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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-27
FLASHES
OF
LIFE
by the Associated Press

by the Associated Press
BRIEF BATH
OWITH THIRD ARMY IN
LOUISIANA-A farmer came by
while members of Company X,
l45th Infantry, were swimming
in Cane River.
II caught a six-foot alligator
in there yesterday" the farmer
remarked.
The soldiers drydocked in
haste, just as a five-foot swan
past.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-27
OLD SPINNING WHEEL

DES MONIES, lathe old
spinning wheel broke down and
spoiled q contest but Mrs. Amos
Walker was crowned Des Moines
spinning champion anyway.
Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Peter
Young were scheduled to meet
for the title. but in q test-run be-
fore the contest got underway
Mrs. Young's machine broke
down.
The two agreed to spin five
minutes each on Mrs. Walkers
125-year old wheel, and Mrs.
Walker, spinning ~ yards Of
yarn 70 10 for Mrs. Young. won.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-27
IN1oLERABLE SITUATION

"Doiry formers want to do their
full share in the national defense ef-
fort" soid the Doirynen's League
News Of New York, recently. THEY
want to increase production but they
ore having to work night and doy, and
the members Of their fomIies ore hov-
ing to work night and doy, to even
mointoin an existence"
b This is an intoIerobIe situation.
Lobor's income is constantly going up
md commodity costs ore moving with
X. Yet the former, who produces the
most bosic Of necessities, food, is ex-
pected to scrope along as best he can
without adequate labor, and to sell his
produce at price levels which ore boreIy
sutficient in normal times. Iona
encuoh continued, that is bound to
have dangerous effect on our nation
~ food supply. The former must be
Given equality with other groups.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-27
HIGH COLLAR

CHICAGO-The foam on the
glass of beer Charles Halves, SO,
ordered was blamed for giving
him a pain in the neck.
Halves followed his usual Gus
tom of pouring salt in his beer
and then took a big draw at the
glass-and choked.
After physicians at the Little
Company of Mary Hospital ex-
tricated the top of the salt shak-
er, Halves explained the acct
dent: II didn't notice the top be-
cause Of the foam"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-27
BY OPPOSING, END THEM

The United Stotes is squoreIy up
against HomIet's choice in the mat
ter Of small industry: whether to lie
back and moan that small industry is
to be crushed in the impact Of the de-
Tense program, or to get in and do
something about ito toke arms
against SEQ Of troubles, and by oPpos-
ing, end them"
A stort has been made at Mani
towoc, Wiso., town Of aluminium pots
and pans manufacture, hard hit by
priorities which denied it accustomed
aluminium. OPM went otter that prob
lem, which was acute, and hos already
awarded on experimental defense con-
troct to one Monitowoc plant. Others
ore in preparation for other aluminium
plants, and Floyd OdIum is going into
action against the whole situation.
The plight Of small industry is serious.
1t need not be fotoI if determined
fight is made in it's behalf.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-27
TASTE TEST

TASTE TEST
lola, KAS.-It happened in
dry Kansas juror calmly took
q drink of whiskey while hear
ing q case.
County Attorney Mitchell
Bushey offered the jury an OPP
portunity to sample confiscated
liquor to test its intoxicating
qualities One of the men in the
box accepted.
The defendant was convicted.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-27
UTILITIES MEET
THE EMERG ENCY

To lust Wnot extenO IlOVc VIC 60
ecutives Of the privote electric Utility
Industry risen. to the needs Of the no.
tionoI emergency? An answer to thot
important question was recently gwen
bv a hioh government officiol-bos'I
MonIv Of the Federal Power Commits
sion.
Mr. Manly described negotiations
between the Commission and Leading
Eostern utility concerning power pro-
duction for major defense industries.
Those negotiations ended in complete
ooreement on two essential principles:
first. that there should be no excess
profits in meeting the requirements or
notionol defense; and second, thot the
investment facilities useful only during
the emergency should be omortzed
during that period.
1T is important" he sold, ITO en-
phosize the foct that this agreement
was reached with the concurrence OF
the utility involved. The executives OF
American utilities do not, in my oPin-
ion, desire or expect to earn excess
profits from their activities in meeting
TIC 911ObIJlOQS OCUIOII0S w tOVO' 0''S
ina out of the requirements for notion
al defense. With rore exceptions they
rave cooperoted intellectually with
the government in meeting those de-
monds. And, in those coses where ef-
forts may be made to convert the no.
tons power requirements into oddi-
tionoI doIIors Of excess profits, the
regulatory processes Of the stote and
Federal commissions should be, and
will be. exerted effectively to restrain
Them"
The spirit shown by utility manage
rnents is the kind Of spirit which will
rnoke this vost defense pro9rom TO
tol" success in world involved in TO
tai" war. It is particularly noteworthy
in the light of the vicious. proeress-de-
laying political attacks being made on
the industry by q group Of seIf-seekine
politicians whose reoI goal is the uI-
timote socioIizotion Of all this coun-
trys bosie resources. Given q chance,
privote enterprise will prevent any
power shortages in this country-ond
will do it with privote money, not tax
money. In the name of national de-
Tense, it is high time to coll off the
utility-boiters in Congress and other
branches Of government.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-27
: BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON

