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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-12-31
CERTIFICATES OF
MERIT AWARDED
IN THE COUNTIES
Baltimore City And Five COun-
ties Cited For Work In
Negro Health Service

Certificates of merit-all in Class
"A"-have been awarded to the State
and Baltimore City Departments of
Health, the Health Week Committee
of Baltimore City, and to the Depart
ments of Health of Cecil, Kent, Mont
gOmery, Prince Georges and Wicomico
Counties, for activities in connection
with this years observance of Negro
Health Week, by the National Health
Week Committee of the United States
Public Health Service, according to
an announcement received by DR.. r.
II. Riley, Director of the State Depart
Enent of Health, from DR.. Roscoe
Brown, Chairman of the Health Week
Committee.
Glass "a" certificates were also a.
warded to the Health Club of Wetip-
auin, Wicomico County, and to the
CCC Company at Doncaster, Charles
County. The Douglass Senior High
School of Baltimore City paired with
a school in Tarboro, Edgecombe coun-
ty, North Carolina, for first honors
in a health poster contest.
Negro Health Week, DR.. Riley said,
serves as the starting point for year
round activities and occupies very
important part in the public health
program. In many of the colored
communities in the State there has
been a marked improvement in both
personal and neighborhood standards
of living as result of the emphasis
placed year after year on the essen
tials of personal and community hy-
giene.
This years schedule included public
meetings in churches and schools with
all representative groups participant
ing: child health conferences; the
medical examination of school chill
dren; clinics for immunidation against
diphtheria, for protection against ty-
phoid, and for vaccination against
smallpox; chest clinics with special
reference to tuberculosis; venereal
disease clinics; health education exer-
cises and poster contests in the
schools; community cleanup and SAM
tation campaigns. There were also
cleanliness and neatness improvement
contests in some of the rural schools.
The Health Week observance was
started nearly twenty-five years ago,
DR.. Riley said, largely through lay
initiative and interest. For number
of years it was carried on under the
leadership of the Annual Tuskagee
Negro Conferences and other influen-
tial organizations in cooperation with
Federal, State and local Departments
of Health. Since it became nation
wide in it's scope it has been conduct
ed under the auspices of the United
States Public Health Service, with
State and local departments of health,
and lay organizations assisting.
DR.. Browns report for the current
year shows that over 5000 communi-
ties, in 80 states, took part in the 1897
activities. Nearly $4,000 households
throughout the country shared in the
cleanup campaigns; over IS, 900 in the
insect and rat-control projects; more
than 5000 in sanitation activities; and
nearly $4,000 plant and flower pro-
jects were carried on. The educational
excuses were attended by over $780,
900 persons, and many more were
reached bq the radio folks, of which
327 were given.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02
A Blueblood Requirement

In a recent publication of British
Who's Who" Mrs. Wallis Warfield
was mentioned but unlike all of her
sisters-in-law her parents names and
her date of birth was left out The
family name is very important in the
blueblood world, but it is not i'm
portant in this democratic new world
where some of our greatest men and
women have grown from obscurity
to fame and from a squalid home
steader's shack to places of trust and
everlasting historic importance. OF
course there are still some exceptions
and perhaps plenty of them-but
they are mostly hand-me-down from
that snobbish race of people who
shave" but do not know how they
acquired it.
With most real democratic citi-
zens, it does not matter what per-
sons ancestry has been so long as
his own record of achievements is
worthy and above reproach. A per-
son who has gained success by his
or her own hands, knows how he
or she gained it and it is perhaps
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02
LIKENED UNTO A HOG

