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The Nome daily nugget., 1936-11-17
TUBERCULOSIS STATISTICS
 UP TO THE MINUTE

More than 3 and one-half- mil lion men, women, and children have died of tuberculosis in the United States during the last thipty years. An additional 2 and one1haf million would have died during that time if the nor. tality rate of thirty years ago had continued to prevail.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-11-17

buttons by buying Christmas Seals. Please accept our pledge to use effectively all that you can send, and our sincere wish for your own health and happi- ness."
 Sincerely yours,
 E. w. GRIFFIN, Chairman, Christmas Seal Sale Committee.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-11-17
Roosevelt Will Leave Tonight
 Bue,los Aires
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. IT, Hoping to promote world peace, President Franklin D. Roosevelt leaves here tonight for Charleston South Carolina where he will em bark tomorrow morning on the heavy cruiser Indianapolis for the opening conference December 1st at Buenos Aires, which he called to bulWark anti-war ideals and economic relations among twenty one American republics. The trip will last one month.
 The cruiser Chester will act as the escort enroute to the South American city, and will carry ad ditional Secret Service men and neWSpapermen.
 Roosevelt is the second Ameri- can president to attend a peace conference on foreign shores.
 Woodrow Wilson was the first He went to the Versailles confer ence at the end of the world war, but travelled on a regular steam ship and not a U. s. Navy cruis CT as Roosevelt is doing.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-11-17

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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-05-08
ORGANIZED PLAY
STOPS VANDALISM
Potent Factor in Guidance
and Development of
Youth, Says Judge
THE CALL OF THE CHILD
Bg George D. Hicks.
Judge of the JWUenile Court TOR
Washington County

No child is inherently good, no child
is inherently bad; they are active. Their
activities are engrossed largely in play.
God ordained it so. Too many OF us
who are aged forget that we once played.
Play is one of the cardinal instincts. 1t
exists potentially or actually in every
human being, as well as in the lower
animals. How far it extends below the
human plane down through the lower
animal kingdom is purely conjecture.
Some naturalists assert that the instinct
to play exists among insects and other
lower forms of animal life. However,
we do know, that there are no animals
quite so playful as the little kitten or
puppy The play instinct starts to I'M
fold in the child when it is in its in
fancy. 1t starts by exercising the grasp
ing misunderstanding all objects toward
itself later it learns to throw them
away. This throwing or hurling ten
dency is the beginning of play. Later
il starts to arrange its toys with some
degree of lineament or design and hnal-
" learns the plan and rules of the game.
So. whether the game be ball, golf,
bridge or what not, he continues to play
until checked by the infrmities of age.
Play is the most important factor In
the guidance and development of youth.
provided the game be organized and
supervised. Otherwise it results in van
dalism or the destruction of property.
Those who have studied the problem
have come to realize that the play
ground must be substituted for the
broken down. bankrupt home-homes in
which the child hasn't the space or ia
cilities for play or proper guidance or
encouragement to play. In Athens, the
toys were greater in variety than with
any other peoples of antiquity. Play,
therefore, was recognized as an import
ant factor in the child's life, thereby
anticipating the kindergarten. "Play
is to be utilized in teaching" says Fene-
Ion in the 18th century. 81 studied the
bovs' games in the open air." said Froe-
bel in 1915. "and learned to recognize
their mighty power to awaken and to
strengthen the intelligence and the soul
as we'll as the body" Hagerstown has
the Fairgrounds and parks but is woe
fully lacking in supervised play and play
instructors. Thus we will continue to
have vandalism and property destroyed
in orr beautiful marks and play grounds
allowing our children to become vandals
and d'facers of nature. instead of law
abiding citizens In the far off wears
to come the taxnayer will SLOWLY learn
that Fairgrounds and play instructors
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-05-08
CLASSIFIED
MONEY TO LOAN

