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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
Save Those Tea Leaves

Don't throw away your tea leaves.
Save them. They come in mighty
handy about the household. For ex-
ample, they're excellent to sprinkle
over the rug, to gather and set
tie the dust when you're sweeping.
Kept for several days and then in
fused with boiling water and
strained, the resulting liquid makes
a useful polish for mirrors, windows,
glasses, vanished wood and furni-
ture. And it costs nothing. Also
tea leaves boiled up in the fish pan
will remove the smell of fish.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
African Night Driving Dangerous

Night driving in the less settled
portions of South Africa is hazard
Gus. Wild life congregates on the
roads and becomes blinded by car
lights. The animals are not dis
turbed by the motor car and it is
difficult to get them off the road
after dark; in some places, even in
the day time. A strict rule is to
stay in the car and, except for the
rhinoceros, one need not concern
himself about the animals.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04

from Grand Rapids Saturday for a
two weeks vacation with her folks.
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Gustafson of
Pine City, called on Mrs. Rena Alvey
last Thursday evening.
Lester, Russell and Lawrence Chase
made business trip to Hinckley
Wednesday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted SWedlund were
Hinckley callers Wednesday of last
week.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
Chinese Heart Problems

Chinese heart-problem oracles, of
whom a large number flourish, new
er advocate divorce as a solution of
matrimonial troubles, but always ia
vor some sort of compromise, even
if this is obviously impossible. They
are Influenced by the ancient story
of a scholar predestined to great
ness, who remained a Junior Off
cial all his life because he sane
toned a divorce.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
Population Migratory Movements

Prior to the Nineteenth century,
important migratory movements
were due to mass expulsion, says
a study of Population and Peace
published by the Columbia Univer-
sity Press. About quarter of a
million Huguenots left France after
1885, and as many as 20 million AZ
ricans were transported to the New
World.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04

year extension OF
the R e C i p r o C a l
Trade Agreement
act when the Sem
ate last Friday, by
a vote of AZ to Al,
turned down an
amendment which
would have re-
quired Senate rati-
ication for all flu
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
PEACE ENGLISH LUTH. CHURCH
H. SpOrleder, pastor.

Divine services, 1890 a. m.
Sunday school and Bible class, 10
a. m; subject: "Christ, Our Good
Shepherd" The adult choir of the
church will sing "The Lord is My
Shepherd" by w. Shawker.
Congregational fireside hour at 8
p. m. in the church basement.
All are welcome to our services.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
BRUNO LUTHERAN PARISH
Elmer J. johnson. pastor

Elmer j. Johnson, pastor.
Because of the pastors absence, the
Luther Leagues will assume charge
of the services Sunday evening. In
Bruno slides will be shown on tenn
perance education.
All are welcome.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04

Since our country was settled by
white men more than half of its for
ests have been destroyed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04

For long time the cotton states
sent away all their cotton, but now
there are many mills in the South.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04

st. PauPS Ev. Luth. Church, Bruno
missouri Synod)
Sunday, April Z, divine service and
Sunday school, but with change in
time for Sunday only; p. m, Sum-
day school; $3.50 p. m, divine services.
R. A. BRAMMER, Pastor.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04

You saw it in the American.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
Observations
BY CONG. HAROLD KNUTSON
Administration Wins.

First blood was drawn by the Ad-
in its fight for three
Evening star., 1940-05-30
Clear All Wires Remake
To Satire Communism
Gable and Hedy to Appear in It;
Ann Sheridan May Co.Star
In Muni's High Sierra
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

Clark Gable as reporter OF the John Vincent
school and Hedy Lamar Communist
Dye like this idea? The gorgeous Gable and lovely Lamar will
together in Clear ALI Wres which being
Metro This autored Spewack in which
Lee Tracy starred 1894 will rs
edtiu ukicf hadt the riu&
Evening star., 1940-05-30
Two for Bower

Charles Boyer will be starred in
two pictures on R-K-O Radios 194O-
Al program, according to a contract
just signed by President George j.
Schaefer with Andre Daven and Nat
Wachsberger, who, with Harry
Brandt, will head a new company
for the production of series of
major films.
First of the two pictures is ten
tatively titled "Ariane Pretends, -
and will be directed by Anatole Lit
yak. 1t is based on the popular
novel by the noted French author,
Claude Anet. Filming will start in
August.
The second Boyer starring vehicle
will be "The Pirates" romantic
story of an outlaw in love, to be
adapted to the screen from Marcel
Achard's Partisan stage play, lie
Corsaire," which enjoyed a two-year
run in the French capital.
Daven and Wachsberger will be
co-producers of the two pictures.
Each has had extensive production
experience here and abroad, Daven
being credited with the discovery
of Boyer.
Now at the zenith of his brilliant
career, Boyer has many great box
office successes to his credit In
Guiding among others Love Affair, !"
"Algiers' and when Tomorrow
Comes"
Evening star., 1940-05-30

