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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-11-11
Finlayson Boy Gets
Honor At CCC Camp

Emil Peitso, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Matt Peitso of Finlayson, has been
promoted to the rank of leader at
Co. 27O5 CCC, Bagley. Peitso en-
tered Co. 27O5 on May %, 1887, being
transferred from 4708 Schely. He
worked himself up to the rank of
assistant leader in short time. Be-
cause of his excellent work as an
assistant leader he was promoted to
the rank of leader.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-11-11
Clever Bad Men Escape
With $500 in Cash, Cur
rency and Bonds.

Clever and apparently experienced
safe crackers visited this section some
time after midnight Friday night and
robbed the State Bank of Bruno of
approximately $500 in cash, cur
rency and bonds. 1t is not known
how many were in the group, but
it is known that they went about
their business in methodical man.
ner which would indicate they have
done it before.
Apparently the yeggmen knew
enough about banks to first examine
the cash book in order to ascertain
the amount of cash which could be
had if they did break into the vault,
possibly with the thought of saving
the effort if the amount was not suf-
ficient to warrant it. The book was
soiled, but no fingerprints were avail
able.
Entry to the bank was gained by
pulling the lock completely out of the
front door. The next step was to
drill and jimmy the lock on the vault
door. The manner in which this was
done also denoted cleverness, be-
cause the door contained a special
emergency lock on the inside which
is automatically thrown into action
when the outer lock is jimmied; how
ever, the robbers took care of this
by knowing just what to do at the
right time.
Upon gaining entry to the vault,
they Immediately went to work on
the strong Diebold safe which con-
tanned the money. This safe con-
tanned steel walls about three inches
thick and apparently a hole was
first burned through the top through
which water was poured in sufficient
quantity to fill the inside of the safe
so that the money would not be
melted or burned by the heat from
the torch. Then a hole large enough
to reach through was burned and
the money taken out.
Nothing else in the bank was
touched but the gang left an acetylene
tank which they had stolen from the
Nyrud blacksmith shop in Willow
River.
Discovery Made in Morning.
The discovery was first made Sat-
urday morning when w. NJ Englund
and j. H. Lingren went to open the
bank. They Immediately notified the
county sheriff's office, the State Blu
reau of Criminal Apprehension and
the United States Department of JUS
tice and received orders to keep the
bank closed for the day during which
time as much information as pos
sible was obtained by authorities.
However the bank opened for bust
ness as usual Monday morning and
no loss was incurred by the bank
because robbery insurance was car
ried.
Other Banks Robbed.
Since the Bruno robbery two other
banks have been robbed almost iden-
tically in the same manner. Early
Tuesday morning the Farmers State
Bank of Waubun was robbed of $4,000.
The other bank which gave up $4,000
to robbers is at Ormsby
Under recent amendment to fed
eral bank robbery laws, burglaries
of banks which are members of the
federal reserve system or the federal
deposit insurance corporation are fed
eral offenses.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-11-11
Rutledge Man Loses
Thumb In Wood Saw

Nels J. Benson who resides one
mile north of Rutledge, caught the
thumb of his right hand in a buzz saw
recently and injured it to the extent
that it had to be amputated Mr..
Benson last week also suffered the
tragic misfortune of losing his wife
by death. His many friends wish
him a speedy recovery.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-11-11
Midland Employees
Will Hold Meeting

The employees of District of Mid
land Wholesale will meet in Hinck-
ley on Thursday night, November ID.
Supper will be served at $50 and
the program will commence at g.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-11-11
Bruno Farm Body
Meets November l9

Due to the harvest festival of the
Lutheran church the next meeting
date of the Bruno Farmers Holiday
Association has been changed to Fri
day, Nov. 10, at the Bruno school,
house at 8 p. m.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-11-11
AskOv FL. Club
Will Meet Friday

The Askov Farmer-Labor club will
meet in the village hall Friday night,
November 10. All members and 9TH
erS are invited.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-11-11

