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The Washington times., 1937-10-22

Surely, but what does our citizenship mean to
us? Nothing more than the right to pay taxes, to
talk about our civic problems and to listen to other
people talk about them.
Earlier this year, there was a tremendous
squabbe over new methods of taxing the District
And who were the final judges? Not the people
of Washington, not the District Commissioners,
and certainly not anybody that had been selected
for the purpose by the people Of the District OF
Columbia.
The members of the congressional committees
for the District and Senator King are very nice
people, and have done the best they could, but
they have other problems besides the District,
a fact which has been demonstrated over and
over again.
More Taxes Proposed
Now another tax program is in the offing The
District tax committee is attempting to work out
solution for an anticipated deficit Of something
like IS, 900 900 year for the next seven years.
But who will eventually decide what is "best"
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
Says Boake Carter

Germs. The spearhead Of this is found in the
Mexican governments oil development program
And so astounding is the total of United States
privately owned property seizures, both in area
and in wealth. that neither the State Depart
ment nor the United States Embassy in Mexico
has so far dared to reveal these figures to the
public.
Misplaced Fury?
Why has nothing been said about it officially?
Why have not United States citizens been told
that there is a worrisome condition in their
own back yard? Why, instead, have they been
told to work themselves into lather of moral
indignation about something going on 1000 miles
away?
For every dollar we have in private United
States investments in China we have Sc invested
in Mexico. China is on the other side Of an
ocean. Mexico is our southern neghbor
Where our So investment is menaced Wash.
Where our 81 investment is menaced Wash
ington works itself into righteous fury to start
a world crusade which can so easily wind up
in war for the United States.
Why does the Government play with fire by
meddling in the Orient instead of combining it.
self to its own sphere of influence in the Amer
icas and escaping wars in the Orient and in
Europe?
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mr.. Carriers DtetDS are his DUN and not
necessarily those of The TinleS.)
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
More Taxes Proposed


"U S. Protests in Mexico" reads headline.
"Consuls discuss defense against attacks on
American interests below the border"
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
4 D. C. ROBBERIES
NET $4OO LOOT

Nearly $400 in cash and property
was reported stolen in three rob
berries and holdup in Washington
during the past "a hours.
Joseph A. Spiney, a Waterman
for the Horton Motor Lines. Sew
enth and Streets Southwest, told
police that six colored men held
him up this morning and robbed
him of his billfold, a pistol and
six cases of cigars. They escaped
in an automobile.
Mrs. Ruth Gunnels, Of the
Chastleton Hotel, reported that
her purse, containing $18 in cash
and two diamond rings, valued at
500 each, was stolen from her
desk at I'LL K St. N. w. yesterday
while she was out of her office
for a few minutes.
Norman D. Siedenburg, pro-
prietor of a jewelry store at 1928
M St. N. W., said that the front
window in his store was smashed
early today and jewelry valued at
nearly $50 taken. George C. Dan
forth, of SLIT Illinois Ave. NV.
told police that his home was en-
tered last night and about $40
worth of jewelry, clothing and old
coins stolen.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
My Say

am turning to all women: C1ubwomen home
makers, business women.
We who are feminists believe that women can
The Washington times., 1937-10-22

Even a Dean of stately Cathedral has to make
sarily make him popular. Certainly not with un-
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
VIRGINIA TOTRY
ROSS IN DEATH
OF DAVIDSON
Military Ready to
Give Up Marine