OioSt Wa 'SSOCO, the SOOSOn-
ers Counsel Division Of the De.
pertinent Of Agriculture spon-
sored O broadcast in which
consumers we're told that oIeo-
margarine was much cheaper
than butter. and that it was
now an important food Of its
own account. Thot was when
the fireworks really began.
Ooiryme n and creamery
men began to see oIeo night
mores. They held local protest
meetings. and then q notionol
meeting in Chicago. A United
Oo'ry Committee OF two repre-
sentotives from each of y
principal doiyine stotes and
one; representative from eoch
OF 10 principal doiy Industry
trode ossociotions wos formed
to fight.
congressman Bernardo.
Gehrmonn Of MeIIen. Mis-. and
August h. Andersen Of Red
Wing. Minn., were two of tho
Ieoders. Consumers Counsel
ond Food qnd Drugs couoht il,
plenty. Oleo manufacturers
were charged with roisino q
fund Of q million and q half
ooIlors TO advertise the new
high stondord cleo, which they
clolmed even tested like but
ter. Andersen finally introduce
ed q bill which would prohibit
the sole and movement in in
tsrstote commerce Of cleo
mode under McNutt ston-
dords.
SET FOR SECOND HEARING
With oil this fat in the fire
butter fot and vegetable fat
% delegation from the
United Doiry Committee, heod-
ed by R. E. Ammon of Modi-
son, Wis.,, came down to Wosh-
ineton to See McNutt to ask
thot the hearings be reopened
SO the doirynen could have
their soy.
But consider the grease spot
this put Governor McNutt on.
He co|Ied q press conference
to, expIoin his side Of the pre-
dicoment. Reporters we're kept
waiting as minutes while the
doirymen we're cIoseted in Me-
Nuts handsome milk house.
Then the reporters we're ush-
cred out Of this reception room
and into on ante room so they
wouldn't meet the protesting
doirymen as they came out Of
the McNutt office. Thot one
was too old, and didn't work.
Mr.. Ammon and his committee
came out smiling. The COVER
nor had oereed TO toIk the
thing over with his Food and
Drug people again, and see it
they should reopen the cose.
But pity poor Paul. II he
sticks to the new cleo ston-
dords he hos made oil the
doirymen sore-ond there ore
q lot Of votes in those22 doiry-
ing stotes, Governor. II he lets
down the Food and Drug Ad-
ministrotion in ITS long, hard
fought, sincere efforts to i'm
prove the quality Of all food
products, he will have COM
promised the virtue Of one OF
the few Iily-whites left omone
Uncle So m s departmental
nieces.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-27
NUMBERS GAME?

JENKINTOWN, PA. - Police
can't figure what q series Of
thefts here adds up to.
Disappearance of an adding
machine at the Arlington Build
ing Association marked the sew
enth such theft in this Philadel-
phia suburb in six months.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-27

Keep too many irons in the fire and one Of
oen = liable p burn you.
- - oplfen are better In the woods than
pcheol teachers now take lessons 70
GaDool kids. We predict lot less
t - Z Bod effect on some people
r. 1ace Trek WIN Rscover"-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-27

