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The Washington times., 1937-01-29
LEGION CHILD
UPLIFT WINS
PRAISE

ADVANTAGES and benefits result
ing from the child welfare pro-
gram being sponsored throughout
the country by the American
Legion are felt by entire communi-
ties, oscar L. Chapman, assistant
secretary of the Interior Depart
ment, told more than 100 dele
gates attending the conference
here today.
Opening the conclave at the
Wardman Park Hotel this morn
ing, the group held a closed session
to discuss How Can We Best Aid
the Department Through Special
Service" Mothers Day and Ma.
ternal HEALTH" and "Parenthood
Training"
Education Benefited
Mr.. Chapman, of Colorado, who
was actively associated in securing
for his State special child welfare
services from the national Legion
committee, said that the invalu-
able result of the program in Colo
RADIO had been the educational
benefit which resulted.
He also gave the American
Legion units of his State credit
for the successful passage OF the
child labor amendment in that
State.
Delegates in session at the con-
ference here represent Area B.
which includes the District OF
Columbia, Delaware, Maryland
New Jersey, New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
General Drain Speaks
Among other speakers address
ing the morning session were Gen
James A. Drain, of Washington, a
past national commander of the
American Legion, who headed the
Legions original drive, which
raised a $4,000, ,000, ,O00-endowment
fund to promote child welfare. In
discussing this work he declared
that the morale of the country had
been raised.
One of the most distant visitors
in attendance at the conference is
]. Alfonso Colon, chairman of the
Department of Child Welfare OF
the American Legion in San Juan
Puerto Rico.
An open session is being held
this afternoon and a dinner session
will be held at $50 o'clock TINS
evening. The conference will con
clude tomorrow, with morning and
afternoon sessions.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
Today's Foreign Short-Wave Radio Schedule

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The Washington times., 1937-01-29
Jane Kephart Is
High in Studies
AT Maryland

Although Miss Jane Kephart,
226 Maple Ave-, Takoma Park Md,
is listed among the Smartest of
University of Maryland goods, she
has found time for enough extra.
curricular activities in her first
two years to rank her with the
veterans in student affairs on the
campus.
She is coed representative in the
Women'S league, writer on the
Terrapin yearbook staff, and holds
memberships in the Women's Ath.
letic Association and the Y. w. C.
A. Her nearly perfect scholastic
average at Central High School IN
Washington and during her fresh
man year at Maryland won her
membership in Alpha Lambda
Delta, freshman scholastic honor
society, last fall.
She was recently initiated as a
member Of Kappa Delta social
sorority. She is now majoring in
home economics, but expects to
transfer her courses later.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
Anonymous Man Gives
Watch 10 Flood Aid

Most unusual Of all gifts received
for flood sufferers by the local Red
Cross, it was reported today, is a
mans gold watch. The timepiece
was sent through the mail yester.
day, along with a note explaining
maybe yoI can sell this for some
thing toward the flood relief
Brig. Gen. Frank R. Keefer, chair
man of the District Red Gross
chapter, declared:
81 think the acme of gener-
Osity is reached when a man
gives his watch to this worthy
cause"
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
Montgomery TO Cut
Dairy Inspection Fee

ROCKVILLE, Md, Jan. 90.
Following conference with repre-
sentatives of the dairymen's asso-
citation here yesterday, the board
of Montgomery county commits
sioners voted to reduce the inspec-
ton fees for dairies outside the
county from 50 to $1.50, but de-
clined to alter the regulation re-
quiring the dairymen to purchase
milk from farms within a 40-mile
radius of Rockville. The dairy
delegation was headed by w. Law
son King.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
Many A|exandrians
Offer Flood Services

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Jan. 20.
More than a score of Alexandrians
have volunteered their services as
rescue workers in the flooded
areas, it was revealed today by
Mayor E. C. Dawson, to whom the
offers were made.
Among the volunteers, he said
were members of the police depart
ment, the fire department, the
fire rescue squad, and owners OF
trucks, motor boats and other We,
hicles. The offers had to be de.
clined, with thanks.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
Georgetown Calls
Alumni 10 Clinic

Georgetown University School
of Dentistry alumni from all sec.
tions of the country are expected
to attend the first annual Ami
versary Alumni Clinic at the
school on February 6.
Features OF the clinic will be
discussions by alumni on various
problems and advances in the den
tai profession.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
House Group Guests
Al Fort MVer Drill

Members of the Military Affairs
Committee OF the House will be
the guests of honor at an exhibi-
ton drill to be held this afternoon
in the riding hall of Fort Myer,
with officers and enlisted men Of
the Third Cavalry and Sixteenth
Field Artillery participating.
A 17-gun salute will be given the
committee members on their ar
rival, and parade will be staged
by firing of the sunset gun.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
DR.. Brookes to Talk

Founders day exercises OF
Hampton Institute, sponsored by
local alumni, will be held at Lin
coin Temple Congregational
Church Sunday at II a. m. DR..
Robert w. Brooks, pastor of the
church will deliver the founders
day sermon. The public, as well as
friends and students Of Hampton,
are invited to attend these serv'
The Washington times., 1937-01-29

High, Half and I Streets South
west, grades / to 8, sewing.
Consolidation Of classes will take
place about March %, Mr.. Wilkin-
son said, adding that such classes
will run until June.
For further information students
are advised to consult c. o. Lewis,
director of evening and summer
schools.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
Where's the Snow?

