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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-10-08
County Club Leader
Finishes Work Here

Mrs. Violet Litfin, the former
Violet Hecker, has recently COM
pleted her activities as county All
leader and will make her new home
in Mahtowa where Mr.. Litfn is en-
gagged in a livestock and farm ma
chinery business.
Serving for six years as head of
the All Clubs, Mrs. Litfin has been
instrumental in building a program
that is a credit to her fine leadership
! and a boon to the rural young people.
The club program has grown I'M
der her leadership from small be-
ginning until there are today a total
of 33 clubs with more than 500 men,
bers located in all parts of Pine
county In the course of her studies
here she has travelled about 100000
miles, attended over 700 club meet
ings, visited nearly 1000 farm homes,
assisted at county fairs, achievement
days, the state fair, and numerous
club tours each year, and in addition
has carried on the necessary office
work involved in the extension pro-
gram.
During her stay, Mrs. Litfin has
made numerous friends who will re-
gret to see her leave the county.
However, she has drawn around her
splendid corps of junior and adult
leaders who will make it possible
for club work to continue in the
county on high level even after she
has gone
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-10-08

For more than six weeks a war
weary world has watched the magni-
ficent spectacle of the battle of
Stalingrad where Russian troops
with a heroism, perhaps unpre-
cedented, are defending their most
important industrial center in the
south against increasingly ferocious
attack by the Nazis. In defense,
there is always an element of adj
miration which of necessity must
be absent from attack, especially
as when here-an enemy invaded a
country without provocation, with
out warning, and in clear violation
of friendship and on-aggression
agreements.
Such admiration is shOwered
upon the Soviet forces at Stain
grad, but, MISUNDERSTANDING
need much more than admira-
ton, much more than praise and
applause, and whether ever any
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-10-08

Be Submitted
To State Voters
Only Opposition is "Apa-
thy of Voters; Measure
Approved by Legislature.

Elsewhere in this issue is pub
lished the text of the two proposed
constitutional amendments which will
appear on Minnesota voters ballots at
the general election November 8.
Amendment No. is new pro-
posal to reduce the maximum in
terest rate which may be charged
on state loans to school district and
municipalities. It is sponsored by
the state board of investment and
endorsed by the legislative interim
committee on education, as well as
the League of Minnesota Municipal
tiles.
Voted on Before.
Amendment No. 2, sponsored by
the League of Minnesota Munich
palities, has been up before the voters
several times before. 1t would re-
duce the publication requirements
for home rule charter amendments.
The proposed measure has been en-
dorsed by the Minnesota Editorial
Association.
Both amendments were unani-
mously approved by the state legis-
lature and are of a non-partisan, nom
controversial nature.
Blank Ballots are "No" Votes.
c. c. Ludwig, executive secretary
of the League of Minnesota Munich
palities, explains that the only oppo-
sition to the amendments is the
apathy of the voters. Because blank
ballots are No votes in effect" he
stated, 'every effort must be made
to explain the purpose of the amend
ments to the voters, so they will
mark their pink ballots. Requests
for cooperation in this educational
effort are being sent to all officials,
candidates, parties and civic and tax
payer organizations interested in the
improvement of government in Min
nesota. Mayors, superintendent of
schools and editors are being asked
to head up the local efforts"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-10-08
Rubber Footwear
On Restricted List

Rubber boots and rubber work
shoes are the latest items to come
under nationwide rationing, the
measure being deemed necessary so
that workers engaged in vital war
efforts might be protected. Sports
men will be unable to obtain these
articles and workers who possibly
can are urged to wear lighter types.
Regarding the restrictions the Pine
County Rationing board is in receipt
of the following letter from Price
Administrator Leon Henderson,:
ITO war workers who must wear
this rubber footwear:
Rubber boots and rubber work
shoes are just as important to you
as the tires are to any army truck!
We rationed tires to keep those trucks
rolling. Now we're rationing this
footwear to keep you working-pro-
ducing to win the war.
To-day America needs rubber so
badly that we can't spare single pair
of rubber boots or rubber work shoes
for sportsmen. We can't even spare
a pair to workers who can possibly
wear lighter types. That's why we're
rationing.
Remember, victory rides on rub
Der! Don't buy any rubber footwear
unless you cannot get along without
new pair. Help save every ounce
of rubber you can"
Consumers may apply directly to
the local rationing board at Pine City
if in need of rubber boots or rubber
work shoes. A certificate will then
be issued, if the prospective buyer is
entitled to one, and this can in turn
be presented to dealer. The old
footwear to be discarded must be
turned over to the dealer in the
same transaction.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-10-08
Slaughter Cattle
Hits $l5.75Peak
Medium and Good Grades.
$3.50 to $l4.5O; Hog
Division Off.

