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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
PLATTSBURC, N. Y:
Once Again, Yet

Some 800 civilians, who believed
in preparedness, went to Plattsburg,
N. Y, for month of military train
ing. It was to be at their own ex-
pense. It was a revival of the Platts-
burg ''idea" of 1856. This 1910
bunch were between Is and so years
of age. It cost them $43.5O apiece,
at 20 cents per meal. Some of them
were first World war officers. Win
throp Rockefeller, grandson of old
John D. and son of John D. Jr., was
put on kitchen police duty, which
was abolished in the British army
some time back. There were four
Plattsburgers per tent, and many of
them were Wall Street specimens, or
the equivalent. The coffee mugs
had no handles. Newbold Morris,
president of the New York city coun-
Gil, was there. Said Col. James
Muir, in command of the Platts-
burg barracks: "This is fine body
Of men," .3
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
PARIS TODAY:
No Glamour

Paris, the reports said, was not
SO glamorous these days. The
French cops and firemen still were
on duty. But something was gone.
One thing that was gone was two
thirds Of the population, which was
scattered all around France. The
French municipal administration
carried on, but three German colo
nels headed the three police depart
ments. In the cafes, the German
soldiers sang Lieder. There was a
blackout at night, and curfew at
10 p. m. Lutetia Parisiorum las
the Romans called the place. did
not like that curfew.
Once there were a dozen Paris
papers. Now there were four: LIE
Matin, Paris-Soir, and two new ones,
one of them anti-semitic. All were
anti-British. The Paris banks were
closed, and the German troops were
always buying tobacco, beer, hard
stuff, and chocolates. A German
movie theater was running, for the
field-grays, and some of the Ger
man officers brought their families
to town. There seemed to be very
little friction between invaders and
inhabitants. The Germans were re-
ported especially as purchasers of
picture postcards and silk stockings.
Anglo-French naval warfare helped
the situation along, they said.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
u. S. CAMPAIGNS:
Warming Up

Now that the Democrats have met
in convention, the campaign is due
to warm up plenty with or without
a third party ticket.
Right up to the convention opening
Senator Wheeler of Montana kept
right on saying he would seek the
Democratic nomination at Chicago,
no matter what Roosevelt was up to.
John Lewis of the c. I. o. thought
that Wheeler was the only man who
could beat Willkie. Wheeler felt, ap-
parently, that both Roosevelt and
Willlzie were interventionists, and
that he had inherited the classic
mantle Of the late Senator Borah
and the magnificent elder LaFol-
lette.
Wendell Willkie tried to show him
self democratic, of course, with a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
N A M E S
/. in the ne,Us

q George Bernard Shaw thought that
Hitler should be supplied-by Eng
land-with food, SO they could all
fight it out to finish. Was G.. B. S.
turning into an insular warhawk?
q Cross-eyed Ben Turpin, plenty be-
loved, died in Hollywood at the age
of II.
q Pat McKenna died, too. He had
been White House door-keeper from
Roosevelt to Roosevelt. He was IS.
Everybody that knew him liked him.
q Max Aitken, son of the British
Hearst" Lord Beaverbrook, a self
made Canadian, won the distin-
guished flying cross for double-cross-
ing four German aviators. He shot
them all down-or, at least, that was
his story. British flyers have shot
down 107 German planes, in or
around the British isles, since the
start of the war.
q Germany demanded that the Nor
wegians depose their king, Haakon
VII, who had fed to England. The
ex-allies previously deposed Bel
gums King Leopold, and SO the
crowned heads kept a-falling. Eng
land was packed with them.
q Earl Harrison, Philadelphia attor-
ney, got the job for finger-printing
aliens (and registering them) under
the new federal law, which begins
to operate by September l. Harri-
son said s'no witch-hunting' land
planned an extensive alien educa-
floral program.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
rD1ilha;qba,
Washington, d. G.

