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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-10-16

time limit. The Defense Savings Pro
gram is to be- continuing effort, and
both Defense Bonds and Stamps
should be purchased steadily and re-
gularly.
Q. Why We're the Nations retail
stores asked to Sell Defense Savings
Stamp?
A. American retailers were not
asked-they volunteered through
their national organizations to Under
take the sale Of Defense Savings
Samps On a vast scale.
o. How many Defense Savings
Stamps does 1t take to fill an album?
| A. Seventy7five 25-cent stamps;
seventy-five 5O-cent stamps; seventy
five 81 stamps; or fifteen IS stamps.
The completed albums are immediat-
ely, eNchangeable for Defense Bonds
(Series E) at your post office, or
through your bank.
@. Who directs the National move
ment to sell Defense Savings Stamps
in retail stores?
A. The Treasury's Retail Advisory
Committee, of which Benjamin H.
Namm, of the National Retail Dry
Goods Association, is chairman Of
ficer of 13 other great national re-
tail organizations comprise the com
mittee.
@. How do I get the highest return
On my investment in Defense Savings
Bonds?
4 A. BY holding each Bond for it's
fuH term of Years you Will secure the
full maturity value. A Defense Saw
ings Bond of Series e increases n
value 33 1-3 percent if held for 10
years.
@. Is the Government concerned
over whether 1 buy my Defense Saw
ings Stamps at post offices, banks,
savings and loan institutions, retail
stores, or elsewhere?
A. No. The Government is interest
ed in having as many programs as
possible take hand in the National
Defense Program. Toward that end
the Trea sury is making Bonds and
Stamps available for purcaseh in the
largest number of places possible.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-10-16
GETS NEWSPAPER POST

w A. Wilbur, publisher Of the
Davenport Times Tribune, has been
appointed a member of the board Of
trustees of the Washington Newspa
per Publishers association He sue
ceeds A. M. Martin, Sunnyside, WHO
resigned when he accepted position
as head OF the state parole board.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-10-16

Spokane recreational trip to be taken
by rural women of Lincoln county un
der sponsorship of home demonstra-
ton clubs of the county Various
points of interest in Spokane will be
visited.s There will be luncheon and
style show at noon, October 81, and
a banquet that night.
The committee in charge of
arrangements includes Mrs. Oscar
Doane, Almira; Mrs John Bolencus,
Mrs. Carl Horn, Mrs. C. l.. Garfield,
Davenport; Mrs Leo Kunz, Mondovi;
Mrs. A. l.. Rosenberg, Wilbur; Mrs.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-10-16
GOOD WILL TOUR

On a three day tour which W
take them TIN ougih the famor
Bend wheat country, past Grand
lee dam and into the greaf S
raising region of Okanogan c
and then back through the rich
producing sections of the Okanu
and Wenat chee callers, before
turning home through the Colum'
basin, 81 Spokane men left Tn
day morning by chartered l~
good will trip sponsored by In
land Empire relations commit
the Chamber of Commerce.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-10-16
| RIGHT OUT OF THE AIR
BY EARLE FERRIS

heard Sundays at 4:3O pm, est.
over CHS.
Wm.yL. Shirer's favorite topic of
conversation, next to his wife, is
India, country in which he lived
for more than a year. He thinks
Mahatma Gandhi will go down in
history as the greatest man of our
time.
Mary Livingstone, pictured here,
heard with Jack Benny Sunday
nights, has been having a busman's
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-10-16

G. W. Garfield. Creston; Mrs. CT, IL
Woods, Reardan; Mrs Robert Hous-
ton, Wilbur; Mrs. J a. Carstens, La
mona.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-10-16

ia to be raised through the sales OF
Defense Savings Bonds?
! A. No; there is no quota and no
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-10-16
TRIP PLANNED
FOR FARM WOMEN

October 81 and November 1 have
been set as the dates for the ANNUAL
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-10-16

Barbara Kent. above. former
British war nurse and movie
actress. Is serving American
wines from q decorative bot
tile The stemwdre is the tdmed
lLibbey modern American.
American wine bottles are
tirdditional in design and made
by the new durdglds tech
nique which insures lighter
but stronger glass.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
JAP ROUT REPORTED

