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Askov American., 1942-02-12
Sandstone Young
Girl Dies; Rites
Are Held Friday
Complications Following
Operation Fatal to Miss
Pearl Delger.

The Sandstone community mourns
the loss of one of its young people,
Miss Pearl Delger, Is, who died in
st. Paul last week following a brief
illness.
Pearl Wilhelmena Delger was born
on a farm near Kroschel, Kanabec
county, on August IL, 1925, and de-
parted this life February 3, 1912, at
the tender age of Is years, 5 months
and % days. She died at st. Joseph's
hospital, st. Paul, where she had had
an operation for appendicitis the week
preceding her death.
Sophomore in High School.
When she was four years of age
her parents moved to Sandstone, the
family residing there since. Pearl
attended the local grade school and
was in her sophomore year in high
school at the time of her death. She
was good student, popular both with
her classmates and in her church &C
tivities. Her pleasing personality and
willing spirit won for her many
friends.
She leaves to mourn her passing
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Vessel
Delger of Sandstone, two sisters, Vera
at home, and Alvina (Mrs. E. j. Lar
son), of Rose Hill, ILL.,; brother-in-
law, Rev. Ernest Larson, and a niece
and nephew, also of Rose Hill.
Burial at Friesland.
Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon at o'clock from the Sand
stone Bible church with Rev. A. G.
Dalke officiating. Burial was made
in the cemetery at Friesland. Those
serving as pallbearers were Carl Lar
son, Wallace Larson, Fred Peterson,
Gilbert Haglin, Bobby Olson and
Merlin Keller.
Among those from away who at
tended the funeral were Rev. and Mrs.
E. j. Larson and family, Rose Hill, Ill,
Mr.. and Mrs. Maynard Without, Kro-
schel; Mrs. Dena Rypkema and fami-
ly, Mrs. Dena Jarsma, Mr.. and Mrs.
Otto Schuyler and Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Jarsma, Hinckley; Mrs. John Without
and family, Cloquet; and Mrs. Fannie
Webber and family and Sheriff Han
mes Rypkema, Pine City.
Friends of the bereaved family ex-
tend sympathy in the untimely pass
ing of their daughter and sister.
Askov American., 1942-02-12
Death Calls Aged
City Woman
Mrs. J. Y. Breckenridge
was Oldest Registered
Pharmacist in Minnesota.

Mrs. j. Y. Breckenridge, one of Pine
county's Oldest citizens and Minneso-
ta's oldest registered pharmacist, died
Monday at Pine City after an ill
ness of more than two years. She
was 81 years old and had lived at
Pine City for 81 years.
Born in Lewiston, Maine, in 1859,
she spent her early years in Maine,
taught school there and then took up
the study of pharmacy, becoming a
registered pharmacist She came to
Pine City with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. F. Stone, when 20 years Of
age. Her parents were engaged in
the hotel business in Pine City in the
early days.
Continued Store Work.
She was married to j. Y. Brecken-
ridge, who, besides being in the drug
store business, was also postmaster at
Pine City for a number of years.
Mr. Breckenridge passed away in
1917 and Mrs. Breckenridge continued
to run the store until 1925 when she
sold it.
Mrs. Breckenridge is survived by
three children, one daughter, Mrs.
Mathew c. Mcmillan of Saltwater,
and two sons, Clinton Breckenridge
of Madison, wis, and John Y. Breck-
enridge of Drexel Hill, Pa. There
are also two grandchildren, Virginia
Breckenridge of Madison, and Eliza
beth Breckenridge of Milwaukee.
Funeral services were held Wednes-
day at the home in Pine City and in
terment was made in Brentwood
cemetery.
Askov American., 1942-02-12
Machinery Care,
Safety Talked At
Meeting Monday
More Than 800 on Hand
at Farm Machinery Day
in Hinckley.

