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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-19
Many Questions
Brought Out By
Registration Act
Extract from Instructions
for Registering V Oters
Given Herewith.

Since the passage of the recent
alien registration law many questions
pertaining to aliens and citizenship
have arisen and it may be that there
are aliens in Pine county who think
they are citizens and entitled to vote
and exercise other privileges avail
able to native born or naturalized
citizens of this country.
In line with this, an extract from
the instructions to postmasters for
registration of aliens showing citizen
ship questions and other matters for
determining who are aliens, is given
below. 1t is issued by the U. S. De-
partment of Justice, immigration and
Naturalization Service, st. Paul, and
covers most of the main points.
Who are Aliens.
(a) An alien, as the term is used
a citizen of the United States.
(b) Unless otherwise stated, the
term Omitted States when used in
this section in geographical sense
means the continental United States,
Alaska and Hawaii.
Co United States citizenship is &C
quired by naturalization; but per-
son who, being an alien, has applied
for naturalization does not become
a citizen until he has been finally
admitted to citizenship as required
by law.
(d) United States citizenship is &C
quired by birth, irrespective of race,
Except to any parents who at the
time of such birth were foreign dip
lomatic officers or foreign sovereigns.)
(f) United States citizenship is &C
quired, by a woman eligible to nat
uralization, by marriage before Sep
TENDER %, 1922, to a United States
citizen.
(g) United States citizenship is &C
quired by minor child whose moth
err acquired United States citizen
ship before September %, 1922, by
marriage to a United States citizen,
either (D upon such marriage if the
minor child then resided permanent
ly in the United States or GU upon
the admission of the child to the
United States for permanent resi-
dence before he or she reached the
age of twenty-one years.
Acquiring Citizenship.
(h) United States citizenship is &C
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-19
Farm Home Near
Rutledge Burns

The N. J. Benson farm home a mile
north of Rutledge burned to the
ground about 8 o'clock Friday morn
ing and only quick work on the part
of volunteer workers kept the barn
and other outbuildings from going
up in smoke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benson were away
from home at the time, being on the
way to one of the neighbors where
the former was to help with the
work, and turned back when they
saw the smoke from their burning
home. The fire had gained too much
Roadway by the time they reached
their farm and they were unable to
save their property.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-19
Executive Action
Is Condemned By
Women's League
Transfer of Destroyers to
Great Britain Meets With
Strong Disapproval.

Strongly condemning "the utter dis
regard for the Congress, the repre-
sentative voice of the people," shown
by the President in his executive &C
ton in transferring so average de-
stroyers to Great Britain in exchange
for naval bases, the state board of
the Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom, meeting in the
st. Paul Y. w. G. A. September 9,
asked the President "By what per-
version of law or logic can the sale
of destroyers be considered of less
Importance than the sale of mosquito
boats, or less likely to involve us in
war;" Earlier in the spring a pro-
jected sale of mosquito boats to Eng
land fell through when the justice
department ruled against its legali-
ty.
can Act of War;"
The letter to the president con-
tinued: 1.-THE comparison often made
of this transaction with the execu-
tive action of President Jefferson in
the Louisiana Purchase has no validi-
ty for the present situation since
neither nation then was at war, and
the purchase itself had nothing to
do with war. The present transact
ton can legally be called an act of
war"
1t was pointed out that the de-
STABILITY of acquiring strategic points
for the better defense of the western
hemisphere had nothing to do with
their protest. MANY voices, among
them peace groups, have urged the
acquisition of the Allies island pos
sessions in the caribbean by peace
full and democratic means. They have
never linked this necessary action
with the sale of destroyers to bel
ligerent.
at is this putting through of an act
distasteful to the people by joining
it with desired action, as we'll as
the undemocratic and dangerous
method of carrying it out, that we
strongly deplore."
Censures Melvin j. Mas.
The board of the Women's Inter-
national Les gue also expressed
heartfelt thanks" to the eight Min
nesota congressman who voted against
the Consumption bill for their "cour-
ageous and intelligent opposition"
To Melvin j. Mas, representative
from the Fourth district in Mime
sofa, strong letter was addressed
conveying the vote of the board ITO
severity censure your betrayal of de-
mocracy and the wishes and interest
of your constituency by your vote
for the Burke Wadsworth bill" At
ter reminding Congressman Mas of
his publicly-announced opposition to
CONSUMPTION in peace time the letter
stated that 'The 6O-day postpone
ment amendment did not in the least
alter the fact that the bill established
a precedent for peace-time conscrip-
tion-to which you had announced
yourself opposed in principle" The
letter pointed out that 'once again
you were the only representative in
Congress from this whole northwest
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-19
By GEORG STRANDVOLD

