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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09
South Holyoke

Mrs. Vernon Peterson and baby
spent the weekend in Superior
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Zinter are the
happy parents of a girl born Wednes-
day of last week. Mother and baby
are doing fine at their home at this
writing.
Mrs. Chas. Madsen and Mrs. John
OsWasky went to Wheaton Monday to
attend the funeral of Mrs Howlstine,
wife of former pastor of the Luth-
eran church in Holyoke.
Miss Martha Johnson, Mrs. Geo.
Sorenson and John Oswasky took
Walter Sorenson and Alfred Oswasky
to the Central school last Thursday
night where Walter and Alfred were
in a spelling contest.
The Lutheran Ladies' Aid held
a meeting at the home of Mrs. Robert
North last Thursday afternoon.
Several from here attended the
25th wedding anniversary at the hall
in Patzau Saturday night in honor
of MIR. and Mrs. Walter VAIL.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Walton called
at the Ned Ashmore home Sunday.
Miss Daisy digestion is visiting at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Nader,
at this writing.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09
East Pine

Miss Virginia Whitney has been
home for nearly two weeks on ac-
count of an attack of inflammatory
rheumatism. Under good care she
is getting along we'll at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Hill of DAN
bury, were visitors at the Howard
home in Markville Friday night.
Conrad Anderson, who had been
quite ill recently, is now back at his
barber shop in Markville very much
improved in health.
Miss Eileen Halsted of Cloverton,
was a visitor at the Leonard Carlson
home several days last week.
A large crowd turned out for the
chicken pie supper sponsored by the
Presbyterian Ladies' Aid last Thurs
day night.
The senior class play of the Clover
ton high school will be enacted Fri
day night of this week. The play,
"Huckleberry Finn" has a fine cast
which has been doing a great deal of
hard work in preparation for this
event.
The Presbyterian Ladies' Aid held
a business meeting at the J. T. Bal
lantine home Monday afternoon.
The workers conference of the
Markville Presbyterian Sunday school
met at the Rev. A. E. Mclean home
Tuesday night of last week and made
plans for the observance of Mothers
day May II, and Children's day
June 9.
L. L. Crossant and son, Warren
of Minneapolis, were in Markville
greeting old friends Saturday.
c. H. Gipson left Friday for New
Rochelle, Ill, for visit with relatives
The Markville Presbyterian Sunday
school voted Sunday to meet at
a. m. for the summer months, be-
ginning Sunday, May IL.
School was resumed in the schools
of eastern Pine county after a weeks
vacation. A week had been reserved
so that it could be used when the
roads were at their worst, but so far
the roads have not been impossible
anywhere. With the exception of q
very few spots they have been ex-
ceptionally fine.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09
ClOverdale

Mr.. and Mrs. 0. B. Steen left Mon
day for their home at Pine River
after spending the past week here
visiting relatives.
Inez Hamm spent Wednesday night
of last week with Mary Jean Haines
Mrs. Lester Frye visited Mrs. Geo
Haines Friday.
John Hamm was an overnight
guest of Gerald Wolf Friday. On
Saturday morning they went to
Grantsburg with Mr.. Gafke of the
agriculture department. They were
on judging team.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bud Opsahl and chill
dren were Sunday dinner guests al
the Oscar Opsahl home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09
PEACE ENGLISH LUTH. CHURCH

II. OPOI ICOCI, PdotOI.
Divine worship, 1920 a. M; Sunday
school and Bible class, 10 a. m. The
festival of Pentecost will be observed.
The pastor will speak on s'The Church
of Jesus Christi
There will be Mothers day serv-
ice at p. m. Following the service,
the Fireside Hour will sponsor pro-
gram in honor of Mother" After
the program suitable games will be
played followed by treat for moth
ers which will be furnished by the
men and boys. The music will be
furnished by the choirs of the church.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09
Fleming

Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Wermerskirch-
en- and family of Willow River, moved
onto the Frank Rodenberger farm last
week. This farm was recently occu-
pied by Algot Johnson, who moved
to Taylors Falls.
Local people understand Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd Dammann are going to
move onto the Figg farm in the near
future.
Spring seeding is done in this town.
ship but nothing grows as the weather
is so cold.
Little Werner Nelson had a birthday
party Sunday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09
(Too Late for Last Week)

Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Pearson spent Mon
day evening at the w. F. Borchard home
Mrs. August Swiderski spent last Thurs
day afternoon with Mrs. Gust Pearson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Borchard spent
Tuesday evening of last week at the W.
F. Borchard home.
Mrs. Peder Loftness and Mrs Herman
Foss and Harlan attended a stork shower
at the Lyle Schutt home in Kroschel in
honor of Mrs. Harold Rabe recently.
Arthur Borchard and Mildred Stacy of
Minneapolis spent the weekend in this
vicinity
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09

