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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-19
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-19
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Main Street


Frsns Hal. assistant 4. . ss..
triet attorney. toek tins cut frcm
legal duties Friday te observe
ph.t ks calls hls private mother
ln-lswas day. when ~ played
chauffeur snd ehofe by fuF Mrs.
Hazel Oliver.
Visitors Al ,hs home Il nr.
Walter 7. prlserd have been her
hroshsr-ln. lac ard Sister. NJ. And
Mr.. .. n. Mcdowell ~ Baker. Ore
Deputy sh.nfi s,s kma---- 4.
On his way east 90 visst relatives
IN Wisconsin
Owe. Hughes 10 getting ready
10 MOVE into his ne~ home soms.
time IN the nest 10 days
Earl o.--e.i, Gays u viii take
him uii July 10 dry Out from HE
trip hack % the mainland from
Fox Island one day last week he
and Lawrence nsnce had one rain.
coat between them sad u took al
of Il 10 cover Buncs
Qua rsla.' county ,.ll.r. 1. an.
other who has shown up In . brand
nsw automobile
David n. asea and hi. sister.
svsiish. both have been victims nf
stomach fiu.
Mrs.. Laura rhllap-~~ hs. pnr.
chased the cafe, formerly opsraisd
BY Mf. and Mrs. .. y. Neville.
Leonard vs.,iss h.. had 10
abandon temporarily thu building
Of bis hous. st Firersst while
nursing . finger smashed during
work 81 the Tacoma Plumbing
Supply Co.
Melvin c.ffman. son ~ Ds. asa
Mrs. .. 7. Coffmsn. ss7 No. Traf.
ton ct. Is now stationed si Fort
worden. Ila parents drove up
there 10 visit him last week end
emf stone. former r.eomsn ana
now an employs 81 the fsoelng
plant. visited with friends In Taco.
ma Friday.
Inspecting the South Tacoma
shops Of tbs Northern Pacific rail-
road this week we're y. &. Turner.
general atorskeeper from NJ. Paul.
lie Was accompanied BY 4. y.
Myers. assistant general store.
keeper, and n. "a. Bsskss. district
storskssper. The shops nov are
on . slx-dAy week basis
Rob.r summs,has. picked on,
California cities and Salt Lake
city. Utah, recently 10 spend his
vacation.
q. N. nIlls. s,ssh Ordinances Co.
hochord field. recsntiy vas pro-
NOTED from private 20 sergeant.
Iis has been IN ths army since
1917.
Attending = Daughters ~ Unlon
Veterans meeting In Seattle Tues
day night wers Mrs Nag smiss.
Mrs. y. =. Bssas ard ass. Mex
Nsi.ea ell OF Julia Dent Grant
tent
Selected Ia Dupont 10 hsvs their
names on the 1871 ki@anls
piaqus are tiFEini. i4sn..asa and
Charles Lshasr.
Dr.. .aa s.. Z. a. rr,ms.. 70.
Gently visited their 400 and laugh
Ter. ln.las. 30. saa Mrs. Eawsrd
Irimbis. IN kapaylns Or. and hfs
Trimbis wee accompanied on the
trip BY their daughter. Margaret
Jeaa. aud ~ Mrs f@sssse< skia-
neg.
FranE Hsskins. former captain
u the = u ~ swimming team.
IL On route from Ohio atats.
Nhsrs be has been teaching. 20
Han Diego 10 rvport Monday for
active duty In the navy Franz
holds = naval reserve commission
Driving vest with hlm Il hls
younger brother. Tenn. sx-f4ncoia
hlxb QUARTERBACK. ana Nili return
- ths home u their parents. sIs,
aaa Mrs.. issasy a. Hsskiss 81
Dskoysn. Tom attended Ono state
iast ysaF
Ted krosgn Nns aNen discussing
Nish Carroll CssBhern ~ ths Car
Flshsf Publishing %. ths daneiaE
party given Friday night 70 stu
dent entrants In The National
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-19

