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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-03-25
Farmers Get Plenty
Gas For Field Work

Gasoline for spring planting and
subsequent cultivating and harvest
ing of crops will be available in
plentiful quantities to northwest
farmers, the OPA has pledged the
growers. Farmers can mail appli-
cations for gasoline for off-the-high-
way farm machinery and tractors to
their local rationing boards or to a
county war board.
The farmers will get six-months'
supply of gasoline, eliminating the
necessity of applying for ration re-
newals every three months as re-
quired until recently. If an individual
farmers needs increase at any time
during the six months period, he
need only apply to his board for
additional rations.
At the same time OPA officials are
advising northwest offices that re-
placements for farm tractor and i'm
plement tires will not be issued
where the tires are suitable for re-
Gaping. Heretofore, recapping of
rear wheel tractor tires was not re-
quired and requirements were granted
even though the tire was suitable
for recapping. Recapping material
hereafter will be of material made
almost entirely of reclaimed rubber.
A rationing certificate is not neces-
sary to get farm tractor or imple-
ment tire recapped with the re-
claimed rubber material.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-03-25
Aged North Pine
Resident Called
TO Rest Monday
Services for Paul Cegla
This Morning From St.
IsadOre's Catholic Church

Last rites are being held at 10
o'clock this morning for Paul Cegla,
83, of Denham, from st. Isadore's
Catholic church at Sturgeon Lake.
Father S. T. Meyer will officiate at
the funeral services and interment
will be in the church cemetery.
Those who will serve as pallbearers
are Peter Zabaske, Louis Knapp,
John Romanowski, Matt Magdziarz,
John Willhus and Bruno Burak.
The deceased came to the United
States So years ago from Poland,
He was married in his native land
The family lived for a time at Du-
luth before moving to Denham where
they settled on a farm.
Dies Monday Morning.
Mrs. Cegla died in 1926 and since
that time Mr.. Cegla had continued
to reside on the farm with a son,
Anton. Though ailing for some time
his death at 9:15 o'clock Monday
morning was unexpected.
Survivors are a daughter and four
sons, Minnie, Mrs. Frank Swarmer,
Birch Creek; Stanley of Duluth, An
ton and Frank of Birch Creek, and
Mike of Milwaukee, Wis. There are
"a grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren.
Sympathy is extended to the be-
reaved relatives by their friends.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-03-25
Second Quarter Gas
Coupons Available

Truck owners of one or two pieces
of equipment operating under single
unit certificates of war necessity may
obtain their gasoline for the second
quarter of 1943, the months of April,
May and June, by mailing their GER
tificates to their local rationing
boards. The announcement was
made this week by Cornelius Me
boer, chairman of the Pine county
USDA war board.
The local boards will return the
certificates with coupons authorizing
the purchase of the number of gall
Ions of gasoline for the second quar-
ter as stated on the certificate.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-03-25
Over 500 Here To
Receive "A" Awards

Approximately 21O0 farm workers
in Pine county will receive "a
awards of merit and 526 farmers will
get service flags under the Minnesota
agricultural award program which
was climaXed yesterday with pre-
sentation ceremonies at ST. Paul.
The Capitol city event was for
farmers living in the metropolitan
area. 1t was originally planned to
also hold presentation programs in
the various counties for others get
ting the awards but it was later de-
cided to mail them instead.
The awards are being sent to all
farmers who filled out the applica-
ton forms and whose production
statements were approved by town
officials.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-03-25
New Long Range
Salvage Program
.PlannedBy WPB
Trade Territories to be Di.
vided Into Districts to
Facilitate Collections.

