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Askov American., 1943-12-02

FOR SALE-SiX months old Guern-
sey bull from pure bred cow and
Dairy Breeding Association bull,
Chies.-Albert Krogh, Askov.
25W12-1t
Askov American., 1943-12-02

PULLETS FOR SALE - Maplewood
Leghorns, six months old. Price
reasonable.-Wm. Pottsmith, Rt. 1,
Sturgeon Lake. 25W12-1t*
Askov American., 1943-12-02

DANCE at the Bohemian hall Sat-
urday night, December 4. Every
body welcome. Good music.
25W12-1t*
Askov American., 1943-12-02

FOR SALE-Holstein cow, years
old. Will be fresh about December
27.-Christian Sorensen, Askov viii
lage. 25w12-1t*
Askov American., 1943-12-02

The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet at the home of Mrs. Ted
Jensen Thursday afternoon, Decem-
Der 9.-Sec.
Askov American., 1943-12-02

ANNUAL MEETING of Askov D. B.
S. Lodge No. 263 will be held in
the D. B. S. hall Saturday even
ing, December 4. Election of Off
cers.-HanS Mosbaek, Sec.
Askov American., 1943-12-02

FOR SALE - Five slaughter hogs,
weight about 260 pounds each.-
Marinus Jensen, 31s miles north
east of Askov. 25W12-1t*
Askov American., 1943-12-02

Townsend meeting Monday, De-
cember at town hall. Election of
officers for coming year.
Askov American., 1943-12-02
WANTED

WANTED - Four or five 21-inch
Chevrolet WheelS.-Wm. Elving,
312 miles southeast Askov.
25W12-1t*
Askov American., 1943-12-02

FOR SALE - Upright plain case
Shoninger piano and bench; 8-piece
walnut dining room set, like new;
barrel stove, Erobert sun lamp
Mrs. Ralph Isaacson, Rutledge.
25W12-1t
Askov American., 1943-12-02

FOR SALE CHEAP-Year-old Bel
gian stallion as will not be truck
ing him out next season. A bargain
if taken at once.-Peder P. Nelson,
Box 371, Hinckley. 28w11-3t*
Askov American., 1943-12-02

THINK, DON'T GAMBLE-Sell your
livestock at home and know what
you get. For highest prices write or
see Vern Anderson, Sturgeon Lake.
Always in the market. 27w2O-tf
Askov American., 1943-12-02

FOR SALE-SiX-shovel, Oliver rid
ing cultivator; 3la h. p. gas engine.
Reinhold Schoenrock, Star Route,
Finlayson. 25w12-4t*
Askov American., 1943-12-02

FOR SALE-40-acre farm, with or
without stock and equipment.
House alone worth more than I'm
asking. II head cows, heifers,
calves. Some coming fresh this
month. Eight pigs, $50 pounds
each; 100 chickens, now laying.
All very cheap.-Louis P. Gerard,
4 miles west, Willow River.
47W12-1t
Askov American., 1943-12-02
SEE US when you have rutabagas to
sell.-A. Henriksen, Askov.
25W52-tf

FOR LIFE INSURANCE, see me-
James Hejny, agent, New York
Life Insurance Company, Sand
stone. Phone 40. 25W12-1t*
Askov American., 1943-12-02

FOR SALE - RCA Victor 4-tube
radio, table model. Complete with
batteries. In fine shape.-Alfred
Rynerson, Star Route, Bruno.
25W12-1t*
Askov American., 1943-12-02

FOR SALE - Tractor made from
Model A truck. 2-wheel trailer,
new tires; seven stanchions, $2.85.
Twenty Leghorn pullets, 85c each.
Spruce Christmas trees, 1Oc.-Ed-
ward A. Johnson, Sandstone.
25W12-1t*
Askov American., 1943-12-02

FOR SALE - Guernsey cows, to
freshen soon; 8 bulls, to "a
months old.-John Dauel, miles
southwest of Willow River.
25W12-1t*
Evening star., 1943-08-04

size of the motherl "A fullsgrovn
female blue whale is often from so
to 80 feet long and may be: even
longer.
Blue whales, in fact, are the
largest animals to be found any,
where. Men aboard whaling vessels
have captured a few with length
Of more than 100 feet. One of these
was harpooned in the Ross Sea,
near the Antarctic, Circle. 1t was
reported to be lot feet long and its
weight was given at lilo tons.
Several kinds of whales are known
as right whales and the name has
been used rather loosely. Green
land whales, Biscay wholes and blue
whales are among those which
whaling men have classed as right
whales. The term grew UP In early
days, when certain whales were
pointed out as the right kind to
capture for blubber or whalebone.
Most whales do not grow nearly
so long as the blue whale. Many
whales never get past length of 30
or 40 feet, One kind. known as the
"pygmy right whale" may be no
more than IL or Is feet long when
full grown.
The smaller whales do. not, OF
course, have young ones of such
length as blue whales. Their "ba-
'bies" may be only or feet long.
CFor nature section of your scrap
h0ak
Evening star., 1943-08-04
Uncle Ruy's Corner