A NATIONAL RECORD
Largest circulation of any
newspaper in the United
States published in a COM
munity of its size.
By far the largest circu-
lation of any newspaper in
Pine county.
A good advertising medium.
Evening star., 1937-08-10
Joan Benefits "PilOt'
Tells Her When to Smile
Sister of Constance Is Nudged
at Auspicious Moments Colman
Buys Ince Estate.
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

oLLYWooD August 10 NANAoconance Bennett doing bet
- financially
The beauty had
Evening star., 1937-08-10

through their teeth. and heroines with
a fascinating Kansas accent.
Mr.. Haskln is the bouncing boy of
the current pleasantly in the old
Maryland barn, and it is not amiss TO
mention him here again. His lady fair
Is Miss Norton, who was far finer
actress than singer in the entire act
advertisement, and Mr.. Watson's state
ly vlllalny was booed heartily enough
TO assure him that he had touched the
rabid hearts of the paying patrons.
Wlthal it is scarcely fair to single
out favorltes in such an entertainment
for all did their jobs with the best
grace, laying proper stress on the
old-fashioned lines that are the
shrieking joy of modern audiences, and
therefore sometimes make us wonder
what glegles may be produced an aeon
hence by the best of modern drama.
The Haunted Mill has plot. to
be sure, but it needs no unravelling
here. 1t is based upon the dearest
thesis OF its ilk-that skullduggery will
be skulldugged in the end. One more
proof that the happy ending was not
a Hollywood invention.
AS matter Of pure whimsy. Mr..
Bernard Francis Moore decided to
make the hero Of his tale an Ameri-
can lad named Jack Dalton. who
makes here his one and only appear
ance minus the U. S. Marines. The
production might be worth your at
tention for that novelty alone.
Evening star., 1937-08-10

Haunted Mill"
Retaining an agreeable balance be-
tween the saucy and the malevolent,
THE Haunted Mill' proffered its audi
ence fair share Of laughs and Kisses,
turned out to be an acceptable If not
a super grade A product of the witty
players on Rockville pike.
You will pardon the observation that
technically speaking the hero of the
evening was Henry c. Pearson, whose
sets were astonishingly effective, albeit
they were graced and enlivened in par
ticular by the performances of Fred
Haskin, Rudulph Justice Watson, Mimi
Norton and Betty Rice.
The Haunted Mill reintroduced to
avid Roadside fans the fine old device
OF the scoundrel who holds a mortgage
to tame me proud beauty, and perhaps
there was no better invention in the
history Of the sport In addition, it
presents new and seasonable flavor
OF Irish tongues and Irish customs,
not unwelcome after Summers of
rogues who hissed pure American
Evening star., 1937-08-10

reduced the use of his signature to
checks-and maybe letters to Carole
Lombard.
Typical of the interference offered
to smooth production Of pictures by
the gate crashers was madonna and
child combination which eased its way
onto the Joan Crawford set. The
child, with the face of an angel
(angel aged 81 and the hair Of Leo
pold Stokowski, obviously was its
mothers candidate for the throne Of
Freddie Bartholomew.
| X X
T PATIENTLY was her idea that
every one on the set would swoon
at the beauty of the boy Nobody
did, even though she gave him the
freedom of the place until a sWeaty
cameraman took it away from him,
and almost added swat in the white
pants to boot.
But even that did not deter the
child or its mama. The former. who
obviously did not give darn for the
loveliness of Miss Crawford, seemed
determined to get run over by train
to which five stage hands were play
| ing locomotive. He would creep out
| to the edge OF the set. The crew
would shoe him away. The child
would back off few PAGES, charge in
anew. The crew would shoe him
away. 1t went on like that for all
of 20 minutes until the mother took
control of the child and the stu
alton Just before the angry camera
crew decided to maneuver him under
the train so it could get on with its
work.
The youngster may never get into
pictures. but he certainly stole that
scene from Miss Crawford and Fran
chot Tone.
The illustration is not a bit over
drawn. 1t goes on constantly in every
studio until the observer on the scene
is convinced that there is fortune
to be made by the chap who will in
vent the right kind of pest extermi-
nator for this area.
Even the stranger in town is not
exempt When this bureau of the
drama department landed here, carry
ing typewriter (via porter, it was
mistaken for something that ought
to write Its name Hundreds of per-
sons gathered at the station, not see
ing anything celebrated. decided to
take anything the train brought. One
of the most enthusiastic members Of
the throng pushed pencil at us and
yelled menacingly sign"
mo" We yelled back
"Oh, come on" said the name
seeker, Il got big book to fill"
So do the people who stand at the
studio gates, at the preview threaters,
at the golf clubs, night clubs, and
even take up their sentry duty out
in the dark, remote suburbs. All of
them have big books to fill. And they
will f1ll them if they have to break
every bone in the cherished frames
of their favorite stars!
Evening star., 1937-08-10

