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Askov American., 1943-05-27
NickersOn

Mrs. Oscar Sand and SON came last
Thursday for a weeks visit with hel
mother and sister.
Mrs Oscar Sand and Vernon and Mary
Maheu were supper guests at the Mr.
and Mrs Edw Beaudry home Friday eve-
ming
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Virgins and Mrs
Mary Maheu and nephew. Vernon Sand
were guests of Shirley Slower Saturday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Becker and family
spent the weekend at their farm here
Mr.. Becker went to Cannon Falls Mon
day morning with two loads of lumber
for his home there, Mr.. Riehm taking z
load there for him.
Mr.. and Mrs Edw Beaudry and Mrs
Becker went to Sandstone Monday.
Mrs. Becker spent two days with Mrs
Edw. Beaudry.
Askov American., 1943-05-27
When You And
l We're Younger
twenty-five Years Ago.
Items taken from the Askov American
of Is and Is years ago.

The four-year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jos. Hensel, living about miles
northwest of Bruno, has been lost
since Sunday evening The boy
wandered away from home and while
his footprints have been traced he
has not, as yet, been found. Today
bloodhounds are expected here from
Mitchell, S. D., to aid in the search
Postmaster Reinholdsen of Sand
stone died early yesterday morning
from heart failure. There are left
to mourn his sudden demise his wife
and five children. The body will be
shipped to ST. Paul and buried in the
family burial lot
L. c. Petersen was honored at the
Askov village election Monday by
being chosen as the first president of
the village council.
Chris. FrederikSen came to ASkov
Sunday from Fort Smelling on a 10
day furlough to be with Mrs Fred
eriksen who is visiting at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. Chr.
DiXen.
Carl Pearson, who was drafted and
was to to have heft Saturday. was
granted last minute extension be-
cause of the illness of his father.
Had Carl been taken there would
have been no one to look after the
farm
Mr.. and Mrs. Abraham of Water
town, S. D., arrived at Bruno this
week and have moved onto their
land 2l2 miles northwest of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcmillan of Mime
apolis, arrived Tuesday evening and
expect to make Bruno their home.
Mr.. McMillan's father has several
hundred acres of land y mile west
OF town
Daniel c. Forsyth and Miss Vilinda
Jensen. both of Norman township,
were married at Pine City Wednes-
day. May %, at o'clock. They went
to Duluth where they expect to re-
main a short time.
Fred Darnell and Steve Purull of
Norman have purchased the land
owned by Mr.. Thompson in Sec
ton IA
The new steel bridge over the
Tamarac river is progressing nicely
1t is expected to be finished about
June 10.
The local public school at Askov
closed this term Friday. The en-
rollment for this year was 1875. The
teachers who will be here again next
year are: Principal, F. Clarey Mel
sen, Miss Hoagland, Miss Jacobsen
and Miss Ostergaard Miss Larsen
may also return.
A strong wind Friday night blew
over many barns in the vicinity of
Pine City, doing, damage to the ex-
tent of many thousands of dollars.
Some damage was done to telephone
lines and trees were uprooted.
Askov American., 1943-05-27
PROCEEDINGS OF
SCHOOL BOARD
District No. 12S.

May l8, l943.
Regular school board meeting
called to order by chairman with all
members present.
Minutes of previous meeting was
read and approved as read.
Motion made and seconded Carol
Barker's and Agnes Myrdahls res
ignation be accepted; clerk and
chairman to sign statement of re-
lease. Motion carried.
Motion made and carried following
bills be allowed and ordered paid:
Oscar w. Anderson, county
auditor, snow plowing IS 43.l3
Carl Johnson, labor -- IT'S
On motion made and carried, meet
ing adjourned.
CARL BERG, Clerk.
Askov American., 1943-05-27

Our money is still safe but the
tanker is lost forever. Another and
another and another must be built
to take its place.
The men who sail the seas are
giving their lives to win the Battle
of the Atlantic. We are asked only
to lend our money.
q. S. Treuss<y Departments
Askov American., 1943-05-27
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MotHo~ Buy WM
WAR BONDS
Buffle Of the AfIunfie

A sinking smokestack, great air
bubble, an empty lifeboat, all that
is visible of torpedoed tanker, all
that is evident of the hard work, the
savings we put into War Bonds to
build this tanker, to load it with
$4,000 gallons of high octane gas.
Askov American., 1943-05-27