South st. Paul, Mimi, October 6,
1912: Slaughter cattle were steady
with some strength appearing on
the steer trade. One load of choice
1880 pound steers cashed at $780,
with few odd head up to $15.75.
Medium and good grades brought
from $3.50 to $14.50, common kinds
from $1,000 to $11.00. Choice heif-
ers sold up to STATS with bulk COM
mon and medium offerings generally
$500 to $11.00 Common and medi-
UNI beef cows made $3.50 to $3.50
with Gamers and cutters going from
$625 to $825. Some shelly Gamers
sold as low as $3.50. Good bulls
earned from SLOTS to SLIPS, with
common and medium offerings from
$9.75 to S10.50. Vealers were steady,
with good and choice mostly from
$3.50 to $1450. Medium and good
stockers and feeders sold generally
from $1,000 to $3.50. Choice $50
pound offerings reached $3.50 late
Monday. Good and choice stock
calves brought from $13.25 to $1340,
with few choice 425 pound western
steer calves at $14.50.
Hog Top STATS.
Price losses in the hog division
since Friday found barrows and gifts
on Tuesday Csc to SOC lower while
sows were Csc to 40c off. The top
on Tuesday was STATS usually con-
fined to weights above 100 pounds
with bulk weights above 1870 pounds
at $14.65 to STATS. Most good and
choice 40 to ITO pound weights went
at SLABS to $1465. Good sows 400
pounds down bulked at $14.65 to
mostly STATS, with heavier weights
largely $14.65. Feeder pigs were
little changed, bulk selling in a
SLABS to STATS range.
Slaughter lambs advanced early
but these gains were erased on Tues
day leaving current values mostly
steady. Slaughter ewes followed a
strong to Csc higher price trend
Good and choice native fat lambs
bulked at $3.50 on Tuesday while
western load lots earned $14.00 on
Monday. Good and choice yearlings
cashed at $11.50 to $1,000 with odd
head top choice at $3.50. Native
fat ewes grading good and choice
brought $500 to $3.50. Western
load lots reached $5.65 and choice
light weight natives $5.75. Range
feeding lambs made $3.50 to $500
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-10-08

Candidates Invited
To Townsend Rally

Mrs. George Nelson, secretary of
the Rutledge Townsend club, an
nounces that Townsend rally will
be held at the Rutledge village hall
Friday evening, October 16, at 8
o'clock.
All candidates for county offices
are invited to attend and take part
in the program.
A cordial invitation is extended
to the public.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-10-08
international News Review
really effective aid will come to
them from the outside, is still
a moOf nuoSfion

really effective aid will come to
them from the outside, is still
moot question.
The battle itself pillows back and
forth, and on the strength of meager
and officially censored bulletins
from both sides-it is impossible to
even try to predict what may hap
pen in the end. The fact that Hitler
seems firmly determined to take
Stalingrad and is willing to hurl addi-
tional thousands of his men into the
seething cauldron may presage the
fall of the city. And then, again
you never can tell; under circum-
stances such as the present, prophe-
cies look even paler than ordinarily.
Egyptian Indications.
While the Russian front for many
weeks has been necessarily active,
comparative calm has reigned on
the North African front in Egypt.
1t will be recalled that some time
ago the British forces checked the
advance move of the Germans and
the Italians under General Field Mar
shall Rommel who was forced to
retire to positions west of Ell Ala
mein, and thus prevented from reach
ing his goal of the Suez canal.
Since that time, Rommel has
been unable to stir, but the Brit
ish are not satisfied with having
him merely inactive. They want
to get him out of Egypt as
well as out of Libya, and this
burning desire explains the re-
port that during the last few
days the British have made
what seems to be final prepare
tions for a new offensive against
the enemy.
Nothing official has been an
nounced concerning the British in
tentions, but straws in the wind hint
that something is on foot, and that
the British once more will try often
sive tactics rather than confine them
selves to a war of defense only.
CONTINUED on Page -
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-10-08
Wartime Speed Cuts
Highway Fatalities

