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Askov American., 1942-02-05
PANNING MIR. HITLER
(NeW Ulm Daily JournaD


Just what should be an American
newspapers attitude of this war?
Well, it should patriotically sup
port the American cause and our
government in furthering this cause.
This goes without saying and is ac-
cepted without argument.
Just what should be our attitude
toward Mr.. Hitler personally?
This newspaper has called him a
gangster, a highway-man, a cold
blooded murderer, a mad, evil geni-
us, and an international racketeer.
We know of number of other hard,
mean names but most of them are
not printable. Worse than that is
the disturbing fact that Mr.. Hitler
does not subscribe to The Daily
Journal and doubtless has never read
or paid the least attention to what
The Journal has said about him or
really thinks of him.
The reason we burden you with all
this is because a south state news
paper thinks The Journal has never
said anything which would make
Mr.. Hitler feel badly. If this is true
it is because we do not know how
to write it without swearing.
Editors have different ways of
dealing with Mr.. Hitler. One writes
has name: "adolph hitler" to make
him humble. Another fights battle
every morning before breakfast. Still
Askov American., 1942-02-05
HOT LUNCHES VALUABLE
Editor Askov American:

Editor Askov American:
The hot lunch program has now
been in effect in the Bruno schools
long enough to judge its value quite
definitely. Some of the observable
effects are as follows: A very dis
tinct gain in weight among most Of
our underweight children, better
health with less colds and fewer
days missed by children because OF
illness, better grade of school work
accomplished.
The hot lunch program is sponsored
by the WPA, the surplus commodity
people, and the local school board
The aims of the program are to give
a good boost to the diet of the chill
dren from the lower income families
and to fill in some of the deficiencies
iound in the diet of the children from
the families of better incomes. We
feel that the program is quite success
full in accomplishing these aims.
In a consolidated school where
students are transported considerable
distances, the value of a good, nour-
ishing hot dish at noon can hardly
be overestimated. If anyone is in
doubt of this, we invite them to visi,
our school lunch room some noon
and see the enthusiasm our children
show for the hot dishes prepared by
our full time cook, Mrs. Rupp.
The local board has cooperated
very well by getting the serving
dishes, the necessary pots and pans
and other equipment, as well as such
supplies as we cannot get from the
surplus commodities.
In closing we find it desirable tc
comment on the splendid quality Of
the goods we have received this yeal
from the surplus commodities. We
enjoy the fruits very much.
L. E. WOOD,
Superintendent of Schools
Bruno, MINI.
Askov American., 1942-02-05
WHY DISCRIMINATE?
MINNEAPOLIS Daily TimeS)

Governor Stassen has suggested
what amounts to a wage increase for
Minneapolis school janitors, who have
threatened to close our schools by a
strike.
This proposal ignores the other
school employees, teachers and clerks,
who have the same general claims
for increased pay as the janitors
but who have not threatened to
strike.
In reason, the employees who have
refrained from threatening to close
the schools should not be subjected
to discrimination in favor of those
who have done so.
Askov American., 1942-02-05
KILLING THE GOOSE
Editor Askov American:

Editor ASkOV American:
The public's hired men, the great
servants of the people, who derive
their overbearing powers without
consent of the people, unless Is per
cent are the people, wish to stick
nearer the taxpayer than the average
banker to mortgagor, but only so
long as he lay his twin offerings, the
June and November payment of taxes
on the altar. But they turn about
quickly when his offering is over
due and call in their henchmen or Pc
tition circulators, and after much
discussion and scrapping of resolu-
tions, they decide the impossible to
shoot the goose who lays the golden
Askov American., 1942-02-05