CHUNGKING, China, Dec. %
GNS) -Rout Of AT least some
Japanese" from HonEkong by the
valiant imperial garrison was re-
ported today by the Chinese forces
battling their way toward the
island.
The British embassy announced
that 5000 invaders were Slaugh-
tered during the initial landings,
and that the Japanese are making
mo substantial gains"
Twenty thousand J apanes 2
troops, 10 warShips and numerous
rubber boats have been concern
trated off Yechow. Human Prov
ince with the apparent intention
Of driving against ChangSha TO
check Chinese pressure against
the JapS at Canton and Kowloon,
a military spokesman said.
The Chinese central executive
committee today gave Generals
Slmo Chinag Kai-Shek extra
ordinary wartime powers 10 en-
force, enact and revise laws.
Representatives Of the Allied
powers met here yesterday 10 dis
CuSs the situation in the Far East.
The Japanese (DomeD news
agency claimed today that Nip
pOneSe forces are crushing re-
naming resistance" at the British
stronghold Of Hongkong.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
Voroshi|ov Gets
Far Fast Reins

NEW YORK. Dec % GNS).-
Marshal Klementi VoroShilov the
Russian defender Of Leningrad.
and former war commisSar. has
been appointed Soviet commander
in the Far East, IT was reported
from Manila today by Bert Silen.
MIC representative
As commander Of Red troops on
the Northern Front when the Rus
lso-German war began. Voroshlloy
worked out plans for the defense
of Leningrad. He was replaced az
his post a short time ago
In his broadcast today. Silen as
serted that the appointment OF
'VoroShilov appears 10 be good
indication that Russia is seriously
taking up the Far Eastern situa-
ton and intends 10 do something
about II in the near future "
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
Cdpitd|Meeting
Maps War Plan
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
quires the maximum use Of the
labor. raw materials and facili-
ties in each country.
achievement Of maximum
- volume and speed Of war
output requires that the produc-
ton and resources of both coun-
tries should he effectively inte-
grated. and directed towards d
common program of require
ments for the total war effort.
Each country should pro-
duce those articles in an in
tegrated program of require
ments which will result in maxi
mum Joint output Of war goods
in the minimum time.
Scarce raw materials and
- goods which one country
requires from the other in order
10 carry out the Joint program
Of war production should be so
allocated between the two coun-
tries that such materials and
goods will make the maximum
contribution toward the output
Of the most necessary articles in
the shortest period of time.
c-"Legislative and administra-
" tive barriers. including tar
ifs. import duties. customs and
other regulations or restrictions
of any character which prohibit,
prevent, delay or otherwise i'm
pede the free flow Of necessary
munitions and war supplies be-
tween the two countries. should
he suspended or otherwise elimi-
mated for the duration Of the
war.
THE two govern m ents
should take all measures
necessary for the fullest nipple
mentation Of the foregoing prin-
ciples."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23

House and withheld the informa-
ton.
The actual event however, was
loaded with drama.
AT 6.55 last night, Presidential
Secretary Stephen T Early called
nearly 100 newsmen, who had
hcen champing AZ the hit all day
into his office. He told them
Churchill already was in the
White House.
Early'S facial muscles clearly
portrayed his emotion as he re-
queSted that no one leave the room
until he completed A transatlantic
call to London confirming a stimuli
.taneouS release.
The phone rang. Early said;
let her 20"
And so she did" reporters leav-
ing the presidential spokesman
nearly pinned behind a damned in
desk in their haste 10 flash the
news Of ChurchillS arrival 10 the
world. a green glass donkey or
Early'S desk was the major cas-
ualty as dozens Of eager hands
clutched for the brief White House
Ictatprnapt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
Us. Hunts
Subs Off
California
BY JAMES l.. KILGALLEN
Init News Service stan Correspondent

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. %
Close watch was maintained today
by the United States Navy for
Japanese submarines which have
unleashed a series Of attacks on
American ships off the coast of
California.
%Five American ships have been
attacked -four Of them close 10
the California coast and the fifth
between San Francisco and Homo
lulu.
The record 10 date:
1.-The general petroleum
L tanker Emido was shelled
and torpcdoed Saturday after
noon off Cape Mendocino. 1877
miles north of San Francisco.
Five men lost their lives, FIVE
were injured and 81 were res
cued.
> The Richhold oil tanker
- ACwiworld was attacked by
a submarine near Santa Cruz.
50 miles south Of San Francisco.
on Saturday afternoon. The
sub fired eight shells, hut the
AGwiwOrld made getaway
without any casualties.
y The Standard OIL tanker
r. NJ Storey was attacked
yesterday by a submarine off
Point Arguello. l25 miles north
Of Los Angeles. The Storey
escaped without damage.
4 The steamer Samao put In
II a. San Diego Bay and re-
ported she had been attacked
by a submarine al dawn Thurs
day Fragments Of five shells
dropped on her deck but she
was practically unchanged
- The Matson Line freighter
- Lahalna was shelled and
sunk by enemy submarines
while on route 10 San Francisco
on December II Four Of her
crew are missing and are be-
lleved dead Thirty survivors
were landed AZ kahuli on the
Hawaiian island Of Maui.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
i. s. Bombers,
Fight 10
SdveHongkong
Lend.Lease Planes
Flown by Americans
Blast Jap Positions

