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Evening star., 1940-05-12

mans landed by seaplane and para
chute in the southern part of the
great seaport city of Rotterdam and
on Dordrecht Island, to the SOUTH
east. The Dutch Navy was credited
with a part in completely destroying
the Germans on Dordrecht Island.
20 Killed in Bombing.
An estimated 20 persons were
killed and many injured when a
lone German bomber, flying over
the crowded street of mid-Amster-
dam at II am, dropped bombs
which struck only few blocks from
the great, gray royal palace on the
dam, Central Amsterdam Square.
While the armies of the interior
hunted out the German parachute
platoons, many of them in Dutch
uniform, the front line defenders
on the east fought bitterly in their
flood -f1anked outposts on the Mas
and Ijssel Rivers to stem the main
German armies at least until the
main water line, cutting Holland in
two, can be fully flooded from the
Zuider Zee south and west.
The sluices were opened early yes
terday, when the invasion began,
but4 process takes upward of SO
hoTf6. -.
Destruction of bridges on the two
rivers in the Eastern Netherlands
plus the strategic flooding begun
months ago in the first water line"
between the Neder Rim and the
Waal, aided the front line defenders.
More British troops and French
mechanical forces, too, were landed
at North Sea ports and rushed to
the central network of Notifications
and flood defenses in the Amersfoort
area.
Appeals to Italy's King.
Almost at the very hour of the
Amsterdam bombing, Queen Will
helmina was sending a message to
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, i'm
ploring him to use his influence,
presumably on Hitler through Benito
Mussolini, to help save civilian popu-
lations from the calamities of war,
and that principles of humanity
may be observed by all belligerent
powers without exception"
The bombs dropped just before
Amsterdam air raid sirens sounded
their second alarm of the day and
struck about 600 yards from the AS
sociated Press Office, sending up
great clouds of black smoke, dust
and debris. Three old houses on the
corner Of the Heerengracht and
Blauwburgwaal were ripped apart.
Civilians, remarkably calm, took
shelter in buildings. Amsterdam
air-raid shelters are few, and all
built above the ground, because of
the water beneath.
The Hague, seat of government,
some IS miles southeast of Amster-
dam, was bombed yesterday, without
serious result, and today a. Dutch
Army unit was attacked near The
Hague by group of men in civilian
clothes and Dutch Army uniforms.
A number of small communities in
Southern Holland also were bombed,
with several dead and wounded.
Documents found on some cap
tured German parachute troops dis
closed they were to be met at land
ing points by German residents of
Holland, bearing special orders and
identification cards, government OIL
cials said
Evening star., 1940-05-12
Amsterdam
Continued From First Page.)

OF approach, the high command
acknowledged the Germans had
crossed river"-presumably either
the Ijssel, east of Arnhem, or the
Mas, farther south.
The front line defenders, how
ever, had accomplished their main
purpose: Gaining time for complete
flooding Of the main water line de-
fenses in the middle Netherlands.
Moreover, one border fort was
sturdily holding out against the
Germans.
The town that was recaptured
by the Dutch was identified in
allied advices as Mill, 10 miles inside
the frontier and about the same
distance southeast of Nijmegen. 1t
Is on main, oss-country railway
line.
The same advices identified the
fbrt which is holding out as Penner-
den, at Velp. east of Arnhem. How-
eyer, French military advices re-
Ported Arnhem, in East Central
Netherlands, about IL miles from the
border, had been captured by the
Qermans).
Nazis Hold Rotterdam Airport.
Although Netherlands troops, aid
ed by British planes and the Dutch
river fleet, were reported earlier in
the day to have wiped out resist
ance Of parachute troops at Rot
terdam and Dordrecht Island, to-
nights communique indicated the
arport at Waalhaven, south of Rot
terdam, still was in German hands.
It said:
s"French and English troops have
come hurrying to our aid and, to-
gether with the Netherlands troops,
will defend our soil.
"Our border troops calamity ac-
cpmplished their task. The demoli-
ttons for which they received orders
have been executed. After that the
greater part of them were with
drawn. w.
