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U. s. ARMY IS TO BUILD LAND SHIPS

WASHINGTON, Aug. g = The Army has decided to build mon- ster land battleships like the TO- ton German tanks which have generally been given much credit for breaking through the French and Belgian Notifications.
 The National Defense Commis. sion has awarded a $5,689, ,00O contract to the Baldwin Loco motive Works, Philadelphia for the monsters.
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II. We advocate an investiga- tion of the Alaska Railroad, its rates, equipment, and all other features of it's operation, also an investigation of rates of all steam ship lines to the end that lowest possible passenger and freight rates be established, and that all tolls on highways be abolished in an effort to reduce the high cost of transportation in Alaska.
 12. We urge increased appro- priations for extending the work of the U. s. Geological Survey and Geodetic Survey, the U. s. Coast Guard and Lighthouse Ser vice in the Territory, and Fed eral aid for enlarging the scope of the Territorial department of Mines.
 13. Regarding the liquor ques tion, we favor abiding by the outcome of the general referen- dunn to be voted upon at the September 10th, 1940, general el- ection.
 II. We favor the encourage ment of agriculture and fur farm ing industries, and to that end urge enactment of such laws as are necessary to assist them, and the enactment of herd and graz ing laws to suit the conditions ex isting in the various sections of the Territory.
 Continued in Next Issue)
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Divisions and among them will be the 41st Division from the Pacific Northwest.
 Just before the legislation was passed, a provision was written in to permit resignations of Ma tional Guardsmen and Reservists with families dependent on their earnings.
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in addition, will be the base of one of the four Infantry Com- panies tentatively planned for the Territory. Others will be at Ke;chikan, Fairbanks and An chorage.
 Major Graham disclosed that William Walther, employee of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company had been appointed Captain of the local company. One medical officer with the grade of Captain is to be station ed with each company as are al so First Lieutenant and Second Lieutenant.
 The Adjutant-G General has not yet received his appointment, Major Graham said.
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PLATFORM OF DEMOCRATIC
 PARTY OF ALASKA

The Platform of the Party Alaska adopted at the Territorial Convention Juneau Jan 940 the plat form which candidate for Territorial Territorial convention 1si4
 consists of F herewith publish in numeri cal order IS space permits:
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Firm in the realization that the Democratic Party is dedicated to the principle of representive self gov ernment and that it's political creed makes it true party of the people, the undersigned Democratic candidates for Territorial ofce your support in the forthcoming general election September 10th
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TOP SlDER-Rear Admiral John H. Towers (above) is chief of the bureau of naval aeronau- tics and shoulders responsibility for expanding the Navy's air fighting arm under the United States new billion dollar na-
 tiOnal defense program.
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One Heavy Weapons Company

Three of the Alaska companies are to be rife companies, Major Graham disclosed, and the fourth a heavy weapons company. The last will probably be based at either Fairbanks or Anchorage, he said.
 Governor Gruening said that authority was also being sought to organize a National Guard Air Squadron with one flight based at Nome.
 All of the National Guard of fcers in Alaska will be part time employees of the Govern ment, carrying on the National Guard work in addition to their regular civilian pursuits.
 The expense of maintaining the National Guard will be borne by the Federal Government, except for the constructing of armories, which will be a Territorial res possibility, The Governor has written to legislative candidates asking their support for an ap- propriation for four armories costing $150,0O0 apiece.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-02-11

little eight-year-old boy who already
can swim the mile in good time, with
out effort. Joe is particularly inter-
ested in him, for his name happens to
be Joe Watemough, Jr.
Yes, the Olneyville Boys Club will
probably continue to win champion
ships, and citizens of the community
will take pride in these achievements;
but at the same time, the thoughtful
ones agree with Tommy Tisdel and
Joe Watemough that the most impor-
tant work is in character building.
Watching the 400 youths pouring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-02-11

in and out of the Club each day. it's
easy to visualize what the absence OF
the place would mean to the commun-
ity; for, taking into consideration the
terrific amount of energy that is ex-
pended, the veritable bedlam that is
created, by 400 boys busily engaged in
playing for all they are worth, you can
well imagine the devastation that
same energy used to create when its
only outlet was the barren street and
the back alley.
Delinquency. in the minds OF Boys
Club officials, is merely misdirected
energy. Their job is to redirect it; and
if in doing that. they incidentally
make few champions - well. it's all
in the days work!
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Continued from po0e eight

