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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-17
Death REMOVES
ADA W. GEORGE
DR.. Condor Pays Stirring
Tribute to Veteran Mem
Der of Sprague Faculty

Funeral services for Miss Ada
Wilson George, for the past % years
eighth grade teacher at Sprague
grammar school, will take place to-
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the Anderson funeral home. Be-
loved by hundreds of Sprague pupils
whose last memories of the school
were linked with Miss Georges
bright, CHEEKY disposition, the vet
eran teacher will be buried in the
Riverside cemetery at the con-
venience of the family.
She died yesterday afternoon at
her home on Pennington avenue.
DR.. Thomas j. Condor, superinten-
dent of schools, paid her the fol-
lowing tribute:
1--WE are very, very sorry to learn
of the death of Miss George. She
was faithful, progressive teacher,
well beloved by all her pupils and
associate teachers. Her death Is a
distinct loss to the department"
Coming to Waterbury Is years ago,
Miss George taught at Chase school
for two years, before being trans
TERED to Sprague. Her profession was
her hobby, and she devoted all
her time to it.
Miss George was born in Philadel-
phia, daughter of James Scott George
and the late Ada Beu1ah (Gilbert)
George. She was a member of the
Waterbury Teachers association and
of st. Johns Episcopal church.
Rev. Samuel A. Budde, acting rec
tor of st. Johns church, will Off
ciate at the services, assisted by Rev
Francis o. Ayres. Miss George Is
survived by her father, brother
DR.. Raymond Scott George, and q
sister, Miss Dorothy Beulah George
also a grammar school teacher, al
of this city.
Friends may call at the funeral
home today from to o'clock and
from Z to o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-17
Compensation
Agreements

Commissioner James Lynch has
approved the following agreements
for compensation filed at his Of
fee today:
Oakville Division, Scovill Mfg.
Co., and Andrew Brace, Oakville.
for an injury sustained March 8.
causing incapacity beginning
March Is, payment of S16.36 for
2S1s weeks for the 1870 loss Of
the use of the first finger Of the
left hand.
Lawrence G. DeFlavis, Torring-
ton. and Michael Whalen, Torring-
ton payment Of $3.50 weekly dur
ing total incapacity, for a scratch
Of the left index finger, and in
fiction, causing disability on
March eth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-17
INDUSTRIES IN
MASS. INCREASE

Boston, July II. - CUP - Orders
received by Massachusetts, manu-
facturers last month tocaled 28.1 per
cent more than in June, 1889, the
Associated Industries of Massachu-
sets estimated today.
A Is per cent increase over May
was attributed mainly to a rising
demand for cotton and wool textiles,
machinery, production equipment
and tools.
Increases of 57.9 per cent in tex
tile orders, 51.1 In metal trades and
1872 in paper were partly offset by
20.5 per cent decrease in leather
and shoe orders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-17

courses will be given at Leavenworth
high school. The first course will
consist of 200 hours and will prob
ably be limited to 80 students, un-
der three instructors. If the need
arises, the courses will be expanded.
Selection Of students will be made
by local manufacturers, after they
have studied the results Of the APP
titude tests taken at the employ
ment office. It is understood that
students who complete the training
courses are by no means assured of
positions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-17
TOLEDO HOSPITAL
HAD SMALL FIRE

Toledo, o., July II - (UP)-Fre
broke out in st. Vincent's hospital
at midnight but was brought under
control at a. m. after 100 patients
had been moved hurriedly from
the burning wing to the fireproof
section Of the building.
The city's entire fire fighting
apparatus was brought into action.
Two firemen were overcome by
smoke. The fire started in a labora-
tory on the third floor and smoke
and flame spread quickly through
a corner of the building.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-17
Marriage
Intentions

The following marriage inten-
tons have been fled at the office
Of Town Cerlk Mary G. Kilmartin:
Elsdon H. Robinson, 1872 Dwight
street, and Marguerite Cooke, 693
Cooke street.
Otto Vestewig, rs Academy ave-
nue., and Cecilia L. Goodrich, Al
Prospect street.
william M. Mcmahon, 8S Oak
street, and Ethel M. Keller, Ash
street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-17
Manager

here at a meeting last Friday. OF
these 100 applicants, many have al
ready taken mechanical aptitude
tests.
According to John r. Mackay,
manager Of the local office, the APP
plicants are mostly in the age group
10 to %. The aptitude tests do not
require experience, but are de-
signed to show the aptitude Of the
candidates for mechanical work.
Some of the tests have time limits.
When and if the state board ap-
proves Waterbury's petition, the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-17
Scores Of Applicants
Seeking Instructions
In Defense Program
Special Instructions to Be Given at LeayenwOrh High
School With Cooperation OF Local Manufacturers
to Obtain Skilled WOrknlen

