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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31
Bulletin Discusses
New Farm Energy

Rural electrification has brought to
the farm new type of energy which
can serve the farmer with light,
heat, and power, says Norton c. Ives,
extension engineer at University
Farm, in pew Extension Bulletin 221,
Electric Motors for the Farm.
However, he adds, many farmers fail
to take full advantage of this new
source of power for many of their
larger and heavier jobs.
One kilowatt-hour of electricity
run through motor can do more
work than one man can perform in a
10-hour day, Ives points out. The
bulletin lists several farm jobs that
can be performed by one kilowatt-
hour at cost of approximately five
cents The list includes grinding 60
to 800 pounds of grain, hosting two
tons of hay, and saving one-half
cord of wood. Two portable motors
one small, one large-can operate
practically all farm machines not
equipped with a motor.
Requirements of gasoline motors by
smaller electric motors is often pos
sible inasmuch as the former, which
have little overload capacity, are Of
ten purchased in sizes larger than
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31
MUCH EXPANSION
(Mankato Free PreSS)

Twenty odd years ago we started
our reportorial career here in Man.
kato. At that time the only federal
officials in the community were a
clerk of the federal court, referee
in bankruptcy and a United States
court commissioner-the latter two
compensated on a fee basis only; the
only federal employees were the force
at the post office . Now the city
is literally honeycombed with offices,
agencies, officials and employees who
are supported in part if not wholly
by federal pay checks. We estimated
roughly some 60 odd employees and
then gave it up-there are many
more. Pertinent question is, just
what has happened to people in a
mere matter of 20 years that they
should call for all of this added
service, for all of these additional
officials and employees of the govern
ment to care for their wants and look
after their welfare =. . Are we really
getting value received for this serv-
ice; has our mode of living become
so changed and complicated that
they are necessary or has this mount
ing burden of bureaucracy just
''growed up like Topsy' with no one
seemingly having the courage or the
initiative to keep it within reasonable
bounds?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31
INCONSISTENCIES
Editor Askov American:

Editor Askov American:
Italy and Japan, the satellites O.
Germany, have provoked lot O.
trouble to upset the world peace.
That Germany was backing these
countries was known by England anc
France and they also knew that Ger
many's army was very strong one
They knew this before Herman Goer-
ing had decorated an American bell
hop.
Wasn't it England and France who
so lavishly supplied that German
army with all it needed to be strong!
Stronger and bigger than the treaty
of Versailles permitted it to be, not
to satisfy Hitler but that "drang mach
osten".
Finland, used-to-be democracy
is serving Hitler now to reach that
object for more "lebensraum'. Mus
solini and Hitler are fighting for more
living room and paying rewards for
raising bigger families, to solve their
over-population?
Yesterday Herr Hitler called the
Russians his friends. Today Mr.
Churchill calls them so. Friend No
is showing the Russians what
friend No. 2 might wind up with
It seems that Christian democracy
considers Godlessness worse than
throwing over governments, Herr
Hitler's specially. However, the
governments which wished some time
ago the overthrow of the Russian
government by the hand of Hitler
have now changed their minds and
are hoping for Russian victory tina,
will prevent the world from q
Deutschland uber allies"
JOHN NIEBOER.
Sandstone, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31
BALL SEEMS TO WANT WAR
Editor Askov American:

CQltOT tASkON fAIIISIlCdI
Senator Ball sometimes quite ap-
propriately referred to as "Stassen's
Mistake, seems very anxious to get
the United States into active partici-
patton in the European war! Joe also
believes it is a fine idea for great
nation to break faith with the fine
young men who so willingly have
volunteered to give a year of their
lives for training.
Joe no doubt also believes in a
prolonged term in the Senate for Mr..
Ball, so we may expect him to be
back next year asking the voters
of Minnesota to elect him to the
office mistakenly bestowed upon him
last year. But I am of the opinion
that the voters of Minnesota will
only too well remember that Joe
Ball is one of the crowd who is
now willing to sacrifice the nations
finest young men for the greedy
American and British war profiteers
and make him free to enter the
Army at the fine living wage of S21
per month, instead of the measly
$4,000 per year he now receives as
the Minnesota Senator we could dc
so we'll without.
H. H. OPHUS.
Erskine, Mimi, July rs, 1941.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31
To the Editor:

