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Askov American., 1943-11-25

Abe Markus returned home Satur-
day after being confined to Duluth
hospital for some time. We are glad
he is back and hope he soon will be
able to be back on the job in the
store.
MIR. and Mrs. Harold Plaisted of
Duluth spent the weekend at the
Irwin Plaisted home. Irwin and Har-
old spent the time hunting.
MIR. and Mrs. Grant De Maris OF
Duluth and Ralph Plaisted came
Sunday to spend a few days hunting.
Mrs. De Maris returned home Sum
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Lindgren OF
Cambridge spent the weekend at the
Oscar Eklund home.
Mel Plaisted came from Duluth
week before hunting season to open
up his hunting camp. Among those
who spent the first three days of the
season there were, Lawrence De-
Maris, Grant De Maris, Glen Gault,
T. A. DobosZenski, Harold Plaisted,
all of Duluth; Hubert Hill of Mime
apolis, ORGY Plaisted and Ralph
Plaisted. The reports are they are
having good hunting.
Pete Peterson is spending week
with his family.
Mrs. R. Erskine and son returned
from the Cities Saturday after spend
ing week visiting friends and rela-
tives.
Miss Fogt and Miss Lennox spent
the weekend at their homes in
Askov.
Bert Smith returned to Ft. Leon
ard Wood, Mo-, Saturday after spend
ing his furlough with his parents,
MIR. and Mrs. Al Smith.
The Presbyterian Women's Mission
ary society will meet Thursday, De-
cember 2, at 2:30 p. m, at the home
of Mrs. J. H. Lingren. Everyone is
urged to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Hyatt visited
at the Geo. Hyatt, Sr, home over the
weekend.
The annual bazaar of the Presby-
terian church will be held in the
church parlors at l o'clock Wednes-
day, December l. Everyone welcome.
Lunch will be served.
Mrs. Geo. Ball and Mrs. Arne
Leskinen of Duluth visited friends
over the weekend.
Mrs. Passow spent Saturday in
Duluth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Rose spent the
weekend at their home here. Bert
was one of the first to bring deer
in Saturday.
A. M. Dougan of Mason City,
Iowa, was a business caller in town
Monday.
Hosmer Miller of Duluth and Le-
Roy Miller of North Branch are visit
ing at the E. j. Miller home.
R. T. Comstock and Thomas Henry
of West Concord, John Quimby and
Geo. Peterson of Kenyon were week.
end guests at the home of Mrs. Nettie
Askov American., 1943-11-25
Charlotte Peterson

Funeral services were held for
Miss Charlotte Peterson of Rutledge
Tuesday afternoon, November 16,
from the Bible church in that village
with Rev. Elof Carlson of Hinckley
in charge. Miss Peterson died at her
home six miles west of Rutledge No
vember 10.
Pallbearers at the last rites were
Walter Dahlin, Raymond Nordholm,
James Nordholm, Jos. Stepan, Herb
Nordholm and John Albion. Inter-
ment was made in the cemetery
west of the village beside her moth
er.
The deceased was born in Wester-
gothland, Sweden April II, 1862,
coming to the United States in 1898.
She lived in Duluth two years and
then came to the family farm at
Rutledge to care for her mother, re-
naming there since to keep the home
for her brothers.
She began to fail in health about
eight years ago. All through her
illness she never lost faith but was
patient and kind, loved by those close
to her, and respected by all who
knew her. Friends and neighbors of
the bereaved relatives extend SYM
pathy in the loss of their loved one.
Among those from out of town who
attended the funeral were Mrs. G.
Dahlberg, Mrs. John Bergstrom and
son and grandson and Mrs. John Ahl-
bonn,
Askov American., 1943-11-25
(From Another Correspondent

(FFOm AHUtHeF COFreSpOHueHIJ
Postponed because of the recent
storm the Bruno Grange carnival
has now been set for Friday even
ing, November 26 at the schoolhouse.
A full evening of entertainment and
fun has been arranged by the spon-
sorS. Further details will be found
in the Bruno Grange news column.
Askov American., 1943-11-25
Conserve