The effect of the war on Minnesota,
safety on the farm, tractor operation
and other similar topics were dis
cussed Monday at the farm machin-
cry repair meeting at Hinckley spon-
sored by the machinery dealers of
the county, the u. S. D. A. War
Board, the Extension service and vari-
Gus farm organizations. More than
800 were in attendance.
Case Nieboer, chairman of the war
board, opened the meeting, stressing
the importance of repairing farm ma
chinery and ordering needed repairs
now. County Agent Max McMillin
introduced the other speakers, the
first of whom was M. A. Thorfinnson
who talked on the farmers part in the
war. Discussing the seriousness of
the war and how it would affect
Minnesota, he pointed out that if the
United States did not occupy Iceland
northern Minnesota would be within
bombing range of the Axis powers.
Safety Stressed.
Among the representatives OF the
machinery industry who gave inter
esting talks were c. E. Mills, who
spoke on adjustment of farm machin-
cry, his talk being illustrated by
slides; Mr.. Ellerman, who discussed
safety on the farm; and Mr.. STREET,
who gave an illustrated talk on the
operation of tractors and the care
of their tires. Speakers urged farm
ers to Immediately check their ma
chinery to have it in shape for spring
and summer work.
Hinckley businessmen provided free
coffee at noon and the Future Farmers
of America furnished lunch. Free
cigars were given by the Dehler I'm
plement Company of Hinckley, and
the Farmers and Merchants State
Bank. Door prizes, donated by the
businessmen of Hinckley, were dis
tributed at the conclusion of the
meeting.
Askov American., 1942-02-12
St. Olaf Choir On
Radio Program

The st. Olaf College choir will in
augurate a new series of programs
over its home radio station, WCAL at
Northfield, beginning Sunday, March
/.
Under the direction of F. Melius
Christensen, noted composer-direc-
tor, the choir will be heard from $3.50
to p. m. Sundays on new March
of Faith" program.
The program will feature outstand-
ing personalities of state, school and
church. Speaking on the program in
its initial broadcast March / will be
DR.. o. c. Reigstad, pastor, Bethlehem
Lutheran church, Minneapolis.
This is the first time that the st.
Olaf college choir has launched a
series of musical programs over its
own station which is heard at ITO
kilocycles.
Askov American., 1942-02-12
Town OF Bremen
WomanSuccumbs
Mrs. Frank Urianek Victim
of Heart Disease Last Fri
day Evening.

Ill only "a hours, Mrs. Frank Uria-
mex of Bremen township, succumbed
to heart disease at her home Friday,
February 6, 9 o'clock in the evening.
She was 81 years of age.
Barbara Novak was born in Bo-
hemia on May 16, 1877, being mar
ried there in August, 1902, to Frank
Urianek. Three years later they
emigrated to the United States, liv-
ing in st. Paul seven years before
coming to Pine county to make their
home nine miles west of Willow
River in Bremen township. They have
resided there since.
Leaves Husband, Five Children.
Mr.. Urianek survives his wife to-
gether with five children, Frank, John
August, Edward and Mary, all at
home with the exception of Frank
and John who are employed in Oak
land, Calf. Other survivors are a
brother, John, in Minneapolis, and a
brother and sister in Bohemia.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday afternoon of this week at 4
o'clock from the Presbyterian church
at Willow River with Rev. John j.
Moedt of Bruno, officiating. The
body was laid to rest in the Willow
River cemetery. The pallbearers
were George A. Mecl, Roland She
forgen, John F. Stepan, Laddie Cho-
dora, Jos. Mach, Sr., and George
Jirovec, Sr.
John and Frank Urianek of Oak
land, Calf, and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Novak of Minneapolis, came for the
funeral.
Friends extend sympathy to the
bereaved relatives in their hour of
sorrow.
Askov American., 1942-02-12
Chair, Letters
Ruled Illegal