Editor Askov American:
A hog, after it has filled itself up
with everything possible to hold, will
sometimes stop trying to eat any
more, at least for a while. But hui
man greed and avarice know no such
limitations. No matter how much
money people make they still are
not satisfied, they still want more
and are not satisfied until they get
is nothing new about this, it is as
old as history, so it is not astonishing
to see it nowadays.
After business in this country had
very good year, which loaded the
banks in the money centers with
money, they are still not satisfied,
they do not want to pay taxes,
claiming that high taxes are running
them. If possible they would like
to have their taxes reduced and take
it out of the hides of the farmers,
labor and relief. 1t is a certainty
that these last three are not both
cred with too much money, but they
were to be made the target for econ
omy, so that the big fellows could
pile up still greater fortunes. This
country is very fortunate that most
of this economy talk has blown up
and that we have an administration
in Washington, that at least does not
fall for everything. Just how defeat
ing the farm programs, cutting relief,
etc, would help business for the
average man is hard to understand,
but so we were advised by the rem
nants of the old order. After they
got nearly all the money sailed away
in the large banks and the country
in debt to them, they are still not
satisfied they want more yet, and
their henchmen cry many tear over
high taxes for those able to pay.
After viewing all this, it is easy
to understand the constant warning
Of the classes, which apparently must
go on. Here in Minnesota this fight
is probably emphasized more than
in any other state. If this contest
does not get beyond bounds-it is
healthy, bombs and shooting has no
place in it, and chances are these
methods are imported A good stiff
fight such as the Republicans and
Farmer-Laborites indulge in makes
for better government It is sort of
friendly fight.
S. J. SIMONSEN.
Pease, Mimi, Nov. &c, 1887.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02
Take Bad With
Good {?

The old saying is, 1--WE must take
the bad with the good" but this does
not necessarily hold true only from
the standpoint of necessity. No
movement or activity of any kind
should take along the bad element
if it can knowingly and successfully
weed it out. 1t is recognized that
there is bound to be that ele-
ment creep into any movement, be
it political, labor, farm or any other
endeavor, but that should not be
, tolerated only to the extent that it
cannot be ferreted out.
Considerable talk is now being
heard in the Twin Cities and for
that matter many other of the large
labor centers to the effect that there
is considerable hoodlum-ism in the
labor movement. In other words it
is apparent that there are those who
would make a racket out of the sim
cere efforts of those who would better
the conditions of the laboring and
farming classes. That element must
be curbed and if possible thrown
out of the movement before irrepar-
able wrong is done.
To our way of thinking the per-
son who would profit in his hypocrit-
ical show of aiding others is worse
than the system which he leads them
to oppose.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02
CrindstOne Lake

Mr.. and Mrs. j. K. Lafferty OF
Rainier, spent the weekend with Mrs
Lafferty's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Barnes. They were on their
way to spend the winter with Mr.
Lafferty's parents in Glendale, Calf
They intend to visit relatives at
Faribault and in Iowa enroute.
Herbert Rathsack spent last Thurs
day afternoon at the Frank Barnes
home.
Mrs. Harry Severson and children
of Red Wing, drove here to spend
the weekend at the VIM. Trapp home
Harley and Laverne Sjodahl spent
the weekend at home and Clarence
came from st. Paul Monday for a
short visit.
Dr. and Mrs. Schwyzer spent Mon
day afternoon here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arvid Odean of Min
neapolis, spent Sunday at the John
Ali home.
Friends extend sympathy to the
relatives of Nels Wicklund who passed
away Saturday.
About 100 children and adults
were vaccinated for smallpox at the
Dell Grove school Tuesday and about
70 were vaccinated at the Grind
stone Lake school,
Erick Lindquist, Charles Wahlstrom
and Manley Anderson and son, Den
mis-, all of Minneapolis, were callers
at the Hans Myrvold home Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Ness and Mr..
and Mrs. James Ness and daughters
were Thanksgiving dinner guests of
the Watrin family. Mr.. and Mrs.
Dewey Colsrud and children spent
the afternoon at the Watrin home
Thanksgiving day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Miller and
sons were Thanksgiving dinner guests
of DR.. and Mrs. Kelsey of Hinckley
and they spent Sunday in Duluth.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02
Lake View Ripples