ond on Muni's schedule. He may dc
"The Life Of Beethoven" first. And
next for Ann is city of Conquest y
in which she plays a dancer and is
again co-starred with James Cagney
BY the way, George Raft was asked
to dance with Ann In this one, but
refused. He said the part wasn't
big enough.
X X X X
Basil Rathbone. who was looking
forward to playing the killer-for-
the sake of = humanity in Halt
Moon Street." will be robbed of his
fun. The picture has been shelved
because of its London background.
Hollywood will concentrate on Amer
ican backgrounds for its forthcoming
picture product, believing that. with
the loss of the foreign market, in
terest IN foreign locales will
diminish.
They are thinking of doing a
Grand Hotel in Schwab's Drug
Store" Schwab's is where the mDvie
stars eat their early morning break
lasts, play the machines and meet
for gossip :. "Whoopee," in which
Eddie Cantor starred for Sam
Goldwyn several years ago, is to be
remade with Bob Hope and Dorothy
Lamour in the top spots y. Para
mount will take up where Metro left
OF with the Robert Benchley shorts.
Bob will make six 1-reelers on his
new ticket "The Silver Queen"
will star Claire Trevor, She plavs
Evening star., 1940-05-30
STAR WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY MAY 80 1910

the medal for efficiency. The lead
ership medal was given to Miss
Roena Graham Helms Of Virginia.
Recipients Of Diplomas.
I The Rev. David v. McCauley, S. j.,
dean of the medical school, presided
and Sister M. Mechtilde, Q. s. F.,
director Of the nursing school, pre-
sented the following candidates for
diplomas:
Sister Mary Rose Patricia, Sister
Mary Thelma Francis, Mary Anton,
Joan Lee Brown, Beulah Wilson
Busey, Jean Dolores Cilli, Aileen
Patricia Cleary, Sara Isabel Cotter,
Mary Agnes Donaldson, Elizabeth
Adelaide Farrall. Rosemary Assunta
Gallagher.
Genevieve Natalie Gallo, Loretta
Ann Gilmore -Nellie Evangehne Guy,
Roena Graham Helms Ann Mar
garet Kindsfather, Margaret Anna
kloetzli, Rosalie Carol Koestner,
Dorothy Ann Manner, Mary Eliza
beth Marshall, Mamie Frances
Moore.
Anne BROMLEY Myrick, Mary
Jane Parfltt. Mary Margaret PAUL.
Alice Ann Robben, Mary Elizabeth
Shaw. Eleanor Juanita Sterlinp.
Mary Roberta Sullivan, Kathryn
Lorena Wayland and Margaret Vir-
ginia Williamson.
Evening star., 1940-05-30
6. i. Nursing School
Diplomas Presented
80 Graduates
Class Is Told Nurse
Is StubiIizing Influence
In World Gone Mod

The 80 graduates Of the school
of nursing Of Georgetown University
Hospital were told yesterday after
noon that in a world that has gone
berserk, "the nurse alone seems to
have been able to preserve the bal
ance OF mind which mankind must
have to distinguish it from the
british beast"
Addressing the class at commence
ment exercises in CASTOR Hall, Prof.
A. Philip Kane Of the Georgetown
Law School paid tribute to the
Sisters of Mercy and the Florence
Nlghtingales Of past wars and as
sured the young women that If war
should ever come to American
shores, you will not be deprived of
the opportunity Of fulfilling your
destinies."
Scouts Fears.
He added: "You fear that your
profession is overcroWded; that it
will be difficult for ySu to find regu-
lar employment: that this great
American democracy is about to fall
apart and that we are about to be
propagandized into another war.
These fears and misgivings have no
lasting place in the thoughts of uni
versity- trained Christian women.
They are the touchstones of despair,
and despair is the negation of
Christianity"
The Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, S. j..
vice president of the university, pre-
sented the diplomas to the young
women in the absence of the presi-
dent, the Very Rev. Arthur A.
OLeary, S. j., who was i'll. It was
the largest graduation class in re-
cent years. Earlier in the day Miss
Genevieve Gallo of Maryland, who
gave the valedictory, was awarded
Evening star., 1940-05-30
Marlene's Next

