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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-21
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-21
Hv CHARLES 2. STEWART


Central lfcSa NOiI'i.'''|
Washington. Nay 2l.--Wa h.HSt'n
Is ycly we'll satisfied with eIi : nee,
# the Pan Americas d"trrlHInauo !
- ,rmain democratic no ma,;cr ma.
nappcns in Europe. All adr'c2S :: 9; r.!
r. rI,fls OF the soUtnein rcpuL!'C"
= - i " are to he cIicc'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-21
British Admit
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woShips Lost

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-21
Nazii Force Driving
South Within Sight
Of I he Eiffel Tower
French Cities of Arras,
Annie rs and Abbeville
Taken; Ninth French
Array, D e f e din G
Meusc Front, Crushed.

Paris. May 2l.-(iPn-Thr
Germans, striking with dcvaS-
t;.::;.lT corcc. hurlcd their arm-
0rcd ears today almost To the
English chanTcl.
hmicns and ArraS on the edge
of the coastal plain were ablazc
and in German bands.
NaIi motorcycle vanguardS
had reached The outer cnvirOnS
Of Abbevillc. IL miles from the
channel.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-21
BRITISH BOMBERS
RAID NAZI UNIT )

j.adrn May 2l.-(AP-The
ar ministry announced tonight
l.a. BRITISH bOmbcrS had sue
...-,Hiiv attaCkcu" German arm
D-.t ,a.trl"> IN the ArraS and
,.Har.j areas of northern
..H.. Yesterday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-21
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir walter H0tcl.
Nv HENRY AVER1LE

(This is the first o. three al
ticleg dealing with the subcrn&-
torial primary by Congressional
Districts. First to Fourth are sur
vcvcd in today's: Fifth to Eighth
will be considered tomorrow and
Ninth to Eleventh on Thursday
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-21
-orrospondents
Return 10 London

'..dpn. May p. -(AP)-
'w.r.su correspondents WHO
.. unen with the British army
#.i-'u'n returned tOdaJ To
'r".'.u. $'unn% them was Drew
rrt.r,Dn OI he Associated
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-21
HlQG:fhen

FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Mostly cloudy tOnirht ana
w;"drc,day: showers in rlonn-
,ains; slightly warmer Wcdnc3-
i3S
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-21

Raleigh, May 2l.-The lead in Con-
oressjonal Districts One to Four. ~
cIusive, in North Cardinals guoer-
Material campaign is neck and neck
struggle between Raleigh Attorney
I Melville BroughtOn and Commits
oioner Of Revenue Allen J. Maxwell.
Lieutenant Governor wilkins p
Horton is likely to be pressed hard
hv Rocky Mounts "businesS man
Lee Gravely for the t1rd position
while the balance Of the field will
irall these leaders 1t quite respect
able distance.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-21

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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25

be of interest to all taxpayers, Rep
Mann included
For the month of December, 1889
there were checks issued to 1893
Old Age Assistance recipients aver
aging $3.50 each. OF this number
Al have asked to have their grants
discontinued on account of the lien
This information is up to January 16
1910.
At the average of $3.50 times Al
recipients withdrawn, makes total
of $791 80, one-sixth would be Sl31 .86
for one month, not $25 as Mr.. Mann
says.
I'm not writing in defense of the
lien, merely asking that statements
for or against be facts, not fiction.
H. J. BERGLUND.
Bruno, Mimi, Jan. %, 1910.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25
WANTS FACTS
editor Askov American:

Editor Askov American:
In your issue of January IL, you
reprint and comment on an editorial
from the Hinckley News which to
say the least is very misleading.
If you will allow me a little space
in your next issue of the Askov
American, shall try to correct Rep
c. C. Mann's statement.
The Old Age Assistance (not pen
sion) program is financed on this
ratio: 81 from the county, So from
the state and SO from the Federal
government. This makes the coun-
tvs share one-sixth, not "one-twelfth'
as Mr.. Mann says.
AS a member of the Pine County
Welfare Board, I'm in position te
know whereof I speak. Therefore
will give a few figures that may
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25
Bruno, Mimi, Jan. %, 1910.