Tscobst Grotto. Mystic Order Of
Yelled Prophets. will hold memo
rial services in the Roof Garden
Of the Masonic temple At s p. m.
Monday. Past Monarch Morton
Gregory will offioiste. assisted by
past monanchs and Monarch Milton
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-19

also the complimentary buffet Sat-
uFisy night for mssis supervisors.
sslpsrintsBdsnis. Judges ard wives
At the Ted Brown Music to.
Harold n. v~sss. widely kaswn
here - former steamship and air
linss agent IN Tacoma. n nov cap
tain In the army transportation
SERVES. stationed ~ washington.
u. G.. fri~nds here have learned.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-19
OPERATIONS MILD
FOR PRESENT

For the time being. the British
military moves against the French
In Syria appeared To be on a com
psratiyely minor scale but London
newspapers warned that we have
got 10 be tough" and there were
many indications that ma Dor land
operations were beginning In the
Near East
The Viehy government. com
planning that It's position WAS being
fnisinterprstsd by London and
Washington. indicated = desire 10
avoid formal or informal warfare
with the British for the time being
~ least. but u was pointed out
that the axis serial forces already
were IN Syria and were not likely
10 leave unless driven out.
Turkey. which was understood
To have received an encouraging
message from the British. sas al
most Isolated as a result Of the
axis penetration into the Mar
East, but London messages said
that the British had treasured the
Turks that the situation IN syria
could Be handled rapidly and xlth-
out danger
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-19
IVA ooNrEEENoE

Al the direction Of George p.
Sheridan. state sYA admins
traitor. a meeting Of the advisory
COMMITTEES was held a. the Uniyef-
atty Of Washington In Seattle sat
urday Among those attending
were V. r Evans. Tacoma. and ".
A. kimpls, Fort Lewis.
Eutty Nut Peanut Butter made
by Adams n very delicious Adv
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-19
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War Spreads in Syria
sTARTs on FACE ONE

refer 10 Fridays Developments in
the sollum sector. where On. im.
reriai forces had advanced pre-.
viously 10 the IAbyan frontier bu,
we're reported by Berlin 20 have
been hurled back
Dispatches from Istsnbui car
risd unoonfirmsd reports that the
British imperials In Palestine had
olashed with French colonial forces
on the frontier of Palestine and
Syria after the Royal air force
bombed and machine runned axis
airplanss which halted IT syrian
airporis on route 10 iraq.
The war in the air was renewed
in Europe. with the British bomb
ers striking at Cologne, BouloEns
and the French coast. while the
hiftwaffe hammered the Ersst
English industrial city of Blrmlng-
ham and other Mldlands targets
during tina night
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-19

gram viii b. preceded BY q com
munity slnk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-19

Inspecting the South Tacoma
shops OF ths Northern Pacific rail.
road thla week were y. a. Tarasr.
general atorskseper from NJ. Paul.
lie Was accompanied BY 4 =.
Myers, assistant general store.
keeper, and u. "a. Bsekss. district
storsksspsr The shops now ere
on . slx-dAy week basis
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-19

Df. and Mrs. &. q. ffiDsfsis rs-
Gently visited their soa and dauEh-
ter ln.las. 10. and Mrs. Eaward
Irimbis. IN hapayins. Or. and Mrs.
Trimbis wee accompanied on ths
tip By their daughter. Margaret
Jeaa. and ~ Mrs. IAsFeses shis-
neg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-19

Hob.rt su.s.sshays picked out
California cities and Salt Lake
city. Utah, recently 10 spend his
vacation
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-27
Kerrick
(From Another Correspondent

1t is well to remember that if you
are a single man and earned $500
gross you must file an income tax.
If married man and had gross in
come of $4,000 or more you must file.
You may not have taxes to pay even
if your gross is considerably more
as you have exemptions but remem-
Der, you must file.
Adrian Hogan is home for a short
vacation. He expects to have his
line on exhibit at the Minneapolis
auditorium at the Morticians' con-
vention
Personal property taxes must be
paid not later than tomorrow-Fri-
day, the 18th.
Gunnar Hedberg is in st. Mary's
hospital suffering from fractured
leg caused last fall while unloading
telephone poles. The fracture was
set and seemed to be properly mend
ing when later it developed infection
and had to be reset. It seems to be
mending well now and it is believed
he will soon be well on his way to
complete recovery.
The school district in a meeting
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-27
New Process to Improve
Paper-Making Reported