LATTER furious attacks which lasted
fbur hours, q town which had been
ih the hands of the enemy has been
recaptured by us. Thereafter all
sbldiers en- German armored train
were killed. In the train were found
pamphlets in the Netherlands Ian
guage and Netherlands Army uni
fbrms.
t"According to last reports from
an old fortress, our forces held on
there stubborniy despite enemy ac-
tlon.
THE enemy succeeded in passing
river.
Vigorous Action Proceeding.
1.-The English air forces. have re-
peatedly bombed the only airport
sill in German hands presumably
Waalhaven. German troops have
penetrated from this airport to some
points and vigorous action Is now
proceeding against them.
IAN attempt to take police head
charters somewhere in Holland (The
Hague) by surprise failed complete
II. From some houses where Ger
mans are living, who up to now
enjoyed the hospitality of our coun-
tfy, there has been firing on the
Dutch military and police.
i"An effective end has been put to
this.
Though in some places parachut-
lists have landed again, their num-
her is very small. They shared the
fate of the parachute troops landed
yesterday and have been killed, for
the most part"
Another German bomb raid on
Amsterdam's airport, Schiphol, was
driven oil, with four German planes
shot down by British and Dutch
fighters.
At q cost Of more than 1000 lives,
the Dutch Army and Navy were de-
dared to have wiped out the Ger
/.
Evening star., 1940-05-12
Bankers Group to Meet

Dean Mckenzie Stevens Of the
University Of Maryland's college Of
commerce and DR.. Allan. Gruchy.
also of the university, will speak at
a meeting of the group 2, Mary
land Bankers Association, tomorrow
evening at the Manor Country Club.
Dean Stevens will discuss Cooper
ative Working Arrangements With
Banks" and DR.. Gruchy will talk on
Adaptation of Banking Research to
Local Banking Problems" /"
Evening star., 1940-05-12

South Africa has . campaign
against cruelty to chickens. :,
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Sielleid)t ser gr0bte Sribut puroe
Hidmans ge5oqt bonn Gr5 =@iihoi
Sd,reinbs ser Glepelanoer &atbol
Sio5eie, inbem er iagte: rTon allen
Seiten bort man bellte nidts anoe'
res als Streifs uim. fierals bat es
einen Streif gegeben in Hihman
Bros. 6alnilic. Ytoge @otte gebel,,
baB bies Elm @eiipiel iiir Oie gan3en
Sereinigten Stnatcn iperoe. Damn
tuiiroe es feline iolhen 0inge gebell
sic MIR Sob er3ellgen llnterm Tolf,
pogegen lie iih lieben ipllten. 0an,
piiroen mir io5ialen srieoen babell
uno piiroen inoipiouelen ssrieben ba,
ben unb MIR Damn merben mir lernen
&inber @ottes 81 icin."
gtatban 8. Hihman lit Ser lcbtc
Ser brei beriibnt,n @riioer. Gr lit
iett II Sabre alt unb lit nod aftip
i'm @eld,dft imo 8clneinbcarbeit. Sn
ser Stabt Glepelano ltebt iein @irs
fen fiir nles ipns gllt lit inn ipsiolen,
uolfiiden, fllltllrcllen llno inollitriel-
len Sienit.
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begonnen uno bercihert burh Shell.
tlngen ser Hihman Gitates ser bel.
Den perltprbenen 0riiber llno einem
gteifen Hid,aro s. Gohn. Sic erbal.
ten ieBt cine i1hrlihe Ginnabme bon
$33, 900 bon 1000 slftien Oieie
Foundation. SieIelbe bat iiber $50
600 au peiblihe slngeltcllte bel &ino,
gebnrten ge5ablt, $40 per @ofe fiir
10 @ohen lit sic Hegel. IS mlroen
be5ahlt $4,000 als &ranfenllnters
itiislns, ST 900 an notleiocnoe 6a,
miIien, $1,000 fir SpitaIfoiten uno
cs bnrgtc Gil Die 9lngelteIlten $S4, 900
obne Ssntcreiien ST berehnen. Sic
Foundation nahte iif Oienlih in p
$40 ,SGllen uno mnhte III slnleis
ben. Hid,mun brothers 9lngeitellte
erbielten oieIc Benefits pbne 9eitriis
&c 5u Soblen ober irgenotpclhe So
item.