We Mid-Westerners are Mr.. Roose-
velt's problem children in the matter
of war fervor. I can almost visual
ize the earnest and patriotic gentle
men in Washington signing and shak-
ing their heads regretfully over our
apathy and Indifference.
There is, however, some possibility
that this will soon be corrected. I
expect that ere long we shall be
hipping and hooraying with the best
of 'em. Our newspapers inform us
in bold headlines that the vanguard
of the new A. E. F. is made up large
ly of boys from the Midwest. If
this will not awaken in us a very
earnest interest in the war, do not
know of anything that will.
Which brings us back to Perkins
and his pickles. It's another way of
selling 'em.
Askov American., 1942-02-05
CURB STONE PATRIOTS" NOT
IN DEMAND
(The Faribault JournaD


1t should be the hope of every
American that this war does not pro-
duce another crop of phony, hypo-
critical patriots.
During World War L, such crowd
sprung up. These persons were
quick to call anyone "a slacker'', or
"a pro-German"
There was considerable humor in
watching them. Some were great
"curb orators" before the draft age
limit was raised. When the law
took in those up to As, they quickly
lost their vim to stalk across and take
old Kaiser Bill; they were suddenly
taken" with flat feet, ruptures and
many other ailments.
However, they did do much harm.
Many fine American citizens who had
German names were placed under
suspicion and many injustices done.
This time there is no justification
for such fanaticism.
Today we are united people. We
may differ as to why our country
finds itself where it is, but few and
far between are the Americans who
do not realize that before anything
else we have the serious matter of
winning this war for our very ex-
istence With that the position, citi-
zens still have the right to free
speech and if some of them do desire
to criticize President Roosevelt or
anyone else in power, they have that
right, and the phony flag wavers, if
any there are, have no right to make
accusations against them.
To date, however, we pleasantly
note that we haven't been able to
see any marked growth of the type
of synthetic patriots that we de-
scribe. Possibly it is due to the fact
that there hasn't been any scrap of
foreign nationalism in our division
over foreign policy. Senator Bert
Wheeler, Montana, leading isolation
list, is of English descent with only
ancestors of that nationality for the
past 800 years and the chairman of
the pro-English Committee to Aid the
Allies of War is man whose an
cestors were all Germans. The di-
vision was unmarked by nationality.
Also, this time the people will not
60 along with a program of perse-
cution. The average American is
determined to do everything that can
be done to produce victory for our
country, but while he's serious
minded about it, he isn't in state of
mind where he would allow good
Americans to be castigated. "The
hip, hip hoo-ray" of 1T and '18 are
fortunately gone; the situation is too
grim for counterfeit gestures.
All of us would do well to look to
England where, after two years of
war, the House of Commons still
operates and any Englishman can
criticize his governments war effort
without having his patriotism mo-
tives questioned.
Askov American., 1942-02-05
TRYING 1T ON THE DOG
Editor Askov American:

The action of Congress in voting
themselves substantial retirement
pensions is a magnanimous step in
the right direction. But not mag
unanimous in the way you think, kind
reader. 1t is generous of them to be
willing to try it out on themselves.
For several years oldsters have
been begging Congress to provide de-
cent pensions for the aged. During
most of that time most of our law
makers have made only promises, and
straightway broken them. They have
spent much more time telling us that
such pensions would be bad for us.
They spent considerable time tell
ing us that few billions for pen
sions would wreck the country-that
the country was broke and couldn't
do it.
They said it would induce laziness,
extravaganza and gout. They said it
was immoral to get something for
nothing. They said, in actions at
least, which speak louder than words,
that mere beggar's dole was enough
for old buns And when they did
finally grant that dole it was so en-
tangled in red tape that it takes both
Shylock and old Scrooge to decide
where to split the copper cent. Aft
er that our appeals fell on stopped
up ears.
Then one day the Honorable Robert
Ramspeck of Georgia, quietly intro
duced a bill to pension retiring Con-
gressmen. No bales of petitions were
necessary to get action on that. The
committee quickly reported it out.
It slid down the ways like creased
lightning down rainbow. The Presi-
dent, who has been promising and re-
promising better federal pensions for
the aged, signed it without the flip
of cigarette ash.
The question of money-cost was
thrown out the window to the winds,
thanks to the mean old Japs. Always
before "Pearl Harbor" a million-dol-
lar appropriation threw congress into
acute heebe-jeebees, but since then
'steen bllion-dollar appropriations can
be passed before without
debate.
It is to be hoped that the oldsters
Askov American., 1942-02-05
What Should We Do Now?