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Rabe, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Johnson and family of
Kroschel, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Foss
and family and Myrtle Loftness were
Thanksgiving dinner guests at the
Herman Foss home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Borchard spent
Sunday evening at the Gust Pearson
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Rabe spent
Thanksgiving day afternoon at the
Herman Foss home.
Arthur Borchard of Minneapolis,
spent Thanksgiving and the week.
end at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. F. Borchard.
VIM. Borchard, ST., spent Sunday
afternoon at the w. F. Borchard home
Geo. Slogan of Kroschel, called
at the Sylverton Loftness home Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peder Loftness and
son, Luther, and daughter, Myrtle,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Sylverton Loftness
were Sunday dinner guests at the
Herman Foss home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Borchard and
son, Arthur, were Thanksgiving sup
per guests at the Sylverton LoftneSs
home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02
Advertising Honesty

Honesty in advertising should be
the by-word of all radio station man.
ayers and they should see to it that
the public is not treated as an Sin
FAINT in arms" or as a group that has
no thinking capacity. Unless more
is done along the line of keeping
exaggeration out of advertising now
announced over the radio, then radio
is going to have severely decreased
patronage.
1t is no uncommon thing to tune
in on a program and hear some of
the most unheard of promises made
for certain advertised article. Any
adult brain can grasp the reason
for it but it is doing the younger
listeners harm. Advertisers get by
with much over the radio which the
postal laws will not tolerate in news
papers.
First of all it should be the duty
of the radio manager to see that his
advertisers are responsible and ac-
curate in the description of the arti-
cles they offer to the public, just the
same as it is the duty of a good
newspaper manager to see that his
papers readers are protected from
fraudulent advertising. His duty
rests with the welfare of his clients
for they trust in his conduct of an
open and above-board business.
1t is far better to turn down a
''fat'' advertising contract if it is of
doubtful sincerity than to accept it
and find, too late, that it has played
the listeners or readers for suckers "
People are going to get to the point
of demanding less vivid and less
exaggerated advertising diet with
their entertainment programs and
when they do, some other form of
entertainment will take the place of
the now popular radio.
The radio can be used as blessing
to people of this modern age. Let us
hope its management will raise it to
that plane.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02
Sand Creek

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Erickson of
Fond du Lac, were recent visitors at
the Sahlen home.
visiting at her home here the past
several weeks, returned Sunday to
Minneapolis where she is employed.
Mr. and Mrs. G.. Hanson spent
Thanksgiving day with relatives in
Superior.
Miss Alice Jensen, who is attend
ing Maplewood academy at Hutchin-
son, spent from Wednesday until Fri
day visiting friends.
Dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Engebo Thanksgiving day were Miss
Alice Jensen, Carl Mogensen and
Mr. and Mrs. D. Svardahl
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Anderson of
Minneapolis, were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs Conrad Svardahl Sun
day.
Notice to members of the Farmers
club: There will be regular meet
ing Wednesday, Dec. 8, to decide
when and where the annual Christ
mas party is to be held. All are
urged to be present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Oberg, Mrs
Caroline Kjell, Sam Lindberg and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Engebo enjoyed Sun
day dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. D.
Svardahl.
Nevin Livingston spent Thanksgiv-
ing at his parental home in North
Branch
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02

stolen the whole earth from the peo-
pie after God had given it to them
in common, and that the government
without any previous transactions can
rent it to individuals; that shall in
clude all land regardless of how
it is in USE That would make all
deeds and other claims against land
null and void.
But we are having the Constitution
and that has been recognized for
many generations All our laws and
the whole government is based upon
that.
In Article of the amendments to
the Constitution we read: ''Nor shall
private property be taken for pub
lie use without just compensation. u
When the owners of the land hold
legal papers to show that they are
recognized by the government as
owners of it, then it means an over
throw of the government to get the
land away from them.
Mr.. Knips and others who hold
such theories about the ground, will
you please explain it.
An inventor of a machine must
have so strong imagination that he
can see his machine at work before
he starts to make it, so he can have
that picture of it in his mind tC
60 by in making it. 1t must be the
same with one advocating a new
social order, and therefore ask Mr.
Knips to show us in detail how tc
get such a new social order adopted
and how it works. If he can not dc
that, 1 will advise him to call on the
Creator who he says gave all the
land to all the people, to come ano
protect the right for the people tt
it, so the Creators plan about it shall
not be a failure.
ANDREW RASMUSSEN.
5000 West River Blvd, Minneapolis
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02
DanfOrth

