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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-21
Walter WincheII
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Congress from Connecticut, is learn- ing politics fast '. She has hired q press agent for her campaign. At S1OO weekly. His name is Leonard Wood. .ExpIoiter Wood was on the stan of The South NorwaIk (COnn.) Sentinel owned by Leroy ID. Downs. Publisher Downs who has the manners of 8 gallant-is Clare's Op- ponent!
 Harvard students must behave if they dwell at the Ritz in N. r. It is own owned by Harvard .Dr. Paul Roland, well known to Broadway, was captured by Japs at Bataan, acc cording to returned nurses. Sieg- fried Guido Muchmayer, ski in- structor at F,ranconia, N. H., was arrested as an alien enemy two days after Pearl Harbor. Atty Gen1 Riddle paroled him on March End. Life,s ad rates will be boosted with the April 5th, 1943 issue. Ann Miller, the dancer, will wed a millionaire meat packer. There is more Scotch in town than in Scot land. The prices will tilt because of increased taxes. One of the Sons O. Fun" musicians slugged it out with a critic of the President and wound up with a broken collar bone. The other guy isn't out of the hospital yet. Sammy Rake will enlist sometime this month.
 Carsen Associates, researchers, re- quested newspaper cOlyumists to tell them the names of the magazines they consider ''most impOrtant". :. The poll reveals Time in the lead with over 41 per cent. Readers Die gest second with 17.2.. Golfers with 1O.2. .SatevepOst 6.9. News week, Life, Harper's and Foreign Affairs-al tied for runner-up with ditto percentage.
 Broadwayites who never forget to revere the memory of Slime Silver man will make their 9th annual pil- grimage from variety's offices on Wed. Mae West, who hasn't made a flicker in 3 years, paid an income tax of $90,000 on last years earn ings. She now weighs 118 and soon starts on a 3 film schedule. Ruth Greeley, the dancer (the ex-Mrs. Jackie Heller) married Trevor Adams of Station WINS Friday eve. .. Are Greer Carson and Richard Ney Cher son in Miniver) pulling a Sterling Hayden-Madeleine Carroll? !. <. They insist that all the other re- ports were premature-and that Ella Logan becomes Mrs. Fred Finklehoffe in Connecticut tomor- row or Wednesday. He is the pro- ducer of Show Time" which got raves and "then fell of to capacity!'
 FDR is reputed to have remarked: Choosing the lesser of two evils is easy. The heartache comes fin choOs- ing the better of two gOOds!" Tony Martin is no longer connected with the theatre on the Navy's Treasure Island. He volunteered, they say. for the gunnery schoOl-- in an effort to redeem himself. .. Gene Autry has Renotions - but Mrs. Autry says nh-nh. Mickey Rooney settled $1OO,OOO on hii estranged bride, and M-G-M is pay ing her pIenty-buying up her con- tract. Add war slOganS-fOr every office and factory wall in America TINT. :. Today Not TOmorrOw!!!'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-21
Engagements
JACKsON-HALL

Miss Chrissie Hall of West Main street announces the engagement or her niece, Miss Violet Stratton Hall, to P. F. c. Milton c. Jackson, U. s. Army of Camp Pickett, Va, son Of MT. and Mrs. Fred E. Jackson of Lounsbury street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-21
HE'S BEEN AROUND

As an actor, Sydney Greenstreet, now at Warner Bros, has toured the world = both Americas, and British Isles, India, Ceylon, Italy, France, Malta and North Africa all having seen him perform.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-21
LAwNMoWER's TIRES STOLEN

Portland, Ore, (UP)-Somebody was hard up for tires. Robert L.. Super reported to police that some- one had stolen the tires from his laWnmoWer,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-21

president of the Resident students. Following registration the Junior class entertained the freshmen at a tea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-21
Club Notes
ST THOMAS

