The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-06-14
EurOpe's First Ladies Work To
 Help Win War
By Adelaide Kerr AP Feature Service Writer

All but one of Ihe six most talked of women in Europe are playing the traditional womerls roles in his tory's greatest war.
 Queen Elizabeth of England. the Duchess of Windsor. Frau Herman Goering iwife of Germany's field daughter of T Dueel and Madame Mazda Lupeseu lfriend of Ruma- nia's king are not trying to play dramatic parts. They're doing their bit in a Woman.s way
 Wilhelmina In Britain
 Gabled reports indicate only one seems to be touching affairs of state. Queen Wilhelmina, of the Netherlands. who has taken refuge in Buckingham Palace. There. as guest of King George and Queen Elizabeth. the Dutch queen is busy directing the government Of her conquered kingdom and aiding the subjects who have escaped to Great Britain
 Queen Elizabeth is up to her eyes" in war work. She is command ant in chief Of the women's auxil- iary airforce services. accompanies the king on inspection trips and takes an active interest in First Aid and Red Cross work. She superin- tends knitting bees in the big Blue Room of the gray-WalIed old palace where all the women of the house hold meet twice a week
 She is guiding the two young princesses. Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. in war work too. They're knitting sweaters and gloves for poor children evacuated from Scot lands densely populated cities.
 The Duchess of Windsor is mak- ing Paris and Versailles headquar- ters for her war work. Dressed in her natty khaki uniform she does work of the Coils de Trianon, of which she is honorary president, and which assemblies comfort kits for soldiers Their contents were chosen carefully after the Duke of Windsor toured the front and rel ported on what the soldiers wanted
 Secret Headquarters
 On the other side of the conflict Frau Emmy Sonnemann Goering. the Gretchen-type wife of Ger-I many's doughty field marshal and chief commander of the air force. isl a modern patron saint of German fliers =. off CTS of the Herman Goering regiment wear a medallion of her as an amulet. while hundredsI of pilots have il mounted on the in- strument boards Of their planes.
 Frau Goering. virtually first lady of the land, has personally taken charge Of the Air Force hospital out side Berlin. and spends many hours giving aid and comfort to wounded aYiators. She rises every morning at 6, attends to countless begging let ters, writes more to members of the government and to friends asking their aid in deserving cases. and then goes to the hospital.
 She stops il all, however, by 7:15 in the evening when a direct tele- phone wire is reserved for her talk to her husband al the Air Force llSu COnuIduu secret uGduQ QudTleTS. She chats with him of household problems and baby Edda's latest prank.
 A Woman's Place
 Countess Edda Ciano. daughter of Mussolini and wife of his foreign minister, is deyoting most of her time to care of her family-fore- most responsibility of an Italian woman. Although she was once sup posed to wield considerable influ- ence, no one in Rome any longer credits her with power to affect Il Duce's decisions and she has kept in the background.
 While Rumania also is still out side the conflict, Madame Lupescu is giving serious thought to the country's defense. The titian-haired friend of the king has pushed cards aside at her famous afternoon bridge parties to lead her guests in rolling bandages and finishing gas masks.