HONGKONG. Dec % GNS).-
Chinese forces and volunteer
American alrmen struck heavy
blows al the JapcneSe today in an
all out effort to aid the embattled
British stronghold of Hongkong
simultaneously, an official Brit
ish Communique stated,
Fighting continues all along
the lines held Yesterday, with
local British successes in the
south of the island"
Chinese lcaSc-lend bomherS from
the United States flown by Amer
lean pilots attacked Japanese
airdromes and military objectiveS
at the nearby Japanese occupied
port Of Canton.
They also were reported to have
hammered Jap positions in the
Kowloon and New Territories
Cmainland) districts of Hongkong.
BATTLE JAPANESE
Chinese Admiral Chen Cheh. a
liaison officer. informed 1nterna-
tional News Service Of the attack
by the lease.lend bombers on Can
ton targets.
He also stated that the van
guard of the main Chinese forces
swooping down on the rear Japa-
nese lines outside Hongkong had
engaged the japanese at the Dor
der town of Shoumchun, north of
Kowloon
Admiral Chen Cheh said the
main Chinese forces were due TO
arrive there "momentarily.'
On Hongkong Island itself, Jap
anese landing parties were said to
have been checked"
Japanese artillery fire from the
KoWloon region slackened.
Advices reaching authorities in
HOngkoug said the main Chinese
force TO the north was closing in
around the Japanese rear lines
rapidly.
on battered HonGkong island
bands Of Chinese guerillas are
fighting side by side with English,
Scottish, Canadian and Indian
troops against Japanese troops
which landed on the northern and
southern portions OF the island.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
FOTLS NAZI PLANS

Soviet advices said this feat had
smashed German plans 10 skirt
Lake Ladoga and form a junction
with Finnish troops along the
Svir River between Lakes Ladoga
and Omega in maneuver 10 en-
circle Leningrad
A supplementary bulletin said
that on the southwestern Moscow
front Red army unit in one DAY
liberated 100 inhabited centerS and
captured 200 trucks.
The Communist wspape r
Pravda said that on The Moscow
front alone the Germans lost H.
600 men IN the period between
November Is and December 20.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
PRIME OBJECTIVE

In the press room meanwhile
.ha second part Of the officia
statement was hummlng out Owe
the wires
There is. NJ course" II said,
Zone primary objective in the
conversations 10 he held during
the nest fcW DAYS between the
President and the British prime
minister and the respective
stats ~ the two countries. That
purpose u the defeat Of Hitler
ism throughout the world.
1T should be- remembered
that many other nations arc en-
gagged today in this common
task Therefore, the present
conferences in Washington
should be- regarded as prelim-
mary to further conferences
which will officially include
Russia, CHINA. the Netherlands
and the domiuion>.
1T l. expected that there ilI
thus he evolved an overall unity
IN the conduct OF the war. other
nations viii he asked To partiCi-
pate 10 the hest OF their abil-
nv In the overall objective.
1T j. probable that mo fur
iher announcements will he
made until the end Of the pres
cnt conferences hut IT may he
assumed that the other inter.
e>icd nations will be kept In
close touch with this prelimln.
airy meeting"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
BAND WAGON JUMPER

Won BrauchitSCh. ike Field Mar
shall Won Keitel. was one Of the
crowd Of officers Of the line who
Jumped on the band wagon AZ the
right moment and waved the swas-
tika even before the scowls Of the
seasoned PruSSian military caste
could be wiped aside
Won RrauchliSch climbed from p
little man 70 The JOB Of blg shot,
bur you never heard much kind
ak or commentator about him
IN the rank and file.
lie was rs / said a ynS-Wan and
rVeryh0dy n Berlin knew II and
-neercd when occasion called for n
They do that about noavy-hippod
Keifel. TOO. who used 10 be glad
20 get Ar invitation 20 lunch from
nc. n correspondent not So many
years AGO "a non ho vas st'l llcu-
terant-C0.0nc'.
These men. With enc dazzle NJ
the field mar~hale baton IN 'hoir
eyes. Clorifie1 the man who made
them. Bur ri their minds and In
their hearts they are mediocre
men. The little Titors around
Hitler.
The MAJ. leader ha, on.y hm,eit
70 blame lle picked them fave
cred them and PLACED fhor' oycr
the heads of dser,l ms military
minds like General N9n/ llalRcr
into positions to1 biz Tor fbfm,
Whcn tbe hard test. came.
Rrsuchitsch failed 20 show inc
stuff his i5o called for and with
= Wry face HitcUhad ~ face facts
and move fast 90 remedy "A Stua.
tor getting worse dafv That
like The shakolpS In army and
party before. was bad medicine
and viii not 20 urro7oed on frf
part n MS armed forces and the
German people uN
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
Judge Murphy Sworn In