Collection of farm scrap in Mime
sofa, North and South Dakota dur
ing the coming summer will be con-
Quoted in long range continuing
salvage program instead of short,
concentrated drives as in the past.
This is the plan that has been adopted
by the regional salvage department
of the WPB here, L. E. Vorpahl,
regional manager, said yesterday.
Rural scrap requirements for this
region have been set at 1000 pounds
per farm. Diminished manpower and
gasoline rationing, among other
causes, will make it necessary for
everybody concerned to work much
more intensively to reach this goal,
Mr.. Vorpahl said.
Salvage Squads.
According to the regional farm
salvage plan trade territories sur
rounding each community will be
divided up into districts following
the lines of county plat maps. Sal
wage squads, comprising two or more
men or men and boys, will have not
more than Is or 20 farms in their
districts They will call on each
farmer in their district and help him
gather all available scrap into a
convenient pile near the road. In
the case of heavy and bulky items
which the squads are not able to
move, they will have assistance of
special demolition squads equipped
to do the job.
Farmers will be asked to bring
their scrap to town on certain days
or during certain weeks, which can
be made into community or trade
periods, Mr.. Vorpahl said. Merchants
will be asked to offer salvage day.
specials to attract farmers from the
surrounding trade areas.
viii Establish Routes.
In the case of farmers who are
unable to transport their own scrap,
arrangements will be made through
the county transportation chairman
or subcommittee. State and county
trucks, scrap dealers trucks and the
trucks of volunteers will be used.
Definite scrap collection routes will
be established and the exact size and
location of each scrap pile reported.
"It is recognized that minor
changes and adjustments will have
to be made in any overall plan to
fit local conditions" Mr.. Vorpahl ex-
planned. "In some communities, the
committee will need, to be enlarged,
and in some of the smaller commun-
tiles it may be necessary for one per-
son to perform more than one COM
mittee job or function.
eve in the War Production Board
feel that the regional plan is funda-
mentally sound and with minor
changes or additions will result in
the salvage of greater amount of
scrap than any of us now realize is
possible" Mr.. Vorpahl said 1T will
require tremendous effort and wide
spread cooperation. 1t probably is
not amiss to point out that wars are
not won without effort and an effec-
tive salvage program will be sub
stantial and vital contribution to
victory"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-03-25
All Cattle Trade
On Normal Basis
Choice Steers at SIPS
Top; Good and Choice
Butcher Hogs $3.50.

South st. Paul, Mimi, March %,
1943, (USDA): Marketing of cat
tie returned to a more normal basis
this week. This expansion in sup
plies tempted buyers to try for re-
duced values, but about all they
could accomplish was to take the
edge off the trade. Extreme sales
of steers showed Is cents declines
from last weeks best time, but as a
general rule the market was only
steady to weak compared with last
Friday.
Choice 1106 pound steers reached
$17.25 to establish new top in five
and one-half years. Choice heavy
steers reached $16.75, while mixed
yearlings brought $1,000. Weighty
heifers touched $15.75. Heifers and
cows sold fully steady the first two
days of the week, while bulls ranged
strong to Is cents higher. Outstand-
ing bulls touched S14.00, although
the practical top was $13.75.
Vealers held steady, top choice
generally going at $16.50. Stocker
and feeder trade ruled fairly active
and fully steady. Five loads choice
876 pound feeder steers cashed at
$500. Good feeding heifers sold
at $1,000 and similar grade feeding
cows reached $11.00.
Hogs Lose Early Gains.
All hogs sold on Is cent higher
basis Monday but on Tuesday this
gain was lost, leaving current values
steady as compared with last Friday.
Good and choice butchers reached
the $3.50 mark early, but late ITO
to 800 pound weights stopped at
S15.25. Some heavier butchers real
lied $15.15 to $500. Good sows of
all weights made STATS. Feeder pigs
followed the trend of the slaughter
classes, good and choice kinds SELL
ing Tuesday at mainly $500.
Little change was noted on the fat
lamb market as compared with Fri
days close. Bulk of the good and
choice wooded lambs moved at $1,000
to $3.50 with medium and good
between S13.75 to $15.75. Ewes con-
tinued in demand, were strong to
10 cents higher and deck good and
choice 12O pound weights set new
high of $685. on Monday. Most good
and choice cleared at $3.50 to $9.25
with common down to around $500.
Native feeding lambs sold around
S14.5O to STATS for good kinds, but
the Montana feeding and shearing
lambs were unsold.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-03-25
International News Review