TO LOAN: Some so money on first
mortgages. HI. T. Brewer and George
Ell. Hicks, 403 Second National Bank
Bldg.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-05-08

will be more economical than policemen
and prisons and that crime will be re-
duced and prison life eliminated in pro-
portion as supervised play is encouraged
and maintained. That play is an edu-
cational truth that has been fully rec
ognized by us only within recent years,
yet the Athenians appreciated it TWEEN
ty-ive centuries ago. To the aged |
say don't forget you once played, and
to the public | ask is there citizen or
organization that will sponsor one or
more play directors for our Fairgrounds
and parks during the summer vacation?
ITO be cOntinued)
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-05-08
FOR SALE

FILLING STATION, Store Room.
fine buildings, including % acres land.
Financed. Charles B. Ridenour. Ha-
gerstown, r. r. 5.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-05-08

There is no substitute for thorough
going, ardent, sincere earnestness.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-05-08

MODERN Six-Room brick house.
north end of city; must be seen to be
appreciated. Easy terms. Charles e. Fry.
Real Estate and Insurance.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-06-25
RICHLAND
Mrs. Folger and Billie visited in
Pasco and Kennewick Tuesday aft

Mrs. Folger and Billie visited in
Pasco and Kennewick Tuesday aft
ernoon.
Walto Westburg is home for q
few days from Coulee City.
Mrs. T. M. Brown passed away
Saturday evening at the Pasco hos
pital at the age of 70. She was born
in Glasgow, Scotland, coming to the
u. S. in the year of 1896. For the
past twenty nine years she has lived
in White Bluffs until very short
time she has been living with hel
niece, Mrs. G. E. McClendon. Funer-
al services were held in White Bluffs
Thursday morning. She leaves to
mourn her husband niece in SaS-
katoon, Canada, Mrs. j. Woods, one
sister in Scotland and Mr.. and Mrs
G.. E. McClendon, a host Of friends
both in Richland and White Bluffs
The new swimming pool was op-
ened Sunday morning for the pub
lie. The electric lights have been in
night swimming. Several out OF
town people were here to help cele-
brate the opening of the pool.
Miss Harlander and Miss Curer
are visiting ct the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. M. KasS this week.
Evangelist meetings are held at
the Lutheran church starting Fri
day evening at seven thirty. Miss
Harlander and Miss Curer will mold
the meetings. ....
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-06-25

The Double r All club will hold
an ice cream social at the Valley
grange hall Friday night following
the regular session. 49,.
Miss Mildred Setterland of Ritz
vile is visiting with her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Winken-
werder.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Daugherty of
Lind, Ray Lloyd and Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Vosberg of. Walla Walla were
Sunday visitors at the George
Crutchfield home.
Roy Warnstaff of Portland is Wis
iting this week with his wife and
son at the home of Mrs. Warnstaff's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Richter.
Hal Keene is visiting this week at
the Harold HimmelSbach home in
Yakima and Joseph Himmelsbach
of Yakima is visiting this week at
the L. M. Keene home here.
Mrs. s. Austin and Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Mcdonald and small son OF
Sunnyside were weekend guests at
| the J. G. Cronkite home. Mrs. Aus
| tin is sister-in-law of Mrs. Cron-
kite.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-06-25

INTRODUCED: This is the Sec
end of a series Of eight articles
covering the lives of Narcissa Prem
tiss Whitman and her husband, DR..
Marcus Whitman. The Centennial
celebration of the 1886 overland
Journey of the Misunderstanding
band of missionaries is being held
Ia Walla Walla, August 1916, 1856.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-06-25

w. S. Walters, operator at the
N. p. depot, is in Tacoma where he
is confined at the company hospi-
tai. It is thought that he might
have to undergo an operation.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-06-25
New Color Scheme

The color scheme of the Pctlatch
yards is being changed this week.
The old familiar yellow is being re-
placed with green and white, the
general combination used by the
POtlatch company.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-06-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Manley Gest of The
.Dalles spent Thursday evening at
the home of Mrs. Gest's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Terrell.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-22
C. G. MANN

WILDE paid
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-22
OH, FOR A CHANGE