washington, ID. u.
ATTACK SOVIET IN SEPTEMBER
If Hitler succeeds in his boast re-
garding the conquest of Great Brit
ain, next move on the Nazi time
table is almost sure to be Russia.
You can write it down as fairly GER
tain that Hitler will invade the So
Wet around September /.
There is one big reason for this
food. Europe is sure to be famine
stricken this winter. The Polish
wheat crop is bad; so are the Bal
kan crops. The French will not be
able to reap much of harvest. Dem
mark is already killing its cattle
for lack of grain. Norway never
was entirely sef-supporting.
However, just across the Carpath-
ians lies one of the richest granaries
in the world-the Ukraine. It's wheat
crop this year, although not the best,
will be sufficient to keep down lot
of anti-Nazi unrest in hungry Eu-
rope. Hitler not only needs it, but
long ago announced in that infalli-
BILE document, Mein Kampf, that he
will take it.
Obviously Stain knows this. That
is why he has sent tremendous re-
Inducements into the Baltic states
of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
That also is why he has edged his
borders across Bessarabia up to the
Carpathian mountains.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
DEFENSES:
Washirsgtoniana

The program for defenses passed
the $40, 1000, 000, 900 mark, which is a
lot Of money. Said the National
Economy league: Confusion still
seems the order of the day in Wash
ington." The navy department con-
tracted for A vessels, including 10
submarines, II cruisers, 20 destroy
ers, and a seap1ane tender. This
meant two-ocean navy, or in other
words, two navies. It meant 20
per cent increase in the navy in
the next six years. The indicated
lineup was as follows: United States,
two navies; next Japan; then Eng
land, Italy, and Russia. France and
Germany now have virtually no ma
vies, to accomplish anything with.
The rest of the worlds navies are so
much petty junk, and why they have
them at all, nobody knows. The pro-
verbal Swiss and Irish navies con-
tinue to non-exist. Meanwhile, the
American national debt went up to
almost 43 billions, and we spent
nearly 10 billions during the fiscal
year. When Roosevelt came into
office, the national debt was around
20 billions. Unemployment, world
depression, and Adolf Hitler have
come high.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
Started in 1910

Wendell Willkie Paul McNutt
'Life is a funny proposition
after ALL" said a popular song
in the early part Of the century.
It was sung rather Justify about
1910, the time that Wendell Will
kie, Republican presidential
candidate and Paul McNutt,
Democratic aspirant, were stu
dents at Indiana university.
They were at opposite political
ends then, too. Only then it was
Willkie who was socialistic, and
leader of the rabble-the 'barbs"
while the McNutt faction was
the so-called aristocratic and
"Greek letter" fraternity group.
In Wilkes senior year, how
ever, they effected peace, Will
kie becoming a member of Nc
Nuts frat, the Betas. In 1910 the
frat brothers are again fighting
each other politically.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
RIBBENTRoP WARNING

Key to Hitler's Russian policy was
contained in a cable received here
in diplomatic code which told of the
great numbers Of Red troops crowd
ing into Lithuania, and how the Lith-
uanian minister in Berlin reported
this to Foreign Minister Won Rib
bentrop. He said, among other
things, that Red troops from as far
away as Siberia had entered Lithu-
ania, and asked Ribbentrop's advice
as to what his government should do.
Don't do anything" Ribbentrop
advised, according to the cabled re-
port. "After we finish with Great
Britain we'll take care of Them"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
RADIO SPIES