room for Wife-should Colman decide
to revoke his celibacv VOWS and marry
Bonita Hume Between scenes Of
Wife, Doctor and Nurse" dainty
Loretta Young wears old bed room
slippers and plays Benny Goodman
swing records She also finds time to
smile at visitors Tyrone Power and
Joe MankieWicz My wife's just
had quints," Jack Oakie told this
writer nonchalantly the other lunch
time. Il mean, my wife's Afghan
hounds" he amended. This brings the
Oakie dog total to Is.
MG-Ms injunction suit against
Freddie Bartholomew. Miss Millicent
Bartholomew and his bank guardians
was the result of Aunt Millicents
threat to take Freddie back to Eng
land unless M-G-M came through
with s2500 week. The studio is will
ing to pay $4,000. AS Miss Bartholo-
NEW herself puts it. Freddies screen
life can last only one or two years
longer. AS matter of truth, M-G-M
has already more than fulfilled its
obligations toward the starlet by pay
ing him a gratuitous bonus of $3.50
weekly above his contracted salary of
$3.50. The reason behind the low fig
ure is that Miss Bartholomew pre-
ferred at the beginning, as now. to
bargain with the studio directly, in
stead of employing a capable agent.
The local press statement that
jeanette Macdonald returned from
her Honolulu honeymoon with "a boil
on her pretty nose was ungallant in
view of the obvious content that shone
from her eyes as she gazed at Bride
groom Gene Raymond Hedda
Hopper glimpsed at preview wear
ing basin-shaped hat with two
water lilies sprouting from the CEN
ter :. . Skater Jack Dunn made more
money in six weeks Of personal ap-
pearances than during the entire year
of his Universal contract. Svbil Jason
Evening star., 1937-08-10

fields of modern movie humor, at
11:20 am, 1:25, 3:25, $50, 7::35 and
$40 pm.
Under the Red Robe ~
swashbuckling adventure in the day
of Cardinal Richelieu. at 11:45 am,
1:5o, 3:55, 6, $40 and 1920 pm.
Little-"Rose Marie" revival of the
popular Macdonald Eddy musical, at
IL am, LOS, 3:15, 5:25, 7::30 and
$40 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts. Show
runs l hour and Is minutes, continu-
GUS from 10 am. until midnight.
Ambassador-"San Quentin" st
6:15. 8 and $50 pm.
Penn-"The Singing Marine" Dick
Powell's latest musical, at 2:o5, 3::55
5:45, 7:35 and $50 pm.
Sheridan-"Captains Courageous. u
superb transcription to the screen OF
Kipling's story, at 2:25, 4:45, ITO and
$50 pm
Naughty Marietta" a re-
issue of the MacDonald-Eddy favorite
at 2, 3:55, 5:45, 7:35 and 9:35 pm.
Uptown-"Captains Courageous" at
2:25, 4:45, ITO and $50 pm.
Roadside Haunted Mill" an.
other old-time melodrama brought tt
life, at $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1937-08-10
R0adsiders Give Saucy,
MalevOlent MelOdrama
"The Haunted Mill' Evolves Mirth and
Kisses With Combination of Mort
gage, Heroine and H'anrs.
BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS, JR.