We are In the custom Of thinking
that baby is small and surely that
is true in the world OF human beings.
1t also is true for most kinds of
animals.
In the whale family 1t is another
story. Young blue whales are the
biggest babies in the world. often
they, are 20 feet long when they first
see the light of dayl
Like other whales the blue whale
mother gives milk to her young. She
keeps on feeding 1t for from eight
months to- year. Before the year
is over the infant" may be from
30 to 20 feet long!
That may sound like a fish story.
but 1t is whale story, Whales do
not belong to the fish family. They
are mammals which live in water.
They breathe air and have no gills.
Most mammals are covered with
hair, but the bodies of whales have
neither hair nor scales. A young
whale has few bristles about the
chin and snout. Those bristles are
the nearest thing to hair that we
can find on whale.
1t seems strange for baby whale
to be 20 feet long, but think of the
Evening star., 1943-08-04

In their mouth until the membrane
Is loosened. Then they can initiate
it like small paper bag. Each
child trying to see how much she
can enlarge her bag and finally pop
it of with loud noise.
The flowers are not very snowy.
Sometimes they are purple, and they
may be a bright reddish purple in
close, round terminal clusters. But
the insects always find them, and
even the short-tongued ones have
all the nectar they can hold.
The stem of the live e-forever may
reach a height of 2 feet. 1t is a
pale green, smooth and full of juice.
The leaves are alternate and oval.
They are thick, smooth and fleshy
and a lovely shade of pale green.
These leaves are found in the
orpine family. 1t is a proof that
the members of the clan have
adapted themselves for life In
rocky, dry or alpine regions. These
leaves act as reservoirs and store
the water needed during droughts
There are over 500 species scattered
throughout the temperate and warm
regions of the world.
The live-forever has a scientific
name "sedum." from the Latin
"sedes," meaning to sit. That is
just what these plants do. They
find home close to stones or rocks
and attach themselves to this firm
foundation.
The Towering season is from June
to September, and the range of this
plant Is from Quebec westward
south to Michigan and Maryland
In the autumn the seed cases take
son color, and they have often beer
mistaken for flowers.
In Mexico there Is live-forevel
that forms gray-green rosettes or
/, the vertical face of rocky cliffs
They keep on spreading and cover
wide areas with their cool-appearine
gray-green leaves. Once a live.
forever has established itself, il
grows more sturdy and each veal
natures seed children to carry or
the family traditions.
Evening star., 1943-08-04

Doote called Ellen in Los Angeles the morning
after arrived at Walter Reed Hospital. He told her
where was and that safe but he didn't tell her
about the leg He told her there something he
couldn't talk about the phone and that he'd armai
letter.
The following day got first letter from Ellen in
long time She wrote it Dooltte hung l
guess. You'll never know how relieved I to know
you're back" Ellen wrote I'm coming to Washington
just as At least you every day.
They wouldn't tell what happened to you, yet but
can't imagine you being sick very long There isn't
much to tell you about your After she had the
stroke she lost her speech She is gradually gaining it
(Drawin by
Evening star., 1943-08-04

back but 1t will take long time. I'll tell going
to Washington to be with you, but it would better
right now if she didn't know where you I'd love
to talk to you the phone but since going see
you I'll try and wait start practcing my patience
now on you and then I'll make a better mommie"
Ellen must have gotten Doolittles letter about the
leg the morning of the 18TH She great about
when she wrote to me- She didn't make point of it.
She told me about the And the clippings had
been saving And the baby 1t wasn't till near the end of
the letter that Ellen got from what trying
to do, make me know that our world going just
about always
I'm glad to know the truth. NV imagination has been
aatures Syndicate
Evening star., 1943-08-04
IpeA ia4
Weapon Secrets Kept

