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Askov American., 1942-02-26
WE SHOULDN'T WASTE GENERAL
MACARTHUR TO THE JAPS
Park Region Echo.

There is sense to the demand made
last week by influential men that
General Macarthur be rescued, no
matter what it costs, SO he will be
available to lead our armies in the
long war ahead of us.
We know that Macarthur is cap
able general. He has proved it in
two wars. He is too valuable to sur
render to the Japs for the duration Of
the war.
We don't know anything about our
other generals, but we can guess that
we will have to try one after the
other for years, as the British have
had to do, before we find one who
can win.
We only have to look back to the
Civil war to know that American gen.
erals are not always good. The North
tried half a dozen generals, one after
the other, and not one of them could
whip Robert E. Lee until U. S. Grant
was finally brought east and given
command. The South had Lee and
Stonewall Jackson at the start, but
there were other Southern generals
who were not too good.
Remember, there were many Of
ficers then with war experience. The
Mexican war had ended only dozen
years before. But our peacetime army
tends to bring the least capable to the
top, and we have had 25 years of
peace The Billy Mitchells get kicked
out or quit in disgust in time of peace.
The generals who will win battles
in this war may be only majors and
colonels now. They will work up when
we replace the incompetent generals.
But when we have a man like Mac
Arthur it will be tragedy as serious
as the untimely death of Stonewall
Jackson was to the South in the Civil
ar, if we lose Macarthur just as
this war is beginning.
Askov American., 1942-02-26
FEWER HOMCIDES.
Minneapolis Star JournaD


Occasionally we're startled by q
local murder or manslaughter case
but Minneapolis has relatively low
homicide rate.
A national insurance magazine re-
ports that in 209 selected American
cities, the average homicide rate in
1910 was SO per 100000 of popula-
tion-1owest since 1920 Macon, Ga.
led the nation with 67.4 per 100000
followed by Atlanta with 64.8. The
10 cities with the highest homicide
rates were all in the south.
Of the nations five largest cities
the combined rate was 6.1 per 10O,0 900
with New York's standing at 39 and
Chicago's at SO, which was the ma
tiona1 average.
But Minneapolis homicide rate was
only 2.6 per 100000 in 1910 and &c
in 1889. st. Paul did still better with a
1910 rate of 10 and 1899 rate of 1.6
Duluth had no homicides in either
1899 or 1910.
BY comparison, Minneapolis auto
mobile accident death rate in 194C
was 9.5 per 100, 0,000-nearly four
times as great as our homicide rate
There might be food for study in
that for our police department.
Askov American., 1942-02-26
PICKS SLATE
Editor Askov American:

Editor ASkov American:
Herewith is my choice of candi-
dates who I think can and should
be elected to fill the following offices
at the 1912 national and state cleo
tiions:
For U. S. Senator, Hjalmar Peter
sen, present railroad and warehouse
commissioner; for Congress, Third
District, John G. Alexander of Min
neapolis; for governor, A. B. Gilbert
of Mound; and for lieutenant gover-
nor, our own Charles Mum of Osseo,
former railroad and warehouse COM
missioner.
Should any of those named above
happen to file and make a run for
any other office than the order in
which I have placed them, I will
pledge my support to each of them
only making it clear that Hjalmar
Petersen is my first choice for any
office that he files for and especially
that of governor. But, I still think
that these men would make a whale
of a race and would give some OF
the old guard, as well as the other
candidates, run for their money and
come safely under the wire with fly
ing colors.
ALBERT P. JUNO.
Golden Valley, Rt. Z, Minneapolis
Askov American., 1942-02-26
Your Federal
Income Tax
NUMBER 8

