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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-30

CAIRO-UP-Prlnce Abdul llah,
ousted regent OF Iraq. has arrived
at Falluja, only 35 miles west Of
Baghdad, to form Constitutions"
government in opposition to the
regime OF Rashid All Al Gallant,
reliable Iraq sources said Thurs
day
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-30
News From London

on school grounds an enjoyable
day Friday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-30
Fine Points in Bridge
By SHEPARD BARCLAY

which you held a singleton jan
instead Of the one in which you
had three cards headed by the
queen? Would you have any way
OF knowing he would be set only
two tricks at the 2-Spades and
four at the Diamonds You
surely would not
II you feel like calling any Of
these players palookas. just note
that West was Theodore A. Light.
ner. North Myron Fuchs. East o.
valid Jacoby and South Robert A.
McPherran. and that they we're
battling their hardest in the nnal
Of the Vanderbilt cup.
At the other table Of the match,
West opened the deal with l.
Spade. so North. Howard Schen-
ken. did not get chance to make
an overcall at only two after hav-
ing once passed. Hence he never
got in the bidding. East and
West therefore played at 3-No
Trumps. making FIVE. for $50
points, whereas Schenken's team
mates scored 100 points where
the bidding was as shown above.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-17

Needless 10 say. the mother.
were as enthusiastic as their little
daughters, because the latter plan.
ned the lovely affair all hy Them
selves The program was opened
by Bcrnice f. Miller. mistress %
ceremonies who introduced the
lvyettes president. Dorothy Wcis
who they think is the cutcsf trick
ln The club She welcomed tho
mothers and told them something
81 the organization activities. She
was followed by Bertha June Has
rans, who gave musical scloc-
ton. pines Elizabeth Edmond
son gave reading which simply
held everyone spcllbound Martha
Gordon rendered vocal selection.
Ny Mother" which was most ap-
preciaied on This occasion The
iroaram WAS closed by Dora s.
Miller q guest ON program, who
SANG John McCormick's over
fayoriie Mother MacChrco. and
lean Fnllors Interpretation ~
Somebody Mother" left very
solemn note OF sincerity AZ the
close ~ the program.
While these youngsters served
ten Mary Agnes Miller. club adj
visor entertained AZ The piano with
musical selections. assisted by Lois
Tabor
Among the many mothers and
daughters present we've. Joan Ken
nedy. Mrs Kennedy. Jean. Doris
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-17

and baskets OF spring flowers, and
the auditorium was packed
Greetings were extended 10
guests. friends and mothers. by
Miss Roberta Mcclure Mrs Erma
Morris Hayden rendered a piano Sc.
lection. Brahms Rhapsody In r
Fiat after which the introduction
OF the speaker was made ny Miss
Helen Wright
Dr. Waring needed bun little In
PRODUCTION because Of her many
well-known ACTIVITIES Her theme
was: "'rhe Woman Of To-day As
a tribute TO the mothers. Cloiecle
Rosemond sang Mother Mac
Chree"
At the close 81 the program. Mrs
Julian Perry presented Dr. War
ing with a beautiful houquct from
the Detroit Association " Womcns
clubs
Immediately following the pro-
gram. the frienfs and guests pres
ent were invited 70 The church
parlors. where ihey had the OPP
portunitv ~ meet The guest speak
er and sip tea The pirior- were
decorated with palm, and cut
spring flowers Tho tea table was
laid with peach satin clofh and
al each end q, the fable burned
white candles while the center
piece was floral arrangement NJ
fpring flowers Mrs. Malcolm Dade
and Mrs Andrew Sneed poured
tea They were assisted by the
Pyramids. Del Sprites and other
Dcltas.
Some ~ Tho guests sccn slipping
tea were Mrs Rosa Gragg Mrs.
& : Smith. Mrs. EVELYN Henry.
Mrr Henry Gregory Mrs Henry
Dunbar Mrs Emmett Morton Mrs
Albert Greenlaw. Mrs Mary Brown,
Mis- harlotte Brown. Mrs Allie
Smith. Mrs Glare Bailey Mrs.
villa Bailey. Miss " Mosby Mrs
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-17

H., president of the
honored Mednes May
By tea given clubs their
club house Ferry and Brush streets. from to 6 pm
ON TUESDAY, given honor by her
her home 1875 Leicester court
study held on last Friday
YwCA transacted and
MAJ when t0o oneac plays were
Tho meeting Will he held
Friday Mrs Bertha Lanon 10 the prs
o.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-17
New Bride
Is Showered