Producer Joe Pasternak is speed
ing preparations for Marlene Die
trich's new starring vehicle, Seven
Sinners" first of the actress pic
lures under the new. and exclusive
contract she signed with Universal
following her spectacular success in
"Destry Rides Again"
Tay Garnett, one of the industry's
outstanding directors, has been
signed to pilot the glamorous star
in the new film, which will have for
its backgrounds the Dutch East
Indies.
Broderick Crawford, young char
acter actor, has already been as
signed to one of the chief support
ing roles. Meanwhile, search con-
tinues for male star to play op-
posite Miss Dietrich.
John Meehan is putting polishing
touches to Harry Tugend's SCREEN
play. based on an original story by
Ladislaus Fodor and Laslo Vadnai.
Miss Dietrich, pending start of
production. will remain in Palm
Springs where she has been resting
and recuperating from a minor
cold.
Evening star., 1940-05-30
Just 80 to Go

George Tobias has just SO roles to
go before he breaks the record of
the traditional man of thousand
faces" His part as the punch drunk
fighter in "The Sentence" is number
912.
The son of vaudeville hoofing
parents, George would raid their
makeup boxes and create strange
facial effects in an effort to learn
as many different expressions as
possible. When he grew older and
realized his ambition to be an actor,
he became more and more interested
in makeup.
His most recent additions before
"The Sentence" were: Mexican
bandit in "Torrid Zone" Greek
produce man in "They Drive by
Night"
Evening star., 1940-05-30
q society girl who takes over +,
silver mining community.

a society girl who takes over q
silver mining community.
X X X X
The search for a Jody in "The
Yearling" has narrowed down to
five boys-Harold Sucker of Louis
vile, Gene Eckman of Atlanta, John
Kelton of Tampa, Fla; Joe Arm
strong of Knoxville, Tenn, and
Joseph La Cue of New Orleans. It
means definite stardom for the boy
who gets the part. May the best
boy win.
Judy Garland is wanted by James
Roosevelt for the lead in his "Pot
O. Gold" picture Ann Sothern
gets Newcomer Dan Daley for her
leading man in 'Dulcy" Also in the
cast are Roland Young and Lynne
Carver Claudette Colbert and
Cecil B. de Mile get together again
for Reap the Wild Wind" which
c. B. directs. The last time Claud-
cite worked for the veteran mega
phonist was in Cleopatra"
'The Mummy's Hard" is next on
Peter Torres horror schedule
Jack Oakie and Charles Winninger
support Kay Francis in Little Men"
Barbara Stanwyck makes well
come return to picture-making with
the lead opposite joel McCrea in
'The City That Never Sleeps" the
erstwhile "F o. B. Detroit" This
was originally planned for Carole
Lombard. Carole, by the way, is
holding up the start of The Other
Man." the tentative title for her CO.
starring picture with Charles Laugh
ton, due to the non-disappearance of
her poison oak ailmeni
(Released BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1940-05-30
CENTRAL AS Leg s.h g: NV.

-, .VUcUS 10 NM.
BeaIthfully Air-Conditioned.
ELLEN DREW In WOMEN WITH
OUT NAMES" At 10. 1855. 3:55.
TOR JORY in LIGHT OF WESTERN
STARS" At 11:5O. $50. $40. S:b0
Man Without Country" Historical
Evening star., 1940-05-30
Boys Old Pronk
Becomes ChemicuIized

BY the Associated Press.
: HAGERSTOWN, Md.-"Stink-
bombs" are not new.
Practical jokesters make them
today from chemicals. A century
ago they used herbs, or simply tossed
pepper on a hot stove.
Hagerstown boys broke up so
many public meetings that way that
an indignant City Council passed
ar ordinance In 1859 levying % nne
OF 81 to $40 on pepper or |, NIB
toSsers.
Evening star., 1940-05-30

life). The epic is described in studio
parlance as "super-super Nj
notchka'" and will kid the pants off
Communism.
There is no end to the dramatic
vehicles in preparation for Ann
Sheridan. AS I told you a couple
of weeks ago, Ann replaces Bette
Davis in THE Lady with Red Hair"
And now comes the topper-the
"oomph" girl will co-star with Paul
NUM- in High Sierra!" The part
seems right down AIMS cinematic
alley. She will play a gun mol to
Muni's gangster.
1t is not yet decided whether
High Sierra" will be first or Sec
Evening star., 1940-05-30

try, unable to get out
VS., so he invented a
Evening star., 1940-05-30
Couch Protector

A Briton has invented a couch.
carpet and curtain protector in the
form OF a claw sharpener for kit
tens, the device being small post
covered with bits of stout carpet
scented with catmint to monopolize
the kittens interest.
Evening star., 1940-05-30
Two Goering Books Sold

