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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
ITALY,:
In africa.

~ 1He fAITlCdu campaign OF Lne BTU
ish forces against the troops of Mus
solini continued to be victorious
one, despite the fact that it was re-
ported that the Nazi air force had
given considerable aid to the Fascist
legions.
In succession one port on the Medi-
terranean after another had fallen
to General Wavell's -Salum,
Bardia, Tobruk and Derna. In Libya,
none but Bengasi remained to be
conquered.
All the cities previously captured,
some of them cities only by cour-
tesy, for they were only few huts
huddled together and small group
of embryo wharfs, had been on fiat
land. In passing Derna the British
were moving on the capital of eyre
naica, and were stepping into a
more mountainous territory, the So
called Green Mountains Of Libya,
where force of SO, 900 Italians were
determined to hold out to the last.
B The same combination of land at
tack, backed up by air force and
navy Smelling from naval craft at
sea, was being used by General
Wavell in the final phase of the
Libyan campaign. There was every
belief that with the capture of Ben
gasi the campaign would end.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14

Mr.. Ford refused to sit do,cn' scith him.
his name that the Ford enterprises
would never yield to the govern
ment demand that defense products
be manufactured under union labor
conditions.
Ford's rejoinder was that he
would never knuckle down to labor's
demands, that instead he would
lease his industries to the govern
ment at one dollar year, and let
the government run them.
Ford agreed in principle with the
necessity of America arming in its
own defense, and with the principle
that in defense work patriotism was
the primary urge, and profits had
no part.
He therefore offered to give up his
industries, and let the government
operate them under a non-profit ar
rangement, producing whatever vi
tai materials were wished for.
" The. only government answer to
this was to refuse Ford contract
on which his organization had been
=
low bidder.
Basis of the dispute had been
Ford's refusal to sit down with Sid
ney Hillman, labor chief of the ma
tional defense, and to find some plan
by which the Ford interests could
operate in the defense scheme-set
ting the labor difficulty once and
for all.
Labor, as personified by the Clio,
had set as its major objective for
1914 the organization Of the Ford
plants.
This objective seemed to mean
only one thing abandonment of the
Ford plants-of their complete di-
vorcement from national defense
contracts. IN
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
Cultivation of Genius

The richest genius, like the most
fertile soil, when uncultivated.
shoots up into the rankest weeds;
and instead of vines and olives for
the pleasure and use of man, pro-
duces to its slothful owner the
most abundant crop Of poisons.-
Hume.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

With the arrival of open season for
income taxes the public conscience
begins to hurt. People send money
to the treasury, with no name at
tached, to square old debts.
From San Francisco came let
ter containing $193 and the words,
IA mistake in 1885. Penalty and in
terest at 6 per cent"
From Norwich, Conn.,, an anony-
NOUS taxpayer sent in SIS. From
Morris, ILL.,, blind contribution of
So. From Phoenix, Ariz., 81 .80-this
coming from regular and frequent
contributor.
All such money goes to the treas
ury's conscience fund.-" Total re-
ceipts, since the time of President
Madison, $647, 563.98.
MAIL BAG
H.D.S., New York-The horoscope
reading on John L. Lewis which was
sent to us was to the effect that,
there is good deal of conflict and
discord in his life between January
and June, 1941. After that, however,
there are some very sudden
changes, with the return Of old con-
facts and associations, and very def
mite financial increase for this la
Dor leader"
P.B.H., Milwaukee - The words
used by iva Director Lilienthal in
warning Wisconsin against soil de-
pletion were: 'The same process
Of depletion of minerals in the soil
that has brought the South to its
present unhappy economic status IL
at work steadily and inexorably In
Wisconsin and the Middle West"
J.S.H., Westport, Conn. Thanks
for your letter noting that the Con-
tinental Congress came within one
vote of making German, rather than
English, the official language Of the
Colonies = ~ -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
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washington, d. C.
THE NEW VICE PRESIDENT


