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Evening star., 1943-05-02
A Fabulous Contract for Fabulous Talent
Yet HOLLYWOOD Still Views Don Loper With Fishy Eye
Which His Personal Traits Doubtless JUSTIFY
By Kate HOLIDAY.
HOLLYWOOD,

x1SAb1 WoSO.
A man you probably never heard
Of has just signed fabulous movie
contract. 1t allows him to function
as production supervisor, choreog-
rapher, director, designer, actor,
dancer and stylist. That's quite a
ticket.
He Is Don Loper. And don't feel
badly about not recognizing the
name. Even Hollywood, with the
exception of few cagy individuals,
does not know him.
Loper is theatrical jack of all
trades. He is enormously talented.
He is also slightly nuts.
He once spent an entire afternoon
buying $4,000 worth of furniture for
an apartment he never had seen.
He recently bought an automobile
without discovering whether it would
run. He was stranded two minutes
after he drove out of the dealers
shop and has spent more dough on
taxi fares to and from said car than
the car cost.
Loper has had six or eight careers
At 81 he has finally combined them
into one.
His talents as a designer we're
evidenced at the age of 7, when he
arranged "one- color window" in
his fathers department store in
Toledo, Ohio. After that he studied
in Paris, did the clothes of every
female dancer he ever worked with,
had shop in New York which
charged fantastic prices and made
money, was offered the designing job
at MGM when Adrian decided to
leave and has decorated some of the
most beautiful apartments in the
country
He Started to Dance.
He began dancing at 3, studied in
Toledo for six years, spent three
years with the Chicago Civic Ballet.
appeared in Broadway shows when
he was Is, toured Europe with
succession of partners, was paid
more money than the Europeans
ever had paid before and was the
rage of the continent. In this coun-
try he had engagements at top
hotels, stopped performances of
"One for the Money" and Very
Warm for May" resurrected the
Copacabana in New York with Max
Inc Barrat, with whom he danced
for six years. He has Just finished
some footwork with Ginger Rogers
in Lady in the Dark"
Outside of these basic things, he
studied music as child, won a
plaque from the Toledo Academy at
6, had his own orchestra at 25 and
made his living doing special ma
terial at a piano in swank hotels in
London.
He also once ran successful
school OF fine arts on Long Island,
teaching dancing, acting, elocution,
styling, etc. This made him $500
week until the depression hit it.
He was married at Is, divorced six
years later, married twice more. At
present he is separated from his
third wife.
Outside of the theater, in his mid
teens he got himself job as head
OF the soda fountain at Huyler's
store in New York. Within three
months he was store manager.
Within 18 months he was running
that store in the daytime, another
at night and collecting 5000 a week.
This knowledge came in handy when
ne went into the night club business.
No matter what you ask Loper, he
usually says, I've done it," He goes
through life with magnificent dis
regard for red tape. When MGM
was thinking of testing his partner.
Maxine, Don arrived to arbitrate.
II don't want merely the ordinary
Evening star., 1943-05-02

of romance in Hollywood would
hardly be complete without some
mention of the unique love scenes
that feature Irene Dunno in "a Guy
Named joe" Spencer Tracy is her
heart interest. Even these seasoned
romantics deviate from the Hoyle
of screen romance. They have many
delicate, even passionate, love
scene together. But-Tracy plays
them all after he is dead!
The gray has gone out of the
movie censor's hair-for the time
peing, at least.
tReleased by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc,
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Kids and Trigger

Forty-three children, 6 to 13 years
Of age, had the treat Of a lifetime
last week. While playing orphans
in hospital ward set for "Song of
Texas" they spent the entire day
munching ice cream and cake and
watching Roy Rogers and Trigger
do their stuff for the cameras.
Evening star., 1943-05-02

Very few people have heard Don
Loper speak this way.
He gives the impression of a guy
who never works, never worries,
never makes an effort. Hollywood
thinks he's a push-over, dilletante.
It'll be interesting to see what hap
pens to him this year.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Mixed Specially

Eleven specially dancers (mixed)
have been imported from Mexico;
City and Guadalajara, Mexico. for
fiesta scenes In Roy Rogers current
Song Of Texas" Manager and
dance director Is Alex Nehara.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Gertie's Cavalcade

Gertrude Niesen sings for Re-
public's Thumbs Up" her favorite
overseas USO song, who Are the
British?" The number is q musical
cavalcade Of England's great from
shakespeare up to Gen. Montgomery.
Evening star., 1943-05-02

LEARNING HOW - Nanette
Fabray and Nadine Gae OF the
stage set an example in extra
curricular activities by at
tending cooking school. Ap-
parently they are quite serious
about it. Wide World.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-01
;)1!!!l!!lI;FarIll
WAR news
BY Mrs. ChaS. Krantz
Pine County Farmer Fieldwoman.

