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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
INTERESTING SUBJECT

I think history is the most IN
terestirg of all my subjects. l like
to study about how the p p e
lived years ago. First we studied
about the cave man. Now we are
studying the Egyptians; the homes
they lived in, the pyramids, etc.
We have been drawing pictures
about the early people. We learned
why the Nile is the gift of the
Egyptians. Elizabeth Missroon,
grade g..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

The author of Our Class Visits
South America is Frederick H.
Law. Some of the South American
places are the West Indians, Ven
ezueia, Colombia, the Panama Ca
nal, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile,
the Argentine, Paraguay, Uruguay
Brazil, and the French, Dutch and
British Guiana. One of the most
interesting parts is about IT h e
Land of the Diamonds" - Thur
man Rochelle. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

We have a new school. The chill
dow If catlett are very proud OF
it During the summer the men
worked very hare. to get it finished
before school started. 1t was de-
cided to name it Washington Cat
lett after Professor Washington
Catlett who for many years was
associated with Wilmington's
schooling. Lucille Gore, grade T..
We are very glad to have a new
school building. 1t is finished ex-
cept for a few little things. We are
to have a cafeteria and a gym.
We also have traffic girls. The
have done a very nice
Job, and it is all very nice, in
GLIDING the building also. -Mede-
line Sutton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
CLUB

Last week our hobby club had
it's first meeting. We elected Of
ficers and decided to give hobby
shows and programs. We had
wanted to have a club for a long
time, but we hadn't had time un-
til last Friday. Our topics for our
meetings will include model air
plane building and stamp collect,
ing.-O. K. Pridgen, grade 6.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
IN YEARS

A tropical year, used in reckon.
ing OF time, is the inter, Al between
two returns OF the -un to the equi-
nox, and its length is 1855 days, S
hours, 48 minutes, As seconds. A
sldereal year is the interval be-
tween two passages Of the sun past
the same star. Its lengt,- is 1856
days 6 hours, 8 minutes. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

The boys of Washington Catlett
school played Hemenway last Mon
day. They won four to nothing by
a touchback. It was a thrilling
game. Washington Catlett p S
William Hooper next Monday. AS
the boys have improved consider
ably during the week it is expected
that the team will play a winning
game.-John Walker, grade 7.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
What America Means To Me

today and I am glad that 1 have
the privilege of living here. In
America a person can say what he
thinks is right. He can have any
religion he wants. None of the dit
ferent races are prosecuted.
America is a land of opportunities.
Here what you are lies with you,"
and what you make of yourself
is what counts. When I think of
how little the people in France,
Poland, Germany. Italy, and Rus
STA have and the things their gov
eminent make them do, l thank
God that I am an American
Thelma Gunnerson, grade 8.
This flag of red, white and blue
means a lot to me. It's the symbol
of our nation. Everyone should sa-
lutte it every time he see it. When
you and I see the flag and if you
or 1 have hats on, it should be
that's off to the red, white and
blue" Everyone should feel proud
of the flag and the land of the free
and the home of the brave.-John
Frederick Dixon, Tileston grade 7.
Every time I see my flag 60 by
a thrill runs through me, and
makes me think of what a lively
nation l live in. It makes me want
to fight for it. 1t makes me think
of what the people.before me have
gone through to make this nation
what it is today for you and for
me.-Gerhardt Schnibben, grade z.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
ABOUT COBWEBS

Cobwebs are made by a tiny
spider, but because it seldom is
observed at work, many people be-
lieve the webs to be formed only
of dust and lint. Cob" is an old
English word meaning spider. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
Hemenway
GIFT OF FLAG