More than 100 applications for the
proposed training school under the
emergency defense program have
been already received at the Con-
necticut Employment office all
though the Board of Education only
petitioned the state board for courses
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-17

The Government of Brazil will
call a conference this year of In
terventors, or governors, to discuss
the best methods of solving some OF
the country's problems.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-17
PRIZE CANS AND BOTTLES

Abyssinian natives greatly prize
empty soup cans and catsup bottles.
They will give as much as dozen
eggs and a chicken for each empty
can or bottle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-17

Mrs. Anna F. Sherlock
Died Today At Home
Prominent Resident of East End Celebrated Goth We'd
ding Anniversary Last October Funeral Saturday

urday morning at $3.50 o'clock to SIS.
Peter and Paul's church where a
solemn mass Of requiem win be
celebrated at 9 o'clock.
Friends may call at the home after
2 o'clock on Thursday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-17

GOODSPEED - Funeral services
for Charles Albert Goodspeed, 73,
father of Mrs. Harold Ashworth, of
WATERFOWL, will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Con-
gregational church in Madison. Mr..
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-18

which to buy. Then it would not
greatly matter whether prices were
high or low. It is for this reason
the Townsend plan advocates say
that with enactment of the Townsend
plan the farmers problems are
solved, for it would give the people
the necessary purchasing power.
However, what is being done today
to help the farmer is not along these
lines. New Dealers approach the
farmers problems from the view
point of industry. Industry believes it
prospers when prices are high. There
fore, it endeavors to keep prices high
by keeping products scarce. So dur
ing the depression prices in industry,
as for example farm machines, have
remained high while production has
dropped in order to create scarcity.
New Dealers are endeavoring to solve
the farmers problems by following
the example of industry, so they
compel the farmer to destroy his
crops or keep a portion of his land
unproductive so there will be less
foodstuffs on the market. The farm
er is paid for doing this-and the
New Dealers hope prices will rise
due to the artificial scarcity and solve
the farmers problem.
There are two things to be said
about this. First, it is barbaric be-
yond expression to create artificial
food scarcity when millions of people
are starving. The restriction on pro-
ducing foodstuffs .abundantly is fur
thermore an endeavor to stop the
historical advance of mankind from
stage of ever present hunger to one
of ever present plenty. The second
thing to be said is that industry, by
creating an artificial scarcity in
production while keeping prices high,
has definitely failed to solve any
problems. The depression remains
for it as well as for the farmer.
Townsend plan advocates say prices
have little to do with the situation
facing not only the farmer, but indus
try as well. If prices are high or
low and the masses of people lack
purchasing power, goods will not
move. If people have sufficient
money with which to buy them, no
matter what the price, they will buy
and goods will move and those who
create the goods will prosper. Let
the farmer produce abundantly. Let
industry not restrain the production
of machines. Let there be an abund-
ance of machines and foodstuffs, the
Townsend plan advocates say, but
at the same time see to it, as the
Townsend plan will, that there is
money enough in the hands of the
masses of people with which to pur-
chase these goods made by the ma
chimes and the foodstuffs grown by
the farmers. Then there will be no
farm problem, nor one for industry
either, and all will be happy.
BENJAMIN E. VODRAZKA.
Brook Park, Mimi, April 8, 1910.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-18
Health Ward
Information furnished by Pine County
Nursing Service.

