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difference of opinion in regard to
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the word:
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grade A SIC; manufacturing milk
Bic, route gathered cream 27c.
l.. A. hay: U. s. No. 1 s14-s14.5o:
u. S. No. 2 leafy S13-13.50: U. s. No.
2 S10.5O-$11; Mpls. Sept. flax.
S1.76h.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10

fects only "a cities it is necessary for
people outside the cities to mark
their ballots for all unmarked ballots
count against the amendment. Consti-
tutional amendments are presented on
a separate ballot printed on pink
paper and it is easy for voters who
do not understand the question to
neglect to mark it.
The constitution now requires cities
to publish charter amendments in
three newspapers for 80 days. The
proposed change will require publ
cation in one paper once a week
for four weeks. Only IL cities have
as many as three newspapers and,
in order to comply with the law, must
have their amendments, which are
purely local affairs, printed in papers
outside the city. To avoid this ex-
pense they run to the legislature for
remedial laws. This procedure not
only defeats the principle of self-gov-
eminent but also clogs the state legis-
lative machinery with local matters.
The constitutional amendment is
non-partisan n d non-controverSial.
1t has the support of the Minnesota
Editorial Association, the League of
Minnesota Municipalities, the Legis-
lature, the home rule cities, munich
pal officials, and all citizens inter-
ested in good government.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10
British Women Organize
Go to It. Savings Drive

LONDON.-Battered silk stock
ings, with few stitches here and
there, can be converted into effec-
tive dresses for children, British
women are learning.
A child's frock and knickers,
made from an old blue print from
an architects office, also help to con-
tribute to the great antiwaste cam
paign which is being carried out
with such vigor.
The go to 1t" women of Britain
are alive with ideas on how to save,
save and save.
They are performing such tasks
as the conversion of old destiffened
top hats into carpet slippers.
Dishcloths are never thrown away
now. They can be made into coats
for the children.
One woman saves all her bacon
rinds and saves all her used match
sticks.
She sticks the matchsticks in the
rind and wraps it up in pieces of
margarine paper. making excellent
fire lighters.
These go to It" women, who are
attached to 1,450 centers throughout
the country, say that their main
principle is to keep their minds oc-
cupied in useful work.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10
DON'T PINCH THE POOR
Editor ASkov American:

Editor Askov American:
What magic wand promotes-what
secret charm abides-what senseless
source invokes the penny-pinching
economy that must thrive on the dis
tress and misery of the aged poor?
If pinch we must, why not tear
a big chunk off from our every Sat-
urday afternoon ten million dollar
baseball bill?
Or better still! Why not cripple our
destructive highway program by cut
ting off billion here and there from
the prodigal sums devoted to the in
sane and murderous task of joy-rid-
ing to the only conceivable purpose
of furnishing a flourishing market
for oil and automobiles?
And then (tread easy, lest you
wake the baby, lop off at least one
half of the cost of maintaining our
treasury-looting dra ain al e system
called education, where, with pro-
fessorial aloftness, youth and afflu-
ence are taught the arts of sissy-hood
and snobbery.
BY that time there will be suf-
ficient funds for the old folks to live
on during their declining days, with
out any lien on the old home and
without harm to anyone.
HENRY FUNKLEY.
Bemidji, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10

Napoleon? Was she not one of the
greatest aggressors of all time?
Let us take another look at this
word aggressor. Was America an ag-
gressor in ITS, and the Transvaal
Beers aggressors in 1901? I suppose
if the $50 millions of poor prosecuted
enslaved people of India should be-
come powerful enough to battle their
prosecutors they, too, would be la
bled "aggressors' by those who per-
init their love of empire to rule their
common sense.
Germany has some cause for TAX
ing up arms against the Allies. She
wished to be rid of the usurious gold
based capitalism of the British EN-
pire, she wished to have her colonies
returned, and parts of the Fatherland
which were parcelled out to other
countries to come again under the
German flag, also salve for the in
dignities she suffered when French
and English troops were stationed
along the Rhine.
Granted that Germany and Italy
are two very religious countries, have
the people of these countries any
thing to do with making war? Is
Christianity responsible for Hitler
or Mussolini? Each of these coun-
tries, Germany and Italy, was over
run by Communists and the rise of
Hitler and Mussolini as dictatorS was
the lesser of two evils.
E. E. SEXTON.
Minneapolis, Mimi, Sept. 81, 1910.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10
A DECADENT SYSTEM

