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Askov American., 1942-02-19

Editor Askov American:

EQllOr ASKOV American.
Now that we have to dig up a 50
tax to keep our family dog so that
the white-collared gentlemen at the
head of our county will not have to
go to any extra expense such as to
hire someone for dog catcher, leave
it to them to put it over on the dogs
at our expense. 1t will not surprise
me if before the year of 1912 is
over, we will also be able to read
red ink in the tax book on dogs.
A couple of years ago 1 read the
tax book in the office of our county
auditor. I asked him then why the
red ink and extra dollar signs were
put in above the black ink figures.
Well, the county board was the cause
of it all and what the board made
out our county auditor signed. We
all remember when those white-col-
Jared gentlemen ran for office, how
much money they were able to save
up for the people of Pine county,
with the big American smile on their
faces. We elected them to office.
We all know if things had come out
that way we would have money left
over after the 81 dog tax but when
they got into office the cogs in the
wheel slipped. If there was money
saving made it must have stayed in
the office or between there and the
taxpayers. The saving perhaps went
into their wages. The red ink at
Askov American., 1942-02-19
MORE INFORMATION
Editor Askov American:

Editor ASkOv American:
On behalf of the 1888 signers of
the "Dog Law Petition" and for the
information of the other taxpayers
of Pine county, we would like to
clarity the comments made by the
article appearing in the Pine Poker
Pioneer of February S, pertaining to
the "Dog Law"
During the session of the 1889 Leg
islature, the Minnesota Livestock
Assn, of st. Paul, the Minnesota
Sheephreeders Assn, and the Mime
sofa State Farm Bureau, as well as
many other livestock and poultry
raisers throughout the state spon-
sored this dog law, which was intro
duced by Senator c. Elmer Johnson
Askov American., 1942-02-19
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
Continued from Page ~

(COnt1nued from Page -
country of Egypt, the Suez canal.
In Libya, the war has reached
a point where it offers little in
the way Of news. The axis forces
have driven the British back to
the vicinity of TObruk, not very
far from the Egyptian border, and
not far from the point where the
British counter offensive against
nazis and fascists started a few
weeks ago.
Just now, there does not seem 20
be any particular reason for feeling
pessimistic about Egypt. But then
you can never, in this war, be sure
of anything.
Russian Situation.
Bulletins from the German-Russian
front have been few and far between
for some days. Moscow tries to ex-
plain the relative silence by saying
that important operations are in pro-
gress, and that it would be premature
to say anything right now. The fact
of the matter is, however, that the
nearness of spring seems to have
slowed up the Russian pursuit of the
retreating German forces, and that
the German lines are proving more
unyielding than some time ago.
Winter was Russia's great ally,
and Winter is now about to dis
appear and to yield to Spring,
Germany's best ally on this front.
Some time ago it seemed right to
assume that the Russians would soon
force the invaders out of their coun-
try. 1t isn't quite as certain now
as it looked while back.
American Victory.
The one bright point in the other
wise dark war picture of the last
few days was given by an official
American statement about the Paci-
fic fleets attack on the japanese
positions on the Gilbert and Marshall
islands in the South Pacific. The
attack took place on January 31st,
but details became known only a few
days ago.
1t was then announced that the
Americans had sunk sixteen jap
anese ships and destroyed 38 of
their airplanes.
This must have sounded encourag-
ing to General Douglas Macarthur
who still, valiantly and without rein
forcements, is holding the japanese
off from his positions in the Philip
pine Islands.
Askov American., 1942-02-19

