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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-29
Unknown
By Bruce Barton
Former Member of Congress)

N6IQDeI I'll SOIlSICSS)
From the grave of the Unknown
Soldier the crowds melted away. The
great men of the nations, who had
stood there bare-headed, stepped into
their cars, and were whirled back to
town. The music of the bands grew
faint and ceased.
All afternoon little parties of curl
Gus, reverent folk came and stopped,
and went on again, until finally only
the guard remained. The day ended.
Night came silently and threw over
the grave the healing mantle of dark
ness.
Then a strange thing happened.
Three dim figures from nowhere
gathered and stood uncovered beside
the tomb. No word of greeting passed
between them; they seemed to know
each other we'll. Slowly, one after
another, they stopped and read the
freshly carved inscription. Then the
oldest spoke.
Things are improving bit for us
Unknowns," he said. 81 fought with
Leonidas at Thermopylae. We fell
side by side, we and the other two
hundred and ninety-nine. Our bones
are mingled with the dust and rocks.
No one marked our resting place.
Our names have persisted, but we
held the pass.
'My mother wept when I failed to
return" he continued. might after
night she waited at the window, I'M
til it was foolish to hope any longer.
Then she too wanted to die. But the
neighbors came in and cheered her.
You have given son to save your
country, to save your country they
cried, the Persians are driven back,
and Greece is freed. He died, but he
left us better world!'
$50 my mother took courage and
held her head high. 1t was fine to
have given son to make the world
better world"
The Unknown paused for mo-
ment; his voice grew dull and hard.
'The Romans swept over the Greece
that I died for" he said. ''The bar
barians swept over Rome. I some
times wonder whether it was worth
while to die at 28-to sleep at Their
mopylae, unknown"
81 fought with Charles Martel at
Tours" the second soldier said. eve
turned back the Arab hosts; we saved
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-29
ssOnly One Profound State
ment In This War,

In these days of confusion in a
war-torn world, with widespread
propaganda toward getting Amer
lea embroiled in foreign wars,
and with lack of definite infor-
nation concerning the issues at
stake and the ultimate result, it is
refreshing to read message from
a great statesman.
A reader of the Minneapolis
Star-Journal, S. Forrest Bowers
of Minneapolis, wrote an article
to that newspaper with which
was embodied part of message
to Great Britain by India's lead
er, Mahatma Gandhi, and out
standing crusader against war,
who has fought for more than so
years for non-violence. The peo-
pie of his country named him
Mahatma, which in their Ian
guage means great soul.
The article by Mr.. Bowers, in
the Star-Journal, follows:
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possible for American ships to de-
liver goods right to the British docks.
Foremost among the repealers are
Navy Secretary Knox and War Sec
rotary Stimson, who term the law
ga blunder".
A short time after the war broke
out the President prescribed the war
zones which the law forbids Ameri-
can ships to enter. With the repeal
of the law, American ships would be
free to sail the seven seas and that
is what the interventionists want as
they know it will lead to America S
entrance into the war.
More Spending.
The Navy department has asked
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-29

Inc eve Oh announcer MeIIlOTldl Jay
finds our nation on the threshold
of war. At the same hour we make
plans to honor the memory of our
heroes of former wars we plunge
feverishly ahead in a titanic effort
to make America supreme in armed
might. With one hand we lay
wreath on the grave of fallen war
rior-with the other we turn the
wheels of industry to create new
weapons of death.
High on the banks of the Potomac
river in Washington, D. c., lies the
Arlington memorial cemetery, final
resting place of thousands who gave
their services for the country they
loved. 1t is one of the most beautiful
spots in the nations beautiful capital.
From the simple, white head stones
and magnificent marble monuments
to the tomb of the unknown soldier
overlooking the city, it is a sacred
shrine of beauty and peace, fitting
resting place for those home from the
turmoil of war. A spot of solitude
and sadness it represents a country's
last service to its dead.
They were buried with full mill
tary honors. Tribute was given the
fallen. A great, free republic pauses
for few fleeing hours each year
to pay its respects, not only to those
asleep in Arlington, but also to the
countless of others who have given
their lives for us.
Memorial day is a grand gesture
and an appropriate one. But, while
we honor the dead we prepare the
living for more bloodshed, death ano
hate. The ideals fought for in Other
wars have never firmly taken root
We arm today for new struggle
for what? The ones who rest ir
honored glory at Arlington will be
joined by another caravan of the
dead. From Bunker Hill to Gettys.
burg, from the forests of the Argonne
to another battlefield of the future
the flower of Americas manhood
continues to spill its blood and the
end is not in sight. Every war i.
the "last one" but the last one never
comes.
So, while on this years Memoria
day we cherish the memory of thos'
departed we must prepare for tn,
graves of the future. With ideal
shattered and dreams ended we arr
steering our course for another con
flict. Thus it goes, war followin,
war. With the passing of the year
we sacrifice our wealth and ou
youth to the mad gods of war ant
dutifully each year on May 30th WI
dedicate day for the soldier dead
Would it not be far better that al
our resources and strength be uset
to abolish forever the spectre of war
instead of having mere cessation o
hostilities which are to be resumed
within a few decades? Establish al
enduring peace so that the Decoration
days of the future will not continue
to find newer sacrifices and NOR
heartaches but will have fuller ant
more sincere meaning. A peace S,
universal and complete that the rank
of those now at rest beneath the state
ly trees will remain unbroken-;
peace so deep and understanding tina
the thunders of war will no longe
come to disturb the sleep of the dead
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INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
CONTINUED from Page ~


