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Evening star., 1942-03-22
Walsh Will Propose
Selling War Profits
Over 6 Per Cent
Plan to Be Offered
As Amendment to
Navy Contract Bill
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED fresS.
Government recapture of all war
profits above per cent was pro-
posed yesterday by Chairman
Walsh of the Senate Naval Affairs
Committee who said he would try
to write this into House-approved
bill extending the Navy's authority
to negotiate contracts without COM
petitive bidding
Senator Walsh told reporters he
was drafting an amendment which,
in effect, would separate the profits
made on war contracts from other
income received by a business firm,
fixing a maximum return OF per
cent on the former
AS Senator Walsh explained the
proposal. contractors would be re-
quired to keep a separate set of
books on Government business
There would be no tax on that por-
tion Of their net profits. after the
usual operating deductions were
made. but all above per cent would
be reclaimed bv the Treasury. Other
profits of the firm would be subject
to regular taxation.
Byrd and Taft Back Move.
The idea found favor with Sena-
tors Byrd. Democrat, of Virginia
and Taft. Republican, of Ohio, two
of Senator Walsh's colleagues on
the Senate Financing Committee
Senator Byrd said the Joint Com
mittee on Non-Essential Expendi-
lures, of which he is chairman, ex-
pected soon to produce evidence
that excessive profits had been made
on many contracts covering a wide
range within the military produc-
ton program.
Describing the Walsh proposal
as an excellent approach" Senator
Byrd said it might cut through the
maze of difficulties that always had
surrounded efforts to limit war
profits by intricate systems of taxa
ton.
- Senator Taft said that while there
might be instances where it would
be hard to differentiate between
ordinary business profits and the in
come from Government contracts.
he believed the Walsh plan would
be workable
1t would have the advantage, he
remarked. of not imposing drastic
general taxation on some businesses
which had failed to obtain share
in the production activities, and
at the same time would reach the
profits being made by those with
Government contracts.
Bill on Contracts Pending.
Favorable action by the Naval
Affairs Committee would place the
Walsh proposal before the Senate
as an amendment to bill already
passed by the House and on which
congressional approval has been
urged by the Navy Department. The
measure would extend until June 30
1914, the Navy's authority to let
negotiated contracts.
A profit limitation of per cent,
based on the cost of production. has
been proposed in a bill by Repre-
sentative Smith, Democrat. OF Vir-
ginia, now pending before the House
Naval Affairs Committee but an
other section of the measure, which
would suspend the 40-hour week
law, aroused controversy
Senator Walsh expressed the
opinion that President Roosevelt
had the authority to suspend by
executive order operation of the
Walsh -Healy Act, under which the
regular work week is established
at 40 hours on Government con-
tracts and under which minimum
wage scales are fixed by the Secre-
tary of Labor.
Evening star., 1942-03-22
Labor
Continued From First Page


mittee, written by Thomas ]. Wall
ner of Nashville, Tenn, president
of the Southern States Industrial
Council, sent to industrialists and
newspapers throughout the c7---
urging that letters be sent to men,
bers Of Congress demanding labor
legislation and that mass meetings
be held to further the campaign.
The Wallner letter attacked the
New Deal administration, including
the Supreme Court as now consti-
tuted.
The letter said in part:
"The war cannot be won ever and
may be irrevocably lost this year
unless there is an immediate and
extremely far-reaching reversal of
policy and direction by our Govern
ment. America is losing the war
for one fundamental reason and
only one-our Government-mean-
ing primarily the President of the
United States-still stubbornly per-
sists in the attempt simultaneously
to fight a foreign war and wage an
internal economic revolution-and
wars are not, never were and never
can be won that way. Come hell or
high water-and Notwithstanding
the tragedy of France-the New
Dal must go on
The President and high officials
OF the War and Navy Departments,
the War Production Board and the
Maritime Commission all have de-
clared that the 40-hour work week
should not be disturbed and that
it was not interfering with the
war program.
Suggests 4S-Hour Week.
The one discordant note was the
assertion of Assistant Secretary OF
the Navy Ralph A. Bard, before the
House Naval Affairs Committee,
that the standard work week in war
production could we'll be changed
from 40 to 48 hours before over
time pay was allowed. Mr.. Bard
however, joined with the others in
opposition to wiping out the 40
hour law.
Some members of Congress, how
ever, declared it was time the pub
lie got the full picture about the
labor situation as it affects war
production.
Judging from the thousands OF
letters coming to members Of Con-
gress, they said, the public has been
led to believe Cd that labor is
treated as special privilege class
and CO that production has been
slowed down by strikes, limitation
Of hours of work after which over
time is paid, resulting in high costs
Of war production.
These members Of Congress have
been receiving letters declaring thai
"slowdowns" are occurring frequently
In defense plants in Govern.
ment arsenals, and that short time
stoppages Of work for flimsy reasons
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
East OF Bruno

Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Jones and
friend of Minneapolis, visited home
folks over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Nelson of Litch-
field, are enjoying few days hunt
ing here, being guests at the Chas.
Southerton home.
Four hunters from Minneapolis are
getting in few days hunting and
staying at the Chas. Southerton home
Mr.. and Mrs. William Southerton
were overnight guests at the Glen
Jones home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Jones and Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Southerton made a
trip to Duluth Tuesday of last week.
William Rupp came recently to
hunt and to spend his spare time
at the home of his parents.
Mrs. Fred Rupp and brothers of
Hayward, are here doing some hunt
ing and also getting their game. Mrs.
Rupp will return with her brothers.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Kluender and
son are at the home of his sister,
Mrs. Ben Sydow, for hunting and
also to do some visiting.
Mr.. Frazer, who lives on the Louis
Livers place, shot bear recently.
Junior July is here working at the
Merit Plumb place.
Mrs. Ed Rupp and Mrs Ruby Mel
ancon visited at the Cahoon home
Sunday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
Rutledge

Corporal Frederick Beck, 133rd
Engrs., Fl Lewis, WASH, who is home
on leave as guest of relatives at
! Finlayson and Carlton, made very
welcome visit Monday at the home Of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bowers, ST.,
bringing them a personal message
from their son, Pfc. Earl Wayne
Bowers, who is a member of the
same company as Corporal Beck.
Mrs. D. T. Sullivan and Mrs. Fred
Reuer were Duluth visitors Tuesday
and Wednesday of last week.
Miss Bertha Carlson and father of
Rush City, visited at the Abraham
son home Wednesday of last week.
Chas. C. Mills is confined to his
bed at this writing, suffering from a
heart attack.
Andrew Youngbauer received word
| Sunday of the death of his sister,
Mrs. Hattie Cummings, whose home
is near Pine City.
Art Liljedahl and George Jaros
were business callers in the Cities
last Thursday.
Mrs. Carl Wegwerth arrived home
from st. Paul Saturday.
Peter Pangerl recently enlisted in
the Navy and stationed at Great
Lakes, ILL.,, is confined to hospital
suffering from injuries to one of his
toes.
Corporal and Mrs. John A. Guss
have moved from Los Angeles to
Arcadia, Calf.
Mrs. H. S. Bennett left Wednesday
of last week for a weeks visit with
relatives at Escanaba, Mich.
Fred Ludwig went to Minneapolis
Wednesday of last week for check
up at the University hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bartos and
Rudy were Sandstone shoppers Tues
day Of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Isaacson and
sons Gerald and Robert of Duluth,
were weekend guests at the R. j.
1saacson home.
The Northwest subcommittee of
the Pine County Nursing service
meets Friday at the home of Mrs.
Kenneth Gay, Sturgeon Lake. Be
sure to leave your name at Larson's
store by $3.50 p. m. if you can 60.
Local Red Cross workers expect
to make surgical dressings Tuesday
afternoon at the village hall from
1870 to 4:30 p. m. Please get details
from Mrs. F. L. Bowers, Mrs. Carl
Wegwerth, Mrs. George Nelson or
Mrs. Isaacson.
|. Mrs. George Nelson spent the week.
end in Motley.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19

Monday evening, November 8, the
Birthday club surprised Miss Gimpl
at her home. They gave her lovely
box of stationery.
Miss Scherer and Miss Gimpl were
dinner guests at the George Nelson
home Monday of last week.
The Helping Hand club is spon-
soring a party at the Rutledge viii
lage hall Friday, November 20, at
$3.50 p. m. Come and help the ladies
buy service flag. All are welcome.
The Townsend club will hold a
business meeting Friday, November
81, at $3.50 p. m. at the village hall.
All members are requested to be
present as there will be nomination
for officers for the new year. The
Townsend club enjoyed surprise
Friday when Miss Agnes Glodowski
came and gave very fine talk. Mr..
Anderson of Hinckley was also here
Red Cross Notes.
Because there have been so many
inquiries about the annual Red Cross
Roll call, the following information
is issued for the members and sup
porters of the Red Cross. Because
of war conditions and the possibility
of another War fund drive, the an
nual roll call will not be taken in
November but will be in the nature
of an appeal in March 1943.
However, anyone wishing to contri-
butte to either the War fund or local
fund may do so and such gifts are
always appreciated. Some people
prefer to have a donation stay home
to be used among their neighbors;
others prefer to have it used direct
ly for relief and aid of our armed
forces. Such wishes are always full
filled by local officers.
At the present time the local unit
is sewing small boys suits, making
surgical dressings and have pledged
to fill its share of Pine county's quota
of 400 overseas service kits at cost
of 81 each. AS soon as the material
arrives, sewing on the kits will start.
In the meantime the unit will en-
deavor to raise the money needed
for same.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19