With a saving of 116 lives through
out the state, largely brought about
by the 40-mile-an-hour wartime
speed, the Minnesota Editorial As
sociation's "Save 100 Lives" cam
paign has completed its 12-month
traffic safety drive to set a modern
low for highway deaths.
Unofficial figures for the 12-month
period from September l, 1941 to
October 1, 1912, released by the state
highway department, were hailed by
John E. Casey of Jordan, state chair
man of the "Save 100 Lives" COM
mittee, as truly astounding results
of reduced speeds and increased in
terest in traffic safety measures, the
motorists patriotic part in winning
the war;"
The low point in the traffic safety
drive was reached on May l when
the committees life-saving budget
of allowable deaths" stood exceeded
by 1O1 fatalities. This excess was
reduced to "a during May. Then
came the DEGREES putting into effect
the 40-mile an hour speed maximum.
During the four months of June,
July, August and September, traf-
fic accidents fell off so sharply that
resultant deaths dropped from 261
for these four months of 1941 to 107
for the four months of 1912, re-
duction of 154 deaths. Thus the
campaign year was concluded with
saving of Is more lives than the
campaign goal set a year ago.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-10-08
.NYA Now Under
War Commission
Men and Women, 10 to
rs, to be Trained for
War Industry Jobs.

By executive order President
Roosevelt has transferred the Ma
tional Youth administration from the
Federal Security agency to the War
Manpower commission, according to
word received at the NYA resident
center in st. Croix Falls, Wis.
The specific aim of NYA is to
train young men and women between
the ages of Is and Is for jobs in
war industry. Opportunities for
training are offered at the ST. Croix
Falls school in welding, machine shop
and forging. With an increasing de-
mand for women in industry, plans
are under way to start a class for
girls in acetylene welding and ma
chine shop. Youth are interviewed
for employment by Mrs. Adah
O'Brien, youth personnel representa-
tive.
Facilities Available.
During the training period, resident
facilities are available for out-of-
town boys at the NYA boys resident
center located in the Interstate Park
in st. Croix Falls, with Mic Paulson,
the supervisor, in charge. There are
Is NYA resident centers throughout
Wisconsin where resident facilities
are available to young men and wom-
en- while they are receiving their
training.
Placements of these trainees are
being made in shipbuilding indus
tries and in aircraft plants, ship
building firms and communications
divisions on the west and east coasts
and in states where war industries
are located. Wisconsin is opening
employment in war industries to
women as increased numbers of men
are going into the armed forces and
there is need for expansion of war
activities.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-10-08
Petersen Opens
Campaign Friday

The first radio address in his cam
paign for the office of governor will
be given by Hjalmar Petersen on
Friday, October 9, at 6:15 p. m.
The talk will be heard over WCCO
and also KDAL, Duluth, and the
Range stations. The subject will deal
mainly with one of Minnesota's great
natural resources, iron ore.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-10-08
Severe Penalties
For Violation OF
New Speed Limit
Officials Plan Rigid En-
fOrcement of 35-Mile.an-
Hour Maximum.