First appearance makes a lasting
What does your letter.
head look like to the man at the
other end of the line?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09

Be a positive, not negative force
in your town-Advertise
Evening star., 1940-06-02

with cabinet on Tuesday for discussion
of important matters"
In opinion of many. die will be cast
that day for Italian participation in con-
flict. Military observers be-
ltoIy lieve initial Fascist effort
Reodv will be attack on British
French controlled Suez
Canal with spilling of hostilities into
Northern Africa. Strong Italian navy
and air force at same time probably
would attack British-Fren naval units
and Mediterranean bases. perhaps in
cluding Gibraltar Stable troop con-
centrations on French-Italian border
make action likely there also.
Attempting to mollify Rome, Britain
has relaxed contraband control opera
tion as applying to Italian ships, but
appeasement appears too late and to-
little" In addition to classic demands
for African and Mediterranean territorial
privileges, Italy is now reported asking
most of famed and strategically located
French Riviera as price of peace.
Probably no development behind the
lines Of this war has precipitated Bit
Evening star., 1940-06-02

ing week as contemplating effort to
split Allies by offering each separate
settlement.
Shortly after assuming prime minister
ship, Britain's Churchill pledged that
empire would not conclude
Allied any agreement with Reich
Unity without concurrence of Paris
government. Early last week,
Alfred Duff Cooper, British Minister of
Information, broadcast appeal in French
to French people to stand firm in their
alliance to Britain.
In last World War, Germany con-
cluded early peace with Communist Rus
sian government at Brest-Litovsk on
March g. 1918, and with Rumania on
May 7, 1918. Both agreements were
overthrown, however, when Allied and
American governments forced German
bloc to bow later that same year.
Imminent participation of Italy in
this war on side of Germany undoubtedly
is one of trumps held by Hitler in any
effort to force conclusion of hostilities
While Fascist press rants about Ital-
ian Inspirations" Benito plans meeting
Evening star., 1940-06-02
Domestic Front

American mobilization continued to
progress rapidly, on paper at least, dur
ing past week.
First major development was decision
on Monday to jam defense tax legisla-
ton through present Con-
America gress. Apparently sudden
Prepores ly aware that mood of peo-
pie was such that they
would accept new taxes for defense pur-
poses without complaint, leaders re-
vealed decision Monday. On Tuesday,
Treasury said objective would be $780,
600, 900 added revenue yearly for f1ve-year
period; meanwhile. Federal debt limit
would be raised from $45 900 ,O00, 900 to
$4,000, 100000.
On Wednesday, legislation was in
troduced by which corporate and individ-
Evening star., 1940-06-02
ALLIES PIN THEIR HOPES ON GEN. WEYGAND
French stoeest Took Risk Northern With Eyes Open
BY Constant eBown

Gen. Maxine Weygand is the white
hope of the Allies. Upon his ability to
perform a miracle" depends the out
come of this war; and the decisive battle
which is being waged in France will
determine whether or not the Allies will
be defeated.
Weygand took over hopeless situa-
ton. To remedy it, he had not only to
stiffen the French resistance. but also to
scrap the whole strategy of Gen. Came
lin and start over from scratch. In so
doing the new commander in chief had
to use what might be termed for prac-
tical purposes the last reserves of France.
This does not mean that France has no
fighting forces left. But they were so
distributed by the previous commander
in chief and chief of staff that they are
not available for this momsntous battle.
Maginot Line Strategy.
Gen. Gamelin and his associates
started on the false premise that the
Germans would make frontal attack
against the Maginot Line and there
would break their necks. The entire
strategic conception of the general staff
was based on Maginot impregnability.
The attack on Belgium and Holland was
anticipated, bat it was believed in Lon
don and Paris that in the worst con-
ceivable case those two countries, REIN
forced by the Allies, would be defeated
after having held out for at least two
months, during which time the German
Armies would have been weakened to a
point where the French and British
main forces could step in and finish off
the invaders.
For this reason only second-class
troops were placed along the Maginot
Line and the River Meuse. A force of
about 350,O0O men was kept as general
reserve in the fortified region of Paris.
These were Frances crack divisions, pro-
vided with the latest war material
equaling, if not superior to- Germanys.
The balance of Frances first-line force
was placed in the Alps; their number is
estimated at between 100000 and 8500OO
men. The idea of the French general
staff in making this disposition was that
at the slightest provocation from Italy
the French, supported by the British and
French fleets, would pounce on II Duce,
invade italy and reach Turin within
week. A substantial portion Of the
French air force was kept in that region
Evening star., 1940-06-02

