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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31
'Hinckley Woman
Is Laid To Rest
Mrs. Johanna Wicklund
Was iii Three Weeks With
Pneumonia, Call Attack.

Funeral services were held for
Mrs. Johanna Wicklund, Hinckley res
ident, from the Folsom Funeral
Chapel in that village Friday with
Rev. Paul Hendricks officiating. Bur-
ial was made in Rose Hill cemetery
with Joe Mccullough, Melvin Brant,
Peter Larsen, Aaron Kendall, Leonard
Steen and John Sundeen acting as
pallbearers.
The deceased was born at Wiss,
Finland, Sept. II, 1871, and came
to the United States and to Superior,
Wis, in September, 1908. Three years
later she came to Minnesota and to
Pine county. She was united in mar
riage to Victor Wicklund at Superior,
Wis, on Jan. 7, 1906.
Mrs. Wicklund was one of the pio-
neers of the community east of Hinck-
ley where she had acquired large
number of friends by her cheerful
disposition. She was a member of
the Lutheran church and leaves be-
sides her husband, three children,
LA, Clara and John; also two grand
children, two sisters and one brother.
A twin sister preceded her in death
just five and half weeks ago.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31
All Club Leader
Again In County

Miss Violet Hecker, who was the
All Club leader in the county last
year, has been rehired and is now
at work in the county, and will be
here for six months.
Miss Hecker has been attending the
University of Minnesota where she
has been taking a course in Home
Economics Education.
A leaders training meeting for All
Club leaders in the county will be
held at Sandstone Wednesday, April
6, at 100.
This is meeting where All Club
leaders gather to discuss their prob
lens and receive information on diff
ferent projects and demonstrations.
Miss Amy Vessel of the State All
Club department will be present at
this meeting. Announcements will be
sent to all All Club leaders as to
where the meeting will be held.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31
Rutledge PIT. A. To
Present A Program

The Pine Grove PIT. A. will meet
Thursday night (tonight) at the viii
lage hall, when very interesting
program has been arranged by the
committee. Lunch will be served
after the program which consists of
the following numbers:
Movies by Lorayne Krieger, Sybil
Yepma, George Jaros and John Isaac
son; piano solo by Margaret Thorn
sen; reading, Marcella Busse; vocal
duet, Betty and Sybil Yepma; midget
dance, Lois Ecklund, Margaret Ed
strom, Mrs. Bennett, Marcella Busse
and Betty Bennett; harmonica selec-
tons, Ed Kepler; quint baby contest,
frankie Studnek, George Ekberg,
Johnnie Jaros, Andy Youngbauer and
Ralphie Isaacson; surprise number,
A. E. Gustafson; everyone cordially
invited.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31
Fat Lamb Trade
Swings Widely
Values Up Sharply Mon
day; Hogs Off 35c in Two
Days; Cattle Steady.

South st. Paul, Mimi, March 80,
1888: Wide price swings featured the
fat lamb trade during the past two
days as the market once again be-
came very sensitive to supply figures,
according to the Federal-State Mar
ket News Service. After advancing
Csc to soc on Monday when the top
spiralled to $8.65, the market sagged
on the current session and some of
the advantage was lost. Compared
with the close of last week prices
are 15c to soc higher, with the cur
rent top on fed wooded lambs $8.4O.
Slaughter ewes and feeding lambs are
little changed for the week.
Steady prices were maintained on
the major killing classes of cattle,
but weaker undertone developed
on steers as a result of the consist
ent complaints that the live costs are
too near real worth of beef on the
hangrails. However, fairly liberal
supply cleared readily on Monday
and the Tuesday trade did not offer
any tangible declines. Steers scaling
1125 pounds topped at $8.85, with
bulk medium to good steers and year.
lings $500 to $780, Heifers cleared
at $3.50 to $500, with few well
finished lightweights hitting 1925.
Fat beef cows reached $3.50, good
cows as rule going at $500 to $6.25
and plain butcher cows $500 to $3.50.
Cutters and low cutters earned $3.75
to $4.75 largely. Bulls were steady
to 15c higher. Demand for well bred
light stockers exceeds supply. The
dairy cow market uncovered little
change. Mixer and springer cows
weighing over $1100 pounds turned
at $500 to $500, and few eX-
tremes up to $4,000 or more. The
lighterweights spread between $4,000
and $65.OO.
A rather severe setback in hog
prices carried the top down to $3.50
Tuesday, the lowest for the month.
Values gave definite signs of sagging
on the closing days of last week when
support from smaller packers faded.
Barrows and gifts are Csc to 40c low
er for the two days. Sows and stays
declined Csc, while feeder pigs lost
Csc to soc.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31
Askov Lady Learns
OF One Act Plays