The Veterans of Foreign Wars
presented us with a new flag about
a week ago. The flag is four by
six feet. (4'x6') We are very proud
of it and it is raised and lowered
every day. We would like to thank
the Veterans for the gift.-Neal
Westmoreland, IA Grade, Hemen-
way.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

was changed so that the
could be seen from all s.day .
new cafeteria is lighter and h,
counters all the way around ~
teachers have a private d.ofr-
room. Miss Boone's office has
made larger and nan
veniences have been made r.,
her. We have toilets and dr.r.
fountains on all floors. W.
going to have lights in eaca r'@S
soon. We are the proudest ~ Wy
new fire towers. We tharL -, rs
Board of Education, Mr.. Rol.~ ~s
and Miss Boone for workino srS
getting these Improvements tos
Hemenway School. Mary Eii1.'
beth Westbrook, Seventh Grsda
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
A NEW

We have a new music teacher.
music on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Her name is Mrs. Joyce. The sew
enth grade is learning how to sing
rounds and old American songs. l
think we will like Mrs. Joyce.-Ann
Morton, grade 7.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
WON'T DO,

AS I was passing through II.
kitchen heard u cat, Penn
crying for water. UnintentionaIiv
l gave her some ~-cter from ~
spigot. She took a swallow mr. ,rs
and turned up her nose and waIkeJ
away. You may be sure she didr,,
beg for water any more that dsy
l poured the water out and ost,a
her a saucerful of well water and
she was content.-Carolyn MIMI
"a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
ONLY sUNKEN LJGHTsHIP

Only lightship ever sunE in war
was the famous Diamond Shoals
lightship, off Hatteras, N. c. The
boat was sunk by gunfire from a
German submarine during the
World War. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
HEIDI

The name of this book is Heidi.
It is a very good book about a lit
tie girl. Her mother is dead and
she goes to live with her uncle
whom she likes. She meets the
goats, Peter, the. goat boy, and
many ~others.-Margaret Downes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
MADE IT A

Carrie Jacobs Bond not only
wrote the words and music for Il
Love You Truly" but also designed
the cover and helped to sell the
song by singing it to the public, 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

and salute it. Our flag is put up in
the morning and taken down at
shutdown. We have a flag in
room too. In the mornings we have
a flag salute.-Jessie Lee Roder-
lex, grade 6.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

ing Star. Mary Elizabeth West
brook wrote an article of her own
about our country and put her
picture on it. We sent it down to
the Star News and they wrote an
article about it in the evening
paper.-Mary Ann Spillman, IA
grade.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
CLUB MEETING

Last Friday we had our club
meeting and during the week some
of us got points on good things we
did. Sammie got one place and
Selan another. Then we got up a
game of who could keep a piece Of
candy in his mouth the longest.
Several people won.-Harry Pad
rick.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
RITTER AMERICANS

In our room we have been study
ing how to be better Americans.
One way is to make your COM
nunity a better place in which to
live. You can help keep your
community clean, prevent acct
dents, and obey laws. Are you
trying to be a better American?
1 hope you are. - Barbara Anne
Lewis, grade g..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
HOBBY CLUB

The second week of school the
seventh grade decided to have a
Hobby Cub. We voted for a presi-
dent for the club. Gerald Morton
was chosen as president,
Mary Ann Spillman vice-president,
Neal Westmoreland treasurer, Jo-
an Plaster secretary. The class
voted on the departments, a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
IMPROVEMENTS

During the summer our school
was very much improved. Most
of our wishes and wants we're full
filled. We have a new library with
more shelves. Our chapel stage
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
News From New HanoDer,s Schools
caTHERE BY FOSTER EDWARDS
Pupils Of Washington Catlett
School Proud OF New Building

Washington Catlett school IS a
very proud of its new radio. winch
Mr.. Roland presented to them last
Thursday. Miss Floyd is fond OF
the victrola which it has on top.
The radio is greatly appreciated
by everyone.-Madge McDuf1y.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
EARL LIGHTING SYSTEM 5

Candles and pine knots dipped
in pitch followed early types Of
lamps. Whale oil came centuries
later, then the kero enc lamp and
coal gas lighting and, finally, cleo.
trio lighting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
BOOKLETS

The seventh grade of Hemen-
way School made booklets on Our
Country. There were tWenty-four
articles in the series in the Morn
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
MANS REST FRIEN0

