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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09

U. S. Senator Burton K. Wheel
er of Montana, is frequently
mentioned as a possible candi-
date for president. This is what
Mr.. Wheeler has to say about the
Democratic party:
Other parties have come and gone.
Even their names have disappeared
from use if not from memory. One
party or another has arisen with this
issue or that, carried on for a while,
with or without success, and then
gone into the discard. But the Demo-
cratic party has lived on; at the adj
vanced age of nearly a century and
a half it is still as active, progress
sive and forward-looking as it ever
was. 1t is in full possession of its
faculties.
The reason for this longevity is that
the Democratic party does not owe
its existence to the adoption of some
contemporary and transitory issue,
but that it was based on fundamental
and eternal principles. 1t stood for
equal rights and opportunity for all
men; its appeal was to the mass rather
than to the group, to the universal
instinct for fair play instead of to
the selfish desire for special privilege
and advantage That is not to say
that inequality and special privilege
did not sometimes win out, but the
effectiveness of the Democratic ap-
peal persisted, nevertheless, and tri-
umphed often enough to keep the
ship of state from laundering and
headed in the right direction. The
people have sometimes gone on a
spree; they have sometimes fallen for
the alluring promises of false pro-
phets; but after every brief debauch
they always return to sound principle
to cure their headaches, cleanse their
systems and restore their nerves.
There is sound sense and ample JUS
LITIGATION for their action. In all the
long history of the national party
there has never been a Democratic
administration that was corrupt-not
one that was ever smirched by a
major scandal. It is demonstrably
true that Democratic administrations
have been clean and honest, while
many other administrations have not
been. 1t is something of which men,
bers of the party may well be proud.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09

all merchant ships under the Union
Jack to cease plying the Mediterran-
can on their way to the Indies and
Australia; in the future they will
have to choose the much longer route
around Cape of Good Hope.
Was Great Britain afraid of Italy?
That was the obvious question. And
it received kind of reply when the
announcement was made that a very
large part of the British fleet had
gone to Alexandria in Egypt, ready,
as it was supposed, to defend what is
known as the British 'life line"-
that is, the route through the 1000
mile long Mediterranean. But the
order to British merchant vessels to
avoid this ocean remained a puzzle.
U. S. and War.
Each time an additional country
is becoming involved in the war, the
question asked everywhere is: Will
the United States be able to stay out?
1t cannot, of course, be denied that
as the zone of war increases, the
neutrality of the United States be-
comes less and less tenable, but al
though this fact has become almost
a platitude, there is at the present
time no danger of America being
drawn into the war, and it is gen.
orally held that it will be far more
difficult than in 1917 to create real
war sentiment in this country.
But one cannot be blind to the fact
that as the war increases in violence
on the other side of the Atlantic,
the American position as neutral
nation becomes less secure.
Western Front.
All through the winter it was taken
for granted that spring would see the
outbreak of real hostilities between
the Germans and the French along
the Siegfried and Maginot lines. But
this front remains as quiet and undis-
turbed as it has done ever since the
beginning of September, 1889.
In this connection-the position of
France in the war is perplexing, for
one hears almost nothing about active
French participation on either land
VI sea. SCIy lew w oil SIIlpS
have taken part in any action; French
troops on the western front have been
more or less loafing all the time, and
even in Norway it appears that only
very small detachment of French
troops took part in the fighting.
A few months ago Germany made
strenuous efforts to separate France
from Great Britain and for this rea-
son abstained from using harsh speech
in connection with the French The
attempt to part the two western allies
has not succeeded, but the fact still
is that there is far less really hostile
German sentiment against the French
than against the British. 1t is still
very much-the slogan of "Gott strafe
England" which governs German
warfare.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09
Same Old Stuff