Mrs. Leonard Larson and children,
Mrs. Olson and Sigrid Overland spent
Saturday afternoon at Kenneth Ny
stroms.
The local teachers spent the week.
end at their homes.
Mrs. Tracy Street and Mrs. Elmer
Mossberg spent Tuesday afternoon
cuttin' out more Red Cross slips.
George Nystrom,- "who's deep in
the heart of Texas" informs us he's
enjoyin' his Askov American which
is gift from the local Red Cross.
Mrs. Carlson (Ethel Anderson) left
Saturday for Texas. Mrs. Carlson
has been visitin' her folks for the
past two weeks and will now join
her husband who is in the service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Anderson Wis
tied at the Tracy Street home We'd
nesday evenin'.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Nystrom
and son, Jon Williams, called at the
Ed Olson home Monday evenin'
The M. E. Aid will sponsor pro-
gram and "Chili supper" at the
church Thanksgivin' evenin', Novem-
Der 26. All are invited to attend.
Rev. and Mrs. Steele were Friday
supper guests at Ed Olsons. Eiffel
Mossberg spent the afternoon there.
Rev. and Mrs. Steele called at the
Sandin and Habeck homes recently.
Several of the folks have heard
from Mrs Schjeldahl. They are very
happy in their new home in Cali
fornia.
Nobel Merrifield is spendin' a few
days at his home here.
Mr.. Clickner and Mrs. Tracy Street
visited at the Sam Williams home
Sunday afternoon.
Several of the ladies helped Mrs.
Habeck celebrate her birthday ami
versary Wednesday afternoon of last
week.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19

The time for services at the local
M. E. church has been changed
Beginning next Sunday services will
be at 1870 p. m. with Sunday school
at 2:15 p. m.
Several from here, including Mr..
and Mrs. Berndt, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Harapat, Mr..
and Mrs. George Clark and Mrs. L.
Hughes, recently enjoyed the show,
'Mrs. Miniver," at Pine City.
Donald Helm of Dover, arrived
Wednesday of last week for short
visit at the August Hanson home.
Mr.. Helm has been attending school
in Winona, studying signaling.
Several high school girls tried out
recently for cheer leading, Eva An
derson and Irene Ziegler winning the
honor
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19

MIR. and Mrs. Ed Olson and daugh-
ter are visiting at the Storebo home
at this writing.
The senior social science class Wis
tied the Moose Lake state hospital
Friday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Marotz have
moved into one of Mr.. Hills apart
ments.
Mrs. Virginia Gross is much i'm
proved at this writing.
Clarence Coulter and Colin Coulter,
both of st. Paul, spent Sunday with
their mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mach of Min
neapolis announce the birth of a
daughter November II.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
Bruno
Surgical BandageS,

All who have registered or who
intend to register for making surgical
dressings for the Red Cross, are asked
to be at the Bruno schoolhouse at 7:30
o'clock Tuesday evening, Novem-
Der "a.
Volunteers are asked to observe
the following rules: Do not wear uni
form or wash dress or head covering
to the school, but carry same in pack
age. No cosmetics or fingernail pol
ish. Hair must be completely COW
cred. If suffering from cold or per-
sistent cough, plan to wear your face
mask. No children or visitors al
lowed. No lunches. Be prompt.
Bring own hand towel and table
knife.
Pine County's quota is $1,000 ban
dages and not 10000 as previously
announced. Bruno's quota is 1900.
The need is great, so plan to come.
Two Red Cross workers at home are
needed for every boy in the service.
Are you doing your part?
Private Clifford Severson left for
Camp Mccoy last Thursday evening
after spending three days with his
parents.
Mrs. Francis Pearson returned
home Wednesday of last week after
spending the past week in Duluth
with friends.
Mrs. Abe Markus returned home
Friday from Chicago, ILL.,, where she
spent some time.
Rev. and Mrs. Lukesh, returned
missionaries from Czechoslovakia,
conducted Bible study at the home
of Mrs. Chas. Sprague last Thursday.
The Leslie Darling family is NOV
ing into the Lind house this week.
Leslie returned home last Thursday
from the Veterans hospital where he
underwent an operation for Appendix
citis. Friends are glad he is i'm
proving so rapidly.
Supt. and Mrs. Thompson enter
tanned the faculty at their home We'd
nesday evening of last week in honor
of Robert Price who left Friday for
the Great Lakes Training station to
enter officers training.
The F. C.. Dyer family has moved
to South Dakota to make new home.
Their household goods were trucked
there Tuesday. Friends wish them
good luck.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Englund and
Mrs. Warren Englund left Monday
morning of last week for Grand
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19