Senator Vandenberg Of Michigan
dropped into the vice presidents
private Office just before Henry Wal
lace was girding himself to make
his debut as president of the senate.
He found Wallace with the senate
chaplain, Rev. ZeBarney T. Phillips.
Vandenberg looked at the two
men, apparently trying to. decide
which was the more devout. JOSH
ing Rev. Phillips, he said: "We won't
need you any more. Henry Wal
lace can offer the prayer"
In senate circles it is generally
agreed that Wallace will be every
thing that Garner wasn't. Garner
used to make his appearance for the
opening at noon, stay for 10 minutes,
then disappear. Wallace will start
at noon and stay on the job, really
running the senate in a conscien-
tious manner.
But what Garner did after he left
the chamber, Wallace will fail to do.
Garner was q mixer, a mixer Of
men and mixer of drinks. His
backstage work was enough to put
any bill across-or to kill it.
AS one senator put it, Gamers
Office was the only place in the SEN
ate wing where we could always
count on getting drink. We know
we can't count on Wallace for that"
HOPKINS SURVEY
Harry Hopkins went to Britain as
the personal emissary of the Presi-
dent, but he also had a private as
.signment from Mrs. Roosevelt.
She asked the ex-cabinet member
to make a first-hand survey of the
activities of English social welfare
agencies, both private and public,
under blitz conditions. Hopkins is
particularly fitted to make such a.
study because of his many years as
a New York social worker.
N0te-Mrs. Roosevelt has decided
toA break her recent self-imposed
plan to stick closer to Washington.
Following the election last sNovem-
Der, she made up her mind to aban-
don her. speaking tours. But on the
strong advice Of friends she will re-
sumo her practice of getting out in
the country, feeling the pulse Of pub
lie sentiment, soon will visit the
Midwest.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14

give and take in order to reach their
main objective-of the passage of q
bill which would in effect repeal the
Johnson act forbidding loans to bel
ligerents who had not paid their
World war debts. - M @ IS.
INVASION: ,'''
Threat Near
AS the lease-lend argument
reached its zenith, predictions that
England was nearing the critical
period in the Battle For Britain
were legion. Lindbergh had set the
most gloomy picture, figuring that
Britain could never withstand the
onslaught.
One could figure which side of the
lease-lend battle the predictor was
on by the darkness of the picture he
painted. Knox and .Stimson predict
ed a crisis, but. gave few details
and little soothsaying as to what
would be the outcome.
But those opposed to the lease
lend proposal varied widely in what
they saw in the futures crystal ball.
Most gloomy of all was Won VIE
gand, who in dispatch date-lined
Shanghai, purported to report what
German and Japanese authorities
believed was about to occur.
Six weeks would tell the tale, said
Won Wiegand. He envisioned 247 di-
visions of trained men, $1,000 para
chutists, a score of tank divisions,
descending on England, and Hearst
papers printed an ARTISTS concep-
tom of the ''Blitz on Britain" which
would tear London into shreds- long
before American aid could swing the
balance.
Every authority who discussed
blitzkrieg on London talked of poison
gas-new forms, lethal gas for
which mo gas mask" has yet been
provided.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14

He'll 'track-along.'
Gen. Maxine Weygand went to
Africa an enigma.
Much of this enigmatic quality
was dispelled when he issued a
statement in which he definitely re-
fused to throw in" his hand with
DeGaulle, but said he would 'track
along with the Petain regime in
Vichy.
Yet it was not quite so clear as
all that, although it was extremely
important that Weygand should
have finally unmasked himself.
For the Vichy situation was still,
in its way, considerable of mys-
terry.
The Nazis were repeatedly much
disguised with Vichy's failure to
back UP the Laval theology, particu-
larly in regard to the use of Tunisia
for Nazi bases of operations in At
RIGA.
So the stand, announced by Wey-
gand, that he would continue to sup
port the Vichy regime, could or
could not be taken to mean that
Weygand had fallen in with the Nazi
party line. -
Yet Great Britain had hoped that
Weygand, in going to Africa, was
escaping from Vichy, and would
turn in the direction of DeGaulle.,
That hope, at least, was complete
ly dispelled by Weygand's state
merit, which unhesitatingly lined
him up with the Vichy government.
What that government would turn
out to be, remained undecided.
G. O. P:
On Ttuo Sides -
oldest picture of the lease-lend
bill fight in America was the sudden
junket of Wendell L. Willkie, late
G. o. p. standard-bearer, to Eng
land to take ''his personal look'' at
the state of Britain. -
Wilkes departure was speeded
by a paternal pat on the head from
his erstwhile opponent, President
Roosevelt, and a note written by
hand to Winston Churchill.
Willkie flew to Europe. He was
greeted practically with presidential
honor in the Azores, where the ma
tives could not be convinced they
were not greeting the President HIM
self. M .tt II
He landed at Lisbon, was ferried
hastily to England, .dined with Chur-
chill, lunched with royalty, and hob
nobbed with the plain and fancy in
London.
He underwent air-raids, habitually
roamed about the streets without
helmet or gas-mask, Con three occa-
sions he had to be handed both with
a gentle reprimand from some high
er-up), and generally inspected the
state of Britain as he, Willkie, had
intended to.
America was treated to the
strange spectacle of the Democratic
administration needing the testi-
mony of the ex-Republican standard
bearer to help it over the hill on
the lease-lend bill.
Lie WuOlG SltudtiOu Was SOIIle-
thing of shock to Republican lead
ers of the fight against the meas
ure, especially when Hull let it be
known that Wilkes sudden return
had been demanded by Senator
George, head of foreign relations in
the senate, who wanted the Indian
ian to testify before the committee
hearings on the bill.
In fact, the shock was so drastic
in some quarters that Republican
groups in various centers held meet
ings to "decide Willkie's status in
the party, with the evident intima-
ton that if he should prove too good
a friend to the administration, he
might be "read out of the party"
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-17
Rutledge

Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Miracle and
son from Whitewater, Wis, visited
at the A. E. Jones home from Sat-
urday until Monday.
Mrs. Fred Anderson and Mrs. Hen
ry Anderson and son were Sandstone
shoppers Monday.
Mrs. John Jaros and sons, Bobby
and Jack, and Mrs. Carl Novak and
son from Willow River, were Sum-
day visitors at the home of relatives
near Isle. Bobby remained for a
longer visit while Richard Jaros, who
has been visiting there the past
month, returned home with the
others.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Grieger and
Sonny and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pan
gerl and children, Elsie and Paul,
motored to Pine City Wednesday of
last week and later in the day they
continued on to St. Paul where they
spent the night, returning home
Thursday.
John Wegwerth of Thomson CCC
camp came Saturday for nine-day
leave from his duties there.
Mrs. Anna Hansen of Osseo, visited
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-17

Mrs. Carl johnson on her birthday
A pot lunch was enjoyed by all.
James Steele is helping with the
farm work at the Edwin Wallner
place.
Mrs. Pugsley, Mrs. Floyd Cahoon's
mother, spent several days visiting
the F. Cahoon family.
Miss Irene Johnson of Faribault,
came Tuesday to spend two weeks
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Jones were
Pine City business callers last Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Cruickshank
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Hortop and
sons visited at the Glenn Jones home
from Friday evening until Saturday
noon. They were on their way to
Eagle Bend to visit Mr.. and Mrs.
William Smith.
Bert Hultgren, Esty Southerton and
Edwin Lynch were at their homes
over the weekend.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-17

former acquaintance here last Thurs
day and Friday. She and Mrs. J. L.
Brooks were business callers at Pine
City.
MIR. and Mrs. George Cich and son
Richard of Brule, Wis, were visitors
at the Guss home Wednesday of last
week.
George Nelson visited his son and
family in Duluth last Thursday after
noon.
J. L. Brooks arrived home Sum
day from Tacoma, Wash, where he
is employed. Prior to his going to
Tacoma he was employed at Grand
Coulee dam.
Mrs. Tobias Peterson of Cromwell,
and a cousin, Mrs. Barnes, from
Indiana, called on Mrs. Geo. Nelson
last Thursday afternoon.
Don't forget the Ladies' Aid meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Geo. Nell
son Thursday, July II, at 8 p. m.
Mrs. Abel Arramy is assistant host
ess. Everyone welcome.
Mrs. Frank Bowers, Jr., Mrs. Abel
Arramy, Mrs. Leon Busse, Mrs. R.
J. Isaacson and Mrs. Carl Wegwerth
attended Red Cross meeting at
Askov Monday afternoon.
Miss Dolores Isaacson, who attends
business school at Duluth, was
weekend visitor at her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Waska and
family of Helena, Mont, visited at
the Joblonski home last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karol Sroka and
sons of Duluth, are occupying cabin
during their visit.
Mrs. Arthur Ellis and daughter of
Minneapolis, Emil Anderson of Aus
tin, Mrs. Herbert Christopherson and
children of Sandstone and Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Anderson and son were
Monday visitors at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Anderson.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-17
Bruno
Suffers Broken Leg.