MANS BEST FKIENV
The dog is mans best friend.
He helps in many ways, and will
often times give his own life for
his master. Dogs are used very
much in cold countries. They not
only find people lat are lost, but
they carry medicine and other sup
plies to a snowbound people. Blind
people are also using dogs for
their eyes.-Edward Real, grade 4.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
SUMMER

In our community we have a
summer library. On Mondays and
Fridays we 60 to the library. Mrs.
Webb is in charge. She reads to
us and helps us to find good books
that we like. We all hope that she
will have the library again next
summer. jefferson Tart, grade
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
TUFFY

I have a little dog and he IS
eight weeks old. One day while l
was at the beach, my father, who
had stayed at home, took Tuffy
over to a friends h'use. Our friend
has a little dog too. His name is
Joe. While Tuffy was staying with
Joe a colored nan vas cutting
grass and Tuffy grow1ed and
barked at the man. The colored
kicked at him. Tuffy ran him
into the Aouse.-Oliver Rand, Jr.,
grade 4.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
BOOK REPORT

Once there were two squirrels
which were not healthy. II y
wouldn't brush their teeth, n O r
clean their finger nails, or do as
a healthy person should. But their
mother moved to Healthville and
they became healthy. They brush
ed their teeth, cleaned their finger
nails and did all the health rules.
Helen German, grade 7,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

OUR FLAG
When u flag is put up every
one is supposed to stand straight
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

America is one of the few really
free countries left in the world
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
THE BEST SCHOOL

I like my school very much. For
n thing, I have been here for
six years and a month and l like
every one of my teachers too. Ev-
cry teacher has something differ.
ent every year. Mary Hansley.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
REPORT CARDS

Our report cards went out &C.
tober %. The primary grades re-
port cards are yellow. The fourth.
fifth and sixth grades report cards
are blue and the seventh and the
eighth grades report cards r
white. They are not like those we
had last year. They have different
subjects on them. Eunice Smith.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
HARNETT PUPILS
WRITING ESSAYS

Rio de Janeiro lies along the
southwest shores of a roomy bay
The entrance is about a mile In
width. AT the west of the entrance
stands a cone-shaped granite peak
called the Sugarloaf. Ahead to the
right is a city called Nictheroy'
capital of Rio de Janeiro. The bust
ness heart lies some three miles
by sea northwest Of the entrance
to the bay. In this section the
handsome bayside boulevaros
which rim the shores give place
to a market place, arsenals, JOCKS
and quays. .,
Attractive public buildings
In various parts Of the city sug-
gest that government work en-
ploys many people, and the crowds
of visitors who throng the hotels,
the opera, and the museums and
other places of amusement, ex-
pecially in the cooler season are
signs of it's importance as a cen
ter of art, fashion and society.
Eunice Smith, grade z.
Stories on Rio de Janeiro which
have been prepared for the school
page by Armina Duncan
Sammie Felkel will appear soon.
They are both excellent.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-08-22
SOCIAL SECURITY BIRTHDAY
Duluth News-Tribune)

Social Security was five years old
Wednesday. In those five years 64,-
100000 accounts have been opened,
almost S3,OOO,O 100000 has been paid
out and almost $500, 100000 has been
paid into the various funds.
This is a gigantic business. Stu
dents of it disagree about many things,
but are as one in saying that there
are going to be changes in the years
to come.
One thing about social security can
not be said too often or too emphat-
ically: The success Of the whole sys-
tenn depends upon this country's abil-
ity to carry the load. That ability
depends upon the national income,
which depends upon the state of bust
ness in this country.
A period of prosperity, in which
business was encouraged to expand,
and both labor and capital enjoyed
better returns and greater certainty
of employment than they do at pres
ent, would be the best guarantee of
social security's future.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-08-22
SOCIALISTS

