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Evening star., 1940-08-11

weakness was not condition proceeding
from without, but a condition that is
generated from within. Our proud world
is reluctant to acknowledge its sins and
weaknesses. 1t Is unresponsive to the
judgment OF its just critics. It rebels
when wholesome remedies are imposed.
1t gives scant heed to the reformer and
ignores his admonitions. Some one said
a few years ago, speaking of Jealous
political leader, "Life's too short to be a
reformer," and was applauded for his
witty observation. This may have popu-
lar favor in days of piping peace" It
will not suffice when hard and difficult
times are at hand.
This terrible world situation has
causes, one might call them specific
causes, that have made 1t both logical
and inevitable. To quote the layman
again: 1--WE have built peace upon re-
venge. We have built our civilization
upon money, have created it the meas
ure Of success. We have acted as though
toasted those whose smart words have
called rellglon superstition and have
sharpened their barbs of wit for the
naive believer in our ancient faith"
These are the words Of high minded
layman. We shall miserably fail in all
our endeavors in this time of crisis unless
we can be, moved to look honestly and
consistently at ourselves, our weaknesses,
our unwarranted conceits and boastings,
yes, and our wanton violation of laws,
human and divine.
Virtue, clean thinking and clean living,
kindness, charity, consideration OF less
favored and less fortunate; domestic
and social life founded in righteousness;
these are not Victorian and outmoded
practices; they are the hallmark of a
people who believe and trust in God, and
witness to reverence, decency and the
age-old ways that insure peace by abol-
ishing the causes of war God is not
the author of world strife. From
whence come wars? Come they not
hence, even Of your lusts that war in
your members?"
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Defense Tuxes

Secretary Morgenthau, in appear
Ing Friday before joint meeting of
the House Ways and Means Commit
tee and the Senate Finance Com
rnittee, presented strong arguments
for quick action on pending tax
legislation. Congress now has before
1t an excess profits bill, with provi-
siens permitting a flve-year amor
tisation Of new plants and equip
nent built for defense production,
to be charged against taxes, and
suspending the present 8 per cent
profit limitation, imposed by the
Vinson-Trammell Act, on airplane
and warship contracts.
According to officials of the Navy
Department, the profit limitations of
the Vinson- -Trammell Act have de-
layed the completion of many Navy
contracts. BY authorizing a quicker
amortization of the costs of defense
plant expansion, and lifting the
limitation on airplane and ship
building contracts, Congress will
thereby encourage contractors to
accept Government contracts. There
should be no delay in removing these
legislative barriers to speeding up
the defense program.
Under the excess profits bill, it is
proposed to tax, at rates ranging
from 25 to 40 per cent, the extra
profits made by corporations in 1910,
and succeeding years, over and above
either a fixed percentage OF their
capital investment, or their average
earnings In the 1936-1939 period.
The proposed excess profits bill, it
is estimated, will yield between $780,
100000 and $500, 1000 900 annually.
In the light of our experience with
the World War excess profits tax,
enacted in 1917, which caused much
litigation between the Treasury and
Individual taxpayers, the pending
profits tax is likely to face some
criticism. As to the Treasury's need
for additional revenue, however,
there can be no doubt. Including
the new defense taxes. Federal reve-
nues for the fiscal year ending June
80 next are estimated at $685., ,000,-
600. The Treasury, during this twelve
month period. will spend about $12,-
000,000,00 This indicates deficit Of
approximately $500, ,000, 900.
Though the Treasury requires
additional revenue. to pay a greater
proportion OF defense costs out Of
current receipts, itAis equally clear
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Rebuke for Labor

The inexcusable regularity with
which jurisdictional strikes have in
terrupted building operations here in
the past few years gives force to the
brusque declaration of John P. Coyne,
president of the building trades de-
partment of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, that the basic cause
of the disturbances is irresponsible
leadership" of local unions.
His criticism followed settlement
of another of the series of tie-ups
that have retarded construction of
the Social Security Board and Rail-
road Retirement Board buildings,
where plasterers walked out several
days ago In defiance Of their own
national officers and william Green,
president Of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, because the work Of
installing acoustical tile had been
allocated to carpenters by Mr.. Coyne.
Conforming to the pattern Of other
building strikes, the intervention OF
Federal officials brought about a
compromise agreement that Mr..
Coyne obviously feels should have
been reached before q strike was
called.
While the Government building
program generally has suffered be-
cause Of the frequent stoppages due
to the interunion rivalries, the So
cial Security and Railroad Retire
ment situation has been particularly
aggravating, Treasury ofacials esti-
mating that these structures have
been the scene of ut least fifteen
strikes from various causes. Origi-
nally intended for occupancy Sep
tember l, it became apparent some
time ago that they would be delayed
beyond that date. and when 1t was
decided to overt them from their
Evening star., 1940-08-11

