Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-12-21

I wonder if the investigating COM
mittee knows about that trip. But of
course. lots of times, it is permissible
to go East, but look out if you ever
go West or South. Them Investigators
will get you every time.
You know, almost ever since Co.
lumbus proved to his constituents that
we could sail east by sailing west,
Republicans have had a hankering
for the East. l don't know why, but
you know we all once came from the
East and those fellers are, they say,
still living in the past.
OF course the Democrats are liable
to spring up from anywhere. Why
Shucks. they are just like wild oats
in a once clean wheat field, they
come for no reason at all. There were
hardly none of the critters a few
years ago and at the last presidential
election there were only two states
that didn't have 'em.
OF course the most serious cpl
denies travel in cycles and l s'pose
we'll be rid of the Democrats just
as soon as the disease has run it's
course.
Nevertheless, there can be a lot
worse things they say to be afflicted
with than being Republican or
Democrat, but l can't think of any
right now.
The blowing up of the German
brother, who once waded out into the
lake and tipped over the boat l was
using just because 1 beat him to it.
Hitler is like that. If he couldn't use
the battleship, he sure was set agin
letting any one else have it.
Headlines are prevalent here in
Minnesota as follows: Mercury Up to
So; Breaks Record Again" Pretty
soon we will be going south to es-
cape the heat. Note-This item
should have been published during
the summer it showed Monday
night.
Headline: Grain Market Roars
Higher" l reckon that's where the
expression, "bearish market" comes
from.
There is rather SICKENING roar
to those headlines, though, for in the
distance, one can hear the faint howl
of the wolves around many doors
where that wheat came from.
With the German battleship, "Graf
Spee," on the shores of the South
American continent and with several
of the allies boats waiting just off
shore, we were reminded that maybe
we won't HAVE to 60 'over there
to fight.
Since Columbus told them Euro
peans that the earth was round, one
can expect 'em to show up anywhere
One can, every day, see enacted
the battle of Goliath and David, in
watching the Russian-Finnish war.
Some of David's stones, it seems,
must have hit in the Baltic Sea and
splashed water all over Hitler, which
has somewhat cooled his ardor to
fight.
We should have some of the fight
ing spirit of the Firms over here and
we could lick the depression =. and
even the third term idea.
While the Red Cross and various
civilian organizations are contribut-
ing worthily to their relief, believe it
or not Finland just this week handed
over the current installment on the
debt they owe us . that's some
thing which some of our own people
can learn from.
| We Americans are sure blood
thirsty. Why, if we were to have a
war here on our own shores, there
would be such crowds of spectators
that we would have to have ushers to
keep the curious back so that we
could train our sights on the enemy
IT'S said that 215 passengers OF
the United States liner, Argentina
were disappointed and even angry
because the German battleship, Graf
Spec, did not do battle with the allies
instead of being sunk by its captain
=. well, what can you expect? We
haven't any prize fighters any more
and the football season is over, and