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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-01-21
,cious of public expense.

scious of public expense.
6. Remove The Undistributed Prof
it's Tax: OF all the Legislation recently
written. the Undistributed Profits
Tax is probably the worst. 1t is ill
advised, short-sighted, and contrary
to our ideals of thrift. 1t threatens
the stability of all industry. Altho'
it would be a temporarily deflation-
ary step, this tax should be wiped
off the statutes.
7. Set Aside Social Security Funds:
contributions" to Social Security are
being tossed into the federal kitty
along with all other revenues. In re-
turn, the Old Age Reserve Fund is
being given an l. o. U. by the Treas
ury. The levy, therefore, is just an
excise tax on all employers and an
income tax on every employee. In my
opinion the present handling of these
funds is just short or public embez-
element. If workers are to receive
their old-age pensions in sound dol
lars, these funds muA be definitely
earmarked and invested in productive
enterprises,-which means in other &C.
curities than government bonds!
8. Clamp Down On Special Local
Taxes: The sharp growth in state
and city trade barriers is dangerous
tendency. 1t means not only discrimi-
natory double assessments, but also the
hindering of the normal flow of ma
tional commerce. Today there is q
growing feeling among states that
they place imposts on goods import
ed" from another state. In effect, state
tariffs are being created. Chain store
"use," and special sales taxes, ports
of entry, special truck licenses, are
encouraging the growth of evil, back
ward sectionalism. This must be
stopped.
9. Lower Real Estate Taxes The
backbone of national prosperity is the
building industry. Yet, real estate
bears the burden of 70 per cent of ou1
local taxes. Municipal tax rates are
rising all over the nation. Assessed
valuations are almost universally toe
high. In spite of vast sums poured
into local Golfers by Washington ir
the last five years, few communities
have made economies or taken uI
slack. Real estate levies and high
construction costs are choking build.
ing. Municipal expenses must be cut
so that both valuations and tax rates
can be slashed.
10. Cut Public Spending: Most i'm.
portant of all, we need a courageous
about-face in public fiscal policies
Current false-notions that the "gov.
eminent" has an unlimited reservoir
of cash at its disposal must be ban.
ished. Remember that "A dollar say.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-01-21
ANNUAL MEETING
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION

The Annual Meeting of the Regents
of the Smithsonian Institution was
held on January Is. Those present
were as follows: Charles Evans Hugh
es, Chief Justice of the United States ;
John H. Garner, Vice President of the
United States; M. M. Logan, Member
of the Senate; Alben w. Barley,
Member of the Senate; T. Alan Colds
borough, Member of the House of Rep
resentatives; Charles L. Clifford, Mem
Der of the House of Representatives;
Clarence Cannon, Member of the
House of Representatives; Fred A.
Delano, citizen of Washington, D. c.;
John C. Merriam, citizen of Washing
ton, D. c.; DR.. C. G. Abbot, Secretary
of the Institution; and Alexander Wet
more, Assistant Secretary.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-01-21
Pick GTn UD
TRUE STOREES OF
ENHTEEH HHNERS
huL.ElAHS
SOME THUMB

, had a bit to eat and at 2 o'clock
looked I'D the address. 1t took me
hack for a minute as the card said
insurance and I thought it would
he a little real estate office, but
instead it was q very large place
with A half dozen girls busy typ
ing and doing office work. HOW
ever. I had his card and asked one
of the girls If could see him, CIV
ing her the card.
"She went into q private Office
and q few minutes later l was
shown in and introduced to ms
son. After q little conversation
thew said they would give me
chance to start at the bottom and
work my way to better things, II
I nad what it takes. My salary TO
start was $1,000 a week and had
the official position Of office boy.
I was glad to get it. determined 70
make good.
"After a few weeks made some
friends and then I met Helen, she
is nv wife now. We fell IN love
with each other I guess the frst
time we met. She was going with
the son of the local banker before
we met and did not think l had
a chance with that kind Of COM
petition, but after we met a Few
times and got better acquainted
she said she admired a fellow VINO
could work his way and did not
have to be born with silver spoon
in his mouth.
ssThe upshot Of it was we got
married. the firm / was working
for liked me and my work and
gave me a raise to $14.0O a week.
We live with my wife's parents,
who like me and we get along u.
K. Of course we do not have
much to go on but expenses are
not very much in a small town.
Oh yes, I almost forgot we expect
a baby in a few months.
Well. well the old saying that
"the pen is mightier than the
sword" has competition in the
thumb, for look what it got this
Young man, a ride, a job, a wife,
a home and baby all within a
year. =
Oh yes, the baby arrived. l
stopped to see him on later trip
when I passed through his town.
He and his wife were getting
along fine and Junior was a beauts-
full baby of three months.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-01-21