Taxes due on a return filed for the
calendar year 1941 may be paid in
full at the time of the filing of the
return on or before March 16, 1912.
The tax may, at the option of the
taxpayer, be paid in four equal in
stallments instead of in single pay
ment, in which case the first INSTALL
Is, the second on or before June IS,
the third on or before September IS,
and the fourth on or before December
Is, 1912. If the taxpayer elects to pay
his tax in four installments, each of
the four installments must be equal in
amount, but any installment may be
paid, at the election of the taxpayer,
prior to the time prescribed for its
payment. If an installment is not
paid in full on or before the date
fixed for its payment, the whole
amount of the tax remaining unpaid
is required to be paid upon notice
and demand from the collector.
The tax must be paid to the col
lector of internal revenue for the dis
trict in which the taxpayers return
is required to be filed, that is, to the
collector for the district in which is
located the taxpayers legal residence
or principal place of business, or if
he has no legal residence or principal
place of business in the United States,
then to the Collector of Internal Re-
venue at Baltimore, Maryland.
The tax due, if any, should be paid
in cash at the collectors office, or by
check or money order payable to
Collector of Internal Revenue" In
the case of payment in cash, the tax
payer should in every instance re-
quire and the collector should furnish
receipt. In the case of payments
made by check or money order, how
ever, the cancelled check or the
money order receipt is usually a
sufficient receipt.
Askov American., 1942-02-26
MARCHING MILLIONS.

Editor Askov American:
Langdon Smith once wrote: "The
world turned on in the lathe of
time," etc., etc.
Yes, it has turned, it is turning
and will continue to turn.
Marching events crash into the rear
of a slowed-down era, Pellion is
piled on Ossa, the world is stood on
it's cockeyed ear and civilization,
mangled beyond recognition, crawls
out of the wreckage and patiently re-
sumes the struggle.
For this, as Aristotle said, is a
cyclic world. Like Sisyphus civiliza-
ton struggles up the hill, stubs its
toe on plainly visible rock, stag
gers, falls and goes rolling back into
barbarianism-then tirelessly da capo
starts all over again.
The other day the man in the moon
called up and said:\
you've been storing up troubles
for long time. Now the Lid is off
Askov American., 1942-02-26

Those troubles are swarming out.
Some old scores are going to be set
tied"
What you mean," I asked.
"Your earth contains many races.
For centuries certain peoples have
been under certain heels. But human
natures the same the world over and
it's natural for nature to store up re-
sentiment against the heel. The reed
that was bruised by the iron heel will
become the hammer that batters the
heel. If you get on peoples toes,
later they will get on your necks.
Time is great teller of tales. A
big tale is breaking. In times own
good time it will be told.
eyes," he said, answering my en-
cited question, "you have a chance
if you recognize the equal rights of
all, regardless of color of skin, ac-
ent of speech or land of nativity,
and that distinction is only matter
of individual achievement, not one
of birth maintained by force.
''But right start is being made.
The stone the builders rejected will
be the pebble from the brook that
brings down the Goliath. See what
Joe is doing to Adolph. Joe knows
no classes, no races. That's the key.
Adolph picks certain strain, but it
will not, in the long run, stand the
strain. Wait until the millions start
marching That's ALL"
o. M. THOMSON,
Willernie, MINI.
Askov American., 1942-02-26
boast to the whole world that Ameri-

boast to the whole world that Ameri-
can production is to be so many
thousands of planes and of tanks and
guns. Now we want results, and
perhaps it would be better to get pro-
duction going without fanfare We
shall want and perhaps may have
to demand less pressure from the
John Lewises, the Murrays and others,
and more from Leon Henderson. In
cidentally, Leon Henderson appears
to be about the right man in the right
place, and he has nerve.
We have brains in the United
States. Some of them are possessed
by Republicans. They ought to be
used in this war. We have too many
bunglers in Washington, too many
collectivist career men who, as ex-
treme New Dealers, want to make
over our American heritage into
something else. Basically, we have
the finest governmental system in
the world, one of checks and balances
and distinct authorities and respon-
sibilities, when properly co-ordinated
We are at so serious a juncture in
national and world history that we
can no longer afford the setbacks
which go with mistakes. Little men
must give way to bigger men. Patriot
ism must rule from now on, the kind
of patriotism which calls every man,
woman and child to a task.
Let's face the truth! Let's dare
be realistic!
Askov American., 1942-02-26
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
Continued from Page u