Most of Joe's boys make good. So
do his girls - not only in the pool
but out of it, too. Doris Brennan is a
student at Sargent School, in Massa-
chusetts, and Doris Soltysiak, now in
high school. will probably 60 on to
college.
There are others coming along too.
Little twelve-year-old Norma Ewart
smashed the regional record for the
4OO-yard free-style just few months
ago, and has been winning junior New
England championships as fast as
meets are arranged. And there is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-02-11
AND THEY TURN OUT TO BE CHAMPS!

that" True, it is strenuous stroke -
it's the time breast stroke with the
return stroke made overwater instead
of under, so that the swimmer is pro-
PEELED in jerks. Perhaps they were
right Joe says sardonically, but
last August a twelve-year-old girl
from the Club won a 2OO-meter cham
pionship using that very stroke, and
she wasn't even breathing hard"
Joe has plenty of handicaps in de-
veloping strong swimmers. For one
thing, as mentioned before, the pool
is only sixty feet long, as compared to
the usual seventy-fve-foot pool, and
his swimmers instinctively slow up at
the sixty-foot mark when in competi-
ton. Another drawback is that Joe
carries the burden of instruction al
most entirely alone, besides carrying
on instruction for over 400 youngsters
in the Learn to Swim" classes.
Delinquency in the Olneyville area,
according to police authorities, has
dropped more than seventy per cent
since the Boys Club started to func-
ton, but this doesn't tell the story
by a long shot. 1t doesn't give any
inkling of the thousands of spindly-
legged, chicken-breasted, understood
youngsters who for the past fifteen
years have been built into healthy
young men by the Club.
To those who have been saying,
Whats the Olneyville Boys Club
got that we haven't got? What helps
them make champions?" the answer
seems obvious - Joe Watemough.
when one of Joe's kids wins a
championship" his wife says, he
breaks down and cries like baby"
Joe looks sheepish and says, "Well,
it's like bringing up race horse from
the time he was little colt. You see
the kid come in, see him develop, and
then when he finally comes through -
we'll, something kind of rises up inside
of you"
He is only thirty-one years old now,
just few years older than some of the
stars he helped to develop; and when
they come trooping home from the
colleges at the Christmas holidays,
Joe goes down to the Club on Sum
day and stokes the fire so the boys can
have "get-together" in the pool.
There you might find Johnny
Higgins, now at Ohio State University.
whose swimming recently brought the
college the Big Ten swimming title;
George Gibbons, New England inter-
collegiate 2OO-meter breast-stroke
champion, who works summers in the
mill to put himself through college;
Matt Soltysiak, captain of the Brown
University swimming team; Russell
Branch, recently a member of Billy
Roses Aquacade - and many others.
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a week and see if your time improves
Or if boy wants to quit school and
20 to work in the mill and Joe thinks
he has intelligence, he uses every
argument to keep him at his lessons.
VI never had the chance myself" he
SAYS, land hate to have these kids
miss out on an education if they can
get it," He has a trick of pulling out
the record book of intercollegiate
swimmers, when he feels he is losing
the argument with youngster. Look,
Johnny" he will say. you can smash
that intercollegiate 44O-meter record
with one hand behind you. Only you
can't do it if you quit school now"
That his methods seem to work
is attested by the growing number of
Joe's proteges who enter college.
Tisdell is also wary of allowing the
creation of swimming champions to
overshadow the real work of the Club.
And they are careful to weed out
would-be ringers" No one over six
teen is permitted to join, and more
than ninety per cent of the members
live within mile of the Club. The
typical Club member is young man
of about ten, with freckles and tousled
hair; he frequently pays his annual
dues of twenty-five cents in twenty
five installments; he takes his fun as
he finds it. and makes lot OF noise.
Watemough understands the men
tai workings of his average club men,
Der, and he doesn't try to make the
swimming instruction anything more
than healthy fun. Swimmers are
made. not born" he says, but if you
try to push child too fast you take
all the fun out of swimming" 1t takes
from three to five years to develop a
good swimmer, he says.
Not many of the youngsters have
enough money to attend even regional
meets, but the New England Athletic
Union does defray the expenses Of out
standing stars - and thereby hangs
another tale. For the stars don't travel
in style on their expense money -
no, they travel in Joe's car, together
with two or three young swimmers
who are on the up" and they all eat
and sleep on the stars money. That's
the way they get their seasoning in
last competition When Doris Brennan
got her $l1O to 60 to the national
meet in Des MONIES few months ago,
she took Edna Soltysiak along with
her. Johnny Higgins. former Olympic
star and holder of the worlds breast
stroke championship for three success
sive years, always provided meals and
travel for others.
Joe has lost some of his awe now of
the big coaches, and takes justif-
able delight in the fact that two years
ago, when he introduced the butter
fly stroke, most of the big coaches
laughed at him and said, why, the
strongest swimmer alive would be
worn out after hundred yards of
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PAID ADVERTISEMENT and
inserted by Wendley r. Zimmerman,
Willow River, Mimi, in his own behalf
for which regular advertising rates
will be paid.
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Miss Dorothy remained to attend
the Minnesota Business college this
year. Mrs. Anderson and Milton re-
turned the same evening.
Arnold Peterson returned Sunday
from a fifteen-day trip through the
west, the most distant point being
San Francisco.
Arlene Peterson spent Sunday night
with her grandmother, Mrs. Lille
dahl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Irene visited at
the parental John L. Irene home in
Mora Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Peterson, Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Selleg and Mrs. Lii
jedahl visited at the Arthur LiljedahY
home in Rutledge Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Irene and Shir-
ley visited at the Fred Wesley home
in Moose Lake Monday evening.
School opened today with Miss Vio-
la Virta of Virginia, teaching the
lower grades and Joe Kub of Beroun,
in the upper grades.
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NickersOn