Edens instead of her Chamberlains,
the thing never would have happened.
Which brings us back to the point
what about postwar Britain?
Is she going to fall back into her
SNUG ways and raise an army of
officers who make her forces social
career? Are her leaders going to loll
about at afternoon teas and cricket
matches? And, incidentally, is she
going to again repudiate her war debt
to this nation?
Askov American., 1942-02-19
The Post War
Council


world domination would be pre-
ferable to an Axis dictated peace
the Post War World Council, in
an article by Oswald Garrison
Willard, points out that American
Imperialism would lead to newt
able war, and asks that the Amer
lean spirit, way of life, and prin-
ciples prevail The article fol-
lows:
The government is considering an
army of nine millions of men to win
this war Should there not be an
army of millions to crystalize the
detectives beyond the physical VIC
tory? For if the peace is again lost,
as at Versailles and after, there can
be no hope for the survival of civil
ization as we have known it.
We agree that the worst disaster
that could happen to mankind would
be peace dictated by Hitler and
the Japanese. On the other hand,
we are certain that no peace based
only on the unsatisfactory Charter
of the Atlantic could last or could
satisfy the longings of mankind for
an enduring peace and decent ex-
istence with the four freedoms to
make life worth living. And we are
profoundly alarmed by the rapid
growth of an American Imperialism
which openly declares that we Amer
leans shall dominate the world when
the war is over. Of this the proof
is Wendell WILKES statement at the
last Joe Louis prize fight, that Amer
lean democracy must rule the world"
and Secretary Knox's statement to
the American Bar Association, made
with the official approval of the
White House, that the combined Brit
ish and American fleets would rule
the oceans "for hundred years."
Entirely of the belief that Anglo
Saxon world domination would be
preferable to any other, the founders
of the Post War World Council are op-
posed to such domination by any ma
ton or pair of nations. For that would
mean inevitable war, totalitarianism,
and abnegation of democracy, and
would incur the hatred of all those
dominated. 1t would be the road
not to freedom but to despair. It
would cast the American people in
a role for which they are entirely un-
fitted, one which is opposed to the
American spirit, way of life, and
principles. AS the United States has
heretofore sought neither to control
nor to dominate outside of its hemis-
phere, so any such move now is
bound to be hateful and repugnant to
all Americans stepped in our tradi-
tions. One certain result would be
the complete militarization of the
United States, to degree never be-
fore equaled in the history of man.
kind. Already we are building not
a navy but navies, more stupendous
than the world has ever visioned be-
fore.
To all of you who desire a differ
ent world, different outcome of the
war than this, the Post War World
Council says: "Come and join us!
Help us to the right attitudes and
right solutions we may jointly offer
Help us that we may make our con-
tribution, however large or small, to
the solution of the most stupendous
problem the world has yet con-
fronted!"
Askov American., 1942-02-19
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 II the writer does not
wish to have his name used. 1t will
be withheld).
Askov American., 1942-02-19
Fact And Opinion
By E. C. Stengelsen.
WHY ENTHUSIASM is LACKING

There may be more than a little
truth in the charge that Minnesotans,
generally, are not war-minded. At
least, there is little evidence of it in
either their talk or their behavior.
One may go where crowds gather
in theatres, in cafes, in stores, in
hotel lobbies, in business offices, on
the streets-and it is rarely that men
ton of the war is heard. The rela-
lively few who show zeal are al
most invariably those who were vio-
lently pro-British at the wars be-
ginning.
Askov American., 1942-02-19
From EXCHANGES

Editorial Comment From Other News
papers Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions Of the
Askov American.
Askov American., 1942-02-19

An excuse is often a half-ie played
with a soft pedal.
Askov American., 1942-02-19


