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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-01-23
Aged Brook Park
Pioneer Settler
Is Called Rest
Mrs. Mary E. Woodbeck
Had Made Her Home in
County Since 1898.

Mrs. Mary E. Woodbeck, a well
known and esteemed resident OF
Brook Park, passed away at the
Braham hospital on January Is, fol-
lowing an illness due to stroke on
January 2 at her home. She was
70 years, one month and % days at
the time of her death. Although she
fought bravely to remain with her
beloved family it proved to be of no
avail and she departed this life. She
was a patient sufferer, never COM
planning, but remaining cheerful and
pleasant until death.
Mary Elizabeth Carbine was born
on November %, 1862, at Kilbourne,
Wis. When a young woman she
moved with her parents to Pittsville,
Wis, and later to Chatfield. The
family later moved to Estelline, S. D.,
where on January 6, 1889, she was
united in marriage to Orlin j. Wood
beck. They moved with their family,
arriving at Brook Park in January,
1898, and for the past 43 years have
made their home here. Mr.. Wood
beck preceded her in death on Janu-
airy IL, 1880.
Leaves Three Sons.
Those who survive to mourn her
departure from this life are three
sons, Clarence j. of Medford, Wis,
Charles NJ of Cambridge, and Asa
Ray of Brook Park; one brother,
James w. Carbine of Estelline, S. D.;
four grandchildren, Mrs. Jack Ker-
nan, Orlin E. Woodbeck, Shelia Ann
and Charles Asa Woodbeck; one
great-granddaughter, Patricia Herman.
Mrs. Woodbeck was more than
generous of her time and efforts in
every way, not only in her home,
which was her first interest and her
family her great joy, but in the
church, being treasurer of the Ladies'
Aid for 20 years, and in lodge activi-
ties. While in the last years of her
life her health did not permit her
taking an active part, she continued
helping as she could from her home.
She was also a member of the order
of Eastern Star, 1873 of Mora.
Eastern Star Services.
Funeral services were conducted
from the home at 100 o'clock Sat-
urday afternoon, January l8, and at
2 o'clock from the Brook Park hall.
The services were conducted by Rev.
Boyle, Mora, friend of the family.
Eastern Star services were also con-
Quoted at the hall. A mixed quartet
composed of Mrs. H. H. Williams, Mrs.
E. A. Shaske, Chester Swedlund and
Grin Phelps, immediate friends of the
deceased, sang Rock of Ages, 1.-THE
Old Rugged Cross" and abide With
Me-. Interment was made in the
cemetery at Brook Park beside her
husband. The pallbearers were Clark
Hoagland, Otto Ziegler, Stanley Pc
terson and Ben Hancock of Brook
Park, and Frank Powers and Kleo
McIlhargey of Mora.
Relatives from distance in at
tendance at the funeral were Mr.. and
Mrs. c. j. Woodbeck, Medford, Wis.,;
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. M. Woodbeck,
Cambridge; Mr.. and Mrs. James w.
Carbine, Estelline, S. D.; Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Meadows, Watertown, S.
D.; Mrs. Marion Farnsworth and How
ard Farnsworth of st. Paul, and Mr..
and Mrs. A. j. Marquart, Fargo, N. D.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-01-23
Gun Auction This
Week In St. Paul

The annual public auction of conf
seated rifles, shotguns, angling rods
and fishing tackle items will be held
Saturday of this week at 444 Rice
street in ST. Paul, according to word
received from the state Department
of Conservation.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-01-23
Klein On Vacation
In South America

Joseph H. Klein, Sandstone mer-
chant, left Sunday forenoon on a trip
to South America, expecting to be
gone about two months. Combining
business with pleasure, he will stop
a few days in New York before sail
ing Friday on the S. S. Argentina.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-01-23

Locomotives now travel more than
twice as far as formerly before it is
necessary to stop for coal and water.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-01-23

There are approximately 5000
crossties per mile of railroad track.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-01-23