Mrs. William Coombe of Askov
attended the three-day short course
on presenting one-act plays at the
University Farm March "a to 26. The
expenses of the short course were
paid by the Pine County Farm Bu-
reau.
Mrs. Coombe brings back the in
formation which she got at the short
course, and through one or more
meetings will give it to community
and All Club leaders who are inter-
ested in presenting one-act plays
according to Max McMillin, county
agent.
Any group in the county who is
interested in sending one or more
members to meeting which Mrs
Coombe will conduct some time in
the future should notify the county
agents office and arrangements will
be made for such a meeting.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31
Askov's Fair Committee Meets
And Starts Plans For What Is
Hoped To Be An Annual Event
Bruno Business Men
To Beautify Grounds

AT their regular Commercial club
meeting Bruno business men decided
on program of Identification for
the village and to carry out such
plans a committee was selected to
secure trees for planting and to select
proper location for same.
The club also took up a discus
sion of the matter of a cash crop
for the community's farmers and a
meeting of the farmers was held
Wednesday night when it was de-
cided to raise carrots and beans with
the prospects of signing up enough
acreage for canning.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31
International
News Review
BY GEORG STRANDvOLD

On April 10, the people of Ger
many and the country that once was
Austria will 60 to the polls to vote
for or against the complete union of
the two countries; on the background
of the familiarity with German cleo
ton methods which one has acquired
during the last few years, it is pretty
safe guess to say that the returns
will be overwhelmingly in favor of
union; to vote against it would be a
rather risky job.
Since the outcome of Hitler pleb-
iscites is always known completely
beforehand, one wonders why the
Berlin government is going to trouble
about campaigning, but it does-ap-
parently in an effort to give the rest
of the world the impression that
Hitler decisions are backed by pop
ular will; are ratified by vast ma
jority of the people.
The other day Hitler personally
opened the campaign at Koenigsberg
where-indirectly reverting to Kaiser
Wilhelm's "Ich und Colt" Il and
God)-he claimed that God helps
him who helps himself, and since
Hitler helped himself to Austria, it
followed that God had helped him!
With Providence aligned with his pol
icy, he could not possibly be wrong!
Had he been in doubt, such doubt
must have been dispelled the next
day when all the Catholic bishops of
what once was Austria signed SOL
emn declaration to the effect that it
behooved all Austrian Catholics to
show by their votes on April 10 that
they approved of the German annex
alton of their country. So, really
there was the appearance of divine
approval of his conquest of a neigh
boring country!
GOering Bellows.
General Field Marshal Hermann
Wilhelm Goering, right-hand man of
Hitler, had been sent to Vienna to
pave the way for the plebiscite, and
he did it by indicating that the for
mer chancellor of the former Aus
tria, one Kurt Schuschnigg, might
have to 60 through the ordeal of a
treason trial because he had, accord
ing to Berlin allegations, broken his
agreement with Hitler concerning the
fate of Austria. His crime, as far as
one knows, consisted in his having
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31


anniversary
members only They pictured above left
Mrs Lndsom Mrs John Lundgen Mrs Fred Degersm and Mrs
Another in
ad Mrs. Dan Nelson of the Bruno community
The first officers Prof Landrom PRESIDENT
cashier
speakers J.
Wendell and Adoph Larson Sandstone Vsd
poem special
The home of Mrs Lindsm fitting place for this meeting
terminated with a delicious lunch.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31
Sandstone Lodge
Gets New Members