Viewed from one point, the con-
tinued and almost incessant German
bombing of London is nothing like
that of Warsaw or that of Rotterdam,
and in Berlin it is evidently the feel
ing that the rain of deadly bombs
on the largest city in the world is
simply a little preliminary exercise,
for this week the government-con-
trolled newspapers of Germany are
making it clear that unless Great
Britain give up, London will be sub
jected to punishment ten, even a
hundred, times worse than what has
been experienced so far, and in that
connection it is pointed out that the
city may share the fate of the former
Polish capital and the large Dutch
city.
If anything in the brief and
horrible history of air bOmbings
may be said to have been COM
plete, it certainly was the de-
structiOn wrought in Warsaw and
Rotterdam, and that is the threat
which Germany hurls across the
Channel to England: eff you don't
stop resisting, your fate will be
the same!'
But these queer Englishmen ap-
pear to have as little faith in Hitler's
threats as in his promises; one can
not, of course, say that they pay no
attention to them, for they do that,
in the sense that they strengthen
their defenses and become more and
more determined to fight off the in
vader. They don't seem to be the
least bit afraid. In an hour of crisis
the Englishman is as phlegmatic as
a Dutchman; calm; unperturbed; I'M
ruffled; completely uneXcited. But
he is so with his fists clinched.
No Rest.
Glimpses into life as it is lived in
London during the hours of indie
scribable terror show us that its
citizens go about their daily work
very much as though nothing extra
ordinary were happening. Last Sum-
day morning, for instance, in spite
of more than weeks constant bomb
ings, they went to church, vending
their way through streets filed with
debris and lined with ruins, once
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-19
Sandstone People
Move To Superior

Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Bulls of Sand
stone, accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Martin, left Sunday for Su-
perior, Wis, where they will make
their home for the present at least.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bulls have made
their home in Sandstone since before
the great fire of 1894. Mr.. Bulls has
been connected with railroading,
banking, real estate and insurance
many years. It is just recently that
he was compelled to give up business
activities because of failing health.
Many friends in this part of the
county are sorry to have them leave,
but wish them well in their new To-
cation.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-19
Lakers Lose First
Tournament Game

The Moose Lake team, repre-
senting the Pine County Baseball
League in the state tournament
in Shakopee this year, was elimi-
mated in its first game by the
Northern Minnesota League en-
try, Plummer, in a close contest.
The final score was to 4.
The Lakers won the region l
title at Pine City Sunday by de-
feating Ogilvie of the Millacs-
Kanabec League IL to in a
free-hitting game.
This is the second consecutive
year that Pine county has been
represented in the state tourna-
ment. Finlayson went there last
year but was swamped ii to 0
by New Ulm in its first game.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-19
International News Review

in a way startled by the awful sound
of bombers above or by the firing
of anti-aircraft guns. But, to church
they went, just the same.
Some of them, it seems, found no
home to which to return after the
services, for while they had been
away worshiping, the Germans had
been above their section of the city
and demolished the house in which
they lived.
But on Monday morning, neverthe-
less, with new air raids bursting up
on them, the London citizens were
on their way to store and office, to
shop and factory-as usual.
Worse and Worse. x
There is no doubt that the bomb
ings are constantly increasing in vio-
lence.
During the last few days bombs
and splinters from bombs have
thrice ravaged Buckingham Pal
ace, Westminster Abbey, a part
of Parliament's building, and they
have caused untold damage and
misery in the teeming slum dis.
tricts of the East End of London.
Whether the bombings are to be
considered a prelude to an actual
invasion of England by German
landing troops is still question. Some
Italians think the invasion will await
the coming of spring.
The British, however, believe that
Hitler will come with his army quite
soon, and for that reason they are do
ing everything possible to damage
and destroy naval and air bases of
the Germans, in Germany proper and
in German-occupied countries.
Cablegrams make it pretty
clear that the British Royal Air
Force has been effective in its
counter offensive, and that it has
struck repeatedly at a number of
important German cities. The
Germans don't like to have the
war carried into their own terri
tory, SO they hammer back in
what they call retaliation.
Hitler is said to be following a
definite plan: at first, there were
airplanes flying above England, lei
surely and harmlessly, just to look
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-19
Soil Groups Pick
Committee Men
For Coming Year
Melvin Anderson, Brook
Park, Selected as County
Chairman at Meeting.