ELECTRIC SERVICE Is not ratioaed.
but you are expected to use i,
wissly-without wasfe-in order to
ss~e coal. gas. Oh. transportation
s~d oihss critical war materiak.
Askov American., 1943-11-25

To see what you're missing just
refuse to read this paper for a few
weeks.
Askov American., 1943-11-25
"Vital to Victory"

The Service Flag lobby Nortens
at ST. Paul shows that 644 employees have been called from their
work and their homes to fight for their country.
With experienced personnel the
armed forces and without the requirements materials
and supplies which ordinarily would be available Northern,
in with other American railroads. has called upon
unprecedented volume of transportation service.
That army of railroad
challenge successfully attested by the following letter addressed
the American Railroads by Robert Patterson Secretary of
War; and James Forrestal Under Secretary of the Navy
sThe War and Navy would
and
the gratitude of the Army Navy the splendid
doing
"Snce the outbreak
carloads of freight, destined Millions
of fighting have been transported and
enbarkation
'The Army and Navy realize that perform big
trains, shops yards, and along rights had
long and hard. To the
record of and possible, the and
Navy deeply grateful.
Keep the work,
service is vital to victory"
The Great Northern fighting
ofour Country and equally proud nearly
who doing their that the sacrifices fighting
forces shall be of lasting worth humanity.
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
ORIZABA, Mexico, Aug. 4,

OhlLAbA, MEXICO, aug. T.
THERE is an old phrase in the code of
Mexican courtesy, used when guest en-
ters ones home-"Esta es su casa" meaning
This is your home" which although seldom
if ever taken literally, is always meant liter
ally.
In times of plenty and peace, the guest
bows and thanks his host. In times of need
and trouble, no peasant is too poor or humble
not to insist that his guest actually move in
and partake, as a member of the family
equally of the food, shelter and company.
This fine old custom and convention rep
resents almost exactly the popular Mexican
attitude toward participation in the war eff
fort. Mexico has most concretely placed its
every resource at the command of the United
States, and through the United States, of the
United Nations.
But Mexico, like a good host, Is not pub
fishing the exact figures of its war contribu-
ton. Of statistics there is a-plenty, but none
is guaranteed as correct or even admitted as
approximate by responsible government
sources.
There is no more intention in Mexico 10
publish or permit to be known the exact ex-
tent Of its production, than there is in the
United States of issuing daily bulletins about
the American armament program.
THE only estimates available are couched
i by private sources in expressions as vague
as In 1889, we produced so much of SUCH
and-such. Nowadays, production has been
stepped up from two to 20 times that figure"
If one presses government official, a
manufacturer, an agricultural producer or
merchant for more definite accounts within
the limitations Of military secrecy. one is apt
to get this answer, couched in smiling but
reserved courtesy
you can be sure that all the mineral re-
sources of Mexico are being placed at Ameri-
can disposal When our northern friends send
us the equipment to increase that production,
we will contribute that Also
Let me give you a rough idea of what
this lack of equipment means TO us. We need
In Mexico 5000 new tractors to achieve the
desired Increase In agricultural output.
I've could do with only 1000 in a pinch.
In the light of our mineral contributions,
these machines u,000) would not represent
5 per cent Of the tri-monthly quota, and not
$1,000 of American production In tractors
THE same thing goes for trucks, electrical
materials. repairs and requirements, chemi-
calls, and 30 on.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
Quick Que stions
Sc {.
no
JAP
MENACE

How many AEF horses and
how many men can be put
into an empty French Tu-
nissan railway car marked "4O
hommeS ct s cheveauX' ?
a catch TO this. too:
Draw on a sheet Of paper two
circles, one with a very thick
line and the other with a thin
line. Now alter the position of
the circles without cutting the
paper.
You shouldn't have TO be a
stock market operator to know
what these Stock-tiCker SYM
bolS stand for: Am, T. & T.,
Gen. Elec., Comwlth & Sou,
Goody T. & r., Int. Harv.;
Nor. Am. Await.
Its indicated the manpower
shortage will cause colleges TO
adopt seven-man football, here
tofore played only in small
schools. Which of the follow
ing also are played by seven
man teams ice. hockey, polo,
rogue, mandolin?
This is the forty-third birth
day of Mrs. Elizabeth Doves
Lyon Windsor. AS what is she
much better known?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
The World in ReUieV
Union Now and Other Fantasies
By MAI. GEN. DAVID PRESCOTT BARROWS