that Congress, In levying new taxes,
should insist on effecting all pos
sible economies outside the pre-
paredneSs budget. Because of the
vast expenditures for the Army and
Navy, there would seem to be little
further need for made" work, and
pump printing projects. As it moves
into high gear, the defense program
will provide employment for hun
dreds OF thousands of workers. This
should make possible a substantial
reduction in the Nations bill for
direct relief.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Martinique

1t Is not improbable that the
United States soon may be obliged
to assume responsibility for the
French island Of Martinique In the
Lesser Antilles. Any gesture on the
part OF Germany or Italy in the
direction Of the colony almost cer-
tainly would result in immediate
intervention by the American Gov
ernment. 1t therefore is not too
early to brush up" the scanty
knowledge OF the place which the
average northerner possesses.
To a majority of people dwelling
beyond the limits OF the Caribbean
area, Martinique is famous for three
reasons. OF these, the first is that
the Empress Josephine, the first Of
Napoleon's wives, was born in the
island on June %, 1853. She was
the eldest daughter Of an artillery
off1cer, a woman OF great beauty
and charm who, when she had
learned the lessons of the world, was
even more generously appreciated
for her tact and good sense. Bona
parte was fortunate when he fol-
lowed her guidance. Unhappily, it
was not often that he took her
intuition into account. BY the hour
Of his defeat at Waterloo she was
forever lost to him. Had she sur
vived, she might have gone to st.
Helena-a retreat which her success
sor cautiously avoided.
But the lady who once was Made
moiselle de la Pagerie at st. Pierre,
the principal town Of Martinique,
Is little more romantic in retrospect
than the second of the phenomena
for which the island is celebrated
mysterious serpent commonly
called the Fer-de-Lance, allied to
the copperhead and the bushmaster,
resembling the rattlesnake without
the rattle" sly and cunning foe
whose power Of destruction is fright
ful to behold. 1t strikes, literally,
with "a head Of iron," and its bite
Is mortal. The tales told OF this
yellow viper are extravagant in the
judgment of those who never have
seen 1t in action. To others they are
pallid advertisements.
A strange resemblance, metaphoric
yet very convincing, links the lord
OF the tropic jungle" with Mount
Pelee, the volcanic hill which looms
nearly five thousand feet above the
shores OF Martinique, quiet for ages,
then suddenly, cataclysmically vio-
lent. On May 8, 1902, a cloud of fire
burst from the crater. The flames
passed over st. Pierre and left
twenty-six thousand people dead in
their wake. Ten thousand more
perished elsewhere in the island. For
a while the French colonial author
tiles considered plans for abandoning
the place altogether.
The panic, however, subsidized and
a long period of tranquility began.
Occasional tourists found Martinique
sleepy interruption of the monot-
ony OF wave and sky. The capital
Is Fort-de-France on the west coast.
In its cafes men talk of the lovely
Josephine, the wicked Iron Head
and the treacherous spirit of Pelee's
mountain. Also, just now, of Hitler
and Mussolini and unpleasant things
equally incredible which they have
done or, without warning. may
attempt to do.
Evening star., 1940-08-11

The Department Of Internal Rev.
enue has q bowling league for its
employees. They are expected to
make a strike next March when they
bowl over all the income taxpayers
In sight.
Evening star., 1940-08-11

IN the shape of a ramming beak, and she
will be provided with q heavy gun and
one or two torpedo tubes. Her plans are
nearing the stage Of readiness that jus
tines advertisement, but there is some
doubt being expressed rs to whether she
ever will be built. There are some ON
GERS who believe she will suffer the fate
OF the John Thomas as the ship de-
signed by Ex-Congressman Thomas was
called and which now gathers dust as a
paper roll in the mortuary chambers Of
the Navy Department"
Evening star., 1940-08-11