1ANDER1NG into the Roadside
\ might thought
on wild lark There Irish brogues the right of
Killarney accents the left
ran melodramat of villains
cmaSs the best that could be
FrancS Moore -N'~NN
Evening star., 1937-08-10
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

Keith's-"The Toast of New York"
Jim Fisk makes and loses millions, at
11:25 am, 1:25, 3:25, 525, 7:25 and
e:25 pm.
Palace-"The Good Earth" superb
translation of PEARL Bucks novel to
the screen, at IL am, 1;35, 4:1O, 6:45
and $50 pm.
Capitol-"Topper," the cinema goes
hilarious with a Thorne Smith novel,
at IL am, lao, 4:25, 7:05 and GAS
pm. Stage shows at 12;45, $3.50, 6:1O
and 8:55 pm.
Earle-"San Quentin" drama in a
prison and tough criminal is tanned,
at II am, 1:35, 425, 7:15 and 1905
pm. Stage shows at 12;40, $3.50, $40
and 9:l0 pm.
Columbia-"Easy Living" full of
comedy just for the fun of it, at l1:45
am, las, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and 9:45
pm.
Metropolitan-"Ever Since Eve"
Marion Davies latest venture into the
Evening star., 1937-08-10

more sick because friend Jock Whitney
gave him racing tip-"and I forgot
Evening star., 1937-08-10
Even Mr.. Carmody Faces
The ''Sign Here!" Fiends
Some Day Will Lose an Ear to His Fans in
the Picket Line of Autograph Hounds
BY JAY CARMODY.

oLLYWooD Calf August lo-some day because they love him
- his fans he
no good to them, himself the Office they
a a another
That the only
this Community
Evening star., 1937-08-10
"QUEST" EXTENDED
Wardman' Contests for Amateurs
Close August 26.

Wardman' Contests for Amateurs
Close August 26.
THE grand finals in the Quest for
Talent" contest. open to Govern
ment employees at the Wardman Park
Hotel will be held August 26, it was
announced yesterday.
Originally scheduled to close last
week, the contest is being continued
this Thursday and next because of
the interest shown by the various
Government branches.
Among the governmental agencies
to be represented at THURSDAYS audi
ton will be the Public Works Admins
tration, General Accounting Office.
Agriculture Department., Internal Rev.
enue Bureau, Treasury Department
and War Department.
Louis Pike Of the Farm Credit Ad-
mlnlstration. winner of last week S
addition, began his engagement at
the hotel last night. He presents a
program OF impersonations.
Evening star., 1937-08-10

10y Aoio, SooECio, IoWClS, SOlOCl 10
Dietriches, Hepburns spend an unbe-
1ievable part of their lives in approx
mately full flight before menacine
battalions of pencil-armed maniacs.
This is the worst year in history and
will go on being the worst year in
history until next year makes it only
the second worst, Autograph hunters,
1t seems, never die and reproduce
something on the order of guppies
And they come from every corner of
the hemisphere!
The madness to discover whether
movie players can write and to see
them work is blight of truly serious
dimensions. Studios with their special
police look so much like plants of
Republic Steel during a strike that it
wouldn't be surprising to see Garbo
walk in carrying dinner pail. Every
gate of every studio has its inevitable
picket line, full of persons ready to
die for the principle that Louis B
Mayer ought to write his name for
them.
1t interferes not only with the pleas
ure and digestion of the players but
with the work Of every studio.
A special expression of the autograph
mob mood is the desire to get inside
and see the filming of picture. There
is nothing friend of friend of a guy
who once bought gloves from Sam
GoldWyn won't do to turn that bless
ing from heaven into a studio pass
Not even the pearly gates could be
so attractive to crash for man so
fortunately placed in this world.
X X X ):
A ND lot Of them make it. They
walk around in little wide-eyed
groups, humping into the machinery
falling over the wires, getting in the
way of camera crews, standing in front
of directors, ignoring everything for
the sake of staring at Frances Farmer
as if she were Niagara Falls. 1t slows
up picture making. The film people
dislike it as much as Henry Ford would
dislike Sunday school class holding a
picnic on his production lines. But
they cannot do anything about it for
the world is full of persons equivalent
IN stature to the friend of a friend Of
a guy who once bought gloves from
Goldwyn. The only way to end 1t
would be to stop making pictures and
there are indications around here and
Washington that there is money to be
made in making pictures.
Sometimes the studios wish they
we're Clark Gable. Mr.. Gable. who is
up in Idaho Just waiting for a bear to
walk in front of his rife, is more sd-
mired out here for his technique in
disposing of mobs than even for his
good looks and sterling ways.
Gable goes everywhere and is per-
haps the most popular male star.
He has learned to laugh disarmingly
and talk quietly until it makes people
ashamed they thought of bothering
so nice a person, Mr. Gable there
fore is regarded among his associates
as great artist; man who has
Evening star., 1937-08-10

