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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-15
B MEN ABDUCTED INTO ACTIVE DUTY HERE THIS MORNING
AIILoedI Men Pass Physical Examination al Amer
 ildn Legion Dugouf

A total of 35 men, including of- ficers, were inducsed into active duty in the National Guard of the United States this morning at T a. In. at the Arfnory in the South east Alaska Fair building.
 When the bugle blew Reveille in the big building which serves as armory for the local soldiers, only B of the original company of 70 in Juneau stood to heel" for the calling of roll
 Two of the men, who will soon join the local men at training camps, are at an army school at Fort Benning, Georgia. The remainder of the company has been discharged because of dependents. because they have attained the age of 28. or be- cause they have moved from the Territory.
 After the roll call this morning. Juneau's men in uniform marched to Percy's Cafe for their first break
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SEA RAIDER ON PACIFIC
 |5 REPORT
Navy Department Making Inyestigdtion-Crdft Off
 Panama Canal Lanes

WASHINGTON, Sept. Is. .- Re- ports that a German sea raider is operating in the Pacific approaches to the Panama Canal are being checked by the Navy Department.
 Reports indicate that the raider is preying on merchant shipping in the general vicinity of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador, r. 900 miles west of the Pacific en- trance to the Panama Canal
 Presumably, the sphere of the raider falls within the sphere of defense waters noted by President Roosevelt in his warning to Axis raiders.
 Informed circles in Washington said probably the surface raider re- ports discount reports that one or more U-boats are operating in the Pacific from a mother ship or secret base.
 The raider reports first came from New York shipping circles where definite information was received that a Dutch freighter had been sunk by a raider off the Galapagos Islands and other ships had been chased.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-15
RAF NOW
 FIGHTING
 IN RUSSIA
First British Pliers, Several Squddrons Strong, on
 Eastern Front

LONDON, s ept 5.-Units of the Royal Air Force have arrived in Soviet Russia.
 The announcement was officially made while the crucial fight for pos session of Leningrad by the Ger mans was raging.
 The Daily Telegraph today said it is reasonable to assume the newly arrived RAF units are only "ad- vance guards of a large fighter con- tingent destined for the eastern front"
 Prime Minister Winston Chur- chill announced recently that hun dreds of RAF fighters are being sent to Soviet Russia.
 Spectacular mass air battles are raging in the Leningrad sector but it is officially reported that Russian airmen are now being aided by dare devil British fliers in their planes.
 London newspapers claimed that the first British fliers to arrive inf Russia, several squadrons strong, have already gone into action against the Nazis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-15
German Pineer Movement Is Reported at Kiev in
 New Warfare RUSSIANS CLAIM
 INVADERS SET BACK Aerial Activity of Week. end Results in Reich
 Planes Downed
(By Associated Press)

Threats on Russia's second and third largest cities were heightened today as the Germans are reported to have slashed through Leningrad's defense front at one point and the Russians admitted the Nazi pincers movement was tightening the ring around Kiev.
 simultaneously, observers in An kara, Turkey, forecast a seaborne German drive against the Russian Crimea, site of the big Soviet Black Sea naval base at Sebastopol.
 Ordered Mobilized
 Reports that the Germans have ordered all Rumanian and BuIgar- ian Black Sea ports closed to com mercial shipping capped rumors that both German and Italian troops are massed in Bulgarian ports and will attempt to land forces behind the Russian Dnieper River dc fense line in the Ukraine.
 Dispatches from Sofia said par tial mobilization of the Bulgarian army has been ordered.
 Make Deep Thrust
 Advices reaching London said the Germans already have thrust into the Perikop area, the thin neck of land connecting Crimea with the Russian mainland.
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Capture or Destroy Every Axis Surface or Subsur-
 face Raider Is Order
SECRETARY KNOX
 MAKES STATEMENT
Armed Sea Forces Are 10 Garry Out Instructions
 Given by President

