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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-07

future of America depends on the &C
ton we take at this time"
Senator Gerald p. Nye says: "My
fear is not as to any probable or
likely outcome of Europe's war. What
concerns me is the knowledge that,
if we 60 into the war, whatever the
outcome of that war will be, the
United States will be the Nation most
hated and most despised by all the
warning nations and their peoples"
This being democracy in which
we have free speech, free press, and
free assemblage, it is difficult to see
wherein Senator Wheeler has over
stepped the bounds of propriety in
having this post card printed and
sent broadcast. Certainly it should
be his privilege to republish state
ments made by the President of the
United States, as well as other citi-
zens. If such actions as performed
by the Senator border on treason,
then there are many persons in this
free land who are guilty of treason.
1t looks more like case of some
people being unable to tolerate OPP
position. They talk about the four
freedoms, but sometimes they have
to be criticized severely in order to
wake up enough to permit the exer-
else of those freedoms by others.
The war-minded have strong an
tagonist in Senator Wheeler and from
all indications he is giving them much
concern.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-07

round income from the creameries
which make butter, sending tons of
the product to the thickly settled
East, and sending cream checks to
the farmers whose purchases and
taxes keep big part of Minnesota
going.
What is going to happen to them
when this thing is over with? If
people have learned to like margarine,
and have become accustomed to get
ting such spread for their bread
at a low price, what politician will
have the courage to take it away
from them, and to turn their taste
back to butter at the higher price
which butter must command if the
farmer is to make decent living?
Contrary to popular opinion, Ameri-
cans are not great butter-eaters. In
a normal year our butter consumption
comes to 17.3 pounds per capita,
against Canada's 800, Germany's 1876,
Frances 1877, Britain's 25.2, Belgi-
um's 1876, though it is far above Ar
gentina's 38.
A little advance discussion of this
wartime dairy policy, with the peo-
pie most concerned with the industry's
future, might have led our govern
ment to a different course. The
Northwest dairy industry is anxious
to do its part in this war, but it
has a right to be heard in protest
against a program which looks like
fine way to insure 20-year post
war agricultural depression in this
section, with lots of foreclosures,
farmers holidays, bank failures,
rural credit schemes, expensive quack
remedies, tax delinquency, rural re-
lief programs and attempts to unite
the farmers and the unions by tying
their tails together and hanging them
over the clothesline.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-07
FOR BUTTER OR WORSE
Duluth NeWS-Tribune)

Here's something to think about:
Beginning in September, the federal
government will permit makers of
margarine to add vitamins and but
ter flavoring to margarine, making it
more like butter and better able to
compete with it in the market. Higher
prices for butter will make margarine
even more welcome in many homes.
This will reduce the use of butter in
this country and divert more milk to
be sent to Britain as evaporated milk,
powdered milk or cheese.
At the same time the American
people will be asked to use less
cheese. This appeal has already been
made, though Wisconsin cheese ex-
perts insist that they could supply
Britain's needs and our normal needs
as well.
When family cannot afford butter
at all, even a $3.50 substitute is a
blessing. A good-tasting substitute,
with vitamins, at low price, would
be real boon to millions of Ameri-
cans, including a great many farm
er-consumers.
But we must remember that Min
nesota is the leading butter producer;
that its farmers get steady, year.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-07
THE QUESTIONS TO ASK
Grand Rapids Herald-Review)

The trouble which England is hav-
ing in the war should be a lesson
to the United States.
Great Britain with her navy and
her splendid men falls back when
she attempts conquest.
In these days the power of a de-
fensive army is very great.
If England cannot make Roadway
in places close to the home bases,
how can America expect to make any
military Roadway in Europe, three
thousand miles away?
If the powers of defensive forces
are so great, what real danger does
America face, if it has good defenses,
from any enemy three thousand miles
away?
Those are important questions.
They concern the national policy of
getting into war and the problem
of how far the nation need 60 in it's
defense expenditures and activities.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-07
Trade Will Continue