Agricultural Conservation commit
tee men were elected in the various
communities last Thursday night. The
county committee was elected by the
delegates from the various commune
ties at the county meeting at Sand
stone the following day.
The members of the county COM
mittee for the coming year are Mel
vim Anderson of Brook Park, chair
man; Chris Frederiksen of Askov,
vice chairman; Elmer Henderson of
Beroun, third member. The first al
ternate is John B. VonRueden of
Hinckley, and the second alternate
is James j. Zalesky of Sturgeon Lake.
Local Committees.
Following is list of the commune
ty committee men elected in the vari-
Gus communities in the county:
Sturgeon Lake, Windemere and
Birch Creek communications j.
Zalesky, chairman; A. E. Kanis, vice
chairman; Frank H. Thomas, regular
member; B. B. Prachar, first alter
nate; and Stanley A. Pawlowski,
second alternate.
Clover, Crosby, Arlone and Ogema
community-Peter Larson, chairman;
Freeman Stevens, vice chairman;
Lester Dalzell, regular member; Hen
ry Kramer, first alternate; and Chas.
Baldwin, second alternate.
Bremen, Norman and Kettle River
community-Walter Price, chairman;
Chester Waletzko, vice chairman;
Fred J. Polivka, regular member;
Ed. Goring, first alternate; and Axel
Bjork, second alternate.
Hinckley and Barry community
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-19

Family Newspaper
DARE TO DO OUR DUTY
Let us have faith that
right makes might, and in
that faith let us to the end
dare to do our duty as we
understand it,"
Abraham Lincoln.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-02

Eighty-pound packs are carried
for 100-mile trips to Tibetan mar
kets by 12-year-old Chinese tea ar
riers; adults carry $50 pounds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-02

game to answer more stupid ques-
tions," she stormed. 1--WE told you
everything I know"
"Have you?" flung back Lancy.
you didn't tell US you were talk
ing with Mrs. Peake only an hour
before she was killed"
IT was not! Who told Oh, yes,
I was, too" And for once she did
look dismayed, and for the second
time I believed she was sincere.
Strange as it may SEEM. I am con-
vinced that she had really forgotten
seeing Mrs. Peake.
81 did see her, but I had forgot
ten about it, because it didn't mean
a thing. I was sitting on my porch
and she walked by. She stopped
and we said a few words, nothing
of any Importance. Just a word
about the fog. She said she was go
ing to the next cottage to speak to
Bruce Orion. Joseph Barry was IL
my living room, mixing a drink. He
spoke through the window and told
her orion was getting a big kick
out Of the fog. He was out walking
in it then. She said she would see
him later and turned back toward
the house. I didn't see her again."
There was something about that
memory which disturbed Coral. She
did very well when she started her
story. But as she went on, she kept
casting sidewise glances from
Lancy to the chief. To e if they
accepted her story, I thought.
There was something more to that.
supposedly casual, meeting than
she was telling. 1t might be the
truth, but it wasn't all Of the truth.
And right then my suspicious OF
her and Of Joseph Barry d%eepened.
Lancy asked her all kinds Of ques-
tions, but he couldn't shake her story
in any particular, so he finally said
she could go.
"I don't like that woman, T4ancy,'
declared the chief, when the dool
closed upon her. "Or the man
either, for that matter"
Neither do l." 1 cried, before I
thought how my words would
sound.
TO Be Continued
Eighty-pound packs are carried
for 1OO-mile trips to Tibetan mar
kets by ~12-year-old Chinese tea car
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-02
dt r.! ;{{!!!4d!;l E i! 3 S
BY CENTRAL PEas ASSOCIATION