Peculiar whitish spots on the spleer
and liver of rabbit carcasses should
make one suspect tularemia. The U
S. Public Health Service warns thai
such carcasses should be burned OF
buried at once-Health News Service
Askov American., 1943-05-27

During l94l, life insurance COM
panies purchased more than $780,
0O0, 900 of bonds of factories and in
dustrial plants of America, 35 per
cent more than in 1910 and twice
the 1899 total.
Askov American., 1943-05-27

A craft on steel runners, propelled
by a toothed iron wheel driven by
steam, traversed the ice of the ST.
Croix river in 1877.
Askov American., 1943-05-27
County 4-H Clubs

The Danish Daffodils All girls OF
Askov met at the home of Kay Nor
gensen on May Is. Anita Thomson
and Donna Nedegaard demonstrated
the proper method of making bed
for the group and discovered that
there was quite bit to know about
the work
jeanette Johnson demonstrated. the
making of dressing table and eX-
planned the method she used for fin
ishing it.
Mrs. John Meier directed the group
in singing fest.
All girls demonstrated the lunch,
telling of the sandwich filings as
they made them for the afternoon
refreshments.
The next meeting is to be held in
the evening on June l9 at the John
Meier home.
Askov American., 1943-05-27

The Sandstone Girls All Club
held regular meeting May II when
the following officers were elected:
President, Beverly Lien; vice presi-
dent, Leona Bauer; secretary-treas-
urer, Doris Savor; reporter, Rose Ann
HoyeZ.
The garden and clothing projects
have the largest enrollments. Mrs.
c. w. Lewis will direct the clothing,
potatoes, homemaking assistance and
simple foods. Mrs. Nelson will direct
the following: Garden, care of chill
dren, poultry, dairy, bread baking
and canning.
a program of work committee
meeting is being held at the home of
Mrs. Arthur Nelson Saturday after
noon, May %, and the regular meet
ing of all girls on June 7 at Mrs.
Nelson's home.
Askov American., 1943-05-27

The Sandstone Boys All group
met May 18 with their leader, L. l..
Lawyer, when they selected the name
of Commands for their club. One
member knows what is expected of
true commando and proved it by
being in his chair promptly at the
meeting. Regardless of the early hour
set to meet or the large number of
chores to be done at home and a
three and half mile distance to go
to the meeting, when asked about it,
he replied, Eyes, did have to hustle
and l didn't stop for supper but I'm
here on time-ain't T."
This group of boys planned to eX
hibit a plan of the family garden
drawn to scale with reasons given
why the vegetables were being
grown. One future lesson is to be
given to the study of pollenization of
corn, another to the recognition of
weeds which trouble the gardener.
Club songs were sung and the rec
reation time spent with games.
The Hinckley Grade All Club plan
meeting at the Clyde P. Shumway
home on June at p. m. All men,
bers enrolled are urged to attend.
County All Leader Mrs. Florence
A. Jones explained All work to men,
bers of the Willow River Community
club May 20.
The Go Getters club at Kerrick
was organized May IL with officers
elected This club group shows prom
ise of being real go-getters. They
will hold their next meeting at 8
p. m, May 26, at the school. Par
ents are invited to attend the meeting.
The Askov Boys Victory club en-
tertained parents and the members
of the Danish Daffodils club May 81.
An interesting feature was the All
quiz contest, three highest winners
being Ivan Rasmussen, Alvin Madsen
and Phillip Krantz. A delicious lunch
was served.
The new leaders, Mr.. and Mrs.
Erling Christensen, were in charge.
The Duquette All Club held their
meeting May % at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Emil Koecher.
The program of work for the June
meeting to be held at the E. j. Beise
home includes round table discussion
on garden pests, home Improvement
demonstrations and one on cleaning
and sorting eggs for market.
The meeting closed with a deli
cious lunch, singing and playing.
Askov American., 1943-05-27

County All Leader Mrs. Florence
A. Jones explained All work to men,
bers of the Willow River Community
club May 20.
Askov American., 1943-05-27