Forks, N. D., where they were called
by the serious illness of Mr.. Eng
lund's sister, Mrs. William Darling
ton. They returned Wednesday eve
ming.
Mrs. Chas. Sprague will entertain
the Presbyterian Missionary society
at her home Tuesday afternoon at 8
o'clock. Every one is welcome.
Mrs. Warren Englund returned to
her home in Minneapolis last Thurs
day evening.
Harold Plaisted, Grant DeMaris and
Hubert Hill are visiting friends and
relatives here this week and also en-
joying deer hunting.
Rev. Ahern of Scion Springs, Wis.
held services at the Presbyterian
church Sunday.
Several young people from this
community attended the Young Peo-
pies rally at Kerrick Friday night
Mrs. Chas. Hoglund of Anoka, spent
several days recently visiting her
sister, Mrs. Lingren.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Faudskar and
Miss Scott of Finlayson, spent Sun
day at the Englund and Lingren
homes.
Mrs. William lack of Duluth, is
visiting a few days at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl john
son.
Mrs. Carlton Stafford of st. Paul,
came Saturday to spend week at
the home of her parents.
Mrs. AL Jorgensen is able to be
up and around again after a severe
case of grippe.
Mrs Judkins of Hinckley, visited
recently at the home of her son Mar
vim.
William Pearson spent the week.
end at the home of his brother, Fran
els.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Anderson of
Goodhue, are visiting at the Billman
home at this writing. The Ander-
sons are former residents and will
be remembered by many.
Mr. and Mrs. William Marihart and
Harold spent Sunday afternoon at the
Amell home near Willow River.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Henry, R. T.
Comstock, John Quimby and George
Peterson of West Concord, are visit
ing at the c. o. Billman home. They
hope to get their deer while here.
Charlie Robinson and two friends
are hunting in this vicinity.
Mrs. John Didden is spending this
week at the F. S. Fairchild home.
George and Leroy July of Preston,
spent the weekend here Leroy
spent the past summer in Alaska.
John Lindstrom and several friends
from Minneapolis spent Sunday here
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Lund spent
Saturday and Sunday at the Louis
Lund home.
Mr.. and Mrs. ALI Larson of Super
ior, and Mr.. and Mrs. Sydney Bow
man of Duluth, visited at the Muir
ply home Sunday.
Merritt Plumb spent Wednesday of
last week at Hinckley having dental
work done.
Tony Barrigar is enjoying a visit
with his brother and sister-in-law
from Faribault at this writing.
Bert Rose went Tuesday to Duluth
where he will be employed at the
Diamond Calk & Horseshoe factory.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Marotz were
in Duluth Friday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
BRUNO GRANGE NOTES
Mrs. Fred Babe, Reporter.

Bruno Grange 754 met at the
schoolhouse Wednesday evening, No
vember II. The election of officers
was the main event of the evening.
The lecturers program was short
ened because the election took up
most of the time.
Friday night, November Is, the
quilt made by the Grange ladies was
given away, with Bert Rose of Bruno
the holder of the lucky number. The
evening was spent in playing cards.
1t was closed with lunch of all the
coffee and doughnuts you could eat.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
Windenere
BY Eupholia.

