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Askov American., 1941-05-01
Trading In Hogs
Shows Downturn
Steady to Csc Lower for
Week; Steers Hold Steady
Level; Lambs Up.

South ST. Paul, Mimi, April 20,
1941: The general hog trade was
steady to Csc lower than the close of
last week with barrows and gifts un-
der $50 pounds showing the most
downturn. Tuesdays top was $8.35,
while bulk of the good and choice
160 to 240 pound barrows and gifts
sold at $8.25 to $8.35, according to
the Federal-State Market News Serv-
ice. Similar grades 240 to 270 pound
offerings moved at $8.15 to $8.35,
while 270 to $50 pound averages were
taken at So to $500, and heavier
weights sold downward to $3.50. Good
and choice 40 to 160 pound weights
made SITS to $825. Good sows of
all weights bulked in $7.65 to SITS
spread, with stays going at $725 to
SITS. Feeder pigs were down SOC
to 75c, the bulk clearing at SITS to
$825.
Supplies Equal Demand.
Supplies of slaughter steers were
about equal to demand and prices
showed no quotable change during
the first two days of the review peri
cd. Heifers and cows were also steady,
despite sizable bulge in cow offer
ings on Tues sday. Bull prices
declined Csc. Stockers and feeders
met very narrow demand and the
market tilted downward about Csc.
Vealers sold fully steady, good and
choice grades bulking at SO to $11,
with strictly choice $11.50. Medium
to good slaughter steers bulked at
SO to $40, load of choice 1899 pound
weights making $11. Most common
and medium stocker steers brought
$3.50 to $3.50.
Lamb Mart Strong.
Unevenly higher price levels were
enforced for fat lambs, extreme gains
being around 35c. Other slaughter
classes shared in the market strength.
Swelling price costs were attributed
to curtailed receipts and sharply
improved tone in the east on dressed
lamb carcasses, with all live markets
responding with high cost prices.
Shorn lambs continued to make up a
large proportion of the supply.
Wooled lambs topped at 5000, with
general quality of shipments chiefly
of medium to good flesh. Good to
choice shorn lambs cleared from $3.50
to 1925.
Askov American., 1941-05-01
BY GEORG STRANDVOLD

In the course of three weeks Hitler
has conquered two more countries,
Yugoslavia and Greece; from Belgrade
to Athens his legions fought victori-
ously, and when German soldiers Sum-
day morning raised the Swastika flag
atop ancient Acropolis in the Greek
capital, a new stage of the war was
marked.
AS the result of his Balkan
campaigns, Hitler now controls
all of that peninsula, and has left
Great Britain only one position
on the European continent, that
of Gibraltar at the southernmost
tip of Spain.
In Greece, the Germans did not
have an easy time of it, for the united
Greek and British armies fought with
a bravery and tenacity that aroused
even the admiration of the aggres-
sors.
When it was seen that Greece could
not be defended, steps were taken
to remove the British troops, and at
Thermopylae the Greeks fought a
most desperate battle in order to
cover the retreat of the British.
Off for South.
A few days before Athens fell, the
Greek king and government had fled
to the island of Crete, and it was
thought that good many of the
British troops would be sent to that
place, too.
Others, it was reported, would 60
back to Libya to resume fighting the
Germans who are trying to penetrate
Egypt in an effort to reach the Suez
canal.
It would appear, however, that dur
ing the process of evacuation a good
Askov American., 1941-05-01
Luther League To
Present Program

The following program will be
given at the regular monthly meet
ing of the Blomskog Luther League,
Friday evening, May 2, at BIS p. m.
Song, audience; Scripture reading
and prayer, Gladys V. Nelson; song,
audience; business meeting; selection
by the choir, Wonderful Words of
Life.
Six short anecdotes written by D.
L. Moody will be given by six of the
young people. The titles are as fol-
lows: "a Remarkable Picture, ''The
Precious Blood, "Spurgeon's Para
ble", "The Second Plan Succeeded"
"Clogged by Sand" and ''The Diff
ference"
The program continues: Calvary
Covers It ALP, choir; talk, Carl E.
Anderson; vocal duet, Helen and
Gladys Nelson; remarks, Rev. Oscar
L. Olson; chorus singing, audience;
benediction.
Askov American., 1941-05-01
international News Review

