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The Washington times., 1937-11-19
TAXES FLAYED
BY GOVERNORS

BOSTON, Nov. 19 G.N.SO.
The six New England governors,
in executive session, took a
decided stand" against the un-
distributed profits tax and the
capital gains tax.
Gov. Wilbur L. Cross CD of
Connecticut, chairman of the
governors conference, held in con.
neotion with the annual Town
Hall" meeting of New England
industrial leaders, announced tele-
grams would be sent New England
Senators and Representatives re-
questing them to support the gov.
ernors' stand.
The acknowledgements
Brown-Casey bill is a loosely
drawn bill which could not be
made the basis of any intelligent
floo6-control compact" Governor
Cross told industrial leaders at
tending the New England confer
ence,
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
Student Encyclopedia
Competition

l. The Herald1lmeS Student Encyclopedia competition No.
is open to all boys and girls from sixth grade to senior
high school in public private and parochal insti
tutions the District and nearby Maryland and Virginia
q The encyclopedia competition No shall consist of FI
TEEN QUESTIONS based upon facts presented in the
Standard American Encyclopedia other standard
reference books =
g. Answers must be returned to the Encyclopedia Compe
tition Editor, Washington Herald-T Times Building Wash
lngton, D. c. by midnight, November 49, Answers must
be written side of the paper in pencil ink with
typewriter on regular composition school paper The
students name home address, age grade in school and
teachers name shall be placed in the upper righthand
corner of each sheet.
The SO best neaest and brefes scholarly answers
in the opinion of the encyclopedia competition editor
will receive each volume of Hammonds Atlas and
Gazetteer of the World.
g. The questions which may best be found in Volume No.
OF the Standard American Encyclopedia, follows
l. Who was Athena? 8. Who was P. 7. Barnum?
z Where is Aude? 8. What is a Baslisk?
g. An Axoloti is what? 10. What and where was
4 What is Baconian Phi Bee?
losophy? II. What is a Berosus?
D. Who was Alexander 12. Who was Bidpai?
Balm? 13. What is Bimetallism?
O. Where is q Band Fish II. Who wrote the opera
found? Carmen?
T. What the Barbary IL. Which is the Blue Hen
States? State?
The Washington times., 1937-11-19

Volume No. 3 of the Standard
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Coupon Exchange Stations in
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Last night the Student Encyclo-
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graded school and high school girls
and boys in the nearby territory.
These questionnaires are being
marked today and the complete
list Of winners, so in all, will be
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
COUNTY SAVINGS
CHECKS 100000

HYATTSvILLE, Nd, Nov. 10.
More than 100000 in Christmsa
Savings Club checks are to be dis
tributed by banks in the metro
politan area of Prince Georges
County next week.
The Prince Georges County
Bank and Trust Company Of
Hyattsville will send checks total
ing 100000 to 2,138 club mem
bers, record in this section. The
Trust Company branch bank in
Mt. Rainier follows with $69,021 to
1923 members, according to T. M.
Jones, treasurer and trust officer
of the banks.
The Riverdale Citizens Bank
will distribute $21 900 to 5O7 mem.
bers and the Bank of Seat Pleas
ant, about $4,000 to 500 club
members.
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
PatrOlman Held
In Double Death

DETROIT, Nov. 10 U.N.S).
At a dramatic court hearing offer.
ing a possible new theory for his
crimes, William Hawthorne, %,
college-bred patrolman, today was
ordered held for trial for the mur-
derS of his secret coed bride, Kay
Fox, 81, and Jack Barrett, 23, the
bankers son she loved.
Mrs. Brownie Barrett, mother Of
one of the victims Of what Haw-
thorne said was psychological
experiment" in murder, testified
the young patrolman said he be-
lieved his wife was probably" ex-
pecting a child when he shot her
in the Barrett home October l.
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
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The Washington times., 1937-11-19
Ancient Indian
Stronghold Found

LINCOLN, Neb. d.N.S0-South-
east Nebraska, near the Iowa line,
was found to have been an Indian
stronghold many years ago, when
this week A. T. Hill, curator Of the
Nebraska historical society un-
earthed some interesting speci-
mems. He found 13 lodges and 80
burials along the Missouri River
near Peru, Neb. Numerous sam
pies Of pottery, earthenware and
bone bracelets have been found
over q 30-mile 'front.'"
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
Tines Book Best Seller

published Sunday in the Wash.
ington Herald Times.
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lecting the 15-volume series Of the
Standard American Encyclopedia
Start today and add one volume
each week by clipping the coupons
and presenting them at any of the
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the Accent fee on Saturdays or
Sunday mornings.
The Washington times., 1937-11-19
MONTGO M cry
TRAFFIC TRIAL
PLAN CHANGED
Justices Nearest Scene
To Handle Cases