Speaking at Marshalltown, Iowa, a
few days ago, Thomas E. Dewey of
New York, candidate for the Repub-
Hcan presidential nomination stated
that "the New Deal has :. =. utterly
failed to find solution to the farm
problem
Mr.. Dewey offered an eight-point
program which included: Parity
prices for agriculture and industry,
government crop loans at reasonable
levels. direct program of soil con-
Servation, conversion of Submarginal
land to more economic uses, extern
sion of the farm cooperative move
ment, extension of marketing agree
ments, preservation of the American
market for American agriculture, and
broadened research in the use of agri-
cultural products.
parity prices for agriculture and
industry" Seems that we have heard
such promises before.
Government crop loans at reason
able levels" That word reasonable"
is very elastic.
Direct program of soil conserva-
ton" We never heard of soil con-
servation, nationally speaking, before
the Roosevelt administration.
Conversion of sub-marginal land
to more economic uses" Have we
not had that right along for many
years?
Extension of the farm co-opera-
tive movement" Politicians need not
bother about that, which has been
quite well demonstrated in Minnesota.
Co-operatives here were started and
successfully developed long before
politicians thought to use the move
ment for political sop.
Extension of marketing agree
ments." Does that mean that Mr..
Dewey is for the reciprocal trade
agreement, or what does it mean?
preservation of the American mar
>ket for American agriculture" Seems
that we have heard that phrase be-
fore.
"Broadened research in the use of
agricultural products" That has al
ready been talking point in the
re-vitalized, streamlined Republican
program of Minnesota and so the
young man, Mr.. Dewey, is learning
or patterning after his even younger
compatriots of the North Star state
All in all, Mr.. Dewey's program
looks pretty good in print, but his
activity as an attorney has not given
him the experience nor the light to
say one new thing or advance one
new item in the solution of the agri-
cultural program.
The Republicans will have to dc
better in their platform than the
talking by one of their principal
aspirants for the presidency if they
are to gain the attention of the people
and moreso to get their votes.
Like Mortimer Snerd would say
Same old stuff
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09
BRITISH "AID" IN NORWAY

Editor Askov American:
Fool me once-shame on you
fool me twice, shame on me-"
Well, the British lions bite is not
as strong as its bark. They were
going to drive the Germans out of
Norway in couple of weeks; instead
of this they were driven out them
selves in less time than that. If it
had not been for the brave Nor
wegians protecting their retreat it
would have gone still harder with
them. So anxious were they to get
back on board their ships that they
did not even tell the Norwegians
that they were taking to the tall
timbers. One Norwegian colonel re-
ports that he was left with his flanks
exposed after the British had safely
gotten on board their ships, without
telling him what they were doing
They probably waved him a fond
farewell; on account of this the Nor
wegians had to surrender, as the
British had left.
While the British managed to get
their forces out of Norway, they APP
parently did not get away whole
skinned. The British have plenty of
courage, after this rather disagree
able flight They are still willing to
help other people. They have sent
their stereotyped note to Rumania
and the Balkan states advising them
if they need help "the British will
help them with all means available. -
They also claim to have an army
somewhere that can drive the Ger
mans out of the Balkans any time.
Now no one should be too hard
on the British. They are wonderful
people and have plenty of trouble of
their own, without fighting other peo-
Piles battles. While the British own
one-fourth of the world and have all
kinds of trouble within their empire
they can't refrain from helping to
make the rest of the world safe for
democracy.
1t has been my sad experience
every time stuck my long nose into
other peoples business I always had
some difficulty getting it out Here
is hoping the British have more luck
S. J.. SIMONSEN.
Pease, Mimi, May 4, 1910.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09
Tips For The BibulOus

There is no getting away from the
fact that strong drinks do more harm
than good. Resentment to liquor is
sure to develop on account of its
abuse. All the old timers know that
we got national prohibition in 1920
That, however, did not solve the
problem, and after some fourteen
years of prohibition, liquor came back
Many persons voted for the return
of liquor because they felt that pro-
hibition was not right, and that it is
much more matter of education
than law to have proper use of alco-
holic beverages. If the pendulum
swings the other way, and there is
again too much abuse of the drink
evil, who knows but what the coun-
try may 60 dry again. At any rate,
it behooves those who so strongly
uphold individual rights to be careful.
Maybe the old saloon of pre-pro-
hibition days was better than some
of the drinking parlors today, for, at
any rate, the old saloon was not fire.
quented by young men and women.
The closing hours were better, con-
forming more to needed rest of the
individual. Therefore it seems that
the liquor industry and the brewers,
as well as the citizens who desire to
continue their right to drink when
they like it, might well take heed.
A writer in the readers column of
the Minneapolis Star-Journal the
other day offered few suggestions
to those who like their drink, in the
following words:
In years of being invited out to dinner
with my notwithstanding friends, I have
become broadened and saddened and I
feel it my duty to offer the following
"don'ts":
Don't when a guest cares not to drink.
glance significantly at your more con-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09
had felt it necessary to retreat.

