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Evening star., 1938-09-16
by the Associated Press.

~ the ABH0cltted PreBS.
VALPARAISO, Ind, Sept. 16.-
School children, living In a modern
fairy tale as good as any Of that old
stuff about sugar-plum trees, munched
candy bars contentediy as they rode
to school today and hoped their bus
driver and township trustee would keep
on quarreling.
Driver Bert Berndt and Center
Township Trustee Vernon l.. Beach
showered them with gifts as each
wooed the pupils to his cause in
night over Mr.. Berndt's pay.
The bus route was lengthened 3
miles the other day. Driver Berndt
Evening star., 1938-09-16
Three Ole, 6 Hurt in Crash.

BERLIN. Nd, Sept. l6 F.-Three
Negroes were killed and six were in
jured near here last night in . head
on collision Of two trucks carrying
holiday crowds to and from an annual
Ocean City outing for Negroes.
The dead were Isaiah johnson and
William CHM Of Pocomoke, and an
unidentified woman.
Evening star., 1938-09-16
Indians Take to Trailers.

DIES MONIES. Iowa P).-Even tho
Hopi Indians, who are regarded as
being quite far removed from present.
day civilization. have gone modern.
They Travelled to the Iowa State Fair
In up-to-date auto trailers.
Evening star., 1938-09-16

; ALICE NJ. JENKINS.
;. The 14-yenr-old Beruyn.
Pa, sirth-grade pupil 1Diu give
up her books to marry Tilgham
johnson, 2S, hired man on her
fathers farm. Alice knovs
all the responsibilities that 90
1otth marriage and she's a
good cook. We're not aDor-
fied," her mother said. No
date for the ceremony has
been announced.
ACopyright, A. P. Wtrephoto.
Evening star., 1938-09-16

American electric refrigerators are
being used In Athens, Greece.
Evening star., 1938-09-16
|E[Y GETS PLEDGE
OF FARLEY AID
Jersey Senate Candidate
Says Letter Promised
Full Support.
9y the Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press.
PATERSON, N. j., Sept. 16.-Wil-
liam H. J. Ely, claiming full admins.
tration support" for his campaign for
the United States Senate, made public
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
THE CHRISTGAU DEAL

Editor Askov American:
Termites have been known to
wreck large buildings. The Capitol
Hill political machine finally managed
to run their steamroller over our
most capable and efficient WPA adj
ministrator, Victor Christgau. But
just as we had expected, Victor went
down fighting like the red-blooded,
courageous herman that he is.
Victor Christgau committed SER
ious crime when he refused to bow
down before the demands of selfish
radical politicians who run the Cap
itol Hill machine. His crime was
not playing politics." but refusing
to take dictation from the Bensonites
who seek to control everything there
is to control, whether or not the rank
and file of Minnesota voters APP
prove of their tactics or not.
CARL E. DAVIDSON.
Kettle River, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
Husband of Bruno
Girl Is i Graduate

Casper j. HeaSer, husband of the
former Harriet Dvorak of Bruno, was
one of the graduates at the Univer-
sity this spring. Mr.. Heaser grad
uated from the College of Education
and won the Coffman Foundation
Scholarship, which is given to the
highest ranking student.
During his freshman year Mr..
Heaser won the middle-weight box
ing championship and also numerals
in track. In his sophomore year he
won the Senior Red Cross Life Saving
Certificate and while junior he was
elected to the Alpha Sigma Pi, Ma
tional Educational Honorary Fra
ternity, and last fall was elected
treasurer of that organization.
Just recently Mr.. Heaser received
an assistantship in the College of
Education and will start work next
fall at the University That assist
antship also carries exemption from
any tuition charges.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
WRITES ON CIVIL SERVICE

