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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
Civic Chorus TO Present its Annual Christmas Concert Dec
Mrs. Carl Pingel
Heads Auxiliary
THE JUNG WOMENS

THE NC WOMENS
AUXILIARY of Zion Evangeli-
cal Church met at the home of
Mrs. Edward Hatch, "A Wash
ington avenue last night where
the members enjoyed their an
nual Christmas party.
Before the party election OF
officers was held and the fol-
lowing were elected: President,
Mrs. Carl Pingel; Vice-president,
Mrs. William Mcclellan; Treasur-
err, Mrs. John HARDWOOD; Secre-
tary. Mrs. Earl Burk.
Mrs. Ronald Ochsenbein was a
guest. Eighteen guests were
seated around the large table,
covered with a lovely lace cloth
and decorated with miniature
lighted Christmas trees and tiny
snow men with Santa Claus in
the center. Gifts were exchang-
ed and games were the diversion
of the evenings entertainment
Prizes were won by Mrs. Will
liam Mcclellan. Mrs. William
Volkenant, and Mrs. Wesley
Kandt.
MISS IRMA HOLTZ, daughter
of Mrs. Alma Holtz, So Gallur
avenue, who has been a patient
at the University hospital, Anr
Arbor, since last September re-
turned to her home last week
and is slowly convalescing.
MIR. AND MRS. BURGESS
AKIN of Edmons street, Harri
son Township, entertained thu
family pinochle club last eve
ming. A delicious lunch wa!
served very attractively. Mrs
Johnnie Arnold received high
score.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
Serqt. Dom N. Chown
Wakes Debut as Director

Michigan music school training
has been evident.
The appearance Of Samuel
Boghossian, talented 22-yeax-
old soldier from the Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music, ~ .
violin soloist is expected to odd
greatly to the program.
He was the concert master Of
the schools symphony orch1s-
ira and played first violin In NJ
conservatory string quartet.
Boghossian has also appeared
as solo violist with the Column
bus (Ohio) Symphony orch1e-
ira. At Selfridge Field he u st-
tached to the seth Air Force
Band.
MRS. RICHARD SULLIVAN,
Moross avenue, will entertain
her card club at dessert lunch.
con on Thursday. There will b
eight guests.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
VIEW Auxiliary
Fetes Draftees

THE LADIES' AUXILIARY
of the VFW served hot coffee
and doughnuts at the USO build
ing this morning to the ~
draftees who left at $50 a. m.
At IL o'clock they served
sandwiches and coffee to the IL
draftees who left shortly after
noon. The ladies presented all
the draftees with candy, cigar
cites and matches before they
left. Tomorrow the six boys who
are leaving from the draft
board will also be given candy.
cigarettes and matches. Coffee
was furnished by the USO and
the rest was furnished by the
Ladies' Auxiliary, of which Mrs.
Frank Peltier is chairman, as
sisted by Mrs. Albert Wallace
and Mrs. Leroy Brundage.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
On Quilts

IF YOU'RE fortunate enough
to own an heirloom patchwork
quilt, or if you have joined the
ranks of present day quilters
and have turned out a lovely
pattern yourself, you can make
it do double duty by using it as
both a spread and a quilt. For
spread use a full drop ruffle
around sides and bottom of bed
beneath the quilt of some plain
color or white material. Your
friends will exclaim.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
Margaret Bottone Circle
ENJOYS Annual Porty

THE MARGARET BOTTOME
Circle Kings Daughters, met
last night at the Kings Daugh-
ters' Home for their annual
Christmas party and dinner.
There were nineteen guests
seated at one large table which
was attractively decorated with
small lighted Christmas trees
and tall red tapers. After the
dinner, bridge was played with
prizes going to Mrs. Howard
Groat, Mrs. David Rouleau, and
Mrs. John Jarchow. At the end
of a very enjoyable evening.
Christmas gifts were exchanged
among the members.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
New Officers
are Elected
BY Maccabees