no United Nations general offensive
in continental Europe until the North
African problem has been solved.
Tunisian War.
For it has been understood right
along that as soon as the Axis forces
were thrown out of Tunisia, Europe
would be invaded from across the
Mediterranean. They have not yet
been thrown out, however, and there
is nothing one can say about the
immediate prospect of such a hope
being fulfilled. $50 "
But it may be that preparations
are now in progress for a decisive
battle, for meager reports make
it clear that the British Eighth
and First Armies are edging clos
er to the American forces all
the time, and that these three
units, supplemented with what
ever French troops may be avail
able, are planning to trap the
German Generals ROmmel and
Won Arnim.
The immediate goal of the Tunis-
ian campaign is the Anglo-American
capture of the cities of Bizerte and
Tunis, but that has not yet been
reached. However, American forces
have captured the town of Gafsa.
and-what is rather striking
so without losing a single man.
Complications.
One fact not extremely helpful to
the Tunisian war is the failure of
two French generals, Giraud and
de Gaulle (the latter in London)
to reach complete agreement ex-
pressly stipulating military collab-
Grafton in North Africa.
Somewhat tardily Giraud has, in
his capacity of chief executive of
French Africa, restored to the Jews
of the colonies all the rights of which
the Nazis had deprived them; he also
has torn himself-and all of French
Africa-away from the Franco-Ger-
man armistice of June, 1910, and
CONTINUED on Page -
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-03-25
BY GEORG STRANDVOLD

Since Kharkov a couple of weeks
ago-and Belgorod few days ago
once more fell into the hands of the
Germans, there has been no import
ant victory announcement made by
either Nazis or the Soviet general
staff, and the Russian victory al
Vyazma in the northern sector OF
the front which was thought to pave
the way to Smolensk, has not as yet
borne that fruit.
Generally speaking, the pic
ture of the Russian war situation
shows that while the Nazis are
making no conspicuous progress
in the Ukraine but are holding
their lines, the Russians are not
going ahead farther north to any
noticeable extent.
1t is possible that both sides are
preparing for new offensives in the
hope of reaching some decisive stage,
but even if this may be so, the dis
couraging fact remains that the Nazi
victory at Kharkov has served to
delay the ending of the whole war.
War of Bombs.
Moscow makes it rather clear that
there is some disappointment once
more because Anglo-American bomb
ers within the last ten days or so
Cat the time of this writing) have
not been nearly as active as they
were during the preceding fortnight,
for in Russia it is thought that the
heavier Hitler's cities and positions
are being bombed, the lesser the Nazi
pressure on the Russian front.
There is evident in Russia a
feeling that if bombardments in
Germany and German occupied
territory were kept up day and
night, Hitler would have neither
time nor chance to rebuild what
is being destroyed from the air;
as it is, the intermissions are
not unhelpful to him.
Now that spring has started, it
seems apparent that there will be
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-03-25
Former County Girl
Is Married In Seattle

Mr.. and Mrs Herman w. Babcock,
formerly of Markville, now residing
in Des Moines, WASH, announce the
marriage of their youngest daughter,
Opal, to Mr.. Fred A. Ihrig III, U.
S. Navy, whose father resides at
6007-28th Avenue Northeast, Seat
tie, Wash.
The wedding took place March II,
1943, in the city of Seattle. After
the ceremony a wedding dinner was
served at the home of the brides
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. w. H.
Babcock, in Des Moines, Wash.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-03-25
Mrs. Walter Hammer
Dies On West Coast

Word was received at Bruno Sat-
urday that former resident of that
community, Mrs. Walter Hammer,
had passed away at her home in Cali
fornia.
Her daughter, Mrs. Albert Peter
sen, was with her at the time, hav-
ing gone to the west coast several
weeks ago. Mrs. Hammer had been
i'll for some time.
The body was sent to Bruno for
burial, arriving there Tuesday eve
ming. Funeral services will be held
this afternoon at o'clock from the
Vilstad Lutheran church.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-03-25

with the chairman or solicitors in
their respective branches as the cam
paign enters its fourth and final
week.
Due to the severe storm last week
many of the solicitors were unable
to make the rounds in their terri
tories and number of benefits were
cancelled.
Askov First Over Top.
Mr.. Shafer states that from the
reports gathered to date, Askov leads
all county chapters in being the first
to 60 over the quota, this being an
all-out, one-day drive, conducted the
first week of March, Red Cross war
fund month. Askov contributed $685.
to far surpass the $40 quota set.
Mr.. Shafer complimented Mrs. Man
ford Nelson and Svend Petersen of
Askov on the efficient manner in
which they organized the solicitors
in their community so as to make
so complete a drive possible.
County Seat Over Quota.
Reports from Pine City also show
that that community has exceeded
it's allotted quota by the third week
of the drive, and several solicitors
there have yet to report.
Many of the Pine county branches
still have more than half their quotas
to raise and it is to these people
that the county committee makes its
final appeal to give double" and
help put their branches over the
top in the largest war fund drive
ever attempted by the American Red
Cross
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-03-25

