation of the mil
lions handed him by his father. We
are informed that Mr. insult has just
been voted a pension of something
like s54 a day. Would Mr.. Brisbane
advise US whether this is a reward
for his thrift and intelligence il
creating millions or for outstanding
ability as a Master of Exploitation
Its a far cry evidently from Bris
bane to Benjamin Franklin. the foun
der Of American journalism. Frank
lin said: Property is the creatur,
of society and society is entitled t
the last farhing whenever it need
it,"
Askov American., 1935-09-19
OPINIONS

He that never changed any of his
opinions never corrected any of his
mistakes: and he who was never wise
himself will not be charitable enough
to excuse what he reckons as mis-
takes in others.-Selected
Askov American., 1935-09-19
Marriage License Applications

The following have applied to the
clerk of district court of Pine county
Christopher Henry Selhauer to Jen-
ME Carrie Renolds of Markville.
Askov American., 1935-09-19

II IS no disgrace not to be able
to do everything: but to undertake. OF
pretend to do. what you are not made
for is not only shameful. but trouble
some and vexatious.-Plutarch
Askov American., 1935-09-19
OPINIONS OF OTHERS

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Askov American., 1935-09-19

out of his new car is the rest of the
family.
The Washington times., 1935-03-25
CHAPTER XIV

And then, before Won Guerdon
had time to say more, he was
surprised to see two strangers
enter the room without trou.
bling to remove their hats. Both
wore the lowering mien that
plain clothes men universally
affect.
I'm agraid, gentlemen, you
forgot to knock" Won Guerdon
said, suddenly frigid.
That's all right. buddy" re-
piled the chunkier Of the two.
(Which of these girls is Katie
Schmidt"
II guess that's her, all right"
said the second detective with
satisfaction. "Now don't start
crying, sister. Nobody'S gonna
hurt you. just be a good girl
and come along"
If the detective expected
Katie to whine or cry or pull
back they were mistaken. That
first low cry Of alarm had mis-.
led them.
"All right" she said almost
angrily. I'll CO." There was
a defiant shrug Of her small
shoulders.
Whats this all about?" Juliet
asked sharply. you're police
men, aren't you?"
That's it, lady," replied the
chunky one heartily. "sorry to
bust in this way, but it's our
duty. We've been looking for
this young lady quite some time.
Ready, sister?"
Defiance
"But why are you arresting
her?" Won Guerdon put in.
I'm sure the girls not a crimi.
nal"
1.-THE jury will decide that.
If she'd ever got out of this
place we'd never found her
the way she's changed her ap-
pearance. It's wonderful, amt
1t, the way they can cure cross
eyes? And she's had this here
plastic surgery done, too"
What is the charge against
her?" asked Juliet.
"I'll tell you what the cops
want me for!" she blurted out.
They're gonna claim I stole
the money to pay for getting
InvSelf remOdeIed
Then you lied to me about
selling-what was it-a small
farm?" Juliet asked sadly.
II had to tell something
didn't II" demanded Katie
angrily. II never owned a
chicken, much less a farm full
of 'em. No, I was second maid
out in Beverly Hills. The peo.
pie was an old couple-dirty old
hoarders, they were. knowed
where they kept the money.
Stingy things! They worked
everybody to death for almost
nothin'. I cleaned the rooms
and made the beds and I caught
on to the combination Of the
little safe in the wall Of their
bedroom"
To Be Continued
Copyright, 1875, by King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1935-03-25

for myself. Maybe I'll get a
little time to read them books
on grammar and things you sent
me, Miss Rankin. But don't you
think it would be easier If I
went to a lot of pitchers and
tried to pattern myself on some
Star?"
Nonsense. Why initiate any
body?" said Won Guerdon.
The Washington times., 1935-03-25
NOW READ ON

Mysterious
Indeed" remarked Juliet po'
litely. "He's nice, isn't he"
swell! But gosh, he's too
serious. Both times he talked
to me about Life"
It'll bet he didI" chuckled
Won Guerdon.
Katie contrived to look and
sound mysterious. yeah, we
had deep talks. A lot of what
he said was just the ordinary
kind of good advice everybody
gives yuh, but some of the
things he said was kinda poetic.
Like hitchin' wagons to stars,
and finding hidden beauties in
peoples character. It was just
Junk, but I didn't tell him so
because he's such a gorgeous
fellow. I'm going in his office
and see him before I leave the
institute"
IT would, by all means" Ju'
Iet told her. Hell be delight
ed with the way you look"
"You wouldn't be jealous,
Miss Rankin?"
Involuntarily, Juliet flushed
q little. "Of course not!"
II didn't think So" said Ka-
tie. Then, with no idea what
ever of tact, she added: Il had
an idea you and him was good
friends" She tossed her head
and rolled an eye in the direc-
tion Of Won Guerdon.
. Certainly DR.. Won Guerdon
and are good friends" !" Juliet's
tone was a shade too casual.
"Aw, I don't mean just plain
friends. You know-sWeethearts.
You'd make a grand couple"
Won Guerdon laughed. "You
see! Wisdom out of the mouths
of babes. I thoroughly agree
with you, Katie"
Secretly Won Guerdon was de-
lighted at Katie's remark. His
man.of-the-world air was largely
veneer; in the presence of Ju-
liet it was difficult for him to
repress a rather juvenile sense
of romance.
In the beginning, Juliet had
effected him SO terrifically that
he had been in a desperate
state. But such desperation,
Won Guerdon decided, was q
.mistat }. Very stirring and dra-
matte, but it left him wretched
and, finally, despondent.
In Jeopardy
Meanwhile, down on the first
floor Of the Institute, two
heavily built men with police
stars concealed under the lapels
of their plain business suits were
making inquiries about a certain
Katie Schmidt. In an inner
pocket, one Of them carried an
official document which was a
warrant for arrest.
The information clerk, after
phoning here and there, told
them what they wanted to know
and the strangers, utterly un-
awed by anybody or anything,
got into the jewel-box Of an ele.
vator and told the operator
where they intended to go.
Katie Schmidt was too en-.
crossed with her own buzzing de-
Sires to feel any great interest
in Won Guerdon'S by.play.
Don't depend on me to sell
you to Miss Rankin" she told
him with blithe indifference. IT
got troubles of my own. First
thing when I get out Of here
I'm gonna rent an apartment