Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-01-16
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owed his job to Old Baldy's yellow
streak, according to Philippe Haren-
court in The Living Age. Benito
played clay pigeon to few malcon-
tents and he had enough. So he
had the towns policed before he
showed his knob among his beloved
subjects Frederick Lonsdale
assures young playwrights, in Stage,
that lots of times an idea comes to
you after you have resigned your
self never to have another Or, as
Mr.. L. used to do so proftably, you
can always repeat an old one ..
The medical books, contribber to
You reveals, list 2O3 causes of head
ache. You can relieve the worst one
by failing to tune in on Ben Bernie.
The Front Pages: The Ratzi rags
denied the beat MANA scored on the
speech of Richard.Wal Dare, ag-
riculture minister, quoted as saying
the world would be Nazi slaves when
the war ends. At the same time
dispatches sneaked through telling
of forced labor in Poland and among
French prisoner of war. A bar
barian tells on himself France
was readied for it's fall in 1885, Jo-
names Steel reports in the book,
Eyewitness. That year the Fas-
cists corrupted the French press
IS, 100000 francs worth in order to
train its armies in Ethiopia-Laval
permitting Dorothy Thompson
isn't all the H-Trib staff duels. Now
you notice Walter Lippmann taking
wisp of wallop at Mark Sullivan,
his pagemate, for finding the Labor
Party under his bed The Bolo
press is needing Hitler into hopping
in to give Benito a lift in Greece.
The Reds can't be reading the COM
muniques of the Italian High Com
mand. They are masterpieces of
"silver lining" evasion.
Typewriter Ribbons: Ellen Glas-
COWS: The only difference between
rut and grave is in their dimen-
sions Mayor LaGuardia's:
It makes no difference if I burn my
bridges behind me, since never re-
treat H. Walpole's: The world
is a comedy to those who think; a
tragedy to those who feel Lewis
Milestone's: Farce is tricky
thing. It's bubble you try to keep
in the air, and if you're not careful
it becomes a medicine ball A
child's definition: A smile is the
whisper of a laugh Robert
Quillen's: Violent exercise is like
cold bath. You think it does you
good because you feel better when
you stop it Anon's: He had a
habit of spilling his words into your
yawns j. Mahler's: Some peo-
pie spend so much time preparing
for rainy days, they don't enjoy the
sunny ones Benjamin Frank
Inns: Doing an injury puts you be-
low your enemy; revenging one
makes you even with him. Forgiv-
ing it sets you above him A
toast: Never above you, never be-
meath you-always beside you.
OOD NC1 IN En- . NO1cS
General Metaxas, the leader of the
amazing Greeks, is absent-minded.
One of the anecdotes about him
deals with the time he was plotting
a seaplane ALI went well until
the commander of the ship noticed
they were gliding toward an aero
drome Excuse me, General
Metaxas," said the commander,
"but it would be better to come down
on the sea. This is a seaplane."
'Of course" said Metaxas, what
was thinking about?" So
saying he turned and landed safely
on the water, and then said: "Com-
mander, l thank you heartily. 1
shall not forget the tact with which
you drew my attention to the blum
der I was about to make"
Metaxas then turned, opened the
door and stepped into the ocean.
Haywood BrOun's favorite story
about war correspondent Alexander
Woollcott was told him by William
McNutt . ALI hell had broken
loose one cold night on the Western
Front AS McNutt was taking
cover, he joined Woollcott and an
other reporter, who were sitting on
the ground where Alex had spread
a shawl he always carried for just
such things :. Suddenly a shell
exploded not far from where they
were all sprawled =. They were
scared stiff, but not Woollcott.
who indifferently remarked: ITO
me Maude Adams as Peter Pan was
gay and spirited and altogether
charming as the silver star on top
of the tree of Christmas morning."
The newsboy who peddles his pa
pers near The Roney-Plaza has a
daily laugh-provoker . Yesterday
he kept yelling: "Mussolini creates
a new war dance! One step forward
and two steps back!"
Dorothy Thompson was telling Of
a ruse she once used to get rid of
bore He came over to her
table in the Stork Club one night
and started telling her how to write
her next ten colyums :. "I'l never
remember anything you are saying"
she interrupted.