ROCKVILLE. Md, Nov. 10.
Justices Of the peace nearest the
scene Of arrest will assume juris-
diction over traffic violation cases
in Montgomery county beginning
Monday, it was learned here today.
For several years prior to this
time all traffic violation cases
outside of Takoma Park. Md,
have been brought before the
judge of the county police court
located here, at present presided
over by Judge Harold C. Smith.
PUGH EXPLAINS
The reason for this apparent
"about face" in the county's march
Of progress, according to States
Attorney James H. Pugh, is merely
a move to keep the county police
court from becoming invalid under
a recent ruling from the Maryland
court Of appeals, which invalidated
the Prince Georges county police
court.
However, according to Pugh, the
local police court will continue to
function insofar as local traffic
violations are concerned in civil
cases and will continue to hold
preliminary hearings on criminal
cases that are to go to the grand
jury or circuit court.
VALIDITY AsSAMED
The Court of Appeals attacked
the validity Of the police courts
on the grounds that they were
created by an act of the legislature
in violation Of the State conStitu-
ton, which granted certain pow.
erS to justices of the peace which
cannot be taken away without pas.
sage Of an amendment.
In announcing today that there
would be a meeting of all justices
Of the peace at the courthouse
here tonight, when they will be
given instructions as to their pow.
erS Of Jurisdiction, Pugh said that
an amendment to that part of the
constitution granting the Justices
Of the peace power to try viola
tionS, would probably be one of the
first orders of business at the next !
session Of the General Assembly,
which convenes in 1889.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-22
Wrestling Came

Once upon time a great deal of
respect was had for good wrestler
and wrestling match, but it seems
to many old-time followers of the
sport that it has deteriorated during
recent years and has now become
truly the "grunt and groan" game.
We talk about the Mexican bull
fights as being cruel, but there are
thousands of our people who will at
tend a wrestling match and pay fancy
prices to see two overgrown humans
tear at each other with everything
from fingernailS to teeth. They will
stand and hold to the ropes and kick
each other in the face as quickly
and as willingly as they would meet
friends on the street with a hand
shake.
A new hold has been invented by
a present-day wrestler and it is
known as the back breaker. 1t is a
hold that has meant defeat for many
wreStlerS and has narrowly missed
permanently injuring some. Yes the
game has deteriorated
from a manly and scientific game to
a british and unsportsmanlike show.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-22
CHANGES in FARMING
midland Cooperator)

Any farmer knows without being
told that great changes in the meth
DDS of farming have taken place
for years past. Anyone who would
attempt today to farm as did his an
cestOrs years ago, using the same
methods they used, would be regard
ed as a fool. He could not hope to
succeed with such primitive methods
against the competition offered by
those who employ machinery and sci
ence
While this is obvious to the most
dull-witted it is not as clear that
ether change is constantly going on,
and that farmers like other individu-
ais are subject to many new things
which nave an influence, direct and
indirect, upon his efforts. Probably no
business activity is more subject to
these great social changes so rapidly
taking place than farming, and yet so
few farmers are really conscious of all
this.
1t is self-evident that in all basic
industry, other than agriculture, com
petition has been replaced by cOmbi-
nation, resulting in practical monoro-
~, thus enabling the mOnopolists to
control output and thus determine
price. This same power of monopoly
has also sought and secured legis-
lation favorable to its interests and
purposes. Even labor has been able
to do this to certain extent. Farmers
alone have failed to keep pace with
this kind of development, and thus
have suffered. To a certain degree,
however, similar change is taking
place in agriculture, evidenced in the
division of farmers as a whole into
large land owners and tenants. This
has been going on so rapidly of late
years that today the largest percent
age of farmers are tenants. working
land they do not own.
According to the U. S. Department
OF Agriculture. in the three states,
Illinois, Iowa and South Dakota,
seventy per cent of the farmers or
over are farming lands they do not
own, being tenants or having their
farms heavily mortgaged. Here is
something for farmers to seriously
consider. There is but one answer,
which is that they must learn to CO
operate instead of engaging in fruit
less competition with each other. AS
they learn to cooperate, as consum
ers as well as producers, they will
develop the power necessary to attain
their ends, even as big business has
done. They will be in position then,
and not until then, to secure what
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-22

legislation they need to protect their
economic interests. Never will they
be able to achieve such results as
individuals. The only really success
full organization is economic in its
nature. In the case of farmers it
necessarily takes the cooperative form
instead of that of the corporation or
ganized for purposes of exploiting the
public, the farmer included. We are
even now living in collectivist state
of society, even though the average
farmer is not conscious of it, a col
lectivist state, however, in which col
lective means are employed for the
benefit of few who are owners of
the means of production and distri-
button. Only cooperation can displace
this because while retaining all the
efficiency of organization it works for
the welfare of all.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-22
Friesland

