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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-03-07
Early Planning
IsProgressing
On REA Project
County Agent McMillin
Sets Forth Some Facts for
Prospective Users.

Considerable progress is being made
on the pre-allotment work necessary
for the REA project in northern Pine
county, according to Max McMillin,
county agent. However, there seems
to be some misunderstanding on the
part of some people, and to clear up
a few of these points it might be well
to point out some of the following
facts, says Mr.. McMillin:
First, under the REA set-up, a
person agrees to buy electricity for
only one year, and the minimum rate
has been set at $3.25 for IS kilowatt
hours. A person signing an applica-
ton for membership blank should re-
member that he is not liable for any
of the debts of the corporation, and
no assessment or attachment can be
made on his property whatsoever.
More transformation is out as to
the cost of wiring house. This cost,
where several people go together and
hire the wiring done, should not cost
over So for each outlet that they want
in the house. An outlet is switch
or place to plug in lamp or an
iron, or light coming down from
the ceiling. From this it can be fig
ured that if there were Is outlets put
in the house, the cost of wiring the
house would be $50. There would,
of course, be some additional expense
to wiring the other buildings, but this
should not be great.
May Wire Own Place.
Some people are wondering if they
can wire their own buildings and get
connected, and they can do this if they
do good job of wiring. However, a
person who knows little or nothing
about electricity should not attempt
to wire his own place.
Some people wonder what 35 kilo-
watt hours of electricity will do For
the average family this amount of
electricity will give you lights, run
the radio and washing machine and
pump water for 80 head of livestock
The electricity which you would use
over this would be at much cheap
er rate, probably around SC per kilo-
watt hour.
1t should be remembered that the
REA will loan up to 80 percent of
the cost of wiring your buildings, the
loan to be paid back over a three to
five year period.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-03-07
Denham Folks Are
Married so Years

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Broten OF
the Denham community, celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary on
Sunday afternoon, March 8, at the
home of their son and daughter-in
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Broten.
The anniversary celebration was
sponsored by the Nordland church.
of which the Brotens are among the
oldest members.
Neighbors and friends joined in
honoring the aged couple. Mr.. and
the Denham community for the past
40 years.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-03-07
Pneumonia Claims
Markville Infant

Larry, the infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Berg of the Markville
community, passed away last Thurs
day following an illness with bron-
chial pneumonia. The funeral was
held from the Zion Lutheran church
in Markville with Ray johnson, STU
dent pastor, officiating.
Burial was in Hillcrest cemetery
in Blaine township, Wis. The COM
munity joins in extension of sympathy
to the bereaved parents.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-03-07
Willow Classes To
Sponsor A Play

The senior class and the classes in
agriculture are putting on a three
act play at the Willow River hall
Wednesday and Thursday evenings,
March Is and Ia, at 8 o'clock.
The senior class will use the pro-
ceeds to help defray expenses for their
annual senior class trip while the
agriculture classes will use their
share for the annual judging trip to
the University Farm in May
The play is being coached by OAR
win Slocum.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-03-07
Good Old Mother
Earth-To Hoppers

Just for the sake of curiosity,
Frank Roggenbuck, Rosen farmer,
recently put small quantity of
earth, taken from his garden, into
a can which he placed near a stove
to become warm. Soon young
grasshoppers began to move
around in the earth. This test APP
parently proved that the soil in
that section of the country, at least,
is infested with grasshoppers,
which may become threat in the
spring.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-03-07
Triplets Born To
Sturgeon Couple

Fifteen pounds and seven
ounces of joy came into the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Katch-
mark of the Sturgeon Lake COM
munity, this week. The children,
two girls and a boy, were born
at Duluth hospital.
They are named Leona, Leon
ard and Leonilla.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-03-07
Andersen Takes
Over Oil Station

The Standard Oil Service station
in Askov, which has been operated
since July, 1887, by Carl c. Paulsen,
has been leased by M. o. Andersen,
who took possession Monday. Mr..
Andersen has leased the station for
a year and announces the fact in
another column of this issue.
Mr.. Paulsen, several weeks ago,
began operation of the bulk Standard
Oil station in AskoV.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-03-07

The Great Lakes are five in num-
Der. Four form part of the boundary
between the United States and Can
ada, and one, Lake Michigan, is
wholly within the United States.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-03-07

In 1919 cotton sold for 43 cents
pound at Memphis and Galveston.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-03-07
City,
Sandstone Win
Rifle Schedule Contains
Two More Contests;
AskOv Leads With Eight.
Schedule March 10.