Most everybody has been havin'
company over the weekend. Deer
season is bringin' lot of outsiders
in the community. Several have
secured their deer, too.
Guess we must be havin' Indian
summer. It's surely fine today!
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
(Too Late for Last Weekly

Mr.. and Mrs. George Hedsten of Min
neapolis. were weekend visitors at the
Ed Olson home. Grace Mossberg also
visited there. Eiffel Mossberg spent Sum
day with her folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Overland, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbert NyStrom and sons and Mrs.
Emil Johnson spent the weekend here
with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Akam and son
left for Minneapolis Thursday. Mrs. Akam
and son have been spendin' a consider
able time at the Elmer Mossberg home.
Merle Swanson is enroute to Texas at
this writing.
Miss Silta and Mrs. Tracy Street called
at the Kenneth Nystrom home Saturday
evenin'.
Nobel Merriield and Mrs. Thompson
spent Sunday at the Merrifield home.
Lois Dahlen of St. Paul, is spendin'
some time at her home here.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19

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Evening star., 1942-06-29
Patent on Shrinking Process
Denied Inventor on Appeal

The United States Court of Ap-
pealS struggled with the problem
of a shrinking shirt today and,
although it decided the situation
was improving, it still refused an
inventor a patent on a new pre-
shrinking process.
The court spent 5000 words look
ing at the warp and Woof from
collar to Shirt-tail. but in the end
told Inventor Robert Seyfarth that
the decision Of the patent commits
sioner and District Court must
stand.
III a highly informative opinion
on the subject the court first
pointed out that natural cotton
fiber is shaped like corkscrew. In
spinning and weaving tension is ap-
piled repeatedly and this straight
ems and elongateS the f1bers. To
hold them in this elongated shape.
sizing. composed of starches, gums
and tallows, is applied. This sizing
makes the cloth easier 10 handle
and also gives the finished garment
a better appearance.
-Four or five launderingS remove
Evening star., 1942-06-29

this sizing completely. The elon-
gated fibers then resume their nat
ural. or corkscrew, spiral shape.
Hence shrinkage," the court said
Mr.. Seyfarth has perfected what
is known as the "Relyonsize' process,
in which a shirt, cut oversize to
allow for shrinkage, is dipped in
water containing "wetting-out"
agent. This is a chemical which
allows the fibers to resume their
CorkScrew shape. but which does not
remove the sizing, which gives a
shirt a gloss that aids in its market
ing. The water is then removed
and the garment pressed on fat
buck" so that no stretching of the
fabric occurs.
The court went into the merits
of other well-known methods of pre-
shrinking and. although concluding
that Mr.. Seyfarth's process is with
out doubt a useful improvement" it
still contains no patentable feature.
The opinion was written by ASSo-
ciate Justice Wiley Rutledge, with
Associate Justices Harold Stephens
and Henry w. Edgerton concurring.
Evening star., 1942-06-29
Three u. S. Girls Sent Home
After Attack on Dutch Hurbor

sjust ahead of us, and it broke into
flames" Miss Quandt said. Look
ing up we saw three bombers over
head. We ran from the main street
down a side street. Some soldiers
called to us to lie down, which we
did, close to a building. Pretty
soon we started for the shelter
again. Some wounded soldiers waved
US away as we started to help them.
Run for it, girls one of them said.
"A second bomb hit a building
we had intended to enter, and if we
had stopped there we would have
been in it. We finally made the
shelter. We stayed there watching
the guns firing until the all clear
sounded after about an hour"
Two days later, they boarded ship,
still wearing the same clothes they
donned when the attack stared.
They had slept in them two nights
and were muddy and dirty but IN
Gaunted.
Evening star., 1942-06-29
Plane Flies Hour
With Girl Pilot
Unconscious
By the Associated Press.


ANN ARBOR. Mich, June 90
An airplane with an unconscious
girl pilot inside circled the Ann
Arbor city airport crazily for an
hour last night while spectators be-
low watched in frozen fright.
Miss Joan Tesh, 10, of Ann Arbor,
an employe of the Willow Run
bomber plant, took the ship aloft in
the early evening and tainted while
still in the air.
With the rudder and elevator fixed
so it would go in approximately
level circles, the plane continued to
fly. Robert Young, an airport in
structor, took another ship up and
saw that Miss fresh was uncon-
scious at the controls. Dwight
Reynolds, airport manager, con-
firmed the fear, but was helpless
For almost go minutes, Mr.. Rey-
nolds said, the plane continued its
wild perambulations. Then the girl
revived.
Two efforts at landing were un-
successful, and as she was about to
try third her gasoline supply ran
out. She glided the plane to a stop
in field on Ellsworth road, striking
a fence in the effort.
Miss Tesh stepped out of the cabin,
uninjured. and tainted again. She
was treated for shock in st. JOS
eph's Mercy Hospital today.
The plane was injured only
slightly. The girl had four hours
of solo flying time before last night