Editor Askov American:
Civil service seems to be coming
to the front again and many of us,
who never were advocates of it, have
become converts to at least some
of the features of civil service. If
it can cure all the things claimed by
its proponents it is indeed marvel
ous 1t is strange that it was not put
in force long ago.
However, there is more real neces-
sity for civil service now, then there
ever has been on account of the in
creased technical aspects required
of state employees.
To think that there is any such
a thing as non-political board or
commission in democratic form of
government is folly. No matter how
high the general character of the
commission or board may be, they
will still at least unconsciously favor
the class of applicants from their
own back ground and no matter how
unbiased they may be they will favor
the conservative side as in the course
of years they become softened with
easy living and good salaries. For
that reason the commission must be
at least responsible to the elected
officials of the state, be they con-
servatives or liberals or even radicals.
When a governmental employee in
high position starts to differentiate
as to which elected officials he will
respect, representative democracy is
jeopardized. AS far as governmental
employees are concerned they must
respect constituted authority, no mat
ter how worthless they may think
it is. If this is left to the employees
to decide, whom they will respect and
whom they will resist, all discipline
ceases with the certain result of chaos.
know of no greater harm the pro-
ponents of civil service can do than
to encourage disrespect towards con-
stituted authority.
S. J. SIMONSEN.
Pease, Mimi, June 3, 1888.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
Voters To
Nominate Petersen

All citizens of Minnesota who want
to break up the corrupt and un-
scrupulous machine that now con-
trolls the state were called upon today
by R. A. Trovatten, former State
Commissioner of Agriculture and
chairman of the Petersen state VOL
unteer committee, to lay aside party
ballot for nominating state officials
to vote for Hjalmar Petersen ON
June 20.
eve cannot elect a Governor on
June 20, but we can, by voting for
Hjalmar Petersen, bust the machine
that is running our state" Trovatten
said in urging citizens, regardless of
party, to vote for Petersen.
There are IL candidates for Gov
ernor, saying they are running against
Benson, but in reality there is only
one candidate opposing Benson and
that one is Hjalmar Petersen.
"Hjalmar Petersen, although can
didate for the Farmer-Labor nominal
ton is actually fighting the battle for
all the people of Minnesota against
the political machine that now DOM
mates the state government. Unless
the people of Minnesota rally to the
support of Petersen, they are going
to lose their one big chance to defeat
this machine"
Adding the weight of her opinion
to this plea, Mrs. Charles Lundquist,
vice-chairman of the committee, said,
"You can pour as many votes as you
can muster into the Republican and
Democratic columns and still with a
slight Farmer-Labor majority, Ben
son can be nominated and be the
candidate of the Mexican Generals
in the fall
eff that happens, if Benson wins on
June Goth, he will undoubtedly sweep
the state in November because his
well organized, literally financed
patronage machine will be fighting
divided opposition since both the
Democratic and Republican parties
will have candidates in the field.
'The only votes that will be
counted against Benson on June 20,
will be the ones for Hjalmar Peter
sen," Mrs. Lundquist stated.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09

We believe that various progressive
organizations including the Farmer
Labor party are able to cope with
the threat of Fascisrn; and we realize
that we cannot muster forces to stop
this menace. It is ridiculous to be-
lieve that those organizations there
fore are communistic; if this theory
was generally accepted, it follows
that communists could dispose of
any and all enemies by embracing
them in a friendly hug of death.
Certain reactionary organizations
should take care lest we use this
tactic on them.
We believe Socialism should and
will replace Capitalism as the only
sane solution to our social economic
problems and that we can accomplish
this without violence, provided we
can keep the democratic chan
nels open for change to Socialism
until such time that the majority
of the people in our country can be
won for it. We also believe it will
require constant vigilance on our
part to block the moves of the
money interests to institute Fascism.
Without waging this battle against
the Fascist forces we know we would
have Fascism-the democratic chan
nels would be closed; and we be-
lieve we are saving the precious
blood of the working class if we can
prevent it from happening here"
We recognize the Farmer-Labor
party as an anti-Fascist organiza-
ton and support it openly and with
all our strength and stamp all at
tempts at discrediting the Farmer
Labor party on account of this sup
port as another clumsy move on the
part of reaction and those opportun-
list elements.
LARS P. JENSEN.
Askov, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
MAGNUS' FL. FIGHT