ST. THOMAS
 The Rosary Confraternity Soci- ety of St. Thomas Church will hold it's semi-monthly social and bingo party tomorrow afternoon at 2;SO o'clock in the parish hall.
 BATTERY "E'
 Battery E Association, 208th Ar tillery, will sponsor a card party tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at Christ chapel. Proceeds of the affair will be used to purchase Christmas boxes for the men of Battery E.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-21
BIG TOWN MEDLEY
BY ROBERT MUSEL m-.. GAa Gnan..AnaAnaaAAn

NEW YORK CUP-arjorie Fielding believes place is IN that struck and techncans She began the ol-0irls shnu
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-21

Glare Boothe Luce, running for
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24
FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Editor ASkOv American:
1t was my pleasure today to re-
ceive a copy of your public spirited
newspaper, the. Askov American.
On your editorial page under the
caption Local Government" I find
that you have published four articles
taken from the Minneapolis Star
Journal, covering the same.
In behalf of the people in the state
of Minnesota who are doing their
mite to prevent the Establishment OF
local government, I wish to thank
you. If, the friends of abolishmen,
or destruction of local government
would be successful it would be the
first step in the direction of autocracy
in the United States of America!
I hope that the fourth estate in
our state will come out in the open
and battle for the preservation of ouI
democratic-republican form of gov
ernment-if not, what are we fight
ing global war for at this very
moment?
ALBERT ANDERSON.
Clearbrook, Mimi.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24

Finally locating it, he entered the
building and asked young lady clerk
to kindly direct him to the desired
office number. To this the young
lady replied, "I'm sorry, sir, but I'm
trying to find the office where I
work. Frankly, I'm also lost"
relate the incident because it is SO
typical of the New Deal
Seasons Greetings.
AS we look back over the old year
we find much to be thankful for
We were blessed with good crops;
everyone is gainfully employed and
our military situation has greatly i'm
proved over what it was even few
months ago. Already we can see
on the horizon, signs of the wars end.
I should have liked very much to
follow my usual custom and spend
Christmas at home. However, the need
for transportation for service men
being transferred from one point to
another, and the large number who
have been furloughed to permit them
to spend the holidays with their loved
ones, is SO great that civilians have
been urged by the Office of Defense
Transportation to refrain from trav-
cling until after New Years.
I want to take this opportunity to
wish for my readers Joyous Yule-
tide. May the blessings of God rest
on each and every one of you.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24

there is no army in the world today
which gives as much emphasis to
the chaplaincy as the United States
army. Whether as chaplains we live
to the expectations and opportun-
tiles may be another matter, but
there is a concern for the spiritual
needs of the men among the leader
ship of the army for which parents
and the churches should be thankful.
Coming back to personal matters,
it gets bit lonesome to be separated
from the family, but since they are
better situated where they are than
they would be here / am quite salts
fed. Housing around army camps is
a crowded proposition. The children
are well. John and Eldri have ad-
justed themselves to a new neighbor-
hood, new church and new school.
The baby is growing, getting fat like
his father and smart like his mother.
/ know that Mrs. Johanson and the
children will be happy to have you
stop at the house or call up on the
phone when you may have occasion
to be in Minneapolis. The address is
823-22nd Ave. S., the phone Atlantic
5955. f@'i
Then a word of thanks again to
the people of the congregations and
the friends at Moose Lake, Little
Moose, Denham and Sturgeon Lake.
for the ministry it was our lot to
share with you. Thank you for the
fine farewell tributes and gifts. I'm
afraid we didn't express ourselves
adequately on that score before we
left. We cannot write to each of you,
but you will kindly accept these
lines as personal and as our Christ
mas greeting to you. May the grace
of God and His peace be your Christ
mas joy!
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24
A CONSTRUCTIVE PROGRAM
Editor Askov American:

Editor ASkov American:
Much newspaper space is now being
used by our postwar planners to
stress the need of more production
as safeguard against economic col
lapse following this war. What a
graphic example this is of placing the
cart before the horse. With the
application of science to production,
American genius has been able, for
many years, to out-produce any ma
ton on earth. Our decade of de-
preston was caused by our ability to
produce vastly more than we could
buy.
Our vital postwar job will be to
apply science in creating, first a
demand-a consuming home market
for what we can already produce.
Then production will automatically
take care of itself and unemploy-
ment will eventually disappear. The
war has proven this most conclusive
ly. However, postwar public work
programs, with their political influ-
ences, will never solve this grave
problem and at the same time pre-
serve our American system of free
enterprise. This nation cannot sur
vive half-capitalistic and half-social-
istic.
If we wish to save our American
way of life and its blessings, after
this war, it behooves those most
concerned to earnestly consider the
scientific principles of the Townsend
Plan as a constructive market-creat-
ing program for postwar America.
CHARLES F. MARTIN.
MinneapoliS Mimi
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24

social Embellishments have frequent
ly ended in revolution or ruin. Per-
haps if we start seeing social institu-
tons not as sacrosanct and God-given,
but as local and relative answers to
recurring problems, we can period
ically and gradually make corrections
that will keep the whole machine
from getting wrecked. Democracy
more than any other form of govern
ment demands that its leaders strive
for peaceful evolution.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24

war NEWS
By Mrs. ChaS. Krantz
Pine County Farmer Fieldwoman.

Mrs. Ethel Van Prooien in Pine
City township, has taken in II pounds
waste kitchen fats to her butcher.
Can anyone in the county top that?
These fats contain glycerine and
glycerine is badly needed for explo-
sives. Just because you have very
little waste fats, don't let it dis
courage you from turning it in.
Were not some of those deer plenty
fat? Try to catch the drippings from
the hams and bacons being smoked.
WPA is now a thing of the past.
Like everything else man made, it
was not perfect Nevertheless it
helped many deserving family over
some poor shedding along life's road.
1t supplied the bare necessities to
many laborers and small farmers.
And, yes it also helped business, be-
cause the small town merchant could
sell food and clothing to those FAM
lilies whose incomes otherwise were
too pitifully small to keep body and
soul together.
3sACA NAdi1tS "SAS 6AdA CiiSaSi w Co
change goods for WPA checks. No
bouncing checks, them-solid and de-
pendable as the U. S. itself. WPA
was by far better than the bread line
or park bench.
These workers did proportionately
as much for their $42 to $50 monthly
wage as a defense worker now does
for $500 or $500 per month.
Here in Pine county we have the
evidence of improved roads, bridges,
a city hall as good as any, we have
schools, auditoriums, parks, recrea-
ton centers and tree nursery.
And they did all this, just leaning on
their shovels!
Think what they could have done
if they had really worked! We are,
of course, glad enough to discard any
garment that has outlived its use
fulness.
The WPA is dead! Long live the
WPA edifices!
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24
SAME OBJECTIVE
(The Montgomery Messenger,

(lne montgomery MeSSenSer)
Small business must be saved if
the free enterprise system is to be
saved. No one knows this better
than large business. How to keep
small business afloat in the growing
flood of restrictions on the supply
and distribution of materials, is a
grave problem. Every enterprise thus
saved is as valuable to the cause of
freedom as a military victory. Con-
versely. every independent enterprise
that closes its doors is in the nature
of defeat.
The businessmen are striving for
the maintenance of system under
which they can continue to do bust
ness as free MEN, Unless this sys-
tenn is saved, the war will have been
lost, irrespective>of who fires the last
shot. -
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24

The transaction has aroused a great
deal of criticism in Washington and
Senator Byrd ID. of Virginia) has
called upon Secretary of War Slim
son to explain this and similar trans
actions. Mr.. Byrd also wants to
know something about the assessed
valuation of the property.
The War and Navy Departments
have taken over by purchase or lease
great many hotels in various parts
of the country and invariably the
hotels that have been taken over are
the ritziest in town. It is transact
tons of this nature that are boosting
the cost of the war to undreamed
heights.
Caller Gets Lost.
My readers have doubtless heard
of the new Federal building in Wash
ington that houses the War depart
ment. 1t is known as the Pentagon
building because of its shape and is
said to be one Of the largest, if not
the largest, office structure in the
world. 1t houses population equal
to that of st. Cloud Approximately
$4,000 and has miles of corridors
When Congress was asked to appro-
pirate for the building, we were as
sured that the cost would not exceed
35 million but like all other pro-
jects under Roosevelt, when COM
pleted it cost twice as much as the
original estimate.
One day last week st. Paul BUSH
nessman had an experience at the
Pentagon building that he related to
me with hearty laugh. AS the
building is situated across the Poto-
mac river over in Virginia, it was
necessary for him to engage taxi
and when they got there the taxi
driver had trouble in finding the en-
trance that my friend was to use.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24
program. It must be constructive
and progressive.