to back the horse,
and, Of course, it
Won!" Freds S def
inition of Jock is
He's one in a
million-I mean
millionaire " . . il.
Ouch!
Ronald Colman
has bought the
Summit drive es-
tate of the late
T h o m a S Ince,
who died several
years ago. The
house is large.
with nj en- I " nf
Evening star., 1937-08-10

| problems of fitting steps of music
Gene Ford labors in a hot room above
the Capitol's stage, whipping the
Going Native" speciality acts into
shape. Also Gene labors in the hidden
recess in the theater where he keeps
his papers and his pens and things
He's signed up Gorden Hittenmark as
one Of the name" attra ctions for the
forthcoming revue and the George
Washington University ensemble of
"a mixed voices as another. And
before he's through he expects to have
some more outstanding lent to head
line Going Native"
The. local speciality artists he's put
ting through their PAGES are Joe and
Earline King (whose novelty ventril-
oquist turn is a bit of all right, Ward
Du Vail, accordionist and singer; Rae
Russell, swan dancer; Claire Gregore,
tap dancer; Lee and Cody O'Neill
brother and sister tap team; Halle
Mae Reed, soprano; Edgar Talley
tenor; Jack McCalley, chalk talk
artist; Richard Leslie, impressionist
Coke Homan, tap dancer; Jerry Hess
comic; Anna Garrett, and Jimmy
Mulroe.
II that isn't l6, Ray Bell made a
mistake in the list he sent us, but
it's too warm to count them now
Anyhow, there are supposed to be 1e
speciality artists in the show Gin
addition to Mr.. G. Hittenmark and
the G. w. ensemble).
Tonight the Washington Players
present Shakespeares "A Midsummer
Nights Dream" for the fourth year
at the Sylvan Theater on the Monu-
ment slope. Leading roles will be
played by Milton Hirshfield, Christine
Irish, Thomas NJ Cahill, Yerby PAN
mill, Adele Whiteside. Joseph Dosh,
William Milton, Thomas Hickey. Kent
Dyer, Harry Grow. j. Edmond Veitch
Edgar Kloten, Joseph Custer, Paul
Murphy, John Van Sikken. Frances
Dewey, Hugh Smith, Alice Louise
Hunter, Marjorie McGann, Carol
Shea, Catherine Shea. Muriel Ann
Matthews, Jeanne Graves, Jean Zellers
and Claire Zellers.
Dream gets under way at O'Clock,
when S. Page Ford raises his baton
and whips the Washington Civic Or
chestra into the overture OF the famed
MendelSsohn score
Shooting from the cuff Bill Robin
son, who comes to the Earle Friday to
headline the stage show, is reported
to have refused an offer of $500 a
week to teach in New York dancing
school. On account of, he says, you
can't teach people to dance just be-
cause they can pay for it. Has to be
born in you The Little Theater
this week has on display the first
half of one Of Hollywood's latest
success stories. It's Rose Marie"
starring Nelson Eddy and jeanette
Macdonald, with Allen Jones singing
in minor role. Mr.. Jones is Miss
MacDonald's co-star in "Firefly"
Charlotte Greenwood takes the COM
edy, Leaning on Lefty" on tour the
latter part Of next month, and is due
to arrive at the National during the
first month Of the jaunt Headline
on an R-K-O Radio publicity release
says whitney Bourne and James
Dunn to make Love in Basement" +"
Maybe it's cooler there.
Evening star., 1937-08-10
Anita Louise III.