Plans for speedy and rigid enforce
ment of the new maximum speed
limit of 35 miles an hour, for any
vehicle travelling on rubber tires,
are being perfected, with $100 fine
or 80 days in Jail or both set as the
normal maximum penalty, under the
Minnesota law.
The cooperative vigilance of Fed
eral, state and local officers and
agencies, including tire and gas ra-
tioning boards as we'll as courts of
justice will be used in enforcing the
wartime measure to save rubber and
tires.
Signs Being Revised.
Speed zone signs on state trunk
highways, transformed from normal
to 40-mile-an-hour signs only four
months ago, are speedily being re-
viseda by state highway maintenance
men ITO proclaim the 35-mile max
imum throughout the state.
Although as yet unofficial, indi-
cations from Washington. are that
in addition to unusual penalties vio-
lators will be reported to rationing
boards, which by November % will
control the individual motorist gaso-
line supply, and that, at least in cases
of repeated violations, offenders will
be denied gas rationing cards. Such
.ax;ox, would Jo,,ri1,o fboy,o not or,1y
the right but even of the means to
operate their cars, possibly for the
duration of the war.
Emergency Decree.
After a conference with William
M. LETTERS, national rubber director
the new speed top was ordered
throughout the nation last week by
Joseph B. Eastman, director of the
Office of Defense Transportation, as
war emergency decree containing
the following language: as
"No person shall drive or. operate
or cause, permit, suffer, or allow
to be driven or operated, any motor
vehicle within the continental limits
of the United States at rate of speed
which is CD in excess of the ap-
plicable speed limit duly prescribed
by competent public authority, or
(2) in excess of thirty-five (35) miles
per hour, whichever rate of speed is
the lesser"
Trucks, Buses Also Affected.
In accord with the Federal order
Governor Harold E. Stassen issued
a similar order making the wartime
speed measure effective Immediately
throughout Minnesota.
The only exceptions from the 35-
mile an hour requirements are vehi-
cles being operated by or under the
direction of the armed forces, and
vehicles being driven in emergencies
"for the protection or preservation OF
life, health or for public safety
Common carrier trucks and buses
operating on fixed schedules in reg
ular route service are given until
October Is to revise their schedules
and effect complete compliance.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-10-08
MINNESOTA
HISTORICAL
lCoCEfxAj
Dairy Breeders Tcoc!
Hold Two Meetings

The Pine County Dairy Breeders
Association will hold membership
meeting in the basement of the D. b.
S. hall at Askov, Friday evening,
October %, at o'clock, according
to Chris. Frederiksen of Askov, sec
rotary of the organization. A like
meeting will be held at Pine City
in the afternoon. DR.. Smith and
Ralph Green will attend the meet
ings.
Problems of the association and
the program for the coming year
will be discussed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-10-08
By GEORG STRANDVOLD
STAIN WRITES A LETTER

~ 11cuTy ~ SdSSAuy, MUSEUM
correspondent of the Associated
Press, Stain has written a letter
in which he states, bluntly, that,
u the possibility of a Second
Front is of utmost importance in
relation to the present situation;
- that the aid which the United
Nations are extending to Russia
right now, is ineffective when it
is considered that the Soviets have
been helping the Allies immensely
by tying up the Nazi forces at
Stalingrad; the United Nations,
Stain says, must fulfill their obli-
cations, and be quick about it;
and that 81 the Russian force of
resistance is likely to be perhaps
even greater than the enemy's
force of attack. The Stain let
ter was in reply to direct queries
addressed to him by the American
neWSpaperman.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-10-08
Bruno Pastor To
Leave For Chicago

Rev. John j. Moedt, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, Bruno,
and the Union Presbyterian church,
Kerrick, for the past four years, will
preach his farewell sermon Sunday,
October IL.
He has been called to the pastorate
of the Ridgeway Presbyterian church
in Chicago, ILL.,, and together with
his family will leave to take up the
work there.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-10-08
Feed Wheat At
Beroun, Finlayson

Government feed wheat is now
available in Beroun and Finlayson.
The selling day at Beroun will be
Friday of each week between 9 a. m.
and p. m. and the selling day for
Finlayson will be Monday of each
week between a. m. and 4 p. m.
until further notice.
The October price is 80c per bushel
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-10-08
FAREWELL DANCE

Ernst Belling, Robert Good, George
Jensen, Harry Olean and Elmo Pah-
kala, Finlayson boys who are leav-
ing soon to enter the armed forces,
will be rendered a farewell dance
at the Finlayson hall tonight. Music
will be furnished by Herman Sand
quist's Melody Mates and admission
is free. All are invited to attend.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-10-08
Scrap Committee
Lists 80 Depots
For Pine County
More Collection Points to
be Named; 800 Tons
Set as County Quota.

