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Askov American., 1942-03-19
AskOv's Honor Roll

BAGGE, JENS
Med. Det. los F. A.
Go Postmaster A. P. o. No. 1104
San Francisco, Calf.
CHRISTENSEN, VICTOR E.
Bat G, 28th. Battalion, 7th. Reg
F. A. r. T. c. Ft. Sill, Okla.
CHRISTENSEN, HERMAN
Co. B, 102 Med. Ing. Bn., End
Platoon
Camp Robinson, Arkansas.
FREDERIKSEN, GUNNAR
Med. Det., Gardner Field
Taft, Calf.
HAMMER, HOWARD
Co. lat, Bks. III
U. S. N. T. S., Great Lakes, Ill
HAMMER, WARREN
First Med. Reg.
Ft. Ord, Calf.
HANSEN, AROL D.
Bat. A, 3rd. Platoon, 55th c. A.
Ting.
Camp Callan, Calf.
HANSEN, CLARENCE
Bat. B, 32nd. c. A. T. B.
Camp Wallace, Texas.
JENSEN, SVEND A.
Co. G., Goth. Inf, 9th. Div.
Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
JENSEN, AXEL B.
Co. G, 1st. Inf, 9Th. Div.
Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
KLOECKNER, GEORGE
T. S. IA, U. S. Naval Station
Corpus Christi, Texas.
MADSEN, STANLEY
Med. Det., 3rd. Inf.
Ft. Smelling, Minnesota.
MOGENSEN, JAMES
403rd. School Bks. $40
Sheppard Field, Texas.
NELSON, MAURICE E.
D. 81, 4th. Platoon
Camp Callan, Calf.
PETERSEN, ALVIN L.
Grey Harbor Lifeboat Station
+ 8, West Port, Washington.
Petersen, FLOYD R.
U. S. S. New Orleans
Pearl Harbor, T. H.
ROTE, EDGAR
Co. A, 168th. Inf. 34th Div.
Go Postmaster A. P. o. No. 1901
New York City, N. Y.
SKOv, KAI,
TT. A, 18th. @. M. sgd.
Camp Funston, Kansas
Askov American., 1942-03-19

North. The problem is, or should be,
troubling our national conscience.
Here in st. Paul, where we have a
community of 1000 Negroes, our rec
ord has been good-but not so good
that we can rest on our laurels.
Employers might well heed the
appeal of the Urban League and give
Negro workers their chance at jobs.
They are willing to take the respon-
sibility of showing themselves indus
trious, trustworthy employees. They
are asking this chance to join in the
great patriotic job which should en-
ploy every man and woman-the job
of defeating Hitlerism and its kindred
movements of hate and intolerance.
Askov American., 1942-03-19
SOLDIERS DESERVE PRIVILEGES

Editor Askov American:
I address this letter to Governor
Stassen, Senator Ball and other mem
bers of the state administration who
have been playing ball with the
Willkie-House of Morgan crowd in
stead of carrying out the will of Min
nesota people.
Recently the governor shouted
Politics" when he was asked to cal
a special session of the state Legisla-
ture to make it possible for Mime
sofa soldiers outside the country tc
vote.
Said the governor, 81 think that
our boys in the armed services would
appreciate it more if you would spend
more time backing up the war effort
so they could get immediate supplies
and munitions, and less time playing
politics"
I think the boys would appreciate
it much more if they were still con-
sidered as citizens of this democracy
and given their constitutional right
to vote. When they are fighting fol-
democracy, they deserve all the priv
ileges of democracy.
Immediately after the United States
declared war on Japan and Germany
Mr.. Ball launched a political cam
paign. Since the latter part of De-
cember many Minnesota citizens have
been receiving through the mail q
pamphlet entitled "Meet Joe Ball.
1 fail to see how this practice car
help the war effort. % 1
Before Governor Stassen shouts
Politics." he had better take a look
at his own party.
believe the governor should cal
special session of the Legislature
to remedy this great injustice to the
service men. When our boys are
giving their lives to preserve democ-
racy, it is no time to disfranchise
them.
Deeds make democracy-not
words.
DICK B. JOHNSTON.
1888 Chelsea Street, st. Paul, Mimi
Askov American., 1942-03-19
News From The
Victory Front