Some of our American writer's, who
are strong interventionists, lay much
stress on the importance of world
trade. They contend that in order
to preserve world trade America must
take hand in the affairs across the
Atlantic. Senator Nye told us re-
Gently, and it has been stated on
other occasions, that English and
German leaders met at Dusseldorf,
Germany, four years ago to divide
up the South American trade. The
United States was not in on that con-
ference.
When it is profitable for country
to trade with America and it is
profitable for America to trade with
that country, there will be trade.
Neither Germany nor England will
be chasing over the globe to find
customers for America.
The old natural law of supply and
demand still works when buying
power exists.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-07
War-Minded are

Interventionists and war-mongers
keep harping that it is the duty OF
America to fight the aggressors.
Who was the aggressor when Rus
STA took a plunge at little Finland?
For three centuries Great Britain
has been the leading aggressor ma
ton of the world.
If America were to fight all the
aggressors we would be fighting most
of the big powers in Europe.
Let us mind our own business and
keep our noses out of foreign wars.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-07
DB BoND Quiz

@. What is the reason for buying
a defense bond?
A. To keep America free. To
show your faith and pride in your
country. To warn foreign dictators
that the United States is the strongest
country in the world.
Q. But if I do not have enough
money to buy a defense bond, what
can 1 do?
A. Buy defense postal stamps, on
sale almost everywhere. Your post
office, bank, department store or
druggist has them, or can get them
for you, at 10 cents upward. Save
enough stamps to exchange for a de-
tense bond.
Note.-To purchase defense bonds
and stamps, 60 to the nearest post
office or bank, or write for informa-
ton to the Treasurer of the United
States, Washington, D. C.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-07
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MemOs of a
Girl Friday:

MemOs of a
Girl Friday:
Dear w. w.: Quentin Reynolds
has arrived safely via convoy. He
made it that way to do an article
for Golfers on conveys p. FDR
and John L. Lewis haven't exactly
buried the Ratchet, but the things
they say of each other privately
aren't as nasty as they were.
Mrs. T. Roosevelt Jr. resigned
from that women United for
Peace" outfit. She was a speaker
along with Senators Reynolds and
Bennett Clark at Carnegie Hall. She
said in her talk that America had
no room for intolerance. The COM
ment met stony silence-so she re-
signed. Hurray for her.
You wanted me to remind you to
say something about the Ism gang
sters who pin themselves onto
Americans who are popular. Will
kie sure was brave when he threw
away the votes of many by publicly
announcing that he didn't want
Frontiers, Bundists ct al on his side
Dare the Dept. of Commerce
to deny this That our oil ex-
ports to Japan are still averaging
about 100000 barrels weekly and
have been as high as 100000 per
week!
The spending by the visiting Brit
ish tars has saved many joint
ready to fold up Eliot Janeway
has a honey of a piece in the new
Life called Hitler VS.. Roosevelt"
. Soandso's just phoned. Said
that FDR's jaw is "longer than
ever" and that his knuckles are a
little winter when he clenches his
fist-and that his policy henceforth
will be faction or dismissal!"-
Your Girl Friday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-07
Baby Knows History

They are but two and four years
old, respectively, but Gerald Will
liam and Eugene Bernard Sloane
Of Seattle, win have a head start on
their classmates when they begin
their study Of civics.
They can already relate the pre-
amble to the Constitution, most Of
Lincoln's Gettysburg address, name
the Presidents of the United States
and furnish a list Of other historical
and governmental information.
T They came by their store Of
knowledge through helping their IA
Their learn the things he felt he
should know before becoming a citi-
zen. The father is q native Of Ath-
lone, Ireland.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-07

good latex-producing trees from seven
to five years. Goodyear has done
similar work in Columbia and Peru.
The Rubber Reserve Co. is buying up
to $4,000 tons of Brazilian rubber at
a maximum cost of $10,752,000.
The fact is that the United States,
with South America and Canada to
draw upon, has little to worry about.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-07
A Little Spice

All people wish to be better; some
people really will be so.
A touch of healthful vanity makes
all the world akin. Each boot-black
thinks he can "shine 'em up" better
than the next one.
If we come to the place where
we no longer desire to improve our
selves, our reason for living grows
dim.
Learn to keep your voice down,
and it will help to "quateen doom"
your temper.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-07
Opinions OF Others