Mrs. Gibbs. OF S2l Medbury ave
nue. was hostess az personal
shower Sunday evening May 4. CIV
en- in honor OF her sister. Mrs
Olivia Smith, recent bride o. James
Smith
Lovely gifts were received by
the very charming bride.
Bridge was the poular game OF
the evening. and variety Of re-
frcshmcnts was served by the hos
less Everyone present reported a
lovely time.
Those attending included Mrs. l.
Radcliffc. Mrs. c. Rdnkins. Mrs l..
McNair Mrs. II. Densley, Mrs. Rob
crls. Mrs. Bass Mrs Twitty. Mrs
Draft Hiss Brsrne. Mrs wilson
Mrs. Kincannan. Mrs. Allen, Mrs
walker and Miss smith
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-17

Pleasant mls held sunday Hartford Avenue
large and enthusiastic
greeted fari Wonderful
Ever Ready selections the beautiful
me Cherab Hosts and The Italian street song with
Macedonia Male
Crescent Singers aud the
girls whose blended perfectly
Thanks BE To God
Bahers greatly enjoyed she sang
'Liscs OAinc Catherine
Allen captured
directed by Johnnie Mae Reid and
Il program
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-17

and Mrs. Fuller. Doris and Mrs
iiungill. Frances and Mrs Grif-
fin. Rose Marie wallace. Esther
Gordy Mrs. Gordy. Wilma Freeman
Neda Freeman. Mrs smith Zclma
smith. Martha and Mrs. Gordon.
clara After and AIRS AFTER.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-17

A CheathaIn. Mrs. VI Dunral NJ,
Ida TAYLOR Mrs Bernie Ia,lor
Mrs. Mabel Poindextcr Mss "a.
ma Poindexter. Mrs Lowell W..
zcns and daughter. lirleg Nrs
Lloyd LOOMS and daucMer Low.
ise Mrs. Burreil Carter. Mrs SUE
Miller Mrs Charles Rawlings.
Mrs Ethel Howard Nrs Lila,
+. Johnson Miss Leila Leyerers
Mis- Christine johnson and Mrs
Lenora Bird.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-17
Artists Rest
Their Palette


Ars .n.,s ana pafrous q.
AIT rgohtd cboes the vast
iaons ae nn-'ea ne io.nec
< he $ Atfoir" NtA Sanday.
AZ ih" Pan AMI Palate AIT club 5
aNeer'i ann4ai AK exhibit 1t was
estimated iaa' '0r hundred people
fieNef'he fs1'ngs and nandicran
of the CUB Natn numh,cd over
INC hgn rd es az dlt TIL" c'gh,
nhrA spoon arel hy the Deitoi
fptn Lfa-u directed by John G..
Dancy ls fl, oldest Negro art
rfalp p 20 nit,a Sian-, Gerald
Bod drf. Ewing Cato. scc.
l,'aly, ana 50, AM Lone. treas
u'r.
Four pfizc, aud several hanog-
ahie-nentor aNafd, Wcce disui-
h4'ed hv - as, Tic wdges
hfd pressed y, ii'tr Mti' go
A-nf spienNd lif "a the cAh,-
ni' tln>' pteia" MINK nut inc
ioiin ~ WIN me ltttNe IS hnisi'-
~ ~ me ~ h4l 10 realty.
Nptrs are judged on their compost.
lion
The JUa4cS Who were Albert Dc
SallrS. ni J !. Hudson Zolton /.
Stpsa az Cfanhfoah and Ference
10 Eracly %. The Scarab clau
awarded the inst pf1e Ia Mv.flo
1865 ,nrry an oil psinting on
ia.eI "The rarlv Dird a trash
p.lNcr who secured The alley long
nf'nt. The san came IN. Auhre,
G Agec $ very symmetrical watel
folol nf railroad swuch house
wrn second rrize. Another wafer
fo.r inc head ~ WpA worker
Won 'hird which went to.Ernest
Hartman.
Snow A. Night y pasiel bv
( Gerald Boyd. which he gave 10 John
Dancy AS christmas rifi. won
fourth prizo.
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+ FOR it's massi,entss and form ON
or artists whose works were note
worthy included , Freeman lark
| son. Ir Zeima Wilkes cra,ce
Sadler. Mildred Thorpe Rubv Nnr-
mon De Cue summers. Ewing cato.
a william Martin and Booker
Holm Nr. Helm. who has heen IN
for some time scnt IN some re-
markahlc wood carvings ali OF
which we're sold before the show
vas over
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-17

They Gross Boards

Mrs G s ssna Beatrice Preston Alberta p Rod'n Louis
Helen Marie Bryant Neptune Holiassy
william Cay Ei eil participate in he 20 hc 81, q
neneh federation Brush and Ferry
The play en'tled Denied Mothers
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-17
Ivyettes Show Promise
AS Charming Hostesses