A. p. Photo.
also Some 250,000 men were kept on
the Spanish border against ANY even-
tuality or surprise
Drastic Decision Made.
Weygand, after looking over the sit
uation for "a hours, made drastic de-
cision: The Army of Paris, the crack
troops, must be thrown into the battle
Immediately, with no further thought
of a general reserve. They were to be
sacrificed, if necessary, to prevent Ger
man capture of nearly 100000 British,
French and Belgian troops then in
Northern France. Weygand was not
hard on Gamelin. Every strategist in
Europe would have made his plans as
the former generalissimo did. The mis-
take in sending huge French force into
Belgium was not the general staffs fault.
Gamelin had opposed it, but political
considerations prevailed against military
strategy. Like the British, who sent
an unprepared expeditionary corps into
Norway because Britain must stand by
Its pledges" the French government was
honor bound to aid in Belgium's rescue.
And these French forces, collected in .
more or less haphazard manner at the
Evening star., 1940-06-02

liner Washington en- route to Bordeaux
France, to remove Americans from war
continent.
On similar errand, incidentally, is
United States liner President Roosevelt
with special authorize ton from State
Department to enter combat zone for
purpose of taking on shipload of Amer
leans at Galway, Ireland. Specific re-
quest OF this Government that ship
be unmolested by belligerents brought
promise to this effect from Berlin,
coupled with warning that Allies con-
templated attack on ship with intent of
blaming Germans.
Evening star., 1940-06-02

terness that followed startling surrender
by Leopold. son of Belgiums World War
fighting King Albert.
--' Not yet are reasons for his action
known.
AT front with his troops for more than
two weeks in which they bore brunt of
flaming Nazi attack, Leo
BeIeion pold apparently had de-
DeboeIe bated surrender with his
own government advisers
for several days prior to release of his
order to men to cease firing That Allied
governments had inkling at least of this
development also was Indicated
But whatever the course of his de-
cision, or motives behind it, reaction was
swift and unmistakably antagonistic.
Announcement of surrender was given
to world by Frances Premier Reynaud in
bitter broadcast. Recalling that Leo
pold had asked Allies for help when Nazi
columns rolled into his country on Nav
10, Reynaud accused him of laying down
his arms without consideration or
word for the French and British soldiers
who had come to the help of his country
''' fact without precedent in history"
Within few hours, Belgian cabinet had
"disowned" their king, pledged con-
tinuance of their gov
A King ernment's efforts in CO.
"Djsowned" operation with Allies.
Later, Belgian Senate
and Chamber, meeting in Paris, con-
CURED in this decision.
Less bitter than his French confrere
Britain's Churchill told House of Com
mons that Belgian surrender adds ap-
preciably to the grievous peril" of Allied
forces in Flanders, but added:
Il have no intention of suggesting
that we should attempt at this moment
to pass judgment on the action.
This (Belgian) Army fought very bravely
and both suffered and inflicted heavy
losses"
From Berlin came report that Leopold
quit because Allied command refused
his weary troops more aid. From Paris
came report that Nazis had promised
king restoration of his throne perhaps
over portions of what once was Holland
and Belgium. Actual whereabouts of
young king have been undisclosed since
startling decision
War brought these developments In
other quarters of world:
Soviet government curtly rejected
British efforts to establish economic
rapprochement.
Ireland called army reservists and vol
unteers as fear of possible German para
chute invasion took hold.
Canadian government ordered arrest
of leaders of National Unity Party,
Fascist organization.
Evening star., 1940-06-02