He was a tall lanky fellow, dark
eomplexioned, about % years old
and rather quiet in this talk and
manners. I picked him up out OF
Shippensburg, Pa, on my way &c
Hagerstown, Md.
~Well, fellow. I said, where are
you going?"
This Is the way generally greet
my hitch-hikers.
"On my way South to see my
mother, she lives in Greensboro
Il. c."
His accent was distinctly south
ern. He went ON with his story
which certainly did turn out to be
one Of interest showing that any
thing can happen once a feiiow
starts working his way around tne
country.
~Father and I started for Can
ada q little over a year ago: we
thumbed a ride as far as Buffalo.
hut the Canadian border author
tiles would not let us in as we
had very little money. we
were expecting to get work at
tobacco curing which we under
stood. We did not expect to be
turned down and Dad was very
much discouraged. He decided to
return home. thought I would
look for work in the North. ]
met another fellow and we travel
led together picking up a few odd
Jobs, but work was certainly not
to be had so we separated and !
thought the best thing to do was
go home.
sI started to thumb my way and
got down to a small town in Penn
sylvania. Here a man gave me q
lift and said he would take me as
far as he went mentioning town
about 125 miles away. On the way
I spoke to him about work and ne
said he might be able to use 9
good young man in his office but
said no more about it. When we
reached his town he still had made
no mention, so I reminded him
that he had said he might be able
to use me. After asking me a few
more questions about my educa.
ton, and I was glad had finished
High School, he gave me his card
He said to stop in his office after
lunch and he would see what NJ
could do, as he must see his sol
first.
at was then about noon so
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-01-21
BIGGEST SUBJECT
IS RECESSION
NOT JOBLESS

Babson Park, Florida, January ID
The biggest problem facing the ma
ton today is not the recession; not the
iobless, not the railroads. 1t is our
taxation system. If we continue at
the rate we are going, we will ulti-
mateIy commit suicide by taxation.
Government spending is eating up our
present assets. Taxes are hindering
us from building up new capital. More
than any other reform" our taxing
methods, from Federal down, need a
complete and thorough overhauling
during 1888.
Our present system is just big
piece of patchwork. Its only basic
policy is to conceal taxes from the ul-
innate payer-the consumer. 1t is
short-sighted, unequitable, unreason-
able! 1t penalties initiative and thrift.
1t handicaps industrial growth. 1t
binders the normal operation of bust
ness. 1t retards new building. 1t en-
courages loose fiscal policies. 1t fos-
tiers sit-down strikes of capital. 1t is
heading the United States straight to-
ward bankruptcy and initiation. There
are at least ten different steps that
should be taken Immediately to re-
lieve the current crisis:
1. Broaden The Income Tax Base
40 h.
major source of Federal Government
internal receipts. Despite the passing
of many new revenue laws, it still con.
tributes 40 per cent. Yet in 1928 only
100000 filed income returns and O.
these only 2,523,000 paid tax. Hence
the burden of income taxes is still
hearsay among 95 per cent of the ma
tons voters. Broadening the ia,
base and cutting down on exemption
would have two important results
(a) 1t would make millions of citizens
more directly concerned with publi
spending. (b) 1t would produce an ad
ditional revenue of perhaps 100000,
900 per year.
2. Pare Down High Income Taxes
The last bracket on the income ia,
schedule takes rs per cent of an in
dividual's earnings in that bracket. N,
one claims that a rich man needs
100000 annual income to live; bu
he does need much more than this t,
keep his business up-to-date. He will
not borrow money. He cannot sci
stock. Hence, in most cases his onl.
source of new capital is from his owl
income. After paying taxes, larg
employers do not have enough money
left to keep their business running al
they used to run, or to employ as man!
people as they formerly employed
The taxes on high incomes should b.
down. These same comments apply II
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-01-21
Still Coughing?