THE MACCABEES held their
regular meeting last night at 8
in the Barron Hall.
Plans were completed for
their annual Christmas party
which will take place December
% at Barron Hall beginning
with a pot luck dinner at 6 p. m.
The chairman for the party will
be Mrs. C. A. Young and Mrs.
Jack James will assist. Mrs.
Ulma Moss, district manager of
Detroit was guest.
The following officers were
elected at last nights meeting:
Commander, Mrs. Frank Dust
err; Past Commander, Mrs. Ellis
Streu; Lieutenant Commander,
Mrs. G. A. Young; Record Keep
err, Mrs. John Stearns; Assistant
Record Keeper, Mrs. William
Helm, Chaplain, Mrs. Harry
Moore; First Guard, Mrs. JOS
eph Defer, Second Guard, Mrs.
William Fink; Mistress of Arms,
Mrs. Leonard Dalecke; Sergeant,
Mrs. Jack James, Sentinel, Mrs.
Jennie Gardner; Tickets, Mrs.
Joseph st. Pierre; Musician,
Mrs. Claudine Lynch; Judas
Maccabees, John Stearns; De-
borah, Mrs. Gerry Baret; Es-
corts, Viola Wismer and Martha
Brown.
The installation will take
place on January %.
MEMBERS OF THE GIRLS
OWN CIRCLE, Kings Daugh-
tiers which will meet tomorrow
evening at 8 p. m. at the King S
Daughters Home are requested
to be sure and bring their
Christmas gifts for the Univer-
sity Hospitals Christmas box for
the children.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
M. p. in Australia

INDOOR ICE SKATING and
outdoor maneuvers in 40 degree
heat, in or out of the shade, were
some of the highlights conveyed
in a letter to HE parents this
week by Corporal Alan S. Barn
EFT, of Mount Clemens, now sta
toned in Australia. He is the
only son of Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac
Barnett of 141la Market street.
Barnett is now in Australia with
an MP. battalion, wher' the
torrid heat was encountered in
Jungle maneuvers. He entered
the Army February q 194l.
Leaves for Army
EDISON RALPH PELTIER,
eldest son of Mrs. William Palm
err. 165 North Broadway, left
this morning for Fort Custer.
Pvt. Peltier is the second son CT
Mrs. Palmer to leave for the
army.
Reports for Training
MRS. DONALD SUDAN has
received word that her husband,
Seaman End Class Donald SUI
dau, who recently enlisted in the
Construction Battalion of the
United States Navy, has re-
ported for training at Camp En-
dicott, Davisville, r. /.
Now Pvt. lst Class
MR.. AND MRS. EDWARD
NIEMAN, SR., Romeo Plank
road, received word from their
son Carl in Hawaii, that he is
now a Private 1st Glass. He
states that he is we'll and happy
and wishes to say hello to all
of his friends in Mount Glenn
ems.
Through School
WHEN PVT. RAY ROCKER
leIL NuStcE ONcI IllOlitii n6O
he was transferred to Keesler
Field, Mississippi for his basic
training. He is now through
school at Chanute Field, Ran
tout, Illinois, and he is going to
be a Military Policeman. He is
the son of Mrs. Flora Rocker,
277 Euclid avenue.
Receives Photo
MRS. EDWARD PELTIER,
North Walnut street, is the proud
recipient of a picture of her son,
Fireman End Glass Louis c.
Wriska, 18, who enlisted in the
Navy last March. He is some
where in foreign waters, where
abouts unknown, and although
he says Navy life is swell he is
lonesome to see his mother and
the old home town.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
Shower Fetes
Recent Bride

AT THE MEETING Monday
evening of the Westminster
League of the Presbyterian
Church held at the home of
Mrs. Walter Lehner the men,
bers delightfully."- surprised Mrs.
Ted Albrecht Julia BohiD at
a miscellaneous shower. Their
Christmas program, previously
announced, was thoroughly en-
joyed by everyone.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
X Nth the Goors X
transferred

PVT. LEONARD BATKINS,
who left for Custer on Novem-
Der % has now been transferred
to Camp Maxey, Texas, accord
ing to word received by his
wife, Mrs. Leonard Batkins and
son, Dona d, of 58a Ahrens
street.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-09-17
THE VOTERS DUTY
Editor Askov American:

The poll tax, in several south
ern states, is under vigorous as
sault. Under poll tax law you
have to pay to get to vote. Perhaps
it would be better to make pay who
do not vote.
Assess each eligible voter who
fails without good reasons), to vote
in any election, sizeable fine. For
the second offense give him 10 days
in the work house and for the third
disfranchise him for life.
Also he ought to be fined for mark
ing ballot unintelligently. In one
precinct near me seven ballots were
thrown out. A child of seven should
have been spanked for such ballot
marking, such as crossing every can
didate on all three tickets.
One has only to glance at the
returns in the late primary to be
convinced that half the people do not
appreciate the democratic right to
nominate candidates. The primary
is the voters nominating convention.
If one will not vote then he ought
to have the decency to keep still
about who is nominated.
To neglect to vote in a primary
is 'stab in the back" of our democ-
racy, a play into the hands of die
tators. 1t would serve such people
right if the time came when they
were handed a ballot with only
one name on it and ordered to vote
''yes-or else"
The ''pure-as-a-lily" person, man
or woman, who says politics is "too
rotten" only adds more decay by
not voting One-third barrel of rain
water may contain many wiggle-tails
and much slime. Fill up the barrel
and the water is comparatively pure.
To purify politics go to the source
the ballot box-and flush out the
dregs with plenty of ballots. Either
do this or stop grouching.
If you leave the nominating of
candidates (the function of a pri-
mary), to machine-supporters and
pie-eaters, you have no one but
yourselves to blame if you get moth
ing but politicians" in office.
Yes, people who will not do their
good-citizen duty on primary cleo
ton day should be made to feel the
blistering lash of the wrath of an
offended democracy-a poll-tax fine
for not voting.
o. M. THOMSON.
Willernie, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-09-17
Cunnar Fenger

Milwaukee, and Mrs. Wales; Clare
Hendee, F. H. Eyre and E. H. Junte-
mum of the Superior national forest;
Paul Rudolph and J. A. Mitchell and
son of the state experimental. sta
ton, st. Paul; C. E. Knutson, Chip
pewa national forest; M. Cummings,
Chippewa national forest, and Mrs.
Cummings; Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Iver-
son, U. S. Forest Service, Rhine
lander, Wis; Paul Zehngraff, Mime
sofa Forest Service, Cass Lake; Mr.
Finley, State Conservation depart
ment, st. Paul; Francis Scott, Min
nesota Indian service, and Mrs. Scott;
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Christensen,
Cass Lake; Mr., and Mrs. Olaf Juhl,
Hopkins; Miss Harriet Bloomberg,
Herbert Bloomberg and v. S. Peter
sen, Minneapolis. L. Byron Olsen,
st. Paul; and Mr.. and Mrs. J. P.
Miller, Pine City.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-09-17

planning for the future for them
selves and for their children. They
have built block on block of build
ings. They have laid out and paved
broad thoroughfares and public
squares. Modern new theaters have
been built and museums opened to
the public. Up to the time that Sta
lingrad was forced to fight for its
very life, thousands of Russians from
every section of the Soviet Union
streamed through its streets and
boulevards. Stalingrad to many Rus
slams is more than just another fac
tory town. It is their home city,
their industrial center, beacon light
to the rest of the world as to how
vast manufacturing and trading
metropolis can be planned and built
so as to Danish ugliness and filth, to
make it combine the utmost in utility
with artistic attractiveness.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-09-17
AMALGAMATION
Editor Askov American:

Editor ASkOV American:
We hear the word isolationism
quite often nowadays, but more than
often it is used as mere DOGGY
word. There is only one trend which
is dominant during our times and
that is amalgamation. Within the
comparative short time of a few hun
dred years it is safe to predict that
the strong nationalistic and racial
problems will be solved through
amalgamation. The strains incap-
able of mixing will simply disappear.
Nature after all is shrewder than
"best minds"
Many may ask where did you read
this? What book of authority sub
Stimulates this? The answer is that
it has not been read, merely observed
If you travel through the south you
will notice this process. In the
southern American countries as well
as in Alaska, the racial problem is
being solved. Anyone who has OBJ
served and travelled much in this
country CdIlllOl ldll W ilOllSC eiiS
change during the past 40 years in
this country, especially in Minnesota,
as to strong nationalistic tendencies
being practically eliminated.
If a strong nationalistic tendency
is allowed to flourish in Europe after
this war, another war is certain with
in a few years. A strong mongrel
race is superior to race of super
men and its production is inevitable.
Travelling through the state 80 or 40
years ago, a person always found
nationalistic tendencies were strong
in different localities populated by
the various nationalities from Eu-
rope. Some of this was mere love
for their former homelands. But,
generally this barrier has been bro
ken. 1t is hard to convince mon
grel that the strain of either his
father or mother is superior. The
problem is not to destroy certain ma
tionalities or any strain-amalgama-
ton is the answer.
S. J. SIMONSEN.
Pease, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-09-17
NEWSPAPER MORTALITY
Hastings GaZette)