Mrs. Joe Lundblade and Willard
and Florence and Mrs. Anne May
green drove to Minneapolis Monday
returning the same day
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. McDermiet and
children spent Saturday evening al
the Lamb home on the government
road.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hammersena
and children visited at the Herbert
Odeen home Sunday evening
Mrs. M. Moore was taken suddenly
i'll Tuesday of last week and rushed
to Minneapolis hospital. Friends
hope she will soon be well and
home again.
Some of the people from this COM
munity went to Carol Hansen's school
at Lake Eleven Wednesday evening
of last week to attend the pie social.
A good time was reported
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McDermiet and
children spent Sunday evening at
the Carl Seabloom home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-22
County To Have
Extension Agent
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Continued from Page ~
tension committee. This organiza-
ton, it is understood, it not affiliated
with the Farm Bureau Federation.
Delegations Present.
Among the delegations present to
take up and discuss matters with the
board were those looking for assist
ance in obtaining seed loans, road
work and medical aid.
Several farmers asked the boards
help in obtaining information as to
not being able to get seed loans from
the Federal Seed Loan agency oper-
ating within the county. In taking
action on this matter the board con-
tacted Vincent P. Mccoy of Aitkin,
who is in charge of this section to
meet with it Wednesday afternoon.
Tom Hogan of Belden, came before
the board and asked for more road
maintenance. Mr.. Hogan stated that
1t is impossible to get out of that
community unless one uses the train.
He had to go by way of Superior to
get to Pine City. The matter was
referred to Commissioner Eklund of
his district.
A Workers Alliance committee.
headed by Mrs. William Kryzak of
Willow River, appeared before the
commissioners asking for medical aid
for various WPA workers and others.
The board promised to use its in
fluence toward getting as much of
such aid as possible even though the
matter is largely out of its jurisdic-
ton
Bids for laying a new sidewalk in
front of the court house were opened
and the job was let to A. F. Black
of Pine City.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-22
FEAR
Editor Askov American:

Editor Askov American:
Fear of poverty, fear of not hav-
ing a job, fear of hunger, fear of the
inability to provide for old age, fear
of seeing loved ones suffering from
privation-fear of poverty so haunted
the mass-mind during the middle of
the nineteenth century, after the lands
of Europe had become completely
monopolized, that a refuge of some
kind was necessary. The mentality
of bewildered civilization was pre-
pared for the dream state of Social
ism. When this was invented by Karl
Marx, LaSalle and other poetic mag
inators, it was eagerly accepted by the
harassed and desperate workers as
consoling refuge from unpleasant re-
atty. 1t is important to notice that
Socialism found fertile ground in
Europe first; in America it did not
gain foothold until this century, aft
er all the free land had been pre-
empted and poverty became fixed
national problem.
Socialism is a psychosis, Ga dis
ease of the mind) a Pigment of the
imagination, born of fear psychology,
fear in the mind-the mental fabric
deteriorates to such state as to bring
on a complete breakdown or insan-
ity Socialism is mass personality
case The first cause of this dream
refuge is mass fear-fear of poverty.
Note that the first symptoms of this
disease developed with the increased
difficulty of making living that
accompanied the growth of landlord
ism, following the breakdown of the
feudal system (relation of lord to
vassal with the holding of land in
Europe in the middle ages).
The growth of Socialistic ideas is
evidence of two facts: First, that the
struggle for existence is becoming
keener; and secondly, that the mind
of society is approaching complete
breakdown.
The burden of this dream is that
organized society must take care of
the individual. To enable organized
society or government to do this, the
Individual must relinquish all claims
to personal rights, including the right
of possessing what he produces. 1t
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-22

cry time the Legislature meets it is
time to change
In these days of depression and
continuing unemployment, we need
to cooperate to the best of our abil-
ity. Our best thoughts, our most sim
cere efforts, and the knowledge
gained by years of useful experience
should all be used toward the goal
of unification and beneficial legisla-
ton affecting the general public well
fare of today as well as of the future.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-22
A CANDIDATE WHO KEPT HIS
PROMISE