However, if a housewife wants her
hamburgers from ground round
steak, sirloin or some other better
grade of meat, she will have to buy
the meat whole, turn over the right
number of points and have the butch
er grind it for her.
Some of the principal items on the
official consumer point ration table
for meats, butter, other fats and oils,
cheese and canned fish, are listed
as follows in terms of points per
pound:
Twelve Points Per Pound.
Dried beef (either loose or pack
aged).
Eleven Points Per Pound.
Boneless ham slices and Canadian
bacon (ready-to-eat).
Ten Points Per Pound.
Boneless pork loins (fresh and
cured only, pork tenderloin, ready
to-eat homeless ham (whole or half)
ready-to-eat picnics or shoulder
(boneless) and whole or half hams
or picnics packed in tin or glass con-
tainerS.
Nine Points Per Pound.
Boneless sirloin steak
Boneless ham, ready-to-eat ham
Ozone in), either whole or half.
Hard, dry, sausage, such as hard
salami, hard cervelet and peperoni.
Eight Points Per Pound.
Porterhouse (T-bone) steak, sir
loin steak, round steak and flank
steak.
Standing rib roast (7-in. cut).
Veal loin chops, veal outlets and
calves liver.
Loin lamb chops; homeless lamb
shoulder.
Center cut pork chops and roasts,
fresh or cured sliced ham, homeless
picnics and homeless butts.
Ready-to-eat tongues and bone
less picnics.
Bacon, rind off, by the piece or
sliced.
Semi-dry sausage (such as soft
salami, thuringer and mortadella).
Butter.
Cheese-cheddar erican),
Swiss, brick, limburger, Edam,
smoked, etc.
Seven Points Per Pound.
Standing rib roasts and steaks 90
in. cuD, homeless chuck or shoulder.
Veal rib chops and veal sirloin.
Lamb rib, leg and shoulder chops.
Pork loin end and shoulder chops
and steak, whole or half pork loins,
whole or half hams (fresh or
smoked), and Boston butts Ozone in).
Bullion cubes, beef extract and all
other meat extracts and concentrates.
Bacon, rind on, by the slab or
piece.
Pork sausage, wieners, bologna and
liver sausage.
All fish in Theoretically sealed con-
tainers, including sardines, salmon,
tuna fish, crab meat, fish roe, caviar,
mackerel, etc.
Tins or glass jars of beef, lamb
and veal tongue and vienna sausage.
Six Points Per Pound.
Standing blade rib roast (10-in.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-03-25
Pomona Grange To
Conduct Meeting

The Pine County Pomona Grange
No. Is, will meet March 81, at 9
p. m. in the Madison Hotel Casino,
at Sandstone.
The Duxbury and Bruno Oranges
will furnish music. Canada will be
discussed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-03-25
County Does Well In
Christmas Seal Sale

Mrs. E. B. Linsley, president of
the Pine County Public Health Asso-
citation, announces that the 1912
Christmas seal sale resulted in $712.28
being turned in by the village and
school towns in this county. Rural
school sales reported to date were
$538.93.
The sales in the urban areas were
as follows:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-03-25
POINT CHART

On page six Of this paper is a
chart giving the complete list of
the foods to come under the ra-
tioning program Monday, and the
amount of points required to pur-
chase them.
Save the chart as a shopping aid.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-03-25
APPLICATION DEADLINE
APRIL Is

All applications for haying ma
chinery for the coming summer must
be in the AAA office at Sandstone
by April Is, according to notice re-
ceived this week from the Pine
county machinery rationing COM
mittee.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-03-25
Red Cross Drive
Enters Last Lap
Pine County Still Short of
Goal; Askov, Pine City
Over Top in Drive.