many British soldiers lost their lives,
for the Germans pursued them even
aboard their ships and claim that
they have sunk large number of
them.
AS matter of fact, it has never
been announced how many soldiers
the British sent to Greece estimates
range all the way from $4,000 to
100000, but some observers seem to
think that there must have been ap-
proximately 10000.
Defeat and Triumph.
Characteristic of the attitude of
the Greeks toward their British
friends is the fact that when some of
the E nglish contingents marched
through the streets of Athens a day
or two before that city marched
on their way to waiting ships-the
Athenians gave them an ovation and
threw huge flower bouquets at them
even though they were defeated
army.
On Sunday, when the German vic
IorS entered tne c1ty, they were re-
ceived coolly and with silent scorn
and defiance, but it was noticed that
the Greeks did not lower their heads
in any feeling of shame.
They knew-and all the world
knew-that they had fought des-
perately against absolutely and
hOpelessly overwhelming odds,
and that they had nothing to be
ashamed of.
Alone, or practically so, they had
chased the Italian army out of their
own country into Albania and were
just on the verge of making their
victory complete when in came the
German reinforcements. Two great
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Askov American., 1941-05-01
AskOu High School
Operetta May 2l

The Askov high school operetta,
"Ichabod Crane, formerly scheduled
for Friday, May 9, has been postponed
until Wednesday evening, May 21,
to give the participants more time
for practices. Rehearsals have been
very irregular due to the road con-
ditions and the resultant lowered at
tendance but are now going ahead
on schedule. The operetta will be
presented in the new gymnasium.
Askov American., 1941-05-01
Aged AskOv Woman
Summoned Sunday

Mrs. Karolina Pospisil, aged 79, who
had been making her home with her
son, John Walta, and family northwest
of Askov, passed away there Sunday
afternoon at o'clock. She had been
i'll the past winter.
Funeral services were held yester-
day afternoon at o'clock from the
Willow River Presbyterian church
with Rev. John J. Moedt officiating.
The pallbearers were Emil Walta,
All ert Kotraba, John Brabanec,
Adolph Walta, Clarence Jensen and
Jos. Cibulka. Burial was made in
the Willow River cemetery.
Askov American., 1941-05-01
Rutledge PIT. A.
To Present Play

A three-act play, "Beads on a
String, will be presented Thursday
evening of next week by the Rut-
ledge Parent-Teacher Association, at
the village hall. There will be other
entertainment following the perform
ance. Everyone is cordially invited
to attend.
Askov American., 1941-05-01
.SandStoneY Young
Folks Exchange
Vows Past Week
Lange-Strom Wedding Fri
day Noon; Owen-Holz-
nagel Ceremony Sunday.

Two weddings of interest to resi-
dents of Sandstone, occurred the past
week when Miss Pauline Lange be-
came the bride of Mr.. Carl D. Strom
and Miss Lucille Owen and Mr.. Ray
mond Holznagel were united in mar
riage.
Lange-Strom.
The first ceremony took place last
Friday when Miss Pauline Lange,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Lange of Sandstone, and Mr.. Carl
D. Strom, son of Mrs. Ella Strom of
Minneapolis, were married at high
noon at the home of the brides par
ents. The date also marked the 30th
wedding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lange.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and Rev. Leland Larson
read the ceremony. Miss H e e n
Lange, sister of the bride, and John
Heryla, brother-in-law of the groom,
were the attendants. Mrs. Ed Eitens
sang 20 Promise Me" preceding the
ceremony, also playing the wedding
march. A wedding luncheon was
served to As guests after the rites.
Many From Away.
Those attending from away were
Mrs. Ella Strom, Martha Strom, Mrs.
H. Ascher, Mr.. and Mrs. John Heryla,
Eldon Cole, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Carlson, Janet Carlson and Florence
Malm, all of Minneapolis; Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Eitens of St. Paul, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Sjowall of Saltwater,
Mrs. John Banks, Jr., of Duluth,
Robert Good of Askov, Mr.. and Mrs.
Elwood Larson of Hinckley, and Mrs.
Dorothy Sahlman of LeSueur.
Both the newlyweds have been
employed in the Produce State Bank
of Minneapolis, the groom holding
position as teller there. The bride
had worked in that institution four
years previous to her marriage.
Owen H0lznagel.
The Union Congregational church
in Sandstone was the scene of pref
ty wedding at 2 o'clock Sunday aft
ernoon, April q, when Miss Lucille
Owen, daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
H. T. Owen of Sandstone, became the
bride of Mr.. Raymond Holznagel, son
of E. A. Holznagel, also of that viii
lage. Rev. Owen, father of the bride,
performed the ceremony in the pres
ence of many friends and relatives.
The brides attendant was her sis
ter, Miss Muriel Owen, and Kenneth
Rice acted as best man. Mrs. Ar
thur Martin played several organ Sc
lections preceding the ceremony and
81 Love You Truly" was sung by
the Misses Dorothy Norlin and Betty
Martin. Arthur Martin sang a solo,
20 Promise Me-. After the wedding
reception was held for the relatives
and close friends at the Owen home.
Out-of- town Guests.
Those from out of town attending
the wedding were Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bert Holznagel, Mrs. Charlotte Holz-
nagel and Mrs. Mary Baker and
daughter Shirley all of Minneapolis;
MIR. and Mrs. w. Rhinesmith, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Spry and Mr.. and Mrs.
Archie Eastling and daughter Edith,
all of Hinckley.
The bride and groom are both well
and favorably known in the communi-
ty, the bride being graduate of the
local high school. The groom has lived
i'm Sandstone most of his life and at
present is employed at the Jensen
Jack Sprat Store. The young couple
will be at home in the Constantine
residence after May 1.
Askov American., 1941-05-01

