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The Coolidge examiner., 1942-07-10
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A Guest Editorial by: Joseph d. Easter


year ago three high school students sat in my
office discussing the problems of their age group The
spokesman said. There is little for young people to
do in Coolidge in the summer In effort to the
situation the elders church provided flood lights
outdoor voey ball court. The young people respond
ed by buying ping pong table to put in the church re-
creation hall Throughout last plant open
to the young people play voey ball. horse shoes
ping pong These open house nights held week
with attendance of between thirty and thirty
five
This summer the recreatonal problems of age
of the boys counting the days until they will be in uni
tremendously concerned with world affairs Many
of tn boys counting the days until they will be in uni
form. Still most adolescents too young to play
part effort Many people saying that
because of the should cut down on recreatona
activities unessentia to the effort Youth leaders,
however, will take sharp issue with this point of view
Outlet be provided by the restessness engendered
by the detrimental results will follow. Recogniz
ing this situation the Parent Teachers Association of Phoe
nix up a recreational program for high
school boys and girls Somewhat before this action was
taken in Phoenix however elders of the Community
Presbyterian church studying the problem here
The result expanding the recreaonal program
the previous year The Church purchased equipment for
a softball and the young people purchased more
flood lights.
From to three nights week the young people OF
the church this summer being kept busy and happy
with variety of heathfu outdoor sports under the drec
ton of the pastor assisted by Joe Harmon This program
is primarily for the young people of the Church. however,
young people other churches who have cared to join
with the Community Church young people have always
welcomed In addition to the athletic program the
church sponsors Church of Youth with regular Sunday
evening meetings consider vital youth problems Also
frequent socia affairs are held summer camp will be
held Prescott the last week of August in cooperation
with other Presbyterian churches More than fifteen Cool
dge young people planning to attend this camp.
The Community Presbyterian church gladly accepts its
share of the responsibility in serving the needs of the
youth of community is to be hoped however, that
from this program the way may be pointed to a COM
munty sponsored program with paid playground drec-
tor One church the entire community even
if its members would like to do This especially true
if an effort should be made to than one age
group Often adults prone to criticize the conduct ana
activities adoescens and juveniles but real fault
lies with the adults they fail to provide sufficient whole
some activities for the boys and girls.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-07-10

. Miss Gloria Elsberry spent the
weekend in Tucson visiting with
friends.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-07-10

Q Mr.. and Mrs. John Haywood
are expecting their daughter Miss
Velma Haywood of Ray to spend
the week end with them.
o Dinner guests at the Joe Golden
home Sunday evening were Mr..
and Mrs. Riley Winters, daughter
Nancy Lou, and Mrs H L. Boil
horst of Illinois. The occasion
marked Joe Golden's birthday.
Q Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Garrett of
Tucson were guests at the home
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-07-10

. MIR. and Mrs. A. w. Empie and
sons Billy and Robert of Parker.
were dinner guests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Fisher on Sun
day. The Empies are former Cool
idge residents.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-07-10

= Miss Gloria Elsberry spent the
weekend in Tucson visiting with
friends.
. The Rev. and Mrs. ]. ID. Easter
and a group of young people from
Community Presbyterian church
are spending today in Phoenix,
where they will attend a rally at
the First Presbyterian church this
evening.
. Mr.. and Mrs. Nolan Kennedy
spent the weekend on a camping
trip near Tucson.
. Mrs. Harry Culbert, daughter
Mary Kay and Mrs. Jay Hinton
and daughter, Jean Ann OF Casa.
Grande returned Thursday from FL
Paso, Texas, where they visited
Lieutenant and Mrs. A. P White
head and family. The Whiteheads,
former Coolidge residents, are max
ing their home in Texas while
Lieutenant Whitehead is stationed
at Fort Bliss. Mrs. Culbert. Mrs
Hinton and daughters were gone
twelve days. They made the trip
via train.
. r. w. Taylor left Saturday for
Nebraska on a trip that will COM
bine business and pleasure. He
plans to be there two weeks
. Gregory Beeson left Friday for
Yuma, where he is employed in de-
tense work.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-07-10