9lifrnan Trothers iparcn sic crlte
8eieuifaft in ben Gereinigten Staas
ten, sic ihren sln9eItellten 5lpei @os
fen Serien NIT 3oblllng getuubrte.
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9tpYeorom
y'3il BE Weef Naain" tpirb ben
"r ~. Mpril beainnen.

NGditen Samstag, ben 81. g(pril,
|tpirb bas @arner Bros. 8ilo ,'5il
ipe meet Mgain" int @ippooreme Dor.
|aefiibrt. Die 3itelrollen lieeen in ben
81noen Der beriibmten Shallipieler,
Die i'm "qbe Sighting 69tb" unb in
~@utberin9 &eisbts" 81, ieben ipa,
rem, es iino bies geore Brent, Der
ben iuasebaliisen Selben baritellte,
lno Sat S'Brien Der 6atber 0uffb
10 gut ipieltc. iotpie Werle Sberon
uno Geraldine Fitzgerald iinb Die
tpeiblifen Sterne in r'Iil We Wleet
Mgain". llnteriibt tperoen lic bon
Gronf We&usb. eric 8lore, Meeis
9oomep uno &enrp O'SleiQ.
Dies lit tuieoer elm Slim ben Sie
ieben mIiien. oenn er lit iebr unter.
baltenb uno Sic erbalten Sbres Gel.
oespert.
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1obensmerte anerkennung fir Ratban g. Kicbn,an
8nfSe WebaiQe fberreid)t fir aus.
itebenben Sffentliden 9ient.

Sir feline allsltebenoen geitrGae
5it1ft ioaidlen, ino,titriellen uno Gul,
turleben Ser Iereinisten Staaten inn
allgeineinen ltno feiner Seintatltaot
Glepelanb ipe3iea puroe Natban 6.
@iHftrdn, goriiter Ser Ridman, Gor.
iiser Der Mibman Brothers &c., uno
oen anseitellten befannt aIs,, Gaoop"
Der @ibman Tatnilie, bon ser San.
oelsfammer bon glepelano cine slu.
erfennrng suteil uno alh cine Me.
ooiIle iiberreidt fir feline ausiteben.
oen Offentlihen Oienite.
Die Citation, oie NIT ser Meoaine
gifg, 5oate Sribut Serrn Rihman
als einem aisitetenoen @eid,Gits.
nranf, fliigen Sumonit1ricr i,no ae.
neroien Bbilantropiiten. gr nit lei.
men 8riioern ba,ten bas 8eidGit,
oas bon ibrem Batter Dor 81 Ssabren
eegriinoet porben lpor, su einem 8e'
ltdft allf, bas ais zines ser erfpIg.
reifiten Ser Staot befannt lit.
Mls tpeitiidtiger erleuhteter ssib.
rer in Irbeitgeber- l,no s(rbeitneb.
merperbdltniaen bat er es peritan.
Den, es m6glid) 81 MAIDEN baB sic
NngefteIlten 1eiIbaber inn 8eihGft
tuuroen, ipoourh CT iid) oeren Sreue
fiferte. Gr ,mo feline 8riioer griinoe.
ten Die &ihman Brothers Iounoa:
ton INN allf Die ltngliiflihen, 9ran,
ten, Nlten llno sebrehlihen slngc.
ftellten 5u iorsen. gicle Glepelonoer
Snititltte bon Wert baben Inter,
ltiisurgen erhalten ulo er eab frei
uno generos peraienitpollen Srsani,
iatienen itno fir anoere ,3tpefe obne
@iidiiht altf 8lauben ODER Sarbe
Rif)man brothers linb ourd, ibre
quite getanolilns ibrer slnselteGten
Ianbtpeit bcriibmt geiporben, baber iii
bas 8eihenf elmer Meoaiae llno Die
Wiomllns tppbl peroient. Die Hid)s
man FOUNDATION, oie genannt ipuroe.
lit I'M Sabre 1882 BON Natban g.,
Charles G. uno Senrp 6. Hihman.
bon benen Hatban q. Ger ein3ige
lleberlebenoe lit, gegriinoet mproen.