Tree planting on Arbor day will be
observed in thousands of Minnesota
schools and clubs on May 6.
Askov American., 1941-05-01

Family Newspaper
DARE TO DO OUR DUTY
Let us have faith that
right makes might. and in
that faith let us to the end
dare to do our duty as we
understand it."
Abraham Lincoln.
Evening star., 1941-04-05
Fire Alarm System

Disclosure that Washington's fire
alarm box system is gravely made
uuate is cause for real concern. The
news follows closely an underwriters
recommendation for improvements
in the water supply needed to pro-
vide better fire protection for Wash
ington.
While no accurate estimates of the
current and future needs of the city
In regard to additional alarm boxes
are available, unofficial figures range
from 200 new ones as absolutely
necessary" to $50 as an ideal" total.
The minimum estimate is based on
a standard Of an alarm box within
800 feet of each building. The ideal
Is to have one at each street inter-
section. In dollar terms, this means
a minimum expenditure of approx
mately $250,000 for a project which
would require several years of work
in laying cables and rearranging
circuits.
In 1882 an appropriation Of
$12,500 was passed to purchase 100
boxes. These are the last that have
been installed in the District, but
the budget submitted for the fiscal
year 1912 asks funds for another 100.
Evening star., 1941-04-05

with shells, until the Atlantians had
two-thirds of all the seashells in the
world They had billions buried in
hole in the ground.
But in spite of all of this wealth,
unemployment increased. Soon those
without Jobs had used all of their savings
and the government was forced to put
them on relief But while this STAYED
off starvation it did no other good, for
these people were producing nothing.
In the meantime. the Prophet Il mean
Profit hac vanished and the Grabbits
would not reopen the workshops and
mines until they found him. Where
he was the wisest men could not tell,
but the unemployed could not be put
to work until the Grabbits saw him.
Then the burden of relief became a
drain on the nation and the wealthy
started to complain about taxes.
Bells History" says that it took a
war with the fairhaired barbarians of
Northern Europe to make the Atlantians
put their house in order. In order to
win this struggle they were forced to
put planning boards over industries,
assign production quotas to workshops
making war materials, and regulate
wages and hours. After they won their
war, they found their Profit.
WILLIAM OWEN.
Evening star., 1941-04-05
The Medical Verdict

In finding that the American Med
ical Association and the District
Medical Society conspired to violate
the antitrust laws, while generating
eighteen individual defendants,
District Court jury has returned
what is obviously a compromise
verdict.
From common sense standpoint
it seems illogical to hold that the
two organizations could have been
guilty of a conspiracy if the indi-
vidual members were innocent, but,
as matter of law, the verdict falls
well within the instructions given
the jury by the trial judge. The
intent of the accused in doing certain
things is the all-important factor in
conspiracy cases, and it may we'll be
wondered how two organizations, as
organizations, could have entertained
criminal intent in the absence of
any such intent on the part of their
constituent members. There is prece-
dent for such split verdict, however,
where intent is the essential element.
AS matters stand in the medical
case, there will be few who will not
welcome the acquittal of the indi-
vidual defendants. Certainly, The
ends of justice would have been
poorly served had these distinguished
physicians been obliged to wear the
stamp of criminality, even in a tech
nical sense. On the other side of the
ledger, the verdict carries assurance
that Group Health, Inc, the organ
ization against which the alleged
conspiracy was directed, will be given
a chance to prove its worth without
interference. If that is the net result.
assuming that the verdict is upheld
in event of an appeal, it would seem
that this highly controverted case
has been terminated on a basis Of
substantial Justice
Evening star., 1941-04-05
SurtoriuI Struteqist