June, 11-year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. F. Dyer, fell from BIZ
cycle Friday evening on the highway
south of the depot and broke both
bones in her leg above the ankle.
With her at the time was Roberta
Noeldner, who with rather remark
able cool medicines on her part and
fortitude on the part of the injured
girl, got her on the other bicycle and
took her to her home a mile distant
and called the parents who were
away. June was taken to Willow
River where her injury was taken
care of by a doctor and at present
she is resting as easily as can be
expected.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-17
Oak Lake

An ice cream social will be given
by the All Club Sunday evening,
July 20, at the Emil Koecher home.
Everyone welcome.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Lindbergh Of
Brainerd, spent last week at the Aug.
Larson home. Miss Anna spent the
weekend there also.
Miss Evelyn Larson went to Mime
apolis Saturday and returned Sunday,
ccompanied by her mother, who has
been in the Asbury hospital about two
months. She is now feeling fine. We
are glad to see her back.
Wesley Johnson visited Leonard
Barnett Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Barnett, ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Anderson, motored to Willow River
Sunday afternoon.
Everett Barnett spent Sunday with
John L. johnson and the Hammer
quist boys.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Anderson and
Donald of Duluth, spent Sunday at
the Carl R. Anderson home.
Mr.. and Mrs Ted jacobson and
boys of Duluth, spent Sunday at the
Carl R. and Alma Anderson homes.
Carl R. Anderson and Hurley An
derson motored Miss L. Benson and
Miss H. Johnson to Scion Springs,
Wis, Sunday evening.
A nice program was given by the
vacation Bible school Sunday eve
ming at the church. A large crowd
attended.
Mrs. Armstrong and Mary visited
at the c. ]. Carroll and G. E. Carroll
homes Saturday.
Word has been received that Mrs.
Bill Norberg had an appendectomy
Monday at the Community hospital.
A group from Cloquet called at
the c. E. Anderson, Aug. Larson and
Hedberg homes Sunday.
Myrtle and Jerine Anderson are
staying at the Bill Norberg home
while Mrs. Anderson is away.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-17
District No. Sc

Dale Hurlbut received word Sum-
day that his brother at Faribault had
been killed. No further details are
known at this writing.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Asleson and
children called at the James Wagner
and Dale Hurlbut homes Monday.
Ray Ellison called on James Wag-
ner Tuesday of last week on business.
Members of the James Wagner
family went to Willow River Tues
day afternoon of last week to do
some shopping.
Viola Wagner received a message
Wednesday afternoon of last week
that Evelyn Eaton had passed away
Tuesday night. She was cousin
of Mrs. Wagner and Fannie Fargeal.
The Eatons were former residents of
this community. Mrs. Wagner and
Fannie Fargeal left for Kimball We'd
nesday evening to attend the funeral
which was held on Thursday, July 10.
Willis Roberts helped James Wag-
ner with chores while Mrs. Wagner
was attending the funeral of her
cousin at Kimball.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Wagner and
sons went to Bremen township Fri
day afternoon to see c. Asleson.
John Wagner, accompanied by AL
ma, Edgar and Waneta Wagner and
Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Asleson and chill
dren called at the James Wagner
home Friday evening.
Ray Ellison called on his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Ellison, last Thurs
day and helped his brother Edwin
single his new barn on the old home
farm.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-17
East of Bruno

Mrs. Kristine Larson, who works
at Lake Vermillion, is at her daugh-
ter's home for a Today vacation.
Mrs. Ed Rupp called on friends re-
Gently who had given jars for can
ming vegetables for the school lunches.
Canning will be progress very soon.
Mrs. Walsh, Mrs. Ed Rupp, Mrs.
Osterkamp, Miss Zern, Mrs. Gross
and Mrs. Pete Peterson surprised
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-17