. Mrs. p. B. Hannah and daugh-
ter Betty stayed overnight in
Phoenix Thursday. The Hannah's s
daughter Anne, who is employed
there. accompanied her mother and
sister home for the weekend.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-07-10

o A Saturday evening bridge
group at the home of Mrs. Avis
Hobby included Mrs. N. G. Murray.
Mrs. William Maddox and Mrs.
B. l. Steward.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-07-10
Local Happenings

. Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Golden and
daughter Elizabeth Brooke spent
Saturday in Tucson on pleasure.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-07-10

o Mrs. Sam Fisher left Friday
for California, where she is visit.
ing relatives and friends.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-01-29

Graduating a. Il member OF Good
fellow Fields inst wartime clubs.
at san Angelo, TEXAS. Aviation
Cadet Robert f. Shanks. son OF M.
and Mr.. Lewis j. Shanks. of Hen
dtrsun. has been sent to Brook
fIeIC, Texas, where he viii take his
advanced training before r]ecciVln4
his wing and commission as a sec
Und lieutenant in the Army AN
Corps. -
Cadet Shanks completed the basic.
or intermediate. phase of his flight
training at Goodfeller Field where
he learned to handle speedy, 45U-
horsepower training planes in pre-
paratlon for the larger. more power
full ships he viii pilot during his ud-
Fanccd instruction.
Upon completion of his advanced
training, Cadet Shanks viii receive
his wings and commission as a fly
Ipg second lieutenant and Will q
aloft as a combat pilot or be reas-
signed TO q training field as an in
structOl for the thousands of young
Americans now entering the Army
AIT Corps Is aviation cadets.
Before entering the All Corps,
Iadct Shank> attended Wake Forest
college, Wake Forest, n. G.. where
he was a member of the p~tj1Ication>
board and the Lambda Chi Alpha
fraternity.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-01-29

CONTINUED from Fage One)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-23

All . wool felts
and fine grade
straw braids In
n o m a pdours'
of the = face,
hornets. sailors
and scores OF
others.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-06-25
F j + IN
1dehense
F n Cts
BY Mrs. Chas. Krantz
Pine County Farmer Fieldwoman.

We farmers cannot make bombers,
nor tanks nor battleships. But the
laundering factories and smoking
steel mills cannot make food. With
out food for men, bombers can't fly,
ships can't sail and tanks can't roll.
That's what we mean when we say
farmers are in this war.
Over IL million bushels of corn
were shipped to our allies under
lend-lease through April 1, 1912.
More than So million bushels of
wheat had been shipped to other
United Nations by this country in
the same period.
More than 1876 million pounds of
dry beans and 11a million cases of
baked beans have been shipped un-
der lend-lease during the last year.
The variety of flax raised for seed
is unsuited to the production of a
long linen fibre. Fibre flax is the
source of linen which serves many
military and naval purposes, among
them being parachute harness and
rigging. Flax straw is considered
excellent for making cigarette paper.
Fred S. Wallace, Chief AAA.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-06-25

viduals, groups and even nations to
control the destiny of the entire
world. They have failed because
there really are no "herrenvolk."
There have been some nations which
were richer or more powerful in
arms but when they have tried to
organize and dictate to the rest of
the world, sooner or later they have
fallen.
Let us hope after this war that we
will not try the nonsense which will
be Hitler's doom and with it the
impoverishment and despair of the
German people.
The United States can help other
nations recover from the ravages OF
the war and we can help lead them
to democratic systems but we can't
jam democracy down their throat
any more than Hitler can force his
dictatorship upon the conquered
countries. 1t is way of life people
must seek and desire - even the
American people.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-06-25