Schedule March 10.
Pine City vs. Sandstone at Sandstone,
Grindstone vs. Finlayson at Finlay-
son, Mora VS.. Askov at Askov.
STANDINGS nf tho Too INC
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-03-07

Family Newspaper
DARE TO DO OUR DUTY
Let us have faith that
right makes might, and in
that faith let us to the end
dare to do our duty as we
understand It,"
Abraham Lincoln.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-12
F BEF { r! :. THElGzRRE !;,!!=z E!F}!6;
I@ CENTRAL s 1noAnm ~ RUPERT GRAYSUN
RUPERT

by God!" he muttered, angrlly.
''Those swine may find that wild
animals can bite, yet"
Gun shot an anxious glance at
him. Tommy's nerves were begin
ming to rock badly.
Keep COOL" Gun advised. Re
member, they're'not the only ones
with a game to play. We've got
one too, you know!"
II dare say, but, damn it! Isn't
it about time you put that little
plan of yours into action, Gun?
| mean this is getting a bit too
thick!".
Every soon, now" Gun comfort.
ed him. But it won't do to be too
precipitate. They mustn't suspect
anything.'
The sun disappeared, and dark
ness came, and with it the cold.
The two men, devoid of any shell
ter or extra covering, shivered,
and tried to keep themselves
warm by trotting around their pen.
But they we're getting so weak
from lack of proper food that they
couldn't keep it up long enough
to really warm themselves.
Zone comfort" remarked Gun,
as they sat down, painting, there
ought to be dew in the morning,
and we'll be able to get some sort
of an imitation wash from it."
Trent did not make his appear
ance at the usual time, but lights
suddenly sprang up in the bunga-
low. They saw Sambo, aided by
another man, laying a table for
three. From the kitchen C a m e
sounds, and wors still, succulent,
enticing, torturing smells e r e
waited to them on the night
breeze.
Presently Trent and two other
men made their appearance. One
of them was an American who had
formed part of the crew of the
black plane, the other was a stran-
ger, square-headed like a German.
Within the lighted room every
thing could be seen through the
uncurtained window, and although
Gun and Hazeldeane strove des-
perately not to look, the fascina-
ton was too great! They saw the
Continued on Page Nine)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-12

hot water and soap-and they hao
neither.
Trent did not enter the bungalow
that day. He shouted his usual
question from the garden, and
Tommy hurled back a stream Of
abuse through n of the upper
windows.
In the afternoon a gang of work
men arrived, and began to build
a new section fence which, ex-
tending from one existing fence to
the other, cut the lawn off from
the bungalow.
Nov, what's the idea of that?'
Tommy asked.
Gun shook his head.
1.-The only thing I can think of
is that they don't want to reduce
us in health too much-otherwise
they'd have to nurse us before we
could be of any use to them. So
they're going to allow us the re-
stricted exercise Of the rest OF the
garden without the lawn"
When they rose next morning it
looked as though this theory was
correct, for the doors of the bung-
allow we're unlocked, and the
guards had been taken away, and
were beyond the outer fence, as
usual.
But the queer part of it was that
in the new fence the gate stood
open also, so they could wander
about, or lie on the lawn as usual.
When Trent made his morning
visit he seemed fairly amused
about something, and Gun felt that
he had something up his sleeve
especially as no deprivation had
been made that day.
In the evening they were loung-
ing on the lawn, when, a sudden
sound made Gun look quickly
around. The gate had just been
closed on them, and a guard was
securing a paddock on it!
Holy smoke" exclaimed Gun.
80 THAT'S the game, is it?"
What is?" Tommy was sitting
up, glazing around him.
Don't you see? In the future
they're going to keep us penned
up here, without proper shelter,
like a couple of wild animals"
Tommy Hazeldeane breathed
heavily.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
Salvation Army Fund
Is Boosted To $466.63

Contributions of $31.34 yesterday
increased the Salvation Army Christ
mas fund to $466.63, Brigadier J. v.
Breazeale reported last night.
OF the amount received yesterday,
1864 was taken in the Kettles" on
the streets and IS came in the malls.
The fund will be used to provide
Christmas dinners for the needy of
the city and toys for the children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
NORTHEAST AREA
SHAKEN BY QUAKE
Origin OF Tremors Placed 5O
Miles Underground Near
Ossipee, N. H.