Continued on Page s.
Evening star., 1941-09-26

Ssfs"'s ssss Quiz

@. Just what is imitation and
how can it be minimized?
A. Initiation is a decrease In the
buying power of the dollar caused
by a rising cost Of living. This, in
turn, Is brought about by heavy
public demand resulting from q
rapid increase In the national in
come, for things which cannot be
produced in Late enough quantities.
Every citizen can help minimize in
fiation by buying Defense bonds and
stamps.
@. What can I do to help my son
who has just entered military
service?
A. Your boy must be clothed. fed
and supplied with the latest equip
ment. This requires money. Buy
Defense savings bond and help the
Government to equip your son.
Note-To buy Defense bonds and
stamps, go to the nearest post office,
bank, or savings and loan associ-
alton; or write to the treasurer of
the United States in Washington.
Also stamps are now on sale at most
retail stores.
Evening star., 1941-09-26
Elmer G. Herspereer
Services Are Held
Special pispate to Tne Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
DICKERSON. Nd. Sept. 90
Funeral services for Elmer c.
Hersperger, rs, retired farmer, who
died Monday night At his home at
Dickerson, were held at the home
Wednesday. The Rev. william I.
Campbell, pastor Of the Presbyterian
Church at Darnestown, offlciated
and burial was in Monocacy Gene
terry, Beallsville, Md.
Mr.. Hersperger is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Lloyd J. Jones. jr.,
Dickerson and Miss Evelyn Hers
perger, Washington; a son, Russell
Hersperger. Laurel, Md; brother,
Samuel Hersperger, Round Hill, Va.
and the following half sisters and
half brothers: Mrs. Lawrence A.
Chiswell, Sellman, Nd; Mrs. A.
Hempstone Griffith and Miss Julia
Hersperger. both of Rockville; Mrs.
Robert Winstead, Washington;
Thomas Hersperger, Canada; Mar
shall Hersperger. Poolesville, Nd,
and Arthur Hersperger, Barnes
vile, Md.
Evening star., 1941-09-26
Final Bird Walk
Listed in Weekend
Outdoor Events
Parks Office Offers
Potomac River Cruise
And Historical Tour

The final bird walk" Of the sum-
n1er series sponsored by the office
Of National Capital Parks will be
among several outdoor attractions
offered by various organizations for
the week end.
The bird walk will be at Reaches
Run waterfowl sanctuary. Buses
will leave l416 r street NV. at 7
am Sunday and the group will
gather at the parking area on
Mount Vernon highway not far
from the new National Airport at
7;30 am. Opportunity will be af-
forded to view sea birds and egrets
through telescope.
Tomorrow the parks office Will
conduct a weekend cruise down
the Potomac River and a tour Of
historic Williamsburg, Yorktown
and jamestown. The trip will
leave Washington by the Norfolk
and Washington boat at $50 pm.
tomorrow and return am. Mon
day.
Two Hiking Club Events.
The Capital Hiking Club plans
two events. a homecoming dance at
the Hayloft, 1926 Massachusetts,
avenue, tonight from pm. to mid
night, and hike in Shenandoah
National Park Sunday. Buses will
leave l4l6 F street NV. at am.
Sunday for the hike, which will
be down White Oak Canyon, one
OF the picturesque spots in the big
recreation area. Reservations must
be made at Michigan 1858. Branch
607. by 5 pm. tomorrow. Jack
Jalickee will be leader of the hike.
The Potomac Appalachian Trail
Club will take hike in the south
ern section of the Shenandoah MAJ
tional Park, from Swift Run Gap
to Ivy Creek, distance of IA miles.
with alternate shorter trips. Richard
e. Bergman will lead. Information
on this hike. which Is open to the
public, may be had from the Po-
tomac Appalachian Trail Club head
quarters at 1924 H street NV, after
6 pm. daily.
Wanderbirds Schedule Hike.
The Wanderbirds Hiking Club will
go on a forest pilgrimage to Hi
Catoctin. Md, on buses leaving the
National Theater at 8 am. Sunday.
A standard first-aid course for
mixers, it was announced, will start
today, sponsored by the District OF
Columbia Chapter, American Red
Gross, at its headquarters, 1880
E street NV. The class. for which
instructors will be Miss Beulah
Batchelder and Peter Poulos, will
continue for three weeks, Mondays,
Evening star., 1941-09-26

Wednesdays and Fridays, 7:3o to
$50 pm.
Two more horse-drawn barge trips
on the C. g. o. Canal will be offered
by the office of National Capital
Parks Sunday, between Whitewater,
Md, and Lock 81. Buses will leave
1416 F street NV. at am. for
the morning trip and at noon for
the return trip.
There will be q tree tour OF Frank
lin Park from 2:30 pm. to 4:30
pm. Sunday
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-10-24