Editor Askov American:
A few weeks before the last county
election E. B. Greenwald advertised
through this paper, if elected as
county commissioner he would save
the taxpayers of Pine county money.
Ludwig MoSb9k of Askov, prom
lSed Mr.. Greenwald his vote if Mr..
GreenWald would take in considera-
ton not to save taxpayers money if
needed to help helpless people.
j. S. Patrick, while canvassing
Dell Grove township, drove into my
yard and told me why he was run
ming for county commissioner
Handicapped he said by advanced age
and poor conditions of farming, it
had become hard for him to support
himself and his dependents, that was
his reason to get better paying and
easier job.
Both men l consider friends of
mine, as we all three are members
of the Farm Holiday Association
of Pine county, with Mr.. Greenwald
member of the Farmer-Labor party
and l am very sympathetic to that
party.
Both men, Greenwald and Pat
rick, received the consent of a ma
jority vote and were duly voted in as
Pine county commissioners. In this
paper of last week we read an ex-
PLANTATION given by Mr.. GreenWald
to you why Pine county commits
CInnnrc had voted
feed appropriation.
Mr.. GreenWald stated the time be-
ing too short to do preparatory work
but more important for him was that
the obligation for this grant would
cost the county lot of money, which
eventually had to be met with tax
payers money including those who
were receiving the benefit of the
loans. Personally speaking, this an
sWer satisfies me, because l do not
need that support but whether it
satisfies those who need the help
l doubt.
Neither do l know by looking into
the situation of so many farmers here
in Dell Grove who cannot get along
without support mainly caused by
too low income for farm products and
failure in crops, how to remedy the
trouble without increasing the spend
ing of taxpayers money
All the help SO far arrived had to
come out of the taxpayers money,
whether it was applied through a sys-
tenn of CCC, WPA or building parks
and Fairgrounds for retired army
and navy officers. All this 1 think
we have to accept as a result of a
capitalistic folly. Why then not give
farmer some seed and feed from
the same resources taxpayers
money!
None of the above mentioned sys-
tems-which millions had to depend
on, were self-supporting.
The Pine county commissioners
viewpoint might fit perfectly well
by looking into the matter from a
private business standpoint Capital
istic interest), but looks quite differ
ent from a Farmer-Labor, or Farm
Holiday interest.
If some of our public office hold
ers are still members of our Holiday
Association or Farmer-Labor clubs,
l advise these organizations to start
Immediately night school or kim
dergarten to educate miscellaneous
adult members how to collect taxes
from those who are able to pay and
profit by the economic system we
live under.
JOHN NIEBOER.
Hinckley, Mimi
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-22
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, it will
be withheld.)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-22

The brightest red inks are made
from cochineal, a dyestuff found in
the bodies of tiny insects which live
on the cactus plants of Mexico and
South America. The insects are
scraped off, placed in hot oven or
in boiling water to kill them, and
then are dried thoroughly in the sun
shine. The little bodies are then dis
solved in ammonia water to make
red paste which is used in red inks.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-22
st. PaurS Luth. Church, Willow River

Rev. l.. r. Larson, Pastor
Fourth Sunday after Easter, divine
services at $50 a. m. The sermon
will be: The First Church Pattern
for our Own. A Pattern in Steadfast-
ness. Acts 2,42.
Sunday school at 1920 a. m.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-22
ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH., BRUNO

Rev. S. T. Palm, Pastor.
Service next Sunday, April 25, at
p. m, at the home of Andrew Store
bo; Sunday school and confirmation
class after service. All are welcome.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-22
MEMORIES

Editor Askov American:
The later part of July 1884, when
leaving CordOva, Alaska, for the
states, | heard echoes from St. Paul
that drowned the local ballyhoo OH
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-22
st. Olaf Lutheran, Little Moose.
WISE CRACKS

Charcoal, very important fuel
which burns with a great deal of heat
without making smoke or flame. is
made from charred or partially burned
wood.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-22
LUTHERAN CHURCH NOTES
John o. JOhanson, Pastor.
NOrdland Lutheran, Denham.

NOTuIdnU LutHtFdI1, DeHIIdms
Services in the English language
postponed from Sunday, April IS, will
be conducted Sunday evening, April
%, at 8 o'clock. The Luther League
will meet Tuesday evening, April q
at s o'clock. at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Richard Holmes.
st. Olaf Lutheran, Little Moose.
Services in the Norwegian language
Sunday. April 25, at 2:30 p. m.
Zion Lutheran, Moose Lake.
Services in the English language
Sunday forenoon, April 25, at IL
o'clock.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-22
From Exchanges

editorial Comment From Other News
papers, Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions
of the AskOv American.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-22

tension committee. This organiza-
ton, it is understood, it not affiliated
with the Farm Bureau Federation.