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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-10-20


opponent is keeping up on the bit in
competition.
This year, however, Bernie Bier
man is glad his game with North
western is a week from Saturday.
Chief reason is that Harold Van Every
may be ready to play by that time
whereas it is certain he would not be
ready for hard work this week. Van
Every can make a great difference
in the Minnesota team. Seldom, in
fact, has one man been so important
in coach's plans.
This is true not so much because
Van Every is better football player
than any of the others. AS matter
of fact it is doubtful that Van Every
is as good as Moore or Butler.
But the point is Van Every can do
one thing Bierman needs to have done
and is the only man on the squad
who can do it. He can pass the foot
ball. The difference between Min
nesota team without a passer and a
Minnesota team with a passer is about
two touchdowns.
For example, the Gophers beat
Purdue 7 to 0, while throwing only
one pass. If they had had a man
in the backfeld capable of threaten
ing dangerous pass now and then
the Purdue defensive lineup would
have been entirely different, the
Gophers running attack would have
been considerably more effective and
the score would have been at least
20 to 0.
Against Nebraska, a week earlier,
the Gophers would have won by at
least Is points if they had been able
to pass instead of by the nine points
the record shows.
Another reason why Bierman is
glad to have an open date is that he
has at least six men who are just on
the verge of reaching the varsity level
and may get there in two weeks of
uninterrupted practice.
They are Bill Kuusisto at guard
or tackle, Kenneth Filbert at guard,
Joe Jamnik at halfback, Ed Stein
bauer at fullback, Henry Jabbra at
fullback or right halfback, and John
Bartlett and Orville Freeman at quar-
terback.
Give Bernie these youngsters with
thick coat of polish on them and
give him Van Every to pass and kick
and he will have a. perfectly bal
anced football team, a team that
should be clear favorite over each
of its four remaining opponents.
By waiting an extra week before
going back into competition he may
have all these new weapons ready.
Through the first half of his sched-
ule Bierman had the tightest defense
and the strongest running attack in
the West-no doubt of it. The rea-
son he had to make hard work of
his first four games is that two ele-
ments of strength are not enough
against the calibre of opposition Min
nesota faces-not enough unless there
is a little luck, too.
But put this down as a prediction
that the Gophers will be quite a
different team in the second half of
their schedule if Van Every is certi-
fled for service by the doctors.
Then, Immediately, the Gophers
will become versatile, tricky, well
balanced team capable of building up
scoring opportunities and going over
the goal line on sudden thrusts from
long range.
They will score the easy way in
stead of the hard way and if one style
of attack is stopped they will go to
another which will be equally effec-
tive.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-10-20
AskOv 4-H Club News
E. LeWison, Reporter.

The Askov All Club meeting was
called to order October 10. Max
McMillin gave us suggestions on the
years work. 1t was decided to give
an evening of entertainment to raise
some money for our club.
Pins were given out to the men,
bers. Those not present may get pins
from the treasurer, Lucille Mortensen.
There being no further business, the
meeting was adjourned.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-10-20

j. R. Stanton and Mrs. F. w. Stepan,
Willow River. Mrs E. B. Linsley
was chairman of the meeting and
Mrs. Ed Danelski was secretary, both
from Willow River.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-10-20

The Young Peoples choir will meet
Thursday (tonight) at tbs o'clock at
the Paul N. Froker home
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-10-20
Truck Windows Broken.