SEATTLE.-A new commercial
chemical will enable America to
make wood pulp of quality that.
until now, has been produced only
in Scandinavia, said DR.. G. P. Vim
cent of the research and develop
ment department of the Mathieson
Alkali works, in addressing the
Technical Association of the Pulp
and Paper industry, meeting here.
This development, the speaker
pointed out, can make the United
States self-sufficient in respect to
one more important raw material
and promises to effect a permanent
increase in the output of wood pulp.
The chemical is sodium chlorite,
which will shortly be produced on a
large scale for the first time by the
Mathieson organization. 1t has the
unusual property of bleaching wood
pulp, cotton, rayon and other ma
terials very white without weaken
ing the fibers or causing the loss of
other desirable properties.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-27

IDEAL" in which the supporters of
the four cent rate were asked to
vote for repeal of the Dunn one mill
road and bridge levy. Several MEM
bers jumped to their feet to de-
nounce this strategy, saying they
wanted no part of such deal but
that they would vote on each meas
ure that comes up strictly on its
merits.
Supporters of the one mill levy
repeal say that the 81 100000 in round
numbers that is raised for road and
bridge purposes could be taken out
of the gas tax revenue for use of the
counties. They forget however, that
the state constitution provides that
two-thirds of gas tax receipts must
60 to the state, only one-third goes
directly to counties. So unless the
gas tax were raised to at least four
and one-half cents the counties would
get less money than we used to re-
ceive from the four cent rate plus
the one mill levy. Although the
Governor has said he will veto the
four cent gas tax unless the one mill
levy is repealed, I feel we cannot
afford to do so.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-27
Duquette

Donald Grant, a reporter from the
Des Moines Register, interviewed F.
M. Hull, Sr., on the early days of
Fort Dodge, Ia, on which topic the
Register is printing a story. Mr..
Hull was the third white child to come
to that city.
The Misses Irene Anderson of Fin
layson, and Eva of Duluth, spent the
weekend with their mother, Ellen
Anderson.
Mr.. st. Angelo, representative of
the Stokely Canning company of
Frederic, Wis, called in town Satur-
day. AS far as is known, beans will
be contracted for in this region again
this year.
Ragnar Edin and Wayne Stephen
son spent Saturday in Duluth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Bohlin motored
to Duluth Monday to spend the day
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-27

firmed all appointments but Mrs.
Smith-whether or not she shall be
confirmed will now be determined
within the Senate Educational COM
mittee room.
School Board Members.
The Interim committee on Edu-
cation set up by the 1899 Legislature
made its report recently. On the
basis of that report bill was up for
discussion in the House last week
to "re-codify" and clarity all the
various laws now scattered through
out the Statutes relating to education.
This is good measure, providing
nothing new, but making it more
easy to understand the old laws. To
do this the bill provided that all old
laws be repealed, and this new bill
passed putting them in their proper
order, all together.
However, Representative Hagen and
Halsted feared that under this bill
every school board member in the
state would automatically be fired
in effect, and new election would
have to be held in every district.
incidentally Commissioner of Edu-
cation Rockwell and the entire State
Board of Education would probably
have found their positions ended,
making it necessary for the Governor
to make appointments for these po-
sitions. Another attempt to get rid
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-27
Kerrick Veterans
Register Saturday