Two books sold at Sotheby's, Lon
don, were once owned by Field Mar
shall Goering, one Beck's Secret of
the Elders of Zion," the other Dol
shevism from Moses to Lenin," a
discussion between Goering and
Hitler.
Evening star., 1940-05-30

surfing sequence
of events.
The re-make
Of Clear All
Wires" will have
q caricatured
version Of ev-
erything tn a t
has taken place
r e C e n tly in
Europe, ON y
transferred to
Russia, even to
the poin t of
having a Unity
Milford in love
with Stain (not
Hitler, as in real
Evening star., 1940-10-25
LOVELY COTTON CHENILLE BEDsPREADs

Full or twin sizes. Pas
tel sheetlng with thick
cotton chenille design
In straight diagonal
rows or ey chain
p a I I erns. Ais O
unbleached sheeting in
swirl and wave tufting,
with multi-color florals.
BedUeur-
Main Floor
Evening star., 1940-10-25

Beautiful cotton che
mile spreads of pastel
colored sheeting. closely
tufted waffle top. Also
unbleached S h e e ting
with ail-over designs.
multi-color floral mo-
tifs. Full or twin sizes.
BedUeGr-
Nam FlOO.'
Evening star., 1940-10-25

Gorgeous cotton che
mile, pastel-color sheet
ing with waffle check
design. decorated in
center with floral bas-
ket. Another in the
popular wave design
with multi-color fora |
decoration in center.
straight line panel TO
match.
BedUedr-
MAN Floor
Evening star., 1940-03-17

Chemists warned Hyatt that he was
dealing with high explosive which
might send him and his factory sky
ward. He responded that he and the
plant were still there. Next day, how
ever, when the chemists were at lunch.
he rigged up a protecting screen OF
four inch planks. prepared a block OF
his material. heated it to 500 degrees
Fahrenheit and, peeking through the
improvlsed screen, watched the out
come. The block sizzled and gases
filled the room but there was no
Evening star., 1940-03-17

type in his Albany printshop in 1865,
read an advertisement offering $4,000
for substitute for the ivory billiard
ball, genuine ivory was scarce and
its price prohlbltlve.
Hyatt was thlrtyone and had been
setting type since he was sixteen. but
at heart he was an inventor. And
when he read that $4,000 prize offer
he dropped stlckful of type in his
excitement.
Day after day he worked with every
form of gum. resin and adhesive OBJ
talnable, trying to make billiard ball
that looked like ivory
The gums and resins made his Tim
gers sore He applied remedy known
as artificial skin" incidentally called
eoIlodion, spllling few drops of it. As
HYATT watched. the spilled collodion
spread out and evaporated to thin
film. 1t was only about the size and
thickness of his thumbnail but he
picked 1t up. scrutlnlzed 1t, rolled 1t
between his thumb and forehnger. 1t
made ball!
Hyatt was not chemist and knew
little about formulas but he deter
mined to find out what collodion was
He discovered that it was made from
Cellulose nitrate, which is obtained
by treating paper or plant tibers with
acids. This cellulose nitrate. he learned.
is highly lntlammable, but Hyatt was
young and fearless.
In his cellar laboratory he began to
experiment in earnest BY dissolving
cellulose nitrates in ether and alcohol
he obtained a thick dough which,
when forced around central core.
made pretty good billiard ball.
He began to manufacture billiard
balls but after the first balls were sold
a Denver billiard-saloon proprietor
complained that a lighted cigar set
them on fire and violent contact some
times caused them to explode. Il
wouldn't mind that so much wrote
the philosophical businessman. but
whenever there's an explosion, every
man in the room pulls gun
Evening star., 1940-03-17
WEEK MAGAZINE
THE BILLION-DOLLAR BILLIARD BALL