has never known faster news facili-
ties than just now, news travels at
times as slowly as in distant and
more primitive ages. And that ex-
plains the fact that it took more than
week for the world to find out
that the king of Italy on May 18th
was the intended target of a re-
volver bullet fired by young Greek
in Albania.
The king was visiting the country
which his prime minister, Mussolini,
a couple of years ago had annexed,
and which he would have lost had it
not been for the effective German
support few weeks back. Then sud-
denly a revolver was aimed at the
tiny majesty-and the bullet missed
him. One might have understood the
situation better if it had been Musso-
lini sitting in the automobile instead
of the king.
Closer to Berlin.
Germany's efforts to reach the Su-
ez canal persist, in Asia Minor and in
North Africa, and they may be &C
CELEBRATED by reason of the fact that
unoccupied France is about to help
Hitler. At least, so it seems.
Time and again during the last
two weeks or so the world has
been told that between the gov
ernments at Berlin and Vichy
treaty had been signed. That
has not been cOrrObOrated, but
there is some reason for believ-
ing that the preliminaries have
been arranged.
At all events, Vichy seems to have
yielded to some of the demands of
Berlin because there was no other
choice, and if that turns out to be a
fact, it may have a very important
bearing on the status of West Africa
u. S. Interest.
And right here is where the inter-
est of the United States in the world
war appears to be vital. At least
some congressman and other politici-
ans pretend that it is. For they have
figured out that from Dakar on the
extreme western coast of Africa tt
Natal in Brazil is distance of bu
sixteen hundred miles, and from Bra.
zil to the United States mere jump
of few thousand miles. All of thi.
is mentioned as a cogent reason fol
Uncle Sam to step in.
Whatever danger there may be
of a German invasion of the
United States by way of Dakar
and Natal-it must be said that
it is, according to every recog-
nized military expert of this
country, an immensely remote
one. But for persons who want
, to plunge America into the war,
+ it is, naturally a good talking
point. 1t would seem that it is
$ almost the only one.
1 This distant danger forms a par
l of the background for the movement
f now on foot to repeal the neutralit
law. Since this country avoWedl
! and officially is anything but neutra
D the law might as well be discarded
D for it really exists on paper only
p There is a concerted will to war i
s the United States, but attentive oh
s servers note that there is also an eve
increasing objection to warlike step:
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Opinions OF Others

(Short timely letters on topics of
public interest are welcome whether
or not the writer's opinions con-
form with those of the American.
All letters must be signed with the
writer's name for our information.
Signed articles always are more eff
fective, but If the writer does not
wish to have his name used. it will
be Withheld).
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Diplomas
Continued from Page y