Circuit Judge-Flect Thomas J.
Murphy was sworn IN today AZ
$50 a m by Presiding Circuit
Judge Ira w JAYNE. While the
ceremony was a repeat for
Murphy. who served a previous
term on the circuit bench. the
audience was different w n en-
Murphy left the bench in 1895 he
was a bachelor Since then he has
married SO among the spectators
was his wife and FIVE children.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23

Those rho drink W0ter
gain ont little speed"
And Shakespeare:
A man cannot make HIM
lough,-but that's no mar
rel, he drinks no Wine."
But not all poets agree In
praise of wine.
Butler writes:
$50 Noah When he dnchor'd
safe on
The mountains top, his
lofty horen.
And all the passengers he
bore
We're on the new World set
ashore.
He made IL neat his chief
design
To plant and propagate a
llHC,
which since has orer-
chcim'd and drOWn'd
Far greater numbers, on
dry ground,
OF wretched mankind, one
BY one,
Than all the flood before
had done"
And Homer thunders:
"hfldming wine, perni-
ciouS to mankind.
UnnerreS the limbs. and
duHS the noble mind"
Doubtless, as Burton de
clares:
WINE is one thing, drunk
enHeSS another.
And we can for this Christ
mas season do as BENJAMIN
Franklin advised:
Take counsel in ,cine,
bit reSOlre afterwards IN
1Coter.'
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
Fuehrer S Move
Viewed as Stunt
To Boost Morale

CTbe last American core
SpordeB, 70 leave Germany BE-
fore the United STATES crrd
the wsr-Pferre 7 EusS, Berlin
bureau ch-ef FOR International
News Srrvice-Wrlfcy "a Hat he
believes caused Adolf HItlef 70
SheivA his hich command and
assume supreme authority over
IRE Nszi army HuSS writes
from frst-hsnd experience
gained through close and con-
start ccnfsCt with trs German
forces on sV fronts since The
var began IN 1852
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
By PIERRE J. HISS


Intt Nsws service Staf Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec -3 ms.
A massive January offensive de-
signed 10 sweep tho Red army back
10 the Volea looms today IN The
wake of HHlers army >hakclp. IN
which he rid himself Of his own
yes-n7an 40. 1-Flci1 Marshal
Walther Won Br3uchitSCh
The fuchrcr. scanning the sud
den reHerSeS hitting hrs troops m
Russia despite the vast Winter
preparations begun as far back as
September. badly needed the i'm
mediate re-cStahhshment Of high
morale and utter confidence in him
Al home and IN the armed forces
and acted the only way he knows
how.
He kickcd-urTt his eacer-to-
please Won BrauchitSch and saCri-
feed the aging hut still hard
fighting General Won Book Then
he threw the weight Of his person
atty into the scales 10 overshadow
the public reaction by taking over
the military relnS himself.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
Generals Custer Presages Ne Maxi Drive Soviet Says Huss
in THE NEWS
Continued from Page one)

The fow year aged Juice Of
the rjRe.
Then rhen the flames re-
fleeing shine
On boci and bcdkcr frdd
and fine
Drink dcepiy Of that
drought diriHe-
Good Californian rWe.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
GREAT SECRET JOB

At that moment, the prime min
lister was safely inside the well
guarded White lIouse-esCorted
there by the President, who mo-
tored through the early dusk to a
nearby airport TO meet the i'm
portant parsonage.
Mr.. Roosevelt found Mr.. Church
III just as he last saw him wear
ing tho familiar commodore cap
and naval Jacket The arrival. the
meeting. The return 10 the White
House was a maSterfully secret
Job.
Waiting AZ tho. south portiCo en-
trance 10 the executive mansion
We're TWO caneramen. one movie
and one StIll, sworn TO secrecy and
selected 10y lot 10 shoot for all
Of tncir cuSiomarly competitive
colleagues
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
Russians Ciirc|e
Into Swamp TO
Germans
Soviet Troops Reported
Driving for Leninerad;
rs Towns Reeaptured

