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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-22
That reason is offenSe.
 Good PariOr Game

Take a globe and a piece of string. Put one end of the string on Tokyo, and the other on Seattle. The string will cross the Aleutian Islands twice Dutch Harbor, you will find, lies smack in the middle of the shortest ocean highway be- tween the United States and Japan. Now swing the western end of your string down as far as Manila Still it will pass only "a few hum dred miles south of the Aleutians. Actually it is shorter to Manila by way of Dutch Harbor than by way of Honolulu. Impossible? Check it yourSelf) Even the southern islands of Guam and Luzon, wou will find, are nearer our Pacific coast by way of Alaska than by way of the flaw aiians.'
 Ford describes Alaskas string of defense, or offense bases as pipe line" for the Navy. Dutch Harbor is the center of the first and front line section of this line. Kodiak is the principal spot in the second section, and Sitka the capital for the third and final section. If Dutch Harbor is taken, fleet opera tions would fall back to Kodiak, and if that base falls. they will reture to Sitka. But as the U. s. pipe line shortens, the pipe line of the enemy in waging its war E.ulst lengthen, Ford points out, with the attendant difficulties of waging war via long supply route.
 Discourage Attack
 "The mere existence of we'll fortified bases in these islands would have a strongly deterring effect on any tendency to tres pass on the Philippines, the East Indies, Singapore or Australia Ford asserts. Furthermore, in this thousand mile Aleutian chain there are at least three harborS-Dutch Harbor Adak and KIska-which are larger than any harbors in the South Pacific east of the Philip pines. The capacities of Pearl liar bor, Pago Pago and Guam are respectively, four. seven and eleven first class ships; the capacity of Adak Harbor alone is 23 ships, Kiska could accommodate 40. and Dutch Harbor could furnish ac- ccmmodations for the entire fleet
 The military plan anticipated by the Admirals and Generals was ex- plained by Ford thus:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-22

make the purchase if deemed ad- visable.
 House Deals
 The matter of selling houses also received some attention from the city fathers. It was reported that a house on Harbor Way between 9th and 10th streets has recently been sold to Charles Helsing, for his high bid of $200. It was also voted to call for bids on house at 585 South Franklin Street. The house is one of two buildings blocking construction of the new sidewalk to the Alaska Juneau mine. Both buildings are being purchased by the city from heirs to the estate of the late Frank Roberts, with the purchase price 'set at S1,0OO Bids on the house are being called for pm. next Friday.
 The councilmen also acted to hire new full-time assistant li- brarian to aid Librarian Ann Cole man catalogue and prepare for cir culation some 450 new volumes just received from the Carnegie Foundation. It was understood the new books will be used jointly by the city library and the Red Shield Reading Room in the Decker Building
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-22

Dutch traders had built futs on Manhattan as early as l6l3. J
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-22
Job In Alaska


 And here's what Ford advocates at the end of his article:
 We've secured our position in the Atlantic and our job is now 10 finish safeguarding our North Pacific position as well. We should hasten to. select, equip and fortify fleet, submarine and air bases all the way out the Aleutian Islands to and including Attu That way only can we anchor securely our Pacific triangle of defense. That way only can we offset any pos sible Nazi thrust at the Western Hemisphere via Alaska and Canada, and send adequate ships and planes from our island bases to slash at the invaders Hanks. That way, and that alone, can we discourage permant1y any Oriental attempts to trespass on our West Coast, on Hawaii, on. the Philippines, even on Singapore and the East Indies.
 Only with the whole Aleutian chain fully fortified and ready can we really dictate peace in the Pacific
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-22
COAL WORKERS IDLE; SYMPATHY
 STRIKE SPREADS
Nearly 200, 900 Miners Idle in Eight States as
 WaIkouts Continue

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 22.--Unof- ficial estimates today disclosed that nearly half of the nations 384,000 bituminous coal workers are idle as a result of the United Mine Work CTS strike.
 Sympathy walkouts are rapidly spreading drought eight States.
 Pennsylvania Gov. Arthur James, thinking such action unwarranted, today turned down a request for State Police to maintain order in Fayette County where gunfre has occurred during the past two days.
 The scene in this req is quiet today. x.g .x.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-22
DEFENSE, NOT DEFEN5EH -- Y REASON FOR F0RT|FYING
 ALASKA, 5AY5(0REYF0RD
Continued from Page One)

sible to hold it successfully. Attack by Parachute troops? Air borne tanks? A siege of Alaska by an enemy fleet? No, none of these. Contrary to popular impression our Army and Navy are not primarily concerned today with Alaskan de- fense. There is another reason for all the military preparation going on up there in such hurry right now.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-22
PAN AMERICAN L0DESTAR DUE
 FROM SEATTLE