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 27-
Outside a stage at General Ser
vice Studios, three leashed
wolves paced fretfully. In a
three-partitioned cage farther on
dozed five black panthers. A
little man in a big western hat
rounded a corner, scanned the
studio street and asked irrita-
bly,, "Didja see that darn bear?"
Inside, on a set containing q
cunningly planned expanse OF
Jungle, three elephants languid-
ly yanked off hunks of vegeta-
ton. During a few moments Of
silence, Frank Puglia crawled
across a clearing and plunged a
dagger into poor JOIN Qualen.
On a small set in the adjoin-
ing building an intent little
group watched and filmed a
silent, sinister scene. Here was
the treasure cave of Kipling's
Jungle Book "a jeweled idol,
and at its feet a mound of gold
and q human skeleton. There
were piles of pearls, too, and
diamonds and rubies and emer-
aids. Golden urns, jade sta
tuettes, objects in carved ivory.
Cobwebs linked everything in
antiquity.
FAITHFUL OLD FELLOW
There was movement, too.
From behind the base of the
great idol moved the head of a
king cobra-an old snake
grown gray in its guardian SER
vice. Slowly its great length
glided past an ivory figure, un-
der an overturned urn, past the
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-27

WELL DONE!
Anyone who has carefully followed
the first-hond accounts Of the Ameri-
can Army moneuvers this summer is
bound to be considerably impressed
with the progress thot Army has made.
These moneuvers have come about
os close to the real thing as it is pos
sible to come short Of actual war. Real
hordships have been undergone, real
difficulties have been surmounted;
some men have died, having given
their lives for their country no less than
if they had died in bottle The flyers
and others who we're killed have, in q
very reoI sense, given their lives to sove
those Of their comrades, for moneuvers
ore made realistic in the hope that the
training afforded will sove lives should
actual war come.
Many observers believe that the
American Army today is, for it's size,
equal in training and quality to any
army which hos not actually been in
combat. 1t is idle to argue that their
training is, or can be, equal to the ex-
perience Of the German veterans who
have survived Poland, Norway, France,
the Balkans, and Russia. These ore
graduates Of wars ultimate school, and
by now they should be and probably ore
the most competent soldiers in the
world. Short Of such experience, which
we still hope may not be necessary, the
American soldiers Of the New Army
begin to look very good indeed.
Apparently their physical condi-
ton is excellent. The mud, the CHG
gers and flooded streams and short ro-
tons over which they have triumphed
ore eloquent testimony Of that. Weo-
pons are still short, but that is being
rapidly overcome. Officers whose
physical or other qualifications ore
not UP to standard ore being eIininot-
ed; bugs ore being taken out Of the
machine.
Morale problems have declined
during the moneuver period. When
there is plenty to do, erousine foIIs off.
II, when the moneuvers ore over, the
new equipment continues to pour in,
inequalities Of equipment at vorious
camps ore ironed out, and thousand
little sources Of friction snoothed out
by the iron Of experience, spirits land
the spirit Of the men in the comps will
probably rise. As you see the Army
men on the streets Of cities these doys,
you note on increasing dir Of compe-
tence and confidence, os compared to
thot seen when they were indicted
yeor oso.
America hos good reason to be
proud Of her young soldiers of the New
Army. We wish there were some way
in which the whole country could Join,
when the noneuvers ore over, in
single. resoundina Wei done!"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-03-13

L. H. Lund was Great Northern
passenger to Superior Wednesday.
Niels Hede left Wednesday morn
ing on business trip to Minneapolis
Mrs. A. G. Danielson was Great
Northern passenger to Duluth yester-
day.
Thorvald Andersen and Carl c.
Paulsen were business callers in Du-
luth Tuesday.
A boy was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Russell Emert Saturday morning al
the Moose Lake community hospital
A girl was born Tuesday to Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Ecklund, who are now in
st. Paul.
Paul Zehngraff and family of Min
neapolis, were Sunday visitors at the
Niels Hede home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin johnson were
weekend visitors at the home OF
their son, ]. Albert johnson, in
Austin.
Walter G. Barker and family are
moving to the vicinity of Ogilvie
this week, having recently purchased
a farm there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Kaatiala of Ely
spent the weekend at the home OF
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Dan
ielson.
Victor Larsen purchased slightly
used Ford va from the Sebald Mo-
tor Sales Saturday, trading his old
car in on the deal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Juhl and chill
dren of st. Paul, visited Saturday and
Sunday at the home of Mrs. Chris
Krogh.
Mr.. McCarty and family of Sand
stone, came here the first of the
week and have located on the form
er Fred F. Hansen farm four miles
east of town,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-03-13
Brook Park

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Montgomery
and family of Minneapolis, spent the
weekend with her folks.
Miss Zylpha Stevenson won tro-
ply in the poetry division at the
regional contest held at Cloquet Sat-
urday. Three districts were repre-
sented by 10 contestants, eight re-
ceiving superior ratings.
w. A. Gillespie, division chairman
of the o. R. T. of Carlton, and o.
A. Olson, secretary of the o. R. T.
of st. Paul, called at the Stanley
Peterson home Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Miller and
daughter and Mrs. Leonard Miller
of Minneapolis, visited Mrs Ida Hull
over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Wood and
daughter Joyce and ADDISON Wood and
friend of Minneapolis, visited at the
Clara Wood home Sunday.
Mrs. H. Reid of Hinckley, recently
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-03-13
PINE COUNTY RURAL
SCHOOL NEWS
More Illness.
A. z. GUSTAFSoN. County supt.