The following letter to Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Rote of Askov, was re-
ceived recently from their son,
Corporal E. w. Rote, who is sta
toned at Fort Dix, N. j.:
Dear Folks:
Finally managed to wangle week
end pass and of course went to New
York. Really looked Manhattan
over from end to end. Saw New York
from the top of the Empire State
building Sunday afternoon. 1t was
fine sight. Best part of it is it's
free to soldiers and S1.10 to civilians
Saw the Normandie. They're work.
ing on it trying to raise it. Looks to
me as though they've got quite a
job on their hands. It's really big
outfit. Saw Chinatown too with its
narrow crooked streets. They think
a soldier or sailor is O. K. down
there though. Went through the
Bowery. Didn't care to stop though
Don't care much for the looks of the
place. Saw Times Square, 42nd
Street, Broadway, Park Avenue.
Saw the Statue of Liberty in the
distance but didn't go out. Spent
part of the afternoon on the water
front. It was a swell day, about g.
degrees and everyone was out along
the harbor. Anyway we had swell
time even if our feet did get doggone
sore. Saw Grand Central Station
It's big place but Penn station is
about twice as big. There's GER
tainly a lot of people travelling by
train here in the east, whole lot
more than back there.
I'm getting tried, so I guess I'd
better hit the old bunk
So long,
Askov American., 1942-03-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Weinberg and
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Gustafson of
Pine City, were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Allen Irene at the ''T' lunch
room at Rutledge last Thursday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. GuStafson attended the
PIT. A. meeting at Sturgeon Lake
and Mr.. and Mrs. Weinberg spent
the evening at the Irene home.
Among those from Denham attend
ing the housewarming party for Mr..
and Mrs. Vernon Shaske on the Shute
place east of town Saturday evening
were Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Lound, Mr..
and Mrs. Horace Storrs, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Alberg and VIM. Pembleton.
The evening was spent playing cards
and delicious lunch was served.
Miss Margaret Anderson spent the
weekend in the Cities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Storrs were
Saturday night supper guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Alberg.
Mrs. Alvina Peterson entertained
the Ladies' Aid at her home Satur-
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Irene and Shir-
ley visited at the Emil Strombeck
home at Mora Sunday.
Mrs. Horace Storrs called on Mrs.
F. E. Anderson Monday afternoon.
Arthur Grandahl attended the Land
OLakes annual meeting in Mime
apolis last week as representative of
the local creamery.
Mrs. Emil Erickson spent Wednes-
day afternoon of last week with Mrs.
Toivo Staudinger.
Mrs. H. Storrs, Mrs. c. Kroon and
Bertan, Mrs. Bert Lound, Mrs. Roy
Alberg and Patty and Mrs. Alberg's
mother, Mrs. Turnock from Lawler,
visited Mrs. VIM. Pembleton Wednes-
day afternoon of last week.
The Birch Creek Grange met at
the Allen Irene home Monday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Peterson were
honor guests at a shower given at
Burak's hall Wednesday evening of
last week. The newlyweds were re-
cipients of many beautiful gifts and
delicious lunch was served to every
one.
Askov American., 1942-03-19

telligently in the state election this
year.
Mr.. Petersen has not set forth these
facts in his demand for special
session and Governor Stassen did not
touch on them in his cryptic reply.
Still they are facts that the average
citizen in Minnesota, and no doubt
the man in the service, would like
to have answered.
Askov American., 1942-03-19

Lancer o. Wernowsky, a for
mer Bruno boy, writes as fol-
lows:
1 wish to extend my thanks and
the thanks of hundreds of other boys
in the U. S. A. hospital in Hawaii
for the fine work and contribution tc
the Red Cross you folks of Pine
county are doing.
Pvt. Lancer o. Wernowsky.
Bty. A-97, c. A. A. A.
Fort Kan, T. H.
Askov American., 1942-03-19
March IA, 1912.

March IA, 1912.
Gov. Harold E. Stassen,
State Capitol,
st. Paul, Minnesota
Dear Governor:
Under the present Minnesota law
all of our men in the fighting forces
abroad have no right to vote. The
opinion of Attorney General Burn
quist so holds.
Numerous inquiries have been
made by our boys in military service,
their relatives and friends, asking
why the present law should not now
be amended so as to restore to all
the service men the right to vote at
coming primary and general elec-
tions. According to the press, many
Minnesota men are now in Iceland
and Ireland, and in other countries
The right to vote, to choose local,
state and national officials, is the very
essence of American democracy. To
draft our boys and send them to the
far corners of the world to fight for
democracy and then to deny them
the right to participate in the demo-
cratic election process here at home
is obviously great injustice.
This injustice should be promptly
corrected. Only the Legislature can
change the law. On several occasions,
you, as Governor of the State, have
said that there will be no special
session of the Legislature. Neverthe-
less, realizing the feeling of the men
who are risking their lives for us and
the sentiment of their relatives and
friends, I urge you to soon call a
special session to correct this injustice
The Legislature can at the same
time eliminate the present absent vot-
ers' charges to the service men,
Yours truly,
Hjalmar Petersen.
Askov American., 1942-03-19
Village Of Denham
Mrs, Lillian Peterson.