0ie Foundation ipl,roe nit 5000 In-
teiliheinen ser Hihn1an brothers
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Die Suolett- -Geriammll,ng ON
lebten Sonntae I'M @eltieite Sahien-
beim tpar Elm GROCER Grfolg. sqe
grGbcrcn oeutiben Gereine tparen
uertreten uno oie Sale ertpies iid)
beinabc ols 5u Helm, galt es ood)
Serrn S,loIett Sen Vetpeis 81, erbrin.
gen, oab Die oeutIdltimmigen @dbs
Ter unierer Staot i'm bel Der 8ors
wabl am Ia. Mai nad Moglihfeit
|nnteritiiten tperbcn rno i'm gum bier
tenmal nod Columbus als Staats'
reprdicntant bon Gllpaboea County
81 id)ifen, neil CT in ben lebten orei
Serminen sic @dbler ilnb bas
Teutitt,,m gut pertreten bat.
gs nlB SEM s(rangierl,ngsfomi.
tee grobes Cob ge5ollt iueroen, oenn
es bat es beritanoen oieie Gerianm.
lung nift MIR 81, elmer politiiden
81 geitalten, tpo man MIR politiidc
nihtsiagenoe Neoner bort, lonoern
bate audi geniieeno fir llntcrbalt,rng
aeiorgt. 8eppr nit bem Hrogramm
bcgonnen tpuroe, ipielte bas 0eutihe
3entrale SrGelter lnter Der tii6tieen
Seitllng ieines Iirigenten slnton
Soeol mebrere id)One Mdrife uno
Supertiire. &ieraui beeriibte Serr
aarl Nfiiter oie @dite in ipoblgeipdbl,
ten @orten l,no itclte 9errn sllfreo
@utt als Goriiber bes politiihen So
nitecs Dor, Scr Damn cine fleinc Men=
oerlng I'M Erogrann bornalNm, IN.
Dem er als eriten Me6ner Sheriff
S'0oneQ uoriteute, Der IN fllrser Nn=
iprad,e oarailf birnpies oaB bies feline
politiid)e 0eriammliing lei, ionoern
pielmebr cine Gunogebung fit @iu
0uolett uno er iei getuiB, Dab oas
oeltihe Clement am @abItae, eem
ii. Mai, fir Die @iebertpobI bon
Serrn Suolett einiteben peroe, gr
perfetlte audi nitt fir iidj ieIbIt ei-
;nige @orte 5u iaeen i,no Inn sic
oelltiden stimmen 81 iperben. sltd)
Serr Seonbaro Shirt, oer gesenpdrs
tige Gountp Glerf. Ser iein eigener
gsahfolger tperben mill, aud elm
ocl,tidpr Mann, iullroe porgeitelH.
Muh er bate MIR 0obessporte fir
gia SuoIett Damn iprahen nod Die
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p.M.G.N. feitaaf3ne
int rmblie 3tmHitcrimt,,

Dos Subtle sflioitcrilim tuiro an,
3. 0sai abenos erobens Yomp 5eieen,
lpenn 5000 anaben ben q. 81. 6. u.
Geitaufaug Der Ierofratie prdfentie.
rem, Ser aiih 0reiiiblngen, shuinin,.
iibungen, Meuidnblaiif, afrobatiide
ltebitngen. Bosenidieben, Camping
Concentration nno amber atbletiidc
Begebenbeiten brilat.