y TIE CultOT.
AS 1 am a soldier of the United
States in Camp Claiborne I would
like to tell of conditions in this camp
The boys are homesick and all they
talk about is getting out of the army
when their one year of service is
completed. The draftee has no re-
spect of any kind; they do have a
theatre but besides this the only
things the boys can do are play cards
and drink. They can't even 60 to
the canteen unless they have their
tie and overseas cap on.
The swamp where the boys have
maneuvers has been condemned but
they continue to have maneuvers
there. There are any number of
poisonous snakes in this swamp. The
boys also can't stand the intense
heat with the temperature ranging
from 100 to 1870 degrees.
I think it is about time the Mime
sofa people step in and do something
for our boys. We have plenty of
wasteland in Minnesota that can be
used for army camps.
Edward Poslusny,
Camp Claiborne, La.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31
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New York Heartbeat:
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New York Heartbeat:
The Big Parade: Quentin Rey-
nolds telling chums the first thing
he thought of when he saw the Hall
of Mirrors Gin the Palace of Yer
sailles) was the opulent Broadway
hamburger joints Judy Gar
land surrounded by fellers. We can
remember all the way back to 1910
when she thought a beau was
something a girl wore in her hair
. Noel Coward before Clippering
to London-the Humoristocrat
Gertrude Lawrence putting aside
her dignity and struggling with a
plateful of spaghetti.
Sallies in Our Alley: William Sa-
royan, Artie Shaw and another One
of Those Guys were doing the town
the other bitter cold night without
hats 81 wonder" wondered a
wonderer, "why those birds never
wear hats?" That's obvious"
explained One Who Knows Them.
"Hat-makers can't make them that
size!" Over at Ruby Foo's
Den they were panning a certain
swishy actor. "He speaks every
line" someone meow'd, "as though
it were carrying a wand" An
other was auditioning before Wick
Knight at NBC and was cautioned
not to enunciate so severely
''How dare you'll" screamed the
Ham. "Ahfter ahl-I didn't take die
ton lessons for nothing!" To
which Wick cooed: care you sure?"
New York Novelette,: Her face,
they said in Hollywood, was that of
an angel-and her honey hair was
her halo A talent scout signed
her up when she was elected Ski
Queen of the Northwest Her
only stage experience was semi-pro
stuff-and when Hollywood learned
that-she got minor roles in B-minus
flickers She decided to chuck
it and come to Broadway . After
a long wait she met Marc Connolly.
He introduced her to agent S. Lyons,
who referred her to Max Gordon.
Gordon was having trouble casting
leading role. you're the type" he
told her "But have very little
experience, she said "Well,"
he said, "you look good, and any
one who looks that good can act"
Her reading of the part
clinched it Now that she is such
a hit in "My Sister Eileen" Holly
wood wants her back But 10
Ann Savers is a gal who likes to put
a new twist to old routines. mo CO."
Sounds in the Night: In the Stork
Cub: "She wears clothes as
though she doesn't care who's look
ing" In Club 18: SIS that fur
neck-piece she's wearing-or litter
of pups?" In H. Johnson's:
you're looking well tonight. Who's
your embalmer?" In the Wal
DORIS Empire Room: "Wotta pair!
A hat-check girl and a rubber-check
guy!" At the Montparnasse:
"Her face might not stop clock,
but it certainly keeps her phone
from ringing"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31
Government Issues
Four Months i'm Canada
BY Hjalmar Petersen.