Friends here were shocked to hear
of the death of Mrs Lillian Peterson
early Tuesday morning.
She was a half-sister of Art Frehse
of this village and lived with her
mother and brother, Mrs. Torkelson
and Millerd near Willow River. She
also leaves three small sons, the eld-
est being in the first grade at Cherry
Grove school.
Sympathy is extended the bereaved
family.
Askov American., 1942-03-19
March ii, 1912.

Mr.. Hjalmar Petersen
Railroad and Warehouse Comm.
State Office Building,
st. Paul, Minnesota
Dear Hjalmar:
This will acknowledge your letter
of March 18th which 1 received after
you released it to the press.
In reply, think our boys in the
armed services would appreciate it
more if you would spend more time
backing up the war effort so that
they could get needed supplies and
munitions, and less time playing
politics.
Sincerely yours,
Harold E. Stassen, Governor.
Askov American., 1942-03-19
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 ct.
fective. but II the writer does not
wish to have his name used. It will
be withheld).
Askov American., 1942-03-19

In last weeks item about Mr..
Strandvold on the occasion of his
having h completed twenty-five
years as correspondent for the
"Askov American" it was inad-
vertently said that he became con-
nected with the "Decorah-Posten"
in 1916. 1t should have read, 1926.
Askov American., 1942-03-19

to 125,000 million
dollars was before
the House on Tues
day of last week,
I made some OBJ
servations to the
membership which
may be of interest
to my r e a d e r S.
Hence they form
a part of this let
Askov American., 1942-03-19
From Exchanges

Editorial Comment From Other News
papers Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions of the
Aslkov American.
Askov American., 1942-03-19
Government Issues
1t Is Still An Issue
By Hjalmar Petersen.

The Governor of the State can
not cast aside a proposal that he
does not like simply by terming
it politics" Herewith is some
correspondence on the proposal
of granting the vote to all Min
nesota men in military service:
Askov American., 1942-03-19
Observations
BY CONG. HAROLD KNUTsoN

When the bill to raise the Federal
debt limit from $4,000 million dollars
Askov American., 1942-03-19

The Farmer.
Somebody told me that farmers,
too, had adopted the eight-hour work
day. l did not believe it. But when
I checked up, I found it was true
eight hours before dinner and eight
hours after dinner.
Askov American., 1942-03-19
incerely yours.

Harold E. Stassen, Governor.
Askov American., 1942-03-19

The Office of Civilian Defense has
put on Hale America program de-
signed to keep the American people
physically fit. John B. Kelly of Phil
adelphia, is Director of Physical
Fitness and he, in turn, has appointed
large number of individuals who
will supervise training in the follow
ing sports:
Archery, badminton, bag punching,
baseball, basketball, bicycling, bill
iards, bobsled, bowling, boxing,
camping, canoeing, codeball facilities,
equipment, supplies; fencing, field
hockey, golf, handball, hiking, horse
shoe pitching, ice hockey, ice skating,
industrial activities, Lacrosse, motor
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-26
q. .. Fleet
" ebEnN&DVS
Canadians

SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND,
June % - (P) - Army camps
in southern England, already
bulging with Canadian soldiers,
made room today for a fresh
contingent Of Dominion troops
landed from a convoy escorted
safely across the Atlantic by the
United States WarShips.
Included in the contingent
were thousands Of infantry and
artillerymen, airmen and rein
forCements for armored units,
assembled from a score of Ca
madam training Centcrs.
There also were fircmen and
nurses, a sprinkling of techni-
clans from British Honduras and
force of Netherland volunteers
recruited in the Dominion.
The ocean crossing, speeded
by fair weather, was described
by the new arrivals as unevcnt-
full.
The Canadian firemen stop
ped off temporarily in London,
whence they will be sent to
training Centers before being
posted in towns considered most
likely to be air raid targets.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-26
BY JACK BELL

WASHINGTON, June 26-(P)
- Cancellation of existing Nav
al authority TO begin construc-
ton of new battleships was pro-
posed by Senator Clark (D-Mo)
today as Congressional advo-
Gates of increased airpower
sought to speed the output of
small and large aircraft carriers.
With sponsors seeking Senate
consideration today of a House
approved measure authorizing a
1,9OO,000-ton expansion of the
Navy, Clark told reporters he
would demand action on an
amendment specifically prohib-
iting the laying down Of any bat
tleships other than those on
which work is underway or for
which contracts have been let.
While the S8,500,000,000 eX-
pansion bill would not authorize
additional dreadnaughtS, Clark
pointed out that the Navy has
existing authority to build its
capital ship tonnage up to l.
O45,O0O and could transfer up to
80 per cent of the tonnage in
some other gategories to this
classification if it so chose.
Il think the battleship is out
NODDED and the Navy ought not
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-26
SeHridge Man
TO Appear as
Star in Uniform