The following under the above
caption was written for the Min
neapoliS Journal by Francis A.
Johnson, daughter of the late
Magnus Johnson, of Kimball:
I think a lot of praise is due HAL
mar Petersen for the great fight he is
making for the Farmer-Labor NOM
ination for Governor in this state.
He is keeping up the fight started
by my father, the late Magnus john
son, to save the Farmer-Labor party
from ruin.
Magnus johnson could plainly see
two years ago that the party was
headed for ruin if run by the "Mex-
lean Generals" that run the party then
and now, through the Farmer-Labor
Association.
My father was one of the pioneers
of the party. He perhaps Travelled
more miles, and made more speeches
for its cause than any other indi-
vidual. He was also one of the
first to criticize when the party
failed to live up to the progressive
principles for which it was founded.
He made hundreds of speeches in
this state, talking about the ''kept
press of the other parties, but I am
sorry to think that the minnesota
Leader" formerly called the Farm
er-Labor Leader" is the most "kept'
of them ALL
Yes, it used to be called the Farm
er-Labor Leader, but think it both
cred the conscience of those in con-
troll so they changed it to the Min
nesota Leader.
When Magnus Johnson filed for
Governor two years ago, there ap-
peared in the Leader an editorial say
ing that the SLOUGH hat of Magnus
Johnson is in the ring for Governor.
1t is not in the ring this time but
Hjalmar Petersen is fighting for the
same ideals in government that Mag
nus Johnson fought for. Here is
hoping the fight will be won.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
GIVES OPINION OF TOM DAVIS

Editor Askov American:
l listened in to one of Tom Davis
spasms over the radio last Tuesday
evening in which he said lot of
unkind things about Hjalmar Peter
sen.
You know Tom is quite an orator
and he says things in a way that
sound convincing to those who do
not know the facts, but he is so well
known throughout the state as a
talker, for revenue only, that no great
attention is paid to him.
Two years ago he was a Nelson
man, and in the campaign before
that he was for Floyd Olson and
so on down the line every year some
thing different. Elmer can afford
to pay for his services as he has a
very good revenue producing setup.
A st. Paul friend of mine recently
said of him, "He would be very
good politician and would surely go
places, but he lacks the proper bal
ance."
When comparisons are made be-
tween the two candidates on the
Farmer-Labor ticket I can not un-
derstand how any one who has an
ounce of brain, and the best interest
of his country and state at heart,
can place Benson over Hjalmar. The
latter has been in public life for some
years and there are very few to
criticize, while two-thirds of Elmer's
solicitations this year consist of apol-
ogies for things done and things left
undone.
You can be sure that if opposing
parties feared that Hjalmar was not
open minded and safe man to handle
the affairs of state, they would not
be offering help in sufficient guam
titles to scare the liver out of Elmer
and his gang.
A COMMON CITIZEN.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09

That fellow should make good sem
ator, at that, with capabilities of such
figuring. He, single handed while he
has been Governor, pulled off one
of the most successful strikes when
he called the Grain embargo. Why,
the millers, commission men and
railroads in Minnesota and other parts
of the country were bowling so loud
for North Dakota grain shipments
that the people up there thought we
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
EXPOSING COMMUNISM IN THE
FARMER-LABOR PARTY
Editor ASkov American:

Editor ASkov American:
A tremendous hue and cry has re-
Gently been raised by certain op-
portunist elements over the so-called
exposure of communists in the Farm
er-Labor party. Lacking funda-
mental campaign issues, this oppor-
tunist element goes into a frenzy of
joy over this precious find. Progress
sive people with a critical mind should
recognize this new-fangled dish as
the same herring cooked in another
way. 1t is, or should be commonly
known that communists support the
regular" State Farmer-Labor ticket
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
SLAP FOR JAPAN'S FACE
minneapolis Journal)