had felt it necessary to retreat.
Altogether, the Norwegian CAM
paign has been very inglorious for
the western powers; they have &C
complished nothing; they have not
succeeded in taking a single import
ant position from the Germans; they
have not hindered daily arrivals of
German reinforcements; they have
not acquired single airport in all
Norway, and now they seem to be
ready to abandon the country alto
gether.
In England itself the Chamberlain
government has been exposed to very
bitter criticism, and as these lines
are being written, there appears to
be prospect of Chamberlain having
to retire. That he will resort to this
extremity is not, however, certain,
for with all his faults and shortcom-
ings, he still commands vast major
ity of votes in the House of Com
mons-a majority which is likely to
approve his administration without
regard to its failures. Party loyalty
is, after all, most prominent factor
in British politics.
Sweden's Position.
Ever since April 9, there has been
considerable fear that Sweden was
to be attacked by the Germans, and
the possibility has by no means dis
appeared. But it may be that moth
ing will happen along this line for
some time, one reason being that
Russia is reported to have intimated
to Germany that an attack on Sweden
just now would not be considered
prudent. Without being definitely as
sured of Russian support Germany
may not care to undertake one more
Scandinavian campaign.
Per Albin Hanson, Swedish prime
minister, few days ago repeated his
declaration that his country is neu-
trail and wants to remain neutral at
the same time preparing itself to face
any emergency; the not inconsider-
able army force has been modified
and is kept at war strength all the
time.
MussOlini Mystery.
There is still much speculation as
to what Mussolini's plans are con-
corning the attitude of Italy toward
the European war, but it becomes
increasingly evident that if he de-
cides to take part, it will be as an
ally of Hitler. Some hope had been
expressed that Great Britain and
France might be able to persuade
I'll Duce" to align himself with them,
but that hope is becoming wagner and
wagner each day.
1t has happened before, and it may
happen again-that Italy will care
fully investigate the possibility of
which side wins the war. Mussolini
wants to make certain that he is
going along with the winner, for he
does not feel that his prestige and
the position of Italy in great-power
politics can endure an Italian defeat
Shrewd as he is, he is said to be feel
ing quite sure now that Germany
will emerge victorious from the fray
Mediterranean.
Now that Norway has been prac-
tically conquered, there is feeling
that the next theater of war may be
the Balkan peninsula and the Medi-
terranean Sea-a section of Europe
which Mussolini considers peculiarly
his own domain.
And in this connection something
strange happened a few days ago
when the British authorities directed
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09

vival companions and say. II feel sorry
for YOU" Your guest IS no child and
wishes to do his own thinking.
triumphant as the cat which has eaten
the canary.
Don't make drinking the subject of the
do not believe the proverb, Eat, drink and
be merry, for tomorrow we die"
Don't, above all. get a chip on your
shoulder at your sober friend.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09
PRAISE FOR TOWNSEND PLAN

Editor Askov American:
Just recently at Cleveland, Ohio,
praise for the new Townsend bill
pending in Congress was expressed by
Senator Ernest Lundeen of Mime
sofa before more than 800 persons
at the weekly Sunday rally in the
Engineers auditorium there. He was
introduced by Charles M. Newell,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09

(Short timely letters on topics Of
public interest are welcome whether
form with those of the American.
All letters must be signed with the
writer's name for our information.
Signed articles always are more eft.
wish to have his name used. it will
be withheld).
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09

Somehow or other we don't think
we had such good geography teach
err. We don't even know where half
of these places are.-Robbinsdale
Post.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09
From Exchanges

Editorial Comment From Other News
papers Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions of the
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW

Continued from Page u
world there was considerable sur
prise that the British and the French
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09
A Little Spice

A man ruins his career by too much
"careening."
Love works for the idealization of
our cruder human instincts.
A fashion writer says that corsets
are coming back. Just because the
world is in bad shape is no reason
why the ladies think they should be-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09

Tornadoes nearly always move
from southwest to northeast.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-05-09
The Democratic Party

U. S. Senator Burton K. Wheel
er of Montana, is frequently
mentioned as a possible candi-
date for president. This is what
Mr.. Wheeler has to say about the
novooarof;o
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-06-21

