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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-22
Is Spring Bride
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(SOnClnueO rom rage ~
blue. The wedding cake was baked
by Mrs. David Hall.
The bride has lived in Brook Park
all her life, attending the grade and
high school there, and the teachers
training school in Hinckley. She has
been teaching school a number OF
years and is resigning her position
in district 48 to accompany 1t
Koksma to New Jersey, where the
latter is stationed.
Attendants.
Those from away attending the
reception were Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Hawkinson and Mrs. VIM. Merritt
and daughter Jane of Beroun; Mr.
and Mrs. VIM. Mittlestad of Quamba
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Kelsey, MIR
and Mrs. Deane Fischer, Mrs. Won
Halbeck, Robert Merritt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Klynstra, Mr.. and Mrs
Bruce Merritt, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Klynstra and three daughters and
Mrs. Henry Klynstra of Hinckley
Rev. and Mrs. Paul Hendricks, Du-
luth; Mrs. S. Whitcher and daughter
Jean of Pennington, Mrs. Neal Mer-
rift and grandson of Walker, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wallace Koksma and daughter
Mabel of Milaca
Friends of the happy couple joir
in wishing them long and pros
porous life together.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-22
OPPOSED TOWNSENDITES
editor AskOv American:

CulIOT fASkOV AMERICAN.
When Governor Stassen signed the
S40-a-month old age assistance law,
he complained that, ''The $4,000 de-
pendent children are not organized,
have no representation nor Townsend
clubs to present their needs before
the committees of the legislature and
do not VOTE" etc. If it were not for
the ToWnsendites in Minnesota and
their hard work before the election
last fall, plus their constant contact
with the state legislature since it
convened in January, our destitute
old people would now be in exactly
the same situation as these unfor-
tunate children.
Had Governor Stassen-and all
those who think like him-worked
with the Townsendites, instead of
working against them, these needy
children would have also received
more aid.
The time is coming-thanks to the
Townsend national organization
when adequate social security will
be the constitutional inheritance of
every American citizen, regardless of
age, through constructive, scien-
tific Federal program of eliminating
widespread want and poverty in this
bountiful nation.
MAMIE M. STEAMER.
Minneapolis, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-22
A Little Spice

The poorest way to get inspiration
is with a cork-screW.
Freedom, in the deepest sense, is
the liberty to do right.
Money is of little good to us unless
we do good with it.
A dollar in the bank is worth ten
in poker game.
Parents too severe with their chill
dren teach them to lie.
He who boasts of his honesty will
always bear '1eetle" watching.
Truth is a picture that each per-
son colors a trifle to suit his own
tastes.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-22

war NEWS
By Mrs. ChaS. Krantz
Pine County Farmer Fieldwoman.

The ceiling price of corn is Sl.02
per bushel, but when converted to
pork, bushel of corn brings SIPS
to $3.50. The price of corn must be
Csc per bushel if alcohol is to be
made from it at the normal pre-war
price of zoe per gallon. Without
agricultural help, rubber, alcohol and
explosives would be facing disaster.
The soybean industry is the answer
to many problems. Ten million BUSH
els of the beans are crushed month
ly. Synthetic rubber tires, with al
most all their rubber derived from
alcohol are now rolling into service.
Remember the good old days when
hogs, now selling for $3.50 per cwt.,
brought Sc? When farmers burned
corn in their stoves because it was
cheaper than coal? When a cow
hide wasn't worth the price of a
pair of baby shoes? When renter
couldn't make share-cropper's liv-
ing and the owner of a farm couldn't
pay ST an acre tax. AAA was set
up as the farmers guide post to
planting crops needed by the nation
and to conserve soil and prevent ero-
sion. Now some call all this regi-
mentation. AAA is not compulsory
Any farmer can accept or reject the
terms.
The democratic set-up of the AAA
with local administration by local
farmers, elected by their neighbors,
results in more stable agriculture
because of the direct link that these
farmers have with the land itself.
The AAA farm program has made
it possible to farmers to rapidly adj
just production to war demands, and
will make it possible for the farmers
to meet the challenge of helping to
feed the starving people of Europe
and Asia.
Our farmer administered farm
program is an outstanding example
of democracy in action. Our boys
in foreign lands are giving their
lives to preserve the democratic ideal.
There. are forces at work trying to
scrap the AAA. The leaders for
this propaganda are not doing it
because they love the farmers. These
blind leaders are fearful that the
farmer will prosper and wake up
to his power. 1 quote w. F. Schill-
ing: eff the farmers yield their hold
on the only real beneficial act (AAA)
that ever came out of Washington,
they are dumber than 1 think"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-22
DISLIKES V-MAIL
tor ASkOv American:

Editor ASkOV American.
1 was wondering when some one
was going to bring up this "V"-mail
situation. I not only myself dislike
it, but so do all the soldiers / speak
to. When any one of the boys re-
ceive one, they always say, Darn
this 'V'-mail, it makes me sick" A
lot of the "V"-mail l receive l
couldn't begin to read. It's either
too faint, or small. / believe the
biggest morale builder is nice long
letter from home and friends. Like
heard one soldier say, 81 can get
along without the beer they send
here, from Milwaukee, 1 wish they
would use the space for real mail"
l myself would just as soon pay
the old 20 cents fee and receive a
good letter.
PFC. LANCER WERNOWSKY.
Hawaiian Islands.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-22
TRASH
Editor ASkOV American:
st. Paul, MINI.


l received this letter yesterday in
the~mail. 1t was headed, "The Luck
of London"
''The Luck of London was sent to
me. am sending it to you. This
chain was started by an American
army officer.
1T has been around the world
four times. The one who breaks it
has bad luck. Copy this and see
what happens to you in four days
after receiving it. 1t will bring you
good luck. Send this letter and four
others to people whom you wish
good luck.
Grace Fields received 81 500 after
receiving it. Don Vorne won $4,000
and lost it when the chain was bro
ken by him.
1T will bring you good luck four
days after receiving it. Don't keep
this letter. 1t must be mailed "a
hours after receiving it. Don't send
money-Good Luck"
Why do people send such trash in
the mails. Don't they know that it
might be taking up room that is
needed to send supplies to our SOL
diers? l surely would hate to think
that my brother or cousin or friends
had to go without some vital sup
plies just because I was foolish
enough to send such trash in the
mails.
don't see why an American army
officer would start something like
this. More than likely it was started
by an axis agent to slow up mail
service. 1t says it has been four
times around the world. Well, l
think that's four times too many
So please, every one, when you
receive chain letter of any kind,
don't send it on. It might mean the
life of some one dear to you.
- MRS. E. DEGERSTROM.
Askov, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-22
Health Ward
Information furnished by Pine County
Nursing Service