in theatres, in cafes, in stores, in
hotel lobbies, in business offices, on
the streets-and it is rarely that men,
ton of the war is heard. The rela-
lively few who show zeal are al
most invariably those who were vio-
lently pro-British at the wars be-
ginning.
The reporter who attempts to an
alyZe the public mind in an endeavor
to discover the reason for this SEEM
ing apathy assumes the risk of hav-
ing his motives questioned. In the
interests of national unity, however,
it needs to be openly discussed and
the facts frankly faced, that it may,
if possible, be overcome.
1t is hardly that we are too re-
mote from the field of action. We
were almost as far away in 1914
1918. The sinking of our ships and
the killing of our nationals excited
us, then, to high pitch of frenzy.
Today, we take it with phlegmatic
calm. Is it that we have become in
ured to war, or are there other rea-
sons?
If a guess may be ventured-and
guesswork is all it can bet is that
the Administration is at least in some
degree at fault in that it has failed
to convince the citizenry that our
involvement did not, in some meas
ure, come of our own choosing. The
charge that we were attacked with
out cause is answerable with too
many arguments. Among the citizen
ry, the feeling is widely shared that
at the same time that we were loud
ly asserting an ardent wish for peace,
we were pursuing policy of delib-
crate provocation and challenge.
There are too many who have not
been convinced by the oft-repeated
claim that in the negotiations with
Japan, for example, we were laboring
zealously for a peaceful solution. 1t
is known that we made sweeping de-
mandS. Doubtless, we also made con-
cessions. But, unfortunately, they
were given little publicity. The story
which reached the public was that
the Administration assumed an un-
compromising attitude; that it looked
upon concessions as synonymous with
appeasement. Quite possibly it is
an erroneous impression. But little
has been done to refute it.
Unfortunately, it fitted in with the
Administrations openly admitted pol
icy of building bases in the Eastern
Hemisphere within striking distance
of Japan. Americans are sufficiently
fair to realize that had the situation
been reversed-had Japan begun
building bases in the Western Hemis-
phere within striking distance of
America-we would have acted,
swiftly and decisively.
The Administration can perform no
greater service in the interests of
unity than to dispel these doubts.
This, it has not attempted earnestly
to do. It has advanced no arguments
which were not, in some degree, re-
futable. Certainly it has facts, so
far undisclosed, fully justifying the
course it has followed. Let it disclose
them.
Even if it does not, Minnesotans
will continue to give full support to
the country's war effort. They are
aware that however our involvement
came about, the safety of our future
requires nothing less than complete
victory. But it is hardly reasonable
to ask them to work themselves into
a fine frenzy over causes assigned
which, so far, have proved debatable
Askov American., 1942-02-19
COMMITTEE.

D. j. Mckay, Ben F. Hancock, A. J.
Olson, Sigurd Mosbaek, Fred Folen,
w. H. Schwartz, Oscar Oakland, N.
j. Benson, E. o. Nelson, H. A. Lyseth,
Ernest H. Petersen, H. o. Lindell,
Henry H. Danger.
Askov American., 1942-02-19

The reporter who attempts to an
alyze the public mind in an endeavor
to discover the reason for this SEEM
ing apathy assumes the risk of hav-
ing his motives questioned. In the
interests of national unity, however,
it needs to be openly discussed and
the facts frankly faced, that it may,
if possible. be overcome
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
SUICIDE INDICATED

Detroit, oct. 27--AP-Ferdinand
Rochon, Al. was found dead OF a
gun wound aboard his 32.foot aux
Hilary boat Sunday and police said
a note making requests Of property
indicated he was a suicide.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
Real Estate
Move Right In !
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Real Estate
Apartments For Rent

apartments TOT HcNt
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help owner with homework
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Npsilsnu Daily Press.
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Merchandise
u Proaueis. eauLpns0t


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RIDE WANTED 10 bomber Plant
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27

40 FT. frontage on limerick St.
room bungalow, bath furnace.
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
Announcements
Lost And Found


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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27

ROOM modern bungalow. garage.
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Farms For Sale

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
Business Services Offered


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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27

SEE r. 5. Observation-Disclosures
for house plans, 206 y. Washing
ton Phone 1854
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27

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Business Services Offered
Florists

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27

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Washington Journal., 1942-02-13

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rationen bon 2elten gebrart6t miro,
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nrb beIegter 3unge? Yrominente
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cine Meoi5in, Die aus ~beIonoers aus
erleIenen @ur5eln, &rdltern un0
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reguliert ben Stublgang nn0 brin9t
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mag geraoe bte @eoi5in fem, Die sic
brau6eu-fnnfen Gle nod beute cine
Sldf6e rnb 1e6en sic, ob es S6nen
ni6t CUR @%efun0heit berbilft, an Der
Sic fi6 re6tmdbiger Beiie erfreien
InIlten.
Washington Journal., 1942-02-13
Return to Politics