Trnstee Steele seconded the motion.
49, Tyustees Block, H0meister,
Johnson. Marsh, Steele ana IucAer.
Nays: None.
The motion was carrleu.
Trustee Block moved the adoption OF
the following resolution.
Resolved that due 10 the reduction
in the distribution Of state tuhds Tor
education. and the national DEFENSE
emergency. which will require all local
take, to be kept at a minimum tails
year. the automatic experience IN
creaS,-> provided in the schedule shall
Ice withheld for the year lHO-4l.
Trustee Steele seconded the motion.
AYES Trustees Block. HOmelster.
Johnson. Marsh, Steele ANA Tucker.
Nays: None.
The. motion WAS car! leu.
Trustee Steele moved the adoption
of the following resolution.
Resolved that OH and after Septem-
Der first. 1910. 40 person shall be en-
ployed or retained i'll the employ OF
the school District of the City of Wy
andotte who shall not be native born
81 fully naturaliZed citizen OF the
United States.
Trustee Homei>trr seconded the mo
ton.
AYES: Trustees Block. IIomeiSter,
Johnson. Marsh. steele and Iu ker.
Nays: NonIe.
The motion was carried.
Trustee Tucker moved 10 adjourn.
Trustee Block seconded The motion.
AYES: Trustees Block. llomei>ter,
johnson. Marsh. Steele and Tucker.
Nays None.
The motion WAS carried.
ARTHUR f.. BAlSLEG.
Secretary.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-06-21
FARMERS OBTAIN
LONGER LOAN TERMS

The opportunity 10 reduce the an
nual principal payments un land bank
commissioner loans by reamortiZine
them over longer period Of years has
been opened 10 many of the % Wayne
county farmers who have commission
er loans. according to a sta tement Of
the Farm Credit Administration of 81
Paul
There were about $136.OOO of land
bank commissioner loans outstanding
in this county at the beginning of 1910
and in addition approximately $141 900
&c federal land hank loans. Some of
these loans have already been re-
amOrtiZed.
Most Of the federal land bank loans
ar" already written for long terms up
10 30-odd years. hut the commission
er's'' loans were originally made OH a
10-year basis. requiring considerably
heavier principal payments.
Federal land bank loans are all first
mortgage loans. whereas the commits
SiOner'S loans are made on both first
and second mortgage security.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-06-21
Telephone Pioneers
Elect Officers

In statewide mail eleNtiUn. mean
bers of Wolverine chapter. No. TO-
Telephone Pioneers of America. have
ramtd Earl L. Reynolds Of Grand RIA
pi,lS the chapters 18th president.
Reynolds. who is plant supervisor
for the southern division of the Mlchl-
gam Bell Telephone Company, succeeds
Henry Dakin. IF Detroit. lsIkin be-
comes Il member of the executive board
of the organization.
Pioneers in the four divisions of the
Iumpany> organization elected divi-
sion vice presidents as follows: De
tIuit division. CletuS Kennedy, dis
trict traffic superintendent for the
company: central division. Ralph Il.
lOH. Flint. district plant Superlntend-
emf: southern division. I. III. Dawson.
lansing. district commercial Supcrin-
tendent: northern division. Miss Emma
IIoeft. Bc><emrg chief operator.
Frank l.. Curtis. Of Detroit. assist
ant secretary of the company. was re-
CI,<t,1l secretary of the Pioneers or
canization and Arthur c. Kuhn. Plea
S,ut Ridge. company auditor Of dis
burSemcntS. WAS renamed treasurer
The Telephone Pioneers Of America
j. comprised Of men and women Win
~ or more years of telephone expert
enc. Wolverine chapter was orSanlZe'i
In 1872 ami now has 1.262 members.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-06-21
WyandOtte in
the Last War

Irwin = Cobb WAS Ia deliver an adj
drtsS i'm Wyandotte. He had just re-
turned from the Western front, where
he StrVrd a. war reporter for the
Saturday Evening Post. Ills articles
on the events in Belgium following the
outbreak of hoStilitic>. evoked the wild
est interest of amy articles written at
that time.
Major H. Fem Sykes. well known
In Wyandutte was promoted 10 the
rank of lirltenant-cOlone in the army.
Many Wyandottc boys wHe enjoying
their last leave in the old home town.
Urior 10 leaving for the front.
The people of Michigan were asked
by the federal government 10 raise
SIO.OMWO through the sale of wac
savings stamps People were urged To
take the interest received on Liberty
bands and rC-invpSt il in the war
stamps.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-06-21
Cary l. BeGOle. Attorneys
1886 Biddle Ave.
WyandOtte, Mich.
oSo