At a regular meeting of Central
Rebekah Lodge No. 1874 of Sandstone,
held in the Sandstone l. o. o. F. hall
Monday night, there were about 100
members and guests in attendance
These included guests from the Re-
bekah Lodges from Hinckley, Pine
City, Moose Lake and Duluth. The
honored guests of the evening were
Mrs. Minnie Alexander of Minneapo-
lis, president of the Rebekah Assem-
bly, 1. o. o. F. of Minnesota; Mrs.
Helene Smith of Hibbing, and Mrs.
Anna Werntz of Moose Lake, both
past presidents of the Rebekah As
Sembly 1. o. o. F. of Minnesota.
The special work of the Order was
the initiation of IL candidates and
one member by reinstatement. Those
who received the Rebekah Degree
were as follows: William Walden,
Mrs. Margaret Samuelson, Mrs. c.
celia Ide, Mrs. Olga Hedlund, Mrs.
Ruby Johnson, Mrs. Irene Card, Mrs.
Edna Cooper, Mrs. Dorothy Brown
stone, Mrs. Hedvig Orstad, Mrs. Edith
Anderson, Miss Elsa Drews and Miss
Ida Carlson and Mrs. Alta Klinker
by reinstatement.
Large Membership.
The lodge now has membership
of 106. The Degree staff who wore
their new white satin robes for the
first time, were as follows: Miss Vio-
let Mulholland, Miss Jessidale Dutton,
Mrs. Alice Falconer, Mrs. Esther Mel
son, Mrs. Anna Forstrom, Mrs. Jen-
ME Shogren, Mrs. Ellen Peterson,
Miss Florence Carlson, Mrs. Florence
Walden, Miss Helen Frindt, Mrs.
Louise Busse, Mrs. Ruth Pearson,
Mrs. Gladys Nelson, Mrs. Pearl
Gjertson, Mrs. Edith Doughfman Miss
Violet Mulholland is captain of the
Degree staff.
The Noble Grand, Mrs. Florence
Walden, called on several of the Wis
itors and local members for short
talks.
A delicious lunch was served by a
committee composed of Mrs. Anna
Forstrom, Mrs. Media Constantine,
Miss Jessidale Dutton, Mrs. Lena
Edstrom, Miss Helen Frindt, Mrs.
Anna Gillesby, Arthur Gjertson, Mrs.
Pearl Gjertson, Mrs. Mary Gjertson
and John Forstrom. Those who at
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31

press abstain from attacks on Ger
maryland so on.
In other words: The history of 1888
to date shows that powerful nation
does not have to resort to arms to
swallow up a smaller one. There are
other methods, less bloody, less cost
ly, equally effective.
French Fears.
In France there is widespread fear
that Germany may some day, with
out declaration of war or without
any form of warning, violate the
frontiers. Whether that fear is gen.
uine or inspired by ornaments man
ufacturers, one cannot say, but it IS
there, with the result that nearly all
debate in the chamber of deputies
centers about the national defense.
There are complicated problems,
branching from that main one, involv-
ing finance and labor strife, and for
a while last week it looked as though
the Leon Blum government would
collapse, but is survived the crisis on
a comfortable vote of confidence
which, however, is no guarantee for
any considerable length of time in
a country like France where govern
ment goes to pieces as soon as it
makes one false step.
Spanish Civil War.
1t looks as though the Spanish civil
war is at last drawing toward a close
"a termination which is likely to
mean victory for the fascist rebels.
During the last week or so Francois
army has been making tremendous
progress in the northeastern part of
the country, and Catalonia will soon,
it appears, be separated from the rest
of government-control Spain. Bar
celona, the temporary capital, is said
to be in imminent danger. Great
Britain and France will not help the
government, but, on the other hand,
Germans and Italians are bloodily
active on the side of the rebels. Italy
on Monday of this week served notice
on France that any support of the
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31
County Youth To
Give A Program
Good Entertainment and
Speaking Arranged for
Hinckley Meeting.

The Pine County Youth Council
will give program for the Minnesota
Youth Assembly at the new Amer
lean Legion hall in Hinckley on Tues
day, April 5, at 8 p. m. The pur-
pose of the program, which is free
to the public, is to acquaint youth and
adult groups in the community with
the aims of the second Model Youth
Legislature to be held in the State
Capitol on May IA, Is and 16.
AS the main feature of the program
Roy Smith, administrative secretary
of the Minnesota Youth Assembly
committee, will speak on last years
assembly, what the group accom-
plished and the program for this
years sessions. All young people as
well as leaders from adult clubs in
the county are invited to attend and
learn about this great youth move
ment.
Young people from all parts of the
county will appear on the entertain
ment schedule. The program, in part,
is as follows:
Musical selections-Hazel Lindholm
and Linda Lick, students at Hinckley
teachers training; recitation, "The
Dead DOLL" Sylvia Brown, Hinckley;
songs with guitar accompaniment,
Wallace Rypkema, Sandstone; trum-
pet solo, Bob Dickson, Pine City;
humorous reading, my Sufferin' Sis
ters," Evelyn Hokenson, Willow
River; musical number, Hilma and
Eva Rasmussen, Hinckley; Danish
songs by trio or group from Askov
Other young people may take part
in the program, from Pine City and
other points. A night of entertain
ment for the whole family at the
Legion hall in Hinckley Tuesday
night; it's free. Lunch will be sold
following the program and speaking
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31
Gets n License To
Drive At Ninety