Those Senators and Representatives
who are against American entry into
the European war are fighting any
change in the CONSUMPTION bill which
would extend the IL months period
of service for the army boys.
1t is pointed out that Canada, which
is at war, has only four months of
compulsory military service. After
four months of intensive drilling, the
boys 60 home and only those who
volunteer are sent abroad for mill
tary service. And that is country
at war!
1t would also seem that if the build
ings are erected, the grounds pre-
pared for military training, and there
are guns, ammunition, tools and
necessary equipment ready for the
boys when they arrive at camp, then
four months of military training
should prepare them. At any rate,
that is the time they use in Canada.
But if the boys have to lie around
and wait for guns, tools and other
things, weeks and months can easily
be wasted.
And by the way, why do our Min
nesota and other Northwest boys have
to be sent so far away for military
training? Thousands and thousands
of dollars have been spent on Camp
Ripley at Little Falls. Why is it not
being used in preference to swampy
snake-infested areas in the torrid
south?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31
Suggestions for Kline

There seems to be something mys-
FERROUS about the resignation and
sudden disappearance from Mime
apolis of Edward B. Hansen who was
chief of police for only nine days.
If it was just case of illness there
are many hospitals in Minneapolis
that could care for him.
DR.. George Mecklenburg, pastor of
Wesley Methodist church, has charged
that the underworld gave the COM
mand" which caused the chief of
police to turn in his resignation.
The Fairmont Daily Sentinel adj
vises Mayor Kline that if he really
wants somebody who will clean UP
the underworld the Mayor should
engage the Rev. Soltau as chief of
police, for he loves to get after the
lawbreakers.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31
Adjustments Will Have
to be Made

It would be well if our daily news
papers, magazines, and radios would
spread information about making
personal and business adjustments,
which may have to be made, in order
for America to stay out of the war.
With wars raging in other countries,
world economy will be revolution
lied and some social changes will
have to be made by our people.
Americans are willing and glad to
make these adjustments, rather than
to have our country plunged into the
abyss of war.
Our people can be led to economic
changes and to get along without
some things, if the writer's and propa-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31
Hate and Fear

Senator Gerald P. Nye of North
Dakota, states that hate and fear
have made America borrow the ways
of Europe. America resorted to
peacetime CONSUMPTION, war economy
for peace economy, and fear &C
complished the repeal of the arms
embargo. The Senator states that
there is a studied effort to propa-
gandize through newspapers, maya
zines, and over the air, in such a
manner that the American public will
fear and dread what might be coming,
and is taught to hate Hitler as an
aggressor. However, no American
military man fears invasion, says the
Senator.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31
Picnic Contest
Winners Listed

Following are the winners of the
various sports events at the fifth
annual Pine county coop picnic Sum-
day at Pine Lake:
Running race, boys and girls under
seven years, first, Ronnie Spickler,
Pine City; second, jeanette Maniven,
Finlayson.
Running race, boys, to 10 years
of age, first, Harold Nelson, Mahtowa.
Running race, girls, 7 to 10 years
of age, tied for first, Phyllis Dahl,
Hinckley; Vergene Sward, Pine City;
and Elaine Swanson, Pine City.
Sack race, boys, II to IA years of
age, first, Glen Mortensen, Askov;
second, Philip Krantz, Askov.
Sack race, girls, II to ID years of
age, first, Rosalie Sorensen, Askov;
second, Elsie Mosbaek, Sandstone.
Ladies' slipper kicking contest, first,
Mrs. Irene Efram, Finlayson; second,
Mrs. Kyro, Finlayson.
Clothes line contest, winner, Dora
Dahl, Hinckley.
Mems egg tossing contest, winners,
Howard Shaw of Finlayson, and Law
renee Jensen, Askov.
Tug of war contest, men from the
east side of highway 81 won two out
of three pulls and were declared
winners over the men from the west
side of 81.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31