Dieie Norfteliitg lino syeit3ug, ge.
natnt ~young Mmerica 1obop" bat
bdppeIteit 3tped. Man tpiu eem Vub-
lifum 3eigen iuas D's Betdtigune lit
Iuno 1peitens oen Blas aeigen, oenn
Die Sugeno il, eiHer gemotratie eili.
nebmen iou I'M gersleid, oes 2ebens
bon anaben in atioeren Qdnoern.
Die ertpadIenen Wiirger tpiir6en
sut Inn an oiefeni 1eftdiif3eug 3i Ct.
iabeinen, uni SM 'iebei1 mas bic Si,ngen
! in ben y. M. 6. A.'s Ietnen.
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Ohic, Sell Gclephctt,
6cieufAait AM HaNic
Wad)itcn Wontae Mbenb.

Die Mngeitcllten ser Ohio 8ell
gelepbou 81. bon Glepelono l,no I'm.
gebl,ne iperoen iid) iifern, bob iie
po INNER iie iih befinoen 3ipiiher
Z uno 1880 llbr obcnbs Glepelanoer
Seit om ndtitcn Montog, bab cir
Raoio in ser Mahbarlhaft lit.
Oas Ianbtpcite lpod)entlihe Naoio.
Eroeramm miro gum erlten Walt
iiber oas Wcsperf ser Natipnal
8roaoraiting So. nnterm Sitel rTbe
Ben SDltem is @oing on tbe Mir" gu
boren iein. (
Mit grobter 0oriiht ipltroe oieies
Erogramm porbereitet. oas getpiG
ocm eroBten Cell Der Raoioborer &c,
faaen miro, lagte q. gbriltman, Ohio
8ea Tibiiion Commercial Mgr.
gefannte Melobien, 2eibte Spern
uno muiifaliihe 2ultipielc tuerben
bon einem aus 81 Mann beitcbcnocn
Srdeiter unter 2eitl,ne BON Ton
goorbees uno 8em. Gbor bon ia
Stinmen 5ipei Soloiiten Sames
0felton, Senor, uno ssrancio Wbitc,
Soprano, poreetrogen iuerbcn.
GieIc bon bieien Mulifern, Sic
ausertpGbIt puroen, eeboren fiibren,
Sen Srbeitern an, einiee ipielen i'm
geen Oorfer 1bilbormoniihen Or.
DIETER io1pie MgG. SrfcIter utter
1oscanini ODER bonn Wetropolitan
Srheiter ,lnb Ser Girieent @oorbees
lit audi sen 3l,bGrern id)on befannt.
ssrancia @bite bat ihon gegeniiber
groofs, 8onelli, Gobp, Gbamlee lmS
Ein5a geilneen lmo mar Yrimo
Gonna Der Sos s(ngeles nnc St
isroncisco Sight Spcra Company.
,sames Melton lit ein ,lngelpobnlid,
feiner 1enoriit.
7Iopo Maf, nit ad)tidbriger Gr,
fabrrn9, miro als Mnloger fiungie-
rem. Die gcl Spitcm 9otidoit ,pirN
pom g. %. 9lnberipn. ser in iiber 1OO
8iibnenltiifen l,nb I'M &auoepiae nit.
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Tonnersae, ben 25. Npri1 1910

getpirft bat, gebanobabt perben. Das
Yrogramm miro iibertragett tperoen
bon 0IslM gIepelano, @2W Gini-
cinnoti, ISYD Golebo, NGNG
Tittsbursb, @gSS Oetroit, 8S@g
SnoianopoIis ono @agG 2oliispiue.
Tas Yrugromm nGcbiten Wontag
miro pie fplgt iein:
II Guarany .......... :. Gomez
Orchestra
The Hills of Home ...... Fox
James Melton
All Through the Night --..@....
Welsh Folk Melody
Orchestra
The Maids of Cadiz -. Delibes
Francia White
Stephen Foster Medley ;. Foster
Orchestra and Chorus
0 Soave Fanciulla La Boheme)
...... .. ...... uSS'A'
lanes Melton :. Francia White
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tum geid,loiien am IA. Wtoi sur Gnr.