Lack of snow in the Nittany
mountains has seriously handi.
capped Penn States ski team
which made an impressive start
last winter.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29

The Superintendent of Docu-
ments Lodge of the A. F. G. E. has
chosen Norman H. Levy, Cora
Cudworth and John L. Mattingly
as delegates to the District of
Columbia Department, with John
j. Collins, John O'Donnell and
George F. Smith as alternateS.
Last call for photographs, which
will be given to the following
Federalites if they wish them:
Mrs. Elsie Parsons, formerly Of
AAA; Dora Geller, of Treasury;
Evelyn Burdette, Post Office;
Martha Mccain, Soil Conservation
Service.
FederaIisms-T. Dwight Kelley,
George F. Huber and Ellsworth
Crawford are president, treasurer
and secretary of the new Public
Roads Bureau A. F. G.. E. lodge
one year ago today: Veterans
Administration and Treasury an
nounced they would take on $500
workers to handle the bonus pay
ments H. H, Bennett, chief,
Soil Conservation, has declared in
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
Defends Title

Anton Kishon, I. c. A. A. A. A.
35 pound weight throw champion,
from Bates College, will compete
in that event at the American
title meet in Madison Square
Garden, February q.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
CONGRESS ROW
HINTED ABOUT
JACOBS DATA

Possibility Of a Senate and
House clash over the knotty fiscal
relations problem in the District
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
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The Washington times., 1937-01-29

Loomed today as
both branches
of Congress be-
gan their stud
les of the ia.
cobs report.
In the Sen
ate, following a
conference with
P r e S / d e n t
Roosevelt, Sen
ator William H.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29

Continued from Page 3O)
workers in the entire department
retained their old numbers, this
being said to have been a mere
accident.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-29

going to be stopped when the day
comes that people are intelligent
enough to do something about it.
To say that war is inevitable and
a necessary part of human affairs is
not necessarily to utter truth. The
causes of war can be removed once
the peoples of the world determine to
do so.
This may be a long time off but
such demonstrations as those just
held are worthwhile in directing pub
lie attention to the most serious prob
lem still confronting mankind.
And it is fitting that those who bear
the heaviest part of the war burden
should make them. What the world
needs today is a sit-doWn strike
against war. The undergraduates of
our colleges and universities are talk
ing the lead in this.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-29
SHOULD FURTHER Gees
(The NOrthland TimeS)

An act to make the CCC camps a
permanent institution in the United
States will certainly be a popular
one. The work that the CCC camps
have done since they were inaugu-
rated will be hard to measure be-
cause some of the fruits of their work
will come to bear in years to come.
In that, we are thinking of the work
done in the forests in this area;
clearing brush out from roadsideS
and giving a better timber trees a
chance to thrive.
Besides the work the CCC boys
have done they have accomplished
much in promoting initiative, indie
pendence within themselves. In most
cases they have been a direct support
to their parents and loved ones at
home.
Certainly the change of environ
ment and learning of trades by this
large group of boys is tending to
build up the manhood of our nation.
President Roosevelt's plan of TAX
ing youth of our country from the
streets and pool halls and placing
them in our forests is certainly bear
ing fruit and should be continued
indefinitely.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-29
Finding Fault

In this period of great stress, when
business is poor, when the masses
suffer for want of proper susten-
ance, and when the country generally
is undergoing reconstruction, it is
very easy to find fault and to criti-
CHE. That is perfectly all right and
is the alternative of every American;
nevertheless criticism alone does not
complete the job, nor does it make
matters any better. When one criti-
cizes he must also offer some prac-
tical form of improvement over that
which he criticizes, otherwise his
criticism cannot be classified as con-
structive.
Public officials feel the sting of
criticism greatly in a time of stress.
They are dealing with many groups
and it is very difficult to do anything
for the betterment of one group with
out injuring others. What is good
for one possibly is not good for an
other.
Therefore before offering criticism
we should be ready to offer a sug-
gestive solution for that which we
are criticizing. We must know the
correct answer to a question before
we call the answer given, incorrect.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-29