ed to the staff Of the Federal Com
munications commission to do a job
Of wartime counter-espionage Of a
type never done before in our en-
tire history.
For this war presents problem
that was not known in World War I.
Widespread use of radio makes pos
sible the transmission Of spy mes
sages or interference with U. S. gov
eminent messages by spies.
To prevent this, the FEC intends
to police the ether waves. U.s.
ing an allotment of 81, 900, 900 from
the defense appropriation, they will
expand the field force sufficiently to
monitor radio messages "a hours
day in all parts of the country.
If it is suspected that an unli-
censed operator is sending messages
from a certain section, the monitors
move in with mobile equipment and
start their detection.
Through the triangulation method,
they pick up the beam of the pirate
radio, and track it to the house Of
origin. If it is large building
Office building or apartment house
they prowl around with a detection
apparatus strapped to the waist,
which, like witch's crooked stick,
gives the signal when the vital spot
is reached.
Meantime, the FEC requires that
persons licensed for radio transmits
sion give proof of American citizen
ship. Also it forbids amateurs to
broadcast outside the u. S., and
warns all operators to stop useless
chatter by wireless.
Note-There are $1,000 licensed
radio amateurs in the United States.
LOVES HOT AIR
Summer heat has come to Wash
ington, but the Presidents only air.
conditioning method is to take off
his coat and hang it over the back
of a chair.
The executive offices Of the White
House are air-conditioned, but the
President will have none Of it in his
Office. He keeps the vents turned
of and opens the French doors look
ing outAon the rose gardens and the
south grounds. This, and the coat
remoual, are enough for him.
.lsIns the White House proper, sepa-
rate air-cooling units have been es-
tablished in the various rooms. (This
was preferred to air-conditioning, so
as to avoid tearing out walls to in
troduce new yents.) But the Presi-
dent at first declined to have even a
cooling unit in his rooms.
Finally he was persuaded to ac-
cept it, with the understanding that
it would not be turned on when he
was there. irt- - ~ e
The same is true Of the Presi-
Dental yacht, Potomac. Air-condi-
tioning equipment has just been in
stalled throughout the boat, but the
President insists that It be turned
of in his room. -s4 ~ sp
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Miss Marguerite LELAND, private
secretary to the President, won $25
in bets that Willlkie would be noni-
mated. She gave the money to the
Red Cross.
SEC Commissioner Leon Hender-
son gets to work before most officials
are awake. A congressman found
him there at TOO one morning; he
had been at his desk since 500.
!. With the $40 ,000. 900 credit from
the Export import bank, Argentina
win buy a flock Of u. S. buses for
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY ROGER SHAW
Democrats Meet Amid Rumbles
OF Naval Action i'm West Indies
And Threat Of Third Party Action

EDITORS NOTEWhen opinions
the analyst and
L tern Newspap
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19

small D. He limited campaign con-
tributions to $4,000, and no more
than $40 apiece in cash. He said
he wanted no cash contributions
from corporations, and asked for a
hurricane of one-dollar bills. He
added that he wasn't going to re-
ward his weather. hackers with dip
lomatic jobs, or anything else like
that.
Congressman Joseph w. Martin
Jr., of Massachusetts,, Republican
leader of the house, was Wilkes
selection for campaign manager.
When the Democratic convention
opened, Jim Farley, aside from
presidential talk, was also discussed
as prospective head of a New York
big league baseball team. At that
time there was little belief he would
again accept the national chairman
ship which he held since 1882.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
III ENGLISH WAR:
Extraordinary

This is a most peculiar war. Rus
STA dips in and out of it at will,
against the Poles, against the Bats,
against the Rumanians, against the
Firms, against the capitalists of the
world. Italy stays out, talks big,
and then stabs a man in the back,
although some claimed vociferously
it was tactless of Mr.. Roosevelt to
put it that way. But there were
stranger things than that.
Your correspondent was the first
New York radio commentator to
predict fatty that France would quit
the British, and make separate
peace with Hitler. There was moth
ing very novel about that. The Brit
ish army sent only 10 divisions
zoe, 900 men-to France, and then
lost 1000 royal cannon and all the
royal tanks. French conscripts were
twice the age of the British con-
scripts, and there was the age-old
friction between the French and
British officers.
Then the unbelievable happened.
War broke out between old Marshal
Petain and Winston Churchill. It
was over the French navy, fourth
largest in the world. It was to be
demobilized for duration of the war,
according to the armistice terms,
but the British did not believe it. So
they attacked the French feet at
Oran, in Algeria, and also at Alex
andria, Egypt. The British sank
French battleships, seized many
more of them, and killed about 1000
French sailors. It was a rather
CHASTITY business. The French were
furious, and Petain broke off rela-
lions with England. The Germans
sat back, and smiled with satisfac-
ton. So did the Italians, whose
''heroic" Mediterranean fleet took
absolutely no part in the tragic bat
tie of Oran. Things were going from
bad to worse.
Background
There has always been pro-Brit-
ish and an anti-British faction in
French politics. Through the 1905,
the anti-British group were in pow
er, and France and Germany were
on very decent terms. In 1904, the
pro-British faction got control, and
agreed to the Entente Cordiale, with
Edward VII of England. This led
directly into the first World war.
During this war, Clemenceau led
the prof. British faction, and Caillaux
led the anti-British group. Clemen-
ceau put Caillaux in jail, for advo-
eating an early peace. The pro-
Britons called the anti-Britons ode
featists."
Anglo-French victory, in 1918,
made the prohibitions stronger than
ever, but the antis were gathering
strength. With the collapse of 1910,
they came back into power for the
first time in SO years-since 1904. As
to the French people, they are di-
vided, and probably have no special
love for either big neighbor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19