BOSTON. Dec. 2o.-R-The orl-
gin of earth tremors that shook the
northeast early today from Fein
sylvania to southeastern Canada
was placed tonight Is to 50 miles
UNDERGROUND in the Lake Osslpee'
N. H.. region by Professor L. Don
Leet. chief Harvard selsmologls''
The shock, recorded by the Har-
ward observatory at 2:27:29 am
and lasting about 80 seconds, was
felt in New England, New YORK,
PENNSYLVANIA, New Jersey ana
southeastern Canada.
Thousands we're thrown into pan
ic. but there we're no reports OF
personal injury and damage out
side the Ossipee area was slight.
While the temblor was estimated
bv some as New England's worst
since 1855, DR.. Leet would say only
that today's was the strongest in
ten years and had it centered in
such a populous city as Boston
there might have b e greater
damage.
: 1t depended pretty much on the
point of vieW-to n man, unac-
customed to quakes, the tremors
were exciting and even nauseating,
while a companion who had spent
five years in California shifted and
said "We'd hardly call it a quake
OF there" !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
Burgaw Negro Is First
Man Hurt At Local
Anti.Aircraft Center

David Woods, Burgaw negro,
Yesterday had the doubtful honor
of being the first person to be in
iured in the construction of the
Wilmington Anti-Aircraft Fir
ing Center at Holly Ridge.
He suffered an injury to the
left eye and was brought to Bull
luck hospital by an ambulance
which has been put into opera
ton between the camp site and
Wilmington.
Pending the completion of a
four.room dressing station at the
camp site, the ambulance is kept
parked there when not in duty
and Is used as an emergency
dressing station.
1t is anticipated the dressing
station there will be completed
Monday, after which it will be
operated in conjunction with Bull
luck hospital here.
Minor cases will be treated
there, with major injuries being
treated at the hospital here, the
patients being brought here by
ambulance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
HILTON TREE WORK
.NEARS COMPLETION
Fireworks Display Will Be
Staged At Huge Christmas
Tree On December 26

Work Of installing the lights, ar
ranging the decorations, and fur
nishing of radio station JEW at
the mammoth Christmas tree at Hill
ton park is nearly completed, James
q. l.. Wade, commissioner of public
works, said yesterday.
AS in former years, the radio sta
ton is being furnished for the an
nual yuletide celebration through
the courtesy of the Wilmington Fur
niture company, under the direction
of Mrs. Elsie Jones.
Jimmy Wommack, a Wilmington
man, now of Winston-Salem, will
be on hand representing the Spen-
Ger Fireworks company, which will
give to Wilmington again the fire
works display on the night of De-
cember 26, Commissioner Wade said.
The lights will be flashed on at
8 o'clock on Christmas Eve and San
ia Claus will be present to welcome
and shake hands with all the Riddles.
Santa Claus has also consented to
return to the tree Christmas night
to distribute goodies.
Radio station JELW will broad
cast nightly programs from 8 to
o'clock from Christmas Eve through
New Years Day. The annual dis
play of fireworks will take place al
9 o'clock Christmas night, after the
close of the radio broadcast.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
HATEM ARRESTED
ON MURDER COUNT.
Charged With Stabbing Gin
ton Man In Back At Road
house Near KinstOn

KINSTON, Dec. 20.-R-State
Highway Patrol Sergeant J. A.
Merritt said today he and Patrol
man T. w. Fearing arrested AL
Hatem, about As, perator OF a
roadhouse near the Craven-Lenoir
county line, after H. M. D. Strick-
land, Al, of Clinton died in a hos
pital here last night Of a stab in
the back.
The officers said witne sses told
them Hatem and 5trie kland had
quarreled over a bill and that Ha-
tenn had been slashed on the legs.
The body of Strickland was re-
turned to Clinton today and funer-
al services will be held from the
Sharon Holiness church, of which
he was a member, Saturday after
noon at 2 o'clock, with the Rev.
D. J.. Callahan officiating. Inter-
ment will follow in the family
cemetery.
Strickland is survived by his
wife; his father. John Elliott
Strickland; four sisters, Mrs. John
R. Strickland, Mrs. Floyd Nc
Lamb and Mrs. Ormand Honey
cult, of Clinton, and Mrs. j. H.
Marshburn, of Norfolk, Va; three
brothers, S. B., and j. D. Strick-
land, of Clinton, and R. S. Strick-
land, of Norfolk.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
FIFTH