most attention is naturally centered
around the Far East, but that is no
reason why one should overlook or
forget the fact that one of the worlds
bloodiest struggles still goes on in
Russia where German invaders each
day are being forced to give up square
mile after square mile of conquered
territory.
The Soviet armies have won
some glorious victories, but, at
the same time, the German resist
ance Is becoming more and more
stubbOrn-as spring approaches;
Spring which may be of more
benefit to the Germans than to
the Russians.
It is possible that some time dur
ing this week the Moscow high COM
mand will be able to announce some
new and radiant victories in the ma
ture of recapture of important cities
taken by the Germans some time ago.
Churchill Concession.
Looking at the Russian, the Far
East and the unfortunate Libyan sit
uation, Winston Churchill, British
prime minister, deemed it unneces-
sary to 60 into unpleasant details
when he broadcast speech on Feb
ruary Is, and when two days later
he dwelt on the escape of large Ger
man warships from the Northern
French port of Brest, he was inclined
to think that that adventure would
mean saving of British bombs
Mr.. Churchill's defense of his
governments war policy, which
to date has registered no import
ant victories, did not appease
British public opinion. There
was lot Of very stinging and
bitter criticism.
Then, as though to admit that many
of the attacks were justified, at least
to some extent, he revamped his gov
ernment and put Sir Stafford Cripps
into the post of Lord Privy Seal.
The job of Sir Stafford will be to
take all the licking that the House
of Commons may want to give the
prime minister.
On one point Mr.. Churchill was
adamant; it had been suggested that
he appoint minister of defense and
war, presumably military expert.
Mr.. Churchill-who in addition to
being prime minister also is war
minister-refused to listen to that
demand. He wants to run the show,
and it may be that, after all, Eng
land has no man now who is more
aggressive than he.
Askov American., 1942-02-26

plementing the better grades. Far
sighted individuals have been plead
ing for something Like this for years,
with only few scientific minds and
experts supporting the idea. Nowhere
has the public been more cool to the
proposal than on the Iron Ranges, and
this because basic to evolvement of a
scientific exploitation Of high and
low grade ores, complementary to
each other, is involved a probable
complete junking of the present
practices in taxing merchantable iron
ore. E. w. Davis, director of the Uni
versity of Minnesota Mines Expert
ment Station, Minneapolis, spoke a
significant word of warning at a
scientific meeting only the other day,
uttering a caution that if the people
of Minnesota to not meet the issue
of conservation in iron ore properly,
the federal government will have to
step in and do it.
Industry is powerless to change the
present situation. Gigantic taxes now
levied against iron ore preclude the
mining of any but the best grades-in-
deed, the taxes are so terrific and un-
scientific that haste in mining only
the best grades, and those most read
lily beneficiated, is actually encour-
aged. The rapacity Of the tax gather
ers compels it, and it is not unusual
to hear the politicians and the ignor-
ant say that the sooner the high
grade ore is gone from Minnesota, the
sooner the low grade will be de-
veloped. They seem to believe that in
the wake of the high grade ore gone
will come large-scale employment in
low-grade ore activities. They reckon
without knowing how much more
competitive will be the situation in
volved in pitting beneficiated Mime
sofa low grade iron ore against SINH
lar ores in areas more fortunately To-
Gated with respect to markets and
furnaces.
For the sake of the future, and the
welfare not only of Minnesota but of
the United States, a complete aban-
donment in the present of today's
punitive taxes on iron ore, and emer-
gence of a new system SO as to
encourage and promote perpetuity for
the better grades of this essential re-
source are extremely advisable
though quite unlikely to happen. 1t is
nothing less than tragic, an in
dictment of the times and of the pub
lie, that nothing will be done-at
least nothing which has its genesis
in northeastern Minnesota. Here the
penchant will continue to be one of
rapacity, and disregard for the fu-
ture, and to great extent this atti-
tude will obtain in st. Paul, in the
state capitol. Here is an economic and
social problem which ought to be
challenging the brains of our ablest
men and women, yet it is still con-
sidered a matter of rather base poll
tics. Persons are elected to office on
the cry, ito heck with the steel trust.
The public is gambling with dice
loaded against itself. We wonder how
many are at this moment giving even
cursory thought to what Mr.. Davis
said!
Askov American., 1942-02-26
GRIM STRUGGLE AHEAD
Virginia Daily Enterprise)