TIE Ivyette club, sponsored by Beta AIu chapter Of
Arha Kappa Alpha sorority, entertained their mothers
and mothers of the Ivy Leaves and of Beta Mu chap
ter Mothers Day, with elaborate musical at the
WCA Blue Room.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-17
Mary Waring Addresses Mothers
At Her Sorors May Week Tea

Members of Delta Sigma Theta sorority at the begin
ming of their annual May Week activities presented their
soror DR.. Mary Ftzbuter Waring at their Mothers Day
Tea, in the auditorium of ST Matthew's church Sunday,
May II at O'Clock. The stage was banked with palms
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-17

The so.ourner American Rcd will tn
Aranha is 80
NJ Clara Ful-o. IS chairman
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-17
Hoofing 1t.

Did you know that that .sa
Saturday afternoon was fve n
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-17
The Triunverate

Even the diaboacal shif'al
the draft causes CAM sepaf
stree Ben DAVIS Harrison So
been boon hldd.ss sree way
TOGETHER down a. Fof' Rra.
wee hours and along with me:
dyed othe- selecfees.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-30
INVADERS
As MILES
FR0M(|TY
laps Closing in on Manila
from Southeast-Northern
Line Is f20 Miles Away

MANILA. Dec. 30. = japanese
forces, landed last week southeast
of Manila, have fought their way
to Luisiana and Dolores, each about
As airline miles from the city, and
apparently are attempting to eff
feet a junction to further their
advance, reliable dispatches from
the front said today.
In the north, the new American
line, shortened and consolidated by
General Macarthur, was said TO
run east and west through cara
goza, some 100 miles above Manila.
The exact position of the jap
aneSe in this theatre is unknown,
but is believed to be a few miles
north of the American line with
patrols active in between.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-30
JAP LANDING FORCES ARE MOVED DOWN
WAR IN PACIFIC HAS
CANNERYMEN J|TTERY;;
NAVY Will PROTECT

SEATTLE, Dec. 30.-War in the
Pacific has cast a fog of uncer-
tainty over the Alaskan food fish
ing industry, one of the northern
territory's greatest sources of wealth
and a prolific food producer for
the nations armed forces.
Representative of cannery oper-
ators and workers have agreed, fol-
lowing confirmation of conditions
by a naval source, that the opera
ton of enemy submarines off the
Pacific coast and the state of war
in the Pacific has raised a serious
problem for the industry in the
transportation to the north oi
supplies for fishermen and can
neries, which normally starts with
in the next few weeks.
Union officials are working in
cooperation with packers in efforts
to obtain protection for this years
operations, a naval source stated
today. The Navy, it was declared
is expected, within the next three
months, to have augmented pres
ent operations with sufficient all
and surface craft to provide tbs
needed safeguards.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-30
British Win
Two-Day Tank
Battle inLibya
Imperial troops Driving
Into Western Libyd, Last
Of Italian Empire
by ASSOCIATED PRESS

Britain's desert armies in a vio-
lent two-day tank battle have
smashed an Axis attempt to make
Q new stand after the 420-mile re-
treat from the Egyptian border,
front line dispatches said today.
British vanguards were reported
pushing on Tripolitania in the
western part of Libya, the last
piece of Mussolini's African en-
pire.
British headquarters said AZ Axis
tanks were knocked out of action
in a battle south of Agedabia, 80
miles below captured Bengasi, and
declared our pressure on the enc
my is being maintained"
With eastern Libya conquered,
British troops were said to be ad-
vancing somewhere along the road
to Elagheila, 30 miles beyond Age
dabia on the coastal highway skirt
ing the Gulf of Sirte
Axis versions Of the Agedabia
tank battle said IA British tanks
and armored cars were destroyed,
but neither German nor italian
communicates claimed to have halt
ed the British sweep to the west
ward.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-30
General
Demands
Revenge
Macarthur Urges Retailaf-
ory Measures Be Taken
Against Japanese

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 Cen
eral Macarthur today urged retail
iatory measures be taken against
the japanese for the recent bomb
ings of Manila, which he character
lied as completely violating all
civilized processes of international
law"
A War Department communqiue
said a survey of the damage to
the undefended Filipino capital by
repeated, senseless and savage
bombings by. japanese aircraft, in
dictates churches and other centers
OF Christian worship and culture
deliberately we're selected as special
targets for the enemy targets"
The damage was said by the War
Department to have extended to
the great Cathedral of the Immac-
ulate Conception, the historic Col
lege of San Juan Latern, two con-
vents and at least five other
churches and three colleges which
supported religious institutions.
MacArthur's message to the War
Department said:
THE enemy mercilessly bombed
the open city of Manila, using SO
bomberS''
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-30
---77777 = - - = -
B0MBER5 OF
NAILS RAID
N. {. ENGLAND
Heavy Assault Is Made al
Night : Casualties Few,
Other Damage Slight