Oh, for a change of subject matter
on the front pages of the worlds daily
newspapers! Great reams of paper
are being used in playing up the
imagined romance" of Great Britain S
bachlor king-Edward VIII. Predic-
tions have even been made as to the
effect of a wedding between the king
and the leading lady in the spotlight
Mrs. Ernest Simpson. Newspapers
have called attention to an English
law in regard to marriages of their
sovereigns. which us purported as say
ing that no English king could marry
a commoner.
This "commoner stuff" brings to
mind the mistaken idea that royal
families have the blessing of GCd
There has been too much of playing
up of the classes in the world and
the least said about the opposition to
the king wedding commoner is best.
Very few but the royal families them
selves had the impr ession that they
were supposed to rule because of Gods
will.
Then too, getting back to the king
of England, his office is more of a
figurehead than it is a duty. The
government really governs the realm,
anyway, even though the king has
some official functions. Therefore
his marrying cOmmOner should not
make a great deal of difference in
these modern times. However, that
is the business of England and not
ours, but it is our business to desire
a change in the news menu served
up by the dailies. Let Mrs. Simpson
and popular King Edward go through
with their romance and then we will
all be pleased to be told about it, even
to the kind of clothes the bride wore
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-22

vomit so the Republicans can't re-
frain from returning to the red scare.
The habit of calling everybody COM
munist who doesn't agree with them
is so firmly ingrained in the Repub-
licans that it is bound to crop out
whenever they can't think of any
thing else to say. AS their thinking
capacity is rather limited, they come
back quite often with the red scare.
The patent medicine fakirs' line of
selling his stuff has not changed as
long as l can remember. If you re-
member the medicine shows 35 years
ago you know the line of sales talk
they use now; it is the same.
A person can imagine 35 years from
now, the Republicans will still be
talking about Communism just around
the corner, etc. Still when person
gets used to them they are really not
bad people; that is if they don't get
out of their own realm. Some of their
radio speeches this campaign have
been very entertaining and comical.
They have great flare for burlesque
know of nothing better to relieve
high tension than to go to good bur-
lesQue show. For their dramatic
ability along burlesque lines, we
should all be duly thankful.
However. running the state the
next two years will be a serious af-
fair. Only the best, men trained in
economics, craftsmanship, thoroughly
cognizant of actual affairs and what
to do will qualify for state or federal
offices. AS layman it is my pain
full duty to say, in my opinion the
Republicans, even in spite of their
alleged reform, that they will hardly
do"
S. ]. SIMONSEN.
AskOv, Mimi. October 16.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-22
MINNESOTA'S BREED OF
REPUBLICANS

Editor Askov American:
Historians tell us that when the
white man first came to America they
found Indians in every state of the
U. S. But the biggest, most war-like
and the hardest to educate and civil
lie were the Sioux and Chippewas of
Minnesota. Today we find Republi-
cans in every stae of the Union, but
by far the toughest, war-like and
hardest to civilize live here in Mime
sOta
Being hard up against the wall, the
Republicans threw overheard their
whole program based on the sales tax
They adopted the tax plan of the
Farmer-Labor party, which they
fought in the last session of the legis-
lature. And had it not been fer Gov
ernor Olson vetoing the Omnibus bill
sponsored by the Republicans we
would have a sales tax in Minnesota
today. While naturally we like to
see the Republicans reform and adept
modern program, we are of the
opinion that they have not reformed
nearly enough, nor are they civilized
enough, so that the affairs of the
state can be turned over to them. In
fact it is doubtful whether they can
ever reach the plane of intelligence
necessary to carry on the intricate
affairs of great state. That is too
much to expect. 1t is feared that
they will revert back to their original
status if given any power or say-so,
as to how the affairs of this state
shall be carried on.
Already they are starting to slip.
No sooner had they seen little light,
when they go back to the shopworn
red scare issue. Something that
never did exist and is highly imagi-
nary and superstitious. Still like a
dog that habitually returns to its
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-22