(Short timely letters on topics of
public interest are welcome whether
or not the writer's opinions con-
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. 1t will
be withheld).
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-07
LET THE BOSS RUN 1T
(Mille Laos County Times)

(MIIIe Laos County TImeS)
If the government is to fix and con-
troll prices, tell you what you must
pay and what profits you can have,
regulate your payroll, ETC., while you
take the risk, how much difference
is there from letting the government
take the whole thing over and run
it? The only difference we can see
is that the government would also
have to take on the risks of the bust
ness, which it sidesteps at present.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-07

Fairmont Sentinel: Everything you
do for another detracts something
from his ability to- do for himself,
helps establish dependency fixation
that is hard to overcome. Starting out
utterly dependent as every human
being must, it is wonder that any
ever learn to do for themselves and
they never do except under necessity
or compulsion.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-07
Notes of an
Innocent ByStander:

Notes of an
Innocent Bystander:
The Story Tellers: Edmond Tay-
lor's Fortune piece is a must for
Americans who don't think Hitler
is a menace here Pic runs a
warning that homely gals are the
safest, and gives examples of beau
ties who got into trouble with their
looks. A few pages later it shows
what a grand time Hope Carroll,
the blue books glamour mascot, has
because "she's got everything"
Make up your mind! Merely
Cassidy shows, in Coronet, how a
legacy caused a crime wave and
gold rush in Philly. He reports
Is, 500 persons claimed SIT 1000, 900
legacy. Already it has inspired
such crimes as forgery, perjury.
wife desertion and two murders .
John Cudahy is easy on King Leo
pold Of the Belgians for surrender
ing under fire. The former U. S.
Ambassador, writing in World
Digest, recalls that the French were
laundering all over the front, and
Leopold had a choice of giving up
or facing revolt of his troops .
Ann Sheridan confides in Liberty
that the word "oomph" was parent
ed by a wheeze in here. Any
chance to buy back that unfortunate
sentence? Readers Digest OBJ
serves: 'tThe reason lot of people
do not recognize an opportunity
when they meet it is that it usually
goes around wearing overalls and
looking like hard work."
The Front Pages: The Times Of
fered two and half columns of good
sense in an editorial picture of a
possible Hitler victory. The Nazis
needn't even make war on us to
ruin our liberty, said the editorial.
Chesty after a win over Britain, Ger
threat would make us live
in an armed camp-where liberty
can't live The H-Trib rebuked
FDR editoriallly for his intensely
PERSONAL remarks about Lindbergh.
Why not personal? Lindbergh takes
bows for the malcontents he heads,
so why not the raps, too? Mr.. Roose-
welt takes them for the New Deal
and the H-Trib knows that well. The
last campaign was so personal it
didn't even stop with the President.
It took in his wife, his children, and,
if you remember the campaign but
tons, even his grandchildren
Who is France for? Three Vichy
papers were suspended for giving
prominence to the speeches Of Cor
dell Hull and Sec. Knox. Another
paper, published by Jacques Doriot,
the agitator assaulted Roosevelt.
His sheet wasn't molested.
Typewriter Ribbons: c. v. r.
Thompson: Washington is the only
place where sound travels faster
than light Clyde Fitch: A fiat
with rooms like a string of buttons
Jack Warwick: Love Of coun-
try: Eighty-five per cent sweat and
Is per cent Star-Spangled Banner
Daniel Webster: God grants
liberty only to those who love it
and are always ready to guard and
defend it.
This from H. L. Mencken: We
must be willing to pay a price for
freedom, for no price that is ever
asked for it is half the cost Of doing
without it Steele: Etiquette is
the invention of wise men to keep
fools at a distance H. w. Shaw:
Error will slip through a crack.
while truth will stick in doorway
Ray Thompson: A free coun-
try should mean one in which those
who don't like the way things are
run are free to live elsewhere
Anon: Sincere kicks-in-the-pants
are better than phony pats-on-the-
back.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-07
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
Continued from Page u