MOSCOW, Dec. % GNS).--
Further importing German legions
trapped on the Lenpngrad front,
Russian troops have crossed the
Volkhov River TO get at the en-
envy in the swamps 10 the west
the official newspaper Izvestla
said today.
Soviet battalions are driving for
Leningrad from Tikhvin, ii was
said.
On the Tula sector south Of
Moscow. Pravda said the SovietS
continue 10 push the Germans
back and yesterday recaptured =
populated points, including the
town of IN"
RUSSIAN RING
Izvestia added that in the
Crimea. fighting ragged AZ the APP
proaches 10 the Russian Black
Sea naval base Of Sevastopol.
Despite their casualties. how
ever. the German onslaught on
Sevastopol has not weakened and
Izvestia admitted the position OF
the naval base remains serious. -
on the northern end Of tho
front Nazi forces were reported
trapped in a vast Red army iron
ring after clash that killed 5000
NaziS.
One Red army unit advancing
from Voibokala DESTROYED the 1lth
and 29lst Germany infantry divi-
sionS.
The other pushed west from re-
captured Tikhvin 10 make contact
with the Voihokala column and
thus brought the entire Leningrad-
Nologda railroad under Russian
control Thousands Of Germans
were said 10 have been trapped in
this iron net.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
And agree with Theodore
MAYNARD who believed:

~ THEIR poets like your
I cOlumnist Out, of
- course, not as in
spired) have sung in the Ho-
rattan style; Longfellow for
instance:
This song Of mine
Is a song Of the rine
To be SING By the glo1cing
emberS q
OF woySide inns.
When the rain begins
To darken the dre0r No
remberS.'
And Oliver Wendell Holmes:
with crimson Juice the
Thirsty southern SKY
Sucks from the hills Where
Buried armies lie.
SO that the dreamy passion
1t inip0rtS
Is dro1cn from heroes
bones
And l0rerS' hearts.
And Byron:
Fen things surposs old
1cine: and they may
preach
Who pleaSe,-the more be-
cause they preach an
TOin,-
Let us hare 1cine and
It. omen, mirth an d
laughter,
Sermons and sOdd-1Coter
the day after
And the ancient Greek
Nicaenetus:
Wine TO the poet is a
Winged Steed;'
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
EMBLEM OF OCCASION

Early picked up the pieces OF
the Democratic Party emblem
and ordered them pieced together
as a memento OF the occasion.
The single paragraph which
started the melee declared:
THE British prime minister
has arrived i'm the United States
10 discuss with the President all
questions relevant to the CON
certed war effort. Mr.. Churchill
Is accompanied by Lord Beaver
brook and technical staff. Mr..
Churchill is the guest of the
President
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
BRINGS MILITARY CHIEFS

Mr.. Churchill was accompanied
10 Washington ny Lord Beaver
brook. British minister Of supply;
Sir Dudley Pound. first sea lord
Of the admiralty. Sir John Greer
Dill, former chief Of the imperial
general staff; Sir Charles +. A.
Portal. chief air marshal Of the
Royal Air Force. and some so
technicians.
Returned likewise TO America S
war capital for the epochal
strategy conferences were the
United States Ambassador "a
Britain. John G. Winant. and the
United States lcnd-lcaSc cXpcdllcr
w. Avcrell Hartman w. L.
Mackenzie King prime minister Of
Canada was arriving from ottawa
over the Christmas holidays, II
appeared, the United States and
Great Britain VIII seek agreement
10 merge defense facilities and a
supreme cooperation of their wal
activities.
An carly decision may hC
reached on selecting supreme army
and navy commanders IN the n.
diyidual theatcrS OF war most i'm
mcdiaiely affecting each nation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23

Gen Hugh $. Johns son.
Americas Fighting Thinker,
Writes Daily for the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
.llTTIINE is q mOcker.
w Strong drink rs
rd0inQ." SduS Sol

ONION m his prO1'erbS.
Yet the song of Solomon
speaks of 1.-The best wine that
gOeth down sweetly causing
the lips of those that are
asleep to speak,
And the psalmist sings of
wine that maketh glad the
heart of man."
So perhaps "wine is like
rain" as John Hay says:
When it falls on the
mue il but makes it the
fouler. Bat rhen it strikes
the good soil it 'cokeS it to
beauty and bloom
So let us, at least for the
merry holiday season, say
with Horace:
"Nunc rino petite curNS."
"NOW dro1Cn our cares in
WiHe.'
And agree with Theodore
Maynard who believed:
When Horace Wrote his
noble rerse,
His brilliant, glo'ring line,
He must hare gone to bed
the worse
For good Foleru,Nn Wine.
No poet yet could praise the
rose
IN grerSe that so sereHeLy
flOWs-
L Mess he dipped his
Roman nose
In good Foiernion uine."