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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02

2, 1776, by all members present. Six
members signed at a later time.
Thomas Mexican who was with the
army did not sign until 1871. George
Wythe, the leader of the bar of Vir-
ginia, Richard Henry Lee, Elbridge
Gerry, Oliver Wolcott and Matthew
Thornton signed in the fall of 1776.
There were in all Sc signers of the
Declaration of Independence.
It was John Hancock, you will
recall, who signed his name in bold
letters, remarking that the King
would not need to put on his spec
tacles to read his signature.
The first newspaper which pub
lished the Declaration of Independ-
ence was the Pennsylvania Evening
Post in its issue of July 6, 1776.
Congress ordered that an anthem
ticated copy of the Declaration be
put on record. This authenticated
copy was first printed by a woman,
Mary K. Goddard, of Baltimore.
Every school boy knows the open
ing sentence of the Declaration COM
mencing-"When in the course of
human events :" and the conclud-
ing sentence reading-"And for the
support of this Declaration, with a
firm reliance on the protection of
divine Providence, we mutually
pledge to each other our lives, our
fortunes and our sacred honor"
We are now engaged in a great
war in which again our lives, our
fortunes and our sacred honor have
been pledged.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02

Both believed that the views which
they were advancing were for the
best ultimate interest of their coun-
try.
When the attack on Pearl Harbor
came, these people, without regard
to their prior views, dropped their
controversy and went to work to
win the war. But there have been
some people in this country, some
people in this state, who have con-
tinued to insist upon opening the
old controversy. There have been
some politicians in this country, some
in this state, who are trying to ride
into public office by branding as
unpatriotic those, men and women
who were not for our participation
in the war before Pearl Harbor.
This is bound to create a rift in
our national unity. So long as a
man or a woman is a good citizen
and loyal American, it is not
material what his or her views on
foreign policy were while this coun-
try was at peace. And if those poll
ticians, who are trying to drum up
intolerance, persist in their efforts,
I feel sure that the people will
rebuke their unconscionable efforts
at the very first opportunity.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02
A Little Spice

If you came of a good family, be
thankful about it, but rely upon your
own ambitions, not on dead ancestors
Theodore Roosevelt prescribed a
recipe for human worth: Don't
finch; don't fail; hit the line hard"
Ally yourself with some cause
greater than yourself, and it will
keep you from becoming petty.
If you want your secret to become
public property, merely tell someone
to keep it for you.
What man is is of greater i'm
portance than what he has, or does.
Truth becomes powerful, not by
praising it but by practicing it.
We should thank God for mercies
received with as great fervor as we
pray for the blessings we crave.
No one became great in the high
est sense who lodged the little daily
duties of life.
They who brood over insults will
hatch out hatred, and hatred is the
mother of wars.
A good conscience does not cost
as much as it is worth.
A lazy person cannot become skill
full by luck.
May each shutdown mark the obliv-
ion of each DAVIS insults
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02

May each shutdown mark the obliv-
ion of each days insults.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02

The U. S. used about 81 pounds OF
fats and oils per person last year.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02

Before Pearl Harbor some of us
hoped that America could keep out
of this war; But we are now parti-
cipants in the most titanic struggle
ever seen on earth. We are engaged
in what is called total war. Total
war, as 1 understand it, means that
the war effort is the supreme OBJ
jective and that every human life
and every dollar in money and pro-
perty is to be modified under the
command of government for the pro-
secution of the war.
We are raising an army of millions
of men, and navy of hundreds of
thousands of men. We are creating
a vast air force. We are recruiting
our women and putting them in uni
form. Every day our boys are going
into the armed services by the thou
sands and they are already fighting
on a dozen fronts in various parts
of the world.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02

A lazy person cannot become skill
full by luck.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02

A good conscience does not cos
as much as it is worth.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02
American independence
And Democracy

Following is text of talk to be
given at Morristown and Owa-
tonna on July 4th and over
KSTP radio station at $3.50 p. m.
the same day.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02