Young Peoples meeting will be at
the home of Guy Hendricks Saturday
evening.
The voting on the new schoolhouse
Friday evening lost by four votes.
Mrs. Andrew Boo and Mrs. Louis
Larson were called to Minneapolis
last week by the illness of relative.
They returned home the first of the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Oberg and Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Olson and little daugh-
ter spent Thanksgiving day at the
Andrew Olson home The latter fam
lily spent a few days longer there.
The local teacher and children en-
joyed Thanksgiving vacation Thurs
day and Friday.
Mr. and Mrs Carl Swanson, Mrs
Emma Swanson and the Johnson fam
lily spent Thanksgiving day at the
liner Carlson home.
A quiet wedding was performed
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. c.. E.
Hendricks Saturday afternoon in the
presence of relatives and friends
where Mr.. Hendricks made Mrs
Edith Karpen and Donald Daughf-
man man and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard White and
children, Ed Pauline and the Percy
Moore family had Thanksgiving din
ner at the M. I. White home.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Gabriel and
children of Superior, Miss Velta Hen
bricks of Minneapolis, Mr.. and Mrs
Paul Hendricks and family of Hinck-
ley, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Hendricks
and family of ST. James, Harry Hen
bricks of Clover, and Mr.. and Mrs
G.. E. Hendricks enjoyed Thanksgiv-
ing dinner at the Guy Hendricks
home
Miss Shirley Moore left Tuesday
for Minneapolis where she will spend
an indefinite time
A girl was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Elof Frisendahl last week.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02
William F. Henry

The fact that hundreds attended
the funeral services for Col. William
F. Henry, general manager of the
Duluth Herald who recently passed
away, is evidence of the living char
acter of the man in relation to pub
lie life and life of his community.
Col. Henry always did his utmost
for Duluth and his friends are num-
bered among the most prominent in
official and political circles in the
state. His death was a hard blow
to the Observation-Disclosures city and to
the state.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02
ASKS EXPLANATION
Editor Askov American:

tASkON
1 am opposed to any reform which
is contrary to the Constitution of the
United States, as it may be benefit
for some people and an undeserved
loss to others, and one violation of
the Constitution may lead to another,
so it would be the same as if we
had no Constitution. Another rea-
son is that in order to become a
citizen so 1 could enjoy all rights
equal to an American born person,
1 had to swear that I would support
the Constitution of the United States.
After that l have taken my oath so
many times l don't know how many.
One can not hold even the smallest
office, be a witness or be on a jury
without taking such an oath. Do you
people who profess to be Christians
and when you disregard the Consti-
tuition and ask for, and expect your
representatives to give you uncon-
stitutional laws then think of your
oath? 1 am holding my oath as a
word of honor.
The Constitution is not perfect
and up to date, but instead of vio-
lating it, do your part to have il
amended if it by that can bring more
honesty, but do not get it to protect
mob rule. That you can not get.
The founders of the Constitution
were wise enough to know that the
time would come when there WOULD
be needed amendments to it, so they
inserted a clause in it on how to gel
it amended Now even that clause
needs to be amended, as there are
two ways to amend the constitution
that way used to get prohibition was
that the congress and the legisla-
lures of the several states did it
but to get rid of it (the prohibition
the congress let the voters decide
The congress has right to choose
either way. 1t should be taken ou'
of the Constitution that the amend
ment of it can by congress be giver
to the legislatures to decide. Il
should be left to the will of the
people.
We are having the adherents Of
the Henry George doctrine who
claimed that the monopolists have
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02
Fleming Township

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Neil of Min
neapois, spent the hunting season al
the Leon Beavens home; Emil Gerdts
and A. Hoffman of Waseca, were
also there.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Alters and two
friends of Lake City, spent the hunt
ing season at the Henry Alters place
here.
Many homes had their share OF
hunters this year, but few deer were
killed.
Milford Swift, Joe Amberg and a
friend of Waseca, visited at the Ed
Beavens home recently.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02
Bremen Township
(Er0m Another CORRESPONDENT