No matter how many medicines YOU
have tried for your cough, chest cold, or
bronchial irritation, you can get relief
now with CreOmulsion. Serious trouble
may be brevong and you carrot afford
70 take :? GRANGE WITH any remedy less
NrtcGf than Creomuision, which goes
i.'.'t to the SCAT of the trouble ana aids
Nt9te G0 soothe and heal the intiamed
HnccuS membranes and to loosen and
~ the ycrm-laden phlegm.
Ven Il other remedies have failsd.
3r We discouraged, try Creonulsior
our druggist is authorized to refund
'cu' money if you are not Thoroughly
s1tlGhcd With the benefits obtainel
tlom The very first bottle. Creonulsio,2i
enc word--not two, and it has no hyl.Ae
IN 1t. Ask for it plainly, see taat TIL
name on the bottle is Circumcision. ant
youll ret the genuine product ana the
relief you want. (Adv.)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-01-21

Copyright, All Rights Reserved)
The Washington times., 1938-02-03
BUDGET SLASH
HIT BY BALLOU

Slashes in the school budget by
the House District subcommittee
on appropriations are viewed by
the School Board as a death-blow
to expansion of vocational educa-
ton in the District. DR.. Ballou
told board members yesterday that
the subcommittee action Seri-
ously jeopardized the Districts
chances of obtaining $4,000 of
Federal funds under the George
Deem act.
School officials indicated they
would appeal to the Senate Dis
trict Appropriations Committee to
restore the cut and many others
in the school bill.
DR.. Ballou also told the board
that House subcommittee charges
of inefficiencies in heating pub.
lie schools do not justify looping
$25 900 from the Budget Bureaus
estimate for fuel, light and power
items in next years school appro.
priations. He said there are
$40, 100000 worth of school build
ings that the District didn't have
when coal cost less than now.
The Washington times., 1938-02-03
FIGHT WIDENS
FOR WATER CURB

O.N.SD Representative Better
IDJ of New York today an
nounced he had written Premier
Hepburn, of Ontario, Canada, urg-
ing him to ask the Ontario Parlia-
ment to adopt a resolution protest
ing against diversion of Great
Lakes waters into the Great Lakes
to-the-Gulf Waterway at Chicago.
Better, a member of the House
Rivers and Harbors Committee,
considering legislation to author
tze continued diversion at the rate
of 5000 cubic feet a second, said
his letter pointed out that the
provincial parliament had adopted
such a resolution in 1925, when a
similar bill was pending in Con-
greSS.
The member also said his own
State was formulating plans for
aggressive action against the pro
posal with meetings of the New
York tomorrow, and of other in
ton scheduled to begin in New
York, tomorrow, and of other in
terested organizations at Buffalo,
February II.
Those scheduled to meet in Buf-
falo include the Erie county dele
cation Of the New York State legis-
lature, and representatives of the
the U. s. Army engineers and the
Niagara frontier planning board.
The Washington times., 1938-02-03
More Opium
u. s. official Places
Blame on J1pdn

Charges that opium production
in the parts Of China under Japa-
nese control 'fs increasing at a
menacing rate" were made here
yesterday by Stuart ]. Fuller, chief
of the Division of Far Eastern
Affairs of the State Department.
In an address before the Rotary
Club, Fuller said the opium-poppy
cultivation area in Manchuria in
creased from 1888 acres in 1886
to 156,061 acres in 1887. This in
crease, Fuller warned, is a delio-
crate, attempt to sell the drug
illegally in the United States.
FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE
John Jay was the first chief JUS
The Washington times., 1938-02-03
SOAP MAN PROMOTED

NEW YORK, Feb. 3 G.N.S).
Clarence J. Huff. formerly general
sales manager of Proctor & Gam
BILE Co., has been appointed vice
president in charge of sales, it was
announced TODAY
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
Junior Baseball
To Start Saturday

The American Legion Junior base
ball program in which Askov is a
participant, is scheduled to commence
Saturday, June II. Following is the
schedule:
June 11-Brook Park at Hinckley,
Pine City at Sandstone, Beroun at
Askov.
June 14-Askov at Brook Park,
Hinckley at Pine City, Sandstone at
Beroun.
June 17-Brook Park at Sandstone.
Pine City at Askov, Beroun at Hinck-
ley.
June 21-Brook Park at Pine City,
Sandstone at Askov.
June 24-Hinckley at Brook Park,
Sandstone at Pine City, Askov at
Beroun.
June 28-Brook Park at Askov,
Pine City at Hinckley, Beroun at
Sandstone.
July 1-Hinckley at Askov.
July 8-Pine City at Beroun, Hinck-
ley at Sandstone.
July 12-Sandstone at Brook Park,
Askov at Pine City, Hinckley at
Beroun.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
AskOv