Under the above caption, DR..
E. Stanley Jones, evangelist and
missionary, writing in the Christi
an Century, sets forth nine
point declaration of faith. DR..
Jones does not regret that he
fought against war, and would do
likewise again. He states that
there is no change in his code of
morals, and it is his desire to
continue to build individual and
national character so that our
people may be ready for a just
and lasting peace.
The nine points enunciated by
the great Christian leader fol-
low:
First, l do not regret that I did my
best to avert this hour. Those efforts
failed, but if I were given the chance
to do it over again, even though ]
knew it would fail, I would do it
again, unhesitatingly.
Second, what has happened has not
changed my code of morals. I did not
have one code of morals on Saturday
the 9th, and another code on Sunday
the 7th of December. I did not get
my code from the crisis, but from
the Christ.
Third, since my code is the same,
my conduct will have to be the same.
I believed it was my business as a
Christian to reconcile men on high
er level before the war; it is still my
business to be a reconciler, and
trust at the end of the war it will
continue to be my business.
Fourth, in the meantime, do not
feel called on to interfere with the
war effort as such. I am Christian,
but I am also a member of de-
mocracy. The majority has decided
for war. AS a believer in majority
rule, I bow to that decision, even
though not inwardly agreeing with
It.
Fifth, there is one place where !
can help put into operation the prin-
ciple of reconciliation, and that Is
Askov American., 1942-02-05
Opinions OF Others

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Signed articles always are more eff.
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be withheld).
Askov American., 1942-02-05
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Askov American.
Askov American., 1942-02-05
A Little Spice

The only way to judge any mans
thoughts is to watch his actions.
Simplicity in thought and speech
is sure sign of excellence.
Askov American., 1942-02-05
Fact And Opinion
OF PROPAGANDA A
BY E. C.. Stengelsen.

EACH Ody Wiicil SO W wOih, PoSS
large billboard which says: "Per-
kins' Pickles Are The Purest". The
little woman telephoned me at the
office one day to stop in at the gro
GERS on the way home and buy a
bottle of pickles. When the grocer
asked me what kind of pickles I
wanted, l heard myself answering:
Perkins They are the purest."
Not that / had ever tasted that
particular brand of pickles, as best
1 knew, nor had talked with anyone
who had. But there is was: Perkins
pickle propaganda, dinned at me
daily via the billboard, had done its
work. I bought his darn pickles.
1t is quite possible they were ex-
cellent pickles. I do not know. I
do not by any means claim to be
pickle expert. 1t is also possible they
were very poor pickles, and that be-
cause they would not sell on merit,
Perkins must resort to expensive bill
board advertising to get rid of them.
But, whatever the answer, bought
his pickles.
The totalitarian countries are said
to regard propaganda as one of their
chief weapons. They have dinned
constantly into the ears of their public
the things they thought it most ad-
vantageous to themselves that people
should believe. In Germany it was
the Jews, the Communists and the
plutocratic democracies that were the
Reich's chief enemies; in Russia, it
was capitalism that exploited man.
kind in heartless and brutal manner
and was the workers arch foe; in
Italy it was something else.
But who am to jeer at the Ger
because they fell for the CUFF. Didn't
fall for Perkins pickle propaganda?
To us Americans, the propaganda
chiefs of the Axis powers are not very
clever about it. They lie so fearsome-
ly that we do not see how even the
most gullible could be expected to
swallow it.
We, too, propagandize, but We are
much smarter about it. We do not
lie. We tell the truth and nothing
but the truth. If the truth is un-
favorable to us, we simply refrain
from mentioning it. But what we say,
you can depend on.
Once in while, we let loose an
unfavorable bit of news, just to show
how very aboveboard we are about
everything. Then, when accused of
concealing setbacks we have suf-
fered, we point to it as proof that
we're not a bit afraid of telling even
about our reverses. The method is
practically holeproof. Nobody can
corner us.
There may be those who will claim
that the net result is that the news
we give out is as misleading as that
given out by the totalitarians. That
is point I will not argue. I merely
say that you will have to get up very
early in the morning to catch us in a
Askov American., 1942-02-05
How Long Must They
Starve?