More Illness.
Miss Hanna Berg of district % has
been i'll the past two weeks. Her
niece, Mrs. Ruth Berg-Gerber, has
been substituting for her. Mrs. Odean
is substituting there this week.
Bookmending Revived.
Our Federal bookmending project
for rural schools was discontinued
for about six weeks. 1t has now been
reinstated. Mrs. Zimmerman, who
is in charge of this work, will now
also act as librarian at the Friesland
school. She is finishing work for
district SO.
County Nurse Service.
Those who voted against the coun-
ty nurse service at the recent town.
ship election referendum no doubt
are misinformed somewhat as to the
value of this service rendered and the
actual local tax cost. We are of the
opinion that one health case proper
ly adjusted is worth the entire local
cost of the service. According to
conservative estimates, this local cost
amounts to only about one fourth of
one mill.
Poor Economy.
Other illustrations of poor economy
might be mentioned such as:
Q) Highly paid teachers forced to
use poor teaching tools.
(2) Refusal of state aids offered.
(3) Neglect to work for payment
of state aids in full.
az Efforts to cut less than one
mill of necessary tax or expense, but
overlook the 20, 80, or 100 unneces-
sary or avoidable mills that should
be adjusted. (Reminds me of our
faithful dog who was a good house
dog or farm dog but, as hunter, he
always barked up the wrong tree. }
Let us get together on Pine county's
biggest problem: 1.-THE shifting of
various bonded debts from reclaimed
state lands to the few remaining
settlers is confiscatory, unfair and
unconstitutional" Let the commune
ty clubs and township organizations
work to remove the large beams
and not the tiny notes. 1t can
and should be done There are two
possible ways to do this:
CD Test case through Supreme
Court
(2) Legislation. Let's hurry be-
fore more farms are lost
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-03-13

Some of the pupils have already had
their teeth corrected. We hope to
have good results from her visit.
The fifth graders have received a
number of Canadian newspapers and
are enjoying reading them and COM
pairing them with our daily papers.
The social studies classes are car
rying on contest in current class.
Betty 0. and Eunice A. are cap
tains of the two teams. At our week.
ly current classes group from each
side will give oral reports. Each
person will receive number of points
on the value and manner in which
his or her report is given. When the
contest closes the points earned by
the two sides will be added and the
winners will be the recipients of a
party from the losers.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-03-13
THE MIRROR
Askov Public Schools
BY Herds Jensen

John Deere Day.
The high school students enjoyed
John Deere day Monday. They were
invited to attend and were excused
from school from to / to see the
latest farm equipment and also the
main feature, Melody Comes to
Town"
Vacation.
Winter had a great deal of snow
in store for us. A heavy snowfall
on the End was welcomed by the
students who enjoyed vacation on
Monday and Tuesday of last week.
Honor Students.
A great deal of work has been put
in by the students the past six weeks.
AS result the number on the hon.
or roll increased. Those who received
a high enough average to be on the
honor roll are: 18th: A, Arliss Fogt,
Marvin Jessen and jeanette Simon
sen; B, Lucille Mortensen, Glenn
Krantz, and Arden Hyldahl; 18th:
B, Ellen Jorgensen, Ina Abrahamsen,
Ruby Jacobsen and Dorothy Petersen;
10th: B, Oliver Mogensen; 9Th: A,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-03-13
Coop Buys Feed Store.