Unfortunately the word Socialist
is not copyrighted and any scoundrel
can, and often does, call himself
Socialist. Hitler calls himself Ma
tional Socialist Mussolini called him.
self Socialist while he was more
or less an anarchist. Stain calls him.
self a Communist after he has lined
up the Lenin followers against the
wall and pulled the trigger. Your
attempt to associate the Socialists
with the totalitarian dictators is not
based on fact.
The International Workingmen's
Association, organized under the in
tellectual guidance of Karl Marx and
Friedrich Engels, sympathized with the
North in its struggle with the slave
holding South in the Civil war. The
association addressed two letters,
drawn up by Marx, to President Lin
coin and his successor, President
Johnson. The first letter congratu-
lated President Lincoln on his re-
election. The first paragraph of the
| letter read: "Sir: We congratulate
the American people upon your re-
election by large majority. If re-
sistance to the slave power was the
watchword of your first election, the
triumphal war cry of your reelection
is death to slavery"
The second letter, written May 10
1865, to President Johnson, expressed
the grief of the association upon news
of the assassination of Lincoln by
Booth. Ever have the bona fide So.
cialists been on the side of truth
and justice.
w. J. VALENTINE.
In The Chicago Daily News
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-08-22
ALIBIS FOR BIGGER PROFIT
THE NatiOn)

Y
When the Aluminium Workers of
America &C. 1. o. asked the Alum
mum Company of America for a
general hourly wage increase OF ten
cents an hour last year, the company's
for refusal was that pend
ing amendments to the neutrality law
made the future of their production
The negotiations were re-
Gently renewed, and the union put
forward strong arguments: the COM
pany made more than $50, 900 last
year in spite of uncertainty" it has
a $51 100000 surplus; today its plants
are running at capacity and 40 per
cent of its production is going to ma
tional defense. The union claims that
the increased wage bill would amount
to $3,OOO,O00; the company says
S6,OOO,OOO. Even the higher figure
would hardly send Alcoa into bank
ruptcy. But the negotiations struck
snags. 1t was persistently reported
that the company was using the dis
pute to force abandonment or post
ponement of the governments pend
ing antitrust suit against it. Mean
while, the union had voted to strike
Under pressure from the government
exerted through the unions leader
ship, the strike was deferred. AT this
writing we do not know whether OF
not Alcoa has succeeded in having
the antitrust suit called off; we de
know that the union has settled fol
two cents an hour instead of ten
The workers are resentful but fee
helpless. The pattern of this episode
is not pretty. Is it to be the patterr
of defense?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-08-22
Elbow Lake

Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Nelson and Rob-
ert and George spent Monday evening
at the Rudolph Bagge home, it being
Baby Barbara's first birthday.
Mrs. Jim Ankrum was called to
st. Paul Friday to see her daughter
who was i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Nicholson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Bagge spent
Sunday evening at the Ben Nelson
home.
T. E. Gronberg left for Mime
apolis Sunday to spend a few days
there with Mrs. Gronberg.
Miss Hilda Postma arrived home
last Sunday and will spend 10 days
or two weeks at her parental home.
Olaf Nelson spent the weekend
with o. E. Oslund and to look after
his property here.
MIR. and Mrs. H. P. Dredge called
at their farm west of Groningen
Tuesday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Kauppi and FAM
lily, Mrs. Mabel Pearson and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Haglin and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Haglin visited
at the S. Haglin home Sunday.
Mrs. A. w. Haglin, Mrs. Erickson
and Mrs. Anna Nelson called on Mrs.
S. Haglin last Thursday afternoon to
help her celebrate her 18th birthday.
John Anderson of near Duxbury,
called at the Ben Nelson home We'd
nesday of last week on business.
Ben Nelson was a Hinckley caller
Monday.
Willard Nelson and Hilda Postma
called at the Rudolph Bagge home
Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Holm of ST.
Paul spent the weekend at her moth
er's home here. Miss Ida Nelson &C
companied them here and will re-
main home to attend school.
VERNE Maser is kept very busy
trucking stock to South st. Paul these
days.
The Ben Nelson family called in
Rutledge Saturday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-08-22
PREDICTS REVOLUTION AGAINST
HITLER
(Tri-County Forum)