Having issued a drivers license
to man 80 years of age, inquiries
are being made whether or not
this record has been duplicated
anywhere in the state. John H.
Richardson of Morse township,
west of Deer River, appeared at
the office of John E. Mcmahon,
clerk of court, to secure license,
and not until he put down his age
as 80 did the clerk begin question
ing him. Strong and straight,
standing almost six feet tall, Mr..
Richardson looks more like a man
of so than one of four score and
ten years. He had not applied ear
lier for a Minnesota drivers Ii
cense because he had not needed
to drive a car. This year finds
him without a driver, so he pro-
poses to do his own chauffering
and in legal manner to be pro-
vided with a license.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31
New License Plates
Must Be On TOnite

If you have your 1888 automo-
bile license plates you had better
get them on the car by not later
than tonight, according to notice
sent out by the Minnesota Highway
patrol, and if you haven't them,
then by the same token you should
get them.
Beginning tomorrow, April l,
each motorist on the highway with
out the new tags will be subject
to arrest.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31
Livestock, Produce and
Flowers Will Draw Much
Attention to Exhibits.
Chairmen of Several Com
mittees are Named; Will
Begin Duties at Once.

ASkov's Fair committee of 10 men,
berS met at the home of A. NJ
Simonsen Friday night and launched
plans to stage the community's first
fair in several years. 1t is planned
to have a two-day affair with the
first day being for receiving and ar
ranging of exhibits. Chris. Frederik-
sen heads the executive committee
and will arrange for speaker and
judges for the event The other
committees are as follows:
LiveStock-A. P. Jensen. Mr. Jen-
sen requests that farmers living in the
trade territory of Askov list their
stock-cattle, sheep, hogs, horses,
chickens or other fowl with him in
suitable time so that he can arrange
adequate room for display.
Farm and garden display-Hans
Abrahamsen. That exhibit will be
in the D. B. S. hall and it is urged
that everyone will attempt to raise
something for display.
Mrs. E. j. Fogt and Mrs. L. A.
Paulsen are in charge of the display
to be held in the schoolhouse. 1t
will consist of flowers, bakery goods,
canned goods, sewing and embroidery.
Adolf Jensen, with the assistance
of the Boy and Girl Scout troops in
the community, promises to have
Askov decorated in gala day style.
Concessions Will be Sold.
Martin Dietz will have charge of
concessions and with assistance of
members of the American Legion
post will build, wire, decorate and
take down all concession stands The
20 or more organizations sponsor
ing the affair will have first chance
in securing stands of every kind. But
applicants are urged to have appli-
cations in to Mr.. Dietz by not later
than June /, after which date APP
plications by individuals residing in
the community will be considered
Applications may be left at the Askov
American office also.
A Sports Program.
Louis Olsen is in charge of games
and sports and promises program
of fun along those lines for young
and old alike. Mr.. Olsen is also treas
urer of the executive committee and
will in due time contact farm organi-
cations, cooperatives and business
people for their cooperation and sup
port in sponsoring the fair. The
committee as whole trusts that he
will be given wholehearted support.
A. M. Simonsen will have charge
of the parade and announces that
there will be no queen. That COM
mittee urges all farm organizations,
cooperatives and business men to plan
on floats. There will also be bicycle
parade for boys and girls for which
suitable prizes will be given.
H. P. Rasmussen will have charge
of the All Club displays of livestock.
All exhibits will be offered first
and second prizes and in some in
stances a third prize will be given.
A dance will be held in the D. B. S.
hall in the evening and bands and
clowns will entertain throughout the
day The chairmen in charge of all
committees will welcome suggestions
and ask for kindly cooperation of
everybody.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31