MILWAUKEE. Wisconsin, Sept. 15.-Secretary of Navy Frank Knox today told delegates attending the national convention of the American Legion that beginning tomorrow the United States Navy will protect all 1, lend-lease cargoes traversing the seas between the American con tinent and waters adjacent to Ice- land"
 The Navy Chief described that all Atlantic Fleet commanders have been ordered in mequivocaI lan- guage to capture or destroy" every Axis surface or subsurface raider en- countered.
 Although Secretary Knox avoided the particular word convoy his announcement recalled the inter- pretation given the Presidents shoot on sight speech.
 Navy Prepares
 The announcement by the Navy Secretary constituted the first of- ficial disclosure how the Navy is
  preparing to carry out the new policy enunciated by President Roosevelt and henceforth Axis war vessels entering the United States defensive waters do so at their own peril and American naval vessels will not wait for them to shoot first.
 Protection Afforded
 Whether protection as adequate as we can make it. as stated by Secretary Knox, means the United States warships will begin escorting conveys of British and other cargo vessels tomorrow, is matter of con- lecture but the fact that an interim of four days has been necessary be- tween the Presidents statement re- garding beginning of this protection. indicates some special arrangements required in that time have been made.
 BRITISH JUBILANT
 LONDON, Sept. 15.-The British newspapers broke out today in jub- liant headlines as "U. s. to Guard Our Ships"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-15

WASHINGTON-One year ago to- day this column revealed the strange activity of Senator Ernest Lundeen of Minnesota prior to the still un- explained airplane crash which kill ed him. Particularly it was revealed how his speeches had been written by George Sylvester Viereck, reg istered agent of Nazi Germany.
 Following publication of that story the U. s. Senate appropriated s5,000 to investigate the allegations of these columnists. So far the investigation has not taken place.
 However, our. own investigation of how German agents have used mem bers of Congress has continued and has revealed further startling devel- opments.
 These are not so important re- garding Senator Lundeen as they are regarding the fact that the Nazis have been able to use highly -plac- ed member of Congress and appear to be using other members of Con- gress even today. For if the public loses confidence in one of the few remaining legislative systems in the world, then we may be in for what happened after the German people lost confidence in the Reichstag.
 We have already revealed who wrote Senator I,lndeen's snaechee Most important additional develop ment was how his speeches were used after delivery on the floor of the Senate. They become an integral part of the Nazi propaganda network in the United States. After being printed in the Congressional Record, they were reprinted and sent out
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-15
FINLAND
 I5DRAWN
 INTO WAR
vaino Tanner Admits Be. ing Ally of Germany Is
 Only By Attideni"

HELSINKI Sept. 15.-Vaino Tan ner, Minister of Trade and Com munications, and also leader of the dominant Social Democratic Party, declared today there are "gaod hopes for peace in the nearest fu-. ture.'
 Tanner stressed that Finland, as an ally of Germany. is so ''only by accident and Finland will fight only as long as her interests de- manded."
 Unofficially it is indicated Fin land is still afraid of Russia" es- pecially if the German campaign is long drawn out.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-15

1t least answer questions on what's doing here.
 A WOMAN WITH AN "1N"
 Occasionally some such person just gums up the works. These past three months middle-aged woman has been an aggrayating mystery. Somehow the word got out that she could put the fix on the Navy"
 Timid, anxious ship builders showed up in town with loaded brief cases, just dying for a big contract. Several such dropped in to confer with friends of mine. They just knew they had to see Mrs. So-and-So. My friends tried to tell them the idea was ridica- lous, and that they should toddle
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By sIGRID ARNE Pinch hitting for Jack stinnetp

WASHINGTON, Sept. IS. At dinner the other night, a man who should know said there must be some 5000 people in Washington just living by their wits.
 He meant the group of men and women who are here on retainer fees. They're supposed to get laws passed to help some industry, get laws repealed for the same req son, or to wangle government con- tracts and subsidies.
 They draw remarkably comfor- table livings, but do serve one good purpose. They probably keep their distant employers out of the insane asylum, because they can
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Five Thousand People
 In Washington Living :.
 By Their Wis Is Claim

1t least answer questions on what's
 doing here.
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 DEFENDERS
 CLEAR WAY
Buildings Pre- pairing for Artillery and
 Machine Gun Fire
tBy Associated Press)

With the battle of Leningrad flaming toward a climax, the Ger mans quoted Soviet prisoners with saying the defenders are dynamiting huge blocks of buildings to clear the nne for artillery and machine gun fire in street by street action.
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BRITISH JUBILANT LONDON. Sept. 15.-The British newspapers broke out today in jub- liant headlines as "U. s. to Guard Our Ships"
The Durant news., 1941-11-06
The Key To The
Master File