Editor Askov American:
Mr.. Willkie usually makes a few
statements criticising the foreign and
domestic policies of the new deal and
then spends the rest of his speech
approving practically all of it.
The plans effected by the new deal
to make our system work, can never
be repealed. To think that the old or
der can ever be restored is folly. Of
course there are those who think that
the world chaos is primarily caused
by Stain, Hitler and Mussolini. These
ruthless men are the outgrowth of a
decadent system, which cannot posi-
bly, be saved.
The people of this country are for
tunate in living in a decent country,
but unless corrective remedies had
been taken by the new deal, we would
not be so fortunate. Every advance
ment in enlightened legislation was
only accomplished after long and
bitter fight. The countries OF Europe
which foundered did not have such
leadership, they waited until it was
too late.
AS said before Stain, Hitler and
Mussolini are the mere indications of
a diseased world. If l were asked
what the basic trouble is l would an
swer economic and industrial disloca-
ton and reimbursement coupled with
the class system personified by Eng
land-the last stand of medieval
aristocracy.
Unless the strangle hold that this
class has on it's country and the trade
routes and raw supplies of the world
there can be no peace or readjust-
ment. That forty million people should
dictate to over two billion and control
their trade routes and raw materials
is absurd. This state of affairs has
lasted too long.
The white mans meddling in the
far east, has only caused chaos and
war. The little yellow and brown men
would get along better without this
meddling as they did before the arriv-
al of the meddlers. The same applies
to Europe.
S. ]. SIMONSEN.
Pease, Mimi, Oct. 3, 1910.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10
CHANGES MIND
editor AskOy American:

Editor ASkOV American:
In the campaign two years ago, 1
was opposed to Hjalmar Petersen
because it appeared to me, as well
as others, that he was instrumental
in wrecking the Farmer-Labor party.
Now l am of the opinion that HAL
mar Petersen is a real progressive
and should have the support of all
progressives and liberals.
The defeat of the FL. party two
years ago was caused mostly by
wolves in sleeps clothing who
wormed themselves into the FL.
party for selfish reasons. This has
always been the tactics of the Re-
publican party. Henchmen are en-
ployed to join any liberal movement
so that in the end the liberal move
ment is shown up in bad light.
N. K. NELSON.
Thief River Falls, Mimi.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10
Japan Honors Descendants
OF New ENGLAND Skipper

VANCOUVER, B. C.-Three men,
bers of a New England seafaring
family arrived here from Japan,
where they were honored guests Of
the Japanese government-all be-
cause their whaling-skipper ances-
tor 100 years ago rescued five Jap
anese fishermen from Pacific islet.
They were w. D. Whitfield, e.
year-old great-grandson of the late
Capt. William H. Whitfield, who res
cued the Japanese castaways; his
mother, Mrs. T. w. Whitfield, and
Mrs. A. w. Omey, the daughter of
Captain Whitfield. All are from
Fairhaven, Mass. This year, on the
Tooth anniversary of the rescue of
the five Japanese, according to the
Japanese calendar, the three were
invited by the Oriental Cultural So
ciety, on behalf of the japanese gov
eminent, to visit Japan at it's ex-
pense.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10
WANTS GUILTY PUNISHED
(WaSaca Hera10)

Hjalmar Petersen has made charg-
es of forgery and embezzlement in
the handling of the Anoka tornado
funds last year and laid the blame
against Governor Stassen's admin
stration. Coming from man of
Mr.. Petersen's standing, it is safe
to presume that the charges must
have foundation in fact. Crooks are
to be found in all political parties,
but just why it remained for Mr..
Petersen to expose this mess needs
explanation. 1t will be to the in
terest of Governor Stassen and his
party to give the public full details
of this matter and to see that the
guilty are punished.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10
GERMANY CHIEF AGGRESSOR

Editor Askov American:
S. J. Simonsen said in your paper:
"No one who wants this country to
survive questions the wisdom of ma
tional defense. But, that our fate
depends on England winning the war,
l for one cannot subscribe to-"
I will say the same: Our fate
could not for sure be decided by the
winning or losing by England, but it
would have a great deal to do with
the prospect for us.
In case England surrenders to Ger
many, so all the strength of England
thereby is added to the German
strength, which includes all the mid
die and western Europe, none of
them dare to oppose Germany. They
are having all their resources to draw
from. They pay for it with currency
which is worth less than clean un-
used paper.
Germany is killing civilians and de-
stroying property as fast as they can
in England for the purpose of making
SIlOcI, 81 IL tIldI SIlOulu lIdPpCIl,
what could we do against such a
Germany? I think that it is of great
Importance to us what will happen
to England.
We must remember that Hitler re-
peatedly has said that he will make
the world happy. That he said in
connection with what he said about
taking Denmark, Norway, Holland
and Belgium. He will make the whole
world happy that same way. If Hit
Ter had been able to take England
as quickly as he said he would, then
he would have been here long time
ago, as we are right on his path
around the earth, and he would not
let us lie here unhappy. All his
friends and admirers here would
welcome him to come and make us
happy.
When Simonsen says: "No one who
wants this country to survive ques-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10
WHO ARE AGGRESSORS?