Among the Chinese and japanese,
face saving is a cardinal principle,
and these peoples sometimes 60 to
great lengths to avoid the semblance
of diScredit. If the Chinese have
really flown bombing planes on a
round trip flight of $500 miles, COW
ering the distance from Hankow to
Nagasaki and back, they have made a
pretty good mark for themselves,
considering the supposed strength of
anti-aircraft defenses by Japan. But
that they should. reach their objec-
tive, including Japan's great naval
base at Sasebo, near Nagasaki, and
refrain from bombing the japanese
cities and base, must be terrific
slap in the face for the japanese.
That is demonstrated by the fact-if
all these things are facts-that Japan
has rigidly suppressed news of the
air raid.
To the rest of the world, there is
something more than the element of
faces" in the incident. Instead of
bombs, the Chinese dropped leaflets
urging the Japanese people to oppose
the invasion of China: To the human
itarian, this is in contrast to the
massacre of Chinese noncombatants
by the japanese air forces. The mes
sages themselves, conveyed on the
leaflets, may be of no significance or
moment in the war. But the demon
stration of possibilities in bombing
is there for the observing, at least
by the relatively few thousands in
the Nagasaki area who can but know
of the incident.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09

What bothers me from this dis
lance is that if Mr.. Nye's presence
in Washington is SO desirable be-
fore the primary why does Mr.. Lam
ger want to replace him after the
primary? Well, dear reader, in case
you do not know the quality of Mr..
Langer's political astuteness, I will
predict that Mr.. Langer's statement
was made to show the people of
North Dakota that Mr.. Langer's
thoughts are with them first, last
and all of the time. In this case
his thoughts were with their voting
strength.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
Opinions of Others

(Short timely letters on topics Of
public interest are welcome whether
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, 1938-06-09

If past voting statistics can be used
to Judge, a Governor will be chosen
from the Farmer-Labor ticket at the
June goth primaries. Do you want
Hialmar Petersen or Elmer Benson?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09

A brother of mine, who resides in
North Dakota, told me on a recent
visit that William LANCER, present
Governor of the state and a candi-
date for the United States Senate
seat which is occupied by Gerald P.
Nye and which will again be sought
by Mr.. Nye, wired MIR. Nye that
they should make an agreement to
cease their campaign speeches until
after the primary, because the peo-
pie of the state need Mr.. Nye's serv-
ice in Washington. Now, 1 don't
believe one brother would lie to an
other unless he wanted to wear a
necktie, shirt or some other gar
ment, so therefore l deem the in
cident true.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09

Summary-Two base hits, P. Hogan
Slime. Ed Edin, Einard Edin, Gagnon: sac
Edin IA, by Cahlander 5. Gagnon S; hit by
pitched ball, T. Anderson, E. Sexton and
Hedberg by Cahlander, Larson by Edin:
off Gagnon 2; left on bases, N. P. S. Club
9, Sandstone 10; umpire, Kuzel; scorer.
Soper; time, 2:05.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
HanSen-MatthiaS.

The wedding of Mr.. Chris Hansen
to Miss Mae Matthias took place Sat-
urday afternoon. Mr.. Hansen is the
son of Mrs. Hans j. Hansen and the
bride is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Matthias, both families of Askov
A wedding party was held Monday
night and the couple went to house.
keeping with the groom's mother on
the John Martin farm, northeast of
the village.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09

The cabin in which Lincoln was
born has been enclosed in a marble
mausoleum at Hodgenville, Kentucky.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
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, 1938-06-09

The American goes in the mail
each Thursday; want your message
to 60 along?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09

Sharpen your business by grinding
away with American advertising
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09

South of San Francisco Bay, to
Panama, there are few natural har-
bors.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09

Mr.. Thomas should come out here.
We need our eggs and cucumbers
too badly to throw at him. Let's see,
l haven't map of the world handy,
but can any of you dear readers
tell me if New Jersey is in Italy,
Japan or Germany? should know
but the ways of the people being so
different confuse me.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
were holding a Fourth of July cele.
bration. -