I am quite disturbed over the
Byrd committee report on the Farm
Security Administration. The liquid
alton of the Farm Security Admin
istration would seem to me to be
nothing less than tragic.
The sound basic philosophy of the
Farm Security Administration is re-
vealed in its recognition of the need
of widespread ownership of produc-
tive property in the form of land
and home, its advocacy of the proper
use of the soil for the production
of family needs, its program for
assisting both financially and edu-
cationally the lower levels of the
American farm population.
The sound technique the Farm
Security Administration has en-
ployed to obtain its detectives is
worthy of commentator. It's pro-
gram for land and home ownership
through tenant purchase programs
rehabilitation loans and similar
means is a sound one. Its practical
methods of promoting self-sufici-
ency in the rural home is equally
sound. Its efforts directed toward
the improvement of the poorer groups
in our farm population, ranging from
the migrant laborer to the part-time
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-06-25
STEPPED ON HIS TOES?

Editor Askov American:
T. K. Knight is disappointed with
Hjalmar Petersen's actions and says
he does not take much interest in
the candidacy of any man running
for public office except himself
(Star-Journal Everybody's Ideas
June 15).
How many people nowadays "give
a darn" for the other fellow? II
looks to me as if it is each for him.
self, so why take Mr.. Petersen as
an example?
never was party man and
believe that during the duration we
should forget about parties.
It may be that Mr.. Petersen stepped
on Mr.. Knights toes!
H. F. LEDEBOER.
Motley, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-06-25
The Invaded Won't
Be Conquered

BY Lin Yu-Tang, Chinese author
and novelist, in an address at an
India-China Friendship celebration
given by the East and West associa-
ton recently in New York.
Minneapolis Star Journal, June Ply
Let me tell you about this war.
Who do you suppose is going to win
this war?
Not the politicians and diplomats,
With Goldfish eyes and artificial teeth,
Nor anyone tainted with politics.
Not Tory dogs, nor aged nincompoops,
Nor one-eyed monocled aristocrats.
Nor whisky-swilling planters bent on
exit,
Who threw away Singapore without
a witch
But with a contemptuous prodigal-
And yet could nothing learn, nothing
forget.
Who could not scorch the rubber
plantations,
For rubber trees take fifteen years
to grow.
Being a fifteen-year investment,
whose dividends
Our children depend upon-must
keep them yet,
Who failed to smash the Penang
radio station
Intoned Singapore in Oxford drawl,
Penang, are you still there?" Out
came the Japs'
Voice on the receiving set. Then
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-06-25
There Are NO Herrenvolk
New Ulm Daily JournaD

New Ulm Daily JournaD
We are fighting with Herr Hitler
and his Nazi hordes as well as with
the Japanese efficient midget race to
prove that no one nation or small
group of nations are going to be able
to lord it over the rest Of the world.
When we win it, let us hope that
we do not get drunk with our own
glory and try to succeed in imper-
ialism where Hitler and Hirohito
failed. Let's not get the idea that
1870 million people have the power
and are appointed by God to tell
two billion people of the earth how
they must live and what type of gov
eminent they must have.
The Herrenvolk idea that one race
is superior to all others and one blood
is the choicest in the world and they
are therefore chosen to rule all other
people, is the most damnable theory
and philosophy any nation can be-
lieve. It leads to war, tyranny and
poverty for the masses and luxurious
decay for the few on top.
It is such damnable nonsense that
we shudder when we see some OF
our jingoists like Willkie talking that
the United States must dictate and
rule the postwar world. This fool
ishness of some of our uplift and
world savers who talk of an Anglo
Saxon control of the world is Of the
same pattern and wool. History is
full Of the bloody failures of indi-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-06-25
IRONIC SITUATION
ditor Askov American.