The Hinckley Grade All Club plan
meeting at the Clyde P. Shumway
home on June l at p. m. All mem
bers enrolled are urged to attend
Evening star., 1943-11-17

ohy S&liSQ LQc Nhstenune brown.
Labanon rebellion. It Is q small
matter. some say, because it in
wolves 4 revolt of q handful OF
men constituting the population
OF the new Middle Eastern re-
public.
The Algiers French of,cials say
emphatically that small Incl
dent has been grossly exagger-
ated to discredit Gen. Charles
de Gaulle's administration. Lon
don. on the other hand, points
out that the uprising OF the
Lebanese might be contagious
and spread throughout the Mid
die East and North Africa where
there Is 4 large Arab popula-
ton.
Unless the matter Immediately
Is settled the United Nations may
be confronted with such q hot
potato that they will have to
divert 4 large number Of troops
earmarked to fight the Nazis to
handle the Arab situation.
French propaganda agents will
whisper into listening ears that
the whole matter has been en-
gineered by British agents on the
spot 50 as to give Gen. de Gaulle
black eye and also to secure
more hrmly the friendship OF the
other Arabs on whom the British
Will have to increase their re-
lance.
British Offer Reason.
The British say these sources
want to appear in the eyes of
the Arabs as their best defend
ers and their most trusted
friends.
Then there are those well
informed sources" who will saw
mysteriously that Gen. de Gaulle.
as tool to Moscow, has ordered
his representatives at Beirut to
make 4 mistake" to incite the
Arab world against all westerners.
Britain's chief supplies Of oil
at present are In Iraq and Iran
while large untapped resources
are available in Saudi Arabia
where the position of the Ameri-
Evening star., 1943-11-17
The Greet Game Of Politics

sonally-without imputing any sin
lister or dishonest purpose to any
one, this Just does not seem right.
The antifourth termers are as
anxious to facilitate voting for the
men in the service as the fourth
termers, but by no stretch Of the
imagination can the machinery
which 1t is proposed to set up be
regarded as really nonpartisan. Be.
fore the bill is passed, some way
surely will be found to meet the
more obvious objections. Especially
Is there determination not to
leave the decision of what political
news soldiers abroad should have
entirely to Mr.. Davis. No matter
how holy he may be. under the pro-
posed plan he would have the chance
TO put the white lead in the coffee
cups Of the servicemen abroad
Neither he nor any one else should
have that chance.
Soggiest Of Agencies.
1t Is also pointed out that, because
Of the shrinkage OF the owl in the
domestic field, Mr.. Davis, in the
future, will have much more time to
devote to foreign propaganda than
before and, naturally, would give his
personal attention to the political
material sent out. On the home
front" it is getting increasingly dif-
ficult to justify the existence OF the
owl at all. Propaganda. Of course,
Is an essential part OF warfare and,
when we'll done, very effective
part. 1t was the Armys insistence
on this that saved the owl appro-
priation for the foreign division a
short time ago when it was under
attack.
But. for domestic purposes, the
excuse for the owl gets thinner all
the time. 1t does not give out the
Army news. nor the Navy news, nor
the State Department news, nor the
White House news. Washington
correspondents say that, with rare
exceptions. all they get from the
Owl are handouts which normally
would have come from the separate
agencies "a hours earlier. And it
has not succeeded in greatly reduc-
ing the number Of press agents on
the Federal payroll. Recently a
new director for the domestic field
was installed. He is the third within
year. They come and they 60
very quickly and they leave things
about the way they found them.
There is very little else they can do.
Some seek to justify the domestic
end of the Owl on the ground that
1t Is 4 morale builder but the evi-
dence is lacking. Actually 1t is the
soggiest Of all administration agen-
cies, which is saying quite 4 lot.
Evening star., 1943-11-17