Whether the war has anything to
do with newspapers passing out of
the picture or two papers consolidat-
ing to produce one paper, it is quite
evident that changes are coming thick
and fast in the newspaper field.
This past week shows, in Mime
sofa alone, the death of three papers,
one weekly at International Falls,
one at st. Hilaire, and the third at
Elgin. In these cases, some neigh
boring newspaper takes over the
subscription list in each instance, and
prints a section for the town elm
mated.
One big consolidation takes place
at Madison, Mimi, where the indie
pendent Press takes over the Western
Guard, and the manager of the lat
ter for Al years retires to do garden
ing and "work on his lawn"
Another big change takes place at
st. Peter, by which the Herald be-
comes weekly after having been a
twice-a-week paper for more than
18 years. This change need not in
dicate that the paper is not doing
well but might well result from the
terrific extra price semi-weekly
has to pay in postage, an unexplained
penalty of one cent per paper per
issue, in the city itself.
While there are several reasons
for these and other changes taking
place in the newspaper field, yet
some consideration must be given
to the matter of better salaries pos
sible in other fields for both the staff
and the editor or publisher. In times
of depression, men will often work
for even bare living, and those
who believe they can edit and man
age paper are no different in that
respect from others.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-09-17
News From The
Victory Front

Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Ark.
August %, 1912.
Dear Friends:
I am here in Camp Joseph T. Rob-
inson, Ark. The camp site was occu-
pied in World War 1 by busting
Camp Pike where more than $4,000
men were in training at one time.
Situated on wooded hills eight miles
north of Little Rock, the camp was
named for Brigadier General Zebu-
lon NJ Pike at the time of the first
war. Now the present camp is named
after Senator Joseph T, Robinson,
United States Senator from Arkansas
for "a years.
Little Rock is the birthplace of
General Douglas Macarthur and
Lieutenant General Brehon Somer-
will
We boys are treated fine out here.
We are to get 8 weeks of basic train
ing and then will be sent elsewhere
I will say hello to all my friends
in Pine county as had many, being
in the we'll drilling business around
my home town, Willow River. l also
say, do not be afraid to be a soldier
for our country so we can be free
as we have been for many years.
Let us show what we Americans from
Pine county can do.
PVT. STANLEY POSLUSNY.
Co. A, 72nd Bn., 18th Rg.,
Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Ark.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-09-17
STALINGRAD, UNIQUE CITY OF
SOVIETS, BATTLING FOR LIFE
Scottish Rite News Bureau)

Scottish Rite News Bureau)
Stalingrad, popularity called the
Detroit of Russia" is a city about
which much is not generally known.
In fact, until it became one of the
focal points in Hitler's drive to the
east, it is safe prediction that per-
haps not one in a hundred could
tell where it was. Yet today it con-
stitutes one of the most important
defense areas in all of the vast Rus
sian territory.
It is the heart of the tank industry
of the Soviet government. Because
it was located with reference to the
use of the Volga for both incoming
and outgoing freight, it's wharves are
often stacked with timber and grain,
heavy duty machinery of all kinds
and firearms, rolled steel, refined oil,
canned goods and boots.
Stalingrad used to be known as
Tsaritsyn. One house in the city
bears a memorial tablet stating that,
in 1918, Joseph Stain worked there.
In those days, Stalingrad was being
held against the white guard troops.
This city is full of revolutionary
traditions, but its citizens are not
basking in the light of reflected glory
of past decades. They are proud
of the fact that they are realistic
and are living in the present and
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-09-17
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW

Continued from Page u
men and supplies can reach
Egypt unhindered, the British are
now trying to complete their con-
quest of the island of Madagas-
car, reported to be a nest of
secret Nazi work and a base of
operations for Japanese sub
marines.
1t is sort of hopping up bust
ness, resisted half-heartedly by the
French troops under command of the
Vichy government.
In the Pacific.
The Russian war and the sudden
lull in North Africa have not de-
tracted attention from the south
western Pacific where the japanese
seem bent on attacking the Austral-
ian mainland. It is doubtful that
they will be in position to do So
doubtful because of the energetic
exertions on the part of American
and Australian forces. = 49,.
1t is true that the japanese have
succeeded in crossing the island of
New Guinea half way from north to
south to a point only some forty
miles from Port Moresby, jumping
off point for northern Australia.
But it is also true that the
Americans who have occupied
the Solomon Islands, still remain
there, and cannot be dislOdged.
The islands now, according to
official information, will be used
as base of offensive operations
against Japan.
Under these circumstances, it is
by no means certain that the enemy
will try anything as foolhardy as a
direct attack on Australia.
China Front.
In the Pacific, the japanese have
learned a useful lesson, for the first
time: the Americans have taught
them the doctrine that they can be
defeated; that was shown in the
Coral Sea, at Midway island, at the
Solomons, and so on
The Chinese now are rubbing
it in, for the japanese in the
provinces Of Chekiang and XII
angst are still retreating, pur-
sued by armies which have been
fighting them for more than five
years and which are still hero
ically undaunted.
There is no evidence showing that
the Japanese are planning to attack
Russian Siberia or 1nuia, but there
are plenty of renewed rumors to that
effect. The question is, however,
can they? Are they strong enough
for that? There is some reason to
doubt that they are.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-09-17
THE ssWHY" OF SCRAP
(The Scrapper)