Don't rely on smokes, sprays
and injections if you suffer from
terrible recurring, choking, gasp
ing, wheeling spells of Asthma:
Thousands of sufferers have found
that the first dose of Mendaco
usually palliates Asthma spasms
and loosens thick strangling mucus,
thus promoting freer breathing
and more restful sleep. Get Men
daco in tasteless tablets from
druggists, only Coo. Money back
guaranteed unless fully satisfied.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-10-24

lost in translation because of the
local idiom used in Yiddish.
From 1908 to 1913 Sholem di-
vided his time between Switzer-
land and Italy, and in the latter
year he began to give his well
known readings once again. In
1914 at the outbreak of the World
War, Sholem, his wife, and three
of their children were in Germany.
They lost all their possessions and
a collection had to be made in
order to obtain sufficient money
to enable them to reach the
United States.
Setting his feet on the soil of
the United States after leaving
shipboard, he stood facing the
east, as is the custom of Jews
when in prayer. He said, Father
in Heaven, grant that my family
may have the privilege of remain
ing in this Blessed Land until you
are ready to call us to eternal
rest" Tears of gratitude ran
down his sad and kindly face.
Again tremendous ovation greet
ed Sholem upon his arrival in the
United States.
A few weeks after Sholem ar
rived in New York City for the
second time in 1914 he and his
wife were invited to the home of
Jacob Schiff, the great philan-
thropist. While at dinner, Mr..
Schiff said, You are wonderful
writer, Mr.. Sholem Alechem."
Sholem answered, II am sure
that your writings carry more
weight than mine, Mr.. Schiff."
Schiff looked at Sholem in as
constituent and said, "How can
YOU come to such a conclusion
when the whole world praises
you?"
Eyes, Mr.. Schiff you are indeed
a better writer than I. You see,
when you write your name on a
check, your signature is honored
all over the world; but I, even
though 1 receive honors and am
called famous, very often I have
gone hungry"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-10-24
J ~ V0n HEARD THAT


Ruddy Myer, 1885 batting cham
IAN Of the American League, was
,ronned from the major leagues
Ifter seventeen years of service.
Puddv. the first Jewish, ball player
Sver to win a batting champion
Hin. was given his unconditional
IsIease by Clark Griffith, presi-
,ent of the Washington Senators
md one of Buddy's best friends.
The Jewish star, now thirty
Eeyen years old, hit for a clip of
s49 six years ago. to-. win! the
eague championship but, plagued
" a stomach aiIment, NtObaggOned
\ 1886 to 1863 ;. Since that time,
Bud has appeared but occasionally
4 his regular post of second base.
And it is interesting to note
hat for sixteen of these seventeen
Years. in. the big time circuit,
Buddy had played with the Sena-
|Ors. Once in 1928 he was traded
% a Boston club only to be re-
purchased by Griffith at the end
II that year :.
Davey Day, the tall but graceful
lightweight who has been groomed
or the lightweight title for the
ast six years, finally hit the skids
hat lead to ring oblivion. The
ormer stablemate of Barney Ross,
rstwhile triple titleholder, was
ecently listed as one of the three
eading contenders for the 1876
pound championship by the Nat
onal Boxing Association But
pavey was kayoed in his last ring
appearance and even his most ar
ent fans knew that the curtain
n Days ring career was finally
lung down
Sid Luckman Of the Chicago
Bears, the worlds champion pro-
essiOnal football team, sparKed
is team to a 5S-7 victory over
he Chicago Cards Marshall
EOldberg was the major offensive
FeapOn the Cardinals used but
ven the former Express" as
Mad Marshall" was called was
nable to stem the juggernaut
riven by Sid Luclzman And,
you recall the all-American
ominatiOns of three years ago,
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-10-24
JEWS IN
SPORTS
b. MoRR1s WIENER

you will remember that Goldberg
received the accOlade from prac-
tically every sports writer in the
country while Sid made tOp-hOnors
in the East
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-10-24