Fog at Seattle today delayed the departure of Pan American Lode tar for Juneau, although it was possible the ship might be able u- clear away in time to reach Juneau late this afternoon.
 Meanwhile, another Lodestar vent to Seattle with Karl Keil as passenger. and seven passengers southbound from Fairbanks. The Douglas Clipper hopped to Fair banks with M. D. Williams. Both the Douglas and an Electra were .cheduled to return here late this ,,,. ai
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-22
1,ooofEET OF NEW HOSE FOR DEPT.
City Council Votes 10 Re- pair Street Truck : Atfs
 on Many Problems

The City Council acted last night to prepare the key fire and street departments for continued opera tion, with the vote to buy new fire hose and to repair a needed street maintainance truck.
 The hose purchase, which will run over $500, will see 500 feet of 2la inch hose and 500 feet of Ila inch hose bought for the Ju- neau Volunteer Fire Department. The councilmen voted to spend up to Sl25 for new rings and re- bore job on the street departments Diamond T truck, on the report of Street Superintendent Bert Lybeck that the repairs will assure opera tion of the truck for the next two years.
 The decisions to purchase fire hose and repair the truck were but | highlights in a lengthy meeting of the council which took up q hodge -podge of subjects.
 Indian Village Garbage
 Appearing before the .council was Rev. w. H. Matthews, in be- 4 half of the Gastineau Public Health Council, with solution of t the garbage dumping problem on Willoughby Avenue beach. The Rev. ', Matthews said the Office of Indian Affairs has agreed to build two platforms in the native village and !; supply garbage disposal cans On the platforms, and asked that the city provide a hauling service to disposed of the refuse in an ap- proved place.
 Asked by councilmen if the Or flee of Indian Affairs couldn't also dispose of the garbage thus collect ed, Claude Hirst, superintendent of the Indian service in Alaska, de- clared his office has no jurisdic- tion over the native village. The matter was referred to the street committee.
 The topic of an illuminated stop sign at the intersection of f2th and E streets was brought up by Po- lice Chief Ken Junge. Junge said the light and sign are badly need ed to halt traffic coming in to the city on 18th from the small boat harbor. This matter too. was re- ferred to the street committee, which it was reported has had four new lights installed on l2th Street in the past month.
 Defense Lighting
 The lighting question again arose as City Engineer Frank Metcalf re- ported that two more lightsoaround the city water tank are needed and more lights on docks are required to facilitate patroling these quar- ters in the interest of civic defense. This request was also referred to the street committee. l;
 Metcalf also asked the city to purchase an electric siren for use as an alarm to call out the Civic Defense Unit for regular drills and in cases of emergency. The pres ent combination of the Alaska Ju- neau mine siren and the city fire bell is not plainly heard and fails to call out the citys miutes men, he pointed out.
 The siren Metcalf proposed be bought would be 7i2 horsepower electric alarm, capable of being heard in a seven-mile radius. It would be similar to the fire siren now in use at Douglas, he said Just where the siren would be To- cated is still undecided. This pro- position was referred to the coun- cil's fire committee, with power to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-22
NAzIS PLAN
 CONFERENCE
 FOR EUROPE
Presidential Secretary Re- yeaIs Program for 'E1on-
 omie Rehabilitation

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. - The White House announced today that it has heard that Germany is plan ming a conference, promising some high sounding formula for econ- omic rehabilitation and restoration of the independence of all Euro pean nations"
 England is excluded from the list of countries invited, Secretary Steve Early announced, reading from pen- ciled notes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-22