A large number of World war vet
Grams registered on the national de-
tense questionable of the American
Legion at the Kerrick schoolhouse
Saturday. The registration there was
sponsored by the local Dahlgren-Ny-
quist Post No. 385 of the American
Legion, with Hans P. Christensen,
post adjutant, in charge.
For the benefit of the ones who
were unable to come in Saturday
a number of registration blanks have
been left with Edward Downing at the
State Bank of Bruno and Commander
Washburn of the local post says that
he has some blanks at his store in
Kerrick. Hans P. Christensen, local
adjutant, also has some blanks left,
so anyone who did not get chance
to register Saturday is asked to call
at any one of the three places to fill
out QUESTIONABLE before March 5
when the last of the questionnaires
will be mailed into the state de-
partment of the American Legion.
The Dahlgren-Nyquist Post will
sponsor an amateur night at the Ker-
rick schoolhouse Saturday evening,
March Is. Anyone from the ages
of six to 60, who cares to perform
that night is asked to register with
Mr.. Downing, Mr. Washburn or Mr..
Christensen. The deadline is March
10. Prizes will be awarded for classes
from six to IL years and from ID to
l8 years and from 10 to 60, three
prizes in each class.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-27
Croningen

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Raivo and baby
of Minneapolis, spent the weekend
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Postma spent
Sunday afternoon with the Edwin
Chesbrough family.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Harris who re-
Gently purchased the Claus Burke
farm are moving to their new home
the last of this week and the Chas.
Jebe family will move to the A. c.
Haglin farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Schwartz and
sons spent Sunday with the Ben
Erickson family.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nelson of Wren
shall, were Sunday visitors at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
B. Nelson.
Mrs. B. Klein and daughter of
Sandstone, visited her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Anderson Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. AL. johnson and
family of Friesland, were Sunday
dinner guests at the Severt Haglin
home
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Delaney of Fin
layson, visited their son Ed and family
Sunday.
Mrs. Nj. Nelson helped at the Tony
Ankrum home Wednesday and Thurs
day of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Erickson and
daughter Marion, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
Benson and Mr.. and Mrs. A. Jensen
visited the Otto Palmer family at
Finlayson Corner Saturday evening,
the occasion being Mr.. Palmer's birth
day.
Mrs. Nj. Nelson visited Mrs. VIM.
Alters in Sandstone Tuesday.
Mrs. E. Erickson visited at the
M. Nelson home Tuesday.
G.. Klein moved to his fathers
farm Tuesday.
The Joyce family of Friesland,
moved Monday to the farm formerly
vacated by the Otto Palmer family.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-27

Monday night voted to sell strip
of land on the south end of the school
tract for business purposes. The first
sale will be to Milton Beckstrom. AS
soon as title can be cleared up Mil
ton will purchase the plot and start
the erection of fine building to be
used as service station, lunch room
and living quarters. Friends are
pleased to see this improvement gel
under way and believe it is just the
beginning.
Wednesday was the beginning OF
Lent. Not a bad idea to give up
something during this period just to
prove to yourself that you have the
will power to do it.
The Great Northern linemen are
here stringing new wires for the block
system that was installed last fall
The original wire was copper an
nealed. This is being removed and
pure copper is being used because OF
its better conducting ability.
Rev. P. McEnery spent Monday and
Tuesday in Duluth.
Mrs. E. H. WaShburn was Du-
luth caller on Monday. She returned
to her home Tuesday accompanied
by her son Robert who spent Tuesday
and part of Wednesday here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. H. Hogan and
Patty went to Duluth on Tuesday.
Adolph johnson, who has been
spending several days at his home
here, returned to ST Halverson's camp
at Lutsen Tuesday to resume work.
Mrs. James Murphy, Mrs. Milton
Beckstrom and Darlene visited the
doctor in Moose Lake Friday. OAR
lene fell against a stove last Thurs
day, burning both her arms quite
severely. The doctor says he be-
lieves her arms will heal without
scars.
Ed Rudisuhl of Minneapolis, visited
Don Hogan last Weekend.
Louis Hogan was business caller
in Minneapolis last week. He went
down last Thursday and returned
Sunday evening.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-27
Fifteen Years Ago.
March 4, 1920