Frank 4. Kent. speaks we'll o1
himself, few who have had Z chance
to review his operations since he
came to Washington have much
confidence in his ability to be non
partisan or detached in such mat
tiers. What Mr.. Davis might con-
slider nonpartisan in the extreme
likely would be regarded by many
on the other side as extremely par
tisan. Certainly. some of the out
pourings Of the owl foreign di-
vision in the past year would seem
to justify this view.
II the deliberate purpose had been
to use the taxpayers money to
defy Mr.. Roosevelt, 1t is hard to see
how some OF the Owl stun which
has been spread abroad could be
improved on. The mere fact that
Mr.. Davis and several of his aides
are such pronounced, not to say IA
natical, New Dealers would seem to
disqualify them from any job re-
quiring a nonpsrtisan approach. 1t
may do them an injustice but. how
ever pure their hearts. their known
political predictions could hardly
help but create distrust.
1t Doesn't Seem Right.
Certainly, that is the way the anti
fourth termers feel about it. 1t is a
topic very much to the front in the
minds OF antiadministration Demo-
Gratis, as we'll as Republicans, in Con-
gress, and 1t seems fairly sure that
before final passage of any bill to
enable the soldiers to vote some way
will be found to put check on the
Owl distribution of campaign in
formal ton so as to insure real nom
partisanship. Mr.. Davis is not apt
to like this sort of check. But, then,
those who recall Mr.. Davis member
ship in the somewhat Communistic
American Labor party of New York
and appreciate the quality Of his
New Dealism. do not like the idea OF
him being unsupervised and un-
checked in this business OF deciding
what political facts 10000, 900 SOL
diers and sailors should have upon
which to form their voting views.
Especially, they dislike it when
coupled with the fact that the bill
to facilitate the soldiers voting is
sponsored by two intensely partisan
fourth-term Senators - Green OF
Rhode Island and Lucas Of Illinois
and that. under their bill, the elec-
ton would be conducted by NON
partisan" commission. named by the
President. who. clearly, either will
be candidate to succeed himself
or will have picked the candidate
Take these things all together-the
bill drawn by two very partisan
Senator's; the commission to be
named by the candidate himself, and
the information to be channeled
through the candidates personal ap.
pointee. known to be deeply COM
mitted to him politically and per-
Evening star., 1943-11-17


good Is It? When are you going to
enjoy the leisure that Is the fruit
OF your success? Such people are .
social menace-they should be care.
fully avoided. They are apt TO infect
you with their poisonous propa-
ganda and the first thing you know
you've exchanged . deyil-may-cars,
happy-so lucky, lovable disposition
for a triple plated ulcer.
Others will confess that their
success Is due entirely TO luck. When
opportunity knocked on the front
door they were in the tub and
didn't hear a thing. But as luck
would have it the front door wasn't
locked. 1t swung right open and
opportunity fell into the rom, hat
on the door, and knocked herself
OFT. She was lying there when they
came out, wrapped in a thought and
4 turkish twal. She woke up dazed
and didn't know where she was
And opportunity being the pro-
miscuous pigeon she is, she really
didn't care. You could say oppor-
tunity is homing pigeon who will
90 home with anybody. So you zee,
it isn't so wonderful to be q success
il luck is the answer.
Others Just Uncertain.
Other successes stare at you
blankly and shake their heads SLOW
ly, numbly, when you ask them how
they got that way-and then mur-
mur: Success! Would you call me
success?"
These are the most promising
ones, Let them continue to protest
prettiiy. Assure them they are in.
deed successes, that every one ad.
mits it and that all Of US are dying
TO know what is the magic in
eredient. 1t is then you will learn
that behind every successful man.
woman or business there is a definite
stratagem, technical operation-or
as the proverb has it. There are
tricks to all tradeS-but mine" (And
even mine is a bit shiftyD
/ There's Frank Case. the famous
Algonquin hotelkeeper and author
of Tales of Wsyward Inn"
Quiet. Please" Stop! Have You
Lett Anything?" Bills Payable on
Presentation" and Have You Got
a Woman in Your Room?"'' Frank
has lived for years on celebrities and
vice vefss' Until the whole operation
s,4aacIy+T bit OF cosmopolitan can
nibalism.
Put Answer in Book.
1 Many authors have asked him why
he has been so successful, but he
wouldn't tell them because he was
saving the answer for his own book.
( One f2v l tried out story on
3 him and he laughed immoderately
much too generously for the kind
Of story it was. And then, thinking
I had him sofrened up. I shot tbs
fatal question, What is the secret
Of your success?" He was between
books. so he had no out. I had him.
Il don't say I'm a success" said
Frank, but the secret of a success
full hotelSeeper is simply this. When
the guest is telling you a story, don't
act as though you were mpatiently
waiting for him TO finish so you can
tell him a better one. And when he
has made a bright remark and is
preening himself on his cleverness
don't try to top him-even II you
nave a brighter one In short, your
motto should be The customer 10
always bright"
Distributed by McNausht Syndicate. Ine)
Evening star., 1943-11-17