explosion. The chemists had over
looked the fact that camphor mlm-
mized the explosive property OF the :
ccllulose nitrate.
What happened to the $1,000
prize no one seems to know. In the
long struggle to perfect celluloid the
prize was apparently overlooked.
In the winter of 1928. the Hyatt
brothers moved to Newark, New
Jersey. and began to manufacture
checkers, dominoes. dental plates, Gel
luloid-coated playing cards and other
articles. As new problems arose, Hyatt
invented new solutions, new machinery
Before he died. in May, 1920, IN
his elghty-t third year. he had been
granted more than 200 patents.
From the old, cumbersome glass
Photographic plates Hyatt's laborato-
ries evolved the celluloid film that has
made photography a popular pastlme
From the penny arcade with hand
cranked pictures of the Gay Ninetles, =
the world has moved by means OF
Hyatt's celuloid to the transparent,
continuous, flexible films that are now
the movies.
In 1914, John Wesley Hyatt was
awarded the Sir John Perkn Gold
Medal for valuable work in applied
chemistry and the fundamental nven-
ton of celluloid"
In 1916 the noted chemist Leo
Baekeland was awarded the Perkln
Medal for another famous plastic.
Since then many other inventors and
manufacturers have entered the plas-
tics field until today more than thirty
major companies are manufacturing
plastics materials, which in turn are
sold to a thousand manufacturers who'
fabricate them into countless forms.
Buttons, jewelry, lampshades, combs
and brushes and piano keys are famil-
lar forms Airplane fuselagcs and wing
parts, automobile parts. machinery
gears and wheels are daily adding to
the uses of plastiCs.
John Wesley Hyatt's discoveries
founded one of Americas fastest
growing industries The billiard ball
for which he never received prize
turned out to be golden egg.
STELLA BURKE MAY
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Ii launched two giant industries but
John Hyatt never got his $4,000 prize

Hyatt continued his experiments.
BY adding camphor to his original
formula. he obtained shiny material.
which softened when heated and could
be nodded in a hydraulic press. When
cooled it became sufficiently hard and
durable.
He and his brother, Isaiah S. Hyatt.
named the material "celluloid. mean
ing like cellulose, and patented it.
Evening star., 1940-03-17

"A FEW drops of artificial skin.
spilled on a table, started the giant
plastlcs industry of today and made
movies possible. And ivory billiard
balls were responsible for it all,
When John Wesley Hyatt, setting
Evening star., 1940-03-17
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-11

LONDON, Dec. II. CUP) - Bad
weather on the continent which
grounded most of Germany's planes
was credited today with having pro-
longed the present respite from
aerial bombings.
Two German planes brought Lon
don, just before dawn, its first air
raid alarm in 48 hours. Antiaircraft
guns drove them off and the alarm
period was brief. A single German
plane dropped a number of light
bombs after circling northeast
coast district, but made off before
guns could get into action.
A brief air and home security
ministries communique said: There
was very little enemy air activity
during the night. No reports of dam
age or casualties were received.
The lull was attributed to the
which at times had hindered Royal
air force planes in their attacks.
Belief that bad weather was pre-
valent over great area was
strengthened because of lack of &C
tivity of both the east bomber-fight-
er planes which operate from the
bases nearest Britain and the heavy
bombing planes based farther in
land.
1t was said that Sunday nights
big attack on London showed def
initely that the German air force
had not been weakened by it's long
campaign against this country.
Up to today there had been no
daylight raid alarm in London in
five days.
But defense organizations here
and in all other British cities were
watchful in the belief that as soon
as the weather permitted the Ger
man air force would make fresh
mass attack on London or some
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-11
Greek BIitzkrie9 Rolls
Ahead on 20-MiIe Front

towns, and now the Greek southern
army, rolling up from Argyrokastron
was outflanking them from tht
south.
Greek informants said a fierce
battle had occurred in the heights
known as the Gateway to Tepe-
lini,' east of the city. No details
we're given.
The western flank of the Greek
southern army pursued Italians up
the coast road toward Khimara
keeping pace with the eastern flank
advancing beyond Argyrokastron.
In the center of this southern
line, the Italians were said to have
made a brief stand northwest OF
Delvino which they abandoned, leav-
ing behind an Alpini unit including
several machine gun companies and
the commanding officer, to fall into
Greek hands. The Greeks were said
to have gathered up much italian
war material in that region.
A United Press correspondent OH
the southern front messaged that
the Greeks we're moving SO rapidly
the Italians apparently had aban-
doned any idea of throwing up a
defense lines below Telepini, and
that their retreat was reported to
be a panic.
Hail and snow were falling on
many parts of the southern front, a
government spokesman said.
The Greek radio broadcast that
the Greek advance continued along
the whole 150-mile Albanian front.
Other sources said Greeks had cap
tured new mountain heights north
west of Pogradec, at the north end
on the front. A report from Po-
gradec said Greek scouts had found
l80 Italian bodies perfectly pre-
served in the snow
The newspaper Pradini here said
a court martial at Elbasan, Greek
objective on the north front, had
sentenced 25 italian officers to
death for desertion and that at
Tepelini, many summary executions
had been carried out by the Italian
command.
The newspaper Proias said the
italians had taken 35 hostages from
Argyrokastron, including several
women.