NAIL id)rcitct llnb 5llerit Die oelltid).
Itdmmigen Ganoioatcn @ia Sublctt.
Nif SisIer, grnit @cun llno Yeter
zimmerman iotpie Carl Shirt be-
riidiihtigt, bepor es anoeren ibrt
Stimme gibt, Damn lit Sic Nomina'
tion Ser eenonnten &alloioatcn &c.
Iihert.
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s1.tsa5ssaii6. .Nmeriiauiides soltsbIats
Duolftt Gag, i'm we(t.5arbfen-
bftttt, tDar Elm qrobfr GrfolQ

2eaislatur- -8anoioaten gtif Sisler,
elm 8anater. Grnelt 8enn, Elm bier.
geborener Siebenbiireer Sadie, l,no
Yeter 3immermann. slae befonnten
| iid) 5um 9eutIdtlum ,mo batten quite
Worte fir Bill Suolett mo ermabn-
ten oas 0e,,tiht,lm, iie ou unter,
itiisen Bel oer Wnbl. m.
Sobann tpuroen 2eeislaturfol(egen
bon Biu &ubIett porgeitellt uno 3tpar
Serr Sad GeSaigbter uno &err Sono.
Nad,oem sic 8ereiuieten SGnger
,inter 0eiti,ng oes 9irieenten 5ris
5hliinrbaf 3tpei tpunberbar boree,
tragene SieSer geiungen, ipuroe Wm.
5. Shneioer, Niiiitent Yolice Hroies
cutor, 'nnb Sobn bes 4erousgcbers
oes Sieb. slm. Golfsblattes, als
1i6bitidbrieer Mihterfanoioat poree.
lteat. 8iu Sdneioer belt cine siins
oenoe Meoe, iporin er oorauf binapies
tpie fpidltie es fir bas bieiigeDeutid)-
dtierianertum lei iid politiib 81, be-
teiIigen nno iid) tpieoer bic alte Gel.
ting su peridaffen, Die es eininal
|beidB. Seine Musfiibrunaen fanben
reihen geifan. n.s. s"..'.. Z
Mbtrafiefno folgten mliifaliihc
Darbietiingen bl,rf) bas Deutid)c
Seiitrale Srheiter, oie SfiiIler oes
gorlep Dance Stl,bio erfreuten Die
Nn>peicnben nit ibren Gunittiir5en
|uno afrobatiiden @orfiibr,,ngen. Der
siebenbiireer Sadien ssllgenbdor
Wa6rigal fang inter Seitling 8rof.
q. NifoIa,ls sipei idJone 2ieber, oars
inter rSahs balte @abt" unb ern,
tete reihen @eifau; bann Die Shubs
plattler unb 9alterngruppe Ser
glauen Tonau NIT ibrcn ihonen 0or.
tr1een uno goIfstGnsen tparen tpie
INNER allsge5eidplet.
Ger 6ai,ptre6ner mar natiirlid)
@iIliam Sublett. Gr iproh iiber Die
Mrbeit, sic CT geleiitet III ser 2egis.
latl,r in ben orei 9ernliten ,lnb a,i
8runb oeren er iih Inn @iebertpabl
betpirbt. Gr tpies ald einbringlih
auf Ste giirgerpflidt Ser. 0eutid).
|amerianer bin, oenn bon ser Nus.
iibline oieier Eflidt binae feline 8ie-
oertpobI lino ser politiide Muiihtbllne
beg Deutittllms ab.
Mn oas Hrogromm idlob iid Elm
froblifes 9an5pergniieen, in oeiien
eauien oas DriGteam oes Deutidcn
neutrality-suspicious. auftrat unb ei-
niee id0ne llebungen gum geiten
eab.