our already heavily indebted county
from another 100000 which it would
take to finance the seed loan.
Now l know that many will say,
well, that is going to be paid back
to the county. Yes, but how, as every
farmer is eligible for a loan on the
condition that he can work it off if
he wishes to, and do not think that
will miss the mark very much by
saying that approximately 80 per cent
will work it Off Therefore the $780,
900 would have to be paid back in
taxes; by whom? Perhaps your neigh
Dor.
We should also consider the cost
of distributing the loans as that is
quite an expense. l wonder how many
realize that all the town boards in the
county would have to be in session
a large number of days which would
mean SIP day to the township. APP
parently neither Mr.. Sandell nor Mr..
NiebOer seem to think of that.
Mr.. NiebOer's advice to the Holiday
Association of starting night school
or kindergarten is very good, but |
think it should be for the purpose of
educating members as well as others
to cooperate in every way. Then | do
not think we would need to worry SO
much about collecting taxes.
EINAR JENSEN.
Askov, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-29
At 1t Again

Pavement No. 81 seems to have
taken on added strength in claiming
human life for two lives were claimed
in an auto accident near Harris Sat-
urday night The cause, of course,
was that two cars crashed headon.
1t is said that binding rain caused
the accident
A wide pavement possibly would
not be a cure-all, but it would help.
When a binding snow storm, rain
or fog comes along, it is almost nee
essary for driver to drive his car
with the guidance of the center line,
because of the narrow pavement and
because of the fear of getting too
far toward the shoulder and there
by going into the ditch. Thus it is
seen that if both drivers are going
down the center line an accident is
very likely to happen.
A wide pavement does not stop all
the accidents, but it certainly makes
for more peace of mind and there
fore less nervousness at the wheel.
This does help in the long run.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-29
PUBLIC AUCTION
NEAR SANDSTONE

AS I am moving away, will sell
the following personal property, as
is, to the highest bidder on my farm
2 miles southeast of Sandstone, on
Monday, May 10, beginning at l p. m.
sharp. Free cigars!
Livestock-Black gelding, II years
of age, weight 1900 pounds; gray
gelding, IL years of age, weight 1850
pounds. This is very good work
team. If in need of a team, be sure
to see them Holstein cow, years
old, fresh April 20; Holstein cow,
9 years old, fresh May 2; Holstein
cow, 4 years old, fresh in January;
Guernsey cow, Z years old, fresh in
April; Guernsey cow, years old,
will freshen May 8; Jersey cow, 6
years old, fresh in February; Guern-
sey cow, years old, fresh in jan
uary; 2 Holstein heifers, IA months
old. This is an exceptionally good
high producing herd of cattle! T. B.
and Bangs tested!
Farm machinery, etc-Truck wag-
on, wagon box, set of sleighs, hay
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-29
EVOLUTION

Editor Askov American:
That little education I got hold of
was received in school with the
Bible as we call a parochial school
in Holland. When 10 years of age
my parents moved to another town
which had no parochial school, so
1 was sent to public school (Bible-
less schooD.
The teacher of that school put me
in a seat with one of his brightest
pupils. Soon 1 received my first les
son in evolution, 1 was wondering
why it took my partner that long
to answer an evolutionary question.
l hardly had patience enough to wait
for my turn, tramping my feet like
war horse, ready to show my clev-
erness, feeling able to answer any
puzzle in that line.
My method was very simple, with
only three tools 1 would open every
lock without knowing the combina-
ton, these three keys were God,
devil and sin. always had received
good marks on those keynote an
swers in the parochial school, but it
was different here. My teacher, an
old man, made me feel ridiculous.
had answered the first course with
God, second the devil and third sin.
He started to pillow his bushy wig
with his five fingers, and every time
these five fingers flew through his
CD hair he repeated my answer by
saying, God, devil and SIM ? !?
1t seemed to me everything started
to vibrate. 1t made me feel ridicu-
lous and soon I became aware that
1 was just as ignorant as the rest
of the class.
That was the best lesson 1 ever re-
ceived, to know that 1 knew very
little, it made me an agnostic.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-29