The following item recently APP
peared in a Waterloo, Iowa, paper:
can unidentified bystander Sat-
urday morning reported that small
group of men smashed the windows
in the cab of Minnesota produce
truck which had just unloaded ship
ment of rutabagas at the strike
plagued Gamble Robinson company
plant here.
Reports stated the men, who tried
to stop the outbound truck at Frank
lin street and Logan avenue about
8 a. m. Saturday, jumped off the
running boards when the driver re-
fused to stop. The shipment came
from the Louis Olsen farm, ASkov,
Mimi, it was reported, but the driv-
er's name was not learned.
20. H. Lomison, Waterloo man
ager for ble-RobinSon, said later
that his delivery trucks during the
past week have been able to make
regular schedules with protection
from sheriff's offices in all counties"
To the above can be added that the
driver of the truck was Franklin
Studnek of Rutledge.
Mrs. Gustaf Andersen went to Du-
luth Saturday for a short visit.
Miss Esther Hansen came from ST.
Paul to spend the weekend with her
mother, Mrs Nels K. Hansen.
Holger B. Kilstofte, who has been
working in the southern part of the
state, is spending several days at home
this week.
Leo, George and Henry Larsen
were in Slayton from Saturday until
Monday hunting pheasants and visit
ing friends.
Miss Helen Nielsen came Friday
from Minneapolis and visited until
Sunday at the home of her parents,
MIR. and Mrs. Carl P. Nielsen.
MIR. and Mrs A. C. Danielson were
weekend visitors in Bemidji, the
former going there to attend a meet
ing of Great Northern Railway agents.
Victor Christensen came from Cho-
kio Saturday and visited his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Soren K. Christensen,
leaving again Sunday for the Iowa
cornhusking fields.
Bernhard Mortensen, who moved
to Hurley, Miss, several years ago
with his father, Morten Mortensen, is
here for a visit with his brother,
Holger, and with his sister at Sand
stone.
DR.. E. Irvine Parson is in Du-
luth today on professional business.
Mrs. Parson will go there on the
train today and will also spend sew
eral days at Detroit Lakes and Min
neapolis with her sister and parents
respectively.
Miss Alma Christensen came from
Minneapolis recently to visit her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Soren K. Chris
Jensen, and left again Sunday for
Los Angeles, Calf, to visit her sister,
Miss Edna, and later plans to seek
employment at Santa Barbara.
P. A. Moller, Miss Ane Mette Moller,
Mr.. and Mrs. Anders Moller and son,
and Rev. Aage Moller all came from
West Denmark, Wis, last Thursday
for a visit at the Nels Hede, Carl
Miller and N. B. Miller homes. Rev.
Moller had come from Solvang, Calf,
shortly before.
At the English Ladies' Aid meeting
yesterday afternoon the annual cleo
ton of officers resulted as follows:
Mrs. Otto G. Hoiberg, reelected
president; Mrs. Edmund Rix, re-
elected vice president and treasurer;
Mrs. Wayne E. Jacobsen, secretary.
Mrs. Walter T. Thomson who has been
serving as temporary secretary since
the departure of Mrs. Alfred L. Mel
sen, refused election on account of
other community activities.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-10-20
Martin-Norton.

Dorothy Martin was recently married.
It should have said Edna. Now more
and definite information is available,
as follows:
Miss Edna Irene Martin, youngest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Mar
tin of Myrtle Point, Oregon, formerly
of Askov, was united in marriage to
James E. Norton of Coquille, Ore,
on August IA, at Coquille in the As
sembly of God church with Rev.
Smith officiating. Miss Dorothy Wat
son of Myrtle Point, served as the
brides attendant and Paul Brandt
of Coquille, was best man. After the
wedding ceremony the newlyweds
went on a honeymoon trip along the
Pacific coast and then settled down
to housekeeping at Coquille where
Mr.. Norton is barber.
Many Askovites will remember
Miss Edna as she was born here and
graduated from the local high school
with the class of 1885.
The American joins with Askov
friends in extending congratulations
and best wishes to Mr.. and Mrs.
Norton.
Mr.. and Mrs R. j. Hersey of Min
neapolis, were weekend guests with
DR.. and Mrs. E. I. Parson.
Mrs. George Hand from Sioux City,
Iowa, came Tuesday for few days
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed F. Olson.
Wayne Lawson was in Minneapolis
Wednesday and Thursday of last week
attending buttermakers' convention.
Hans Hermansen has rented the
D. j. Adolphsen farm now being
vacated by Herman Kolb and expects
to move onto same this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Kemph from
near Spirit Lake, Iowa, were here
last week for visit at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. c. H. Jensen.
After their public auction today,
Herman Kolb and family will move
to Fort Dodge, Iowa, from which place
they came to Askov two years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. c. Petersen have
returned again from Minneapolis and
plan to stay here; they will move
onto the old home farm the first of
November.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Sorensen and
son, Leland, were in Owatonna from
Saturday until Tuesday visiting rela-
tives and taking advantage of the
good pheasant hunting in that COM
munity.
The local lodge of the Danish
Brotherhood is sponsoring its GUS
tomary 4th Saturday in the month
social and dance on October %, to
which the committee in charge says
everyone is invited.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Henriksen left
Sunday for Minneapolis, where they
have rented furnished apartment
where they will reside for some time.
Mr.. Henriksen will, however, con-
tinue to spend most of his time here
looking after his rutabaga business.
Miss Ingrid Fenger, who is en-
gagged as Dean of Girls at the Bemidji
high school, was a weekend visitor
at the home of her mother, Mrs. P. N
Fenger Miss Bodil Fenger from ST.
Paul, and DR.. Ejvind Fenger from
Glen Lake, were also home over the
weekend; the occasion being Mrs
Fenger's birthday.
Last week an appeal was made
for donations of produce to Grand
View college, Des Moines, Iowa. The
response was not sufficient to warrant
sending truck that far, hence the
committee in charge has delayed
the project one week and is accord
ingly asking that everyone who wishes
to give some potatoes, carrots, cab
bage or whatever they have, bring
same into either Louis Olsen or A.
Henriksen Friday and Saturday of
this week.
Evening star., 1938-10-02