There is a third essential to ma
tional unity in the prosecution of the
war. We must have racial and re-
ligious tolerance. Tolerance for the
other fellows racial origin and for
his religious belief is imbedded deer
in American life. It is guaranteed
by the Constitution of the United
States. But war creates hysteria
and hysteria creates intolerance, and
intolerance creates hate. People who
are normally fair and kindly, in times
of war may lose their sense of pro-
portion and begin to suspect and to
hate their neighbors. We must avoid
this. In country like ours where
so many racial strains have met and
blended, nothing could so quickly
create national disunity as the seed of
racial hate. Let us have tolerance,
calm judgment and a kindly dispo-
sition toward everyone, no matter
what country he or his forefathers
came from. -,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02

After the war, there must be no
peace that compromises the prin-
ciples of our Declaration of indie
pendence and the democracy we have
achieved under our Constitution.
We must win this war and then
insist that in the treaty of peace the
self evident truths expressed in our
own Declaration of Independence be
written in bold letters: "That all
men are created equal; that they are
endowed, by their Creator, with GER
attn inalienable rights; that among
these are life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness"
Then we shall have kept faith with
those who have given their lives in
defense of America and better
world for all mankind.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02

and this can not be disclosed. But
the American people are entitled to
all information about the war which
can be disclosed without aiding the
enemy. The people are going to
fight it and pay for it. They have
right to know about it in every
way, provided only that their knowl-
edge does not benefit the enemy.
We have today a censorship of
war news. This is probably inescap-
able in war tme But there must
be candid censorship. There must
be no deceit, no warping of the bad
news, no use of the censorship to
conceal mistakes which may be made
by our own public officials.
have faith in the courage and
intelligence of the American people.
I am sure that they can take the
bad news with the good, if it is
given to them frankly. But if our
people ever get it into their heads
that they are not being told the truth
about the war, if they once come to
suspect that censorship is being used
by officials in Washington to conceal
their own mistakes, they will lose
confidence in the censored news
which comes out of Washington.
They will speculate and conjecture
as to what the truth really is, and
confusion and disunity will result.
If we are to have national unity
in the prosecution of the war, the
first essential is that the people be
told the truth at all times and under
all circumstances.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02

There is still another and i'm
portant essential vital to the national
unity of our people in time of war
The burdens and the privileges of
the war must be distributed with
equality at all times and under all
circumstances. The tax burden of
the vast financial effort must be
evenly distributed among our people
according to their ability to carry
the burden. The draft must be adj
ministered according to the law and
regulations, with an impartiality so
complete that it is above question.
Commissions and preferment in the
armed forces must be awarded solely
on the basis of capacity and exper-
fence, and not on the basis of social
position, or wealth, or political pull.
There must be no special privilege
shown to any man or woman in the
rationing of essential commodities.
Everywhere, and at all times, every
body must be treated on the basis of
equality.
Every American is willing to make
the sacrifices which he is being
called upon to make if he is treated
as others are treated. But if some
person or some group of persons
secure special advantage, not predi-
Gated on merit or equality, there is
bound to arise a feeling of just re-
sentiment and that resentment will
contribute to national disunity.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02

But in America, in any democracy,
it is essential. And, in order to have
national unity in America, it seems
to me that certain things are essen
tial.
First, the government must al
ways be frank with the people and
tell the truth. OF course, there is
certain information in possession Of
the officials in Washington which
would be of service to our enemies
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02

A fourth essential to national unity
is the elimination of politics from
the prosecution of the war. This is
not Democratic war or a Repub-
lican war. It is not the war of any
political party. No political party
has any right to use the war for
political advantage. No political
party has any right to try to advance
its political platform under the guise
that it is part of the war effort.
No political qualification should OBJ
tain in the selection of the men who
are to direct our vast effort. No one
cares what political party General
Macarthur belongs to, or if he be-
longs to any political party. Loyalty
coupled with brains, experience and
capacity to do the job should be the
sole standard of selection.
If our people come to believe that
during the war political considera-
tons are going to control decisions,
national unity is bound to suffer.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02