Here the Panama Canal
the United there anshpped
featured nes for France before that country succumbed to the
Hitler British maintaining blockade
the planes falling Germany And here American naval
craft dispatched observations
plex-angle to the Monroe doctrine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19

N. OHaI6S Smau-arm INDIAN
fighting equipment to Brig. Gen.
Adna r. Chafee's new mechanical
From Boots and . army fath cOip ar,;
SaddleS to Man son saga. The
The Gear Shifts d aas :. was .ss
greatest Indian fighters in our his
tory, battling the Kiowas and
Comanches along the 900-mile trail
to the Sierra Madre in New Mexico.
The son, schooled in the mounted
service, was cavalryman like his
father, but in recent years has spe-
cialized in studies of mechanical
warfare.
His new armored divisions are
said to be similar in organization
to the German panzer units. Army
men say they fill a long-felt need
in the service. Brigadier General
Chafee was born at Junction City,
Kan, in 1884, and was graduated
from West Point in 1906, a few years
too late for the Spanish-American
and Philippine workouts, but he is
a veteran of our later military en-
gagements in Europe, holding the
Distinguished Service Medal and
is regarded as good organizer and
fighter = as ''boots and saddlesl"
changes to imam the gear-shiftsi"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-19
FORODDS & FORENDS:

A rough and bloody Presidential
election cost the lives of more than
100 persons in riots through Mexico.
Rumania went completely Nazi,
with King Carol still on his horse.
There were anti-semitic riots, anti
semitic laws, and British techni-
clans were fred from the oil fields,
and elsewhere. Many of the Ru-
manian Nazis wanted to Gust Carol
entirely.
The radical Hindu patriot, Subhas
Chandra Bose, was arrested in Cal
cutta by the British.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-11-28

(Too Late for Last Week)
Elaine Jacobson called on Dorothy Par
vey Sunday afternoon.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-11-28
ClOverdale

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Anderson from
Michigamme, Mich, spent Thanksgiv-
ing at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. David Meyer. They re-
turned to their home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Svardahl and
children were guests at the Tom Wolf
home Thanksgiving day.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Christianson
were Pine City business callers Tues
day of last week.
Frank WeStman spent several days
last week with Gust Peterson.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. B. Steen of Pine
River, spent last week at the Bud
Opsahl and Leonard Steen homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Steen enter
tanned at dinner on Thanksgiving
day Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Forncrook
and family, and Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
fred Nelson and children from ST
Paul. Miss Elaine Steen went to St
Paul with the Nelson family for a
few days visit, returning home SUM-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garland Lyseth and
family had dinner with the Harvey
Lyseth family Thanksgiving day.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-11-28
Finlayson School Notes
High School.

Six weeks exams have been keeping
the students in all grades very busy
the past week. Most of the grades are
quite satisfactory.
Students of the seventh grade cleo
ted new officers for home room recent
ly. Albert Peura was elected presi
dent; Casper EnOs, vice president
Lyle Anderson, secretary and treasur.
er; Stella Koski, program chairman
The new officers will retain these Of
fices for 12-week period. Parlia-
mentary law is the unit which the
students are now working on.
On Wednesday evening the G. A. A.
will have pot-luck supper and bust
ness meeting. The time will be spent
in playing basketball. At this time
the new point system will be pre-
sented by the committee and dis
cussed
The Glee club is busy working on
Christmas songs which will be used
for the Christmas program.
Primary Grades.
The third grade gave a Thanks
giving program recently for the first
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-11-28
Sand Creek