The mails in all parts of the
country are again being flooded
with the so-called endless chain
letter schemes, this time solicit
ing Defense Savings stamps.
The post office department
warns that the sending of such
matter through the mail is a vio-
lation of the postal fraud and
lottery statutes.
Anyone parta ing in such
schemes faces the possibility of
having the postal department
issue fraud orders against him
which means that all mail ad-
dressed to this person would be
returned to the sender by the
post office department stamped
Fraudulent.
Askov American., 1942-02-12
TOPreach Farewell
Sermon At Willow

BY action of the adjourned session
of the Presbytery of Duluth, held
February 6 at Mora, the change of
pastor at the Willow River Presby-
terian church will take effect Febru-
airy Is. AS result the Mora and Nc
Grath churches will form a two
point field, to be served by Rev. Week;
Willow River and Barnum to be
served by Mr.. Kenneth Nelson; leav-
ing Kerrick and Bruno to Rev. John
J. Moedt.
Sunday evening, February Is, Rev.
Moedt will preach his farewell SER
mon at Willow River.
Askov American., 1942-02-12
international News Review

arises in Singapore-''send us help!'
1t has been said that some reinforce
ments already have arrived, but, it is
very obvious that great many are
needed, for the japanese seem to have
inexhaustible manpower reserves, and
they are pouring them down into the
southern tip of the Malay peninsu-
la for the purpose of crossing the
mile-wide Johore strait which sep
arates Singapore from the mainland.
London does not deny that the situa-
ton is an extremely critical one, and
the British government realizes that
a Singapore lost will mean new dan
gers to India and Australia. The
storm on Singapore is now on full
blast.
Amboine Taken.
While the Japanese are trying to-
get across the Johore strait, they also
are Systematically invading the Dutch
East Indies. During the last few
days they have been bombarding
Surubaya and Batavia on the island
of Java, they seem to have made
landing on the island of Borneo, and
the Dutch admit that the enemy has,.
at least, conquered the island of Am
boine-between Celebes and New
Guinea.
Everywhere in the Far East
the question is one of reinforce
ments. Can they be sent? Will
they be sent?
In the battle of the East Indies
the only reinforcements possible are
those furnished by Americans and
Britons, and some accounts make il
clear that American as well as Brit
ish airplanes have taken important
part in the fighting.
In the Philippines.
In the meantime, General Douglas
Macarthur, at the head of his small
American and Filipino forces on the
Philippine island of Corregidor and in
the peninsula of Bataan, is giving
the world new illustration of what
it means to be courageous and patient
at the same time.
The courage has been exempli-
fed by repeated repulses of jap
anese offensives despite the fact
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Askov American., 1942-02-12
By GEORG STRANDVOLD

It may be that it was high time for
the high commands of the United
States and the British empire to join
hands and to form common staff,
with headquarters in Washington, in
order to carry on the war more ef-
fectually than it has been done be-
fore. AS now constituted, the united
high command consists of four Ameri-
can and four British officers-ad
mirals, generals and air corps heads
but Russia, China and other men,
bers of the United Nations group are
not represented. 1t will be the duty
of the new organization to outline
the general plans of strategy, while
the details will be left to the staffs
of each of the two countries.
In the Italian periodical, Oggi,
an Admiral Ducci has written a
few days ago an article which
claims that the United States and
Great Britain are now planning
to inva d e continental Europe
through either Scandinavia or the
Balkans.
While that might sound plausible
enough, it is hardly conceivable that
an admiral in one of the navies of an
axis power would have been let in on
the secret But, of course, plans of.
this very nature are likely to be dis
cussed by the new joint high COM
mand.
Not so Good.
Cooperation like that now about to
be established in Washington would
seem to be very badly needed for the
correction of situation which has, to
say the least, not shown any improve
ment during the last few days.
AS has been the case for several
weeks, the Japanese continue to COM
mand the stage of the events-they
are, really, the very center of atten-
ton.
Desperately, they are trying to
force the British out of Singapore
as they a few days ago drove
them out of the Malay states, but
the British insist that they will
hang on to the very last drop of
blood.
Reinforcements- the cry that
Askov American., 1942-02-12
Nation Ready For
Third Registration

All places for the third registra-
ton under the national draft act will
be open Monday from a. m. until
9 p. m. In Pine county, Sandstone,
Hinckley and Pine City will have
registration places open Saturday and
Sunday also, from to p. m. for
the convenience of those who will
not be able to register on February
16.
Askov American., 1942-02-12
Vows Spoken At
Home
Miss Rachel Mae Thomp-
son Becomes Bride of
Markville Man Saturday.