Editor ASkOv American:
In Mr.. Rasmusson's article, "Hit-
Ter Only Tool", he says, Before
the breaking out of the World war,
Serbia tried to arbitrate." History
is repeating itself. Before the out
break of the present war Neville
Chamberlain was also trying to make
peace; but England's powerful finan-
cialists, who through an usurious
gold-based capitalism have dominat-
ed the money of every nation and
brought poverty and disaster to
every nation including America, had
him ousted and put war-monger-
ing Winston Churchill in his place.
England then declared war on Ger
many. Who was the aggressor in this
case?
Yes, the Allies certainly chad Ger
many down" because of the vicious
treaty of Versailles, and Germany
would still be PROSTATE, were it not
for the gold loaned to her by Britain
and the United States. Their coun-
tries could get only four and six per
cent by loaning it to their respective
citizens, but by loaning it to Germany
they could get eight and ten per cent
interest. All the money that both
these nations could lay their hands
on was loaned to Germany, thus en-
abling her to build up the Franken-
stein, that may eventually destroy
them both.
Speaking of aggressor nations, why
point the finger of scorn at Germany
and Italy? What about England and
France? Almost every foot of terri
tory that England owns was obtained
by aggression, and how did she treat
the people who came under her rule?
You have only to ask Ireland and
India, and what about France under
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10

q. The ownership of gill nets
should be made illegal and we should
amend law to prohibit all gill netting.
%. The Nerstrand Woods in Rice
county should be made a state park.
20. We respectfully suggest that the
Izaak Walton League program sub
mitted by them at the Congress be
digested by the members and, if pos
sible, be given their approval.
80. When warden is to be ap-
pointed, he should be selected from
the standpoint of experience and
ability rather than from the political
standpoint.
81. The present portage law should
be studied to make this law consti-
tutional. (Now in Supreme Court)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10
UNHAPPY REPUBLICANS!
(Tri-County FOrum)

Because of the obvious Willkie cam
paign flop, Republicans in congress
are in the anomalous position of be-
ing compelled to continue shouting
against adjournment, but offering up
silent and fervent prayers that ad-
journment takes place against their
efforts.
Many of them feel they had better
get back home and do some campaign
ing if they are themselves not to be
caught in the vortex of a Roosevelt
landslide. However, as they cannot
recede from their position, they must
remain in constant session because
we cannot trust the President in the
present emergency" Also, they know
that the public is not greatly con-
cerned with their personal political
fortunes and wants them to remain
on the job and continue with their
knitting.
What the Republicans want to do is
for the Democrats to take the repons-
Utility for any adjournment of Con-
gress. This the Democrats are not apt
to do, even though Cactus jack
Garner is plugging for it. The new
serious turn which the foreign situa-
tion has taken also appears to have
killed all chances for adjournment.
Nevertheless, many of the senator's
and congressman have been quietly
leaving for their homes to tend to
some toppled down fences. There are
now only about enough left on Capitol
Hill to constitute a quorum-and it
is likely to remain so until after the
November elections.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10

tons the wisdom of national Defense"
/ wonder who he thinks would start
war on the U. S., so defense would
be needed. / can not think, that he,
according to his writings, can think
that bad about Germany. Then it
must be England, as he mentions Eng
land as bad nation for wars, but
he goes several hundreds of years
back in time. l suppose he can not
find the guilty ones among the people
who are living now.
Let us make a comparison of &C
tons by Germany and England, in
regard to war. will not go hundreds
of years back in time as Simonsen
does. That would be dishonest. AS
an example, it would bring the Scan
dinavians into the time of the Vikings,
and we would be sea robbers, as we
are descendants of the Vikings. But
the Scandinavians are as highly civil
lied as any nationality, and so are the
English people. We can not blame
the people living now, for what our
forefathers have done a long time
ago.
In making a comparison l will on
ly go rs years back in time, as that
is the time began keeping track of
the wars as made statements of in
this paper a short time ago. That
was that the Germans have been the
aggreSSorS in six wars.
During the same time England has
been the aggressor of only one war.
If more, l will like to be informed.
That was about 40 years ago when
England conquered the small repub-
lie Transvaal in Africa, where there
were not killed as many in the whole
war as the Germans are killing now
in one hour. That was a bad action
but it was not done by the English
men living today; so they can not be
blamed for it.
Such facts show a bad Germany.
They have kept robbery up for rs
years.
ANDREW RASMUSSEN
5000 West River Blvd, Minneapolis.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10
Democratic Organization Taken Over
by State Administration
By John Andrews
In Park Region Echo