Editors Note-In publishing the
comment by Rep. Mann last week,
the Askov American assumed no re-
sponsibility as to the accuracy of
statements made but rather the COM
ment was headed: ut Saved Pine
County," and was meant to show
that there really might be move
in the next session of the legislature
to remove this 'big stick" from over
the aged people. The subject for
correcting Rep. Mann's inaccuracy
would have been title for another
editorial. We thank Mr. Berglund
for his comment.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25

Somewhere in Minneapolis tax
payer is happy in the thought that
he paid his taxes. The other day the
person put six $50 bills in an envelope
and sent them to the county treas
urer of his county with just the
simple notation that they were for
taxes. No name was signed . he
possibly figured, like the rest of us,
that there is no reward except in
heaven for taxpayer, anyway, and
therefore tax contributions need not
be signed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25
Opinions OF Others

(Short timely letters on topics of
public interest are welcome whether
or not the writer's opinions con-
form with those of the American.
All letters must be signed with the
writer's name for our information.
Signed articles always are more eff
fective, but If the writer does not
wish to have his name used. 1t will
be Withheld).
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25
BOrah's Last Word

The nation has paid its last re-
spects to United States Senator
William E. Borah and it is fitting
and proper that his death should
bring eulogies from private citi-
zens and newspapers throughout
the land, for he was really a
friend of democracy and real
American, first, last and all the
time.
Possibly an editorial published
in the Minneapolis Times-Tri-
bune under the caption of Dor
abs Last Word" appropriately
illustrates one of the traits which
causes the liberty-loving people
of this nation to pause in paying
tribute to the great mans men,
Dry.
The editorial follows:
The living voice of William E.
Borah is Stilled forever, but in his last
important utterance on the senate
floor he gave expression to warm
ing that should be kept forever be-
fore the eyes of his colleagues He
was speaking as the devoted friend
of democracy and the democratic
process.
The warning was evoked by the
request of Charles Edison, new sec
rotary of the navy, for grant OF
emergency" powers to be exercised
even in time of peace. Probably with
no thought of invading liberties OF
the people, but simply to find quick
and easy way to get things done, Mr.
Edison asked Congress to provide him
with power to order building and
procurement of ships without specific
authority, to place orders without
negotiation, and even to take over
factories and put them to work or
naval jobs
1t was just another outcropping Of
the idea that democracy is not effici-
ent, that it is too slow and clumsy ir
operation to cope effectively with die
tatorships Senator Borah treated the
Edison proposal as a symptom.
1T is faith in democracy that i:
dying" he said, mot its principle:
or its methods breaking down.
Under the drastic cry of emer-
gency we strike down the rights Of
the citizen, and thus advertise to the
world again and again that democ-
racy cannot cope with modern ex-
igencies as against the competition
of centralized power"
He pointed to Finland as magni.
ficent refutation of this "cowardly
lie"
The danger of war today, to thi:
country, is not nearly as grave a:
the danger in the growing concentra-
ton of power. Wartime grants Of
power may speed up action and may
in some circumstances be necessary
but every grant of emergency power
tends to be prolonged Some of the
emergency powers created more thar
20 years ago while we were in the
World war, still exist.
Now we are hearing, every little
while, of some new emergency aris-
ing in time of peace. Each real OF
fancied emergency creates demand
for short cuts in the democratic pro-
cess. Every grant of dictatorial pow
er is a perceptible step toward the
negation of democracy. AS Mr.. Borah
said, speaking out of the well of his
long experience, it is our faith in
democracy that needs to be saved il
democracy is to be preserved.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25

We're one-forty eighth dictator
ship; Louisiana is controlled by the
late Huey Longs brother, as gov
ernor. That state should make a
good hideout for the 'iSmS" as has
Maine and Vermont for the Republic
cans they could really see how
their plans would work.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25

The failings of the government,
apparently, were just as complete in
Ihis trial as in his other stories, for
he was found guilty and sentenced
to four years in prison and fined
$4,000.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25
plant could be used for campaign
purposes.

l see where Earl Browder, Com
munist leader in this country, pleaded
his own case in court on charges of
passport fraud. AS he has told all
of us many times how the govern
ment has failed, he in turn told the
Jury how the government had failed
to prove its charges against him.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25

Of course in most cases ism"
advocates do not care to see how
their plans work, but to see how to
work them.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25

United States Senator Lynn j.
Frazier from North Dakota, hits at
the governments Indian dealings by
saying that the trouble with the
Indians is too much Washington" It's
come to that, has it? After those fell
lers have the rest of us licked, they
are picking on the Indians.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25

George Won L. Meyer, who was
Postmaster General in Theodore
Roosevelt's Cabinet, was made Sec
rotary of the Navy by President Taft.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25

The first book known to have illus
trations was the Book of the Dead"
really a set of papyrus rolls, writ
ten Is centuries before Christ.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25

When sprinkled on meat, fish or
vegetables, salt extracts water from
them, forming a solution so strong
that bacteria can not grow therein.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25
| Would Say
BY A. w. CONAWAY

BY golly, they're at last going to
open the books of General Drivers
Union 544. They've been trying to
get 'em open for more than year
now. I know it's sometimes difficult
to get books closed, but never knew
that books could be so hard to open.
/ hope now, that they are about to
open them books, that interesting
reading will be found and I know
that there will be if all that has
been said about the unions is re-
corded in them.
l see where Ignite mine in North
Dakota has been burning since 1886.
That ought to become the foundation
of another New Deal scheme
they could build heating plant over
that area and furnish cheap heat TO
the whole Northwest.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25