salutatory, Marilyn Danielson; song,
Brown Bird Singing, Girls seXtette;
valedictory, Amy Norback; COM
mencement address, DR.. E. w. Beck,
head of the department of education,
Bemidji State Teachers college; song,
"Prelude', Girls Glee club; presen-
tation of awards, Supt. 1. w. Swenson;
presentation of class gift to school,
Joyce Arth, class president; presenta-
ton of graduates, Supt. I. w. Sven
son; awarding of diplomas, Werner
Haapanen, president, board of edu-
cation; benediction, Rev. E. j. Muir
dach; occasional, Anita Maupin.
Many Graduates at Willow.
Thirty-six seniors will leave the
Willow River schools this year. They
are John Anderson, Ardyce Anderson,
Dolores Isaacson, Mary Jane Arm
strong, Merna Holmes, Ruth Holmes,
Helen Anderson, Verna Hermerding,
Marion Borchardt, Florian Nalezny,
Betty Anderson, Lorraine Anderson,
Geraldine Brown, Clement Burak,
Glenn Coolidge, Vernon Ellison, Har-
old Engebretson, Dorothy Forster,
Amanda Gross, Tophal Grutkoski,
Edward Hyska, Evelyn Johnson, Rich
ard Klinepier, Edwin Klatt, Helen
Koneiska, Earl Martinson, Irene Mo-
helski, Russell Mossberg, Annette
Nelson, Evelyn Clean, Harriet Rob-
erts, Gertrude Sheforgen, Blanche
Stepan, Albert Stockamp, Lucille
Thomas and Richard Youngkrantz.
Willow River Program.
The graduation program, given last
night, was as follows:
Professional, Miss Minnesota Bo-
chek; invocation, Rev. John j. Moedt;
valedictory, John Anderson; saluta-
tory, Ardyce Anderson; salutatory,
Dolores Isaacson; flute solo, Arlene
Anderson; commencement address, E.
Dudley Parsons; "June Rhapsody,
Junior and Senior Girls Glee club;
presentation of class of 1941, c. G.
Aakhus; presentation of diplomas,
DR.. w. c. Ehmke; benediction, Rev.
John J. Moedt.
Other Schools.
Forty-four seniors at Sandstone are
completing their work at the Sand
stone high school tonight as are also
the seniors of Bruno high. Hinckley
graduated class of 46 Tuesday eve
ming. Those on the honor roll there
were Genevieve Roberts, Estel Mer-
rift, Leo Engels, Myrtle Loftness, Leo
Lick, Mary Jean Haines, Marvin Bos-
sen and Alice Dillon.
In Pine City SO received their di-
plomas at the commencement exer-
cises last night. Alice Jessie Gum
was the valedictorian of her class and
Harriet Wilcox the salutatorian. The
main address of the evening was Civ
en- by James Clark of Elk River, a
former graduate of the Pine City
school, and son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
Clark of the county seat.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-29
Observations
BY CONG. HAROLD KNUTSON
Would Repeal Neutrality Law.
It is reported that high AdminiStra-

ton officials will
S h o rt1y open a
drive to repeal the
N e u t r a Ii t y act
passed by Con-
gress in 1885 at
the request of the
President to enable
him to keep our
country out of war,
so that if will he
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-29

A female walleye will contain from
$4,000 to 100000 eggs. An unusually
large pike 90 pounds and over) may
contain 100000 eggs. A 12-pound
fish produces $4,000.
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pa
81 do not want Britain to be de-
feated, nor do I want her to be vic
torious in the trial of brute strength.
British muscular bravery is an es-
tablished fact.
"Your statesmen have declared that
this is war in behalf of democracy.
There are many other reasons given
in justification. You know them all
by heart. I suggest at the end of
the war-which ever way it ends
there will be no democracy left to
represent democracy.
81 appeal for the cessation of hos
tilities, not because you are too ex-
hausted to fight, but because war is
bad in essence. You want to kill
Nazism. You will never kill it by its
indifferent adoption.
"You will have to be more ruthless
than the Nazis.
"To win the war, Britain must
adopt with greater thoroughness the
same work of destruction as the Ger
mans, which would be an undignified
competition.
mo cause, however just, can war
rant the indiscriminate slaughter 60
ing on minute by minute. The cause
that demands the inhumanities that
are being perpetrated today cannot
be called just.
''Let Hitler and Mussolini take pos
session of your beautiful island and
your homes, and allow yourselves to
be slaughtered; but refuse to owe al
legiance to them.
"This process and method which
| 1 have called non-violent non-co-
operation is not without considerable
success in its use in India. I have
been preaching with scientific pre-
cision non-violence and its possible
ties for an unbroken period of over sc
years. I have applied it in every
walk of life-domestic, institutional
economic and political. I know nc
single case in which it has failed
Where it seemed sometimes to have
failed, 1 have ascribed it to my i'm
PROJECTIONS"
}. Unless the human race is wise
enough or fortunate enough to grasI
that non-violence is the only wa.
harmonious with the very structure
of the universe, disaster awaits man
kind and civilization is doomed.
We are at the crossroads: Eithe
we must accept the way of Gandhi O
we retrogress to brutes and beast
, and civilization collapses. The wa,
of Gandhi is the one hope of tn
!. world, and the only salvation from
doom and utter despair. There i
no hope for civilization and bette
, humanity if we accept and pursu
, the way of Hitler, Stain, Mussolin
, Churchill or Roosevelt.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-29