The Republicans would be wise to
limit their criticism of the New Deal.
They should attack only those phases
of which it may be believed the pub
lie disapproves.
For, many of the New Deals &C
complishments have the unqualified
approval of a majority of the people.
Here are few examples:
Reform of the banking system, the
deposit guaranty law, unemployment
compensation, restraint on stock mar
ket practices, control of utility COM
panies, old age and survivors insur-
ance, public health service, vocational
rehabilitation.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24
Opinions Of Others

(Short timely letters on topics of
public interest are welcome whether
or not the writer's opinions con-
form with those of the American.
All letters must be signed with the
writer's name for our information.
Signed articles always are more eff
fective. but If the writer does not
wish to have his name used, 1t will
be withheld
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24

time in the life of this Congress. A
number were leaving Washington
never to return.
Speaker Rayburn was eulogized by
Republicans and Democrats, alike, for
his ability and fairness and the Pres
ident sent each House an identical
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24
A Little Spice

When person is all right on the
inside, he sees little to find fault with
men and nature.
Self-importance puffs a man up
beyond the normal state. 1t is a
dropsy of the mind.
More people would succeed if they
mixed a little application in with
their ambitions.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
Continued from Page ~
been astonishingly resilient in

Tmisia and-in Russia, too.
Not very long ago the general inn
preston prevailed that the Nazi
forces on the Russian fronts were
fleeing; they were-or, rather, they
were slowly retreating. But it was
not wild and disorderly flight, it
wasn't rout, by any means. Dis
patches of the last few days have
verified that impression of some
rather impressive strength still re-
manning with the Hitler invaders of
the Soviet republics.
For although they have not been
able to capture Stalingrad or any
other of their principal detectives,
they have by no means yielded COM
pletely but are still putting up ter
rife fight. Some experts seem to
feel that the retreat now lin pro-
gress may be made for the strategic
purpose of establishing winter line
in the western part of Russia.
AT all events, the Nazis have lost
ground but they are not yet beaten
painful fact which apparently is
inspiring the Soviet armies to new
gigantic efforts. On their side they
have that mighty ally whose name
is the Winter of the Steppes-a win
ter which is too rigorous for even
somewhat seasoned German soldiers.
There is still no reason to believe that
Hitler will succeed in conquering
Russia, but, of course, there can be
no relaxing on the part of that
country And-there isn't.
Sea and Air.
For months you may have noticed
that we have heard practically moth
ing of the operations of the enemy
submarines on the high seas, and the
silence has led many to the belief
that that menace had been abated.
Elmer Davis, the director of the
United States office of war in
formation, bluntly says that be-
hind the silence q vast drama
of continued sinkings of United
Nations ships has been develop
ing all the time.
When the curtain riSeS-SOme time
we are likely to find out that the
Nazi submarine danger remains a
most bitter fact, and that it might
have become still worse, were infor-
nation about it given right now.
To some extent, the aerial-war
situation is the same; only, here we
are told from time to time of Brit
ish and American commandments of
Italian, German, French, Dutch and
Belgian cities, but we are not taken
into the confidence of the author
tiles as to the extent of the damage
inflicted And there is, naturally, a
good reason for that.
Next Step.
Whatever the extent of the bomb
ings, one thing is certain, and that
is that they are paving the way for
the general offensive against Hitler,
probably timed to begin at the mo-
ment when his forces have been
chased out of Africa.
That United Nations invasion
of continental Europe will be the
next step.
It will be the final, the decisive,
step, too. After that will come vic
tory and peace-but it certainly won't
be right away. There's long, long
and thorny road to travel yet.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24

short recess this
fall while final &C
ton was being
taken by the con-
ferees on the tax
bill. 1t was a SOM
Der group of men
and women who
met in the House
Wednesday of last
for the last
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24

On this score, recent remark by
the new national chairman isn't too
reassuring. He condemned the New
Deal in its entirety. If this furnishes
key to the attitude of the party,
l look with misgivings on its chances
for 1914. To appeal to the indie
pendent voter, on whom they must
rely for victory, the Republicans
must have something better to offer
than a purely negative or critical
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24
Fact And Opinion
Advice to the Republican Party.
BY E. C. Stengelsen.