Axel Andersen of Minneapolis, was
home over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Petersen and
Mrs. Pedersen's mother of ,Minneapo-
lis, visited relatives here Sunday.
Fritz Holm, Harold Dietz, Julius
F. Slot and E. O. johnson attended
an Izaak Walton meeting in Fin
layson Tuesday night. Conservation
Commissioner Herman Wenzel spoke
to good crowd.
The first of this week Ollie Olesen
and helpers completed the job of
putting new front on the old Var
iety Store building which gives it
the appearance of modern brick
front store building.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lial Mclaughlin and
son of Grand Rapids, and John Clegg
of Effie, came Saturday for visit
at the home of their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. E. Clegg, and of course
also to attend the wedding of Miss
Erma Clegg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne E. Jacobsen
and Miss Ruby were in st. Cloud
Friday to attend the graduation exer-
cises at the State Teachers college,
where their daughter, Miss Doris,
was one of the graduates. Doris re-
turned home with them the same day.
Together with sending greetings to
old friends here, E. A. E. Laage
states that in spite of the fact that
they have had considerably more
rain than usual this spring, the aver
age farm crops look much better
than usual in the vicinity of Brooten.
The Sebald Motor Sales made two
car deals this week; one was new
four-door Deluxe va to Harold and
Michael Miller and the other was to
Supt Otto G.. Hoiberg. Mr.. Hoi-
berg traded in his used Chevrolet
coach on the 1886 four-door va
which was formerly owned by the
Miller boys.
Last Sunday evening, after the
song service program in the Vilstad
church, a group of friends together
with the choir surprised Miss Ruth
N. Hansen by slowly following her
home to help her celebrate her birth
day. Many out-of-door games were
played, afterwards lunch was served
and very good time was had by all.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
PROCEEDINGS OF
SCHOOL BOARD
Dist. No. II.

The school board held its regular
meeting at the schoolhouse June
with all members present. The min
utes of the previous meeting were
read and approved.
Chris Sandahl appeared and asked
that the board pay the bills for med
ical services for his son, Robert,
who was injured in the track
meet at North Branch A let
ter was read from w. S. Erwin, the
attorney general, which said that the
school, being a governing agency,
was not liable for any injury in
CURED and moreover could not spend
its funds to pay for medical aid. In
view of the above ruling, a motion
was made and carried that this bill
be not allowed.
1t was moved and carried to pur-
chase one new modern bus and ad-
vertise for applications for a driver
for the combined routes 2 and 5 at
$132.50 per month for the following
eight miles: Route to start at Owe
HermanSen's corner, then north 2
miles and west one mile to school,
Route to start at John Eell's drive
way, south one and one-half miles,
west two miles and in on the new
highway. All applications must be
in the hands of the school board by
Z o'clock Tuesday, June IA.
July 8 was the date set for the
next regular meeting.
The following bills were allowed:
Askov Telephone Co., rental and
American Publishing Co., sta
.tlOnery NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 1875
Irene Patrick Nelson, teaching 5.12
Houghton Mifflin Co., texts - $50
CHM and Company, texts 49, $3.50
Funk and Wagnalls Co., book $50
Educational Test Bureau, texts 1928
Farnham Stationery & School
Supply Co., supplies ----- 27.O4
Henry johnson, mileage ---- 400
A. c. Jorgensen, labor - LOO
Mrs. Chris A. Jensen, laundry EOS
Janus Jensen, labor ------- 720
Eastman Kodak Co., supplies 488
Fritz Holm, freight and dray - 1888
Ferndale Nursery, hedge 1900 1900
There being no further business,
the meeting was adjourned.
IRENE PATRICK NELSON, Clerk
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
Juniors Would Like Suits.

Since insufficient funds were raised
by selling lunch to buy complete
uniforms for the American Legion
Junior baseball team, it was decided
Monday night at the Legion meeting
to ask for the, use of Askov's town
team suits. Anker M. Simonsen was
appointed as a committee to get
these suits in and he requests them
through this means.
Mr.. Simonsen asks that each for
mer player of the Askov town team
who has an Askov uniform to please
bring it in to Conrad Christensen at
the bakery at once. The suits were
originally purchased by aid of mer-
chants donations, so therefore they
do not belong to any individual play
er and since Askov does not have
a town team this year, they could
just as well be used by the Juniors.
If Askov places town team in the
field again then the suits can be
available, says Mr.. Simonsen.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
New Industry in Askov.