The East Central Nursing Auxil-
larry committee held its April meet
ing in the community hall at Clover
ton April ID. Mrs. Earl Schultz con-
Quoted the meeting. There were So
women present.
The committee agreed to contri-
butte So to the Cancer Control So
ciety. After the business meeting
was closed, Miss Bickmann gave
short talk on first aid treatments of
injuries common in rural areas She
also read the report of her March
nursing activities. Mrs Ralph Bal
lantine, local Red Cross branch chair
man, then took over the meeting.
She gave summary of this years
activities of the Red Cross.
The Kingsdale group served a de-
licious lunch after the meeting ad-
journed. The next meeting will be
held in June.
The Northeastern Nursing Auxil-
larry committee plans to hold a meet
ing on May 7. The place of the
meeting has not yet been decided
The Bruno home nursing class
completed its course Friday. Four
teen ladies took the final examina-
ton and all IA can look forward to
getting their Red Cross certificates
soon. When Fridays work was
completed, the ladies served lunch
This week health inspections were
completed in the Sandstone and
Bruno schools.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-22
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
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50 years old; he begins his notorious
autobiography, "Mein Kampf" thus:
GALS glueckliche Bestimmung gilt es
mir heute, daaS das Schicksal mir
yum Geburtsort gerade Braunau am
Inn zuwies" (that is: II consider it
today a lucky stroke that Fate as
signed Braunau on the Inn river to
be my birthplace")-and then he ex-
plains that this place is at the very
border line of two nations whose
reunion" is to be considered a SUI
preme goal-Austria and Germany.
Had he only stopped there.
Russian Front.
But Fatalist Hitler did not stop
with the enforced merger of Austria
and Germany. He has taken many
other nations, and some of them
proved rather easy to overrun But
in Russia he found hard nut to
crack, and it is still not ground to
pieces. To be sure, he has ended
the retreat which the Soviet winter
offensive imposed upon him, but he
has for weeks made no progress, and
although he is still holding his lines
in the Ukraine and the Donetz Basin,
he has no new captures to report
OF course, he can find some con-
ISOLATION in the fact that the Rus
SLAMS have been checked too, espe-
| cially farther north where they are
trying to reach their next important
| objective, the city of Smolensk. The
Russian situation, in other words.
remains what it has been for weeks.
| There is no important change. But
it may be that the Nazis will begin
counter-offensive next month - at
least, that's the report coming from
| several sources.
Still Active
AS though to confirm the warn
ings which General Douglas Mac
Arthur repeatedly has sent home
from his headquarters in Australia.
the japanese are again showing in
tense signs of renewed activity
Macarthur who, incidentally,
demands reinforcements from
the United States, reports that
a huge Japanese fleet is an
chOred in the waters around the
Carolinian island of Truk, and
that vast merchant fleet near
| Rabaul has steam up day and
night.
In addition, the general says, Jap
anese conveys are on the way all
the time, and he, personally, expects
that there will be new massed at
tack on the Solomon Islands, on New
Guinea and, probably, on the Aus
tralian continent. So far, American
| bombers have been able to beat off
all fresh enemy attempts to get close
to Guadalcanal and New Guinea, but
| if it is true, as it is being claimed,
that the japanese have two hundred
thousand men scattered on islands
| throughout the southwest Pacific
ocean, the purpose is clear enough.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-22
Scrap Survey
Continued from Page 1,

NSOhtAuuCO IIOfu rage ~
birth of freedom Then keep it NOV
ing into the channels.
"These are the requests of Uncle
Sam in this hour of great need. We
are only his unpaid servants pass
ing these requests to everyone We
also welcome, encourage and invite
the cooperation and assistance of the
Victory Aides, the Boy Scouts, the
Future Farmers, Commercial clubs,
Parent Teachers Associations and
other organizations or individuals
interested in this important effort.
"The snow has gone. Please take
time out for thorough search of
your place. Help your busy neigh
Dor to do the same. This spring
drive will cover the vast rural area
in particular, but considerable scrap
can be found yet in villages. Scrap
piles are victory reservoirs. Keep
them growing and moving"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-22
Gardeners Nook
BY GARDEN CLUB EDITOR

The following report is from
member of the Askov Garden
club who attended the county
garden conference in Pine City
April 9:
All phases of gardening were dis
cussed at this meeting with empha-
sis on community gardens for those
having improper facilities on their
own property to carry on practical
gardening.
The necessity Of, each family rails
ing and canning vegetables for their
own use was greatly stressed. 1t is
not only necessity but our duty to
do so in order to save the canned
food on the market for our boys at
home and across. Not only should
we share our food through lend
lease to our Allies, but we must
prepare to send food to Europe and
Asia in order to pave the way for
our boys and help them win the war
as quickly as possible. There have
already been instances where food
supplies have turned whole popu-
lations into helpful Allies rather
than antagonistic bystanders.
BY raising our. own food supplies
a great deal of valuable transporta-
ton space is saved. One example of
this comes from Cass county in our
own state. This is one of our poorer
counties, where the citizens were
largely on relief.
Through the FSA and AAA gar
dening program was started. Con-
tests were carried on and canning
encouraged. In 1912 the local pro-
duction had increased to the amount
of 200 carloads of canned goods be-
sides stored and dried vegetables.
This year more than ever we must
be careful with seed as the supply
is limited and will be even more So.
We should pick as much of our own
seed as possible and amateur gar
deners should start with a small
plot and procure advice from ex-
perienced gardeners. Those who
have only very small space should
y
plots from farmers close to town for
such Vegetables as sweet corn, toma-
toes, squash, ETC., which take lot
of room, and plant more leafy green
and yellow vegetables in the small
plots. ..,.. F.;
Raise and can as many tomatoes
as possible. 1t is more economical
and successful for amateur garden
ers to buy their tomato plants from
reliable growers. Get list of suit
able varieties for your locality. Use
some fertilizer. There is victory
garden fertilizer on the market which
is excellent but can only be sold
for vegetable gardens.
Dry and store as many vegetables
as possible in order to save cans.
The surplus, of which there is al
ways some in every garden each fall,
was discussed. Some type of center
might be established where our sur
pluses and needs could be reported
so that they might be exchanged or
sold. This would eliminate a great
deal of waste.
Excellent sources of information
on gardening and new Vegetables are
Victory Gardens" Miscellaneous
Publication No. 483, U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington, D.
c., and "The Farm Garden" Bulle-
tin No. 1878, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D. c., or
write to County Agent Clyde Shum-
way, Sandstone
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-22
Elbow Lake