Some wag once remarked that the
Republicans should be in control
eight years to each four years for
the Democrats, because, said he, "the
Democrats are usually able to make
enough of mess in one term so it
takes the Republicans two terms to
clean it up"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24
From Exchanges

Editorial Comment From Other News
papers Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions of the
Askov American.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24

And another thing the Republicans
would do well to remember is that
government is no longer the aloof
and soulless thing it was when they
were in the saddle. Mr.. Roosevelt has
endowed it with flesh and blood. Be-
fore, it was vague and invisible; now,
it is an intimate part of our daily
lives.
People have come to look to gov
eminent for things they didn't ex-
pect before. Mr.. Roosevelt has got
ten them into this habit of mind.
The Republicans had better realize
that the citizenry are going to con-
tinue to expect it. It will not be
shed merely because the Republicans
assume control.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24
Observations
BY CONG. HAROLD KNUTsON
Congress Adjourns.

The nth Congress has been in con-
tinuous session for IT'S days with a
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24

Among independent voters, Repub-
licanism is still widely looked upon
as synonymous with a solicitous con-
Germ for the privileged. 1t had bet
ter labor, not only to rid itself of this
odious label, but to prove convinc-
ingly that it is undeserved.
The New Deal, on the other hand,
has been militantly antagonistic to-
ward these interests. And there has
been little sign that the public, gen.
orally, has condemned this attitude,
however unreasonable it has been at
times. The common man instructive
ly looks upon the great corporations
and organized wealth with mistrust
if not with outright dislike.
This is by no means a suggestion
that the Republicans adopt the New
Deal practice of batting and harass-
ing business. But they would be
wise meticulously to avoid the slight
est semblance of ties with or partial
ity for the so-called interests.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-12-24

There has been a tremendous
change in public thinking since the
Republicans were in control. If they
have not sensed it, and do not take
it into account, their success will be
short-lived.
They must realize that the America
of today is the common man. And
he is aggressively aware of his DOM
inant place in the scheme of things.
It was Roosevelt who taught him
this new consciousness of his own
Importance.
1t will no longer suffice to WOO
him with fair promises and orator.
ical bombast during the few weeks
Immediately preceding election, then
follow past Republican practice of
forgetting him when the votes have
been counted. He'll no longer take
it lying down, as he once did.
Any political platform which is not
chiefly pointed at betterment of the
common mans lot by means that are
clear and direct is bound to fail.
This is liberalism of the kind today's
voter has been taught to expect. Let
the Republicans make the mistake
of offering him a platform of broad
generalities and vague platitudes such
as they dished UP in 1886 and again
in 1910 and they will deserve nothing
better than to have their candidate
meet Landon'S and Wilkes fate.
But l believe that these things are
fully realized by the present-day Re-
publicans. To me, there is assur-
ance of it in the circumstance that
they number among their top rank
leaders such Liberals as Capper of
Kansas, Vandenberg of Michigan, Taft
of Ohio, Wiley and LaFollette of Wis
consin and Nye of North Dakota.
If the counsels of these men pre-
vail, the party will refrain from en-
barking upon a campaign character
lied chiefly by New Deal antagonism.
Instead, it will adopt a constructive
and liberal platform, clear and posi-
tive in every concept. Unlike past
Republican practice, it must be real
statement of purpose, not merely a
device for getting them into office.
And its promises must be consci-
entiously kept. Today's exacting vot-
er will not tolerate the thickness and
bad faith which were all too charac-
teristic of the Republicanism of past
decades.