Emil Ludwig, biographer and Ger
man refugee, predicts that there will
be United States of Europe, "but
it will not be ruled by Hitler and the
swastiska."
He said that the trend toward a
union in Europe was ''unmistakable,' -
but that Adolf Hitler would have to
be done away with before it could
be realized.
The author, his wife and their son
took up residence last week at Santa
Barbara, Calf. Mr.. Ludwig said
that he had abandoned every sudden
ly" the Locarno (Switzerland) home
in which he had lived for thirty years.
81 was surrounded by Fascists and
Nazis," he said, land 1 did not know
when the Gestapo would say to
Switzerland: we want this man.
Switzerland would be unable to re-
fuse"
Mr.. Ludwig said that he hoped
for the dictator's personal safety be-
cause should he be murdered or at
tackled now, it would surely turn him
into a great man in the eyes of the
people"
Hitler will develop his own fail
ures and a revolution will throttle
his progress and provide his success
sors," he added.
He expects to complete two new
books-one story of the Mediter-
ranean, the other history of the
German people.
81 want to explain how one race
can produce paradoxes - sensitive
people like Beethoven and Goethe
and barbarians like Hitler" he said
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-08-22

son. For instance, IL OIu IOt SSSiH
reasonable to pay two hundred dol
lars a month to old people arriving
at the age of sixty when the average
person in this nation has to live on
a salary way below one hundred
dollars a month. This two hundred
dollars month talk hurt the plan
more than anything else. Now the
plan has been modified in such way
that it does not say that two hum
dred dollars a month should be paid
to all people over sixty, but they will
receive proportionate share of the
amount that national transaction
tax brings in.
The Townsend Plan may never
come into being as its founder in
tended, but one thing is certain and
that is that it will force about pen
sion for old people that will give
them far more than they would have
had, had there never been any agi-
tation for Townsend Plan.
Today the United States will pay
half of forty dollars a month to any
state that gives a pension to its old
people. If Minnesota decided to pay
forty dollars a month to all the peo-
pie over sixty-five, the national gov
eminent would pay half of this
amount. While forty dollars month
is not large pension, still it is a
much larger pension than would have
been possible had not Townsend
started his famous plan.
While the Townsend Plan has been
criticized a great deal, many who
have made study of economics ir
this nation state that if the Townsend
Plan had been put into operation
years ago, then it would have beer
less expensive than our WPA anc
done far more good. The money
would then have been spent for build.
ing up homes and farms rather thar
some of the WPA work which ha
not always been as valuable to all
If the Townsend Plan had been il
effect, many older people would have
retired from their jobs to give then
to younger people. Money woulC
have been kept in circulation in ;
far greater degree than it is today
, If this country is ever going to be
come prosperous again, it must meal
| that money must be circulated again
How much it means to business whel
: money is in circulation has beel
5 shown by the money that the govern
t ment has spent for WPA. Every tim
there has been a decrease in WPl
S appropriations, business has fallen OF
: and has climbed up again when NOR
l men have been put on WPA.
e The Farmer-Labor party in Min
: nesota has endorsed the Townsen
e. Plan. A large number of candidate
), for reelection in Congress have ais
: endorsed it.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-08-22
The American Way

On the back cover of the New York
classified telephone directory is
printed the following:
"There is no way like the Amer
lean way. Why? Because:
I can go to any church I please
I read, see and hear what choose
can express my opinions openly
My mail reaches me as it was sent
:. uncensored-
My telephone is untapped-
can join any political party I
wish
1 can vote for what and whom I
please
have a constitutional right to trial
by jury.
1 am protected against unlawful
search and seizure
Neither my life nor my property
can be forfeited without due process
of law"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-08-22
THE TOWNSEND PLAN
pope County Tribune)

For about ten years, we have heard
great deal about the Townsend
Plan in this country. Because this
plan sprang up like mushroom,
many predicted it would die down
just as fast. The fact is that the
Townsend Plan is stronger today
than it was ten years ago. The
Townsend Plan will go on and per-
haps will be stronger ten years from
now than it is today.
When the Townsend Plan started,
it had many features that did not
appear practical to the average per-