As a major contribution to nat
ional defense, the National Fedora
ton of Business and Professional
Women's Clubs, Inc. is calling on It's
10000 members to cooperate in es-
tablishing a Master File. During the
week of November 1915, the pre-
sidents and defense committees OF
local clubs will sponsor meetings at
which each member will receive
card on which she will record, a.
mong other items, her present oc-
cupational status, experience and
training, and particulars about her
affiliation with the Federation. In
dividuals will turn their cards over
to the committee, who will mail them
to National Headquarters, where, af-
ter the cards are analyZed and tab
ulated, the file will be available for
Federation and Government use in
studying occupational trends and
shifts, aiding in the location of need
ed skills, and thinking through on
the problems of vocation adjustment
at the conclusion of the war period.
Data will be readily accessible for
various purposes. For instance, all
members with clerical or seci etarial
training, or those within given
state who are now employed as nur-
ses, can be located Immediately tn
rough the Master File.
The information will be kept up
to-date, so that changes in address,
occupation, become and training will
be registered as soon as they occur.
The file will present picture OF
shifting occupations and residence as
a result of defense. The Federation
hopes this to be able to act as
laboratory for Governmental and
other agencies in surveying the cf-
feet of defense upon a large group
of women workers.
In addition to determining defense
and post-defense opportunities and
responsibilities, the Master File will
be valuable as a legislative and vo-
cational tool, enabling the Fedora
ton to inform members of proposed
Government action that will effect
their communities or occupations, and
to supply human interest material
about women in specific occupations.
Of immediate interest to community
defense councils and organizations
are the files of any local or state
group that may be set up through the
system being established by the Nat
ional Federation.
When the President of your local
club calls on you to fill out your
The Durant news., 1941-11-06
A NEWS
COUNTY TRIPLE

/. You have until the 18th of
November to plant winter legumes,
such as vetch, Austrian Winter peas,
and also oats, Barley, and Rye. These
crops will help you to qualify on the
25 per cent besides qualify you for
Soil Conservation Payments.
2 The date for making assign
ments has passed, October 81.
8. We have just received a carload
Of Willimette Vetch seed for dis
tribution conservation material,
(Grant-ofAid). Call for your needs
at once. it will be distributed on a
"first come, first serve" basis. 1t
will be necessary for 25 cents per
sack in cash be paid upon delivery
to cover storage and handling charge.
This is your opportunity to help reach
your 25 per cent requirement and
earn portion Of your Soil Conser-
vaticn Payment.
4. Be sure to plant seed patch
in vetch so as to produce your next
years Vetch seed needs. Instead of
winter legume seed becoming chea-
per it will be higher next year.
I. w. Carson, County Agent
The Durant news., 1941-11-06
Gifts Solicited For
Old Ladies' Home

Now that harvest time is here and
1941's bountiful crops are ready for
use, we in this favored country are
remembering and helping where we
can the hungry and helpless in war
torn lands. We grieve for those whom
we. cannot help, much as we wish to
do so. But don't let's forget that
in our own land and even in this
home state Of ours, there are those
who need. In planning to share your
crops with others, remember the Old
Ladies' Home in Jackson, where
there are aged and dependent ones
who will appreciate share Of the
products of your fields. Gifts will be
transported free by the railroads at
Thanksgiving time. Or, if you prefer
to send money, make check or money
order payable to "Old Ladies" Home
Association" and send to address be-
low.
Maud l.. Walthall, Field and
Publicity Secretary, 654 N.
President Street, Jackson,
Mississippi.
The Durant news., 1941-11-06
Motion For Continuance By Defense
Is Granted Gwin Attorneys

elapsed since the date of the alleged
offense, and only approximately Is
days have elapsed since the return OIL
the indictment in this cause, that de-
PENDANTS have reason to believe, and
do believe, that if granted the time
which a continuance of this case TO
he next term of court would allow,
they will be able to make competent
proof of the bad reputation of the
deceased for peace and violence; that
defendants have exercised all dill
gence in the effort to be in reaol-
ness to present the facts material
to all issues involved but have not
had ample or sufficient time TO
either fully investigate and ascer-
tain the facts with respect to the re-
putation of the deceased for peace
and violence in the community IN
which he lived or to obtain evil
dence on other vital issues which VIII
be involved"
In conclusion the motion said that
'this application is not made for de-
lay but only that justice may be
done"
The Durant news., 1941-11-06
Murder Charges
Against Sam And
Gillian Gwin Continued