Well, it serves US right The In
dian only took what he needed from
the forests But we pushed him back
and took more than we needed. Now
we are suffering for it, like the fell
low who ct too many green apples.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25

Easy come, easy go. We got our
start with some beads and we've just
about reverted to that small pos
session.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25

And the escaping gas from the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25

A new broadcasting station for
Minneapolis has been authorized by
the Federal Communications Com
mission. Now we can have some
new and thrilling serials.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25

Frazier from North Dakota, hits at
the governments Indian dealings by
saying that the trouble with the
Indians is too much Washington" It's
come to that. has it? After those fell
lers have the rest of us licked, they
are picking on the Indians.
Well, it serves US right. The In
dian only took what he needed from
the forests. But we pushed him back
and took more than we needed. Now
we are suffering for it, like the fell
low who ct too many green apples.
Easy come, easy go. We got our
start with some beads and we've just
about reverted to that small pos
session.
A new broadcasting station for
Minneapolis has been authorized by
the Federal Communications Com
mission. Now we can have some
new and thrilling serials.
You know, most of us are, after
all, Charlie McCarthys . . the only
difference is that Mccarthy is smart
enough to get paid.
After seeing weeks of bombings
and raiding by the Russian troops in
Finland, Finnish speaking woman
broadcaster from Moscow radio sta
ton displayed what to the rest of the
world and especially to the Finnish
people is an ironic sense of humor.
Said she to the effect, that if they
(the Finns) don't quit stealing guns
| from the Russians and return what
they have stolen to their rightful
owners, Russia will declare war on
Finland
That threat must seem bad to the
Firms, for if there is anything they
dislike, it is war.
Maybe all the smart ones are at
home is the reason that Russia is
making no more Roadway against
Finland than it is. A little story
might tend to illustrate my meaning.
AS the story goes, tits said that
in the Soviet Union every sound,
two-legged male must serve in the
Red Army, if he can pass the physical
test However, Able makes it clear
how one can stay out of the army.
One man asked Abe: "How come,
Abe, that you, an able-bodied young
man, are not doing your duty by the
fatherland?" "That is what l am
asking myself" answered Able,
every time 60 for the physical ex-
animation l bet 500 rubles with the
comrade surgeon that this time, sure
ly, 1 ought to fit, and have never
won the bet"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25

You know, most of us are, after
all, Charlie McCarthys the only
difference is that Mccarthy is smart
enough to get paid
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25

That threat must seem bad to the
Firms, for if there is anything they
dislike, it is war.
Evening star., 1940-09-26
Fire Prevention Week
Proclamation Issued

Progress being made in reducing
fire losses should encourage per-
petual vigilance on the part Of
each citizen in decreasing fire haz-
ards, the District Commissioners
declared yesterday in issuing a
proclamation asking public observ-
ance of the week beginning october
6 as fire prevention week"
They added: During 1889 in the
United States, fires. many of them
preventable, took cruel toll of
thousands of lives and destroyed
s275 100000 in property. Conserva-
ton of resources, both human and
material, always has been one of
the first obligations of mankind,
and to the end that this drain may
be reduced it behooves all good
citizens to lend their aid"
Evening star., 1940-09-26

with the United States Treasury,
new plates for the disbursing ofn-
GERS signature must be prepared
and an entirely new series Of SYM
Dol numbers arranged for use on
checks disbursed by the District.
1900 Are Affected.
District officials made a rough
estimate that next weeks disburse-
ments would affect the pay, in SAL
ary, pensions or relief. of some $4,000
or 10000 persons and that the
amount involved probably would
exceed $1,000 900.
In compliance with the orders he
received September IA, Maj Lusby
reported for duty two days later
He has reported for his physical
examination. but has not yet been
informed of the results, but by
order of the Secretary of War has
been assigned as procuring and con-
tracing officer for the Joint Army
and Navy Selective Service Commit
tee, for the District, this specified
as being in addition to his 'other
duties
Evening star., 1940-09-26
Lusby
Continued From First Page.)