Thanksgiving dinner guests at the
Louis Brabec home were Mrs. F
Breska and son, George, and Joe Bra
bee and family, including Viola, who
is working in the United Store in
Finlayson.
Sherman Hallen of New Richmond
Wis, spent Sunday at the Joe Bra
bee home. Laddy accompanied him
back to spend vacation with his
sister, Mrs. Albert Hranicka.
Sherman Hallen and Ann Brabeo
called on Viola Brabec in Finlaysor
Sunday afternoon.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02

much more lasting and humane than
that which has been gained through
ancestry and the work of others.
Yes, bluebloods in many countries
and places want their associates
family trees free from knots.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02

(FrOm Another Correspondent

Mr. and Mrs. G. Severson and son
Clifford, Miss Evelyn Krona and Mr.
and Mrs. John Storebo were Super
ior callers Friday evening.
Miss Evelyn Krona of Columbia
Falls, Mont, spent Thanksgiving and
the weekend at the Chris Severson
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Storebo spent
Thanksgiving at the G. Severson
home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02
Opinions of Others

(Short timely letters on topics of
public interest are welcome whether
or not the writer's opinions con-
form with those of the American.
All letters must be signed with the
writer's name for our information.
Signed articles always are more eff
fective, but If the writer does not
wish to have his name used. 1t will
be Withheld.)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02
Sandstone Woman Falls

The aged mother of Arne Hokstad
of Sandstone, on Wednesday of last
week fell and bruised herself Sc
verely but fortunately broke no bones
Mrs. Hokstad, who is 81 years of age,
was visiting a friend in Duluth and
slipped and fell down some basement
stairs. She is nicely recovering.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02

Rivers that flow through plains
carry away, at many places, the
gravel, sand, and earth of which the
banks are composed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02

AS we conclude this piece word
comes that the President has author
lied government agencies to spend
S245 100000 for supplies and this in
itself may help to stimulate business
generally-let us all hope so.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02

Classify to get a crop of buyers.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-12-02

be produced at profit. The value
of the dollar controls the price level
and the price level, along with the
quantity of production, controls the
price of any given commodity. AS
the value of the dollar and the VOL
ume of production change, prices
change-unless we should have a
condition where the dollar value was
increasing and the volume of pro-
duction was decreasing in the same
proportion, so that one influence
would exactly offset the other. Since
March of this year we have had a
rising valued dollar, causing prices
to fall; and at the same time we
have had reproduction of farm
products, likewise causing prices to
fall; and both influences have been
responsible for the low prices for
the 1887 farm crop"
On both sides of the capitol senti-
ment for action to aid business is
growing, particularly support for a
revision of the undistributed profits
tax. The Ways and Means sub
committee on taxation has tentatively
agreed on a revision of this tax Be-
cause of the agreement, many men,
bers have insisted to leaders that the
passed this session. Mr.. Rayburn
has cautioned members against too
much speed, on the ground that tax
revision should have the most care
full study in committee, since when
it is reached in Congress it can be
made retroactive to this years in
comes. Senator Barley also advised
a careful tax revision program argu-
ing that even if a bill were speedily
reported, it was doubtful if it could
be passed through both houses in
three weeks remaining of the special
session.
House leaders, striving to induce
the Democratic majority to sign the
discharge petition for the wages and
hours bill, are looking ahead to next
week, when the farm measure will
iei'S CSSii SOilplCtCo. Ol1CSS IliC
wages and hours bill is available, none
of the rest of the Presidents four
point program will be ready for House
action. The Senate, however, can
take under consideration the Wagner
Gavagan Anti-Lynching bill which is
the regular order after completion
of the farm bill, but Southern Demo-
Gratis, led by Senator Connally of
Texas, who filibustered for the first
six days of the session to prevent
consideration of the measure, have
served notice that they will fight it
again. Should this develop into an
other filibuster the whole legisla-
tive program may be tied up, save
for the farm bill, which under reso-
luton passed at the last session, has
priority.
AS we conclude this niece word
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