Mrs. Wilhelm Holm of Tyler, came
10 Askov Saturday for visit with
old friends being guest at the L. c.
Petersen home. Mr. and Mrs. Holm
were among the first settlers here
and Mr. Holm conducted the first
general store then located where the
Martin Johnson residence now stands;
ne later went into partnership with
r. Petersen, selling his interest to
Jens P Miller. He was also ASkov's
first postmaster.
News was received in Kerrick Tues
day of the death of Tony Carlson,
formerly of Oak Lake, but of late
a resident of Cloquet
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Ravnholdt and
day with their household goods via
truck and automobile from Mime
apolis, and are now located on the
Jens P. Miller farm a mile north of
town. The Ravnholts are former
Askov residents, but have lived in
Canada the past nine years.
The Great Nor t hern passenger
train from Minneapolis, assing
through Pine county early in the
morning, was six hours late today. A
freight train was derailed near
Stanchfield about midnight and both
the night passenger trains were routed
via Milaca which caused the de-
dayed schedule.
The Willow River Community club
gave a card party Saturday night in
the old school building. Frank Sex
ton has been promoted from the
Stanton Lumber Company office here
to Green Valley and the gathering
Saturday night was also farewell
party for him.
Ed Armstrong of west of Kerrick,
was called to Minneapolis last Thurs
day to see his little daughter, Mary
Jane, who has been very i'll with
scarlet fever He returned Tuesday,
there being some improvement.
The Askov basketball boys went
to Bruno Friday evening with the
determination to trim up the team
there and did good job of it, the
final score being 20 to l. Those play
ing for Askov were A. Rodholm, A.
NJ. DeYoung, c. M. Nelson, Gus
Thomson and Harold Sorensen; and
for Bruno: Won Schenk, Pearson,
Osterkamp, Moffat and Ames.
John Novack of Willow River had
the misfortune to hurt his hand
quite badly when cutting ice last
Thursday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-27
NickersOn

Mrs. Pete Virgins was caller al
the home of Mrs. Casadont Friday
Jean Virgins was an overnight
guest of her cousin, Cathryn Casa
don't, Friday evening.
Mrs. Walter Soper visited her moth
er Friday.
Mrs. Paul Hansen visited Sunday
afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs. E. Tres
ter.
Mr. and Mrs E. TreSter were callers
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Casa
don't Sunday evening.
Rogie Virgins and Carl Nicker-
son spent Sunday afternoon with
Kenneth Slower.
Meryln and Shirley Slower visited
Saturday with Mary Maheu.
Mary Melancon visited Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. EdW Beaudry
Robert Croft visited Monday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Slower.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-27

of Rockwell? We will never know.
Halsted and Hagen and others in the
Liberal group felt that the usual
savings clause" should be put in,
to "tie over" the old provisions of
the law until the new went into eff
feet. They requested that the bill
be laid over for the purpose of so
amending it, but this they were de-
MED. However, members of the ma
jority group that very day contacted
no less than four members of the
Attorney Generals staff to get their
advice. The next day the majority
group itself took care of the neces-
sary amendments, right of which they
had denied to minority members the
day before. Everything is again quiet
on the educational front! For while
though l was worried about you
school board members.
Four Cent Gas Tax.
Through the daily press you have
already been informed of the terrific
fight in the House last week on re-
storing the gas tax to four cents
The vote by which it was finally
passed, 103 to 13, does not tell the
whole story. Just before the final
roll call, Representative McKinnon of
Minneapolis, announced that he was
voting for the measure and hoped
that other opponents would also, but
in return he implied desire for a
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-27
Wife's Weight No Grounds
For Divorce, Judge Rules

SAN FRANCISCO.-You may not
like it if your wife gets fat, but her
weight is no grounds for divorce.
Superior Judge Sylvan j. Lazarus
told julius Boell, bartender, as
much as he granted Lucille Boel an
interlocutory decree for desertion.
Boell testified he left home and sued
for divorce because his wife's
weight increased in IA years from
140 pounds to 256 pounds.
The court noted that Boel "has
the reputation of being an excellent
amateur cook and he undoubtedly
contributed to her obesity by sup
plying her with superabundance
of his excellent cookery"