NCQlltllucu rIOIl Eli ST HdSe.J
checks and meeting other obligations
might last week or longer, as sug-
gested by Maj. Lusby, were dissi-
pated by an informal statement
given the Commissioners by an
Official Of the General Accounting
Office.
In Scurry of activity, District
Auditor Donovan called the G. A. O.,
described the situation. and was told
that undoubtedly the necessary
acquisitions for money would be
honored if successor for Maj. Lusby
was Immediately named and quail
fed with the Treasury. It was ex-
-plalned the necessary routine in the
change over of accounts would have
to be followed, but that under the
stated conditions. it would not be
necessary to comply with all of these
before the acquisitions were honored
On the basis of this information
Commissioner McCoach and Mai.
Donovan said they believed that any
delay in disbursements probably
would not be longer than a day or
two. They even held out some faint
hope that by extraordinarily fast
work the checks might 60 out late
Monday or early Tuesday.
However, Maj. Donovan said the
checks could not be prepared by
hand, and in the event Maj. Lusby
must cease his District service it
appeared it would be necessary to
prepare new plates for machine
handling of the check signatures of
the new disbursing officer.
Maj. Lusby. while steadfastly de-
clining to submit his resignation
from the Guard, when he foresaw
the call to Regular Army duty, told
| the Commissioners today:
Something must be done and
done quickly, if the Districts dis
bursements for pay checks, contrac-
tual obligations, relief and all other
accounts are not delayed or con-
fused. But I have no desire to re-
sign from the Guard. The President
has called me into regular service,
and if he wants me I am going"
Maj Donovan emphasized to the
Commissioners that considerable
difficulties must be faced if it is
necessary to appoint a disbursing
officer as substitute for Maj. Lusby
while he is away. He said all of
Maj. Lusby's accounts would have
to be closed and audited, new dis
bursfng officer must be appointed
qualified, post a bond of $4,000
Evening star., 1940-09-26

that he will deliver a major speech
on foreign affairs at Cleveland on
October 2.
Later in the month he is expected
to discuss political bosses" in Mis-
souri, speech aSSailing the Pendergast
Democratic organization. Pittsburgh
and Philadelphia are likely to be
among the cities where he will talk
and Republican leaders are assum-
ing he will close his campaign in
Madison Square Garden. New York,
November after swing through
New England.
When Mr.. Willkie reaches Omaha
he will have spoken in 16 States
since leaving Chicago the middle of
September. These States have 162
electoral votes, nearly one-third of
the total to be cast The nominee
telling reporters he was pleased with
his Western reception, figured that
he saw 100000 persons.
Mr.. Wilkes greetings to train
side audiences yesterday were in
formal. At Dickinson he introduced
his baby brother, Ed" former Navy
football star, who towers over the
nominee. At several stops. when
there were calls for Mrs Willkie to
speak, her husband said with a
chuckle:
She never talks in public, but she
makes plenty Of speeches to me in
private"
Twice during his journey through
North Dakota Mr.. Willkie urged the
crowds not to be misled by the ar
gument that he is an aristocrat
while President Roosevelt is the
friend of the common man.
You can go down to Aberdeen,
S. Oak, and see sign in a restau-
rant where l worked as a dish
washer" he told them. And I rose
to the position of assistant cook.
Now If that is an aristocrat, I don't t
know the meaning of ariStocracy"
Again, in calling attention to the
increased public debt resulting from
New Deal spending, he declared:
You know, even I would look like
a glamour boy if I spent S60,0O0,- =
900 oO0o.'
Speaking at Bismarck yesterday
afternoon, Mr. Willkie declared the
Democratic liberal movement of
1882, which he supported, started
Evening star., 1940-09-26
Legion
Continued From First Page

Legion's foreign relations resolution,
which read:
I'VE reaffirm our historic policy
of an adequate national defense and
support of the Monroe Doctrine and
we reafflrm our policy of neutrality
and peace"
In an appeal to insert the amend
ment, O. K. Armstrong of Chicago
shouted that the Legion had proved
a "bulwark of sanity in a world
gone mad with war;
This country" he cried, ''is not
ready for inyolvment, and we should
not abandon our historic policy of
keeping our powder dry and our
mouths shut"
The people Of America" said
Alfred Kelly. department COM
mander of Oregon, in calling for
defeat of the amendment, want
courage from the American Legion,
not appeasement. strength, cour-
age and idealism will keep us at
peace; weakness, compromise and
appeasement will lead us to war;
At the same time the Legion
approved a demand that this Nation
prevent shipments Of war materials
to aggressor nations.
The Legion preserved its unquali-
fed stand for veterans preference
in civil service examinations by side
tracking a resolution which would
have limited the present five and
ten point preference to veterans
who obtained a passing grade.
The convention tabled the reso-
luton 889 to $40.
Gen. Hines Speaks.
A plea for national unity so strong
that no one will ever question the
loyalty or patriotism of our citizens"
was voiced today by Brig. Gen.
Frank T. Hines, administrator of
veterans affairs in Washington.
In an address prepared for the
convention, Gen. Hines called for a
solid front in support of President
Roosevelt and the Congress in their
program Of complete national de-
fense," and declared:
The American people will not
tolerate for long any interference
with this important program of pre-
paredness and all that goes with it
Reviewing veterans gains during
the year. Gen. Hines said World War
death payments increased nearly
So, 100000. the number Of veterans
on his departments compensation
and pension rolls jumped 10000 to
total $4,000 and the number re-
ceHing disability benefits increased
1000.