Actual production and sales of
Svend Petersen's patented mail box
attachment was started the first Of
this week. The outfit consists of a
weatherproof name plate which can
be attached to a rural mail box in
two or three seconds and is guaran-
teed to last as long as the box. Fred
Hansen is the first official salesman
to start out with the new product and
reports excellent results. The name
is permanently applied to the box
for Is cents. George 1. Glen will
officiate during the summer months
as sales manager and expects to have
at least Is statesmen going within a
month. VIM. Olesen is in charge of
the manufacturing which is done in
the basement of the American build
ing.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
NOTICE FOR APPLICATIONS

Applications are wanted for trans
porting school children on the COM
bined routes 2 and at S132.50 per
month for the following eight miles:
Route to start at Owe Herman
sens corner, then north 2 miles and
west l mile to school; route to
start at John Eell's driveway, south
l " mile, west 2 miles, and in on the
new highway.
The applications must be in the
hands of the school board by z p. m.
Tuesday, June IA. Applicants must
also submit the names of their bonds
men and substitute driver.
IRENE PATRICK NELSON, Clerk.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
ASKOV
Local Folks Visit Tyler.

Mr.. and Mrs. Chr. Hyldahl and
Mr.. and Mrs. Svend Petersen were
in Tyler Saturday and Sunday at
tending the annual state conventions
of the Danish Sisterhood and Danish
Brotherhood. Mrs. Hyldahl went as
delegate from the local lodge. Svend
Petersen has been secretary of the
state organization of the Brotherhood
lodges the past IL years, and upon
his insistance was replaced by Chris
Hansen, president of Minneapolis
Lodge No. As. In appreciation of his
IL years of faithful service the or
ganization presented Mr.. Petersen
with a Sheaffers fountain pen at the
banquet Saturday evening.
They report that they were the
largest meetings that have been held
for many years. At the festival Sum-
day afternoon it was estimated the
attendance was around 1000 before
whom Viggo Tarnow and his gym
nasts from Hutchinson performed and
Svend Petersen spoke in the Danish
language on behalf of the Danish
Brotherhood.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09
Summer Bible School.

Arrangements have now been COM
pleted for conducting Summer Bible
school in Askov under auspices of
the local church. The school will
start Tuesday, June IA, and last for
the remainder of the month. The
course is intended for children of
all ages but not younger than those
who have completed the first grade
of school. All children are welcome
and urged to attend. There are no
charges or costs whatever connected
with the course.
Rev. jobs. Knudsen will be in
charge and will be assisted by Mrs.
Knudsen and Mrs. Frede Stottrup.
The hours will be from 9 a. m. to IL
noon; it is suggested that those from
the rural districts make mutual ar
rangements for transportation of the
children. The course will be con-
Quoted in the church basement and
in the parsonage assembly room. The
course consists of devotion and Bible
hour in both English and Danish, a
recreation period, period of Danish
singing and story telling, etc. Be
sure to start on the first day-June
IA, at 9 a. m.
Miss Gladys Olsen left Wednesday
for Tyler to visit friends and attend
the national church convention the
balance of the week.
Miss June Kilstofte came home
Tuesday from Minneapolis, where she
has just completed her first year at
the University of Minnesota.
Miss Eva Nelson who has just
completed a year of high school
studies here, left Friday with her
mother for their home at Exeter,
Nebr.
Sigurd Buck, university student,
Minneapolis, was here over Sunday
and Monday visiting at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. R..
Buck.
Hermod Strandskov and the Misses
Fylla and Elm Petersen came from
Minneapolis for the graduation exer-
cises here last Thursday and to visit
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. j. Adolphsen and
daughter, Miss Vivian, and Mrs.
Frede Stottrup left the first of the
week for Tyler to attend the annual
church conference and to visit rela-
tiveS.
Miss Gladys Olsen came home last
week from Kirkhoven, where she has
just completed term of teaching.
Next term she will be located at
Lake City at which place she has been
engaged.
Mrs. Marie Nielsen went to st.
Cloud Friday to attend the gradua-
ton exercises at the State Teachers
college, where her daughter, Miss
Meta, was one of the graduates. They
returned to Askov the following day.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-09

If you are ashamed of a deed
you've done, you don't tell, but you're
not ashamed of your business; tell the
world you're not through advertising