are transmitted In the blood
stream. II Is astonishing to me
that this superstition remains
even when serum from horses.
cows or sheep is put into human
veins. No one seems to fear his
children will walk on four legs,
or moo or neigh.
Men Want to Retain Race.
If racial characteristics were
carried by the blood stream. the
resistance of one race Of men to
having transfusions OF the blood
or plasma of other races would
probably be insuperable. For, al
though they have no control over
it in the first place, most men do
not desire to change their race.
unless they belong to one which
suffers peculiar disadvantages. If
a mans visible racial character
istics make 1t difIicult for him
to find work, or expose him to
humiliations, he may desire to
escape from his race by obliterat-
ing It's more obvious character
istics. Among many American
Negroes 1t is a social distinction
to be light colored for the obvious
reason that they thereby more
closely approach the dominant
white world. In = great and
prosperous African civilization
exactly the reverse would prob
ably be true.
Orientals, who live largely on
vegetarian diets, find that the
carnivorous westerners have 4
horrible smell, like cadavers.
The Irishman who brses of the
hair on his chest rs a sign of
virility is not comprehensive to
= Chinese or a Japanese, who
certainly belong to fecund races,
but find the hairyness of Nordic
Man, closely akin to the hairy
ness of the baboon.
But no amount Of pumping
other peoples blood into mems
veins affects their color, hair,
stature, or any other racial char
acteristics Of themselves or
progeny.
Chromosomes Key 10 Race.
Racial characteristics are
transmitted through the chromo-
somes. A person Is determined
as colored or white, the moment
he is conceived and the blood
stream has nothing to do with it.
II, for centuries, people had
been saying, Il am of pure Anglo
Saxon chromosomes" the state
ment would certainly be untrue,
considering the endless mixture,
not OF blood, but OF sexes, but the
idea would be correct.
If we are going to 60 on talk
ing about our blood and speaking
precisely, we'll have to get used
to describing ourselves as types
O, A, B or AD, none OF which is
anything to brag about. All four
include geniuses and morons, yell
lows, browns. whites and blacks.
But considering how long it takes
a superstition to die, would say
to my Negro friends: Stop both
ering about the blood banks. It's
a silly controversy, and not worth
campaign. Since your blood is
OF the same physiological con-
stituency as everyone elses, your
argument contributes to scien-
tific precision. But. you don't win
any victory for your race by win
ming the argument. Race and
blood are two different matters
tReieased by The Bell SynSicats I've,
Evening star., 1943-11-17
This Changing World

can Standard Oil %. IL very
strong.
These informants who whisper
such mysterious tales In the ears
of the experts" say the Arabs
throughout the Middle East are
looking more to Russia than
other members Of the United Ma
tons to assert their own inde-
pendence; that Korin A. Haki-
mon, Russias' envoy sxtraordi-
nary and minister plenipotentiary
to King Ibn Saud, Is doing an
excellent job at increasing the
element OF distrust-which al
ready exists in the minds OF most
Arab leaders-against Britain and
the United States and that he
and Gen. de Gaulle are doing a
little dirty work against both
these capitalistic nations.
Rumors Spreading.
Whether any Of these rumors
has even . spark Of truth Is din
cult to say. On the surface it ap-
pears that Gen. de Gaulle has
mu1ed the ball badly. But on
the other hand those who have
an occasional opportunity to peep
inside the workings Of the hetero-
geneous body known as the
United Nations wonder whether
there is not something more than
is shown on the surface In con-
nection with this totally unex-
pected fiare-up in one of the
Allies important strategic areas.
The chairman of the French
Committee Of National Liberation
never has enjoyed very savory
reputation with the American
Government, although his views
are espoused by number OF
American ideologists because to
them he represents the spirit OF
irrepressible France.
According to those judging him
without bias the truth Is that
Gen. de Gaulle wants to emerge
out OF the war stronger than
France in the past and Is willing
to play any game which would
secure such a position for his
country.
Hence the suspicion that he is
now tool not necessarily OF the
Moscow government. which is on
the best OF terms with Britain
and the United States, but OF
some Of the by-products of the
Soviet government which still
consider themselves at liberty to
follow 4 long range policy" in
regard to Russia's present asso-
ciates.
Evening star., 1943-11-17
london to Address
House COP Freshmen

By the Associated Press
All M. Landon. 1896 Republican
nominee for President, was booked
yesterday by House Republican
freshmen" to address them Novem-
Der 80.
The so first-term Republicans
organized into the "78 Club" (this
being the Seventy-eighth Congress)
heard Wendell Willkie at a dinner
several weeks ago.