The meat rationing program is up
set when meat is sold outside regu-
lar channels of trade. Proper sani-
tation often has been lacking in
slaughtering and handling carcasses
This situation will be more serious
in warm weather. Waste has &C.
CURED because by-products have not
been used fully for leather, tankage,
fertilizers, glue, glycerine and other
needed products. Permits for SELL
ing, buying, slaughtering or trans
ferring meat or livestock are issued
without charge by the county war
board. Farmers need not obtain a
permit if they slaughter only for
their own use. If they sell or trans
fer meat to others, permits are re-
quired. Farmers that periodically
furnish meat to friends or relatives
must have a permit.
Dramatically and geographically,
the coastal region of French North
Africa is similar to California. The
Axis exploited the regions food re-
sources. Food, clothing and other
commodities are so scarce that money
is worthless. But with a bolt of
cloth, you can buy anything. People
will no longer work for money which
they cannot use. But men and wom-
en- will work all hours for clothing,
wheat, meat, sugar or salt. Allied
occupation will provide quick reStor-
alton of North African agricultural
production which will help return the
region to a sound economic footing
and free cargo space in our ships
for guns and tanks. This program
has two parts.
The first includes food, clothing
and essential consumer goods. These
are needed not only by those who are
hungry and ragged; they are impera-
tive as incentives to production. The
scond part involves sending North
Africa the means to get production
going again Food and other nom
military supplies already shipped
from England and America, will tide
the civilian population over until the
new crop is produced in North Afri-
ca. The loss of phosphates from
North Africa will be severe blow
to Nazi food production since French
North Africa was the only remaining
major source of phosphate rock for
Germany.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-01
Oak Lake

Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Dammann and
son of Bruno, were Sunday dinner
guests at the James Fjosne home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Brandt and chill
dren of Superior, were Sunday dinner
guests at the Ole Fiske home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Neuman Wis
tied at the Jim Fjosne home Satur-
day evening.
Tom and Betty Smith called at the
Fjosne home Sunday afternoon.
Marion Switzer is visiting at the
Henry Hohlin home in Moose Lake
at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orval Switzer Wis
tied friends in Holyoke Sunday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Barnett visited
at the M. F. Brink home Sunday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Brink and
daughters went to Webster, Wis,
Monday. Mr.. Brink returned while
Mrs. Brink and the children will
stay for while.
Myrtle E. Anderson had an ap-
pendix operation in the Cities re-
Gently. ..
Mrs. Ed Armstrong spent the week.
end at the st. Mary's hospital in
Duluth with Mr.. Armstrong.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Lundgren and
daughter spent Wednesday evening
at the Nels Lundbeck home.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. A. Ferguson mo-
tored to Denham Monday afternoon
on business.
Miss Eylene Ellefson spent the
weekend in Duluth.
Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Anderson are
entertaining his mother from north
ern Minnesota at this writing.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-01
Kerrick