John zsmek. M Of NEN, .. ~
TONY o eresczyk. SIX. sss.4-so .. $500
The following applications for cor
rection Of assessments were favorably
recommended to the Department OF
Jos. Hr,bes. I acre in NwN Of
Vincent Misukanis Assessor. Winde-
mere Twp: Part Of Govt. Lot 1. 70
pr spsrsH village ss@ec 81 sandstone: cana
James H. Hogan. 81 acre of SEA-
Tw p"" M VI Of s sWh. is-a-is: oorrec,
ton.
The following applications were or
dered sent to town boards for their
II: :; Dredge; NwA Of NEA & ST.
Emma Moudre Pettifer. NwA. 10
AN.
The following applications were laid
NJ. Bulls. WIZ of sEA, 2o-42-2o.
Fred LaPlante. NWA Of SWA. g.
sT ESp', 81 K s% 1 ss4 & SEA- s'4'-so;
Frank Genedek. Lot 5. 22-44-2o: Lot
Anna Johnson, Lot "A, Blk. !,
Gums Add. to Townsite.
The following applications were re-
jected:
Anslem Leppa. Lots & 9. Blk.
Sandstone.
James Kelroy, Ell Of NEA. So
1918
Peter H. Nyberg. ST. Of NWA 4:
81 cf NEH & NJ of SFH. 1902.
Katie Hosek. NWA Of NWA, 2
1921.
DeRungs Bros. WIZ Of NwA. To-
1920
The following bills were audited and
ordered paid.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20

JACK MORAN NNtkNT BIIIkkh kITT EHI HoH1tNsh Fssfo
Bill Speer. Felce Grardot. :. Dan Tindal Betty Ann
Hamlin Johnny Grafus. Betty Wink Bob Cronin
Stella Heating. Douglas Mcknight Gertrude Taube
Mel Duffy Bill Noah Charles and John Cummiskey
Charles and John OBrien John j. German Jr. Jack
Moran Haney Dawson Jr. Jack Connolly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20
They're Day Ahead
For Birthday Ball

ST. MARY OF BEDFORD
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION will
hold its annual Washington's
Birthday ball tomorrow night at
Bonnie Brook Country Club.
Leon Ryan and Bob Stark are
co-chairmen.
Some of the members and the
girls they are taking include:
Bob Stark and Dottie Dorm;
Leon Ryan and Gerry Mansner;
Billy Boyle and Jackie Lane;
Larry Walling and Val keenan,;
Ray Horal and Rowie Fang; Ted
Baenziger and Margaret Petit;
Don Thull and Rita Callen and
Jack Snyder and Bissenette
Shirley.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20
Her 10th Birthday Celebration

PAT TOBIN daughter of Mr. and Mrs. r. R. Tobin
Of Bafour road dinner dance Crosse Ponte Yacht
Club the other evening celebrate her sixteenth
birthday.
Pat youthful frock Of snowy tulle with a
bodice Of black chanly lace and wide band OF the lace
above the flounce. of the very full skirt.
The youthful guests Lenore Johnson. Jack
Norton. Genrose Temple Jack Fair Jackie Rohn
Bob Kendnger. . Dorothy Castricum. Roy Falkland.
Edith Walther.
Bob Sheper. Ellen Hyde Rusty Fossetti Martha
McCray. Jaye Rohn .Rozanne Rupp. Bill Cecil Bob
Hills =. Jack Nesch
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20
Lawyers
To L ampoon
The Bench

WOMEN LAWYERS ASSO-
CITATION OF MICHIGAN will
Stage its annual dinner dance
tonight at Z o'clock at the
Whittier.
A short program of music by
Miss Virginia Brodel will be fol-
lowed by sketch entitled
Judicial Eccentricities," in
which some of the local judges
will be lampooned.
Dorothy Hughitt, president.
will receive, assisted by the fol-
lowing: Henrietta Rosenthal,
Anne Davidow, Hazel Moran,
Lulu Siefert DeMay, Catherine
Donovan. Katherine d or an.
Susan Bopp. Phoebe Mennecke,
Mary II. Zimmerman. Lila Nuen-
felt. Rachel Newcomb and Eve
lyn Green Smith.
THE BIRMINGHAM VII
LACE PLAYERS have lnVlted
their friends and the public 10
pair of performances on
Friday and Saturday evenings.
Guests of honor will be board
members of the Ridgedale Play
ers. ST. Dunstan Players, the
Crosse lie Players, the Dear
born Players.
The play is THE Double
Door" by Elizabeth McFadden.
Mrs. Harrison Stringham is the
director and she will be assisted
by Mrs. c. d. Mccall. Mrs.
Howard Farrell and Mrs. Harold
+. Klein.
In the cast will be Mrs. Cyril
b Lewis, Charles J. Shain, Miss
Ruth Parritt, George M. Nor
ton. Mrs. James c. Grier. Mrs.
Gardner Cobb, Mrs. Henry Hart,
John Moody, Walter F. Herd
rich. George D. Clark. Robert N.
Woodruff and DR.. James Hawell.