The board met April 10 at the
home of Mrs. Herbert Johnson al
Willow River, with five members
present and six guests, who are al
ways welcome at these meetings
From the reports it appears that the
Mantoux campaign now being carried
out in the schools of the county, is
progressing very satisfactorily. II
was decided among other things, that
the teachers in the various schools
should collect the fee of Csc from the
pupils examined, as well as from
adults who take tests in their re-
spective districts. All pupils who
show a positive reaction may be
X-rayed free of charge at the Pokeg-
anna Sanitorium, but for adults the
fee will be So.
The following schools will take
the test: Finlayson, April Is; Hinck-
ley, April %; Pine City, April "a
Bruno, April 20; Cloverton, April 80
Willow River, May L; Askov, date
to be announced later.
Miss Virginia Karlson will not be
at the office in Pine City on April %
or April 20, as she will be assisting
the doctors at other points on those
dates.
Many Attend Clinic.
The st. Cloud clinic, held April 49,
and sponsored by the Bureau for
Services to Crippled Children, proved
very successful. About 100 children
from the district were. examined, Is
from Pine county. The clinic doc
tors will forward the results of the
examination to the regular family
physicians of examines as soon as
compiled, with their recommended
tons for treatment.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-18

the attempt will be met with force.
There is possibility that Sweden
may, after all, decide to abandon its
neutrality policy and support Nor
way now that British soldiers have
landed in that country. But even
then-Sweden is in a most precarious
position, for Russia may, in such a
case, decide that it is necessary to
help Germany by attacking the
Swedes from the rear. Although
wanting, so far, to remain neutral,
Sweden is still exposed to German
attack from the south, a Russian
from the east.
Naval Battles.
During the week there have been
numerous reports about a gigantic
battle being fought between the Brit
ish and the German fleet in Skag-
erak, the small body of water separat-
ing Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
1t would appear that there was a ma
jor clash, but all participants are
absolutely silent about its course and
its results.
Judging from very meager &C
counts, whatever battle did take place,
resolved itself into series of minor
fights all along the Norwegian coast,
and it seems that the Germans have
suffered the heaviest losses, for in
stance, at Narvik where an obsolete
British warship, "Warspit," sank
seven German destroyers; some Ger
man cruisers have been sent to the
bottom of the sea by the Norwegians
and the British, and the big battle
ship, admiral Scheer," is said to
have been torpedoed; with what re-
suit is not known at this writing.
Apparently, the British have cut
the iron-ore transportation line from
Narvik to Germany, and apparently
they have so far subdued the Ger
man fleet that they have been able
to land troops in Norway. Thus, it
would seem that in whatever fights
the Germans put up, they were de-
feated.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-18

test was held in Sandstone Mon
day evening, April Is. This con-
cluded our sixth annual sectional
elimination series of rural declama-
tory contests. The following eight
sectional champions spoke: Adeline
Busse, Donna Lund, Paul Pahos, Ell
den Brant, Junior Jungers, Norma
Holmstrom, Wilfred Zalaznik and
Betty Hanson.
Donna Lund, Kerrick, district 125,
was selected by the judges to rep
resent Pine county at the state fair
contest. All the above speakers will
be given trip to the state fair.
Most of the rural teachers contributed
SOC or 75c each to help cover the ex-
penses for over 1000 declam, music
and play day ribbons and part of
the expenses for the state fair trips.
Music Festival.
Our final county contest was again
enriched by musical numbers pre-
sented by some of the best talent from
the rural schools. Many of our rural
contestants in past years are now
taking the lead in high school speak
ing, music and other extra-curricular
activities. We appreciate the fine
support and cooperation of teachers,
parents and school board members
in these activities.
The following rural schools sent
musical talent to our final county
festival at Sandstone:
Bands from districts SO, SO, SO and
113; vocal numbers from districts AZ,
80, lO2, so, lib, IS, 40, 81, 48, SO,
z, 6 and Is; instrumental numbers
from districts 1875, so, LOG, AZ, 80,
102, 80, IS and 40.
The names of the students furnish
ing the above musical numbers were
published in recent issues covering
various sectional programs.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-18
FARM SURPLUS AND HUNGRY
PEOPLE

Editor Askov American:
It is self-evident that one of the
severest problems facing America to-
day is that of the farmer. Govern
ment destruction of crops has focused
public attention on the farmers
ability to produce plenty, and the
farmer himself has drawn attention
to his plight by his activities in such
groups as the. Farmers Holiday Asso-
citation, etc.
In chart which the National For
um has prepared on the subject, GER
tain facts stand out graphically. First
the farmer can produce foodstuffs in
abundance. He did it in 1929, a
boom year, and he did it in 1888, a
depression year. Although he has
learned to produce abundantly, he
has discovered he has not solved his
economic problems Although in
good times he receives high prices
and prospers, during the depression
his prices have dropped and he suf-
fers. At first glance this seems
strange, for it would appear that the
cheaper the food prices, the more
people can buy.
This would be true if the masses
of people had enough money with
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-18
CrOningen