Gas 9eutiftllm lmIerer Stabt lit
ertpoht. gs bat oiesmal beipieien, bab
es elm Sntereiie al oen &anoiooten
aus inherent 9elltIdtlm nimmt. @ir
boffen oaB oieies ploblid)e grtpuhen
nift mlr elm Strobfeuer lit lnb bab
es nidt mebr obflant ionbern bleiben
mirb unb bab oas Deutihamerifdner-
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= Bitte leien Sic Die Qn5eigRn
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-03

others sponsoring young peoples social activities such as dances and parties, contributing to playfield and Boy and Girl Scout work, all of which makes our towns better places in which to live.
 The poppy sales were unusually successful in all units this year Mrs. Corwith stated that this was also true of almost all Outside units and that great many reported that the young people were buying poppies as never before which, in her estimation, shows that the youth of our nation are thinking more and more of Americanism National Defense and the ideals for which the American Legion stands.
 Visit of President
 All Auxiliary members, and Post members as well, were greatly benefited by the visit of our Ma tional President, Mrs. William Cor with, this past summer. By coming in contact with the head of our National organization it all seems more real to us and we realize much better the great scope of the work which we are all trying to accomplish. Mrs. Corwith in her gracious, friendly manner, won the sincere admiration of all who came in contact with her and her en- thusiasm for The Amerian Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary did much towards arousing a like feeling in all of us. We are so far from National Headquarters and from other units of Alaska even that we lose the feeling of unity and common purpose and are apt to think that our individual efforts do not amount to much for accom-
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Swedish Hospitals in Seattle to be used for hospitalized Alaskan chii- dren. Gifts were also sent to these children.
 The turmoil and confusion in the world today has brought the two subjects of Americanism and na- tional defense uppermost in all our minds An educational program along these two lines has been car ried out, chiefly by means of pro- grams, radio talks and essay con- tests. Twenty-six naval print plates were purchased from National, this being one way of contributing to the financing of the national de- fense program of the Auxiliary.
 Community Service
 In community service many worthwhile projects have been un- dertaken by the units. Girl Scout troops have been sponsored. One unit purchaed a baby incubator and presented it to the local hos pltal. Books have been donated to libraries and thousands of maga- zines sent to eco camps, hospitals and the Pioneers Home. These are only a few of the many things ac- complished under the community service program of the Auxiliary.
 There are 90 Junior members in the Department In some units these are divided into two groups, girls from 13 to 18 meeting by themselves with their own officers and advisers and the same advisers meeting with the younger group. Juniors are active in helping the unit on Poppy Day, also with food sales, in the Americanism program and in many other ways.
 President Visits
 In July we were very happy to have visit from our National President, Mrs. Corwith, who visit ed every unit in the Territory. Her radio talks were an inspiration to many who were unable to attend Auxiliary and Legion meetings and hear her talks to the members.
 With the installation of our new Department officers another year's activities will begin. appreciate deeply the whole-hearted support and cooperation I have had from all Department officers and Chair men, and also from the individual unit members, and wish to thank you all for having given me the privilege of acting as your Depart ment President during the preced- ing year May I ask that this same support and cooperation be extend- ed to my successor and that we may all continue to work for "serv- ice to community, state and na- tion."
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uniforms and sponsored Girl Scout bake sales. Two units paid for medi- cal and hospital care for veterans children whose mothers are widows.
 A substantial contribution was also made to the Red Cross by our Department.
 amount of $105 were bought by the units and sold at meetings or at bake sales.
 The success of our rehabilitation work is due to the splendid coop eration of the unit chairmen, and the interest taken in this line of work by all the members of the American Legion Auxiliary.
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ton work is to bring hope, cheer and happiness to veterans and their families, hence at Christmas time we send gifts, baskets of food, toys, clothing or Christmas cards to vet erans families and to veterans hospitalized in local hospitals or in the various veterans facilities in Washington and Oregon.
 Many magazine subscriptions are also sent to these facilities. These
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By MADGE DRISCOLL Department Historian

The American Legion Auxiliary has been very active in all units this year, especially in their eff forts towards Child Welfare, Re- mobilization and Community Ser vice, which fields are most in our line. All units, believe, contribute to the Chilcren's Orthopedic Hos pital in Seattle and the Veterans Library Fund. besides doing all we can for the needy children in our