p A YHEN the world series. the greatest
w show on earth, opens in few days
W keep your eye on the boys in blue
The four umpireS are often obscure, hardly
ever appreciated, but always most important
actors in this big drama of the diamond.
Upon their honesty rests the entire struc
ture of baseball, and on their ability depends
largely the result of the game and the series
One bad decision on a close play at the plate,
one hastv verdict born in swirl of dust at
second base, one poor judgment on ball or
strike can change baseball history
In one second the fans won't even know the
name of the Conscientious gentleman behind
the plate, but III the next moment they are
calling him all sorts of names and hating him
with the fierCenesS of feudlst of so years
And overnight a city that didn't know he
lived wishes he were dead. All because he
called third strike - or didn't
Yet it's not such tough job, this world
series umpring It's pretty nice work If you
can get it - easy work compared to the day
in and -day-out officiating through the regu-
lar schedule But more about that later.
have umpired in seventeen world series
and challenge the members of the thirty
four ball clubs which participated in those
games to prove that ever missed decision,
even to ball or strike.
Now, of course once allowed man to
score the winning run of world series game
without touching home plate But that was no
mistake was, as usual absolutely right.
1t happened at the Polo Grounds in the
fifth game of the 1911 series between the
New York Giants and the Philadelphia Ath-
letics 1t was bitter, nip and-tuck affair.
Finally in the home half of the tenth, Larry
Doyle, the Giants second baseman and cap
tain, got around to third base with only one
out. Fred Merkle, the next man at bat, lifted
Evening star., 1938-10-02
But most fans won't notice them - until
they call close one against the home team
bv w. J. Bill" KLEIN
Void
as told TO RICHARD MeCAkk

reached into the stands and speared the ball.
Then losing his balance, he half fell into the
stands For moment, he was draped over
the barrier, glove and ball out of sight.
Umpire Cy Rigler of the National League
had raced from second base and waved Smith
out But because Rice took some time to
come up with the ball the Pirates claimed he
had dropped it. Long and loudly they
urangled with Rigler.
then manager of the Pirates, Il can get fifty
people who saw Rice drop that BALL"
Riger grinned and with a wave of his hand
taking in the stands packed with Washington
rooters, said. Yes, Bill and Manager Harris
of Washington can get 10000 people who'll
swear that Rice didn't drop it."
The other example came in the final game
OF that series. Washington was leading Ga
With one man on base, Max Carey of the
Pirates fired liner down the third base foul
line and the runner scored.
But the Washington players screamed foul
They surrounded Umpire Mccormick of the
National League at home plate and demanded
a reversal. Mccormick agreed to confer with
Umpire Owens of the American League who
was stationed at third Now, if Owens wanted
to favor the team from the league that paid
his salary there was his chance. But he shook
his head and said, 1T was fair ball
moment later Carey scored the tying run and
the Pirates went on to win the game and
the series.
Ball players respect this impartiality. You
would be surprised at the number of American
League managers and players who have
thanked me for my fair officiating
worked in the 1884 world series when the
Detroit Tigers and the ST. Louis Cardinals
staged their knock down drag-out fight
That was the series in which Ducky h1edwick
of the Cardinals was showered with vege
tables by the fans and put out of the game by
Commissioner Lands The boys battled over
every pitch. There were squabbles between
players and countless wrangles with umpires.
Several Detroit players were particularly
argumentative with me. One got insulting.
But toward the finish of the sixth game,
while | was umplrlng behind home plate,
Evening star., 1938-10-02