Mr.. and Mrs. Bonnie Peterson are
the proud parents of a daughter born
Monday morning and weighing nine
pounds.
The Ladies' Aid meeting will be
held at the church in Nickerson
September II.
Miss Betty Vandervar went to her
home in Minneapolis Saturday.
Clifford Slower and sister, Miss
Mildred, attended the state fair Sun
day and Monday.
Mrs. Slower enjoyed a visit from
her sister and family Monday.
Miss Lucille Hansen visited Mrs
Edw. Beaudry Tuesday.
Mrs. Chas. Soper visited Mrs. Paul
Hansen Tuesday.
Mrs. Peter Virgins visited Mrs
Casadont Tuesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hansen and Luz
ellie were supper guests Sunday eve
ming at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
E. J. Miller in Bruno.
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Village OF Denham

Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. Mcdonald of
Virginia, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
B. Burak Monday.
Mrs. Helen Morse celebrated her
S0th birthday last Thursday and had
as guests in the evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Wesley and son, William and
Mrs. Wesley, Sr. of Moose Lake, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Busse of Iowa.
Mrs. Morse also was given a birthday
card shower by her many friends.
Mrs. and Mrs. T. Staudinger and
children returned to their home Fri
day after spending a weeks vacation
in Canada and East Lake and Tama-
rack.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Wilcox stopped
at the parental B. Burak home Fri
day on their way to their home in
Pine City after having spent several
days on a wedding trip to Two Har-
bOrs.
Arthur Frehse spent Wednesday of
last week and Thursday visiting IL
Minneapolis at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Ernest Nelsestien.
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Gustafson and
Arthur Weinberg and daughters Del
phia and Patty attended the dedica-
church Sunday. In the evening Mr..
and Mrs. Gustafson visited the F. E..
Anderson family and Mr.. Weinberg
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Irene.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Buck of Moose Lake
were dinner guests at the Art Frehse
home Sunday, it being Mrs. Frehse's
birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Selleg and
Donna Mae and Mrs. Liljedahl were
dinner guests at the Carl Peterson
home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Irene and Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Spivok of Chicago
enjoyed a picnic supper at the for
mers cabin at Sun Rise Acres last
Thursday evening.
Mrs. Erwin Lake and two children
of Kettle River, visited Mrs. T. Staud-
niger Monday.
Leon and Martin Bissionette OF
Minneapolis, visited friends over La
Dor day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Spivok and
daughter Alice left Monday morning
for their home in Chicago after
spending their vacation at the pa
rental Hrubes home.
A large crowd attended the we'd
ding dance at the Burak Hall Tues
day evening given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanley Wilcox who were married
that day in Bruno.
Mrs. F. E. Anderson and Milton and
Dorothy drove to Minneapolis Monday.
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Hay Creek