ural resources. The annual value of
these natural opportunities is equal or
more than equal to all the expenses
of government and yet they are for
the most part privately appropriated.
An avowed purpose of the sales
tax is to relieve real estate. The
underlying purpose of the sales tax,
however, is to relieve the wealthy
landholders, using the small home
owners and farmers as buffers. Real
estate consists of land and buildings.
These elements-land and buildings
are no more alike than oil and water.
1t is a good thing to take the taxes
home building and manufacturing.
But to take taxes off land values is
to encourage land speculation and Gre
ate an artificial scarcity of land at
artificially high prices. This is not
conducive to the development of the
community. On the contrary to re-
lieve land values from taxation is to
create a barrier to all production in
the speculative price of land.
The small property holder may
have his real estate taxes reduced by
the imposition of sales taxes but he
will undoubtedly have his total out
lay increased through his increased
expenditures for sales taxes. To pro-
pose the substitution of general sales
taxes for real estate taxes as a meas
ure of relief for the small man is
an insult to intelligence and an af-
front to common sense.
LUDWIG MOSBEK.
Askov, Mimi, Oct. 20, 1886
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-22


AS a home owner and taxpayer of
this agricultural county, county par
ticularly dependent upon the welfare
and prosperity of the farmers, | so
licit your vote at the general election
November 3.
| offered my services to the voters
and taxpayers of Pine County two
years ago because l felt that l was
merely one of them, paying heavy
taxes and interest, no better or nc
worse than many others, and l am
again candidate on the same
grounds, with the addition that |
have served as your representative
in two sessions, the regular session
of 1885 and the special session of
1935-1936, and the experience | gained
in these two sessions is at your serv-
ice.
| have circulated and published my
record in these sessions, which you
may have read, and feel that that
record, and especially my work in
repeating the household goods ex-
emption act, was good. l assure you
that l tried to represent all of the
people of Pine County to the best OF
my ability, regardless of party, code
or creed, and will continue to do so
if you again elect me as your repre-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-22

the power Of stations to censor speech
es or programs or to place restric-
lions upon freedom of speech. 1t is
this basic principle of freedom, as
freedom of the press and assemblage,
which gives our radio system its pow
er and its promise. Through it,
minOrities may find voice, and truth
crushed to earth, may rise again and
triumph at last in the hearts and
minds of the people.
HJALMAR PETERSEN.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-22

sentative in the next session OF the
Legislature.
believe in such national legisla-
ton rs the Frazier-Lemke Bill, when
would refinance farm mortgages at {.
low rate of interest. After all, we.
especially in Minnesota, are absolute
ly dependent on farming, whether we
run newspaper or follow pillow. AnC
also believe in minimum price hX-
ing program for farm products.
am absolutely opposed to a Sales
Tax on necessities, although | believe
such a tax as the Gasoline Sales Tax
is alright. However, it seems to me
that the main issue is not how the
taxes shall be raised, but how to
take the burden from property so
that people may desire to own a
home again, to buy, to build, and put
people back to work. The saying, "1s
is cheaper to rent than own" and
1.-The less | own the better off | am
are UNIVERSAL; you hear them every
day. Two years ago L was firmly
convinced that there should be no tax
on any kind of property, on the as
sumption that property cannot pay tax
es; a horse, or a floor, cannot pay
taxes; it is only from income pro-
duced by such property that taxes
are paid. But l found that there
were enormous sums of wealth tied
up in property, so that l came to be-
lieve that a certain amount of prop
erty exemption would be preferable,
say ten thousand dollars; what
we'll equipped farm is worth in nor
NAL times.
And | believe that by lowering or
wiping out the exemptions on the net
income tax; having a tax OF three dol
lars for everyone between twenty-one
and sixty-five, this three dollars to
be deducted from any other tax they
may pay, and increasing rates in the
upper brackets, sufficient money could
be obtained to exempt at least the
first five thousand dollars worth of
property from taxation.
And then everybody would want to
own a plot of ground; to build home
and stop paying rent; put men back
to work and create market for the
products of the farm.
There are other measures l would
like to see enacted into law. One is
law compelling notice of discharge.
| know of young man in industry,
the only support of the family, who
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-22