fly along the right-feld foul line, and Danny
Murphy, the Athletics right fielder, shared
it after hard run Instantly, Doyle was off
for home. and the greatest of sports thrills
was on: race between man and ball.
This time the man won. Murphy was off
balance when he whipped the ball in, and
Catcher Lapp had to step forward to get the
weak throw. can still see Lapp his hands
outstretched, seemingly trying to coax the
ball to quicken its fight And. quite vivldly,
| recall the sight of Doyle's body hurting
through cloud of dust toward home plate.
He missed it by half foot.
Maybe he didn't know he had missed it,
Or maybe he was play-acting and was afraid
to scramble back to the plate lest Lapp tag
him out. Either way Doyle picked himself
up from the dirt brushed the dust from his
uniform, and trotted to the bench without
giving himself away. For ten seconds l stood at
the plate waiting for the Athletics to protest.
But they trudged in from the field defect
edly and filed sadly to the clubhouse. Doyle
had scored the winning run without touching
home plate and the Athletics didn't realize it.
Why didn't tell them Why didn't call
Doyle out? Why did allow such run?
Well it is not up to the umpire, under the
rules, to point out players failure to touch
base The team on defense must spot that
lapse themselves. Thus. allowed the nun.
There are some umpire baiters who will
say, We'll. Klein, if that had been an Ameri-
can League player you would have tipped off
the National League catcher for sure
How absurd
don't work for the National League, or
for any other league. | work for baseball.
Baseball. to me- is a religion. Partially or
spite toward any player, team or league has
no place in an umplres mind and heart.
Two of the best examples of this impartial
ity occurred in the 1925 series between Pitts
burgh and Washington. In the third game,
with Washington leading, 4-3 Catcher Earl
Smith of the Pirates caught hold of one OF
Fred Marberry's smoke balls and sent il
screaming toward the temporary bleachers in
right -centertield in Griffith Stadium.
Sam Rice. feet Washington centerfeder,
tore back and, leaning over the barrier,
Evening star., 1938-10-02

Mickey Cochrane, then manager of the Tigers,
turned to me from his catching position and
said, Bill, don't pay any attention to what
some of those fellows said in the last couple
days. want you to know you're standout
like you've always been
That gave me one of my biggest thrills in
thirty-seven years of unpiring. But you'll
usually find that the truly great players are
farest with the umpires.
The stakes are higher in world series,
and the nerves are tauter, but there is less
squabbling than in an ordinary game.
Seldom does a troublesome situation crop
up involving the rules though now and then
you may see an unusual infraction such as
the time that Fred Marberry, the relief
pitcher, batted out of turn in the Washing
on-Pittsburgh series Marberrys lapse went
unnoticed, but nobody suffered.
The most ticklish decision an umpire must
make concerns calling the game ''on account
of darkness" Everybody remembers the
1922 series between the Giants and the
Yankees when just after Umpire George
Hildebrand of the American League called
the third game in the tenth inning the sun
came out almost as bright as noon.
And the buys still talk about the seventh
game of the 1925 series, when it was so dark
YOU could hardly see second base from the
stands. They tell story about Walter John
son, the old freball king, who pitched that
game. They say that johnson wound up one
time in the gloom, and went through the
motions of pitching, without throwing the
ball. The catcher initiated the thud of the
ball in his glove The umpire shouted, Strike
threer And the batter whirled around and
roared, "Whaddaya mean strike? That ball
was a foot outside!'
The story still makes for laugh, but it's
just a story. No pitcher, not even Walter
Johnson, ever threw a baseball too fast for
an umpire to follow.
Umpires are recommended for the world
series job by their league presidents and are
appointed by Commissioner Lands. Each is
paid $500 and like to consider myself
responsible for this salary. Back in the 1908
series we got S4OO, and each year l have
argued for more money for the boys.
In fact, conditions are better all around for
umpires today. When first started umpiring
we had no dressing rooms. had to dress in
Harry Stevens peanut shed at the Polo
Grounds, using fire bucket and sponge
to swab the dust from my body. Now we have
a dressing room and shower in every ball
park and we're treated like gentlemen.
Well, almost.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-10

her son. Charles, IA. and Florita.
Mae, II, perished with her
A preliminary examination indi-
GATED that Mrs. Long killed the
children before she fired the cabin.
The boys heart was pierced by an
instrument similar to an ice pick
and part OF the girls skull was
missing
Unless she took poison before
the fire started Mrs. Long burned
to death.
A half dozen notes, addressed to
Jack, were found in Mrs. Longs
automobile They included the one
about the kiss and the squeeze.
Authorities identified Jack as
prominent Richmond business
man.
The three bodies we're found
huddled on a small cot when fire
men put out the flames that gut
ted the small weekend cabin.
Mrs. Long, divorced wife of John
F.. Long, of Richmond, threw straw
on the floor of the cabin and then
sprinkled it with kerosene to in
sure speedy death. police said.
Autopsy Surgeon o. D. Hamlin
said the boys heart wound occur
red before the burns he suffered
and was sufficient to cause death
i'm a short time" The physician
said the girls body was burned so
terribly that it was difficult to tell
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-10