HOLLYWOOD, August 10 Lp).-
Anita Louise, blond screen actres
was confined to her home yesterda
with influenza. Her physician r,
ported her illness not serious.
Evening star., 1937-08-10
More Acts
Signed by
Gene Ford
Gordon Hittenmark
Will H eadline
"Going Native"
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

w YHILE Harry Crosley and his
\1/ dance producers dozen
v " l6) chorus girls labor in
their hot Studia over the
Evening star., 1937-08-10

did the same in seven weeks Incl
dentally, the little actress is back in
Hollywood but so far has received
the-hard-to-get-to from ma jor studios
Can it be they think her picture career
is over? I hope not
Fred MacMurray is dieting to lose
II pounds gained on vacation
While Jimmy Stewart was out of toWr
Housemates Josh Logan and John
SWope handled the job of moving into
a new house. On his return Jimmy
found himself the occupant of q
feminine chamber decked up with
fluffy curtains. cute dressing table ant
ducky diminutive sleeping couch. But
don't worry, Stewart pulled down the
curtains, scrapped the furniture anc
replaced it with a 7-foot bed The
biggest insult you can offer a Holly
Woodite is to call him or her ham
The nearer the bone, the more tender
is the meat.
The most difficult feature to photo
graph is the nose. In Hollywood they
are so nose-conscious that the first
question asked of a newcomer is what
kind Of nose has she?" Frank Shields,
for instance, who looks like a Greek
god in private life, has a too fine
aquiline nose, made longer by the
camera. And nose" trouble is why
Claudette Colbert is nearly ALWAYS
photographed on the left side of her
face . Irene Dunno lenses better to
the right.
Robert Benchley's first acting ex-
perienCe was at a benefit given by
Minnie Maddern Flske in aid of tired
horses. 1T would have been cheaper
to buy tired horse and be kind to it, =
says Bob
tCopyright, 1887, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance lncD
Evening star., 1937-05-07
NORTH AMERICAN
MAMMALS DIE OUT
Several Species of Grizzly
Bears Among Those to
= Perish Since 1900.

twenty-five North American man.
mails have become extinct mostly since
1900, Francis Harper of the American
Committee for International Wild Life
Protection, told the American Society
Of Mammalogists, meeting here today
Notable among the recently extinct
species, he said, are several, species of
grizzly bears, which played colorful
part in the westward expansion of the
United States. They included some of
the largest carnivorous animals on
earth.
= Throughout the world, Mr.. Harper
said, at least 800 more mammals are
threatened with extinction and 100
probably will pass from the scene in
rhe next century. In making up his
list he went back to the days when
there were lions in Southern Europe
and bison on the area of the District
Of Columbia.
The bad record of North America,
he said is due largely to intensive
huntlng-sometimes amounting to de-
lherate campaigns of determination
and to plaques introduced by the
white men. South America has the
best record of all for countries for
preserving its mammals
The ultimate of fast living" among
mammals was described to the society
today by DR.. w. ]. Hamilton of Cornell
University. 1t is the way of the tiny
Eastern meadow mouse, or vole, which
becomes mature when a few weeks old
and dies of extreme old age in about
18 months.
During this period, Mr.. Hamilton
found, there is almost ceaseless activity
In search Of food. The animal is ex-
tremely prolific, so there is no need
of a long life for preservation OF the
species.
Strange tour-year cycles operate In