IrSt essential is I1at the people o.
told the truth at all times and unde
all circumstances.
The second essential of nationa
unity in the war effort is that tn
government state frankly all of tn
facts which make necessary restric
tive measures. The rationing o
sugar may be necessary to the win
ming of the war. There are thos
in authority who say that it is nee
essary and there are some in author
ity who say that it is not necessary
Gasoline has been rationed in tn
East and there is talk that it viii
soon be rationed here in the Middl
West. There is wide diversity O
opinion as to the necessity of ration
ing it here in the Mississippi Valley
AS to these commodities and man,
others there has been no compre
hensive statement of the facts which
make clear to our people the neces
sity for restrictions. The result
discussion and speculation, and doub
and wonder on the part of some o
our people. This makes for dis
unity in the war effort.
Willingly our people will lowe
their standard of living to win tn
war, if they are given facts which
convince them that their self-sacri
flee is a contribution to victory. /
big step toward national unity will
be made if government will max
full, fair and impartial statemen
OF all the facts as to each commod
ity which it denies or rations to on
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02

In order to supply our own armed
services and those of our associates
in the war, we are rapidly turning
our industrial resources into the pro-
duction of munitions of war. In the
near future about one-half of all
industrial workers will be engaged
in production for war purposes. We
are building merchant ships by the
thousands and naval vessels by the
hundreds. We are making airplanes
and tanks and guns on scale never
dreamed of year ago. Our war
effort is truly colossal and it is being
expanded and increased day by day
In order to pay for this gigantic
preparation we are spending money
in unprecedented sums. Billions are
being appropriated every few days
Heavy taxes are being levied and
much heavier taxes will be levied
Billions of dollars worth of bonds
are being sold by the government
and bought by all classes of our
citizens.
Restrictions have been put on our
daily living, and additional restric-
tions, more severe in character, will
soon follow. Luxuries are being cut
off. Rationing of necessities has been
inaugurated and will be rapidly ex-
banded to cover an ever increasing
number of commodities.
Sacrifices in lives, money and
standards of living have already been
made by the American people. But
they are as nothing compared with
those that must be made in the
future.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02

We are willing to make all sacri-
fees necessary to win the war. We
must win this war and win it as
quickly, and with as little sacrifice
of American lives and American
property as is humanity possible.
In order to win the war it is
absolutely essential that we have
national unity. In democracy,
such as we have in America, the will
of the people ultimately prevails.
Sometimes it takes long time for
public opinion to crystalline. Some
times it takes a much longer time
for public opinion to translate itself
into governmental action. But ulti-
mately the general will of the cleo
torate controls the course Of govern
ment. Therefore, if democracy is
to win a war, the people must be
intellectually behind the war effort.
Under a dictatorship this is not
true. Under dictatorship. political
power comes from the top down.
The people have no voice in their
government. Public officials are the
masters of the people, not their serv-
ants. The dictator gives orders and
the people must obey. The people
dare not express their real thoughts,
either in the press or by word of
mouth. If they do, they are sent
to concentration camps, or purged
by firing squad. Hence, under a
dictatorship national unity is not
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02

A fifth essential of national unity
is that we forget the divisions of
opinion as to foreign policy which
prevailed before the attack on Pearl
Harbor. Prior to Dec. z, 1941, this
country was at peace and it was
the right and duty of every citizen
to study the question of America s
foreign policy and to decide for him.
self, according to his understanding
and his conscience, what course of
action he thought was best.
Some of us were so-called inter-
ventionists, and some of us were So
called isolationists. Some people who
favored the participation of the
United States in the war formed
what they called the Committee to
Defend America by Aiding the Allies.
Some of those who believed that
it was best for America to stay out
of the war formed what they called
the America First Committee. Both
of these groups were made up Of
honest, loyal, patriotic Americans.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02
Fact And Opinion
What Price Permanent Peace?
BY e. G.. Stengelsen.