A Young Peoples meeting will be
held Saturday evening at the Litzen
Larson home.
There will be community dinner
held at the schoolhouse Thursday
(today) at IL o'clock noon. Please
bring something for dinner. Every
body is welcome.
Miss Evelyn Nelson of Illinois,
spent several days last week at the
Axel Nelson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Axel Swanson and
family spent from Wednesday until
Sunday of last week at the Sober
quiSt home.
Dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A,
Engebo Thanksgiving day were Mr.
and Mrs. D. Harris and son Dale,
who spent his vacation at home, Mr.
and Mrs. G.. Hansen and children
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Svardahl and Carl
Mogensen.
Miss Ruby Beeman of ST. Paul
spent Thanksgiving with her mother
Mrs. Anna Beeman. Dean Beeman OF
Minneapolis, and Paul who has been
working near Rochester, spent several
days there while hunting deer.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Roland and sons
were dinner guests at the Albert
Swanson home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanford Swanson and
| daughter Sharon and Norman and
Wendell Swanson spent Sunday al
the Emil Swanson home.
The directors of the Sandstone
Bible church met Monday evening
at the liner Carlson home.
Considerable interest is being shown
| in the meeting of the REA held in
Askov last week, and as result
several have signed up and more are
expected to in the near future. Var
men JorgenSen and Andrew Enge-
DO are in charge of this district.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-11-28
DanfOrth

Young Peoples meeting will be at
the Litzen Larson home Saturday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Hendricks and
family of ST. James, spent from
Wednesday of last week until Sat-
urday visiting relatives and friends
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. liner Carlson and
family spent Friday evening at the
Guy Hendricks home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Gjertson and
little son of Owatonna, Mr.. and Mrs
Arne Roland and little daughter OF
Sandstone, Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Roland
and Norman and Art of Sand Creek
and Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Hendricks
and Betty Anne were all dinner guests
Sunday at the Albert Swanson home
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Hendricks, the
Rev. Ralph Hendricks and family
Harry Hendricks and Mr.. and Mrs
Guy Hendricks and little daughter
spent last Thursday at the Henry
Starch home near Bruno.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Johnson and
Miss Myrtle Johnson of Minneapo-
lis, spent last Thursday at their farm
home here
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Swanson spen,
last Thursday at the Axel Nelson
home
Degroffe Carlson of Chicago, spen,
a few days at his home here last
week. Herbert Berger was also visit
ing here at the same time. They re-
turned to Chicago Sunday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-11-28

to four first graders. Children who
took part in this were, Joan Quinn,
Sally Ann Kelch, Ronald Chapman
and Edward Smyth. Mrs. Donald
Babcock was next on the program
with solo, Trees, which was very
much enjoyed. Mr.. Ehmke then gave
a talk on marks and tests. Following
the program coffee and cookies which
had been made by the All Club girls
were served in the basement under
the direction of Mrs. Ehmke
The occasion was one which aided
greatly in helping parents understand
what the school is doing and to Gre
ate better understanding between the
teachers and the parents.
Thanksgiving services were held
in both Markville and Cloverton last
Thursday. The attendance at Mark
vile was good but the storm pre-
vented many from getting to the
service in Cloverton.
Andrew Bergman of Montevideo
has been visiting at the Mclean home
the past week.
Miss MARCEL Andrews of st. Paul
visited at the Kelch and Erickson
homes several days last week.
The schools in this end of the
county were closed from last Thurs
day to Monday for the Thanksgiving
season. Sessions were resumed Mon
day. A good deal of work will &C
into the preparation of the Christ
mas programs during the next two
or three weeks.
Friday night, December 6, a set OF
stereopticon slides will be shown
at the Markville Presbyterian church
depicting the life of Christ. The sci
is entitled 'The Light of the World
With it several special musical num-
bers will be rendered by the two
choirs of the church. Put this on
your calendar of events.
The Luther League of the Zion
Lutheran church held a fellowship
program in the church basement Sat-
urday night, which was well attended
A program was the first event of the
evening. Following it, games and
refreshments were enjoyed. Student
Pastor Roger Carlson was in charge
The Christian Endeavor society me,
at the Mclean home Sunday night
with a good attendance. The meet
ing next Sunday night will be at the
j. T. Ballantine home. Everyone is
invited.
The Arna Community club will
meet Tuesday night, December g. al
the Markville schoolhouse. This is
the annual meeting. Reports and cleo
ton of officers will take place. A
program is being arranged. 1t is
hoped that every member and every
one else interested in the welfare
of the community will be present.