briars down by the bog" Alan ex-
planned. II couldn't wear it that
way, so got another pair"
It had been such a puzzling rid
die unit! explained; now it Was all
so simple.
Il think we won't tell anyone that
YOU are the man of the footprint
the chief now said, deliberately. 1T
will merely create comment, and
now that you have explained 1t, we
will let it drop. Miss Gordon, you
will keep the secret?'
II will, Chief Forrest"
THAT is all Tor tonight, Murray.
Now, Miss Gordon after Alan
had gone, 1--WE do appreciate your
helping out. You handled the pho
tograph matter very well indeed
And from it we have cleared up two
points which have puzzled U.S."
Thanks to you, for reminding us
of the words you overheard" smiled
Lancy.
What there was about that sim
ple remark to stimulate my men,
DRY I never could decide. But that
forgotten item which had so wor-
ried me clicked into place.
1--WE thought of that other thing,
too," I cried jubilantly.
Good! Out with it."
"Chloe TOLD me that she saw Mrs.
F'eake talking to Coral Easton on
Monday evening. Chloe was on her
way to the village for the evening.
It was about nine o'clock, she said
"And she didn't mention it when
we questioned her!." Chief Forests
voice expressed amazement.
1t was all 1 could do to keep from
soothing at him. AS though Cora
Easton would volunteer any infor
nation which would possibly in
volve her!
Lancy made no oral reply to the
chiefs words, merely sprang from
his chair and strobe from the room
When he returned, Coral was with
him. Her face bore a peevish ex-
preston, her eyes sparkled angrily
II can't understand why you
should drag me away from a bridge
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-05-02
TO ESTABLISH
SEAPLANE base
Forest Service to Construct a
Permanent Base if City
Gives Approval.

A survey of Shagawa lake is being
made by the U. S. Forest Service to
determine the feasibility of establishing
a seaplane base. The site being in
spected is located on the bay west of
the pumping plant where the forest
service last fall constructed a ramp for
use by its seaplane.
For the first time late last summer
the forest service secured its own plane
and put it into use in the Superior
National Forest. A base was estab-
lished at Ely and apparently will be
kept here if a satisfactory agreement
can be reached with the city on OBJ
tanning a permanent base on Shagawa.
Plans call for building a hangar and
dock. Last winter the ship was stored
at Tomahawk, Wis, because no facilities
were available here
The plane will play an important
part in the fire detecting and fighting
activities of the forest service. Working
out of this city it will be available for
use in any part of the Superior National
Forest. It will also be employed in
providing transportation for men and
materials to isolated regions that would
require days to reach by canoe or boat
Pilot Merle A Moitrup, Beaver Falls,
Pa, who had charge of the ship last
fall, will return to duty within the next
few weeks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-05-02
WINTON ROAD
TO BE rebuilt
Work to be Completed Before
Tourist Season Reaches
Height, Pete Says.

Reconstruction of the Ely-Winton
road will start as soon as the frost
leaves the ground so that work can
be completed before the high point of
the tourist season arrives, Commissioner
Jacob L. Pete has informed The Miner.
The road will have a new lift placed
on it and after this has been packed
down it will be blacktopped. The dis
trict expects to start on the job within
the next week or two. The black
topping will be let out on contract.
The road will be improved from its
junction with the Grant McMahan
boulevard to its terminus at the cabins
of the state game and fish department.
A seal coat will be applied to No. q
some time this spring or early summer,
the job being let out on contract. In
sufficient funds may prevent placing
seal coat on the Grant McMahan
boulevard.
Repairing of frost boils will have to
wait until the frost is gone and the
spots dry up.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-05-02
FAMOUS Men
H0NORED BY u
Eight Pioneer State Builders
Have Houses" Named for
Them by University.