There is only one thing wrong
with the postwar world order en-
visioned by Messrs. Roosevelt, Wal
lace, Hoover, Lippman, ct al, and the
WILKES, Stassens, Balls and other
lesser fry cluttering up the band
wagon.
1t is that after the American peo-
pie have shaved and pinched and i'm
poverished themselves to win the
war, they will hardly be in mood
willingly to make the tremendous
further sacrifices they must of neces-
sity make if the Utopian dreams of
our idealists are to become reality.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02

They who brood over insults will
hatch out hatred, and hatred is thu
mother of wars.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-02

When the war has been won,
Americans may feel they have spent
all they can afford, either in blood
or billions. They are generous, but
not to the point of idiocy; they desire
permanent peace, but not at such
cost that war would be lesser evil.
And if our leaders cannot be
swerved from a course which can
only result in Americas utter i'm
poverishment, the people will change
leaders. This is a last resort the
voting booth offers.
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-22
HARRISON

II Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart Russell oi
Newport News, Va. spent Sunday
with her mother, Mrs. Leta War
Fingten and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delansen Young OF
bethlehem, Pa, have been spending
some time with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Rust.
MIR. and Mrs. Hugo Koeppel had
as dinner guests on Sunday last,
Mrs. Bertha Johnson of Stockley,
Mrs. Charles Bowers, Mrs. Rena
Armstrong and Mrs. Vina Houek,
all of near here.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Prettyman
and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Veasey
visited Slaughter Beach and Fort
Salisbury on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bates Baker gave
party to few of their friends and
relatives on Friday evening last in
honor of Mr.. Bakers birthday an
niversary. Those who enjoyed the
party were as follows, Miss Grace
Russell, Mrs Virginia McIlvain,
Mr.. and Mrs. Loper, Miss Dorothy
Loper, Miss Viola Loper, Miss
Fannie Mae Jackson, Joseph Car
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Carter,
Miss Patricia Ann Carter. Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Veasey, Mrs. Pearl
Coverdale, Mf. and Mrs. Britting-
ham, Misses Frances and Gladys
Baker. A very jolly evening was
spent with plenty of music and
singing. Those who furnished the
music were as follows: Mr.. Loper,
violin; Miss Dorothy Loper, banjo;
Miss Fannie Mae jackson, harmon
lea; Joseph Carter, guitar; James
Dalius, guitar; Lloyd Carter, gui-
tar. The music was fine and much
enjoyed by all. AT late hour re-
freshments of lemonade and sever
al kinds of cake and candy were
bOuntifully served. The folks wish
Mr.. Bakers birthday would come
oftener-they all had such a fine
time. Mr.. Baker received several
very useful gifts.
Melvin Prettyman and family and
little Cora Eta Prettyman we're
entertained at supper by Mr.. and
Mrs. John Massey in Bethel on
Sunday last.
The Woman's Society of Chris
tian Service has been postponed
until the second Wednesday night
in June. As the Georgetown High
School commencement will be held
on the regular night, the first
Thursday evening in June. So all
he present the second Wednesday
night in June, the 10th. Mrs. Meta
Mason and Mrs. Nora Ennis will be
hostesses and they will be sure to
have a. fine program to entertain
you. So be sure to be present.
They have moved the spotting
station from near Sand Hill to
Harbeson the past week.
Mrs. John Rust's new bungalow
which she is having built on her
farm is nearing completion.
; Mrs. Juinita Stewards new bung-
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-22
MILFORD NECK
Methodist Church
Rev. HAIRY H. C6fner, Faster