E. J. Nolan of Siren, Wis, is
spending few days with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ray P. Hogan. Mr. Nolan
is retired passenger conductor
from the Great Northern Railroad.
Rudolph Olson, living south of
Bruno, has taken over one of the
milk routes formerly hauled by Irwin
E. Larson. Mr.. Larson will have to
make daily trips on his north route
because of increased volume.
David Parker has taken over the
janitor work at the school. He is
replacing Sven Christensen who has
applied for entrance to the U. S. Air
force.
The Presbyterian Ladies Aid held
its annual meeting last week. They
voted to contribute $40 to the Red
Cross, thus helping the list over the
top in big way.
Jos. Di Santo of the cheese factory
spent most of two days in town re-
Gently looking things over. He has
been kept away for nearly a month
due to illness.
The large stock pile built up al
the Halverson pit last fall is all
shipped out, the last car leaving this
week. Prospects are for an increased
business this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Hogan spen,
two days in Minneapolis with the
Kelly family recently. They passed
judgment on the new grandson
While in the city w. P. called or
Louis Livers who now lives in st
Paul.
J. H. Hogan attended a meeting
of the ninth district bankers Satur-
day in Minneapolis. The meeting
was to prepare for the big bond sale
coming in April. Over thirteen bill.
lion dollars is to be raised. The
quota for this district is $12,730 cash
value. That's big order.
The "Bambi" show at the Sand
stone theatre Friday and Saturday
drew a nice crowd from Kerrick. I
is reported as good show.
Jimmie Murphy has been ill since
Friday with stomach flu.
Mr.. and Mrs. George c. Jensen
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lund and children
of Askov, spent Sunday afternoon
with Mrs. Murphy.
Walter Berg has been drafted TO
farm work and is being sent to SOM
place near Minneapolis.
Hans Christensen has been hauling
wood from Henry Nyquists plac
recently.
Ted Rudd was compelled to shil
all his laying hens recently becaus
of a sickness contracted from som
new birds shipped in from Texa:
He suffered large loss but does nc
!. give up the ship. He is startin
; new with baby chicks and will hav
. them in production in about fiv
months or less. Ted has made
careful study of the chicken bushes:
D. j. Curry spent day in Du
luth last week.
Beaver trapping season opens soor
Several local young folks are goin
to trap this spring.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-01
Fifteen Years Ago.

Mrs Katy Mikrot of Birch Creek,
10, fell dead at her home Wednesday
OF last week, according to informa-
ton received from Sturgeon Lake,
where the funeral took place Friday.
Surviving Mrs Mikrot are four sons
and one daughter.
Enevold Smidt and family moved
from the MAIDS Jorgensen place last
week to the Axel Brus farm south
west of Askov.
Claus W. La FrenZ and family came
10 Askov from Bruno last week and
nave located on the Eaton place 51a
miles northeast of town.
A boy was born to Mrs. Jorgen-
sen of Bruno Friday. Both are doing
fine
Mr.. Dunning and family of Carl
ton, have moved onto the Billman
farm at Bruno which was recently
purchased by A. NJ Dougan.
Mr.. and Mrs. ellison of Foley, are
now living on the Burden place al
Cloverton.
Mrs. F. NJ Carlson and Mrs. Gust
Soderquist of Sand Creek received
word Tuesday that their mother had
died. They left that evening fol
Woodruff, ILL.,, to be present at the
funeral. Their mother was 80 years
old.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hal Sherrick of Willow River
died Friday night and was buried
Saturday in the village cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter D. Lewis o.
Kettle River, disposed of their live
stock and left for Magnolia, Ill.
Tuesday.
H. w. Mcclellan of Brook Park
recently purchased the residence for.
merly occupied by Cecil Mittlestadt
The Schultz family of Chicago, i:
now living on the Westerman place
at Brook Park.
B. J. Kelsey of Brook Park, ha:
purchased the place recently vacated
Dy the Reimer Rypkema family anc
expects to make this his home very
soon.
Hans Hansen came to ASkov yes
terday direct from Vejen, Denmark
and started to work in the Ferndal'
Nursery this morning.
Mrs. A. P. Jensen of Askov, solt
40-acre tract of land Friday t.
Geo. c. Jensen.
Axel Brus and family of Askov
have recently rented the Niels Hen
riksen farm residence and hav
moved there instead of into the Mad
Jorgensen place which they also hav
rented.
Jim Petersen has rented the Car
F. Jorgensen 80-acre farm Az mile
southeast of Askov. Mr.. Jorgense
will seek other work for year an
may take a trip to Denmark mex
winter.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-01

and agriculture demanding removal
inspection requirement where meat
for farmers own use. Signed: Twin
City Milk Producers Association, w.
S. Moscrip, r. B. Goodhue, F. H.
Robe, S. R. Houlton, A. T. Frank, H.
r. Leonard.
"They tell us there is serious
shortage of manpower, yet here we
find a government agency embarking
on new program of government
inspection that will require the full
time of hundreds of inspectors. The
order should not be charged to Prem
tiss Brown or any of his appointees.
Rather it must be charged to some
crackpot who is holding over from
Leon Henderson's crackpot regime.
Mr.. Brown probably does not know
anything about it, but he surely will
be fully advised tomorrow morning.
There will be great rejoicing in pack
ingtown' over the order, but it will
evoke righteous indignation in tens
of thousands of homes that use lock-
ers to store their meat for summer
use. 1t is high time that Congress
step into the picture and put a stop
to this devilish and damnable fool
ishness.
"Mr. August H. Andersen. Mr..
Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
"Mr. Knutson. / yield. -
'Mr. August H. Andersen. I have
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-01