One Of II Selfridge Field
soldiers will be the Star in
Uniform" on Tommy Dorsey's
program over Radio Station
WWJ on Tuesday, July IA, at 10
p. m.
The - hopefuls displayed
their wares in the Selfridge
Band shell last night, The boys
went all out because the winner,
selected by the ballots of his fell
low soldiers, will receive a 500
War Bond.
Only individual performers
are eligible, post officials said
today, although a quartette
slowed its wares last night
The IL hopefuls, all enlisted
men, are: Bill Bastian, bass fid-
die player; Oliver Campbell,
Hawaiian guitar; Harry Davis
and Charles DiMaggio, singers;
Paul Clarity, recitations; Ted
Gorczyca, trumpet; f d W a d
Krupa. trombone; Dorman Lane,
tenor sax; Charles Mcrriman,
trombine; Dave Schulz, trum-
pet; Ed StaChyra, tenor sax and
Herbert Rosin, drummer and
singer.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-26
Increased Airpower Sought
bv Powerful Senote Bloc
Clark Leeds Group Seeking TO Speed
Output of Small, Large Aireroft Carriers

to start construction of any more
of them" Clark declared. THE
carrier program ought TO be
rushed, instead, even though it
may be that the carrier Is being
superseded by the effectiveness
of long-range, land-based air.
craft"
A delay in battleship construc-
ton also was urged by Senator
Byrd (D-Va), who said all pos
sible efforts should be made to
convert battleships and cruisers
now under construction into air
craft carriers TO be supplement
ed later by the 100000 tons of
new craft of this type contem-
plated in the expansion bill.
In addition, Byrd said he
Nays program should be re-
Vised to place greater emphasis
on the production of planes and
swift destroyers which could
hunt down Axis submarines.
Byrd told the Senate yester-
day he believed enemy undersea
craft were receiving fuel and
supplies from secret bases in the
western hemisphere. Senator
Tydings (D-MD) suggested that
the government offer rewards
for information on the locations
Of any such bases.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-26

An old salt who got his initial
nautical air as a hand aboard
coasting schooners out of East
port and Calais, Maine, later
served in the United States Navy
and in the United States Naval
Reserve and who is now in the
Canadian Navy, stationed at st.
Johns, New Brunswick, has
been paying a visit to old friends
in Mount Clemens this week.
The man in question is Lieut.,
William J. Marshall, RET, a
former sponsor and director Of
Seascout ships here, and former
automobile dealer and engineer,
His task now, at close to sew
enty, is the inspection of vessels
leaving the port of St, John for
the perilous voyage into the sub
marine-infested Atlantic. In adj
dition he is said to have been
doing some duty with conveys
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-26
Continue Probe
OF Accident
Prosecutor Checks
Death-Cor Evidence

Assistant Prosecutor Howard
R. Carroll continued his investi-
cation today to determine re-
sponsibility for the death yes
terday of Mrs. Hattie Faulmann,
60, Of 50 Welts street.
Mrs. FauImann was almost in
stantly killed at 1920 a. m.
when a car driven by George
Fresard, 60, Of 225O3 Liberty,
ST. Clair Shores, struck her as
she attempted to cross Gratiot at
Clinton.
Witness said that Fresard's
vision was Unsecured by a piece
Of pIywood, strapped to the right
side of his car.
Funeral services for Mrs Faul-
mann will be held from the
home, 50 Wells street, at l am.
Saturday and at 100 from Trim
ity Lutheran church, with Rev.
WIlircd Junkc officiating.
Mrs. Faulmann was born in
Clinton township, the daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Oemke.
For many years she lived with
her husband, julius Faulmann,
on a farm near Fraser. He died
Arg - 1Q2G
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-26
Navy May Lose Authority 70 Build New Battleships
Military Experts Focus
Ewes on German Strategy
Grave African Situation Causes
United Motions TO Eye Russio