received the accOlade from prac-
tically every sports writer in the
country while Sid made top-honors
i'm the East
DID YOU KNOW THAT
For the first time in a decade,
a Jewish oarsman is sitting in a
Columbia shell He is Harold
Weinberg, a tall six foot muscle
man, who is holding down the
number 5 spot in the Varsity boat
Thus, unless Harold is tag
ged by Uncle Sam for a berth in
the Army, he will be the first
Hebrew sweep swinger to pull an
oar in a Varsity shell at the
Poughkeepsie Regatta come next
June that the mid-Hudson bridge
has seen in four years -.
A trio of Jewish gridiron war
riOrs who bear watching accord
ing to the experts west of the
Mississippi are Levy at guard for
Minnesota, Friedman at tackle for
Minnesota and Bob MOser, the
gallOping full back, from Texas
A. and M. And, speaking of
football, it was estimated that
some 1000 Jewish football players
played for their colleges and uni
versities during the 1910 grid
campaign The figures may
be even higher this season
Nat Holman is beginning his
twenty-third year as coach of the
c. c. N. Y. basketball team &.
Holman's charges garnered the
metropolitan title last season and
he is expected to make strong
bid for the national title this
year He has lost Captain Al
Winograd, an all-America for
ward, and is coming up with a
squad the likes of which has not
been seen at City College since
the halcyon days of Lou Spindell
and Moe SPAIN and Moe Goldman
/. BY the way, did you know
that the last three gentlemen
played professional basketball af-
ter graduating from c. c. N. Y.
and that each of these ladies
went on to win "the most valuable
player" award in the play-for-pay
ranks Lou Spindel COPIED
the trophy three times in as many
years :.
Hank Greenberg, the number
one man of baseball, is slated for
his release papers in another
couple of weeks 1t won't be
too soon for the Bronx BambinO
It's not that Hank doesn't
like Army life but rather that
Hanks monthly stipend of twenty
one bucks has been going as fines
for speeding-the only vice the
six-fOOt four inch slugger has in
duIged in since he was drafted
To date, his fines have to-
tailed more than $500 -.
Ten years ago Make Baer, the
Livermore Larruper, came out OF
the West and made his New York
debut at Madison Square Garden
He was known as a fighting
kid with a lethal punch but that
was charged up to publicity :
However, in his first fight in the
East, Make drove a hard rlght
to the head of his opponent and
floored him Immediately The
hapless fellow, Ernie Schaff, died
the next day :. And, ten years
ago. Make Rosenbloom was chris
tened "SIapsie" by Texas Guinan'
queen of the night clubs in the
hie town "Slapsie" went on
TO win the worlds light-heavy-
weight title and ''Madcap" Make
Raer went on to win the lushest
prize in spnrtsdom-the heavy
weight crown :.
Evening star., 1941-12-18
The Labor Conference

The conference Of leaders in in
dustry and labor which opened here
yesterday at the call of the President
in an endeavor to prevent any and
all work stoppages that would in
terfere with the war effort seems to
have made an auspicious start.
One favorable circumstance is the
designation by the President of Will
liam H. Davis, chairman Of the Ma
tional Defense Mediation Board, as
moderator Of the conference. Mr..
Davis, following the refusal OF the
Mediation Board to recommend a
closed shop in the captive coal mines,
became the target of severe personal
criticism by disappointed C. I. o.
leaders, two of whom resigned from
the board that he headed, and later
rejected a request from the Presi-
dent that they withdraw their resig-
nations.
With the outbreak Of war, however,
these G. I. o. leaders, as well as
virtually all other men prominent in
labor and industry, have shown a
commendable desire to let bygones
be bygones and to submerge per-
sonal feuds in a common effort to
insure the security of the Nation.
Mr.. Davis, whose qualifications, in
cidentally, are of the highest order,
has been accepted as moderator by
all parties to the conference, and
that Of itself Is favorable be-
ginning.
Other promising Developments at
the outset Of the meeting were the
renewal BY the A. +. Of l. 1 efforts
Evening star., 1941-12-18
To q War Bride

Haze you not seen, in summers long
gone by,
The on1tnous nasstng OF the
thundercloud,
And heard the distant rumble
gro,o more loud;
Watched the torked lightning tear
apart the sky;
Felt the sharp rain: beheld the
fo,oers lie
PROSTATE before the ,otnd, the
strong trees bo,oed;:
Until at length the storm, its fury
co,Ded,
Folded its banners, passing like d
sigh7
So. like q storm, shall this dark hour
pass,
If faith be strong and sure enough
to see,
In sacrifice, In sorrow, and In
pain,
Behind the clouds that trighten and
hardss,
The frmaments eternal clarity,
The sun that breaks IN glory
after rdtn.
HELEN CONNOLLY.
Evening star., 1941-12-18
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. TrdceDeH.