just had session with the bureau
Gratis down in OPA in regard to the
matter to which the gentleman re-
fers. The key policy makers down
there inform me that these two OPA
men who are out over the northwest
giving out this compulsory order
for inspection of meat farmer
slaughters for his own use, did not
know the order had been rescinded.
These OPA men had not caught up
with the latest regulation which per-
mits the farmer to slaughter his pork
and beef for his own use without
having to have it graded by gov
eminent grader.
"Mr. Knutson. We should not
criticize the two gentlemen who are
way out there. None of us, much
less they, can keep up with what
is being done by bureaucrats in
Washington.
"Let me say to my colleague from
Minnesota that am glad he has
contacted OPA I would have gone
down there this afternoon, but was
in conference on the debt limit
bill. 1 am glad the gentleman has
got it all fixed up, for shall be able
to sleep better tonight"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-01
year because of the bungling of the

year because of the bungling of the
food problem by this administration;
with war production and industry
crippled by the mishandling of the
manpower question; with the Roose-
Welt administration seeking to double
tax collections this year, I answer
these Washington people by reciting
some of these great problems before
us and then saying:
81 never like to sit in the bleach
ers of the Washington baseball park,
when the Yankees are in town, and
see an outfielder wisecracking to
someone in the crowd, with the score
tied, the bases full and Joe DiMaggio
at bat"
Is This A Partisan War?
Representative Forest Harness of
Indiana, deserves the gratitude of
the American people for having dug
up so many fragrant cases of draft
evasion among young government
workers. During the past week he
and his colleagues on the investigat-
ing committee have had before them
Assistant Secretary Of War Patter-
son and Lewis Hershey, director of
the National Selective Service Sys-
tenn, These gentlemen expressed
amazement at the conditions that
Mr.. Harness has uncovered. There
are thousands and thousands of young
able-bodied men who hadn't even
bothered about registering.
This is a shocking condition that
will arouse the ire of the American
people to a greater degree than the
continued squandering of the tax
payers money on unnecessary do
mestic projects or even the bungling
of the Office of Price Administration.
Setting the Record Straight.
A friend has sent me clipping
from a Minnesota daily containing a
letter from a correspondent which
stated that Congressman Andersen
and myself had opposed the releas-
ing of 100 million bushels of gov
eminent held feed wheat. l think
the story originated in government
office in ST. Paul and have a pretty
fair idea as to who the author is.
The fact of the matter is that Mr..
Andersen was very active in getting
the necessary legislation out of the
Committee on Agriculture, of which
he is prominent and valued men,
Der, and when the measure came to
the floor he and did everything
possible to promote its prompt pas
sage. One of these days we may
decide to smoke out this gentleman
in st. Paul and when we do he will
find himself hanging out on the end
of a limb. What made this incident
all the more irritating is the fact
that 1 had replied to many who had
written me that I would do every
thing within my power to get the
feed wheat bill through the House
without delay so l merely mention
this incident to set the record
straight. q
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-01
Bureaucracy Throttled.

On Wednesday of last week, tele-
gram came to our office. At the
time of its receipt was attending
the House Senate conference on the
debt limit bill and did not get to
see the message until late in the
afternoon, whereupon 1 returned tc
the House and secured the floor for a
few moments to comment on it. From
this point 1 quote from the Congress
sional Record:
"Mr Knutson. Mr.. chairman,
am wondering whether OPA has gone
beserk. It would seem so. Let me
read you telegram that came to
hand this afternoon:
March "a, 1943.
"St. Paul, Minnesota
"OPA informed 500 locker plant
representatives yesterday new order
requires beef and veal for farmers
own use must be Federal graded cost
ing 1920 per hour from time grader
leaves South st. Paul to return. Pratt
of OPA and DR.. Booth representing
agriculture before meeting both said
they could not understand reason
We think this most unreasonable of
all unfair orders and is apparently
designed to kill locker plants. Farm
ers present dumbfounded and spirit
is rebellious. Please contact OPA
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-01
When You And
| We're Younger
Twenty five Years Ago.
(ApriI 4. 1917
Items taken from the Askov American
of IS and Is years ago.