STATE OF MICHIGAN. County oe
Wayne-SS. At session Of thu. Pro
bate Court for said County of Wayne.
held at the Probate Court room in the
City Of Detroit. on the tenth day ~
June in the year one thousand nine
hundred and forty. Present Patrick II.
OBrien. Judge Of Probate In the mat
ter Of the estate of STEWART w
BANTER. deceased. On reading ami
filing the petition of Harold =. Baxter
praying that administration Of aid ts-
tate be granted 10 himself or some
other suitable person. 1t is ordered.
that the sixth day Of August. next at
ten o'clock in the forenoon at said
Court room be appointed for hearing
said petition And il is further order
ed. that Il copy of This order he pub
lished three successive weeks previous
10 said time of hearing. in the Wyan-
dotte Herald. II newspaper printed and
circulating in said County of Wayne
PATRICK III. O'BRIE\
Judge of Probate
GA true copy
CHARLES k. HARRIS,
Deputy Probate Register. 25w3
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-06-21
SLIGHT GAINS SHOWN IN
POPULATION OF STATE

The completion of 1910 census tabu-
latiOns show slight gains in pOpula-
ton were recorded in Michigan NUM-
cipalitieS ing the past ten years.
Communities or which preliminary
figures have been released are:
Saginaw. S2697: Port Huron. 81
13S: Hamtramck. J0.160; Crosse
POmte Woods. 2.11O: Laurium. 1891
Caledonia, 1863: ManiStique. 5,39S: st.
Louis, BOIL: Big Rapids. 1914; North
MuSkegOn. 1867: ~. Johns, 4.416;
Clare. 1,S43: Reed City. 1899: Mon
iague. 1000: Whitehall. HOO; Alma.
1.2:EJ: Benton Haqbor, 1898: East
Grand Rapids. 1893: Cedar Springs.
1853: Kent City. 40: Grandville, l.
566: Lowell. 1913: Sand Lake. 363
Rockford. 1,TI13: Spara. 1913; COOpers-
Vile, 1914: Grand Haven. S.64J: Zee
land. 2.9l5: Chtboygan. 1914; Che>an-
ing. 1.S0j; BOyne City. 2.S95; Onaway.
1.447: Shelby. 1.132: Holland, 1911;
West Branch. 1856: Mt Clemens,
1870: MuSkegon Heights. 16O13;
Worthwhile. 1922: Allen Park, 3,477;
Melyindale. 1914: Lincoln Park. H.
1914: EcOrse. 1926: Trenton, J.2S9 !:
Wyandotte, BOIL; River Rouge, H.
N59.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-06-21
sos. 401 .J6
tSignedD John L. McWhi.ter.

tSignedD John L. McWhi ter.
Treasurer.
\ copy of the auditors report for
the month of May waS presented 10
each member of the Board
4 communication from the Hartford
Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance
Company was received and placed on
file.
Trustee Block moved that the Board
Of Education authorize the establish
ment of cooperative apprenticeship
training with local industries who de-
sire TO avail themselves of this plan
To give part time work in their plants
or mercantile hOuSeS and part time
school instruction To students lis re-
commended by the superintendent.
Trustee HOmeister seconded the mo-
tiOn.
Ayes: Trustees Block. HOmeiSter
Johnson. Marsh, Steele and Tucker.
Nays: None.
The motion was carried.
Trustee HOmeiSter moved that the
school calendar us recommended by
the superintendent be approved.
Trustee Block seconded the motion.
Ayes: Trustees Block. HOmeiSter
Johnson. Marsh, Steele and Tucker.
Nays: None.
The motion was carried.
Trustee Block moved Ia adjourn
subject to the call of the secretary.
Trustee Tucker seconded the motion
Ayes: Trustees Block, HOmeiSter
Johnson. Marsh. Steele and Tucker.
Nays: None.
The motion was carried.
ARTHUR r.. BAISIEY.
Secretary.