Grand Rapids Herald-Review)
This newspaper does not believe
in passing judgment upon the guilt
or innocence of any party who is
being tried before the courts of JUS
tice.
There are two reasons for such
policy.
The first is that justice must be
administered by the courts. Some
times it is a jury which decides the
issue. At other times it is the judge
upon whom grave responsibilities
have been placed. 1t is great credit
mark to American democracy that
the courts of the land are generally
respected. Juries are often ruled
by emotion, but their intentions are
honest. Judges may err, but their
motives are to see that the guilty
are punished and that the innocent
are protected. Very often they temper
justice with mercy. Very often they
give the benefit of the doubt to those
who are accused. That is the Ameri-
can theory.
In the next place newspapers are
unable to pass sound judgment upon
a case at law. Judges and juries
hear evidence, sometimes for days on
end. They see the witnesses. A
judge may ponder for weeks upon
questions of right and procedure.
When a verdict is rendered or de-
cision made there is a foundation
of fact and knowledge which no one
else possesses.
The duty of a newspaper is to re-
port the facts and verdicts of courts.
In performing that task it must seek
the same degree of impartiality and
of justice which are expected of
courts. If judges, newspapers and the
public all preserve a sense of fair
ness and of respect for facts and of
laws the aims of justice will always
be honest and effective.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31
News From The
Defense Front

From time to time, as space
permits, letters to home folks
from local volunteers and draft
ees in any branch of the United
States defense forces will be
published in the Askov Ameri-
can. In this manner friends and
relatives may get an insight into
the life of the boys in the camps
and on duty in this country or
its possessions, and on the high
seas. If the letters are too long
they may of necessity have to
be cut down to the most inter-
esting details but any and all
missives will be welcomed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31

sian communism, but since the
Soviets now happen to be an
enemy of Germany, a belligerent
country like Great Britain and
a still nOn-belligerent power like
the United States feel impelled to
pretend some degree of affec-
ton for the country ruled by
Joseph Stalin-in much the same
way that Germany is ruled by
Adolf Hitler.
So, it should occasion no surprise
that military Russian delegation ar
rived in Washington the other day,
warmly and officially received. It's
true, the United States is not, like
Great Britain and Russia, at war
with Germany. It's also truer than
ever that international politics make
the strangest of bedfellows.
Hitler Forecasts.
The Russians in Washington are
discussing the war. That's what they
came for. And that war, just now,
seems to be in favor of the Russians.
There's no way of telling that it
will continue thus, but the fact is
that for some time the Germans. at
lacking the Soviet Republics, have
made very little, if any, Roadway.
When the German attack started
on June %, Hitler let it be known that
it would be over in fifty days-that
is, August IL; be over, with glamor-
Gus German victory! Now he is said
to have informed the Tokyo govern
ment that the campaign against Rus
STA will result in the conquest of that
country at the end of August, and
that the invasion and conquest of the
British Isles will have been sccomp-
lished some time in September. He
is reported to have assured the Jap
anese government, also, that the en-
tire war will be ended before winter
sets in.
Were it not for the fact that
Hitler so often has demonstrated
his inability to prOphesy correct
ly, one might believe him. Under
the circumstances, disbelief is
amply justified.
But his attack on Russia at least
gives the British the opportunity they
want of embarrassing Hitler all they
can, by bombing his cities and thus
diminishing his power to make a
direct and decisive attack on Eng
land. They are making the best of
that chance, and few in this country
begrudge them the results they
achieve.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL
CAPITALISM
Editor Askov American:

Editor ASkOv American:
I have read with interest and
sympathy the letters Hitler Needs
Supplies, and Look at the Record"
by Andrew Rasmussen and E. E. S.,
respectively.
Clearly, as long as people are as far
apart as those two "boys" are, there's
little chance of settling" anything
What we need is less disagreement
and more agreement. And there'll
be more agreement if We'll stick to
the thing on which we can't disagree
more circulating buying power in
empty pockets.
Downing" any country simply
means that they will get up again
Twenty years ago Germany was
down, and Russia was down and out
Today they are the two most power
full nations on earth, militarily speak
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31
Ds BoND Quiz