a two per cent wage reduction. 1t Is
a public pilfering Of the pay envelope.
If the customer is a farmer, his eff
fective purchasing power is reduced
by two per cent.
That the sales tax must increase
the price of goods is only too evident.
1t cannot be absorbed by the mer-
chant except in the sense that he can
obscure 1t. If the merchant does not
charge the amount of the tax to cover
his cost of doing business he will not
continue to do business. When
enough merchants go out of business,
the increased relative demand for the
products will cause the price to rise
sufficiently to cover the cost of doing
business, including the tax.
The sales tax, therefore, is not Il
sales tax; it is purchase tax. The
buyer must pay it. The Illinois Occu-
pational Tax Act specifies that the
dealer who sells the goods shall not
collect the tax from his customers.
This Is an arbitrary attempt to hide
the tax from the customers who must
pay it. 1t is part of the customary
fraud practiced by politicians and
their masters, when the people with
draw their attention from their pub
lie interest. Because a man does not
know he has taken poison he does
not die the less certainly.
The sales tax tends to cause unem-
ployment by increasing the price Of
goods so that fewer goods can be pur-
chased. Hence fewer goods can be
sold. Fewer can be manufactured
and fewer men can be employed. This
means that more men and their fam
lilies must go on relief. Every sales
tax law necessitates new relief law
l am further opposed to the sales
tax because it imposes multitude of
Inconvenience upon commerce. 1t
involves a war of the government
with its own citizens. 1t attacks lib
erty in thousand ways. How true
this is may be seen from reading the
rules and regulations relating to the
Illinois Occupational Tax Act. Most
of its pages deal with the methods by
which the merchants may be COM
PEELED to comply with the arbitrary
rulings. These are no less vicious
than the search and seizure laws.
They are a revival of the medieval
inqufsitiOn and will drive us back in
to barbarism.
But the sOcalled sales tax is not
the only sales tax. The gas tax is a
sales tax. Or rather, it is highway
robbery in the name of taxation. The
building industry suffers under so
per cent sales tax. To be sure, the
tax is paid on the fnstallment plan,
but no one has ever claimed that an
automobile or refrigerator was free
simply because it was bought on the
deferred payment plan. A $4,000
house, assessed with 2 per cent tax
would pay $100 year or $4,000, half
the original cost Of the house, over a
twenty-five year period.
ALI such taxes are confiscatory and
unnecessary. They confiscate for the
use of the public what rightfully be-
longs to the Individual. At the same
time they make it possible for other
individuals to enjoy values which the
community itself creates and to which
the community is entitled. There is
a natural fund that arises with the
growth of population to meet the needs
of government. This fund is the an
nual value of our land sites and nat
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-22
Reflect c. G. Mann as Representative
Pine County, Seth Legislative District

handed his mother his pay envelope
on Christmas Eve and in it she found
a slip saying that his services were
no longer required. This is one of the
worst evils of our present employment
system. Many large companies have
voluntarily or been forced by organi-
cations to adopt the rule of notice OF
discharge, but a law would make it
effective and compulsory.
would like to see a law whereby
valuations were made known so that
you could compare your valuation
with your neighbours before they are
put upon the tax books, after which
you have no recourse except to pay
them and try to get your money back.
And l believe personal property taxes
should be paid in the fall rather than
the spring when farmers have to buy
seed and often feed.
And another measure that might
be classed as social legislation would
be some sort of free disqualification
for people with small incomes. 1t
seems ridiculous that in this country
with all its boasted wealth, many peo-
pie, and you perhaps know some In
your community, go for years suffer-
Ing WITH mIHOT IIdI q IlItlO
disqualification would cure.
| believe that the homestead Ex-
emptfon Act now on the statute books
is one of the best laws we have, and
should stand until we get something
better.
AS to the one-house legislature, /
would vote for Constitutional Amend
ment to submit this question to a
vote of the people.
Two years ago I had three road
projects in mind. One was a new
bridge at Sandstone. one was to fix
up No. 4S; east of Hfnckley, and the
third to have the state take over and
make of the toll bridge at Pine City,
a free interstate bridge. l had and
still have these in mind, and al
though No. 4S is the only project now
under way, we may be able to swing
the others later, and other road pro-
jects for the benefit of Pine County.
In conclusion l would like to say
that l still feel that public office is
a public trust, and if you feel that l
have represented you well, that you
will register your approval at the bal
lot box November 3rd, 1886. l thank
you.
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