Concerning the terrible plight
of women and children in the
occupied and neutral countries of
Europe, Frederick j. Libby writes
i'm Peace Action as follows:
Evening star., 1942-03-04
50 Women Complete
Lectures in Traininq
As Child Care Aides
Volunteers Soon to
Begin Nursery School
Phose of Course

Fifty volunteer women Yesterday
completed their final lecture pre-
paratory to becoming child care
aides snd working in child care
centers for the children of working
parents who cannot afford super
vision Of their offspring.
This afternoon at 2:30 they were
to discuss an actual case at the
child guidance clinic at the Wash
before putting in so hours of closely
supervised practice at seven nursery
schools. The course has been run
ming for more than a month under
the auspices of the Council of Social
Agencies.
Yesterday at the National Educa-
ton Association the group heard
Mrs. Henry P. Chandler. presiding,
reveal that of 240 applicants for
child care service to the council,
investigation had disclosed 152 cases
where the mother would be unable
to support the children unless she
worked and hence where day care
for the children would be essential
The function of the social worker
in the day care plan was outlined
by Miss Dorothy DeSsau of the social
work field staff of the National Day
Nursery Association. Miss Dessau
explained that the social worker at
the child care center must try to
follow up the family situation where
the child is accepted by the center.
Where the child is not accepted, the
worker should steer the applicant to
whatever social service might seem
called for, she said.
The Health Department has pre-
pared regulations governing con-
ditions under which child centers
can be operated, Dorothy Pearse OF
the department declared. The VOL
unteers who work with the young
sters must have certificates of free
dom from communicable diseases
such as tuberculosis and venereal
diseases, she said.
Evening star., 1942-03-04
Truck War Resumption
Feared by D. {. Operator

A Washington truck k-lbne operator
who once equipped his vans with
armored cabs and bullet-proof glass
for protection when entering New
York CITY declared today that SIM
liar measures may become necessary
again-because of a Supreme Court
ruling Monday.
The court ruled that the Federal
nti-Racketeering Act did not ap-
ply to members of a labor union
charged with requiring owners of
trucks entering New York City to
pay local union member a fee
equivalent to a days labor.
This decision will permit renewal
of the practice by New York "uniSn
men" of halting incoming trucks at
tunnels or bridges and demanding
payment. the Washington operator
asserted. He said that in past years
his drivers were threatened with the
alternative of being beaten up. This
alleged practice was broken up by
prosecutions under Thomas s. Dew
ey. he declared-but convictions
we're reversed by a Court of Appeals,
and the reversal was upheld Monday
by the Supreme Court. =.
Another Washington manager OF
a large trucking line predicted that
similar "racketeering activities now
will spread over the country, in
cluding the Baltimore Washington
area. Trucking men would not be
quoted, however. on the ground it
would concentrate" trouble on
them.
Evening star., 1942-03-04
Martine|Ii 10 Address
Defense Stamp Rally Here

Giovanni Martinelli. Metropolitan
Opera star. will speak at a victory
rally at Central High School audi
torium Sunday as climax to a
campaign by Washington residents
of italian descent to sell $1,000 900
worth of Defense stamps and bonds.
Mr.. Martinelli will speak in Italian
and English. Another speaker on
the program will be Ugo Carusl,
executive assistant to the Attorney
General. who will devote part Of his
talk to clarificatioH of alien regula-
tionS.
The victory rally is part of a
campaign sponsored by the Lido
Club and other organizations. Harry
Marselli is in charge Of the bond
selling campaign and Ralph
Cipriano is chairman Of the drive.
/ The local Committee for Defense
Savings is cooperating in sponsor
ing the rally.
Evening star., 1942-03-04