that the Army faces more delay in what
obviously is q vital task.
The attitude of the United States as
represented by the House and Senate
seems to be this: National defense on
scale demanded by the state OF today's
world is grand thing so long as nobody
is asked to make any sacrifice to assure
that defense and so long as the money
to pay for 1t can be borrowed. In fact,
defense can become a means Of giving
orders and profits to industry and can
make the country feel prosperous, much
to the advantage of anybody who has to
stand for election-just so nobody is
asked to give up anything.
Governments In Britain and France
showed much the same attitude, even
after they had entered the war. All in
genuity was devoted to figuring out ways
to conduct the war on spare time and
with spare resources. The United States
now is striving to help England and to
prepare its own defense without in any
way interfering with the idea that
everybody should have the right to an
easy living, regardless Of circumstances.
Hitlers strength, to date, has rested
upon his ability to require sacrifice on
the part Of the German people so that
the nation can be strong. To stop Hit
Ter, nations who stand in his path will
be forced to require equal sacrifice on
the part Of their people 50 that they can
be strong, There is no sign yet that
this Nation Is learning that lesson.
Evening star., 1940-08-11

Entered as second GLASS natter post osacs,
washington. D. q.
Evening star., 1940-08-11

and photographers, and in the far North
west c. c. C. enrollees use airplanes in
flghting forest fires. Along with the
pilot go expert parachutists who jump
from planes to fight isolated fires in back
woods areas where no truck trail leads.
Indeed, the c. G. c. is the largest and
best vocational school in the world.
The long list Of c. c. G. accomplish
ments in the conservation and develop
ment of this countrys natural resources
gives one a higher appreciation of the
countrys young men. Their accomplish
ments include such high lights as
1,756, 900 900 trees planted for reforesta-
ton purposes; more than 114,000 miles
OF roads and truck trails constructed,
largely through forest areas; more than
$4,000 miles Of telephone lines built to
improve forest and park communica-
tions; some $1,000 bridges built; about
1000 lookout houses and towers erected
to improve forest fire detection; hre
hazards reduced on about 1000, 900 acres:
approximately 3,500,oo0 acres Of forest
stands improved; more than 5,450o00
check dams constructed to prevent soil
erosion; about 1000 new State parks and
related areas developed for recreational
use, and in excess of 100000 man days
spent fighting forest Ares.
Although the c. G. G. was inaugurated
as an emergency measure, it has devel-
oped into an established institution.
With so few schools having vocational
training classes and employment at Its
best not too favorable to young men
when they leave school, the @. c. o.
serves as great training agency. In
all the multiplicity Of plans to help the =
youth Of the Nation, 1t has evolved the
most practical and constructive means
to an spd.
Evening star., 1940-05-12
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
GET ACQUAINTED WITH VENUS
by Ernest Chezzington, Jx.
in ~hso Of wad.on undo

that the Venusian day may be equiva-
lent to one of our months.
The temperature of our sister planet
has been taken through delicate analy-
sis of the light it sends us. The result
is l5o below zero. However, that figure
applies not to its surface but to its
stratosphere, which is actually $50
warmer than the corresponding region
of the earth's atmosphere.
We should find the air on Venus ILL
adapted to our needs. In fact we'd
smother very quickly there, for the
atmosphere seems to be composed
chiefly of carbon dioxide. We'd also
find things pretty hot, hotter than
boiling water. At least that is the
theoretical figure that Rupert Wildt,
of Princeton, has just announced after
extensive study.
So when the Interplanetary Transit
Company begins to send passenger
rockets out into space, l hardly think
that the ships to Venus will be
crowded.
Evening star., 1940-05-12

day. it helps to speed up slow digestion. in
cases Of ordinary constipation helps make
elimination more regular and complete, helps
overcome jumpy nerves, due to lack Of Vita
min B. Make it . part Of voS, diet. A reg
ular part.
Eat one cake Of F1eischmann's Yeast
when you get up in the morning. another
half an hour before supper. That's the way
people get results! Keep it up. See II you
don't notice . tremendous difference. Get
Fleischmann's Yeast from your grocer nowl
)NDlII today for "You Can't Feed Well II
WINK Digestive Juices Are Failing" to
F. Y. Co., Dept. Y-2. 696 Warrington St.,
New York. Absolutely FREE!
Copyright. lSlo. Standard Brands Incsspesstsd
Evening star., 1940-05-12

Riding soWebshod over thousands.
these three horsemen of modern life
can trample out the fun of living
and the power to get things done -.
THESE THREE j.. in fact, any one OF
them. may make you feel dragged OUT.
old before your time. You feel as if you're
down and nothing can be done about it.
But there is something to do. Actually
thousands of people are on the road to
throwing off these conditions by adding
a remarkable food to their daily diet.
Not . cure-all. not harsh laxative, but
. remarkable food Little by little, day by
Evening star., 1940-05-12
:{07! ARE SOUTHERN BEAUTIES
LOVELY VIII: !(I!!E