When political machine has been
in Office long time it usually be-
comes so firmly entrenched that it
takes really heavy artillery to dis
lodge it. Powerful blasting by press
and radio, supplemented by torpedo
attacks in the form of grand jury
indictments against individual mem
berS where possible, are the usual
military weapons, while the diplo-
matte offensive is conducted among
the electorate with cigars, soft soap,
and similar items. When the battle
is over, win or lose, it is found to
be costly.
But not the campaign of Arthur
H. Young, who tossed out a political
dynasty, Fletcher Christian and
descendants, who had held despotic
power for century and a half over
Pitcairn Island, present population
200, through their monopoly of the
office of magistrate, which cor
responds to President, King, En-
peror and Sultan all rolled into one.
When Young entered the lists against
this formidable opponent. his case
looked hopeless.
And so it would have been, had he
chosen as weapons press agents, cam
paign managers, radio announcers,
printers and $4,000 doctors to keep
his tonsils oiled. Something new was
needed to bust the ring, and Arthur
went out and got it. 1t was just a
new suit, but as such a thing was
unprecedented on the island, it prac-
tically stampeded the voters, espe-
cially feminine ones who never had
anything to wear. so that he won
easily over the threadbare opposi-
ton.
Evening star., 1941-04-05
| Have Not Been in England

I hare not seen the HlacS bloom
at Ke1D, nor heard the cuckoo'S cry;
I hare not felt the clinging fog
Against my face 90 surfing BY.
Through English lanes, all 1phite
lDith May,
haze not 1Dalked in early spring,
But all these things / krot0 so t1eH
Through ancestral remembering.
Old London's curious, devious streets
Are as familiar as the lanes
About my home: as intimate
And Dell-loDed as the April rains,
For ,ohen my torebears left her shore
To build ne1p homes In unknoUn
lands,
They brought her honor in their
hearts,
And sprigs of rue aoere in their hands.
The roots they thrust in foreign soil
Yet bore her life lUithin them, strong
And undiminiShed, nurturing loue
Though eriled, and the years tUere
long;
But England al,0ayS in their hearts
From sire to son HUed fair and green,
And I tDto neDer 1Ddlked her earth,
KnoD tDeu land I hare not seen.
MARY WILLIS SHELBURNE.
Evening star., 1941-04-05
"WARRENTON, Va.

Dear Sir:
"We have always been interested in
the snowbird, or weather bird as the
small boy up the street calls him.
Their arrival early in the gray win
ter morning gives sense of excitement
at the prospect of snow. AS long as the
falling weather lasts they are here pick
ing up food with the best of them-very
friendly and gay birds-then one day
they are gone.
Where do they go?
Last summer we went to the noun
tains for four or five of those hlistering
hot days in July. To be exact, to Sky.
land, Skyline Drive, Va. Up there cool
ness seemed to envelop us, and we sat
on the porch of our cabin listening to
the wind in the trees and breathing in
the fresh green of the mountains.
Gradually the bird life entered our
consciousness-it seemed at greater dis
tance than here at home-but all sounds
take on a different tone up there. We
began to recognize familiar notes--we
saw familiar birds.
"One group interested us in particular,
They flew very swiftly through the low
scrubs covering the mountain slope just
below us, so fast was their flight that
one only caught occasional glimpses.
white feathers outlined the tails.
They were small, slate gray, with light
colored breasts and ivory bills.
"Of course, they were our friends, the
snowbirds, and they were summering on
Skyland Drive; but such different birds,
very wild, swift and so canny.
Suppose they take on these charac-
teristics to combat the stronger forces
of nature they find there.
Strong winds, driving rains, huge
hawks, owls, crows and bobcats, one of
which we saw crossing the road toward
White Oak Canyon. We wondered if
they robbed the birds nests.
This spring the snowbirds seem to
be staying later with us. Can it mean
more snow to come? Well, anyway, the
farmers say it's needed.
Thanking you for This and That.
Sincerely yours, S. S. T"
~ ~
In our own garden we have had snow
birds for the longest period in history.
And just the other night there was
snow furry.
Can it be that the juncos really are
sticking around in the hopes that snow
will fall again?
Let us hope that this one time they
are disappointed. Snow gums up
city too much. Yet, as our correspond
ent says, there is certainly a sense of
excitement at the prospect of it.
No matter how old one is, evidently.
this feeling of something going to hap
pen exists.
1t is sure that this is one of the basic
feelings of humanity. and no wonder.
for snow is, after all no matter what
effect it has on modern traffic systems,
one of the real mysteries of nature.
And this no matter how much We
know its scientific cause, and so on.
Knowing scientific explanations of nat
ural phenomena doesn't change these
basic feelings one bit.
There will always be wonder over snow
Evening star., 1941-04-05
"The Eagles Nest"