IN THE widely spread conflict of opinion
i that goes on in the world today with re-
gard to the future form of the state, so-called
Internationalists are supposed to be in con-
fict with Nationalist. This should not be the
case. Internationalsm supposes nationalism.
The existence of independent states, strong
enough to fulfill their obligations to other
states, orderly enough, so that their civil
confusion does not make them intolerable to
other peoples, observers of a code OF prin-
ciples and practices built upon the moral
judgments Of western civilization, which we
call international law, is the essential OF true
internationaism.
Without we'll conducted states and self
respecting nations and nationalities there can
be no internationalism. For the very title and
definition of internationalism presupposes re-
lations between states that are independent
International relations, it is true, may be
hostile and unco-operative, as we'll as mar
monious. They may be characterized by
enmity, cupidity and policies that aim TO rob
and despo the territory and possessions OF
other nations. Such is the technique and
aim of the much discussed subject called
Geopotik. But the term internationalism
presupposes the observance of correct legal
obligations between states.
A S A policy, il encourages freedom of visit
"A and travel and a friendly respect by ma
tional peoples of practices and behavours
of other peoples that may seem odd, backward
and stupid to foreigner, but are information
ally inoffensive. Internationalism would
promote cooperative efforts and organiza-
tons between nations to facilitate their COM
mon interests, like the international postal
union or to relieve the Affections of one an
other, when overwhelmed by disaster, like
the International Red Cross.
Such things may count among the finest
achievements Of our race but they all are
based upon the existence of distinct national
states-each one enjoying independence and
pursuing a way of life that is in part heredi-
tary and in part formed by national aspira-
tons and impulses Of the present generation.
THE fault as l see it, of many Information
i alists is this. They are really not Inter-
nationalists, but "Supernationalists." The
Supernationalists believe that national devo-
ton and attachments the sense of patriotism
and of patriotic duty should be weakened and
should eventually disappear before the con-
viction that members of the whole human
race are fellow citizens of one great kingdom
of humanity.
The Supernationalists are constantly busy
to weaken the loyalty and attachment of citi-
zens to the countries of their birth or of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
University of California

their deliberate adoption. Their effort Is TO
beittle and disparage the services of famous
patriots in the history Of their own country.
who have given their lives to the service OF
their state. They deliberately misrepresent
the genuineness of their patriotic devotion.
Among them, are the so-called historical and
biographical "debunkers," and this country
has produced not few of them in the last
generation.
But perhaps the most fixed preoccupation
of the Supernationalists is to plan and devise
ways whereby the national state may disap-
pear and be merged in a super State
surrender of what is called sovereignty by
the national states-to super organization
which will absorb all supreme political powers
in a common supersovereignty.
TT is this supernationalism and its many
/ proposals which in various FORMS some
wider, some narrower, is receiving unusual
attention in the progress of the present
world war; From the weakening OF states,
from the breakdown of national loyalties, that
elobal conflict will undoubtedly produce, IL
seen the opportunity to merge all peoples
into a political union of the whole world,
and subject all mankind TO the dominion and
sovereignty of supernatural state.
Historically, there are two political institu-
tons whereby peoples of different speech,
culture heritage and territorial home, may be
united under a common sovereignty. They
are empire and federalism.
Empire is a very old political institution.
1t has been in evidence since the beginning OF
historical time. 1t produced the empires OK
Assyria and Of Persia. II finally contaminated,
in antiquity, in the empire of Rome, which
embraced ALL peoples Of Western Europe,
the Mediterranean and North Africa. The
Roman Empire, as it came to be- in the first
centuries of the Christian area, is the great
historical example of Imperialism. Empire,
think, connotes the union of diverse peoples
and lands in one state, but with one people
and one locality maintaining clear predomi-
nance over all.
THIS idea of foreign empire, the purpose
to rule and exploit foreign nations, from
Berlin and from Toxic, is the fundamental
occasion Of this present war.
The Supernationalists, however in this
country, at least, is almost always an anti
imperialist. He is likely to be an apostle Of
federalism. Federalism is primarily dis
covery and contribution OF America, and as
1t is a political discovery that Americans first
achieved, on a fully organized constitutional
plan, it merits our greatest interest and
solicitude.
Ito be continued)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04