Thousands of workers In Britain
making new secret weapons have
not even been told not to talk, ac-
cording to the Ministry of Supply
in London. Rarely does a factory
make a complete weapon. The
workers see little difference between
the parts they are making now and
the ones they made before. Actually
there Is a great difference, which
will save many lives.
Evening star., 1943-08-04
LETTER-OUT

Remove letter reaanee to sne e word
called for in the last column column onpo-
se tne WORD from which
correctly they movers. '
Answer Yesterdays LETTER OUT
Letter-Out
M CONDEMN-CONNED was with
E) RECIS1ON-1NCISOR Gts for cutt
(C) (helpers)
(C) F1SCAL-FAIIS S notsu successful
lA) BRASER-BRIERS prickly)
Evening star., 1943-08-04

running away with me-" Ellen wrote Darling II could
be so much worse I've had many nghtmarish dreams
that you didn't come back at ALL and others in which
completely lost your memory and refused to believe
I was your wife Those horrible
There Is no reason in the world why we can't lead
perfectly normal life and do the things we've planned
When do see you I'll do my best to control nv
tears But should there be any, please don't msnernret
them Because they'll be tears of happiness and oy"
went down the end of the hospital corridor to tbe
phone booth and put in call her Her father an
swered the phone and called her in the ward and
heard her voice = ~
Continued tomorrow.)
A election 81
Evening star., 1943-08-04
Natures Children
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
LIvE-FOREvER.
(Sedur1 telephiun1 J


Since rock gardens have become
so popular. the live-forever has
found its place in the sun. But Tor
long time 1t has been quite pros
porous in fields. waysides, rocky soil
and such places. At one period,
long ago, it was in a cultivated gar
den.
1t Is so funny where some of
natures children have picked up
quaint names. Who in the world
ever thought Of calling this little
plant midsummer-men, or witch's
money? We can see why it is called
stone-crop. because it loves to drape
itself over them. And We know why
it is called pudding-bag.
Most children find out sooner or
later where to find the live-forever,
so that they can put the thick leaf
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-04
Get The News Straight

There is good reason for complaint on both
sides of the Atlantic at the manner in which
the news broke of these war conferences in
the Mediterranean area. Surely it is possible
for the United States and Great Britain to
formulate and enforce unified program for
simultaneous announcement of great events
And there is good req son to complain of
the inaccuracy which characterized the early
dispatches dealing with the conferences. No
cub reporter on his first assignment could
have written a wagner story Oh one less in
formative on important details
For example, when word was given out
that Roosevelt, Churchill and Chang had been
in conference at Cairo it was added that the
three had already started for Iran to be joined
by the Russian premier, Joseph Stain Then
came reports that Chang had broken ranks
and was flying home to China, leaving Roose-
welt and Churchill 20 foresather with Stain.
Even after this hint OF Chiang's departure,
dispatches continued to suggest that he was
still with the conferees and would be fourth
at parleys in which Stain was to participate
Now comes word from Chungking that Chang
is home
1t cannot be that no one knew either the
itinerary or personnel Of the corterees. Why
were not the facts given to the public &C.
curately from the start? The question is JUS
titled and ought to nave an answer from the
proper sources of war information-No. 10
Downing street, and the White House, Wash
ington. True, it was wise to say little or
nothing about itinerary The enemy might have
managed to get a plane through, or have
saboteur on hand to wreck the conference.
But there can be no valid excuse for giving
out muddled accounts Of Chang movements
after his departure from Cairo.
Whatever Britains view of the episode may
be, it is time this country underwent reform
in its news policies. The people have not for
gotten that when Tokyo was bombed official
word was passed that the raid entailed no
American losses and the truth did not leak
out for many months. Unless those at the
top tell the truth and adhere strictly to facts
it is hardly to be expected that the people
will retain implicit latin in their declarations
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-04
Small And Big Business

A Well-founded fear is CROWNS concerning
the future of small business Total war has
tended to centraiize industry Somehow the
trend must be corrected. But in correcting
it, the belief should not be allowed to develop
that there is something wrong in size alone.
This is big country. 1t will always need
the productive effort Of big industry Just as
dustry. Moreover the problems OF both big
and little industry will to large extent al
ways be inseparable. For example, the small
business man cannot remain Indifferent to the
present danger of permanent specialization of
industries such as electric power. transporta-
ton and natural resources
Ii. when this war is over the field of public
ownership is extended 70 include basic indus
tries employing large numbers of workers.
and voters-the way will have been opened
for the destruction of repr esentative govern.
ment Any government that controls the Jobs
and resources of people will not be content
to play long the role of servant Our basic
industries at present are owned and operated
by millions of private citizens under stringent
public regulation. This is as il should be.
The individuals who pioneer ana take risks
in the development of an oil we'll mine,
railroad or any other enterprise, should be
allowed to enjoy the fruits of their efforts,
just the same as the newsboy who spends
months building up a clientele on certain
corner deserves his just reward
When it comes to questions of property
rights and rewards fol achievement, all must
receive the same trea tmept. Ii can be no
other way. If these things are restricted or
taken away from one group. it is only a
question of time before tney are taken from
others, even the neWshoy
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-04
Typical Absurdities