A special meeting of the share
holders of the Askov Cooperative
Association was held yesterday aft
ernoon in the D. B. S. hall for the
specific purpose of taking decision
on the proposition of buying Ed. Oh
sons feed store, more commonly
known as A. Henriksen's feed store,
and equipment.
Previous to the meeting some op-
position had been heard, but the
final vote on the matter proved to be
a landslide in favor of the purchase,
The property will be taken over
as soon as details can be arranged,
after which the association will make
several contemplated changes which
will enable them to render consider
ably better service to their custom
erS
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-03-13
ASKOV


Rehearsals for the three-act play,
"The Family Upstairs, are pro-
crossing nicely, say those in charge
of production. The play is sponsored
by the Parent Teacher Association
and is scheduled for presentation on
the evening of March % in the
school auditorium. All nine charac-
tiers in the play are taken by local
adults.
Performances of this type by adults
are few and far between so if you
are interested in maintaining this type
Of good, wholesome entertainment,
then be sure to come in and see the
play. Advertisements in following
issues will disclose more details.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-03-13

The John Deere day, sponsored by
the Sorensen Implement Company,
Monday, was termed success in
every way. The moving pictures in
the forenoon drew crowd of nearly
800 and at the afternoon show there
were over 800 present.
Free lunch and coffee was served
at noon and in the afternoon at the
implement store which had been
decorated and made very attractive
for the occasion. More than 300
cups of coffee were dished out dur
ing the day.
There were visitors and potential
buyers from surrounding towns with
in a radius of 80 miles.
The John Deere Company had a
special man here to show the pic
lures and also a special salesman to
help Mr.. Sorensen take care of the
many visitors. A large number OF
customers are lined up for spring de-
livery of modern machinery and trac-
tors.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-03-13
CHURCHILL SCHOOL NOTES
Shirley Norbeck

The following people are on the
fourth six weeks honor roll: Walter
~, Betty O., Eunice A., Shirley NJ,
Gail L., Dolores E., Joan P, Marion
R., Ronald G., Dennis j., Melvin B.,
Roger G., Donna Mae, Helen L.,
Howard c., and Marjorie j.
Our list of perfect attendance peo-
pie is quite small this period. They
are Inez F., Howard c., Louise L.,
Vivian L., Werner L., and Earl L.
Our preliminary declam contest
and program will be held soon. The
contestants are as follows: Betty O.,
Shirley NJ, Earl Larson, Ralph G.,
and Dolores E.
The county nurse visited our school
Wednesday afternoon, February 26.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-03-13

Muriel Koed; B, Norma Miltersen,
Evelyn Sorensen and Dolores Simon
sen; 9Th: B, Folmer Frederiksen; and
7th: A, Esther Bic.
Basketball Tournament.
The sub-district basketball tourna-
ment was held at Barnum last We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday. On
Wednesday afternoon Askov played
game with Bruno and were victori-
Gus. This enabled them to 60 further
in the tournament, with Barnum as
their next opponents. They were de-
feated., In the consolation game with
Sandstone, Askov was again defeated.
They will enter the district tourna-
ment at Pine City to be held the 18th,
18th and 18th.
Speech.
Askov's FIVE entries at the district
speech festival did fine piece OF
work. jeanette Simonsen and Doro-
thy Petersen received very good
rating and went to the regional March
8. There jeanette won a superior
rating and Dorothy Petersen Every
good" rating.
Third and Fourth Grades.
In order to make citizenship mean
more to them, the pupils of the third
and fourth grades have decided tc
pretend that their room is a village
A set of rules based on courtesy, help
fulness, care of property, neatness
industry, health, safety and respect
has been posted to help each one be
a better citizen. A system of self
government is working very well ir
checking on these rules.
The best school citizens for the
past week were Mary Ann Jensen
Muriel Jensen and Audrey Ander-
sen. From these Muriel Jensen was
chosen as Mayor" of the citizenship
town and president of the club fol
the next week:
Primary News.
The Helpers for this week are: Hall
Carol Sebald, Lois Morgensen; dust
ing, Joyce Kooistra, Norma Bic; floors
Eric Nielsen, Franklin Madsen; pen
Gil, Glen Jensen; plants, Richard Mel
sen; erasers, Darrell Thomson; paste
jars, Buzzy Simonsen, Gilbert Birk-
holm. The second grade are enjoy
ing their TOY Store. They are
using the paper money from thei,
number workbooks The children
have finished their dutch Scene"
They have been working on it dur
ing art period.
Fifth and Sixth Grade News.
Monday morning the pupils of the
fifth and sixth grades planted a deer
sea garden which began to grow i'm
mediately.
Two hundred and twenty-five free
reading books have been read so fal
in the fifth and sixth grades. The
fifth grade has read 102 books and the
sixth grade 1913 books. In the fifth
grade Philip Krantz has read the
greatest number, which is Is, and in
the sixth grade John Nelson has read
! 20 books,