L'ASCISM, in Italy. was the
reaction against the vio-
lenCe of communism which was
beginning 10 reproduce the
Russian revolution among a
sick, poor and confused popula-
ton whose government had lost
authority and respect.
1t was not an unpopular
reaction, for il offered attrac-
tive brides TO the people and
promised TO punish the rich and
humiliate the high-born.
1t also promised 10 put down
disorders which always terrify
the majority of the citizens and
the saying that Mussolini made
the trains run on time was not
as empty as il sounded for il
meant not merely that he put
them on schedule and kept
them there, but also that he
imposed discipline on revolu-
tionary railroad workers and
Hldue lnefn DendNe.
Mussolini did pay off many OF
his promises to the workers,
but, in return, he seized abSo-
lutte power over their lives and
what he gave the Italians, after
a time, was the moral and prac-
teal equivalent Of the govern
ment that the Communists had
tried to establish.
business, Tough not
~ seized outright, was so
tightly regulated that il became
a state enterprise and was fed
upon by petty agents of the
party and looted by the more
pompous grafters and oppor-
tuniSts.
Any worker who thought his
employer had miSused him
could readily and easily go to
court and get his rights.
MusSolini was specia ] y
crafty in his treatment of the
journalists for, although he
could create a one-party press
by force, il was even better 10
create a loyal body of enthusi-
astic defenders whose devotion
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
Italy's Fascism Born Of Revolt
Against Communist Terror
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER

had been bought by a form OF
jOb-Security that made il more
expensive for an employer TO
fire an incompetent than 10 keep
him on the pay roll for life.
Anyway, the press was re-
CelVing government subsidies TO
cover any deficits that might
result from the overload, so the
employers, too, were reasonably
happy in their new condition.
GOVERNMENTS all require
VI force behind them which
should be used impartially
against all groups that chal-
lenge their authority. 1t may
be the force in the policeman's
night stick, implied but not eX-
erted, or, in extreme cases, the
force of arms under martial law.
But if the former is used ef-
fectively in the first place and
never spared out of political
consideration for any element
of the population, the need for
martial law does not develop.
In Italy, just before fascism.
the force behind government
had flinched. then failed utterly
and the popular appeal of fas-
Cism lay in its promise OF order
and law and an era of employ
ment and sufficiency, if not
necessarily of plenty.
II is always the method OF
the communists TO take advan-
tage of discomfort arising from
poverty and encouragement to
arouse elements of the people to
riots which may develop into
instructions, and it is always a
mistake of any government to
condone or accept any excuses
for any challenge to its au-
thority.
WHEN such disturbances go
w Just so far. the govern
ment loses the initiative and the
authority and may be unable TO
regain control.
Britain had some dangerous
experiences after the other war,
including a strike Of policemen
in Liverpool, a very tough city,
and Britain came through,
thanks TO the character of the
people and their civilization and
respect for law.
In otner countries, though,
communism faded into fascism
as Herbert Hoover has repeat
eddy pointed out to the boos of
a multitude of Americans who
seem 10 think that law and or
der mean reaction and oppres-
sion of the many by the few.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
Canada Gives u. S. a Lesson
On Prices Without an OPA
BY PAUL MALLON