Church services will be held Sum
day, April 81, at $50 a. M; Sunday
school at 10:45 a. M
Mrs. H. Evjen and daughter and
Miss Hilda Postma, who had spent
a few months in California, arrived
by train Wednesday of last week
to visit few days with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Postma.
Lee Ruble of Chaplin, Iowa, spent
the weekend at the home of his un-
Gle and aunt near Grindstone Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Klein and Mr..
and Mrs. C. Klein spent Sunday aft
ernoon with Mr. and Mrs. Fred An
derson.
Mr.. and Mrs Timothy Evink, Lee
Roy Ankrum and Miss Leona Hui
bregtse of Pipestone, visited at the
James and Tony Ankrum and John
Klar homes over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Karsky took their
son, Emanuel, to the ST. Cloud clinic
Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nelson and her
parents of Duluth, and Mrs. Martin
Ziegler and son, Walter, visited at the
Ben Nelson home recently.
Mr.. and. Mrs. Jake Ploegar and son.
Johnny, spent last Thursday afternoon
with the Griffith family near Grind
stone Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Erickson and
daughter, Marion, and Mr. and Mrs.
A. Palmer and family spent Saturday
evening at the A. Jensen home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Klar and family
of Rutledge, visited at the John Klar
home Sunday.
Harriet and Edgar Rote of Askov,
visited at the Jake Ploegar home Sum
day.
Mrs. o. Evjen and sons, Helmer
and Henning, and Mrs Les. Bloom
of Minneapolis, spent Sunday at the
John Postma home. Mrs. H. Evjen
and daughter accompanied Mr. Ev-
jen home Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Postma of Sand
stone, Mrs. A. Jensen and son, Paul,
and P. G.. Erickson visited at the
j. Postma home Sunday afternoon.
Miss Helen Haglin visited school
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Ben Nelson and Mrs. John
Postma and daughter, Hilda, spent
Monday afternoon with Mrs A Jen-
sen.
Mrs. Fred Anderson and Mrs. Bert
Klein spent Tuesday afternoon with
Mrs. C. Klein.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Haglin and son,
Douglas, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Kauppi and Mrs. Mabel Pearson of
Duluth, visited at the Severt Haglin
home last Thursday and also at
tended the Ladies' Aid meeting there.
MIR. and Mrs. Jake Ploegar Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. o. Shafer Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs A DIETRICH and son,
Franklin, of Sandstone, spent Friday
evening with Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Klein.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al johnson and son,
Carl, and daughter, Austrid, of Fries
land, spent Sunday afternoon at the
Severt Haglin home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-18

HIStOTy clearly SHOWS Cnat SuCQ q
group has never yet offered a SER
ious competitive threat, but on the
contrary, has actually effected an
improved domestic economy" and
maintained cit is a solemn obliga-
ton for our citizens, in this tragic
time, to uphold the humane tradi-
ton established by the founders of
this country by continuing to offer
sanctuary in the United States to at
least part of the millions in Europe
who are suffering persecution and
betrayal through no individual fault
whatsoever"
Therefore, they urged, ''a modifca-
ton of the immigration policy, to
allow the entrance of refugees up to
the number of the total of unused
quotas of the last five, or even 10
years." and especially "the wisdom
of admitting children to our land be-
yond the quota limitations as pro-
vided in the Wagner-Rogers bill"
This was sent to Madame Frances
Perkins, Secretary of Labor; the
chairmen of the immigration COM
mittees in both houses; and to the
entire Minnesota delegation in Con-
greSS.
Oppose Anti-Alien Bills.
Regarding the flood of anti-alien
bills which have been introduced into
Congress directed against the refugees
but which, sometimes directly and
at times indirectly through loose
phraseology, ''inescapably reac t
against the civil liberties of all the
citizens of this country" the Peace
League picked out five of the most
vicious ones to particularly oppose
The Reynolds bill IS. 32O1) which
prohibits issuance of immigrants
viSas to quota immigrants, and thus
effectively closes the door in the
face of traditional United States pol
icy of asylum has been substituted
for Reynolds bill IS. 409) which
would have only closed immigration
for five years. Both were opposed.
Three of these bills have already
passed the House and are being OPP
posed in the Senate: OD the Demp-
sey bill Oh. R. 4860) providing for
deportation of aliens advocating any
change in our government. This
could apply to aliens belonging to
organizations which advocate even
constitutional changes as social re-
forms; (2) the Smith bill Oh. R.
5138) called the gag BILL" applicable
to citizens and alien alike which
would outlaw major strikes, pro-
vide compulsory fingerprinting of
immigrants and deportation of aliens
for previous membership in radical
organizations; 60 The Hobbs bill
Oh. R. 5643) which sets up the
dreaded concentration camp in the
United States for deportable aliens
and similar classes" phrase which
leaves vague the persons indicated
and leaves the way open for misuse.
President Roosevelt was gratefully
commended for his recent veto of
the RusSell-Starnes bill which would
have permitted third degree methods
in the F. B. l. and did not provide
for trial by jury before conviction
for deportation. The President was
also urged to veto the other five bills
should any of them pass both houses
of Congress- 1t was stated that by
so doing he ''could lend no greater
service to the cause of freedom and
justice"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-18