AS furnaces are roaring to produce
more steel for tanks, planes and
guns, Uncle Sans, scrap pile is rap
idly diminishing. The need for scrap
and more scrap is becoming daily
more critical.
It might be asked why in this land
of plenty, with its huge deposits OF
iron ore, there is such an urgent and
unprecedented demand for scrap iron
and steel. There are good reasons.
Steel is made of scrap and pig iron
metal melted from iron ore. Even in
normal times scrap supplies about
one-haf the raw material for steel
production-and the reason behind it
is that scrap contains much valuable
alloy material which is recovered in
steel production. With the shortage
in critical materials-such as nickel,
tungsten, chromium and other metals
needed for the many types OF alloy
for the production of weapons-such
recovery becomes all the more i'm
perative. Too, while there is abund-
ant ore available for the production
of pig iron, much labor and extern
sive transportation facilities are
needed to mine, purify and trans
port the ore to the steel mills.
These are only a few reasons why
scrap collection of the ferrous metals
and other materials is essential to
war production. The salvaging OF
scrap is job for every man, woman
and child in America. We must dig
and dig deep-in the 'mine-above-
the-ground," the rich reserve OF junk
which wasteful America has accumu-
lated through the years. Those min
ing operations may well determine
Whether-and how soon-we will win
the war! as 80
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-09-17
always been faithful and loyal
spokesman for reaction in its mar
roWest and most hide-bound form.

Roosevelt's hold on the popular
imagination comes largely of certain
theories he holds which are unde-
niably progressive. What has led him
into error and will probably lead
him into ultimate eclipse are his
emotionalism and his ignorance of
certain economic-political principles.
Stassen lacks the saving grace of
advanced thinking in even the linn
tied degree that is true of Roosevelt.
He will never command following
for more than two reasons: %. He
will have the adherence of special,
privileged groups so long as he serves
their interest. Such benefit will come
to them, not necessarily of a DELHI
crate design on his part to favor
them, but because his philosophy is
essentially one which has such a
result. (2). He will have the 10y
atty of those who ride his political
bandwagon because they find it pro-
fitable.
Stassen depends entirely on his
political machine for his strength. Let
control of the machine be captured
by an unfriendly element and he is
through. This is the explanation of
his strenuous attempt to name his
successor.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-09-17
Pease, MINI
THE MAMMON-MOLOCH FIGHT

Editor Askov American:
If our maximum income is allowed
at $25, 900 net we farmers and labor
ers have to go long way before
that goal is reached.
The emergencies of today should
be treated as is done in a shipwreck,
everybody on the pump and the pro-
visions to live on rationed equally,
to save men and ship Country.
Today everybody thinks he is very
important. However, not very far
from now we will realize that the
most important men are those in the
lower bracket of earnings, people
who do the hard and rough labor,
miners, lumber jacks and farm hands.
Let no one fool himself that these
people cause initiation and need cell
ing over their wages.
If there are no excessive earnings
there will be no initiation. Instead
of a maximum of $25, 1000 per year, it
should be $4,000 for every able mar
ried worker and $500 for single
persons. Anyone not able to live
inside such an income ought to be
considered as an excessive spender
and put under a guardian or sent
to a night school to be taught eco
nomics by Mr.. Farmer and Mr..
Laborer who have practised it all
their time.
If people want to be served in res
taurants and pay for one meal when
we farmers and laborers can feed
our whole family at that price, or if
they want to buy their provisions in
a delicatessen store and blame the
farmers for the high cost of living,
they are totally wrong.
Sandstone Mimi JOHN. NIEBOER.