Editor Askov American:
According to certain officials the
shipping situation is becoming so
serious that we must of necessity
curtail our consumption of certain
commodities in order to ease the
strain on our transportation system.
Unfortunately, however, there are
contradictions to the above, as for
instance, no sooner had the presi-
Dental order permitting the impor-
tation (duty free) of raw materials
used in war production emanated
from the 'White House." that ample
shipping facilities were found avail
able for the importation from far
off Australia, New Zealand and Ar
gentina of huge quantities of wool
"a bulky commodity, resulting in
the stagnation of the American wool
market, making it impossible for the
American grower to dispose of the
1912 clip at price even approach
ing the cost of production.
Wool can be produced in suffi-
cheney on American farms and ranch
es at a fair American price, but the
American grower cannot successfully
compete with growers in foreign
lands whose cost of production is
much lower. If, however, wool or
any other commodity should of nee
essity temporarily be imported duty
free as war measure, the American
grower of that commodity should at
least be protected to the extent that
prices on such commodity be pegged
at the level prevailing at the time
the tariff on same is removed.
The situation is rather ironic when
the American people cannot purchase
adequate and decent wooden cloth
ing because of a purported wool
shortage at time when American
produced wool has become a virtual
drug on the market.
Perhaps they had better permit
cuffs on mems trousers again!
Erskine, MINI. H. H. OPHUS.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-06-25
WHY HAROLD SLIPPED
(New Ulm Daily JournaD

(NeW Ulm Daily JOurnal)
People who watch these things are
asking what has happened to the
administration of Governor Harold
E. Stassen. Many political observers
believe he has slipped almost as bad
ly in the last two years as Elmer
Benson whom he succeeded.
What is the reason?
Many reasons can be assigned but
this is ours:-
Harold E. Stassen was elected in
the revolt against Benson and he was
elected by a tremendous plurality
probably too big for any candidate
or even for good government. Lop-
sided pluralities tend to make pub
lie servant too sure of himself.
During the first year and half
Governor Stassen, we think, did a
pretty good job, better job of gov
erning than Minnesota has had for
some time. He worked at the job
and he got results.
The change came when he was
selected to be national keynoter. at
the Republican convention. He was
chosen because the other candidates
knew he couldn't be candidate for
president himself Che wasn't old
enough) and they had been prom
ised he would take no further part
in the convention. Nevertheless he
became WILKES floor manager.
From that time on Harold has
never been himself again. He looked
upon himself as a national figure and
he felt he had to act the part. First
he travelled over the country in an
effort to elect Willkie but the CAM
paign fizzled. After that he felt he
was the great Republican white hope
for 1914 and he began to trim his
sails to win eastern support for his
political ambitions. The speeches he
made to win the fat rich cats of
New York didn't win him any ap-
plause back home with the common
people It strengthened him with
the rich fat cats in the Twin Cities.
With all this travelling around
Harold got behind in his home work.
His administration didn't run as
smoothly as in the happier days
when he was on the job full time
He wasn't home to solve the little
disputes which now threaten to blow
up into statewide revolt. The gov
ernor just got too much hay down
and wasn't on hand to see that it
got stacked properly.
The people of Minnesota elected
him as their hired servant to solve
state problems. They didn't hire
him to solve their national and inter-
national difficulties but Harold has
been spending most of his time doing
the jobs he wasn't hired to do.
Visitors from different parts of
Minnesota stop at our office to chat
and from what we can learn it seems
that the people of Minnesota have
begun to look around for new hired
hand to run the state. Their argu-
ment is that the present hired man
is going into the navy pretty soon
anyway.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-06-25
A World Charter
By o. NJ. Thomson,
Willernie, MINI.