In a pretty candlelight ceremony
last Saturday evening at the home of
the bride, Miss Rachel Mae Thomp-
son, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Thinesen of Sandstone, was united in
marriage to Mr.. Ivan Lambert An
derson, son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. H.
Anderson of Markville.
Rev. Nels Benson of Hinckley, read
the impressive ring ceremony and
Miss Leila Mae Benson sang 20 Per-
feet Love" and Savior, Let Thy
Sanction Rest" The bride was at
tended by her cousin, Miss Mary
Thinesen of Askov, with Virgil An
derson of st. Paul, brother of the
groom, serving as best man.
On Honeymoon Trip.
A buffet supper was served after
the ceremony. On Sunday afternoon
old friends and neighbors of the bride
gathered at the Thinesen home to
wish the bridal couple happiness. The
newlyweds left the following day for
t1lP W OS SpSIlI
in the Twin Cities and Duluth.
The bride is well known in the
Askov and Sandstone communities
where she attended school. She grad
uated from the high school at the
latter place with the class of 1896.
The groom, who is well and favorably
known in Markville, will leave Fri
day, February 13, for Fort Smelling
to serve in the armed forces. His
bride will continue her present en-
ployment at Hinckley where she has
been the past year.
Guests from Away.
Out of town guests at the wedding
were Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Anderson
and Raynold and Elton of Markville,
Miss Clarice Anderson of Minneapo-
lis, Miss Harriet Anderson, Aldine
and Claire Anderson and Miss Betty
Jayne Howard of Duluth; Virgil An
derson of st. Paul, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Thinesen and daughter Mary and
MIR. and Mrs. S. Owe Hermansen o.
Askov, Rev. and Mrs. Nels Benson
and daughter Leila Mae, Mr.. and Mrs
Chas. Rydberg, Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley
Halvorson and Mr.. and Mrs. A. E.
Eddy of Hinckley.
The happy couple have the con-
gratulations and best wishes of their
many friends.
Askov American., 1942-02-12

Here three generations Americans before the great Lin
coin Memorial Washington the soldier and his children and
the soldiers father Can you hear Lnco
reaching them
as Uould be a slave, I ,uoud master This
idea of democracy. Whatever differs
the extent Of the difference, is no democracy"
+
Let haze faith that right makes might and
the end dare to do duty understand it."
Askov American., 1942-02-12
RuralPupilsW Win
Triple A Awards
David Haugen, Crasston,
and Jerome Hudak, Pine
City, Take Firsts.

David Haugen, grade six, district
SO at Grasston, and Jerome Hudak,
grade six, Sauter school, Pine City,
were the first place winners in the
recent Pine County Rural Schools
AAA Essay contest. The former
wrote on Food for Freedom" and
Jerome's essay was on "Soil Con-
servation". Each received 81 prize.
Honorable mention, Csc defense
stamps, were awarded to the follow
ing who submitted essays on Food
for Freedom: Russell Clementson,
Pine City; Ilene Schulz, Grasston;
Mary Okronglis, Sturgeon Lake; and
Evelyn Holmstrom, Brook Park.
Similar prizes were given to Leonard
Pionk, Sturgeon Lake, and Mary Jane
Adamczak and Lena Neumeyer of
Kerrick for essays on soil conserva-
ton.
Food for Freedom"
David Haugen's article follows:
To-day we are in hard war which
will need everything that we can
produce or save. The Agricultural
Adjustment Administration has for
some time helped us to better use
of our land by paying farmers to
plant certain amounts and not any
more to prevent great overlooking
of supplies.
"Now in time of war, we will need
all the food and other supplies that
we can produce for our soldiers and
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-28
Too Much usweIIism