We inserviewed Miss Calhoun
ovGsnoass So many Georgia girls have
peaches and cream" complexions, Miss
Calhoun. How do they do it? It's easy
to see you have the answer!
ANSWER well, really. I'd say Ponds
Creams are the answer-at least for
me! Morning and evening I cleanse my
skin carefully with Ponds Cold Cream
to make sure every trace Of makeup
removed. And before putting on fresh
powder. always spread on light film Of
Ponds Vanishing Cream"
olsSIlosss Do these two Creams do any
thing else for your skin?
AstSWeRs YES. much more. You see.
besides cleansing. regular use Of the Cold
Cream softens my skin and brings a warm
glow, and the Vanishing Cream helps
protect it against weather-smooths little
roughnesses right away. tool"
Evening star., 1940-05-12

We toijked with Susan Aloeiloek
ovtsTsosh Isn't it q tough beauty assign
ment to hurry straight from a newspaper
Office looking fresh enough to "cover'
society party2
AsssWGR, mo. because always keep jars
of the Ponds Creams right in my desk
ready to freshen up my complexion in
jiffy. Ponds Cold Cream is just perfect
for a thorough. easy cleansing. 1t leaves
my skin feeling 80 sweet and clean
and soft! Then. before makeup. use
Ponds Vanishing Cream.''
ovssT'osa' Do you mean you get quicker
and better effect with your makeup
when you use both Ponds Creams2
ApsswsR, MY. yes. and III tell you why:
Ponds Cold Cream cleanses and softens
my skin. Ponds Vanishing Cream is a
different kind of cream-it's non greasy
powder base that takes makeup smoothly
keeps it mighty nice for hours"
Evening star., 1940-05-12

E. c. SipAss
Only q crescent, She. so time.
q. brilliant q. any fixed .tor
since we know that astronomers were
measuring not surface spots but OBJ
jects of no more permanence than the
clouds that drift through our own
skies. Today, in the light of spectre
scopic studies. some scientists believe
Evening star., 1940-05-12
SEND FOR TRIAL BEAUTY KIT
FUNDS, DEPT. .lsaCvH,

FUNDS, DEPT. S0-CvH,
CLINTON, CONN.
Rush speeiaD snbe Of Pond's
(.eSa Cresn., eaoaGh fos 9 trnas-
ssenis, with Seseroas saaPSes
If Po.A's Vanishing Cream,
PenA's Liquefying Cream
(Suiekes-aellinR cleansing
erean) and s Aiaereal shsdes
If Poaa's Rsee Powder. en-
chose lOf - cover Dessage and
packing.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed proposals will be received at the
office of the County Auditor. Pine County,
Pine City, Minnesota, until two o'clock
o. m, Tuesday. April 9. 1910. for gravel,
ing what county aid roads and state AID
roads will be graveled in the county TINS
year Work to include screening, loading,
hauling and spreading; also gravel-pit
stripping. Also for what shovel work
that will be done Shovel work to in
clude loading. hauling and spreading.
Specifications will be furnished by the
county highway engineer as and when
ordered by the county board.
In the event contract or contracts are
let. the contractor is required to Sublet
any part of the work to be done to local
contractors at the bid price If they FUR
nish acceptable bonds and carry Work.
mems Compensation Insurance. Contrac-
tors to employ local labor except sucn
skilled labor as may be required. All
work on Jobs as the county board may
authorize or such work on jobs that may
be ordered by the engineer, shall be
hired from residents of Pine county and
contractors shall pay the prevailing county
wage scale. -
Bids must be accompanied by certified
check or bidders bond, payable to the
county treasurer of Pine county for at
lease five percent of the proposal.
The board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids and to waive any defects.
BY order of the county board.
Dated at Pine City, Minnesota, this 10th
day of March, 1910.
J. E. THERRIEN,
Auditors SeaD County Auditor
(3t)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
Unique London Museum
Aids Study of History