@. What happens if I suddenly
need the money 1 put into defense
savings bond?
A. You can cash your bond at any
time, after 60 days, for the full
amount paid, plus any interest due
you.
@. Do many bond owners cash
their bonds?
A. No. People want to help arm
America against all attacks. In many
cases, people are putting every cent
they can spare into defense bonds and
stamps. Some are doing this by
asking employers or banks to with
hold part of their salaries in order
to buy these bonds or stamps for
them.
Note.-To purchase defense bonds
and stamps, 60 to the nearest post
office or bank, or write for Informal
ton to the Treasurer of the United
States, Washington, D. c.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31

needed to avoid possible overloads.
Electric motors, Ives says, are so
constructed that they can be over
loaded for short time without i'm
pairment.
Electric motors can easily be made
portable, Ives explained, because they
are light in comparison to the power
they develop. The small portable
can be carried from job to job, while
the large motor can be placed on a
portable chassis easily made at home.
Further information on electric mo-
tors and necessary equipment may be
obtained from the local county agent
or by writing to Bulletin Room, Uni
versity Farm, st. Paul, for a copy of
Extension Bulletin 221.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31
1T is THEIR QUARREL
(WaSeca Herald)

It seems hard to understand why
people of this country should at
tempt to take sides in the fight be-
tween Adolph Hitler and Joseph
Stain. Each is an avowed enemy
of this country-Hitler openly and
Stain covertly. Both are cold
blooded tyrants, guilty of numbering
their best friends when they failed
to obey orders. They have been
close friends for years, while shar-
ing the spoils of robbery and murder.
Now that they are at war, common
sense would dictate that they be left
alone. The man who takes part in a
family quarrel almost invariably gets
the worst of it, and the same is true
of nations, as this country learned
with sorrow after the World war.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31

A dictator clears away unemploy-
ment and unrest by preparing for
the next war, and there is always a
next" war with a dictator. He
really "solves" the unemployment
when he plunges his country into war.
If a democracy tries to "solve" un-
employment in the same manner, it
shows lack of fundamental thinking,
leadership, and courage. Following
that course it will not be long before
democracy is gone.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31

gandists will only lead us that way
instead of toward war.
Of course, the peacetime program
is not so spectacular as war and it
will not make for so many million
aires, but it is far better and safer
for the masses of the people. The
war-mongers, who are out for profit,
out to make a killing, will not
encourage the dissemination of in
formation that will lead toward un-
Outstanding, justice and peace.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31

Senator Nye who is one of the mill
tant fighters in Congress against
American entry into the European
war, said at Mankato, Saturday night,
that if America would spend for
home defense one-tenth of the money
it is giving to England, there would
be no country or combination of
countries foolish enough to try in
yasion of our shores.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31
A Little Spice

A brain storm is the scientific name
for getting mad. Staying mad is in
sanity.
A mortgage for luxury prevents
family from buying an urgent ne
cessity.
Love may be a little blind, but
greed is more short-sighted.
In marriage the saving, next to
love, is congeniality.
Stubbornness is the death rattle of
a free mind.
In order to be happy, be helpful.
Men are weak rather than inten-
tionally bad.
A book is not worth reading which
may not be read over and over.
A cool head will always calm down
a warm argument.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31

middle and trust to chance. The
center will continue to disintegrate,
some rising to the top and going over
to the right, the majority settling
down and going over to the left
then the left will gang up and ex-
terminate the right-and there we'll
be.
I don't say want it that way. But
we never get things the way we
want them-because we don't agree
on the things we can agree on.
o: M. THOMSON.
Willernie, MINI.
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INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
CONTINUED from Page ~

Continued from Page ~
the harsh and condemnatory official
and unofficial statements that have
come out of Washington in former
years concerning Soviet Russia, and
when one further remembers that
that same Russia has not in any way
changed her social and political phil
osophy, one is filed with wonderment
at the picture of the sudden and
seemingly fervent friendship which
has sprung up between London,
Washington and Moscow.
All the explanations, Of course,
have already been made; we
know that Mr.. Churchill and Mr..
Roosevelt have no love for Rus
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31
Opinions OF Others

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