Yesterday was the 25th wedding
anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. N. S
Petersen of Askov and large num-
Der of friends gathered at their
home to commemorate the event
Mr.. and Mrs. Petersen were married
at Racine, Wis, and lived there until
nearly five years ago when they
moved to ASkov. Their four children
were all home yesterday with the ex-
ception of Valdemar, who is with the
'expeditionary forces in France.
John A. Dahlgren, who has spent
his entire life in the vicinity of Ker-
rick, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, Sat-
urday night. He contracted pneu-
nonia and died after four days ill
ness. The body will be laid to rest
Thursday in the Oak Lake cemetery
Good Friday was the 40th wed
ding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs
c. M. Keller of Askov. Mr.. and Mrs
Keller were married in Denmark
Their four children were born there
three of whom are living, as fol-
lows: Olav and Mrs Carl Madsen
OF ASkov and Mrs. Johannes johann
sen of Tyler. From Denmark they
came to Sheffield, ILL.,, where they
resided until two years ago when
they came to Askov.
An lll2-ponnd boy arrived Mon
day at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Niels Serritslev of ASkov.
ChaS. Westlund has purchased SO
acres of land in section % and will
from now on be permanent farmer
OF the Kerrick vicinity.
Chas. Long of Minneapolis, has
opened up the garage at Bruno where
MIR. Figg was last summer. Mr.. Long
was manager for the Bessemer Truck
Company'S garage for three years and
manager for four years for the Over
land Garage in Minneapolis.
Miss Effie Reinholdson died of heart
failure at her home in Sandstone
Monday afternoon.
Louis Olsen of Askov, sold the
former Niels Bonde farm to j. N
Petersen of Irene, S. D., yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Petersen have arrived
here and expect to go right to farm
ing. They are at present visiting the
Chris Hyldahl family.
Bendt Jorgensen arrived in Askov
yesterday from st. Louis Park with
a carload of immigrants movables
and is moving onto his place three
miles north and one mile east OF
Askov. Magnus Hansen, also from
St. Louis Park, is expected here
today and will move onto the Jens
Krag farm, which he purchased a
lew months ago.
Owe Krag of Askov, who enlisted
IN the army about four months ago
and was with the engineer corps sta
toned at Washington, D. c., returned
20 Askov yesterday. He received an
honorable discharge.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-01

It may be of interest to friends
of Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Wahlberg
to know that they have left Fergus
Falls and are now making their home
in Duluth. Mr.. Wahlberg is en-
ployed by the Standard Oil Com
pany in that city as assistant sales
manager of the wholesale depart
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Wahlquist Wis
tied at the Ralph Wahlquist home in
Askov Monday evening.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-01
THE RED CROSS DRIVE:

DKIVE:
all
to
which aced as local
in
$3.50
still
WILDE a Of oldie Thankful for
IRENE MURPHY Chairman
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-01

With members of the Congress
confronted every hour by the great
problems of war, with the ordinary
American family worried about their
loved ones in the armed forces, and
at the same time harrassed by the
obnoxious upstairs in OPA; with ex-
perts predicting food riots within a
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-01

on the much pub
licized Ball-Bur-
ton - Hill - Hatch
resolution on the
postwar w orl d,
but some people
here in Washing
ton have asked me
my opinion. My
answer is very
simple.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-01
CLEAN UP : PAINT UP!

be What is
to
thingsge o
mot
accumulaions from
little effort
Jua few
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-01
Observations
BY CONG. HAROLD KNUTSON
First Things First.

I have not received a single letter
from the Sixth District commenting
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-01

Shark fishing is war industry,
for vitaznin- content oil, skin, fins. and
flesh.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-11

army" to the headquarters of the
military commander OF the Pa
ermo district. He's l0-jear-old
Arab replete with side aims and
halt-pint regulation unifcnn
When this Johnny first reported
to headquarters he was wearing an
empty pistol holster. The command
ing officer gave him 80 of his
own. AS he left he retrieved his
own gun from a nearby piano,
where he had hidden it so the
colonel wouldn't take it away" He
trusts his new friends more now.
One of Johnny's duties is to play
some ancient American records,
which came from heaven knows
where, on a decrepit photograph
in the officers mess.
Johnny's most remarkable feat
vas the single-nanded capture of
q civilian who had cornered guam
titles of bread and was running a
black market