<RudL1G1CO DdoS 4OL Vic oAdJAA4 Va
Attorney Elmer J. Davidson, Of
washington, will be tried for muir.
der under Virginia law.
Marine officers at Quantico said
today he would be turned over
to State authorities whenever re-
quested. A warrant for his arrest
on the murder charge was in the
hands of State police today. Sgt.
E. ]. McDermott of the Virginia
force expected to serve it.
IN QUANTICO BRIG
Ross remained incommunicado
in the Quantico guard house. The
trail which finally resulted in his
arrest led to Washington, Fred.
erick, Baltimore, and finally back
to Quantico. There it was said
today the accused man will be
carried on the Marine Corps rolls
as on leave, without prejudice,
until his trial is over.
If he should be acquitted he will
remain in the service, and receive
his pay for the period of his con-
finement. Should he be convicted.
the record will be certified to the
corps, and dishonorable discharge
follow. His record since his enlist
ment last January was said to
have been excellent.
PUZZLED OVER GUN
Maj. Gen. James C. Brecken.
ridge, commandant of the Guam
tico base, will communicate
through channels with the Secre-
tary of the Navy to ask authority
to turn Ross over to the Virginia
police, it was said today. At Ma
rine Corps headquarters in Wash.
ington, it was said Maj. Gen.
Thomas Holcomb, commandment Of
the corps, had not received the re.
quest for authority to release Ross
to Virginia authorities.
Meanwhile both Marine Corps
officers and Virginia police were
puzzled over the gun apparently
used in killing Davidson in lonely
road leading from the Richmond
Highway to Stafford Court house.
1t was a .38 caliber weapon. A
gun of this caliber was said by
police to have been found in
Davidson's room at his home.
NOT NAVY WEAPON
But Marine officers said it was
not Navy gun and that enlisted
men are not permitted to own fire.
arms. Ross could not have had
the gun with him in the Quantico
barracks, they said.
Washington police, who have
been asked to check Ross gun
with the bullet found in David.
sons skull, to determine definitely
whether it was the murder wea-
pom, had not completed their
check up today.
A further mystery remained to
be cleared up in the Identification
of the woman or women, who,
according to gas-station attend.
ants and local residents in the
vicinity of Quantico, Triangle and
Stafford Court House, had been
seen with Davidson in recent
months on drives through Vir.
GINA. Thus far women, in the
background of the case, have been
shadowy figures with no apparent
link to the murder.
CLAIMS SELF DEFENSE
Sergeant McDermott said Ross
had given questioners categorical
lronf;uuod ~, naro % NoI ~
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CLAIMS SELF DEFENSE
Sergeant McDermott said Ross
had given questioners categorical
CONTINUED on Page 20, Col. u
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-07-01
CAN'T SATISFY ANY OF THEM
(Mille Laos County TimeS)

Many observers believe-apparent
ly rightly, that under our present
labor dictatorship, there's no possible
way that strikes can ever be settled
permanently. You can't satisfy
labor''s demands. Give them an inch
and they want a mile-and they'll
make trouble till they get it. Then
look for new demands, and new
strikes-Pipestone Leader.
Sure, you are dealing with human
nature in laborers who want to get
all the product of their labor that is
possible. And you have the same
human nature in capitalists who want
to get all they can out of labor with
as little return to labor as possible.
1t is just question of who can eXer-
else power enough to get it. Result
is industrial war, of course, but what
are you going to do about it? A lot
of baby talk to labor will not meet
the situation or ameliorate it.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-07-01
THE EXPORT MARKET
FOR WHEAT
Est. Paul Pioneer Press)

While Secretary of State Hull has
been bending large part of his eff
forts to the lowering of world trade
barriers, natural economic forces have
operated in recent months to reduce
the restrictions which many nations
had placed on the importation of
wheat. The probability of an export
able surplus of wheat in the United
States this year combined with pos
sible deficiency in Europe makes it
reasonable to suppose that the Amer
lean producer will again be able to
enter the world market.
A marked rise in world price of
wheat, making the high tariff duties
of foreign countries unnecessary to
protect their domestic price level, and
a desire to prevent further increase
in the cost of living have led to the
reduction and in some cases the re-
moval of duties and license taxes on
imported wheat. The German duty
was lowered from SO to IL cents per
bushel, the Italian from S1.O6 to Is
cents per bushel, and that of the
Irish Free State abolished. Similar
decreases in import license taxes have
been made by countries imposing
them.
However, since the purpose of the
reduction is to lower the cost of wheat
to the consumer rather than to per-
NIT larger quantities to enter, most
foreign countries have retained their
strict quota limitations. Under the
circumstances the American wheat
producer needs the help of Mr.. Hull
to open these markets to increased
exports
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-07-01
Lutheran Church
Convention Ends
Continued from Page u