(Vlrgln1a Da1ly EnterpTlSe)
Dunkerque! Crete! North Africa!
PEARL HARBOR! Guam! Wake Is
land! Hong Kong! Malaga! NOR
MANDIE! SINGAPORE! BREST!
Perhaps tomorrow the Philippines
gone, then Sumatra, Java and other
Far Pacific bastions and outposts,
even Australia and New Zealand!
What does it mean?
For the United States a grim and
herculean role, one that is so ominous
and weighty that there can be no
room any more in this country for
complacency, discord, selfishness and
greed, and no place for boon-doggling,
fan dancing or bureaucracy as usual.
America is right up under the gun.
It is idle to speak about our allies.
Except for the fine battle being put up
by the Russians, we cannot bank too
heavily on allies as such, and we must
be prepared to take on the response
bility for victory against powerful
enemies.
It does no good and it may do
grave harm to find fault with the war
record of our allies, or to criticize
the policy of always "too little and
too late" It is of no avail to say that
the British government has erred in
failing to prepare adequately for the
Far East defenses, a criticism openly
and publicly made by Cecil Brown,
CHS correspondent, but the fact ap-
pears to be that words no longer
serve to deter enemies. The time has
come for action, for cold steel and
men in such numbers that adver-
saries shall be vanquished.
We shall need in the United States,
too, an end of words, of talk about
"social gains," of utterances which
Askov American., 1942-02-26
Rutledge

1t seems that Rutledge can boast
of a very unusual incident. At the
recent registration for all men be-
tween 20 and "A years inclusive, H.
S. Bennett and sons, Gerald and
Maurice, were among the registrants.
The Townsend club will meet at
the Village hall Friday, February 27,
at p. m. Everybody come and hear
the report on the Sixth District con-
vention at Brainerd.
Askov American., 1942-02-26
To Taxpayers
/. OF Pine County

There has been so much misunder-
standing about the dog license law
and its adoption by the county board
that have been asked to write an
explanation leading up to the county
boards action in the matter.
Chapter 40, Laws 1899 was ap-
proved on April %, 1889 and provides
among other things, that when Pc
tition containing at least Is per cent OF
the persons actually engaged in rails
ing live stock, including poultry, as
shown by the assessors records, re-
questing the county board to establish
system of regulating the running a,
large of dogs, "The board of county
commissioners shall establish such a
system"
A petition, meeting said require
mentS, was presented to the county
board at the March 13, 1910 meeting
and the same was ordered placed on
file. Said action was taken to allow
the county auditor to check the names
according to law.
The matter was again taken up al
the April 9 meeting and action was
again postponed.
It was next taken up at the July 8
meeting and was ordered laid on the
table.
At the November 19 meeting it was
taken up and again laid on the table
On January Z, 1941 the matter was
again taken from the table and a
resolution proposed to adopt the
system was voted down.
On August 6, 1941 Ernest Petersen,
Henry H. Danger, Ben F. Hancock,
Merle Street, Oscar Oakland, Sigurd
Mosbaek, Albert Swanson, A. J. Olson
Ben Street, Fred Folen, Frank Irons,
John Batcheldor, Paul Beeman, Ole
Lyseth, M. L. Brandt, Ed OuradnilI
George Peters, Clarence Lokeng Ed
Soens, D. ]. Mckay, and Helmer
Lindell petitioned the court for an
alternative writ of mandamus, COM
pelling the county board to establish
in Pine county system of licensing
and regulating the running at large
of dogs, and on the 4th day of No
vember, 1941, Judge Stolberg of the
district court issued the following
writ:
'Now, therefore, the court be-
ing willing that speedy justice
should be done in this behalf to
the said relators does hereby
command and enjoin you the said
respondent, board of county COM
missioners of Pine county, Mime
sofa, that Immediately after re-
ceipt of this writ you grant the
said petition and establish in said
Pine county system of licensing
and regulating the running at
large of dogs in said Pine county,
under and pursuant to the pro-
visions of Chapter 40 of the
Laws of Minnesota for 1899; and
that you pay to the relators the
sum of SLABS, their costs and
disbursements herein; and that at
Askov American., 1942-02-26
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., 1942-02-26
Government Issues
By Hjalmar Petersen.
Iron Ore Taxation and
Conservation