"Alaskas role is to keep the peace; but, if war comes to the Pacific, Dutch Harbor is the spot they all figure would be the most logical target for an enemy attack Not invasion; but token bomb- ing There are three reasons a Navy official explained, why this place would be Number One on the list: First is it's offensive position an enemy would naturally wish to remove it, for his own security, before it could strike at him. Sec ond. such bombing of an Alaskan base would have an immensely stimulating effect on enemy morale at home; and Dutch Harbor is the nearest. Third. and most import ant, any attack on Alaska would bring our ships rushing from all directions, thereby immobilizing a large portion of our fleet in the North Pacific and leaving the south ern waters less adequately pro- lected.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-22
REINF0RCEMENT5 BEING RUSHED TO
 AFRICAN BATTLES
German Radio Broadcast Announces British Re-
 laying Large Force

LONDON, Nov. g = A German radio broadcast picked up here as serts that strong British reinforce ments are steadily arriving at Sierra Leone, on the West African coast, south of Dakar.
 Six British warships are also at Freetown discharging bombers and ground personnel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-22
BE SURE TO LISTEN TOMORROW
 to the
 k \ N " SUNDAY MATINEE 200 to 800 F. M. November 23rd

From the works of Sehuman, the symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major (RhenishI" with Bruno Walter conducting the Philhar- monic- Symphony Orchestra of New York.
 From the works of Saint -Saens, the Sonata No. l in D Minor (Opus. 75)" played by Andre Pas cal, Violin and Isidore Philipp, Piano.
 The above Columbia sets may
 be purchased at the Alaska
 Music Supply, l22 Second St.
Evening star., 1941-10-27
BY FRED VANDERSCHMIDT

BY FRED VANDERSCHMIDT.
1t was Is days ago that Adolf
Hitler sent tremendous army
into the battle of Moscow, prom
ising the tired soldiers in field
gray that they were beginning
the last great decisive battle of
this year
A week later, on October s,
he felt able to give out through
his propaganda machine the
claim that this battle was won,
that 10 Russian divisions were
hopelessly entrapped before Mos
COW, that Russia's power to re-
sist had been utterly destroyed.
One Berlin spokesman went so
far as to say that the Russians
had no army left in Europe which
could be dangerous for more
than two weeks"
The clear implication was given
to the world that all the Ger
mans then had to do was round
up hundreds of thousands OF
prisoners in the pockets on the
Moscow front and walk right into
Moscow where, it was limited,
speedy capitulation was in order.
In other words, the Germans
said on october 9 that Hitlers
last great decisive battle of this
year" was over.
But today, 25 days after the
battle began and 18 days after
German propaganda ended it,
the Russian armies OF Moscow
are offering the most powerful
sort of resistance. Joseph Stains
marshals are organizing a second
line Of resistance, Stain himself
sits in the Kremlin and Hitler
has broken his latest promise to
his soldiers.
He has had to begin another
battle in the south, throwing
more thousands of weary men
into the Donets Basin and
against the defenses of Rostov-
on-Don, key to the North
Caucasus, in order to be able to
report, somewhere, somehow, the
great decisive victory which the
German people have been told
so often they may expect.
Just about all the German peo-
pie have had out OF the last
Evening star., 1941-10-27
Bishop Winchester Dead;
Was Native Of Annapolis
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. Oct. 27-The Right
Rev. James Ridout Winchester, SO,
retired Protestant Episcopal bishop
of the diocese of Arkansas. died to-
day after an lines of five weeks.
Bishop Winchester. who was re-
tired in 1881. was stricken with an
attack of influenza on September
Mrs. James E Montgomery, with
whom he had lived for the past
five years.
AS a priest. Bishop Winchester
held pastorates at Richmond and
Wytheville. Va; Uniontown, Ala;
ST Louis, Macon, Ga: Nashville
and Memphis. Tenn. He was serv-
ing as rector of Calvary Church.
Memphis, when he was called 10
the Arkansas diocese as coadjutor
bishop.
Born at Annapolis. Md. March
Is, 1852, the bishop was the son of
Jacob and Mary Ridout Winchester.
Completing his common school
course he attended Washington and
Lee University, from which he was
graduated in 1874 He prepared
for the ministry at the Protestant
Episcopal Seminary at Alexandria,
Va. being graduated in 1877.
In 1878 Bishop Winchester mar
ried Miss Eliza Atkinson Lee Of
Clarke County, Va.
Funeral services will be held We'd
nesday at St. Paul's by the Lake
Episcopal Church. His body will
be sent to Millwood, Va, for burial.
Evening star., 1941-10-27