Many absurdities have been brought to light
IN the price and rationing rules Of OPA. None
has been more absurd than the order declar-
ing that no seller Of wor2er's and children 5
coats, suits, and dresses may carry higher
price line than the top carried in that particu-
lar store in the base period OF March, 1912.
1t means that stores which have conferred
their efforts on selling to the public at the
lowest possible prices, are now penalized for
their efficiency
How the order affects the public is best
illustrated by the case Of a retailer who in
March, 1912, was selling chidren's skirts for
81. Today he finds that manufacturing costs
make it impossible to replace this same skirt
for less than $119, but he cannot adjust his
price to cover this rise i'll cost. Therefore.
he is forced to drop the cheap item altogether,
and when Mrs. Consumer drops in to buy
skirt for her daughter. she finds no skirt
She must go to a highc, priced store where
she will have to buy a mere costly garment
BY not allowing a modest increase in the
toner to pay higher prices. The low-cost dis
tributor no longer serve at low cost and
the consumer pays the bill
According to news reports, the OPA has
established the same procedure in the res
taurant business Low-priced restaurants thai
sold pie at 10 cents cut during the base
lperiod, are prohibited from raising their prices
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-04
Not Even Tea

Ernie Pyle, ION furlough'' from war report
ing, feels that scarcifies ON the home front
don't seem important after what he has seen
on the battle fronts. He couldn't buy a salts
factory tea strainer, but he asks: Did you
ever hear of anybody dying for lack of a tea
strainer?''
The answer is no. We never even heard
of anybody dying for lack OF tea. In fact,
up to now We have never heard of ANYBODY
suffering more than petty inconvenience for
lack of anything that has become unavailable
in this country.
There are going 10 be more shortages. and
they will be annoying. But suffering? Nobody
on the home front knows W a t suffering
means, except those whose loved ones will
never come back from the battle fronts.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-04
Stop 1t At The Source

Among the many excus:1r offered for in
creasing the tax burden IS tlkYrevent initiation
With the government absorbing the chief mart
of the peoples earnings there can be no public
spending spree to combine with consumer
goods shortages to drive prices up. So aroue
the crystal gazers and the starry eyed gentry
in Washington.
And who are the people to find fault with
that? Let them pay Up and keep silent Like
mama in tender moods the government knows
best.
But, while it can do no good, it is still per-
Missile to say the government would do bet
ter. in establishing what it expects to be =
safeguard against spending to practice bit
of economy itself. People always do best
when a good example is set for them.
1t is not cockeyed to think that if Washne-
ton stopped spending the peoples money so
extravagantly the people too would ease un
in spending what little they have left after
meeting their tax bills.
At the current levels of government spend
ing it would seem that Washington itself is
the chief agency for increasing initiation. which
is already here and growing worse dailv.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-04
On Wrong Road

What the Republicans see fit to do about
winning in the forthcoming national election
is their business Far be if from the Demo-
Gratis to offer advice or suggest ways to turn
the trick.
But it is noticeable that they are devoting
more attention to candidates than anything
else and can arrive al no definite decision.
Instead they are wrangjirg among themselves.
with faction set against faction, for this man
or that.
One group is out to put Will1ie in the dog
house. One wants Macarthur 4 few support
Bricker. And :, recently Lodges name
oobs up
On top of this, wherever Spangler erupts
Il is TO speak in broad generalities and fatuous
1oastngs.
II is like an army without a general, fore
doomed to defeat
If they have any cope OF removing the
ourth term DOGGY they'll have to mend their
ways and find an issue the voters will take
70 their hearts. Thus far they either have
act found one
Or have they, in their folly. merely followed
= hazardous detour?
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-04
THANKS
: Editor:


The Community War Chest cam
peign for Wilmington and N w
Hanover county has reached sue
cessful conclusion. I believe that
Wilmington has again set record
for the largest transcription OF
any city in the eastern part Of
the United States. This wonderful
achievement could not have been
obtained without the hearty CO.
operation of the Wilmington Star
News. The education of the pub
lie was essential to assist the vol
unteer workers in doing their part.
The Wholehearted cooperation of
you and the members of your staff
played an important role in the
wonderful success obtained in this
campaign. In the many years that
l have participated in campaigns
of this nature, I have never seen
better cooperation on the part of
any newspaper. The generous al
lcWance of space was most help
FIJI in getting over to the public
the story of the Community War
Chest.
Personally and on behalf of the
Community War Chest l wish to
extend my sincere thanks to you
and through you to the members
CT your staff for the important part
played in this worthy cause.
N. E. DREXLER.
General Chairman.
Wilmington, N. c.,
Dec. 3. 1913.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-04

for the past two years o. o. ~
Winter Park church and Ma.s ~,
boro Baptist church, left here "
week to assume the PASTORAL, T..
Harrellsville and Christian NV
Dor Baptist churches in HeI'~
county. .,,s,s
He was presented billt? y,
containing a gift of money D! ",
Winter Park church. The MAJ.
boro church gave him a Wa'VH
an earlier service. 81,
These were ordained as deaCODe
S. L. Crowley. R. M. Walton n,
Corbett, w. H. Grant, and hl0''
Milton.
A. G. White. of the Temple by s
fist church, was elected moos -,
tor, and Henry FenneD, o.
Masonboro church, as CLERK -,
The service was opened v"
a song and the Rev. James f.
Butler led in prayer. The rel
John 0. Walton made the olu n
ton prayer, and the Rev, j. a III
Clifford pronounced the oel'~
tion.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-04
The Literary Guidepost

found most attractive through
the years. He once was an illus
traitor, in his earlier days in West
port, Conn.,, where he lived in a
tiny little house beside the Saug-
atuck river and painted his heart
out. But Illustrating did not please
the man, and regardless of the
money involved, he changed over
and had difficult time of it too
He adopted a formula at the
same time. 1t is his continuing
outy to paint man in conflict
usually with the elements. Even
IN the long series of circus paint
ings he did ten years ago, there
IS little of this formula. not to
mentson some of the heaviest
people ever to fly through the air
on the trapeze. Mr.. Schmecke-
pier seems not to have noticed that
an Currys men have Curry's own
inquire, which is to say they are
heavy-built, inclined to roundness
rather stolid of face.
Inc violence in the paintings
ooes not dismay Mr.. Schmecke-
pier, nor anyone else, for that
matter. He does not think the
roughness. the restricted palette,
or the immobility of the figures
lmnortsnt to Judge from the text.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-04
Raymond Clapper Says:
We Are In For Long War
Against Japanese Empire

long stretches of islands are in
the way.
We are still a long ways from
Wake and Wake is 1000 miles
from Japan. That is more than
twice the practical bombing range
OF our heavy bombing fleets. The
BIG will stretch out the range
somewhat. We must get very much
closer than we are now before we
go beyond the stage of stunt bomb
Ing of Japan.
We are trying to get closer air.
fields. That is what the so-called
island hopping is all about. At
great cost we have taken airfields
d bit closer in the Gilberts. We
will get airfields in other islands.
probably at great cost also.
Many people will think the war
Is almost over when Germany sur
renders. For us the dying will
only have begun.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-04
JOHN STEUART CURRY'S pa
GEANT OF AMERICA" by Lau-
renee e. Schmeckebier (Ameri-
can Artists Group. S5)

" 0AVup; POI.
Lawrence E. Schmeckebier' S
book on John Eteuart Curry is
not very well written, which is
perhaps unimportant, for its pur-
pose Is to expound and explain
curry, and certainly not to en-
terrain. Even the title is a bit
high-flown.
Essentially John Steuart Curry
and the late Grant Wood were
out to do the same thing. which
IS to interpret America to Amer
lea. Wood got slicker and slicker
as the years passed by, and Curry
Is getting tougher and tougher
as witness the blood on John
Browns hands in the now famous
recreation of that curious old chap
IN the Topeka, Kas., statehouse.
According to Mr.. Schmeckebier,
curry was determined not to Of
fer a soft and soppy" version
OF Kansas, but to show the tough.
elastic qualities of the state and
naturally of old Brown.
This is important because it
seems (and Mr.. Schmeckebier
understands it very welD to be
typical of the trend Curry has