Continued from Page u
replacement will likely be sanctioned
at next years meeting.
1t is not definitely known at this
time, but it is estimated that there
were So ministers present and about
70 official delegates and about 400
additional guests at the peak of the
meeting.
The business sessions were from
10 a. m. to p. m. Wednesday, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday. Each eve
ming there were lectures by the more
prominent and able ministers. About
3 o'clock Saturday afternoon the busi-
ness part of the convention closed:
the last order of business was the
election of a board of five members
which resulted in the reelection of
the present board which is as fol-
lows: Rev. Alfred Jensen, Kimball-
ton, Iowa, president; Rev. Viggo Han
sen, Chicago, Ill, secretary; AXel
Thomson, Menominee, Mich, treas
urer; P. L. Lund, Hampton, Iowa,
trustee; and Chr. Korsgaard, Chi
cago, ILL.,, trustee. The selection of
meeting place for next year resulted
in favor of Tyler, MINI.
Late Saturday afternoon an auto
mobile tour was enjoyed through the
Ferndale Nursery where each lady
and most of the men were decorated
with corsage as a compliment from
the nursery; then they proceeded to
view Peter Hermansen's and Chris
Frederiksen's rock gardens and also
a trip to Kettle River park
The meeting was scheduled for the
village park Sunday afternoon, but
the weather man decided to move the
audience Of something over 600 into
the church in a hurry at about $3.50
and the program continued there.
Each evening, as we'll as Sunday
afternoon, there were excellent lee
lures. There was a splendid at
tendance from start to finish
And in conclusion, now that it is
all over, nearly everyone in the Askov
community can thank one another.
The committee in charge thanks ev-
eryone for being so willing to help
with the work and take in the guests
and the citizens as a whole thank
the committee for handling the con-
vention in such an able manner.
It was wonderful meeting, many
old friends met again, new friends
were found, there was mutual Joy
and happiness and from it all there
will be many happy and dear mem
cries.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-07-01
Social Menace

At last a mans conscience over
ruled his desire for freedom and the
murderer of three in New York on
Easter Sunday-an artists model, her
mother and male roomer-haS been
apprehended by his own confession.
For more than three months officers
of the law in practically every state
in the Union have been on the look
out for Robert Irwin, one-time divin-
ity student turned sculptor, but some
how his eluSivenesS was complete,
until at last he gave himself up in
Chicago.
Irwin has hired the famous GRIM
inal lawyer-Samuel Leibowitz of
New York, who is reputed to have
kept 1913 from the electric chair. to
defend him, but from viewing the
case from a distance and from read
ing the chastity confession of the MUIR
derer when he states that the three
were killed accidentally while he was
waiting for the artist models sister,
one would almost hope that the great
lawyers string of savings from the
chair" will be broken. However,
the main thing in this case which
concerns society, is not whether IT.
win goes to the electric chair, but
whether he is to be permanently
segregated from society.
When he pointed out in his con-
fession that he killed the three peo-
pie accidentally while waiting for
the real object of his wrath-a girl he
loved but who married another man
that was enough to brand him as
a great danger to society and regard
less of his great lawyers proves,
no jury should be satisfied with its
job unless he is placed forever in
exile
According to news announcements
in the papers these days, the coun-
try is overrun by morons who prey
upon defenselesS women and the
sooner society comes to realize that
those people have to be segregated,
the sooner will our women and our
children be free from danger.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-07-01

but then at other times we have had
men holding the championship who
have taken their places in the world
of popular athletes. During the past
two years the championship has been
held by man who has wife and
two children He, so far as can be
learned, rightly merited the honor
placed upon him and carried it with
a high degree of craftsmanship and
it is hoped that the new title holder
will carry the same responsibility
in a manner which will do honor
to his race.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-07-01
SPANISH WAR SITUATION