It is only rarely that great state
ment, one that lives and influences
the minds and hearts of successive
generations, appears. I have seen
since the advent of the present war
but one statement animated by deep
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-29

Summary: Runs batted in. G. Carman,
Scheeler. Julius. T., Tony. S., Walter S.
Two base hits, Julius, T., Bill, S. John S.
Three base hits, R., Tony. S. Sacrifice hits,
Scheeler. Stolen bases, Scheeler, Bill, S.
Struck out by Entner, 2; John. S. 3. Left
Orlando, p, and Abe G. Scorer, Norman c.
Time required to play game. l hour. S
minutes.
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From Exchanges

Editorial Comment From Other News
papers Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions of the
ASkov American.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-29

A man may be down, but he can
always get up unless he is down on
himself.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-29

Summary-Struck out by Entner, S;
Stephenson, 6. Bases on balls off Entner l,
Stephenson 3. Left on bases, Finlayson
4. Eel. Officers 6. Umpire, Dahlin;
Scorer, Hills.
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moral discernment and prof u n d
spiritual illumination, and which may
be accepted by later generations as
the finest thought occasioned by the
war;
refer to Gandhi's message to Brit
ain of July 2, 1910, which reads, in
part:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-29
PROCEEDINGS OF
SCHOOL BOARD
DISTRICT 1877.

The regular meeting of the school
board was called to order by the
chairman at 9 p. m. May 7, 1941, with
all members present.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved as read.
j. P. Murphy, Oscar Eklund and
j. j. Nelson were appointed to serve
as judges of election at the annual
election on May 20.
On motion carried, the time for
opening the polls was set for 7:30
p. m. and to close at $50 p. m.
Salaries of the school board for the
year ending June 80, 1941, were set
at SIS each for directors, $3.50 for
the treasurer and $3.50 for the clerk
for the six months served this year.
The following bills were allowed:
Wilcox & Follett Co.,
library books --- $64.34
Red Wing Advertising Co.,
diplomas z9.Zo
R. L. Geabow, rubber door mat 600
CHM g. Co., general supplies All
Osterkamp & Smith,
repairs of equipment $1,000 8.75
William Marihart, snow blowing 1913
Mimi. Power & Light Co., acct. 1905
On motion made and carried, the
meeting adjourned.
John j. Nelson, Clerk.
The results of the school election
held on May 20, 1941 in the school
house were as follows:
| Leon Beavens -- 95 votes
John NJ Wahlstrom ------ 80 votes
Andrew Storebo --- 4 votes
Oscar Eklund -- l vote
| Mrs. Albert Jorgensen ---- l vote
Bob O'Day -------------- l vote
The two receiving the most votes
are elected as directors to serve for
three years.
John j. Nelson, Clerk.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-29

The two receiving the most votes
are elected as directors to serve for
three years.
John J. Nelson, Clerk.
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Federals

Continued from Page II
Finlayson Z; Officers 2.
FINLAYSON
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-29
Farm Prices.
This and That.

1t is reported that those charged
with the administration of the draft
law have found that it needs consider
able fixing. At the moment they are
agitating for an amendment that will
give the President the power to Gre
ate deferred classes because of age,
dependency, going to college and
other grounds. 1 am sure that the
average draft board would welcome
these changes as it would relieve
them of many embarrassing problems
and headaches.
Tidal power at Passamaquoddy, the
Federal Power Commission reports in
response to a Senate resolution of
1889, can be developed at cost of
$87 100000. This is presumably in
addition to the $6,381 900 already
spent on the project. A steam plant
with the same output of electric en-
ergy could be built at the same place
for $14,891, 900, the report continues,
and the production cost of the steam
plant would be 5.57 mills per kilo-
watt-hour, whereas the cost of pro-
duction at the tidal plant would be
1915 mills per kilowatt-hour.
Tax cases in the courts become
more numerous as the complexity of
federal taxes increases. In 1910 the
number of cases taken into courts
rose to 1921 from $50 in 1889.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-29

The results of the school election
held on May 20, 1941 in the school
house were as follows:
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Gaithersburg Folk
Enjoy Social Event
In Blue Ridge