THE Canadians have done a
u much better job of handling
their food price and civilian war
economy than the United States.
A full-courSe meal can be OBJ
tanned in any a the first class
restaurants of Quebec for 30 10
go cents. The highest priced
dinner in the best hotels is
SIPS.
These costs are about one
half Washington prices, while
the portions are larger. The
disparity widenS even further
when you consider the Canadian
dollar is worth 10 per cent less
than ours.
The basic restaurant meal
price, therefore. really ranges
between q and pa cents in our
money.
Announced national statistics
may not show these facts.
Somehow. fundamental truths
always seem 10 get lost the
more they are Statisticized.
In Canada liquor, clgaretS and
luXuries generally cost twice as
much as In the states, while the
fundamentals of life. such as
food and basic clothing lStill
unrauoned) arc half a. much.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04

age? Most decidedly. We intend to carry on
with whatever is given or sold to US"
IN CONCRETE terms, Mexico is exporting 10
the United States practically all of it's mer-
curry, zinc, anthony and henequen.
Great quantities of copper graphite va.
nadium, lead, arsenic, bismuth and sulphur
are pouring across the border.
Nearly 200 new mines have been opened
up since the outbreak of war.
The cultivation of oleaginous plants has
increased enormously and is being pushed
still harder. Natural products like ,sponges
for marine motor filters, mahogany for naval
construction. cordage in vast quantities and
fbers for its manufacture like heneouen.
ssal and ixtle. form a steady stream of ex-
ports to America.
In the matter of manpower, Mexico Is in
tensey proud of the fact that thousands Of
its laborers sometimes badly needed at home,
are being sent to the United States as REIN
forcements in the hard pressed American agri-
culture.
Associated with this effort is the further
drain on Mexican manpower imposed by the
CONSUMPTION law the increased problems
created by feeding, clothing and maintaining
a larger army.
THUS the Mexican host, although faced with
j internal problems of rearranging and
adapting his economy, his physical layout, his
social questions among which labor is not the
least has not hesitated to open his doors, his
cupboards and every facility of his traditional
hospitality, to neighbor in trouble and need.
He has accepted most literally and gladly
the difficulties of wartime doublingup ex-
actly as he would accept them were it a mat
ter between two individuals.
What does the Mexican, whether capital.
list, official, workman or peasant, expect In
exchange? Outwardy nothing.
"A Mexican does not fight for money"
is phrase this correspondent has heard from
soldiers, ranchers and merchants
But inwardly. almost secretly, the Mexican
does expect something. II might best be de-
fined as the honorable equality and fraternity
due to good neighbor-not only in times Of
stress and anxiety, but better yet in times of
peace and creative effort.
That is the reward: An assurance that
need never be spoken, but that will firmly
cement the relation that exists between a
Mexican who has said "Esta es su casa" and
the neighbor who has sat at his table.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
knowledge Test
BY DIR. sABINA II. CONNOLLY

BY DIR. SABINA III, CONNOLLY
Who wrote it: (a) Age can
not wither her nor custom
stale her infinite variety; CD
Arms and the man l sing +:
(c) Mid pleasures and palaces
though we may roam" ?
2-What are three branches of
the Mediterranean that touch
Italy?
3-What was his first name; (a)
President Madison (b) Presi-
dent Jackson; (c) President
Arthur?
do YOU know: ta) What state
is the eastern border Of Yer
mont, CD what state is the
northern boundary of Ten
neSSee; CO. what state is the
western boundary Of Kansas?
Who were the last three rulers
Of Germany before Hitler?
5-Where do these people live:
la CesSaeks; tbl BaSquesItc)
Laps?
ANSWERS on opposite page)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
A PACKAGE of Is cigarets

4 PACKAGE of Is cicarets
~ costs 80 cents. a bottle Of
Scotch costs $3.50 for a full
quart, but is obtaInable only IN
very inferior grades and ra-
toned one bottle each two
weeks.
Ale and beer. tho working
man drink. runs - cents TO
IS cents a bottle, but the tav-
ernS are open only from ; p. m.
10 Il p. ~. each d3H-alier
working hours
Canada has sought 10 solve
her wartime drinking problem
Dthe prime minister says C0u-
sumption has doubled hy prac-
ucally eliminating INC agH.a-
bIHty of hard hq4Dr- while
promoting fH, sale az the work
irgman beer only after work
is done
The real secret or hCTSJ.eee-s
is that she has kept rl.g, down
by ruthless prosecution penai-
ties against price N0.afurs
one Montreal merchant last
week was fined s.. g00fgr seven
minor iuiractIouS and even The
smallest single offender was
fined $50 70 $500 le tWo other