, BERLIN, Dec. 16.-lR-A boy,
the fifth child, was born today to
Frau Joachim Won R%ibbentrop,
wife of Germany's foreign min
lister. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
Diphtheria Notices Are
Mailed By Health Office

Final notices will be mailed out
soon to all parents Of children,
more than IL months old, who have
not been protected against dipath-
eria, DR.. A. H. Elliot, health Off
Ger, said yesterday.
Parents who i've already COM
piled witt. the law are urged to
turn in their certificates of i'm
munization as soon as possible to
the heath department, he said.
Under the law, Iarents are re-
quired to have administered to
children between the ages Of six
and IL months an immunizing dose
of a diphtheria agent which meets
the approval of the U. S. public
health service for such biologic
products.
IF this treatment is not given
within a reasonable dte, we will be
compelled to take each case to
court. Your cooperation in this eff
fective means of preventing this
dangerous disease will be appre-
ciated," DR.. Elliot said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21

Application For ArmOry
Is Checked
Plans Will Be Submitted To
Raleigh When Local Sur
vey Is Completed

Local WPA office representatives
for the past two days have been
checking the details Of the city
county application for a proposed
Armory-auditorium project, cost
ing an estimated 5000, 900 for Will
mington, James E. L. Wade, COM
missioner Of public works, said
yesterday.
Project plans and specifications,
which were prepared by James
B.. Lynch, of Lynch and Foard,
architects, were submitted tn S
week to the local WPA office, OF
which W. Joe Prevette is the dis
trict supervisor, for a complete
check of details.
These are very outstanding plans
and if accomplished, Wilmington
will have a splendid armory-audi-
forum project" Commissioner
Wade said.
AS soon as the checking by the
local WPA if finished, a formal
project application Will be filed
with the state WPA office in Ra-
leigh and conferences held to work
out all details suitable to the fed
eral government.
In the event the application is
approved by the state WPA, the
project plans will be returned here
for the signatures of the joint spon-
sors, the city and county COM
missioners, who will take final &C
ton on the matter at another joint
session.
The application will be formally
presented to the state WPA by a
delegation composed Of Commits
sioner Wade, A d d i S n Hewlett,
chairman to the board Of county
commissioners; J.. A Loughlin,
city engineer; James B. Foard,
architect; and WPA officials here.s
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
Doubles Says Capsules
In The Draft Lottery
We're Not Well Mixed

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 20-R-
Dean M. Ray Doubles of the Uni
versity of Richmond Law school,
pointing out that an unusually
large percentage of high numbers
were drawn, suggested today that
the 5000 capsules drawn in the Sc
lective service lottery were not
properly mixed.
Of th= frs: 500 capsules drawn,
only Sc were between the serial
numbers 10000, he said in an ar
ticle j nthe Law Alumni News,
whereas the law of averages called
for 1855 in the 10000 range.
Furthermore, he said, "one of
the numbers between 1901 1000
should have appeared in the first
n;ne drawings-actually the first
one to appear was on the 394th
draw"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
FAST WORK

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O-RE The
postoffice gave a man a job as a
helper during the Christmas rush.
An hour and a half later he was
arrested and held in $500 bail on a
charge of theft from the mails.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
rs Young Men Enlisted
In Marines Since June
By Wilmington Station

Forty-six young men from South
eastern North Carolina have been
accepted as voluntary enlistments
for four years of service with the
U. S. Marine corps since the local
sub-station was opened June 10.
Sergeant George F. Frederiksen
reported yesterday.
The local sub-station will be
permanently closed on December
30, under orders received a week
ago from the officer in charge of
marine recruiting activities in the
southern division, with headquar-
ters at New Orleans.
Youn gmen, who were enlisted
through the local sub-station, Ser
geant Frederiksen said, r now
serving on active duty with various
foreign stations, ships Of the U. S.
fleet, navy yards, naval ammuni-
ton depots, marine barracks, and
torpedo stations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21