Wartime means you'll have an ex-
ira houf of daylight in which to buy
Defense bonds and stamps.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-05
Reaches Surface,
Faces Rifle Fire

Finally. couldn't stand it any
longer. My lungs were bursting
| broke surface about 30 feet from
the bridge. Immediately. l could
hear the ping of rifle fire. The
Japs apparently weren't wasting
machine gun bullets on US.
I inhaled deeply for a minute
and then struck off down stream,
clipping from left and to right as
rapidly as l could, keeping my
head bobbing or ducking all the
time. / caught a glimpse Of Baker
TO my right diving and surfacing
like a seal He wasn't taking any
chances either.
Letting the current carry us
down and only using our little
strength TO weave back and forth
across the river in order to dodge
japanese fire. we floated around a
half bend in the stream and clam
bered ashore.
Bakers pants legs. where the
JapS had shot at him in the truck.
looked like blocks of Swiss cheese.
Miraculously, he had not been
wounded.
Both of us were exhauSed but
we knew our first job was TO find
a temporary place 10 hide. We
located that place in a clump Of
we'll covered by
twisting gnarled vines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-05

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told that 1--WE ARE WHAT WE
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are often the cause OF many all
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Failing eyesight, Nervous tension.
Indigestion. Kidney and Bladder
trouble, Frequent colds. had breath,
General rundown condition. and
other disorders. All Doctors. HospI-
tails, Sanstoriums, Naturaiists and
the Government urge the use OF
MINERALS. Bakers now enrich
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-05
Thinks Of Home.
Remembers Japs

The impact as ! crashed into
the comparatively shallow stream
knocked every ounce of breath
out of me. Shooting pains stabbed
through my head and stomach.
Somehow, automatically, l sup
pose began propelling myself
deeper until could feel the muddy
river bottom scraping against my
stomach. wanted air as j had
never wanted it before. A thou
sand thoughts ran through my
mind in the agonized seconds dur
ing which l half swan, hall
pulled myself along.
thought of home and OF my
wife and of Baker, and wondered
half consciously how he was i
remembered the Japs waiting up
above too. Every second that /
was in that river l remembered
them.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-05

the JapS would fire at us unless
We could keep under at least long
enough 10 zigzag effectively when
we came to the surface.
do YOU think we can make
it," ! remember asking Baker.
Damned right" Baker re-
piled confidently. He nodded his
head toward the truck doors.
| gave an affirmative nod and
we shook hands quickly.
The Jap machine guns were al
ready trained on the dashboard,
at about the location we were
crouching. We heard their bullets
plunging against the metal Of the
car. We threw open the doors.
using them for cover only long
enough to utilize the running
board as level and jumped into
space. The Japs were at the
bridge rails. shooting at us as we
hit the water.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-05
Cut OF From Troops,
Only Guns ASS

We took stock of our situation.
We were definitely cut off from
our own troops, unless we could
get to Manila Bay and swim
around 10 join them. Our only
artillery" consisted of our 45s
which were little enough protec-
ton against the swarrns Of Japs
who were running past us down
the peninsula.
Baker suggested that we take
alternate turns in sleeping. and
remain in the bushes until night.
striking off down the river toward
Manila Bay as soon as it became
dark enough.
Baker took the first two-hour
stretch while | stood guard
Toward noon I Weakened him and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-05
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-05
Japs Place Artillery
Near Hiding Place

Heavy Japanese artillery was
being moved into position within
80 yards from where we lay.
Further down. the Japs were
setting up a rifle line between us
and the American troops. II
looked like we were trapped be-
fore we had started 10 escape.
We watched all afternoon,
scarcely daring 10 flicker an eye
lash or whisper 10 the other while
the laps completed their construc-
ton work and moved in the heavy
artillery
At dusk they opened fire with