Names of famous Minnesota pioneers
have been given to the eight houses"
into which the second unit of Pioneer
Hall, University of Minnesota dormitory
for men, is divided. The pioneers who
were to be thus honored were selected
some time ago, but only last month
were the eight names applied to the
eight divisions. Those honored are:
Christopher Columbus Andrews Of
st. Cloud, later minister to Sweden and
Norway; early worker for forest pre-
servation and officer of the state
forestry department.
Ignatius Donnelly of Nininger, fam
Gus Minnesota attorney, orator, and
writer Of idealistic books; lieutenant
governor and member of Congress.
James Madison Goodhue of ST. Paul,
who established the first newspaper
in Minnesota, The Minnesota Pioneer,
in April 1849, in st. Paul
Paul Helm Hansen, pioneer in Nor
wegian settlement, who was appointed
an agent of the Minnesota board of
immigration in 1859 Advance man"
for the settlement of the Red River
Valley.
William Worrall Mayo, pioneer phys
ician of LIE Seuer and Rochester, men,
Der Of the state senate, and creator Of
the wide medical practice which his
sons developed into The Mayo Clinic
Martin Mcleod, pioneer in education
who came to Fort Smelling with an ex-
petition in 1887. He was author Of
the bill in the territorial legislature
which laid the foundations for Mime
sofas school system.
Leonidas Merritt of Duluth, pioneer
in iron mining and one of the brothers
who discovered the richer deposits of
the world-famous Mesaba range
Cadwallader c. Washburn, pioneer in
flour milling, who employed William
de la Barre to introduce into his Min
neapolis mills revolutionary advances
IN machinery, and processes which
greatly contributed to giving that city
its dominant place in flour milling.
Plates carrying the names Of these
pioneers have been attached to the
various houses.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-05-02

sleep half in bed and half out
then you have another picture op.
portunity well worth seizing. Such
a shot, so comic yet so heart-warm.
ing, holds more appeal than hand
full Of routine snaps.
Some situations merit a picture
but the circumstances don't recon-
mend taking it Immediately. For
example, when Daddy goes to hang
a picture, but hammers his thumb
instead. In such a case, just wait
until things cool down a bit-tLen
shoot a picture of him blowing on
the injured member, with the ham.
mer and stepladder in the imme.
date background.
It's fun to think up ideas for hu.
morous pictures. Recall funny
things that have happened in the
past-then re-enact them for the
camera These shots lend spice to
your album = they'll give extra
pleasure to you and your friends,
especially if you do them realisti-
cally. And meanwhile, always keep
| your camera loaded and handy,
ready to picture the funny little
events that may occur almost any
time around the home.
John van Guildel
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-05-02
senior Dance
Date CHANGED
Party TO be Held on Friday,
May 10; Committees for
Affair Named.

Date for the Memorial high school
junior senior dance has been changed
from Thursday, May 2, to Friday, May
10, according to Conrad G. Haugen,
principal The dance is replacing the
annual formal prom. The following
committees have been named:
Decorations, Enricketta de Bernardo,
chairman; Donald Prola, Rudy KoSir,
Marvin Buskala, George Perkovich,
Tom Devich, Albert Rowe, Richard
Lindholm, Lorraine Jackson, Mildred
Samarja, Ruth Yadlosky, Marcella
Turula, Ed Grahek, Helen KraIl, Helen
Maker, Elizabeth Petric and Jane
Norby Punch. Edith Bohince, chair
man; Donald Myntti, Angela Poljanec,
Patsy Bottiani, Wayne Bolitho, Roy
Johnson, Ruth Erickson. Cleanup, Mary
Ellen Chinn, chairman.
An Evening in the Garden is being
used as a theme for the dance, at
which the juniors are playing hosts to
the seniors.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-05-02

HUMOROUS pictures are quite
Ii rare-and perhaps that is the
very reason they have such lasting
appeal. If you want snapshots in
your album that will never grow
old. then keep your eyes open for
picture chances that tickle your
tunnybone.
Thsrs are plenty Of such oppor-
tunitiss, particularly around homes
that aavs shildren-which is not to
say, Of course, that grown-ups don't
have their absurd moments too.
-Aad 4 you stay alert for such mo-
nsnts, with your camera loaded
and placed where you can get it
rsadily, you'll likely garner some
:nush-prized shots for your album.
somstimes, It's true, you'll have
to -ssnact things to get your pic
ture. For example, when you find
Johnny has been raiding the cookie
jar again, Just let him demonstrate
now he did it, for the camera-and
lis guilty look will give you a pic
ure that takes high rank in your
election.
When the youngest N ,mber OF
lie family gathers his toys aud tod.
les OF to bed, finds he can't quite
laks the grade. and drops OF to