Bishop Edgar Blake, injured in an
automobile crash near here several
weeks ago, continued in a "fair" con-
ditiOn at James Walker Memorial
hospital yesterday morning. Mrs.
Blake, injured in the same crash, was
reported in a good" condition. They
are residents of Coral Gables, Fla,
where they have lived since Bishop
Blake retired in the Spring Of this
wear.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
Canned Goods Matinee
Slated At Royal Today

"Mr. Doodle Kicks Off" is the
feature picture of the canned
goods" matinee being staged at
the Royal theatre this morning at
9 o'clock by the Wilmington po-
lice department.
Two entertaining shorts are also
on the program. Doors to the the
atre will open at 8:45 o'clock.
Admission to the show is only
by a can of food-vegetables, fruits
or meat. No money will be ac-
cepted and the box office will not
be open.
Police will be at the door to
collect the cans of food. which
they will distribute among the I'M
derprivileged families of the city
on December "a. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
State Draft Officers
Plan To Visit Boards

RALEIGH, Dec. 20.-R-Officers
from state selective service head
quarters will visit all local draft
boards early in 1871 to aid them in
any problems they may have and
to coordinate generally the pro-
gram in this state.
Major J.. c. Donald will visit
western boards, Captain Charles A.
Jonas Piedmont boards, Captain H.
L. Caveness central boards and
-Comdr. John B. Yarnall east
ern boards. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
Warmer Weather
Forecast For CITY Today

Rain and warmer temperatures are
on today's weather menu for Will
mington and vicinity, a h e r
bureau officials forecast last night.
A low temperature of As degrees
was predicted for early this morning.
Moderate n~ortheasterly winds will
predominant today.
Temperatures yesterday ranged
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
NO STRIKE

HAVANA, Dec. 2O.-R-Contrac.
tors in charge Of work on new prof
ects at the United States naval base
at Guantanamo said today the L.
800 Cuban workers engaged there
went to work as usual today and
that there was no sign of a strike
as reported in unconfirmed advices
reaching here last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21

from a high Of SIS to a low Of 40,
grees, with the mean fonr
4S'degree normal. There We.
OF an inch of rain, bringing the ,o,',
for the month of Decemhou wal
inches. " rs
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
CONTRACT SIGNED

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2o-R)
"A new working contract cover.
ing all west coast longshoremen
was signed late today by CLIO long.
shore leaders and the Waterfront
EMPLOYERS association. It pro-
vides Tor an unfixed wage increase
next February, establishes Wayne
L. Morse of the University Of Ore.
gon law school as arbiter of any
dispute that might arise. n ;s
effective until Sept. 80, 1912
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-30
PLAN HUGE LOAN TO AID CHINA

WASHINGTON (P)-President Roosevelt announced the United States will grant the Chinese government crcdit of $100,000,- 900 of which one-half will be for general purposes and the rest for purposes of monetary pro- lection and management as be- tween the American and Chin esa currencies.' .'
 The White House also made public a letter from Federal Loan Administrator Jesse Jones, saying the Metals Reserve Com pany, an REC subsidiary was ar ranging for additional purchases of strategic materials in China valu-d at $60,000,000.
 The money for stablization of the currencies will presumably come from the treasury's two bil lion dollar stabiliZation fund es tablished early during the Roo sevelt administration.
 The Chinese have been urging support for their currency on the grounds that it will be inpos- sible to maintain their army of two and one-half million men in the field much longer should the exchange rates b.tWeen the U s and the Chungkung government go much lower.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-30
CRAB HEARING WILL BE IN SEATTLE

WASHINGTON - The tariff commission will hold two hear ings in its investigation to de- termine whether the differences in foreign cost of production of crab meat justify changing the present Is per cent duty.
 The commission said it's repra sentatives would leave for the Pacific Coast to gather data. Sim far work will be undertaken in eastern areas. The investigation was ordered by the senate.
 The commission said the crab canning industry produced about 750,0G0 pounds of crab meat last year. Imports in the year ended August 31 were 17,500,O00 lbs.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-30
SENATE GROUP APPROVES CHINA AID

WASHINGTON (P) - Mem bers of the Senate banking com mittee and the House coinage committee today gave unanimous vote of approval to transaction by which the United States plan ned to advance to the Chung kung government a hundred mil lion dollars in new credits.
 Of fhat amount fifty million dollars would come from the trea sury's stabilization fund and a like amount from the Import and Export Bank.