According to the government esti-
mate, there must have been a diff
ference in the value between the
theories of Moses and Darwin. The
public school was getting a subsidy
of four times as much per child as
the parochial school.
The expense of teaching evolution
was probably considered little high
er than teaching religious doctrines.
1t is not so very difficult to be a
Christian. We were Christians in
the days of witchcraft, slavery and
inquisition, but civilization asks for
more conscience and backbone. Civil
ization had to come and make us
what we are today. Freethinkers and
Socialists have added much to that.
Mr.. Mosb9k wants us Socialists
to know where we go, and probably
from where we came. Pretty hard
to answer that question as l have no
remembrance of life before this,
and will very likely not have a re-
membrance of this life in our third
stadium, so my fear is trifle less.
What does it matter anyway whether
we are rewarded or punished after
this life if we have no remembrance
for what we did here. We even
cannot tell Mr.. Mosbak how the
world will look 100 years from now.
We neither have drawn blueprints.
Constantly we are remodeling in
hope to get more comfort in this life
We are no Lydia Pinkhams cure alls
with a single remedy like Georgist,
Huey Long, Townsend or Coughlin.
Socialism does not need to be de-
Tended; it speaks for itself. Every
good law or agreement that makes
life little more bearable for the
underdog is called by our opponents
Socialism. Every attempt to do away
with poverty is called Socialism and
any person supporting humanity is
considered Socialist or Communist
by reactiOnarieS. Evolution goes on,
old forms of government decay, often
break down and never come up again.
Russia would have gone that way
If 1t was not for her new ideals.
Socialism saved Russia.
There is no end, no goal in So
cialism experimenting every day, no
end on improvements; excelsior"
for today and tomorrow.
l am sorry to have no blueprint of
Socialism for a fearless man like
Mr.. Mosbak, who once asked Rev.
Louis Patmont at meeting in Askov
whether there was no sunny side in
Socialistic Russia. After that meet
ing Mr.. Mosbak complained about
himself not having backbone"
enough to join that little "sit down"
demonstrated at that meeting.
We cannot do Mr. Mosbak favor,
but / am sure he can do Rev. Pat
mont a favor by sending him a clip
ping of his CD article "Fear" and
the pictures of Karl Marx and Ferdi-
nand Lassalle to show the public the
insane CD temples of these great
men. He will surely be rewarded for
that and receive in return an article
from Rev. Patmont on Frozen Po-
tatoes" 0's-'".-
JOHN NIEBOER.
HinclSley, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-29
They Like Rough
Punishment

Evidently the southern representa-
tives in congress still like their pun
ishment rough, just like the days of
the early west when the law wss
the six shooter and their policy was
to shoot a person first and try him
afterwards. Many southerners still
believe in letting class hatred rule
their emotions and lynching is there
fore prevalent.
In the recent vote on an anti
lynching bill before congress, it was
seen that practically all of the oppo-
sition of the bill came from the South,
thereby declaring themselves in ia
vor of the prevalent barbaric meth
cd of punishment for suspected
criminals.
Supporters of the bill offered no
defence for lynching, but instead
they endeavored to stress the fact
that lynching had declined from an
average of l55 in the years between
1882 and 1892 to 1873 per year during
the period from 1893 to 1903, with a
further consistent drop during the
years following until in 1886 when
there were but nine lynchings in the
country. However the bill passed
and will, when enforced, make coun-
ties in which lynchings occur re-
sponsible under federal law for dam
ages to families of the victims and
also will make officers, violating their
trust, criminally responsible under
heavy fines and prison sentences.
No doubt there are instances when
there is great provocation and the citi-
zens' temper is at the breaking point,
but that is no reason why mob
should take the law into its hands.
Many times evidence has been I'M
covered after a lynching, which
proved the innocence of the victim
killed on circumstantial evidence and
in the heat of passion and that is
the bad feature of lynching or TAX
ing the law in hand. We are a civil
lied people and surely we should be
able to keep our laws and our courts
in such state of efficiency as to do
justice and mete out adequate pun
ishment without resorting to bar
barrie lynching.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-29

rack, mower, hay rake, disk harrow,
splke-tooth harrow, spring-tooth har-
row, Oliver 2-Wheel sulky pillow,
walking pillow, riding cultivator, l.
horse cultivator, steel stone boat,
Dodge automobile, saw rig, rip saw,
l-horse corn planter, steel stock tank,
hay stacking outfit, complete; stack
cover, 16x30, very good condition;
l " H. p. gasoline engine, pump jack,
No. Is DeLaval cream separator, set
heavy double work harness, good
condition; SO it. 1A-inch pipe, Fault
less washing machine, BIG gas mo-
tor, like new; 500-chick brooder stove,
some barb wire and steel fence posts.
Household goods, etc.-Three-
burner gasoline stove, with oven;
steel range stove, kitchen cabinet,
kitchen table and chairs, oak dining
table, late design, like new; 6 dining
chairs, leather upholstering to match:
Columbia photograph and three
dozen records, Singer drop head sew
ing machine, like new; Radiola heat
er, daybed, book stand, dresser, bed
stead with coil spring and mattress:
2 Linoleum rugs, like new; book rack,
Admiral 6-tube radio set, like new;
Aladdin lamp, lanterns, Is and 4
gallon jars, cream cans, milk pals,
fruit jars, wash boiler and tubs, all
farm tools. Everything in very good
condition.
The farm of $50 acres will be for
rent to a good, responsible farmer.
Usual terms
GEO. DEGRENDELE, Owner.
Security State Bank, Askov, clerk.
VIM. H. Barnick, Auctioneer.