expense of the Sedan fortified area and
other "impregnable" positions, shared
the defeat of the Belgians.
Knows Risk, but Takes 1t.
Weygand decided to adopt what sur
geon would call heroic measures He
weeded out the Gamelinists from the
command of armies and divisions and
poured into the gap in Northern France
every available unit and every available
gun. The Allied commander in chief was
fully aware of the chance he was taking
The obstacles have been so great that no
other man would have taken that chance.
The army does not have the proper
amount of ammunition, but orders were
issued for the guns to fire until the last
shell was spent.
Tanks and aviation have adopted Ger
man methods: Dive-bombing is now as
successfully employed by the Allies as
by the enemy. Weygand has instructed
the army that considerations for the
future, such as the possibility of re-
treating to better positions, must be
abandoned. There are no positions
prepared in advance" so far as the army
now fighting is concerned. 1t is definitely
a case of kill or be killed. Future defen-
sive positions to slow down the German
advance after the battle for Northern
France is over have no place at the
moment in Weygands plans.
The forces on the Italian border can
be available only If Mussolini turns away
from his German ally-a decision which
II Duce might reach If the Allies were
victorious in the battle for the Channel
ports.
Army Of Syria Limited.
The Army Of Syria Is, in Weygand's
opinion, useful only in the Near East.
Five months of effort to resolve that
Heterogeneous mass into an effective army
has forced that conclusion. The troops
based on Syria cannot be used at the
present time in France and it may be
that these Near Eastern troops won't be
used at all.
Weygand, like his former chief, the
late Marshal Foch. has put all his eggs
in one basket. His job is a hundredfold
more difficult and responsible than was
that of the commander in chief of the
Allies in the World War. With the Bel
gian Army out, France is fighting almost
single e-handed against the entire for
midable Germany military machine.
Evening star., 1940-06-02
Behind the Lines

Rumors of Nazi peace offers. specula-
ton about intentions of Fascist Mus
solini and reverberations of precipitate
surrender by Belgiums Leopold we're
headline news on diplomatic front.
In position to threaten total war
against actual inhabitants of British
Isles, or to divert his piledriving armies
toward Paris, Hitler was reported dur
Evening star., 1940-06-02
Allies Escaping oto Disaster Flanders Prepare Thrust
Review of Twenty-Ninth Week of War
By John e.. Henry.

Q.
Warfare swiftly
world waged last
north flank Allied trapped
onusng Germans triangular pocket Valencenes
Allied divisions
week of hoys
surely reached O
Vultures wheeled high
plotted their there
Washington
$4000O00O0O
statutory debt
Evening star., 1940-06-02

ual income taxes will be raised 10 per
cent. Other levies to be jumped will be
those on beer alcohol, cigarettes and
securities transfers.
Both steps are essential" Secretary
of Treasury Morgenthau told House
Ways and Means Committee on Friday
as tax and debt questions were being
speeded along.
Second major development Of week
was selection by President Roosevelt on
Tuesday of National Defense
Defense Commission under authority
Council of National Defense Council
Act OF 1916. Named to i'm
portant Jobs of overseeing Nations
civilian mobilization were six men and
one woman: Edward R. Stettinius, jr.:
William S. Knudsen, Sidney Hillman,
Ralph Budd, Chester c. Davis, Leon
Henderson, Miss Harriet Elliott.
To head up office work of commission
will be William H. McReynolds, admin
lstrative assistant to President.
Vital jobs of planning industrial mass
production will be divided between Stet-
tinius and Knudsen; personnel and em-
ployment training will be directed by
Hillman. Transportation clearance will
be responsibility of Budd.
Forgetting holiday, President caNed
group together for first time on Thurs
day; set them to work at once.
Also on Thursday came announcement
that supplemental defense program xas
in making. With details to be filled IN
later by departmental officials, President
asked Congress on Friday for quickest
possible action on extra program in
volving at least s1,0OO.O00 OOO-raising to
more than $4,000 900 900 total involved in
1910 defense plans.
mo individual. no group can clearly
foretell the future" Mr.. Roosevelt cau-
toned legislators. AS
Presidents long, however, as a pos
Warning sibility exists that not one
continent or two con-
tinents, but all continents, may become
involved in worldwide war. reasonable
precaution demands that American de-
tense be made more certain
Significant was his emphasis on need
for expansion of industrial production
facilities and for training of young peo-
pie, both for combat and non-combatant
service. Army, Navy, C. C. c. and N.
Y A. are expected to be foremost agen-
cies in training work, with civilian aspects
to be headed up by Hillman in Defense
Commission
AS fifth column menace gripped off,
cial imagination, Congress incorporated
into several pieces OF
Fifth Column legislation restrictions
Precautions against indiscriminate
employment of aliens.
particularly of Communists and Na1
bunders. Taking cue. Civil Service Com
mission announced it would no longer
certify such aliens for employment.
Other developments:
Automobile industry may forego 1912
model changes to save jam in tooling
industry.
Henry Ford said he could turn out
1000 airplanes per day without med
ding by Government agencies"
Lafayette Escadrille revoked mem
bership of COL Lindbergh because of his
critical speech of May 49,
Robert Montgomery, movie actor,
joined American ambulance unit in Paris.
British purchasing agents sought small
arms here for home guard use. against
parachutists.
Jay Pierrepont Moffat, chief of Eu.
ropean Division Of State Department,
was named Minister to Canada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-28
APARTMENTS WANTED.

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ROOMS WANTED.

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