The prairie lawyer emerged again into poll
tics in 1854, when he engaged passionately in
the rising quarrel between our North and
South on the subject Of negro slavery and the
possible secession Of Southern States from
the Union.
AS a political debater Lincoln became ma
~tionally famous in a senatorial election con-
test between him and Senator Stephen A.
Douglas Of Illinois, who ran for reelection,
advocating a compromise regarding the main
tenance of slavery between the northern and
southern Territories about to become States
in our West. 1t was the famous missouri
Compromise. In that contest Lincoln was
defeated, but he made his mark so conspicu-
ously that after 1856 he became a vice presi-
Dental possibility. Breaking away from the
Wings, he veered toward the new Republican
party and as a moderate opponent Of slavery
came forward again in Illinois as the new par
tvs senatorial candidate, only to be defeated
again. Meanwhile the country under the IT,
mid presidency of Buchanan, who recoiled
before the growing belligerency of the South,
was drifting into civil war.
Washington Journal., 1942-02-13
AS Prairie Lawyer

Returning from the inglorious campaign
against Black Hawk the somewhat disillus-
toned captain returned to his law practice
in Springfield, Illinois. All that his partici-
patton in the war had brought him, besides a
sympathetic knowledge of common soldiers
sufferings and wants, was a host of real or
would-be law clients, and of constituents when
he presently was elected to the State legis-
lature. Among them we're many men Of Ger
man birth or parentage. For political pur-
poses he even acquired the majority Of stock
in a weekly newspaper in German, edited by
a German supporting his cause. Lincoln was
twice reelected to the Illinois legislature, but
declined to run for a fourth term.
Meanwhile he passed through a brief and
tragic love affair with Ann Rutledge, who
died in 1885. AS a lawyer he entered in part
nership first with P. 7. Stuart, then with
Stephen I. Logan and finally with William II.
Herndon, who later became one of his biogra-
piers. In 1912 he married Mary Todd after
a troubled courtship. Five years later he
was elected to Congress as a Wing and served
in Washington one year.
Washington Journal., 1942-02-13
Opposed to the Mexican War

This was during the Mexican War, Of which
Lincoln with others Of his Wing party dis
approved. He was against the war, partly
because Of it's fragrant injustice, partly be-
cause Of its purpose to wrest States from
Mexico that could be converted into south
western States Of our Union, where slavery
would be upheld, thus furnishing our South
a counter balance against the growing number
Of free States in our Middle and North
West. Once the war was engaged in, Con
gresham Lincoln voted Loyalty for war sup
plies to the troops fighting under Zachary
Taylor in northern Mexico and under Win
field Scott in Vera Cruz and central Mexico,
but his previous opposition to the war had
made him unpopular, SO he failed of reflect
ion in 1848 and retired from Congress in dis
gust, returning to his law practise in Spring
field. While in Congress he had proposed
a bill for freeing all negro slaves in the Dis
trict Of Columbia. The bill was tabled. Be
fore he quit President Taylor offered him the
governorship Of the new Territory Of Oregon.
This he declined.
Washington Journal., 1942-02-13
Lincoln's German Supporters

The Republican party's outstanding can
didates for the presidential nomination be-
fore the Chicago convention Of 1860 were
Senator William H. Seward Of New York and
Judge Edward Bates Of st. Louis. Seward
was antagonized by the American or
Knownothing faction in the Republican party
whose slogan was "Down with Foreigners!".
Therefore he was acceptable to the German
Americans, whereas Bates, with a very strong
following, had shown sympathy for the Mas
sachussetts law requiring a two-year interval
after naturalization before a 'foreiguer'
could exercise full citizenship rights. He had
stood up for the Wing program Of 1856 which
called for a probationary period for natura-
~lization Of from 5 to 81 years.
Washington Journal., 1942-02-13

C1tlZens OF German blood IN TINS
war, as in every other war in which
the United States have had a part,
certainly should not let themselves be
out-done by other groups. We are
all American citizens and we stand
as one in the defense of our nation.
Washington Journal., 1942-02-13

ted from loss of blood, l can truly say,
l was often hungry. Mr.. Speaker, if
l should ever become a candidate for the
Presidency, l protest they shall not make
fun Of me as they do Of General Cass, by
attempting to convert me into a military
hero''.