Trial of murder charges against
Sam and Gillian Gwin, prominent
Tchula residents, in the killing OF
GUY x. Wheeler, carnival worNet,
was continued until the next term o.
court by Judge S. +. Davis, late 'as.
Wednesday afternoon.
The continuance was granted on
a motion of the defense.
Wheeler was killed at Cruger the
night of October 5th.
Prejudice Is Charged
In the motion for continuance 1t
was set forth in part that contln-
uouslv since the date of the alleged
offense, there has persistently and
generally circulated throughout the
County of Holmes by word of mouth
and through newspapers articles high
ly prejudicial, inflammatory, errone-
Gus and false accounts and reports
of purported facts and circumstances
leading up to and resulting in the
the death of the deceased"
The motion also set out that this
had implanted in the public mind a
prejudgment of the case against the
defendants and aroused the public
mind to high degree of excitement
and indignation against the said de-
fendants,' and because Of the ex-
istence at this time in the public
mind of the aforesaid high degree OF
excitement, indignation, prejudice,
hate, i'll will and prejudgment of the
case, it would be impossible at this
term of court, while the public mind
is not in free, deliberate and calm
mood and is so aroused and excited
and in a state of prejudgment, to
obtain a jury competent and quail
fled to consider the case calmly and
dispassionately On the law and evil
dence and to accord the defendants
a calm, fair and impartial trial"
Victim A Nonresident
Further, the motion set out "that
deceased was a nonresident of the
State Of Mississippi, being a resi-
dent, as defendants are informed OF
Topeka, Kan, and being only tenn
porarily in the state, connected with
a travelling carnival, and being who'll
ly unknown in the state, that the
reputation of the deceased for peace
and violence in the community in
which he lived will be vital issue on
the trial Of the defendants and that
it is necessary to the proper defense
of the defendants that opportunity
be afforded the defendants to investi-
gate the reputation Of the deceased
for peace and violence in the COM
munity in which he lived, and to
ascertain the facts, with respect
thereto, that only three weeks had
The Durant news., 1941-11-06
Marion Bishop Is
Promoted To Corporal

WILL ROGERS FIELD, Okla,
Nov. 6-Marion B. Bishop, son OF
Mrs. Kate Bishop of Durant, has
been promoted from private first
class to corporal at this new Army
Air Force ight-bombardment base,
it was announced today at base head
quarters.
Corporal Bishop, who is one OF 3
200 enlisted men at Will Rogers
Field, has been at this base since Nav
2. He enlisted at Jackson, Miss, lasr
January 20. Before being sent t.
this field, home of the 48th Bon
bardment Group, Corporal Bisho
was stationed at Barksdale Fielc
La.
A member of the Third Chemics
Company here, Corporal Bishop
a section chief in the chemical wa
fare service. His company is Ii
only chemical company on the fiel'
and is engaged in vital work dealin
with defense against gas attack an
decontamination of areas that are
tackled with gas.
Corporal Bishop was among Il
pioneering soldiers who helped ope
this base last Spring. Activate6 j
April, the field was dedicated
June and named after Oklahoma
famous cowboy-humorist, Will Roe
ers. The field is growing rapid.
and is expected soon to reach a
authorized strength of $500. TT
iarplanes based here are BIS med
ium bombers and A-20A sttaek
bombers
The Durant news., 1941-11-06

card, cooperate with her and make
your club 100 per cent club.
The President of the Durant B.
and P. w. Club has the cards for the
Master File in her possession and
will distribute them to the members
to be filled out and turned in at the
Business meeting, November 13,
1941, at the Hotel Durant. All mem
bers are requested to be present at
this meeting as business of impor-
tance is to be considered.
The Durant news., 1941-11-06