The Paulson family of Denham
and Willow River, called at the Chas
Lawrence home last Thursday.
The Jensen family have had new
chimney built on their house re-
Gently. Ben Nelson did the work
with Chas. Lawrence and Paul Jen-
sen as helpers.
Mrs. Willard Nelson of Duluth,
spent Sunday between trains with
the Ben Nelson family.
Ben Nelson left for Duluth We'd
nesday of last week to do some paper
hanging for his daughter, Alice,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-22
Opinions OF Others

(Short timely letters on topics of
public interest are welcome whether
or not the, writer's opinions con-
form with those of the American.
All letters must be signed with the
writer's name for our. information.
Signed articles always are more eff
fective, but if the writer does not
wish to have his name used. it will
be withheld).
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-22

Buy War Bonds Today -
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-22

The following report is from
a member of the Askov Garden
club who attended the county
garden conference in Pine City
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-26
ONE MILLION
GERMANS IN
MASS FLIGHT.
Killers Battered Legions
in "Disordered" Re-
treat in Russia

MOSCOW, Oct. g. = Four hard
hitting Soviet armies are pursuing
the battered legions of Adolph Hit
Ter who are retreating across south
ern Russia from the shattered
Dnieper River defense wall toward
the Bug River, ITS miles west.
Front line dispatches indicated
that the badly mauled Nazi forces
are waging a desperate but futile
rear guard battle along the 200
mile long front from Kremenchug
south to the Sea of Azov. intent
only on saving as much as possible
from what may prove the greatest
German disaster since Stalingrad.
The German retreat is accelerated
by the Russian capture of the in
dustrial cities of Dnepropetroysk
and Dneprodzherinsk in the great
Dnieper bend yesterday.
Bluntly characterized by the Rus
sian communique as "disordered'
London dispatches estimated that
perhaps a million Germans are in
volved in the mass retreat across
the Ukraine.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-26
BY JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Oct 26.-In the
next few months, you are going to
hear more about taxes than you
have heard for years and I'm afraid
lot of it is going to be just plain
unadulterated eyewash.
The reasons are complicated, but
the simplest one is that next year
is election year and our national
legislators are not keen to anger
any group of constituents with a
brutal tax program. More difficult
to understand is the Treasury's lob
billion dollar tax program, and
Economic Stabilizer Fred M. Vim
sons insistence that. it go through
as proposed.
Both Treasury Secretary Morgen-
thau and Vinson have made it
pretty clear that they are not near
ly so interested in revenue as in
holding the line against initiation.
II that is true, their tax program
should be just about three times
what it is. Using round figures, the
American people will put about
$3.50 900, 900, 900 in their pockets this
fiscal year. If they buy everything
in sight. they can't spend more than
about $4,000. 100000 of it. That
leaves surplus of $50, 900 900 900.
Existing taxes (of all types) and
war bonds will draw off something
more than $4,000, 100000 of that.
That leaves SOS, 900 900 900 that
might be diverted into inflationary
channels.
The Treasury, Vinson and the
Administration say that los billions
of it will have to be skinned off if
the nation is to be saved from in
flation. Tax leaders in Congress
say no more than four or five bill
lions will have to be dragged out Of
that kitty.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-26