In Park Region Echo
Laying no claim to the gift of
prophecy, without qualification as
seer and even without a claim
to the second sight" of some of
our Scotch forebears, this colum-
mist had something on the ball when
last week-and long before the re-
cent primary-he intimated that Gov
ernor Stassen and Senator Shipstead
would march down the Republican
aisle together, sweetly holding hands
in new and happy union. Nor was
it far wrong to intimate that the pale
pink faction of the Farmer-Labor
party would get the call as against
the more ruddy brethren. Naturally
nobody could predict what the Irish
would do, in the Democratic column.
They are like the Brooklyn Dodg-
ers who, when you think they're down
are up and just as you figure they're
on top-they change their minds. It
was great fight between the Wolf
and Moonan factions and just as they
were enjoying it, who should step in
to it but an intruder 'be tn na-ame
av Murphy who ran off with the
nomination for governor while the
two bigger dogs were fighting over
the bone. That will learn them
lesson to quit fighting unless the gates
are locked and the arena walls guard
ed. Now it appears that this man
Murphy is great friend of Congress-
man Ryan of South st. Paul, who is
law partner and great friend of Gov
ernor Stassen-both of whom are no
friends, at all at all, of President
Roosevelt. So, you may say-and
smile when you say it-that Governor
Stassen has taken over the Democrat
ic party in Minnesota, just like Will
kie, the Democrat, has taken over
the Republican party.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10
Only One Amendment

Only one constitutional amendment
will be submitted to the voters at
the general election on November S.
It will reduce the cost of publishing
home rule charter amendments when
cities wish to make local changes.
Present requirements make these
amendments so costly that charters
are allowed to become out-of-date.
In order to pass, constitutional
amendments must be approved by a
majority of all the voters in the
state who 60 to the polls on election
dayS> Although this amendment af-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
Continued from Page ~
fused to open its doors to news
paper and radio men.


paper and radio men.
There is the still undecided ques-
ton about Spain, and Spanish support
is probably needed for the conquest
of Gibraltar, but just at this moment
it does not look as though Spanish
Dictator Franco is very anxious to
get into the war; his country is still
staggering under the terrific blows
of the fierce civil war which, practi-
cally speaking, laid the country waste
a few years ago.
Soviet Enigma.
AS reported here a week ago-Ger-
many, Italy and Japan formed new
alliance; they apparently had hoped
that Spain would join it, but Spain
hasn't done so yet. There also was
a hope that Soviet Russia might fee
attracted by the new constellation
of dictator powers, but Russia still
remains outside.
What is more important is that
all of a sudden the Russian press,
receiving its authorization from
the Soviet government at the
Kremlin, has begun to write
about England in rather enthusi-
astic terms, and that the British
ambassador at Moscow for the
first time in months has had a
long, confidential talk with For
eign COmmissar MOlOtOv. This
may not mean that the Stain
group is veering toward the Brit
ish empire, but it does seem to
mean that it is not yet ready to
align itself formally with the
triple alliance against the British.
Much is being said about the new
alliance and the Bremen Pass con-
ference being directed against the
United States. There is no such evil
dence; there is plenty of guesswork
Japanese Statement.
It is true that Prince Konoye, jap
anese premier, a few days ago pub
licly said that Uncle Sam had better
behave-and not work against the
interests of the new alliance. But
Japan is, after all, pretty badly
weakened after three years of war
fare against China, and the threat
may, therefore, be discounted; Japan
busy with continual effort to solve
the Chinese puzzle, can hardly be
expected to wage effective wal
against the United States, even if il
had a cause and an intention.
So much for the Pacific side of the
question; as for the Atlantic-Ger-
many, too, has all it can handle
There is, at the present time, no very
apparent or immediate threat to the
security of the United States.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10
Opinions OF Others

(Short timely letters on topics of
public interest are welcome whether
or not the writer's opinions con-
form with those of the American.
All letters must be signed with the
writer's name for our information.
Signed articles always are more eff
fective, but if the writer does not
wish to have his name used. it will
be withheld).
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10
From Exchanges

Editorial Comment From Other News
papers Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions of the
Askov American
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10

Man About Town: Jolson's second
week in Philly crossed $33 900, he
says, meaning $4,000 profit :.
What jokester pasted Willkie stick
er on Mrs. FDR's windshield at the
recent Rhinebeck fair when the
chauffeur was doing? Quentin
Reynolds escaped injury when the
London apartment house he dwells
in was bombed When Franchot
Tone was at Johns Hopkins hosp a
nurse developed a rash which the
specialists there couldn't diagnose.
They finally called it Romance
RASH" 4
Evening star., 1940-03-17
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