Getting acquainted with the homes
and people of bygone days is an
easy and pleasant business for
school children who in peace time
visit the Geffrye museum in Shore
ditch, one of the poorer districts OF
London. Period furniture and card
board figures, models, lantern slides
and films help to make excursions
back in time simple matter, and
history lessons vital and interesting.
The first step is easy and one is
quickly back in an earlier Shore
ditch, which had open fields instead
of tramcar lines and automobiles
for the museum is housed in group
of Eighteenth century almshouses.
The front door is reached through
a garden shaded with old trees and
the almshouses themselves embody
the especial dignity and charm
which belonged to the domestic ar
chitecture of the period.
Inside the museum, time is even
more elastic; rooms are furnished
and peopled to illustrate domestic
life not only of the Eighteenth CEN
fury but of 1900 and up to the Vic
torian era.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
Ogena

Mrs. E. Swan came home Monday
after a two weeks visit in Saltwater
and the Cities.
A small crowd attended the Gar
den club meeting Wednesday of last
week at the Martin Anderson home
The next club meeting will be at the
Fred Thayer home.
T. j. Ryan and son recently moved
their steam engine up on the Sand
stone road near the Bear Greek
school where the county will manu-
facture snow fence some time this
month.
Mrs. Hastings of Clover, spent last
week at the Emory Huntley home.
Friends are pleased to hear that
Eleanor Hamm is out of the hospital
and can walk again. She will &C
back to the hospital later for treat
ment. 1t is hoped that she will soon
recover entirely.
The Hunt family moved to Clover
dale to the Peterson house Monday
The family on the John Evans farm
is moving onto the farm vacated by
the Hunt family.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
Legal Notices
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE
CLOSURE SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That de.
fault has occurred in the conditions OF
that certain mortgage made and oateG
January 18TH 1879 man as
to Joseph N. Johnson. as MORTGAGE. and
filed for record in the office OF the Reg-
lister OF DEEDS d OF Pine ~ igss at
o'clock A. NJ. and recorded In BOOK NO
SO of Mortgages, on page ~! 40
That pursuant to the PROVISION IN s Sss
and does hereby elect to declare the wnoie
amount of the debt secured by said mort
gage due and payable. :. A..
date of this notice on principal ana IN
terest on the debt secured by SAID mort
gage the sum Of $3.50 70; togeddhehr v WIZ said
mortgage. and that no action or proceeo-
ing at law or otherwise has been mere e.
tofore instituted to recover said debt
That by virtue of a power of sale therein
contained, said mortgage VIII pc Iors-
closed and the land and premises the I;in
described, situated in the County OF FINE
and State of Minnesota to wit:
The Northeast quarter of the South
west quarter. (NEi4 of SWltl, OF Sec
ton thirty-five $3.50; Township forty,
(l9), containing forty acres, more or
less, according to the Government sur
vey thereof,
will be sold at public auction to the high
County, Minnesota, at the front door OF
the court house in the village of Pine
City in said Pine County, Minnesota. on
o'clock in the afternoon of said day, to
satisfy the debt secured by said mortgage
and taxes in the sum of S17.94 paid by
said mortgage, and additional taxes, II
any, paid by said mortgage before said
sale, with attorneys fees in the sum OF
$4,000. as provided by law: and the costs
and disbursements allowed by law upon
such foreclosure and sale.
Dated March II. 1910.
JOSEPH N. JOHNSON,
Mortgage
ALBERT JOHNSON,
Sandstone, Minnesota,
Attorney for Mortgage.
March 2l-April 25)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
Village OF Denhanl

Mr.. and Mrs. Benson of Rutledge.
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Leath-
erman Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Irene and Shir-
ley spent Sunday at their cabin near
Mora. John L. Irene of Mora, was
dinner guest.
Arnold Peterson visited friends in
Duluth Friday night
Mrs. Carl Peterson called on Mrs.
Horace Storrs Monday afternoon.
Edward Bohaty of Willow River,
spent the weekend with his aunt.
Mrs. B. Burak.
The dance Saturday night given by
the Order of the Polish White Eagle
at Burak's hall, was well attended
More dances are planned for the
future
Mrs. T. Staudinger is spending this
week at Palisade caring for her sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. j. Huhta, who re-
Gently returned to her home from the
hospital in Moose Lake.
Mrs. Joe Betker and son returned
home Monday via train after spend
ing the past week with friends and
relatives in Little Falls.
Philip Smith, representative of a
salt company, called in town Monday
afternoon.
Willard Kroon spent the weekend
at the parental Sam Kroon home
He reports that his mother is slowly
recovering after her recent operation.
Elmer Leatherman installed a fur
mace in his pool parlor this week.
The Larson Bros. are repairing the
Denham Cooperative store warehouse
this week.