Editor Askov American:
By reading in several papers about
the war in Spain and summing up
the many occurrences, 1 have come
to the opinion that it is not revo-
luton by the party who lost in the
election in February, 1886, but real
war by Germany and Italy, with the
consent and help of the upper class
in Spain, to force the same kind of
having in Germany and Italy, onto
Spain.
If it had been a revolution by the
upper class in Spain, and Germany
and Italy kept out of it, then accord
ing to the resistance the loyaliStS
have been able to make, the revo-
luton would have been downed in a
short time. The Germans and Ital-
ianS are said to be volunteers. but
they are not; if they We're they would
not have their own officers and war
machinery to use. That goes out
of the countries only by orders from
their governments. So it is those
two nations making war against
Spain, and all other nations say moth
ing against the brutality they are
using against civilians. old people,
women and children. They are shoot
ing at them with all kinds of arms
so they lay on the ground, some of
them torn to pieces, others with sew
eral bullets in them and with lost
limbs,-nobody to help them
The perpetrators of it are sup
posed to be highly civilized and
Christians. Such is almost enough
to bring the blood to a boiling point
in decent people.
People were wondering how it
could be that the other nations did
not stop Germany and Italy in their
dirty work. But then somebody
whispered ''They think it is best
for the world that that kind of gov
eminent as elected in Spain would
de downed." Sure, it will be to the
benefit of the profteers. From that we
can learn that if we will be sure
not to have our profiteers to make
revolutions, we must keep on elect
ing a capitalistic government, and
then they will keep on being as sat-
isfied as they are now
ANDREW RASMUSSEN.
5000 West River Blvd, Minneapolis.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-07-01
BANK DEPOSIT INSURANCE
(St. Paul Pioneer Press)

AS Chairman Leo T. Crowley of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora
ton remarked Thursday to the con-
vention of Minnesota bankers, the
existence of general bank deposit in
surance does not of itself remedy the
weakness of the American banking
system and should not be allowed
to lull public opinion into a sense
of false security.
The bank deposit insurance, by
spreading the risk nationally, does
protect depositors against losses aris-
ing from localized or regional failures
of the banking system. Where state
banking insurance systems in farm
ing states collapsed during the agrar-
ian deflation of the early 1920s, the
national insurance would undoubted-
ly succeed. In event of deflation on a
national scale, however, the outlook
is not so reassuring. The banking
record cited by Mr.. Crowley is ap-
palling. Between 1921 and 1888, some
$1,000 of this country's banks were
SlOSCO W llllctllSldl
|depoSitors lost more than three bill
lion dollars It is the price this
country pays for insisting on a sys-
tenn of large number of relatively
weak unit banks.
If the loss ratio of the past were
to prevail in the future, deposit in
surance would fail. Intelligent states
|manship is therefore confronted with
the necessity of Strengthening the
banking system, a work of education
and regulation in which the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation has
an important part to perform.
Bank deposit insurance will go far
to protect the public from the most
painful results of a weak banking
system. But it must not be regarded
as a substitute for corrective action
of the underlying trouble.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-07-01
Copyright. Western Newspaper Union

realizing what fearful responsibilities
repOse on their shoulders; they are
moving very cautiously, and seem to
be anxious to avoid serious trouble
Judging from what is known, there
is no reason to fear any far-reaching
conflict. Of course, one must al
ways, under circumstances like the
present, make reservations, for if the
incident, feared by all, does occur, it
will be impossible to predict the out
come.
Adolf Hitler, the chief executive
of Germany, has warned that re-
newed attacks on German shipping
will mean reprisals, and since Italy
cOllaborates with Germany all the
time now, there exists a possibility
for joint German-Italian action in
Spain. That would be tantamount
to a declaration of war against a
legitimist and recognized government,
and no doubt it Would-as Chamber
lain said the other day-bring about
a situation ''of utmost gravity" and
force Great Britain to abandon its
policy of neutrality. This, further,
would mean that France would march
shoulder to shoulder with England,
and that Soviet Russia would have
something to say, too, is far from
unlikely
For the time being the world builds
its hopes for continued peace on the
financial inability of nearly all the
powers implicated to carry on war
fare on any major scale.
Smelling Madrid.
During the last few days the Span
ish rebels have resumed their bonn
bardment of Madrid, with, it seems,
not much actual effect The rebels,
flushed with their conquest of Bill
bao, are now trying to mete out
similar fate to the port of Santander,
and it is generally understood that
if that city falls into their hands,
nearly all their troops will be con-
centrated in the vicinity of Madrid
for one supreme effort to take that
city which so heroically has defended
itself through many painful months
of almost incessant artillery and air.
craft bombardment.
Concluding, one might say that the
great powers on some occasions were
closer to war during the Italo-Ethi-
opian campaign than they are now.
In each instance, a catastrophe was
averted
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-07-01
PINE COUNTY BUS
SCHEDULE ON NO. 81
Terminals and Pine County Stations.