With total of $4,777.41 collected
by the end of the third week in the
Red Cross war fund drive, Pine
county is still short of its quota,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-03-25

$6,050. V. E. Sha-
fer of Finlayson,
war fund chairman
of the un t y
chapter, this week
u r G e d all who
have not been con-
tacted in the drive
to get in touch
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-08-28

CHICAGO - CAMP - Spectacle
lar LEROY tSatcheD Paige got MS
b,ddies on the Kansas City Mol
archs off to a flying star last sun
dav in a thril1-packed double
header card at Wrigley Field III
the second half of the Negro Amer
iccan Leagues split season. HIS
teammate, Buck Mechanics, COM
pleted mound duties, and chalkeo
In a 81 win over the completely
routed Cleveland Buckeyes.
In a second game the Memphis
RED Sox allowed the Birmingham
Black Barons to catch up with
them and tie the score at 3-3 IN
desperately fought nlghtcap'
halted by weather.
Paige opened the program, with
his fast ball dazzling all but one
batter who sneaked out q hit III
the opening frame. The great pitch
err settled down to serious business
and sent two others back to the
dugout by the strike-out ROUTE
keeping the heavy guns OF the
Buckeyes scoreless for his three
active Stanzas.
This marked the 10th appearance
of Paige In Chicago this season
and boosted his strike-out record
| to %.
Bubbles Gibson, pitcher for the
Barons, saved his game by person
ally driving Is the tying tally wi
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-08-28
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Bv DON DELElGHBUR

NEW YORK-Dr Gillian Bethany Powell. editor and
publisher of the New York Amsterdam News last week
became the first Negro III history to be named member
of the New State Athletic Commission. The
ment came from Gov. Thomas f. Deweys offices in AL
bany capital of the state business of national repu
taton Dr. Powell has not been identified in the past with
sports this fact believed to have been the decisive
factor in Gov. Dewey's choice
Dan Burey, nationally known sports writer and COM
mentator raised the issued of Negro the New York
State Boxing Commission back 1893, although there had
been sporadic agitation for such recognition of the Negro
from the early days of Mayor James j. Walkers admins
tration
Burey's drive however, concentrated and
stirred many repecussions high political places when he
raised the pointed out that the persistent policy
non-recogntion the Negro boxer the backbone
of the fight industry causing deep and widespread re-
sentiment among colored and white fans who viewed the
matter in its proper light
Gen John j. Phelan, chairman of the present COM
mission which Mr. Dewey has limited he will eventually re-
place entirely augment from it's present three members
five gain control summoned Brey before the
commission in 80 Center Street to outline In person ms
charges that the board was practcng discrimination IN lis
refusal recognize anG appoint qualified Negroes as rel
erees. timekeepers, Judges deputy commissioners &c
The explosive issue thoroughly aired III the daily
press and as result Fred Wallet Harlem electrician was
given badge assistant deputy commissioner ana put
the payroll. This however, was political subterfuge
which Bmey attacked Vaiet was Dug up by Dahle
L. Burrows one of arlems three state assenlbymen 70
fill all opening that Gen Phean created puposey TO aVoo
further criticism of his board on the race issue.
When Burley again raised the issue OF Negro ON the
commission last winter following Gov. DeWeys inaugural
tion it appeared at last tna something would be done
since Gov regarded the issue as deep controe
sial matter ana felt inclined to settle it once and Tor ai
When this became apparent many rames were suggested
for the ratt -
Rol douglas e The famous Renaissance big
Five pefo White Crescent A. c. officials and one
time . -ia AM etlers. including Harry wills were
nropoe.l .v their personal followers.
Wi. Powell Oh the board, many things VIII come GO
ss tt have been dreamed Of but not realized The new
into ia
the big fights in Madison Square Garden, the Broadway
Arena and elsewhere
He intends he declared in exclusive interview 70
ee to Negro tinekeeper or judge is on mana al
some of the important fights Every athlete Will get
square DEAL he said which Negro and Whte SO long
as they to the line and meet all requirements
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-08-28

The Cleveland team chalked UP
81 1-6 points to capture first csace
honors, and the Tuskegee lasSieS
finished second with total. ri u
1-2 points.
Miss Walsh set fast pace equal
ling American 100 meters record,
to score a close victory over Tus-
kegee's Alice Coachman in a blank
ct finish. In addition to winning
the 100 meters run, Miss Walsh
copied the 900 meter dash and
broad jump, ard took individual
honors with 80 points. Meanwhile.
Miss Coachman captured second
place among the individual
stars. with a total of 90 points.
Miss Coacbman Won the so meter
dash and high jump and placed
second to Miss Walsh in the 100
meter dash. The Tuskegee ace ran
the so meter dash in 65 seconds,
which was mere one-tenth of a
q. second off the American record,