GAITHERSBURG, Md, Aug. %.
Mrs. Merle Jacobs Is at Mount
Angelwood, the summer home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Wriley Jacobs, at Blue
Ridge Summit this week. Thurs
day she entertained a group from
Galthersburg at a bridge luncheon.
Mrs. w. D. Barnett left this week
Tor Lovelady, Tex, where she will
spend several months with her
mother.
Mrs. John Wade of Baltimore.
who was the guest of the Misses
Hutton at Woodlands, now is visit
Ing In Canaan, N. H., and New
port, r. I.
The Rev. and Mrs. James F. HALEY
have as their guests in the Epworth
parsonage the Rev. and Mrs. Carl
Haley of Hampton, Va. Recent
visitors to the parsonage were Mr.
and Mrs. Barnett Haley and their
sons Keith and Don, who have re-
turned to their home in Roa-
noke, Va.
Miss Mildred Schmidt and Mr.
William Capewell of Riverton, N. J..
are guests of Miss Schmidt's sister
Mrs. John Caulfield, at Chopper.
Miss Beatrice Martin of Atlanta
who is spending the summer with
her aunt, Mrs. James Schroeder, was
hostess at a luncheon Thursday in
honor of Miss Helen Schwartz oi
Hagerstown, house guest OF the
Misses Mildred and Ruth Stone.
Evening star., 1941-08-24

returned to their home in Chevy
Chase from Cape Cod, Mass.
AIexandrians Spend
Vacation In Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Strasburger
and Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Bendheim
of Alexandra, Va, are at Holly
wood Beach, Fla, for a vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Haas and
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Haas are SPEND
ing their vacation at Rappahannock,
Va.
Miss Clara Haas has left on an
extended trip to Omaha, Nebr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Strasser,
after a stay in Atlantic City, are
spending the week in New York.
Mrs. Carrie Wolf and her daugh-
ter, Miss Dorothy Wolf, are residing
at the st. Adams Apartments.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Young and
family are occupying their new
apartment in Alban Towers. Mrs.
A. M. Baer, mother of Mrs. Young,
is visiting her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Strauss, in Baltimore.
Mrs. David Blum and her son,
Robert Blum, have been spending
10 days in Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Colman and
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Ross and Miss
Rae Vineberg have returned after
spending 10 days at the National
Masonic Fishing and Country Club
in Southern Maryland.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Leesburg's
'Spinsters'
GiveDance

LEESBURG, Va, Aug. 23.-The
Spinsters' Club of Leesburg gave
their annual dance at Goose Greek
Tavern near here last night rather
than at Christmas. 1t was Sadie
Hawkins Day" party, with the guests
wearing appropriate costumes and
prizes awarded for the best Sadie
and Lii Abner. Many out-of town
guests were present. with Washing
ton. Winchester and Alexandria rep
resented.
The Rev. and Mrs. J. Armistead
Welbourn entertained Monday night
in honor of Mrs. Heath Dabney Of
Charlottesville. who is visiting the
Misses Davis. Tuesday the Rev. and
Mrs. Welbourn entertained in COM
pliment to Mr.. and Mrs. Murray
Dyer of New York, who are the
guests of Mrs. Dyer's mother, Mrs.
r. B. Wildman.
Miss Alice Rust has left to spend
month in Maine.
Miss Helen Jackson has returned
from her vacation at Virginia Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. WinSlow Williams
have returned from a cruise on the
Chesapeake Bay, during which they
were the guests of Mrs. Williams
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Hoffman of Hagers-
town. Mrs. Williams mother, Mrs.
John Moore of Aldie, is now her
guest for several days.
Mrs. Edwin Aiken has joined her
husband, 1t. Aiken, U. S. M. c., at
Quantico for several days.
Mr.. John Hopkins, his daughter
in-law, Mrs. Skipworth Hopkins of
Washington, and her son, John
Hopkins, Sd, of Greensboro, N. c..
have returned from a trip to Ala
bama, where they visited Mr. Peyton
Hopkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Jenkins are
spending several weeks in Maine
Mrs. Thomas Fendell was hostess
Wednesday to the executive COM
,mittee of the Leesburg Garden Club
DR.. and Mrs. Harry Musgrave and
her daughter Nancy have left to
visit Mrs. Musgrave's brother-in-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Elliot
Vawter, in Huntington, w. Va.
They will return Monday.
Mrs. John william Clemens, who
is visiting her mother law, Mrs.
John r. Clemens. will return to her
home in Norfolk the first Of next
week.