Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10
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The Front Pages: AS long as the
Rome and Berlin papers keep print
ing, Britain doesn't need a propa-
ganda force. The Axis squawks
about the British attacks will have
the whole world despising them even
more than now The trouble
with covering plane attacks, confdes
James Aldrich from the British
Mediterranean fleet, is that you de-
velop "a tendency to see in the sky
things you think are planes" Of
course, you feel much relieved when
they are planes. It's good Huey
Long didn't live. His promise to
make every man a king wouldn't
be much of an inducement these
days The editorial salutes to
the history and meaning of the City
of London made shudders rhumba
across the body. We recall similar
editorials about Prague, Warsaw,
Vienna and PariS-much too remi-
niscent of an obituary notice.
C. v. r. Thompson, the New York
correspondent for the London Ex-
press, relays this current London
ouip: All the civilized nations had
been destroyed, bombs had levelled
every city in the world, and lone
British pilot who remained alive
flew his plane over Europe to search
for some sign of life But he
could find none and no building I'M
scathed Seeing nothing at all
left of Europe, he started flying to
the U. S. but his navigation was
faulty and he ran out of gas, crash
ing in the heart of the African jun
gle With his last ounce of
strength he scrubbed on a bit of
fuselage: Here died the last man
on earth!" And then he died
Two little apes, who had been watch
ing from tree, climbed down, wad-
died over to the wreckage. One
picked up the note, read it to the
other and exclaimed: ''The last man
on earth! Good gracious, do we have
to start this whole darned business
all over again."
The Debunking Dept: Mr.. Wood
ruff, congressman from Virginia
made a ringing defense of Colonel
Lindbergh. He insisted that Lind
bergh must not be denied the right
of Free Speech Mr.. Woodruff
delivered some vitriolic remarks
about people who disagreed with
Lindbergh. This was great waste
of time, words and money, consider
ing that nobody has ever tried to
stop Lindbergh from saying any,
thing In fact, since entering the
political arena, Lindbergh has been
treated like a prodigal son. Both
press and radio have given his COM
ments conspicuous space-and the
networks have given him valuable
radio time-free Even PreSl-
dent Roosevelt is denied that privi-
lege at certain times In short,
the press and radio (Which Lind
bergh has often criticized harshly)
have treated Lindbergh so fairly
that Lindbergh himself has never
complained about being mistreated.
Sounds in the Night: At 81: 1T
looks like they're getting more
intellectual clientele the women
are homelier" At the Riviera:
"She goes around daring you to
knock her conscience from her
shoulder" At the Stork: ITO
me a night club is just an uphol-
stored concentration camp"
At the Beachcomber: "She's an
heiress and he's an heirdale"
At La Martinique: She's in the
powder room dulling her nose gloss,
Frightening her lips and sharpening
her fangs" . At the Village Barn:
lone look at her fgger and your
eyes yell for crutches!" . . At
Club Gaucho: cts a pretty neck
tie, only it's not pulled tight enough
At Club 18: Hes as sincere
as a Japanese apology At
Cog Rouge: 81 went with her once.
I had more fun biting my nails"
In Reuben's: cts lucky
thing for Buckingham palace that
Goering wasn't dropped on i'll"
Manhattan Murals: The flip news
boy at Fiftieth and Seventh who
shouted: Britain Bombs Berlin!
Read about the Grapes of RAFT"
The shooting shoppes all over
midtown, chiefly patronized by
sharpshooting gals The funny
mans" who wears FDR and Willkie
buttons on his lapel-sooo fun
neeeee! Jack Alexander's
smarticle on Billy Rose for the
Esseepee will be christened: "Base-
ment Belasco" Add descriptions:
New York is big dice game. Every
body's a loser, but nobody wants to:
leave the game.
The Wireless: Attesting to the IA
karat caliber of the British morale,
Ed Murrow said they would rather
live underground than under NaZi