Is Chemicals. Its research progress.
its all-inclusiye diversification. its
conservative management, and its
protection against war, initiation,
politics. and labor qualify 1t for
such a nomination.
The making of this selection is
not based primarily on the market
performance of stocks representing
companies in the industry. My
choice is based on much more fun
damental reasons. Moreover, the
nomination of the chemicals in
dustry is not any sudden discovery
by me of the tremendous part 1t
is playing in our modern age. 1t
is simply recognition of the fact
that in a year of irregular busi-
ness. the short-term stability and
the long term growth of the chem
ical business should make it an
outstanding industry.
Mean Diversification
Our current civilization can truly
be called a chemical age. Every
large industry is a growing GUS
toner of the chemical makers.
Their sales swing up faster when
ever there is an upward surge OF
general business. Moreover, their
volume does not suffer as draSti-
cally during recessions. Wool made
from milk, roads from cotton, cloth
from glass, paint from soy-beans,
cosmetics from oats, vegetables in
tanks are a few of the new process
es which the chemists have recent
" discovered. Becauses of their
research work and the vast range
of their products, chemical mann-
facturers represent "one- industry
diversification" This is the first
reason for my enthusiasm.
Chemistry is the father OF all
industries. That is another reason
why 1 am so enthusiastic about
this group. Writers have played up
the future wonders mentioned a.
bove to the neglect of the industry's
everyday business. A new plastic or
a novel synthetic substitute for
rubber or leather puts romance in
to the industry. But these are
long-range developments. Eve n
without this further progress, chem
lists already have built up a vast
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-10
Hunt for Plane
Held Hopeless

SAN DIEGO. Jan. 10. UP1-The
navy called off all but a squadron
Of destroyers today from the al
most hopeless hunt for a bomber
lost over the ocean Wednesday with
crew of seven aboard.
Eleven dreadnaughts returned to
gunnery drill. cruisers went back to
routine work. and the aircraft car
riers Saratoga and Lexington came
back to port with their swarms of
airplanes. The coast guard also
left the search.
For four days the navy had car
ried on the greatest mercy hunt in
its history over a patch of sea 200
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-10
High Argentina
Officials Reported
Killed i'm Plane

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Jan
TO- tUP) - Government officials
made every effort today to check
reports that an army airplane car
rying Eduardo Justo, son of Presi
dent Augustin p. Justo, and five
high military officers had crashed
near the Brazilian Uruguayan
frontier
The officials desperately attempt
ed to contact authorities in Thomas
Gomensoro, about 26 miles south
of Bella Union on the frontier.
A spokesman for the air COM
mand told the United Press that
secretary to President Justo re-
ported the plane destroyed.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-10

what happened to her skull.
THE head wound could have
been caused by a bullet he said.
The notes the woman left were
pinned to pieces of wearing apparel.
One was scrubbed at the bottom of
a newspaper clipping that bore a
New York date and told of two
people who saved a kitten at the
risk of their own lives. The note
read:
Things like this go on in the
world and you VIII not give a kiss
and squeeze to save the life of a
woman-the life of a woman who
loves you better than life"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-10
Wife of Polo Player
Asks 81 go A Month

LOS ANGELES. Jan. 10. tUP)-
Mrs. Claire Blavette BrandeiS. wife
of E. John Brandeis. multi-million-
aire polo-playing heir to an Omaha,
Neb., department<Store family, can
not live on $500 a month and must
have $3.50 a month Temporary
alimony, she told Judge Leslie Still
today.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-10

miles northwest of San Diego where
the lost bombers radio was last
heard from late Wednesday while
on patrol. Nearly 100 ships and
hundreds of planes participated.
Navy officials hoped the stout
hulled craft might still be afloat,
but it was reared the plane crashed
and sank.
Another air mishap occurred late
Friday during the search when a
bomber crashed in flames, injuring
two men, in landing on the Sara
toga. 1t plunged overheard and
sank.