NV14EN President Roosevelt appointed Prof Rexford
Wv Guy Tugwell governor of Puerto Rico in 1941 the
President, and the country whole doubt thought
that this radical "brainruster had been put in the
'doghouse for a long time
But events transpiring that show conclusivey
that ProfessorGovenor TugWe does consider Puerto
Rico "doghouse at all for he Immediately set about
turning the island into guinea-pig farm-an expert
mental laboratory for his state soCiastc ideas
These totalitaran experiments in flesh and blood
naturally resented by all Puerto Ricans except that
small percentage of persons-o be found all countries
who are communlstlC under various masks In Puerto
Rico il is called 'the populaire Professor Governor
Iug"eI seems to be handin-gove with these fellows
DUERTO RICO for years has been in an unfortunate
l condition Since ProfessorGove Tugwclrs advent
with his New Deal paternastc ideas things have been
getting steadily worse.
Just what me trouble down there succincy stated by
investigating conditions IN the island lie said
We could make Puerto >elf->u>taning community
enterprise encouraged Puerto Rico would
Instead Of being in the hands
would he IN much better shape
or FREE ENrfRPEisE AND TIiE FibsiPfRING OF NB
E!DJAL IdIliIS-n word 100 much Tag"elsm.
PUT 'he prdeor-go'crnor regmcntng
- sand on soea.lc 1cz H even has reach
oolterauon Of trade brands from standard American manu-
nc essof-eo'crnor j{'the hs hshhanded act as
bE7, ornc. are being cornIt,c- under Who toean Of war
eoc bur Governor tscUcIIs assertion shy and pe-1Is
N really further NF Deal sabotage against the freedom Of
of the NAL merchandise tho trade mark
saa laee 1.l " ' Fg.ne m%f goods and which
70 oenohsh h.s Traditional American ndI,Iduasm pro-
NV aesI,a easa aims a. FEBEEt-iztp ToraLlTARiSS
E,rfefRIsf ' '.' American system o. = ''fh
Of motives.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-28
No Peril
by BENJAMIN DeCasseres

PEELED 10 contradict that per-
son with the printed fact, al
though l, personally, do not be-
lieve we are descended from
monkeys. l believe that mon
keys are the degenerate cousins
of man.
The latest person to deny that
Darwin ever said We are de-
scended from apes is A highly
respected and erudite columnist.
So once again I refer the unbe-
levers on this matter TO page
52S Of the volume The Origin
Of Species and The Descent Of
Man published by the Modern
Library. Darwin here says.
1--WE may thus ascend TO the
Iemuridae; and the Interval is
not very wide from these 10 the
simiadae. The simiadae then
branched of into two great
stems, the new world and old
world monkeys; and from the
latter, at a remote period, man,
the wonder and glory OF the
universe, proceeded.
Thus we have given TO man
a pedigree of prodlgious length,
but not. II may be said, of noble
quality"
This is not printed 10 defend
Darwin the greatness Of whose
mind and character and the in
tegrity of whose work need no
defense-but merely 10 set the
doubters straight about what
Darwin really said
The marvellous. the inCompre-
hensible. the totally inexplain-
able thing 10 me is that | am
here at all. Whether / descended
ior assembled from an ape or an
angel would be equally astound-
ing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-28