iron ore is one OF the great
resources of the State of Mime
sofa. 1t is natural gift that be-
longs, not to any individual or
corporation, nor to any one COM
munity, but is, and should re-
main, an asset of the entire COM
monwealth of Minnesota.
For this and other reasons
citizens and taxpayers in all
parts of our state have an in
terest in the orderly mining of
iron ore in northeastern Mime
sofa. Our people have an in
terest in proper taxation of that
raw material, and its conserva-
ton for the future.
One of the newspapers on the
Iron Range, the Virginia Daily
Enterprise, sounds a warning
against early depletion of high
grade ore. The editor, Burt D.
Pearson, complains about "ter-
rifle" and punitive" taxes on
iron ore, which he states causes
the mining companies to mine
more and more the high grade
ore. Editor Pearson calls the
present system of taxation on
iron ore unscientific, as well as
terrific and punitive.
The ore taxes may be unscien-
tific, but many do not agree with
the editor that the taxes are
terrific and punitive, for iron
ore is being shipped out of Min
nesota in ever increasing vol
ume. If the taxes are too high,
how can the mining companies
operating in Minnesota compete
with the mining companies of
other sections of the country?
In the year of 1941 over two
thirds of all the iron ore mined
in the United States was mined
in Minnesota.
The occupational ore tax is
colleced but once. It is not like
the tax on farm lands and other
income producing real estate
that can be and is levied year
after year. When the iron ore
has been taken out of the ground,
there remains, in the words of
Editor Pearson, only "gaunt and
raviShed caverns."
There can be no doubt that the
mining and taxing of iron ore
should be arranged in such man.
ner that production of high Crane
and low grade ore 60 hand in
hand, so that the one grade is
not depleted ahead of the other.
Conservation of this great re-
source, through orderly and
planned mining, is essential to
the welfare of the industry, the
people of the Iron Range, and the
state as WQOle.
But while the ore is going out
fast in these days of war, the
taxes must be commensurate for
the benefit of the state. Certainly
this is no time to lower the sum
total of taxes collected by the
state for the benefit of certain
mining companies and the nation
as whole, and to the detriment
of Minnesota, where, after the
ore is gone, there will be left only
holes in the ground and deserted
villages.
People will agree with the Iron
Range newspaper that we should
encourage and promote perpetu-
ity of the industry. Because the
problem is of statewide interest,
whether or not our readers will
agree with other opinions ex-
pressed by the Virginia Enter
prise, they will be interested in
what Editor Pearson has to say
in his editorial, which follows:
Some day, perhaps when it is too
late, the people will wake up to the
fact that high grade and low grade
Askov American., 1942-02-26
A Little Spice

The greater and truer any person
becomes, the less pretension there
is in him.
Exercise your muscles plenty.
and your mind little more than
enough.
Askov American., 1942-02-26
From Exchanges

Editorial Comment From Other News
papers Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions Of the
Askov American
Askov American., 1942-02-26

in 1885 after several arrests and con-
victions for forgery and automobile
theft. Leo B. He1zel, chief time in
spector, who subsequently resigned
in disgust, told the investigators that
he had one hundred and eighty-four
employees in his department, roughly
twice the number needed.
Because of the Wolf Creek and
other disclosures, the Truman groups
prestige has been greatly enhanced
and did not suffer bit as a result
of the rebuke administered to it by
War Production Board Car Donald
M. Nelson. Most members of Con-
gress do not think it appropriate at
this time to keep sniping at the di-
rection of the drive to make this coun-
try the strongest in the world but
they also find no sympathy in their
hearts for such advice as: "Quit
bothering us. You are handicapping
the war effort" Mutterings are heard
in the marble halls of the Capitol that
unless some sharp-eyed, fearless
committee keeps tab on what the
money-spenders do, someone will
steal the beak from the eagle.
Mile Laos County Times: It seems
that we still have in this country those
who think that the way to win the
war is to have hostesses in training
camps, bubble dancers and entertain
ers, and "artists" who shoot lot of
drivel at the people over the radio
to keep up morale" The soldiers
of Valley Forge put up pretty good
fight without any of these things.
Minnesota Labor Review: He sits
on the bench at the Lincoln Memorial
in Washington, a statue so lifelike it
seems that any minute he will get up,
wrap his shawl about his shoulders
and walk away. But Lincoln never
does walk away. He seems always
with us, helping in our problems and
cries, because his life was so packed
with cries and problems.
Askov American., 1942-02-26

Some day, perhaps when it is too
late, the people will wake up to the
fact that high grade and low grade
iron ores should have been mined in
concert, the below-par material COM