MEET, S3RD
DIET SESSION
on War Given
Sober ApprdisdI-New
Program Started

NEW YORK, Oct. ga radio
broadcast made from Tokyo today
said that Japan's two highest lead
ers. Emperor Hirohito and Premier
TOTO have Joined in giving the
efghty-third special session of the
diet sober appraisal on the war
outlook
TOTO asserting that the Allies de
feated at the beginning are now
overcoming many difficulties and
the dangers of war are growing in
intensity"
The Emperor III one of his in
frequent declarations of war termed
Japan's present situation as truly
grave"
His Imperial rescript was read in
his presence at the formal opening
of the diet session on domestic is
sues.
The Tokyo broadcast reported be-
cause there is no time to slack
in war"
TOTO said the government has de-
cided on a new industrial manpower
mobilization program to "streng-
then the production of war mater
ials. especially 'airplanes, so our de-
fensive structure may be made UNI
wavering we must further exert our
confidence on our ultimate victory"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-26
SEAL HERD
GROWING TO
BIG FIGURE
Value Now Estimated al
100000, Says
Government

WASHINGTON, Oct. g. - The
Pribilof Islands fur seal herd, re-
presenting IS percent of the fur
seals in the world, has grown to
between 100000 and 100000 ami
mails with capital value of about
100000.
The herd was down to 100000
when the Government took over
the sealing in 1910. The Interior
Department announced this year.
fur take now is safely in the United
States and amounts to 117,164
skins, the largest record yet, worth
$5,000,000 after processing at st.
Louis by the Fouke Fur Company
Federal agents.
When the United States pur-
chased Alaska from Russia, the
herd was estimated at 100000. but
sealing rights were leased to pri-
vate firms until 1910.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-26
MORE TOWNS
(ApTUREDBY
TWO ARMIES
German Opposition on
Clark S Forces Diminish
inq-Ndzis Make Stand

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ALGIERS, Oct. 26. - The Allied
Armies in Italy have captured ten
more towns and made advances up
to four or five miles against Ger
man opposition.
The German opposition ON the
Fifth Army front has diminished as
the Nazis apparently fell back to
new positions.
Gen. Clark's Fifth Army has
seized Raviscanina, only Is miles
south of the large transport city of
Isernia.
Montgomery Eighth Army COL
lmin, striking up from the south
west, took Objano, some Is miles
from Isernia on the main road from
Campobasso. Isernia is the key point
of German supply and is being
threatened by the Fifth and Eighth
Armies from the south and south
east.
Some German rear guards still
offered stubborn resistance
This official information con-
firmed earlier forecasts the Ger
mans were preparing for a major
stand along the line from Mon
dragone ON the west coast. north
westward through Venafro. then
across Italy to the area OF Vastro
on the Adriatic.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-26
SUBURBS OF
LONDON ARE
AIR RAIDED
German Planes Set Siren
Suedming-Veer
Away Soon

LONDON, Oct. 26.--German war
planes swooped over outlying dis
tricts of London last night and set
the capital city's air raid sirens
screaming for the ninth time III
10 nights, but veered off without
passing over the city itself, after
drawing a sputter OF anti-aircraft
fire.
A few enemy raiders also APP
peared over southeast England last
night, dropping bombs but causing
no casualties. There was no indica-
ton of any night activity by the
RATS heavy bombers.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-26
MANp0WER
SHORTAGE
KOS NEVADA

RENO, Oct. 26.-The University
OF Nevada tried desperately to keep
ON with football despite the man
power shortage, but gave up the
ghost by informing the Alameda
Coast Guard the game Sunday must
be called off on account Of the fact
that Nevada no longer had avail
able eleven men for the starting
lineup.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-26
EARTHQUAKE.
SHAKES AREA,
CALIFORNIA
Severe Jolt Felt for Half
Minute Windows Are
Broken in One Town

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, Oct. 26.
"A sharp earthquake rocked the
San Francisco Bay area for half a
minute at 9:51 o'clock last night.
The severe jolt was felt down the
peninsula as far as San Jose, SO
miles south, and windows in the
city were nearly all broken.
Residents of the entire section
rocked by the quake said it was the
most severe in years.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-26

ROOSEVELT
IS BETTER
Fever Disappears-Confer
enle with Newsmen,
However, Cancelled

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt who has had case
of grippe since last Friday, is re-
ported by the White House spokes-
man as feeling a good deal better
today. The fever has disappeared
The regular Tuesday conference
with the newsmen was however
cancelled today.