in neutral Norwegian waters, did the
trick, for it brought on the German
invasion, and the desired status of
Norway as an ally of Britain and
France
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-18
New State Board
lis Selected By
Women's League
Action on Many National
and International Issues
Taken.

A new state board for the Wom-
ems international League for Peace
and Freedom was elected at the an
nual meeting held in st. Paul at the
Lowry hotel April IL and Is. The
new board met at $50 p. m. Satur-
day and organized for the coming
year. Mrs. Hugh B. Wilcox was re-
elected state president Mrs E. Dud-
ley Parsons of Minneapolis, was
elected first vice president; Mrs. Anna
A. Berggreen of st. Paul, second vice
president; Mrs. L. A. Headley OF
Mortified, third vice president The
offices of recording secretary and
treasurer were combined under Mrs
Hjalmar Petersen, and Mrs. S. A.
Stockwell was reelected auditor.
Members newly elected for the
three-year term on the board were
Mrs. Ernest Meili, Mrs A. j. Zim-
norman, Mrs. Hugh B. Wilcox and
Mrs. Hjalmar Petersen of Mime
apolis; Mrs. Laura Bunker, Mrs. Irv-
ing Levy, Miss Lou Ella Miles and
Mrs. John E. Palmer of st. Paul; Mrs
Henry Benson, st. Peter; Mrs. Nicho-
las Molenaar, Renville; and Miss Sara
Norris, Mankato.
Action Taken on Issues.
Action on many national and in
ternational issues was taken at the
two-day convention. Regarding gen.
eral policy, the Peace League affirmed
that where there exists a conScien-
tious conviction that to participate in
military training or in war is using
evil to correct evil, such right of con-
science should be extended, through
a provision in the laws, to all those
who would abstain from the use of
violence as means to settle human
problems, whether their objection be
on religious or purely intellectual
grounds"
The League also restated its posi-
ton in favor of the War Referendum
bill Oh. J-R 4O8) providing for
a national referendum before drafting
citizens and aliens for military serv-
ice outside of the western hemisphere
or the territorial possessions of the
United States" This was claimed to
be logical extension of democratic
rights of citizenship"
In no uncertain terms, the w. I. L.
stated that Gin the last analysis the
true measure of any country's democ-
racy may be taken by the standards
of security and the degree of free
dom enjoyed by its minority groups"
and that ''we seek to promote and
guarantee the observance of consti-
tutional rights, paramount among
them being the right of trial by law
and the right to vote" Specifically,
the League pressed the Minnesota
Senators for immediate passage of the
Anti-Lynching bill by the Senate
which twill prevent the enactment
of outrages against justice, equal
to the worst cruelty practiced upon
the victims of totalitarian regimes. >
They also urged on the Minnesota
delegation in the House early pas
sage of the Geyer bill Oh. R. 7534)
at this session which would Shy pro-
| hibiting the use of poll taxes restore
to thousands of citizens their consti-
tutional right of franchise"
Refugee Problem Discussed.
In regard to refugees, the Peace
League pointed out that whenever
considerable immigration of aliens
to the United States has occurred