This cheer let us understand and
grasp rightly at its real value, although
at the time there may not be word
spoken there at the hearth.
When there is no talk, the voices OF the
flame will be heard best.
What voices these are! At times they
hiss, at other times they purr, and oc-
casionally they roar.
There is always pocket of gas ex-
ploding in some log.
The logs themselves tend to change
positions, due to the stress of burning.
They fall with a bang causing sparks
to flash out.
The good control of the screen is there
to catch them as they fall. This is the
way things should be, and the way they
shall be again, God willing.
The "fxings" of the fireplace always
interest the womenfolk, and we suspect
they interest great many more men
than might admit it.
There are kettles, and screens, and
pots, and lighters. and andirons, and
fancy logs, and blowers, and brooms,
tongs and shovels.
The history of the fireplace has drawn
to it. over the years and the centuries,
the lore of hundred races Of men.
1t is easy to see the Vikings, around
any modern fireplace.
England's knights of old, fighting the
GrI ha warmth from
much the same kind of a fireplace.
If they could come back now. and walk
into a modern American living room.
about the only thing in the place they
would feel at home with would be the
hearth.
They would go to it directly.
Radio and piano and many anotner
implement would leave them wondering.
but they would have no hesitation at all
about the fireplace.
They would stand up in front Of it, and
shortly get too hot, just as we do today.
The best place to watch the logs is at
some distance, where bit of the warmth
can get at one, but not enough to heat
the face too much nor hurt the eyes.
Many fireplace sitters do not realize
that the rays from burning can have a
bad effect on the eyes, If the observer in
sists on just staring at them. The un-
doubted fascination of light and motion,
inherent in the fire, are likely to do this.
The best way to watch the fire is to be
seated sideways to it, so that the glance
is not steady all the time in the single
direction. In this way, all the pleasure
and interest inherent in 1t are secured.
We are more likely to remember here,
with humble heart, that We are now,
as always, children of God, and that He
stands behind us still in all we do.
Evening star., 1941-12-18

"The Devastated Area Under Martial
Law-Scene in HOMO Viewed From
Ryogoku Bridge" yokohama City
Converted Into Fearful Inferno Of
Flames" and Crowds of Helpless
Victims Receiving Free Supply of
Food From the Police"
The fifth section Of the volume
begins with words which make
pathetic reading now: Upon the
receipt of wireless news of the great
earthquake and fire in Japan, foreign
governments and peoples were all
shocked by the magnitude of the
calamity that had laid waste the
capital and the representative port
OF the Japanese Empire. This
profound impression made upon the
minds Of the peoples abroad was
promptly translated into deep sym
pathy and compassion and
they entered into contest of gener-
osity with one another in sending
help to our people, practicing the
grand principle of mutual assistance
among mankind and of the inter-
dependence Of nations, irrespective
of race, religion and geographical
proximity" In the United States,
more than fifteen million yen was
raised for relief work. The United
States Army contributed seven mil
lion dollars worth of supplies, the
United States Navy two million dol
lars worth.
OF course, the flyers who bombed
Hawaii did not pause to think of the
ancient and profoundly honorable
duty OF gratitude.
Evening star., 1941-12-18
Urges Use of Sand
Against Incendiaries.
To the Editor Of The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
In the list of AFRAID instructions is
sued to schools by Col Lemuel L. Bolles
of the District Defense Office (The
Star. December 16, the question of how
to handle incendiaries was dealt with.
I was astonished to read that the in
structions call for the use of water in
putting out incendiaries. Can 1t be that
the lessons learned in London and other
British cities already have been forgot
ten? Indeed, water must not be used
to extinguish newly fallen incendiaries;
violent explosions may result from this
practice. About the only effective way
of dealing with this type Of bomb, be-
lieve, is to smother it with sand. There
fore the judicious distribution of buckets
of sand throughout schools would seem
to be of prime importance.
L. j. SARGENT.
Editors Note-Col. Bolles' instruc-
ton specified that water should be
sprayed-not thrown-on incendi-
aries. This Is standard practice, al
though sand also q effective.