on a realistic basis OF examining
the present in the light of what
means and method can be found to
guarantee the peace of the future,
but until the foregoing two prin-
ciples are analyzed and accepted by
Japan and the United States, details
can hardly be reached
1t is suspected that much of the
diplomatic conversation between To-
kio and Washington has become
involved in technical and legalistic
detail without building the founda-
ton on the broad ground of what
will really make for peace in the
Orient.
The idea of bringing to America
q special mission of three Japanese
statesmen who speak and under
stand English is not new one.
There can be found plenty of OBJ
jections to any course. But il there
is really a will to peace, the mission
method provides formula for new
discussions and for realistic exam
ination of the facts. Should Japan
join with America in the task of
defeating Hitler. and should such an
objective be sincerely undertaken,
there will be found no cause for
friction and no remote necessity for
considering war The Knox speech
is analogous to the bellicose speeches
OF japanese spokesmen recently
They do not reflect the basic desire
of both the japanese and American
peoples for peace. And if America
and Japan have anything to say to
each other it can better be said by
two missions which are striving for
peace than through any other We
hicle of formal or informal express
sion at the command of either gov
ernment.
Reproduction Rights Reserved)
Evening star., 1941-10-27
Rivers Congress Warned
On Non-Defense Spending

President Roosevelt. in letter to
Representative Short. Republican. of
Missouri, president of the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress. has
asserted that all new connstruc-
ton projects without defense val
ues' should be deferred until the
end of the present international
emergency"
In his letter. the President COM
mented on the contribution being
made to defense by existing water
ways and declared that the uncom-
pleted Atlantic and Gulf coastal
waterways is "a potent factor in al
leviating the coastwise shipping
problem
Mr.. Short, in releasing the letter.
agreed that the necessity of reducing
non-defense expenditures is acute.
but he added, There is no type of
public works which will contribute
more to national safety and a sound
national economy than flood control
and waterway development. scientif-
cally planned and economically exc
cuted by Army Engineers"
Evening star., 1941-10-27

from fortified positions around
Moscow and Leningrad, it also is
attempting to move the bulk Of
it's mobile war material towards
the East. Tanks, artillery and
reserve planes are being rushed
by every conceivable means
towards the Volga and the Urals.
where Marshals Timoshenko and
Budyenny are creating new
armies from the vast resources Of
Russian manpoWer.
When Moscow falls, and ac-
cording to the Soviet high COM
mand, there is only scant hope
Of saving the capital, the Rus
slams hope TO organize a strong
defensive position on the Stain
Observation-Disclosures
Cork line. This line is along the
Volga and offers the advantage
of being far inland, yet it has a
railway connection with Arch
angel, where British and Amerl-
can war material will be landed
as long as the White Sea chan
nels can be kept open.
Will Soon Be Functioning.
The railway is not open TO
traffic yet, but according TO re-
ports from Moscow, it will be
only a few weeks before it begins
TO function. Moreover, unless the
japanese attack Siberia. COM
munications with Russias huge
hinterland and the Pacific can be
kept open Indefinitely. There is
no question that VladivoStok-
the only northern port which is
ice free the year rounds the
only possible harbor through
which lease lend material can
be sent to Russia in adequate
quantities.
From the strictly military
point Of view. it is believed that
the Volga line could be defended
even with the limited supplies
the Soviets now have on hand
The Russians are said TO have
enough small arms-and facili-
ties to produce them in the Ural
factories-to arm at least an
other 100000 men. The same
thing applies to machine-guns of
all caliber. But there is a def
mite lack of tanks and airplanes,
including parts for those still re-
naming. The armies now re-
treating toward defensive posi-
tions along the Volga have suff-
cient artillery but ammunition Is
lacking.
One Of the principal concerns
of the Soviets and their allies is
the question of gasoline for avia-
ton and motorized units. The
capture of the Rostov railway
and Stalino has cut off the pipe
Evening star., 1941-10-27
This Changing World
soviets Could Still Keep Large kozi Force
Occupied Even If Moscow FoIs