ence, meaning eagle and Johnny
Murrell, among others. 10 play
varsity football as long as
they maintained, their scholastic
standing and kept out of the
doghouSe.
The navy revoked its football
treaty with West Point and the
traditional game was suspended
in an atmosphere of real bitter
ness at which point high officer
of the military academy said he
hoped il would never be resumed
because graduates carried over
their rivalry into actual service
and the flag officers sitting on
impor ant boards, sometimes
were unable TO cooperate for
this childish reason.
IN THE autumn of 1929 word
reached Paul Calico of the
New York Daily News that
eagle had married his boyhood
sweetheart during his Christmas
furlough, in violation OF the
regulation providing that no
cadet shall have a horse, dog,
wife or mustache.
Calico vas bound by conf
dence neither to print the story
nor tell il TO any officer who
would have been honor-bound TO
cause the dismissal of the cap
tain and star of the team. The
secret broke next spring just a
little before eagle would have
been commissioned and he was
asked for his resignation.
He was a sad kid one beauti-
-ftrf day when he went back TO
visit old friends now busy with
preparations for the beautiful
ceremonies OF June week. His
classmates gave him whooplng
welcome back, but Red was no
longer one OF them and he
looked seedy by comparison in
his civvieS. sitting on bunk
with his friend. Buster Perry,
tackle, and trying to make light
Of things.
Toward dusk we went to the
emil ted soldiers SpeakeaSy,
where we knocked over several
portions Of applejack and eagle
iniste1 that II meant nothing 10
him not 10 finish his class. The
hell 4 didn't.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-28
What War Bonds Buy

or course you. want y that
new bathroom. But not now.
for raw materials are going into
war equipment and tools for our
boys on the battle front. But
your investment in war bonds
today will buy that new bath
room when the war is won.
If YOU have not done so, Join
the payroll savings plan al YOUR
office or factory today. Put 10
per cent or moro Of your earn
ings in war bonds and get back
81 for SO from Uncle Sam.
Let's top that 10 per cent by
New Years
United States Treasury Department
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-28

THERE came A fuss with An
Il napoliS over the eligibility
rules OF West Point which per-
mitted plebes. or freshmen with
previous college football expert
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-28
eagle Hurt
ByFaiIure
To Graduate
Red Victim Of Nonsense
at Military School
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER

WEST POINT may have had
w few football players who
were a little better than Red
eagle but he happened along in
tho era Of wonderful nonsense
when tho United States was
Came-crazy and no Army player
won greater renown.
Up 10 this time. the military
academy had been a remote in
Stltution. as Secretive as a prison
and a cadet on furlough in his
gray uniform might be taken for
a letter carrier. so little did the,
public know the school and the
corps,
Then the war department de-
Cidod that the people should be-
come acquainted with West
Point and Phil Fleming, then a
major Of engineers, now a major
general was sent in 10 manage
athletic operations and Capt.
Walter Wells, who had won his
commission in action in France,
was assigned 10 make publicity.
Wells is now a colonel Of in
fantry and probably somewhere
overseas but not with q regi-
mcnt because he is considered
too old.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-28

RAYMOND CLAP FER, a
~ columnist usually very con-
scrVative and non-alarmist, re-
Gently reared up and actually
shouted (for Mr.. Clapper) that
we are in great danger Of a
dictator because Of the recent
failure of Congress to instantly
obey the President.
l have been opposed to the
dilly-dallying, the cheaplack
politics. the bloc pressure Of GER
tain of our representatives. I
think Congress was all wrong
on initiation and that The Presi-
dent was right. But he. too,
has played dangerous labor and
farm politics.
But a dictator in the Euro
pean sense NO. There has AL
ways been that bugaboo put be-
fore us in every crisis-l7S9,
1900. 1S4s. 1861, 1917 and 1929.
He never appeared.
The very thing that Mr. Clap
per condemns -- congressional
defiance of the Presidents one
of the guarantees against olc-
tatoTship.
In times like these a little
dictatorship" when quick de-
ciSionS must be made in emcr-
gencies is a good thing. When
the house is on fire there IS no
time for a family council.
One person takes over--he tor
she) becomes the boss" auto
matically. When the fire is out
Pop and Nom 60 back to
slippers and darning
I'm an optimist on our Amer
ica-an optimist. however with
a finger on the trigger in case
a Mussolini or a Huey Long
does turn up.