Mr.. and Mrs. Higines of Spooner,
Wis, and his sister, brother in-law,
two nieces and two nephews of Wash
ington, visited at the Erwin Phinn
home Monday. The latter family had
left Spooner for Washington Is years
ago.
Arthur Bjork was in Superior, Wis,
one day last week on business.
Albin Bjork was home last week
and returned to his work Tuesday.
A letter was received from the
Appleton family of Wesley, Ark, in
which greetings are extended to their
many friends in Minnesota.
Arthur Bjork and Mrs. Chatelle
were in Sandstone Friday. Mrs. Cha
telle called on doctor and received
her glasses.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Calvin were
in Sandstone and Friesland recently
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Elliott and
children visited at the L. L. Shew
home Sunday night.
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Rutledge

Mrs. Abel Arramy and Mrs. Art.
Abrahamson will be hostesses to the
Ladies' Aid at the home of Mrs. Art.
Abrahamson Thursday evening, Sep
TENDER 5, at o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beas Peterson of
Cromwell, were Saturday morning
visitors at the Nelson home while
on their way to Minneapolis. On their
return home they called for Mrs. Mel
son who accompanied them to Crom-
well. She attended the funeral of
the late Rev. John Roper at that
place Tuesday.
MIR. and Mrs. J. E. Byard of Min
neapolis, and Mrs. T. E. Oxborough
of Savage, were weekend guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Senobe visited
relatives and friends in Duluth from
Wednesday of last week until Fri
day of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Cich attended
the funeral of relative in Foley last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Anderson re-
turned Friday from a two weeks mo-
tor trip to points in Indiana, Illinois
and Michigan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Twait and Otto
Schubert were Pine City business
callers Tuesday.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hench of Gran
dy, came Sunday for few days visit
with the Geo. Grieger family. On
Monday Mr.. and Mrs. Grieger and
their guests left for trip on the
north shore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Ackermann
and daughter Judy of st. Paul,
visited at the Carlson home from Sat-
urday until Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Wegworth and
John visited Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Wegworth in Bena over the week
end.
Mrs. j. L. Brooks and Mrs. B. W.
Senobe were Sandstone shoppers
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Nelson and
George of Groningen and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Nelson of Duluth, were
Sunday evening visitors at the Geo.
Nelson home.
Kenneth Van Reese who has been
visiting relatives left for his home in
Duluth Sunday. Ernest Datko ac-
companied him home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-05
Friesland

Mrs. Russell Bennett and daughter
Ann of Duluth, are spending week
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Nick Hartland.
Miss Ada Towndson spent Satur-
day evening at the AL. Plaggerman
home.
School days are here again and the
teachers in district 35 are the Misses
Esther Oakland and Alva Fogt. In
district 80 Miss Lavina Swendsen is
the teacher.
A special meeting of the Ladies'
Aid was held Monday evening at the
church to discuss plans for booth
at the Hinckley fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elof Johnson and
family of Duluth, spent Labor day
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Nelson.
Pearl Joyce and Willard Lund-
blade, who are employed in Mime
apolis, spent from Saturday until
Monday at their respective homes.
Helen Seabloom spent the week.
end with Anna Bennett.
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Denhan