The world waits-waits for the sig
nal, the gesture, the nod that will
indicate that what it wants is at
hand, not promised ten years hence.
Symbols of erstwhile governments,
would-be governments, past-class
governments, special-interest govern
ments, meet, whisper in secret then
offer to loosen the thongs little.
Hardly ripple is created.
The great, near-great and for
mer-great rush from decayed capitol
to decaying capitol. They meet in
sound-proof conclave, contrive dou-
ble-meaning statements, then come
forth wrapped in their ancient trap
pings, insignia and symbols of van
ishing and vanished power to an
nounce that eve must free the world
of certain dictators." The Gandhis
, of the world bend their heads little
lower. They have heard those words
before.
eff we must be slaves, why fight
for one master as against another
they murmur.
Again the yesterday-minded "lead-
ers" scuttle secretly across seas,
gather in sound-proof rooms again
wrap their brand of freedom in two
way words, drape it in platitudinous
phrases and megaphone it to the mil
lions in chains, but the millions con-
template only their chains.
And so the world waits. It waits
not for freedom of the SEAS" not
for the fright to be protected" not
for this measure or that measure
of self-determination, but for the
right to work out their own destinies
1t waits for those men to come from
their conference stripped of their
trappings, symbols and emblems and
stand forth as men among men and
say, "The chains are unlocked, the
keys are thrown away. Stand forth
you peoples of the earth. Defend
yourselves, not us. Determine your
own rights. Build your own civiliza-
ton"
Then will the Gandhis of the earth
(the symbols of the oft-betrayed
and repeatedly deceived), arise in
their might, the might of the millions
and hurl their bodies at the heads
of the monsters who seek only to
re-chain the bound and re-bind the
un-free.
The peoples are listening for GER
tain words. Words of only one mean
ing. Not weasel-words, but straight
shooting words, words that say the
peoples of the earth are free from
political slavery, and can now free
themselves from economic slavery
Such words will electrify the world
will set the prophets to shouting
will loose the tongues of the Marims
in song and start the cymbals to
changing for joy. All other words
are dead-sea leaves.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-06-25
Opinions OF Others

(Short timely letters on topics Of
public interest are welcome whether
or not the writer's opinions con-
form with those of the American.
All letters must be signed with the
writer's name for our information.
Signed articles always are more eff
fective, but If the writer does not
wish to have his name used. 1t will
be withheld).
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-06-25
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
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on the North American continent
have been allayed, to some extent,
as result of the naval defeats which
the American fleet and air corps adj
ministered to the enemy in the Coral
Sea and off Midway Island some time
ago. Those American victories really
scared the Japanese, although they
evidently are trying to achieve some
thing or other by occupying a couple
of the islands in the Aleutian group
that string of islets which, as it
were, forms a perforated bridge be-
tween North America and North
Asia. Last week-end's attacks on
Port Estavan, Vancouver, and Sea-
side, Oregon, were considered mere
nuisance raids"
Even here, though, they have suf-
fered if not yet defeat at least very
heavy loses as the result of the in
tensified activity of American naval
vessels and bombers.
In u. S. Again.
On the rather gloomy background
of the present situation-gloomy, that
is, at the present time-the current
visit of British Prime Minister Win
ston Churchill to Washington must
be seen. Entirely unannounced, as
far as the public is concerned, he
arrived in this country a few days
ago and Immediately began series
of conferences with President Roose-
welt.
Although the contents and the
trend of the conferences, of course,
are profound secret, authorities
at the White House have encouraged
public belief in the probability of
the erection of a so-called Second
Front soon. That now so familiar
term simply is another way of de-
scribing a general offensive on the
part of the United Nations against
the axis powers, and, again, it means
that the United Nations now may
be preparing to take away from the
enemies that initiative which has
been theirs, too long.
While there can hardly be any
doubt that secret plans already
have been formulated, specula-
ton centers about the form
which they will take; also about
the time when they may be real
lied. The choice just now seems
to lie between a new offensive
against Germany in either Russia
or Libya, and prevailing opinion
is that Russia needs increased
support sooner than Libya.
Besides, by recently signed agree
ments, Russia has become entitled to
expect support to the very limit from
the United States and Great Britain,
and to observers it does seem as
though the psychological moment for
giving such support is in the very
near future, for there is no doubt
that Hitler is intending to go through
with his gigantic plan of attempting
to conquer all of the Soviet repub-
lies.
The possible downfall of Russia
would spell disaster, perhaps not
final but still terrific setback to
the cause of the United Nations, and
for this reason the Russo-German
war in the week when it enters its
second year remains the most i'm
portant of all the events of the world
conflagration.