Another is the circumstance that
Hitler after seven weeks of intensive
aggression has not yet succeeded in
capturing one single Russian key city.
He is facing, for the first time in his
war career, an enemy who seems, so
far, to be at least equal to his own
legions.
And the Russians perhaps will be
able to look forward to some kind
of support coming, although it is a
matter of time whether it will be eff
fective.
A few days ago British air.
planes fought on the side of the
Russians against the Germans;
this may mean that the British
are at least thinking of helping
the Russians actively, although
the result of that first attempt
would seem to have been rather
disastrous to the Britons. There
is also a promise of help from
the United States, given Stain in
person by Harry Hopkins, special
emissary of President Roosevelt,
who flew from London to Mos
cow to assure the dictator of the
Soviets of the active sympathy
of the Americans.
There are indications that the Rus
slams may have driven out the Ger
mans before any British and Ameri-
can help arrives. That's perhaps an
expression of optimistic thinking, but
it has its roots in the performance
of the Russian armies until now.
B0mbings.
While the Germans are being very
seriously harassed on the eastern
front, questions persist why Great
Britain does not take advantage of a
rare and golden opportunity to attack
Germany in the rear-on the west
ern front.
The questions, of course, receive
no answer. and there seems to be in
London tendency to consider heavy
British bombings of German cities
a sort of invasion. That may be
true. But-those questions won't
leave you in peace!-why doesn't
Britain keep up those bombings?
There had been an admitted Stacking
for quite a while until early this
week.
A few days ago your commen-
tatOr was asked: did you notice
that since Rudolf Hess flew from
Germany to Scotland, there has
been no first-class German bonn
bardment of British cities?" A
check-up showed that there
hadn't been. And, during the last
couple of weeks British lombard
ments of Germany have been
relatively sparse. COuld-and that
was the implication of the inter-
rogator-could there be any kind
of secret understanding between
Berlin and London for some un-
disclosed purpose? Here, the
question is merely recorded,
without any comments, as
source for further speculation.
And that's as far as anyone can
60 now.
For the organized presentation OF
Systematically elaborated lies has de-
veloped to a point where all facts
become foggy.
Unrest.
1t is possible that the Germans at
this moment are far more worried
about the Russians than about the
British. Also, they are worried about
the Norwegians, for many reports
indicate that the people of Norway
are beginning to rise against the
hated invaders of their country, and
the head of the German administra-
ton in Norway has found it neces-
sary to decree stern measures for the
slightest sign of unrest. There may
be wider promise in the reported
Norwegian resistance to nazi rule.
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From Exchanges

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Conform With the Opinions Of the
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-19
Police Question
Suspected Yeqq

Leonard A. Mccoy. 2s-yesr-old
ex-eonyict stil wouldn't sing
Friday. but police were confident
THAT hs is the nan responsible for
"A attempted safe-erseking Jobs"
in Tseoms during the past rev
weeks.
Mccoy vas arrested BY police
Thursday a. he came shivering
out Of a Tacoma swamp. which
had o-sn surrounded by police He
had taken 10 the swamp after
being discovered in an attempt TO
break open the safe at the Taco
ma Dairy. 1902 East 27th 81.
Dairy officials Friday reported
IS cents missing. McCoy's alleged
work in attempting 10 open the
safe closely resembled the ANA
flourish efforts on the ID other
safes, none Of which was success
fully opened.
Mccoy. however. steadfastly de-
MED implication with any OF the
Jobs" including the Tacoma
Dairy. Detective Captain Cliff
Osborne said Mccoy would be sub
Jected to additional questioning
Friday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-19

Weighted down with a sstchel
Of rocks. the body Of Kameichi
Kswasski. Seattle Japanese. was
found Thursday under the Mccor-
mick dock on rocks at the high
water mark. IL was reported by
police.
The body was found by Merle
Christian. 500 East 11th st, who
WAS looking for lumber under the
dock. Police said the sstchel tied
to the Japanese waist was filled
with 90 pounds Of rocks. They
said he had been in the water
about six months. Papers found
on the body indicated identity and
address, eis King St. Seattle.
The body was removed 10 the
Cassedy h Allen mortuary.