Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-01-12

will jump him.
Senator ShipStead, in commenting
on reports which stated that he
asked to be listed as a Republican,
states that he is still a Farmer
Laborite but went along with the
Republicans just for organization
purposes. AS far as appearance is
concerned, the Senator will pass
easily for a Republican for he is
dignifed, easy of action and sure
footed At a glance I'VE shall know
him. as did a jury when trying Pat
for bootlegging. His clever attor-
ney, in his plea to the jury said:
"Now, gentlemen of the jury, look
at the defendant; do you honestly
think that if he had a quart of whis-
key he would sell it?" The verdict,
reached in one minute, was mot
guilty"
Well, by golly, Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh has done it again. Just
when we think he is about to be-
come naturalized German, the Min
nesota Swede pops up with an arm
full of Hitler's airplane secrets. That
ought to be enough provocation for
the "divinely chosen" German to
declare war on the Scandinavian
countries.
l don't know who is happiest
about the information that Lind
bergh has given us in regards to the
strength of the German air fleet, the
president with his armament pro-
gram, the people of our nation, or
the big airplane manufacturers. Well
anyway, Germany will be one more
place which must be stricken from
Lindberghs future residence list.
I see where the recent Washington
meeting of the League for Peace and
Democracy was marred by thudding
fists. By golly, wonder if that is
their idea of carrying out the motto
''Peace at any price,"
| I guess the fight started when Leon
Henderson, New Deal economist
tangled with a photographer who in
sisted upon taking just one more
picture. By gum, that last look gets
many of us in bad.
Capital punishment might serve 6
good purpose, but methinks its mair
purpose is to satisfy a lust within the
average human being such as thai
which caused the old Spaniards tc
stage bull fights. Colorado is one
of the states which demand eye fol
an eye and tooth for a tooth, ano
the other day demanded and took
the life of a 23-year old criminal
who possessed brain equal to that
of a six-year old child.
The mans last words were made
in a request that his toy train be
given to one of the remaining occu-
pants of the death house. I think
it would be more appropriate if the
toy were placed in one of our muse
ums in memory of the mind that
originated the idea of capital punish
ment as method of doing away with
crime.
Governor Olson of California, has
freed Tom Mooney, famous 1916 pre-
paredness day martyr. Mooney has
served % years of life sentence i'm
posed on him, it is alleged, through
perjured testimony. The governor
ran on a platform which contained
as one plank a promise to pardon
Mooney and evidently the people OF
California wished it done, for he was
elected and it is one campaign prom
Use which has been kept.
| Now, I imagine as far as liberals
and labor throughout the nation are
concerned, Governor Olson could be
elected to the presidency :. he could
even have a third term.
! I see where the new state admin
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week in place of the 321a hour week
which has been in force in most de-
partments. I suppose the purpose is
to catch up on the work which was
neglected during the several months
of the last campaign.
The new Hyde Park Library club
has rejected from its purchase list
the new book written by Mrs. Charles
A. Lindbergh, entitled, Listen, the
Wind" You don't suppose she re-
onment for any citizen of the United
States to profiteer in time of war
We can't, however, have "peace
at any price" when the price de-
mandS that we "stick our noses" into
affairs abroad.