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Carlson of
Monticello, relatives of the Weinberg
family, drove here Sunday and at
tended the dedication service of the
Faith Lutheran church.
Supt. and Mrs. A. E. Gustafson,
Arthur Weinberg and Patricia and
Delphia of Pine City, attended the
dedication service here Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Hallman and daughter
Myrna came Wednesday afternoon
and stayed with relatives here until
Sunday afternoon.
Percie Hillbrand left last Thurs
day afternoon for her work of teach
ing in Lamberton.
Royal Hillbrand and Grace and
Leroy and Oliver Nelson, William
Anderson and Theo. Brandt attended
the state fair Thursday
Mrs. John Anderson and Mr.. and
Mrs. L. j. Larson and children drove
to Cloquet Friday.
Esther Leaf came Saturday after
noon to be here for the dedication
services.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. v. Johnson of
Watertown, Mrs. Alfred Anderson of
New Germany and Mentser Upgren
of Watertown, all relatives of the Up
gren family here drove up Satur-
day to attend the dedication service
Sunday. They drove back Tuesday
morning to their homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Swendsen spent
the weekend here and attended the
dedication service
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Arthyde

Miss Elsie Gilberts, Alvin Gilberts
and Jerome Hips of Lake Lillian,
brought Milton Olson home last
Thursday, returning to their home
the next day.
Mrs. Walter Paugh entertained the
Community club at her home last
Thursday afternoon.
E. A. Richardson spent several days
in Minneapolis and ST. Paul, return
ing home Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Acterberg and
daughters and Vernon Ekerholm of
Minneapolis, spent the weekend at
the D. M. Olson home.
jeanne and Gerald Emmer returned
home Sunday from few days visit
with their cousins, the Ray Ellison
children, near Askov.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Novotny and
children of Minneapolis, visited rela-
tives here this weekend.
Miss Della Nortrup returned home
from Aitkin last Thursday where she
had been visiting.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Maunula and Allen
and Calvin Coolidge were Moose Lake
visitors Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Breckheimer and
daughters of Sturgeon Lake, visited
at the T. J. Adams home Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Fleek and Walter Roy
went to Elk River recently to get
their sister, Miss Gladys Roy, and
to visit relatives. They returned
home Sunday.
Mrs. A. E. Richardson and Mrs.
L. C. Standish were in Sandstone
Wednesday of last week.
Mrs. Leonard Youngberg and boys
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde Hutchins, Sunday.
School opened Tuesday with Miss
Marie Enos of Finlayson, teaching
the upper grades and Miss Lois Pot
ter of Duluth, teaching the lower
grades and Arnold Coolidge and Tony
Christensen driving the school buses.
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Ike is substituting for Mr.. Anderson.
Miss Minnie Bochek, instructor in
the history and music department
of the local school, was unable to
begin her work at the beginning of
the term on account of illness. She
underwent an operation at st. Luke's
hospital in st. Paul, and is recover
ing her former health. She will be
back as soon as she is able. Mrs.
Herb johnson is taking her place
in the meantime.
Francis and Charles Reus and
Buddy Spectator of Chaska, spent the
weekend with Louise Price. They
came Saturday and left Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Wadley of Du-
luth, spent the weekend here with
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Price went
to Minneapolis Sunday evening to
attend the funeral of her mother,
Mrs. Frank Stelmaszewski, who was
buried Wednesday.
Robert Wilson, who was injured
in an auto accident this summer, has
improved sufficiently to enter school
Tuesday. His friends hope he will
soon enjoy complete recovery.
Mrs. Harold Olson and children
of St. Paul, who have been here with
her parents the past few weeks, left
last Thursday. They spent very
pleasant summer but were glad to
get back to the city and to school.
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Norman Township

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hillig came
from St. Paul Saturday evening to
spend Sunday and Labor day with
Mr.. and Mrs. L.. H. Kowitz.
Andrew Zupond and Benny Kowitz
spent Friday evening and Sunday
afternoon at the Steve Purull home.
Elmer and Harry Berg came from
Minneapolis Sunday evening to spend
a week with Mrs. Berg and son and
Frank Purull.
Mrs. Elmer Berg spent Sunday af-
ternoon with Mrs. Walter Berg.
Steve Purull spent Monday and
Tuesday at the Elmer Berg home.
Miss Phillis Purull spent Sunday
and Monday with Francis and Rose
July in Bruno.