duCtion Of the Axis powers in
important weapons, especially
warplanes. The problem Of get
ting these supplies to the fight
ing fronts in sufficient quanti-
ties and i'm sufficient time dcS-
pitc German U-boatS and bomb
ers remains as one of the most
imperative facing this country
and Britain
s. The fact that, except for
her advances into the Western
Aleutians which are still Strate-
gically inconclusive, Japan has
been thWarted in every recent
attempt TO crack the American
Australian position in the Pa
cific and has paid a costly price
in ships and planes for her fail
ures.
The Pacific victories undoubt-
eddy have eased the ! ressure on
the Allied nations in that thea
ter and permitted them to con-
centrate further on building up
their forces for the all-important
months ahead-months in which
Germany must win if she is ever
TO win and in which the Allies
cannot afford to lose too heavily
if they are to make 1913 the
promised year Of victories.
1t is in this connection, cX-
perts said, that the campaigns
in Russia and Egypt assume
their potentially decisive char
aCtcr.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-26
Cook for Soldiers
In Five Wars

OGDEN, Utah - lPl - Serg-
cant Steven Prince has cooked
meals for soldiers fighting in
five wars - the Spanish-Amer-
lean, Boxer rebellion, the Mex
lean border skirmishcs, the first
World War and this one.
One Of his most vivid Nom
cries is Of fighting i'm the Phil
ippincs. With front-linc troops
unfcd for SO hours, his mess
staff strapped food on their
backs and crawlcd through mud
to the soldiers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-26
CAT BITES GIRL

Mary Jane Lcntsch, seven
vcar-old daughter Of Joseph
Lentsch. 1870 Williams, Route
six. Mount Clemens. was hittcn
about the face and shoulder by a
stray cat
DR.. Joseph SChCr. who treat
ed the girl. ordered the cat con-
fined for 10 days.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-26
Iieut. hill Marshall
Paws Brief Visit Here

out of the New Brunswick port,
His daughter, Mrs. Howard
Newlyn, a former resident of
this city is now residing in Ben
ton Harbor.
One Of the lieutenants princi-
pal ports Of social call here is
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lard c. Stief, at 1873 S. Wilson
boulevard.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-26

DETROIT-(P) - Recorder )
Judge George Murphy, a lieu
tenant commander in the Navy
and brother of Supreme Court
Justice Frank Murphy, who IS
now on duty as a lieutenant col
oncl in the Army, left Thursday
for the Naval War College at
Newport, r. I. He was given a
leave of absence from the bench
for the duration.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-26
BOY MARKSMAN

Mrs. A. J. Garsha, 27l5 Bay
Shore. told Deputy Sheriffs
Leonard Jarvis and Clayton
Graebcrt yesterday that a 70
year-old neighborhood boy was
shooting at her children with an
air rifle.
Jarvis and Gracbcrt told the
boy to cease and dCsist or lose
his rifle.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-26
DISTURB NEIGHBORS

When neighbors complained
that patrons of the Hopper
Kettle Klub, South River road,
were excessively noisy, Ceputy
Sheriffs John South and Law
renee Sharp asked the owners to
C'ose for the night.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-26
BY JOHN NJ. HIGHTOWER

WASHINGTON, June % -
LP)-Military experts, taking a
grave view of the Allied situa-
ton in North Africa, said today
that the war in Europe was en-
tering potentially decisive
phase with Germany at the
point of making her long -await-
ed about drive against Russia.
The next few days, one au-
thority said, should show wheth-
er the great battle on the Rus
sian front has in fact 1lready be-
gun in the operations at Khar-
kov and Sevastopol or whether
those were preliminary actions
in-force for the main campaign
which would then certainly be
I dertaken by the Germans
with little delay.
Germany, it was generally be-
lie ed here, would try for a SER
ie~ of successes so smashing
that by next fall or winter she
would be able to follow up with
either an attempt at invading
Britain or negotiated peace
with her foes in Europe.
SERIOUS POSSIBILITIES
The end result of either course,
if successful, would be to de-
prive the United States and the
remaining Allied nations scat
tered over the earth Of both in
valuable Allies and effective
bases from which to strike back
at the Axis in Europe in 1943.
Offsetting this black prospect,
as the NaziS would have the
world see it, were these consid-
erationS from the united nation S
point of view
|. The heroic record Of resist
anCe made by the Russians to
date in their year-old war with
Germany and the predictions Of
officials familiar with their
fighting spirit and military eff
ficiency that they never would
be defeated.
2. Prime Minister Churchills
confident assertion, reported by
legislators who conferred with
him and President Roosevelt
yesterday, that Egypt can and
will be held
3. Formal creation of a Euro
pean theater of operations for
the U. S. forces in Europe.
While in itself this was purely
an organizational move, it indi-
Gates the likelihood of early and
Werful American action
against Germany directly.
TRANSPORT PROBLEM
4. The fact that American and
Allied production is reported to
have outstripped the total pro-