LONDON, Dec. 30. - German
bombers last night launched the
heaviest assault in many weeks on
Great Britain. The attack came on
the anniversary of the great fire
and bomb raid made on London.
Government statements said the
attacks last night were apparently
aimed mainly at the northeast coast
and caused only a few casualties
and no serious damage.
Five persons are reported to have
been killed and several others seri-
ously injured at a northeast town.
In another section, several persons
were trapped in landslide, pre-
sumably caused by bomb repercus-
sions.
Three German raiders were shot
down, it is officially stated.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-30
BY JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. = The
Greeks had word for what has
happened to Washington in 194l.
They called it metamorphosis.
A year ago, Kurt Sell, Masuo
Kato and l could walk into the
White House and the Presidents
press conference with no more
than grin of recognition from
the men who manned the door.
Now Sell (DN,B.,. official Ger
many news agency is in "protec-
tive custody" in Baltimore hotel
room; Kato (Domei, official Japa-
nese news agency likewise, after
spending his day in jail for being
a little recalcitrant; and l have TO
say friend" and prove it before
I can get past couple of bayo-
nets into that outer White House
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-30
LAND,
DRIVE IS
IMMINENT
Military Observers Expect
Synehronized Move
Against Manila
(By ASSOCIATED PRESs)

Summing up the Battle of the
Philippines today. and especially
the attempt to capture the Philip
pine Capital City OF Manila, some
observers expect synchronized
land and sea drive on Manila is
imminent
Japanese naval forces will az
tempt to silence the big guns Of
Corregidor Island fort. entrance to
Manila Harbor, and then sail di-
rectly up the bay to the Capital
City. the observers believe.
A two-hour aerial assault on
Corregidor was made yesterday and
four japanese bombers were
downed.
1t is generally regarded that the
attack yesterday is the opening
salvo attempt to reduce the fort
ress.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-30
LINDBERGH
VOLUNTEERS
TO AID U. 5.
Offers Services 10 Chief Of
Air Corps : Changes
IsoIationist Stand

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. The
Army Air Corps today said Charles
A. Lindbergh has volunteered his
services to Lieut. Gen. Henry H.
Arnold, Chief of the Army Air
Forces.
The Deputy Chief OF Staff of
the Army said "Lindbergh's act in
dicates definite change in his iso-
lationist stand and Lindbergh ex-
pressed deep desire to help out
this country along the lines he
trained himself for many years.
There is no indication how soon
action might be taken on Lind
bergh's offer.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-30
American and Filipino De-
tenders Open Fire with
Machine Guns
INVADERS FAIL TO
TAKE CAPITAL CITY
Spokesman Extends Dead
line for Capture OF
Manila 10 Jan. 10
CBy ASSOCIATED PRESS

A three word bulletin from the
United States Army Headquarters
indicated that Japan's invasion
armies have been fought to
standstill and this within SO hours
of the deadline of their boast they
would capture Manila before New
Years Day"
From the nearest point, the in
vaders have still more than so
miles to go to reach the Capital
City of the Philippines.
Battle of Luz0n
The Tokyo military spokesman
asserted, like the German COM
munications in the past have done,
that operations are moving ac-
cording to schedule" This asser-
ton Is regarding the Battle OF the
Luzon.
The military spokesman has,
however, changed the date OF the
capture of Manila and this time he
predicted the Capitals fall be
fore January TO-"
More Assertions
Simultaneously the Japanese ma
val communique said japanese air.
craft have sunk one United States
destroyer, two submarines and
damaged 76 merchant ships, no size
given, in the Luzon Island waters
between December % and Deem
Der %.
Bloody Jap Losses
Bloody Japanese troop losses in
land fighting at Mauban, go miles
airline, southeast OF Manila. Is re-
ported in dispatches from Manila.
American and Filipino defenders a.
Mauban are said to have slaugh-
tered with machine gun fire the
Japanese In great patches as they
swarmed ashore in unending waves.
Japanese reinforcements ultimate
ly compelled the defenders to fall
back to new lines.
Everything Is Quiet"
Everything is Quiet said Gen.
MacArthur's headquarters today in
the briefest war communique TO
date.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-30
RUSSIANS
BLASTING
GERMANS
Make Break Into Defense
Lines : Parachute
Troops Used