Thirty official scrap salvage depots
have now been set up in Pine county
with several more expected to be
added to the list within the next few
days. OF these some have been in
operation for the past few months
the newer ones having been organ
lied and designated by Arthur Lille
dahl, Rutledge mayor, and w. c.
Funk of ST. Paul, working in COOP
Grafton with the Pine county salvage
committee.
Depots.
The depots both old and new, in
the various localities are as follows
Askov-Pine Coop Oil Station
Sorensen Implement Co.
Beroun-Strohkirc Store.
Brook Park-Brook Park Feed &
Lumber Co.
Bruno-Abe Markus Store.
Cloverdale-Abrahamson's Store.
Cloverton-Hughes Store.
Denham-Co-op Store.
Duxbury-Duxbury Store.
Finlayson-Pine Coop Oil Station
Friesland-Mr. Jasna, at Highway
Store.
Hinckley-Gimpel's Fairway Store
Pine Coop Oil Station.
Kerrick-Milt's Super Service Sta
ton.
Kingsdale-Feigum Store.
Markville-Honck's Store.
Observation-Disclosures Store.
Pine City-Challeen's Fairway
Store, Coop Oil Station, Peoples Oil
Station, William Teich & Son.
Rock Creek-Hyland' Store, Jack
Spratt Store.
Rutledge-Art Liljedahl Garage.
Sandstone-The Fair Store, Pine
Coop Oil Station.
Sturgeon Lake-Cunningham Store
Sicily Oil Station.
Willow River-Stanton Lumber
Co., Willow River Mercantile Co.
The above depots will pay the reg
ular prices for the scrap in cash OF
in trade.
National Scrap Month.
A. E. Gustafson of Pine City, chair
man of the Pine county salvage COM
mittee, issues the following state
ment:
October 1912 is the national scrar
metal month. 1t will be known as
'Scraptober.' Our war industries
must continue full blast this winter
if the war is to have a successful
and early conclusion Scrap metal
must be had to feed the quick pro-
duction schedules. Here are some
of the plans recommended:
Every rural school in America has
been designated as special SCRAP
depot. (Our Groningen school al
ready has about a half ton of scraI
iron).
almost every central community
now has one or more regular COM
mercial scrap depots.
Larger centers have put on or are
planning scrap days for special SCRAP
drives. Various organizations are
taking the lead. Why not line ur
yours?
1900 Tons Idle.
Most people are making another
and still another careful search anc
survey of their homes and farms t.
find the hidden and lost pieces anc
scrap piles. 1t has been estimated
that Pine county had 1900 tons o.
idle scrap on August l. About one.
fourth of this has now been put back
into circulation. You may have
enough to save a whole regiment.
May we submit these three new
slogans? L. Time flies before snow
flies. 2. Hurry up and pick it up
3. We are all working without pro.
fit or pay to help win this war a
an early day."
Evening star., 1942-04-30
Grand Jury Spy Probe
Extended 10 Los Angeles

Paralleling Investigations under
way here and in Chicago, the Justice
Department has ordered grand
jury inquiry into reported subver-
sive activities in the Los Angeles
area and expects others elsewhere
Attorney General Biddle an
nounced the Los Angeles probe last
night and said it would start Mon
day under the direction of United
States Attorney William Fleet
Palmer.
Covering unidentified individuals
organizations and publications, the
Justice Department said it would
seek to develop information on orr
gin. membership, finances, sponsor
ship and activities.
| Concurrently the department an
nounced that George w. Christians
| commander in chief of the CRUSADER
| White Shirts, had been indicted by
! a Federal grand jury in Chattanooga
Tenn, on charges of attempting tc
cause INSTRUMENTATION in the mill
tary and naval forces of the United
| States.
| He is accused of circulating sedi-
tious literature among the troops al
Camp Forrest, Tenn, and Fort Og.
lethorpe, Ga.