Yugoslavia is a political federation
rather than a nation in the accurate
meaning of the word. The con
venient" union of Serbia and Monte
negro with certain portions of the
Austro-H Hungarian empire following
the first World War was arranged by
the victorS of that struggle on an
ethnic principle which, unfortu-
nately, had to be compromised. 1t
was desired to bring together all the
South Slavs in the Balkan area. To
the end so declared, the provinces"
of Slovenia, Croatia, Voivodina,
Bosnia, Herzegovina, Dalmatia and
Macedonia were merged with the two
kingdoms whose capitals were Bel
grade and Cetinje. The result, in the
judgment of impartial observers, is
"one of the most heterogeneous '''
states of Europe"
But it does not follow that the
different minoritieS are lacking in
the instinct which, when expressed,
produces an active loyalty to a
national ideal. The necessary CEN
tripetal force required for the main
tenance of the integrity of the COM
posite realm is manifest in the deter
mination of each of the different
groups to be independent of alien
control. King Alexander was assas-
sinated by a representative of a
Suppressed" community, yet his son,
the youthful King Peter II, seems to
be regarded with affection by all
classes of his subjects. Doubtless
increased pressure from without has
the effect of creating sturdier soli-
darity within. 1t certainly cannot be
denied that the spiritual and psyche
logical elements of patriotism exist
in Yugoslavia in flourishing condi-
tion at present.
American visitors to "The Eagles
Nest" have returned home with
memories which they invariably re-
Evening star., 1941-04-05
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trdceuell.

and rain and hail and sudden storms;
it is for this basic reason that most
human beings want to know what the
Weather Bureau predicts.
We may take the prediction with half
grain of salt, but we want to know,
just the same. We always have
thought that these persons who pretend
to have no interest in the weather are
not even fooling themselves, and GER
tainly they fool no one else. Interest in
the weather is as fundamental a thing
as we have. We live in and by the
weather
Even the juncos know it.
&x X
These little birds do not change their
dispositions when they fly away to the
mountains.
They are not at all, in reality, the
gentle little birds which song and story
portray them.
We have had, as Others have had, an
unusual opportunity to study the junco
this winter, since so many of them have
been around, and they have stuck with
us much longer than usual.
At first We were surprised TO find so
many OF them fighting among them
selves
Closely watched, these snoWhirds
proved to be about as belligerent as
any of the feathered folk
Much more so than the English
sparroWs. The sparrows minded their
al
but the snowbirds were constantly peck
ing at each other The sparroWs were
models Of peacefulness, by comparison.
So much has been written of the
fighting Of these sparrows that it is
wholesome to be able to say that, in
comparison with the juncos, they are
feathered angels.
Even their mating season, unusually
early, did not cause the sparroWs to
indulge in nearly as much quarreling
and fighting as the juncos displayed
while picking up seeds which fell from
the coconut feeding station suspended
over the garden gate
In the mountains the snowbirds simply
show their real nature. which is that
of a capable, strong and somewhat
belligerent bird
They are able to meet owls and hawks
and strong winds and driving rain,
mostly by sWiftness on the wing.
Careful observation of these little
fellows reveals each one as a perfect
Napoleon, even down to the white waist
coat, so conspicuous part of dress Of
the conqueror.
Probably a bobcat wouldn't bother a
snowbird at all. Not any way near as
much as hawk.
Bobcats after all, cannot fly They
have larger game in mind than a snow
bird
SnowblrdS breed in the Catskills and
Northern New England, so 1t is not
surprising that some of them take TO
Skyland.
We would like to hear from others as
to observations on the dispositions of
these bros. Despite the fact that all
the books speak of them as having less
quarrelsome dispositions than their
cousins. the English sparrovs, they
seem to US much more belligerent in
every way.