line which runs from Bako to
the battle front. The principal
refineries are in the German
occupied area and those which
are still held by the Russians
cannot obtain crude oil
u. S. Must Supply Oil.
There are other oil fields in the
U. S. S. R. but their output is
not sufficient to supply the avia-
ton and motorized divisions the
Russians have left. Hence, most
OF the gasoline to be used by the
reorganized Soviet forces will
have TO come from the United
States. There are oil fields and
relneries north OF the Caspian.
One pipe line runs from Gurev
on the Ural River TO Orsk in the
Ural Mountains. But this line
carries mostly crude oil TO feed
the factories behind the noun
tains.
Despite the precariouS position
of the Soviet armies and the
difficulties of supplying them
with arms, it is hoped that they
will make stand along the Volga
positions hundreds of miles from
the present battlefront. Even
if the Russian cannot renew Of
fensive operations for months, the
mere presence of millions of par
TALLY equipped men would COM
pei the Axis to maintain large
force after the present line IS
Evening star., 1941-10-27
The Great Game of Politics
Price Control FumbIine Is Branded
As Worst Phase of Defense Effort

which has been urgeo by Mr..
Baruch for 10 years. Logically, it
Would seem that this would settle
the question of procedure in this
country. 1t would seem that We
would not want now to adopt a
plan which another nation has just
tried out and found futile. 1t would !
seem that we would now drop the
piecemeal plan and 90 directly to
the other plan, in the soundness
of which most detached authorities
concur.
That would be the logical thing
to do, but that is not the way in
which this administration oper-
ates. Its first reaction to the tre-
mendously significant Canadian
announcement was not to consider
how best to avail ourselves of the
Canadian experience and avoid the
Canadian mistake but how best to
avoid conceding that we are on the
wrong track-and are about to re-
peat the Canadian mistake. despite
warnings from inside as we'll as out
This week the two most articulate
of the Administrations economists
Mr.. Leon Henderson and Mr. Isador
Lubin-rushed to the front with
arguments to show why we should
not profit by the Canadian ex-
perlence.
A Typical Memorandum.
In a typically long -Winded memo
randum MI Henderson solemnly
Informed the President that the
Canadian plan-which is actually
the Baruch plans far too drastic
and difilcult for this country TO
attempt. The thought does occur
here that if Mr. Henderson finds
1t too difficult for him, still IT just
possibly might not be too difficult
for some one else-and that not
one of these defense problems is
exactly easy.
The argument OF his friend, Mr..
Lubin, boils down to the fact that
the situation in Canada is differ
ent' from that here. II is different,
OF course. in that Canada is not
as big as the United States. but
there is no fundamental difference
so far as this issue is concerned.
The arguments of Mr.. Lubin and
the alibis OF MI. Henderson are
neither sensible nor convincing
Even worse than the incapacity OF
this administration to advance
sound program is its incapacity TO
retreat from an unsound one.
tCopyrisht, 1941J
Evening star., 1941-10-27
Nozi Propaganda Bockfires
Moscow Still Holding Out lS Days
After Hitler Proclaimed Bottle Won

great decisive battle Of this year"
aIe rows of figures intended to
represent Russian prisoners, Rus
sian tanks, Russian planes and
Russian cannon, none OF them
edible and few of them exhilarat-
ing, especially since even the Rus
sian prisoners must be fed once in
a while.
More significant, perhaps, is the
fact that the German soldier.
whose faith is all-important to
the Fuehrere. is provided with
yet another example of a Hitler
promise.
In other words, he can see
for himself that Hitler's last
great decisive battle of this year"
was in precisely the same cate
CORY with Hitler's promise to the
Czechs at Munich: This is the
last territorial demand I have
to make in Europe"
The truth is that Hitler can no
more choose a last battle" in
Russia than he can end the war
at will. He may take Rostov-on-
Don with his Germans and with
the Italians who have been
showed into the front ranks. al
though the German high COM
mand acknowledges today that
the Russians are counter-attack-
ing f1ercely in the south.
He may be able to cross the
north Caucasus and reach the
Caspian Sea and the mouths Of
the Volga before the winter winds
scream down in full fury from
the mountains and drive the snow
across the steppes.
That would be a hard blow to
the Russians. for it would block
off the Caucasus oil fields, and it
may be taken for granted that
the Red armies will fight fiercely
to prevent it. But 1t would be
no last battle" no end OF every
thing.
The Russians have tremendous
reserve stocks of oil in safe stor-
age and behind the Volga their
fresh armies are forming. To the
German soldier, grievously tired
today from last battle" after
last battle the trail of victory
must seem truly endless one.