4 Sunday, May "a.
200 P. Sunday School. H.
A. Thompson. Supt.
Come and enjoy the study OF
Lords Word, together.
2:30-Sermon by the pastor; The
Power of Thought.
AS man thinketh In his heart,
SO is he,-Proverbs 1897.
The M. Y. F. met in the church
Friday evening. Frances Austin
and Anna CIough presented a
splendid program based on the
topicy Friendship.
Ella Stubbs and Mary Clough
had charge of recreation. Mrs.
George Bond and Mrs. Albert Aus
tin supervised activities.
Mr.. and Mrs. John French and
children, Ruby Marion and Junior,
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Charles p.
French, ST., on Sunday evening.
Miss Leila Mae Macklin spent
Sunday afternoon with her girl
friends, Misses Sara and Elizabeth
Short sa#sif
Mrs. George Bond was a lunch
con guest of Mrs. W. e. Mills on
Saturday. W u N f
;'Vinol Kirby of Glenn Martin
AiBplane works., Baltimore, spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Paris O. Kirby. ssf. y aa
Mrs. Alfred Meredith visited her
sister, Mrs. Harvey Thompson, on
Wednesday evening. ra.siart Is
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-22


allow is nearly finished. She is ex-
peeting to moveIiinto 'it by the first
of'June. ,. ung. 'i,ia e d i3r iifs
Mrs. Mayme Reynolds Of Milton
spent Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram Mffeh. aili - SGD N
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Mason enter
tanned al few of their friends on
Thursday evening. Those present
were as follows: Mr. and Mrs Ar
thur Smith. Mr.. and MRS Robert
Ott, Mn,s and MRS q Robert Reasey
and Thomas Campbell. jPhe evening
was very enjoyably spehtin games
and music aAtya 5latei lhourrefpesh-
ntehts of ice cream and cake were
very bodntifully served and much
enjoyed.in fagli9. aefsed anF Gati
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-22
FRANKFORT

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ellis and
little daughter, Mary Helen, accom-
panied by Mrs. Ellis sister, Miss
Ruth Hudson, of Bishopville, Md,
and Mr.. Ellis mother, Mrs. Dasia
T. Ellis, motored to Macon, Ca, a
week ago in order to spend Moth
er's Day with Private John Will
loughby Ellis, Jr., who is in train
ing in an army camp in Georgia.
They report that Jack wishes to be
remembered to all his friends on
the peninsula.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zack w. Wells, of
Wilmington were visitors in town
on Sunday.
Mrs. ]. w. Minner, of Ocean
City, N. j., is visiting Mrs. Martha
M. Short in Frankford.
Miss Florence Walters, of Phila-
delphia. was the weekend guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Ellwanger.
A tired but happy group, the
John M. Clayton seniors, and their
chaperOnes. arrived safely at their
respective homes about 400 P. M.
on Sunday from very interesting
trip to Washington, d. C.
All congregations in the Frank
fOrd-Dagsboro district are earnest
ly requested to unite for worship
services on Sunday, May 81, and
enjoy the Baccalaureate sermon to
the class of 1912 at the John M.
Clayton High School,,
Among the pastoral changes au-
thorized. by the Peninsula Confer
ence. last week. was the removal
of our Rev. John A. Clark to his
toric old Asbury Methodist Church
in Wilmington. His successor at
the Frankford Methodist Church
will be the Rev. A. w. Strickland,
from the Millington. Md, charge.
The Presbyterian Church, here,
is sending to each of the young
men from this church who are now
in the U. S. Army, a well-bound
pocket edition of the New Testa-
ment and Psalms.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Frank Dukes
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Everett Layton in Days.
boro. Other guests. besides these
grandparents, included the parents
OF both Mr.. and Mrs. Layton.
Last Thursday evening the Days
boro Lions entertained their wives
with a superb banquet in the John
M. Clayton School cafeteria. The
repast was prepared and served
by the Ladies' Auxiliary Society Of
the local Presbyterian Church.
On Wednesday night, May 20
the first Junior Prom was held al
the John M. Clayton High School
The office blotter says: Beware
of Judging people by appearance
Nothing is beautiful from every
point Of view"