Terminals and Pine County Stations.
Light face figures A. NJ, and black
face figures P. M. time. Figures in
parenthesis indicates stations where
passengers should notify agent if they
desire to board buses.
Mime apoIis and st. Paul to Duluth.
NORTH BOUND
Minneapolis, Lv.
:. -. 1880 1O:45 1:15 3:45 7:15
st. Paul, Lv.
49,. sos 1925 1:55 1920 $50
Pine City
:. $40 100 1884 5:55 9:2s
Beroun
:. ...(9:4S) 0:OS (3:42) 6:O2) Flag
Junction with No. %, Approx.
:. -. 1854 liza 3:4S 6:OS -.
Hinckley
:. 1000 1:2O 1855 6:15 $40
Sandstone
=. ...1O:23 1:45 1919 6:3S 1906
AskOv Junction, Approx.
:. ...1O:2S ESQ 4:24 CAB 1910
FinlaysOn Corner, Approx.
:. ...1O:3O 1852 4:26 6:45 1912
Rutledge
:. ..uO:s5) Q:5s) (4:sD (e:5O Flag
Willow River
:. ..QO:4D (2:O5) (4:3s) $3.50 Flag
Sturgeon Lake
:. ..QO:4O (2:12) (4:4O (7:O2) Flag
Duluth
80. 1910 $40 6:1O S.25 1850
SOUTH BOUND
Duluth, Lv.
:. -. 100 1000 100 400 $50
Sturgeon Lake
:. ..S:4e) Q1:1s) (9:lO (5:12) (9:O2)
Willow River
:. ..(S:5s) (11:23) (2:23) (5:ls) (9:Os)
Rutledse
:. :. $3.50 (11:2s) (2:2O (5:93) (9:13)
FinlaysOn Corner, Approx.
:. -. 9:O4 11:32 2:32 5:26 9:16
ASkOv Junction, Approx.
:. -. 9:O5 1875 2:35 5:29 9:19
Sandstone
:. -. $40 11:4O 2:iO 5:s4 1924
Hinckley
:. -. 9:25 11:55 2:55 5:55 $40
Junction with No. %, Approx.
:. -. $40 1910 $40 6:lO 9:55
Beroun
-. (9:45) Q2:15) (3:15) GID (9:5O
Pine City
:. %. s:53 1928 1923 6:2l 1906
st. Paul
:. ...11:35 2:05 sos $50 1885
Minneapolis
.. ..12:1O 2:iO $40 S:25 1910
Chinese officials or magistrates are
known as mandarins.
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclama-
tor, frood LOO S1S cln,-oc Tho MINI,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-07-01
A New Sport

Recalling their governors seems to
be popular sport for the voters of
North Dakota since once upon time
they recalled Governor Lynn j.
Frazier and now they are talking
about recalling William LANCER, their
present governor.
Of course the talk of recalling
LANCER is nothing new for it was
proposed at the time he was COVER
nor before and he was ousted from
that office through court procedure
for his activity in soliciting campaign
money from federal project workers.
But the funny part of the sport of
recalling governors in that state took
place when Governor Frazier was
successfully recalled. The opposi-
ton to Mr. Frazier and the Nonpar-
tisan League at that time was, of
course, not satisfied with him nor his
program and therefore trumped up
charges and made the voters believe
them to the extent that he was voted
voted in.
The Flickertail voters were still
not satisfied with Mr.. Frazier's pun
ishment and proceeded to vote him
into the position of United States
Senator. This job was an advance
ment, which we are sure at the time
Mr.. Frazier's most fond dreams would
not have given him. That is some
thing! The voters thought he should
be recalled from the states eXecu-
tive chair and they sent him away
to Washington to a better job.
The same is true in the case OF
Governor LANCER; his political flu
ture looked black a few years ago
but at the last election he was vindi-
Gated by the voters when he was
again elected governor. But now
some one, somewhere in the state
has found something wrong with
him and he may be recalled. o.
course there are no vacancies in the
United States Senate right now, 81
if they do recall him we don't know
where they will put him.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-07-01
Prize Fighting

Another heavyweight prize fight
was fought last week and the
championship changed hands after
having been held for two years by
James Braddock. 1t now goes to
Joe Louis, young negro.
At various times we have had
prize fighters who have made a de-
grading profession out of the sport