Mrs Graham Field returned home
Wednesday evening after an extend
ed visit to Gulfport with her son,
George Field and family. Little Miss
Barbara Allison Field accompanied
her grandmother home for a visit
Misses Ann Bowie and Linda Lou
McCullar spent the week end in Jack
son as the guests of Miss Mary Bowie
student at Belhaven College.
The Durant news., 1941-11-06

The Red Cross campaign against
the ever-rising toll of highway fatal
tiles is waged today by 5000 High
way First Aid stations from coast.
to coast and 1000 mobile units.
Help the Red Cross wage this bat
tie against Sudden death" on the
road. Join the American Red Cross
today.
The Durant news., 1941-11-06
Dicken-Akeson Weddinq
Announced Today

Friends and relatives of Albert
Dicken have received announcement
Of his wedding to Miss Lillian Mar
celia Akeson, daughter of Mr.. and
NJ. Carl Akerson of Sioux City,
Iowa on October 26, 1941.
Albert is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. R. Dicken of Ethel and the
grandson of Mrs. j A. Dicken of
this city.
The Durant news., 1941-11-06
Rhyme Carr

Mr.. and Mrs. j. 7 Carr of Ridge
land are announcing the marriage
of their daughter, Myrtle to Virgie
H. Rhyme at Canton, Miss. October
18th.
They are at home with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. s. H. Rhyme at
Bowling Green.
The Durant news., 1941-11-06
Card OF Thanks

We want to thank the good people
of Durant for their kind deeds shown
us when our house burned May
God bless each one of you.
Mrs. c. H. Mcclellan and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Streetman.
The Durant news., 1941-11-06

Mrs. w. F. Gilmore spent last
week in Meridian where she visited
her brother, A. j. Edwards and her
son, Edward Gilmore, returning home
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Moss.
The Durant news., 1941-11-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Moss and
children, Barbara and Barger spent
Sunday in Meridian visiting rela-
tives and friends.
The Durant news., 1941-11-06

Mrs. C. S. Koonce Of Memphis is
here visiting her mother, Mrs. J. A.
Dicken, this week.
The Durant news., 1941-11-06

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FOR SALE or RENT: House and 20
acres land. Tenant House on place.
Apply or call Jake Herman. Phone
Durant 216. t
The Durant news., 1941-11-06

POSTED NOTICE - Castalian
Springs. All lands belonging to
the undersigned are posted against
any and all kinds Of trespassing.
C. s. HILL, Owner.
The Durant news., 1941-11-06

FOR SALE-60 acres Of S. E. cor
ner of Castalian Springs. Running
water, commercial orchard, unusually
good farm land, timber enough to
build anything wanted. See owner at
Castalian Hotel. 2 times .
The Durant news., 1941-11-06

FOR SALE OR TRADE---Good So
uirrel dog. Would trade for double
barrel gun or automatic rifle. j. w.
ROBINSON, Sails, Miss. | tp
The Durant news., 1941-11-06

We have in your vicinity one of the
finest spinet pianos which can be
bought, at great saving. Write P.
". Box 624, Birmingham, Ala.
Nov. 8 20 Dec. a 18 G
The Durant news., 1941-11-06
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WANTED TO RENT-Local couple
wants two or three room apartment.
Call 10 Durant rh
The Durant news., 1941-11-06

STEADY WORK-COOD PAY
RELIABLE PERSON WANTED to
call on farmers in Attala County.
No experience or capital required.
Some making $4,000 in week Write
McNESS Co., Dept. z, Freeport, Ill.
Oct. %, time
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-01
Did You Know?

Neatly braided onions are sold in
long strings carried by street ven
dorS in Bucharest, Rumania.
The Nile valley of Egypt con-
tains about so pyramids.
Young Englishmen once wore
hankerchiefs, edged with gold, in
their hats as gifts from young
women.
Mount Everest was named for Sir
George Everest, famous British sur
veyor-general of India.
AleSsandro Volta, an Italian cleo
trical wizard, invented voltaic bat
tcrieS.
OF the s3470OO,OO0 backlog of
Douglas, less than 10 per cent is
for commercial aircraft.
Vancouver, British Columbia, is
farther north than the city of Que
bee.
Texas is more than five times as
large as England proper
The British gallon is 20 per cen!
greater in volume than the United
States gallon.
Cleveland, O., handles more iron
ore than any other place in the
world.