MOSCOW, Dec. 30.-Military dis
patches received today credit the
Red Army soldiers with blasting
the Germans important defenses
on the Okla River, apparently in
the Orel-Kaluga sector south OF
Moscow.
Russian parachute troops are re-
ported dropping behind the Ger
man lines to hamper the Nazi re-
treat and shoot them down.
Dispatches from the front re-
ceived by the newspaper Pravda
said the Russian forces have brok-
en- through the deliberately fortified
zone where the Germans built
trenches, dugouts, barbed wire en-
tanglements and block houses along
River.
The Soviet forces scored a break
through four other populated zones,
the dispatches said.
Alaska's flag is eight gold stars
on field of blue.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-30
National Capital Has
Had Most Sfupendous
Year; Isn't Over Vel

sanctum where your only pass
port is a nod from the knowing
secret service.
A year ago, the Army Navy
White House, Treasury, and Blu
reau of Engraving and Printing
Civil Service and a half dozen
other places were on every tourist
guides list. Today, the visiting
taxpayers can't get near them
without handful Of credentials
Twelve months since, you
could get hotel room In
Washington on "a hours no
tice and plane or train IN or
cut in less than that. Now, no
matter what your red tape
here is, most of it will be meas
Continued on Page TWO
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-30
kasaan Iron
Deposits May
Be Mined Now

WASHINGTON, Dec. 80. The
Geological Survey suggests that ex-
tensive iron ore deposits on Ka-
saan Peninsula might be utilized
for National Defense
The ore from Kasaan could be
freighted. under favorable rates, to
the Pacific Northwest, where il
could be turned into steel through
the use of cheap electric power
The Geological Survey says more
than one dozen ore bodies with &c
percent iron have been located by
the field forces.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-30
FREI6HTER IS
Sent DOWN BY
AXIS TORPEDO

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-The AM
erican freighter Sagadahoc was
torpedoed by an Axis submarine on
December while enroute from
South Africa,
This was disclosed here upon the
arrival of 10 survivors. One man is
believed to have been killed when
the torpedo struck the ship and
exploded.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-30
NAVY GIVEN
POWER OVER
SHIP RADIO

WASHINGTON, Dec. 80. The
Defense Communications Board to-
day authorized the Navy Depart
ment to use, control supervise.
inspect or close all ship radio sta
lions facilities.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-30

Farmers need priority ratings"
only for purchases of special classes
CT machinery not ordinarily used
for farming, such as heavy duty
electric motors.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-30

Pigs get big faster and make
better bacon if fed certain amounts
of high protein feeds along with
their corn or cereal rations.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-30
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Dec. 80 Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is rs, American Can
SO x, Anaconda 20, Bethlehem Steel
65a, Commonwealth and South
ern $50, Curtiss Wright 8ls. In
ternational Harvester 47A, Ken
necott 37h, New York Central g.
Northern Pacific Az, United States
Steel "a, Pound S404.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-30

WASHINGTON - The big basic
question which has absorbed the
Churchill Roosevelt conversations
and which gets down to the roots
of the entire war, is whether the
Allies should concentrate on knock
out Hitler or whether they should
twin their major efforts against
the Japanese.
This is a question about which
the American public will hear a
great deal in future months. 1t is
also question in which the people
not only of the United States, but
of Britain and Russia have a vital
stake.
Very early in the Churchill dis
cussions the obvious fact arose that
the United States had been serv-
ing as the arsenal for Russia and
Britain. But now, with war of its
own, it needs the planes, ammuni-
ton, anti-aircraft guns - and es-
pecially the ships to carry them
in the Pacific Incidentally, it was
probably Hitler's realization of this
fact that precipitated the Japan
csc attck)
Also, very early in the Churchill
discussions it became apparent that
Russia and the British were lined
up together, and both felt that
Europe and North Africa were the
war arenas upon which the Allies
should concentrate They argued
that Hitler was the main menace
and could be knocked out of Brit
ain, Russia and the U.S.A. chan
neled their energies against the
Nazi armies.
The Russians, as is well known
have lost tremendous amounts OF
war material and have been count
ing on our shipments. So their
ability to pursue and cut up the
Nazis will depend somewhat on our
ability to deliver. Therefore, both
the Russians and Churchill wanted
this flow of goods to continue.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-30
SACRIFICE SINGAPORE?

In fact the British and Russians
seemed inclined to sacrifice both
Singapore and the Philippines il
necessary and let the Japanese have
free rein in the Pacific, on the
theory that the Japanese would be
starved out eventually for lack OF
raw materials. Also they argued
that the Pacific was such a big
ocean, that the Japanese couldn't
do much damage outside of the