Henry Ford just made the state
ment, according to the newspapers,
that I'VE are going to have the great
est era of prosperity and happiness
we have ever known" Well, by
gum, we are prepared for it. Our
mortgages and debts were never larg-
err and our pockets resemble the
inside of gaunt timber VOLTS stom-
ach (nothing in it, All, ha, that's a
pretty good comparison, isn't it? I'm
going to use that again some time
when the Republicans get back into
power.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
| Would Say
BY A. w. CONAWAY

The game of politics is warming up
and it is so far advanced now that
it would be called regulation game
by the umpires (voters) even if
the contest were to end now So far
the players have been very courteous
to the umpires, being very anxious to
please them on every play.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09

Well, well, the Duke of Windsor
and his bride, Wally, had a wedding
anniversary and friends in Britain
seemed to ignore them. Why shucks,
at our last wedding anniversary we
entertained about 81 and I've never
been king. A true way to count
your friends is to fall by the way
side and see how many stay faithful
to you.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09

You saw it in the American.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09

The state administration kicked
away a score when Victor Christgau
came up to bat. They struck out
Christgau, but the catcher dropped
the ball which became lost in the
weeds back of home plate while he
was scoring. 1t looks like that is the
last chance to win the ball game
Vic sure was a good batter.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09

Now Newark, N. j., has the bug
along with its sister, Jersey City. We
refer to its hospitable feeling toward
"liberal" speakers. Norman Thomas,
former Socialist candidate for Pres
ident, tried to speak there the other
night and it appears that all of the
poultrymen and produce growers in
the country were present, judging
from the amount of eggs and cucum-
bers offered to Mr.. Thomas. OF
course, l guess he didn't enjoy re-
ceiving them in the manner they
gave them to him, but he got them
just the same.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09

The Republican candidates have
thrown little wild to first base sew
eral times to catch the runner, when
they suggested to the voters that they
should stay in their own political
columns, except of course that it
would be all right for Farmer-Labor
voters to come into their column.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
Rutledge Alone
Remains At Top
Continued from Page u
N. p. S. Club 8; Sandstone S.

G. Hedberg sub. for Torell.
T. Anderson sub. for Jim Hogan.
SANDSTONE
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09

We could all enjoy some happi-
ness, l know, but l don't know how
we could handle the prosperity; we
have never tried it.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09

They remind me of the small
boy who asked his staunch Repub-
lican father as to the definition of
traitor. His father replied that
traitor is Republican who had
deserted his party for another. The
little boy, like all little boys will
be, continued to be inquisitive and
asked his father what then would
a person be if he left another party
and came into the Republican fold.
His father was quick on that one
when he answered that he would
be a convert
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09

The following under the above
caption was written for the Min
neapolis Journal by Francis A.
Johnson, daughter of the late
MaonI1c Inhncor, Of Kinaholl.
La gaceta., 1938-03-28
EN- Ell CIRCULO CUBANO

A la puerta del Circulo Cuba
no, hecha la vista a los Leales,
recibi6 al Sr. Juan Marinello la
directiva Ell pleno de la sociedad
Guiana, presidida por Paquito
Garcia.
Una comisi6n de las damas
del Cfrcuio do la bienvenida a
la Sra. Vidaurreta de Marinello
Y las senoras del Comite Fene-
nino que la acompanaban.
Les fueron mostradas a los vi
sitantes las salas de bale y la
biblioteca.
Sin escatimar NADIA, con su a.
c~ostumbrada esplendidez, la di-
rectiva del Circulo agasaj6 a
sus huespedes.
BrinGaron en- la sala de la di-
r%ectiva, luego de la presentation
hecha por Paquito, los compane-
ros Jose Martinez, Carmen Ra-
mirez, Pedro Ramirez Moya,
Vic;oriano Manteiga y ell home
najeado.
Bellas frases, sobre Cuba Y su
porvenir, resonaron en- la casa
de los cubanos.
FL pGblico aplaudi6 con verda
dero entusiasmo al ilustre cuba
no visitante.