proclaimed an Austrian plebiscite to
establish whether his countrymen
wanted Austrian or German rule
That was, Berlin expounded, not &C
cording to the agreement entered into
when the German and the then
Austrian chancellor met at Berchtes-
gaden on February IL.
Goering also eXpressed-no doubt
in behalf of his boss-the wish that
in due time all Jews would vanish
from Austria, but since there are
about 100000 of them, and since
their disappearance would, after all,
be depletion of the country's popu-
lation, it would be necessary to re-
place them, so, he urged vociferously
that women in the Austrian province
of Germany give birth to as many
children as possible There is this
about it, too, that in time these much
wanted babies will grow up and be-
come military material-either as kill
lers or killed.
No British Thunder.
In view of the present turbulence
of the European situation it had been
expected that Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain of Great Britain would
have something concrete, something
decisive, to say when he rose in the
House of Commons the other day.
He did, after fashion, although most
of what he declared was REPETITION.
Chamberlain stated that Great Brit
ain would not undertake to aid
Czecho-Slovakia in case of German
aggression; nor would it do anything
to save the legitimist Spanish gov
eminent from collapse at the hand
of General Francisco Francois rebel
armies These negative declarations
served notice upon the world to the
effect that the British government
by not taking sides would indirectly
support the cause of the dictator ma
tons. That became all the clearer
because of the Prime Minister'S as
surance that he was willing to resume
negotiations with Germany and to
continue those in progress with Italy.
Great Britain desired peace all the
time but not at any price, Chamber
lain said; it would help, for instance,
France and Belgium, even Portugal
and Egypt; would, in fact, step in
wherever British interests were men
aced-but as for nations threatened
by present misunderstanding doing!'
Some fiercely bitter criticism was
expressed by the opposition groups in
Commons, but since they are in hope
less minority, it was utterly inef-
fectual. There is still the possibil-
ity, however remote at this moment,
that popular opinion will force a
new election and the retirement of
the Chamberlain government.
No Immediate Action.
In Prague there seems to be no
immediate apprehension that Ger
many will try to annex Czecho-Slov-
aka. At least, no military action is
feared, but there are other ways of
undermining the sovereignty of a
nation, and Hitler has shown how to
find them; for instance, recently, UNI
der the pressure of Austrian events,
the German minority in Czecho-Slo-
vakia has been given political rights
denied it until now; the Nazi Ger
man party is now the strongest in the
parliament at Prague although it does
not command majority; the Prague
government has obeyed the command
of Hitler that the Czecho-Slovakian
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31
More Than 800 Delegates Sit
In Biennial Convention OF The
State Farmer-Labor Association
Finlayson Store Is
Entered By Thieves

The Mandus Nyberg store in Fin
layson lost about $50 worth of mer-
chandise, it is estimated, when thieves
of unknown identity broke into the
establishment some time Tuesday
night. The merchandise included
such articles as cigarettes, candy and
gasoline, it is reported.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31

tended from Cloverton who are men,
bers of the Sandstone lodge were
Mesdames Austin, Hughes, Root and
Taylor.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31

The World war, which began in
August, 1914, involved all but six
of the nations of Europe.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-21

The appointment of minor court
Judges, the direct primary, per-
nlanent registration, uniform audit
Ing, accounting and reporting OF
publisc funds, the merit system, and
child welfare services In the state
are the six subjects on which the
Connecticut League Of Woinen Vot-
ers are Interviewing candidates Tor
the General Assembly between now
and election time. Members o.
local Leagues Of Women Voters ali
over the state will interview candt-
dates for the House and the SEN
ate, and the results will be taou-
lated at the state headquarters -
Hartford where the information Will
be made available to the public. the
QUESTIONABLE contains o statement
o fthe Leagues position on each OF
the subjects, and the candidate Is
asked to express his opinion. the
Leagues QUESTIONABLE Is IS follows:
1.-The Merit System
The League Of Women Voters PEE
lieves that the present merit sys-
tenn law has not had sufficient time
TO work out administrative details
so that In view Of the short time
the special difficulties which nave
that it has been In operation and
attended It's administration due 70
unemployment and to governmental
changes instituted by the last ses-
sion Of the General Assembly, we
oppose, during, the coming session,
legislation designed to weaken or
change the fundamental provisions
OF the act.
Do you agree with this statement?
we should appreciate q statement
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-21
DIED

this city, Oct. 90,
1898. Mrs. Yvonne (Grenierl Hous-
ton Of 7e4 Waterville ST, Funeral
from Mulville funeral home, $40
West Main ST., to st. AIMS church.
Burial in Calvary cemetery.