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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15
TRAINING FOR INSTRUCTORS
 U nDER WAY

With large turnout of persons present who are interested in be- coming instructors in Red Cross First Aid work, pr. Frank E. Hull last night started the first class in the full 30 hour course The group will meet fo-. classes in the Council room of the City Hall until further notice.
 The course of the full 30 hours takes in advanced work and train ing for instructors for these who need both. Part of the group. who need only the instructors course, will not begin their work next Fri day night.
 Those who have enrolled for the instructional course, some of whom will begin their work next week, are as follows: Flora Kirk ham of Douglas, George H. Gam bert, Howard H. Dilge. Alma Olson. Margaret Carter, H. s. Larsen, Laureen Gucker. A. L. Dahl,. Mrs. w. H. Rehfuss, Marie Thomas, Allan E. WickS. Myrtle Turner, Dorothy Vollert, Anita Garnick, Rose Schnieder, Mary Katherine Gregory, E. Smith, Ruth Metealf. Mary Monagle, Mar ion Hendrickson, Mrs. H. c. Knight. Mrs. Ernest Gruening is auditing the course.
 The'f full course will meet at night Tor 10 days. and the instructors should have completed their train ing by November 26.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15

< -Subscrihe-~ to- the. Daily Alaska.
 Empire--the paper with the largest paid circulation. s-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15

The Salvation Army Congresses for Southeast Alaska are being held at this time. Today marked the opening of the gathering in Wran- gell
 The Congresses are being con- ducted by Commissioner Benjamin Orames Picture above) who will! arrive in Juneau next Wednesday, November l9 and will be here one week. Delegates from Anchorage, Sitka. Yakutat, Hoonah, Tenakee, Angoon and Wrangell are expected to attend the Congress here.
 An interesting program of events is being arranged by Stanley Jack son. Adjutant of the local Salva- ton Army Corps for Juneau.
 Besides the gatherings arranged for Salvationists, public gatherings will be held each evening during the Congress in the Salvation Army Citadel.
 A civic gathering will be held Sunday. November 23 at 2 p. m. in the Northern Light Presbyterian Church. United choirs of the Northern Light Presbyterian, Lutheran and Episc al Il Churches will sing during this ser vice. MT. H. L. Faulkner will pres idle.
 The members of the John Brad ford American Legion Post will be present in a body to honor Con- Orames. The public is cordially in vited to be present at this meeting.
 The Commissioner will address the members of the Juneau Cham ber of Commerce at their noon luncheon, Friday, November 21 to which the Rotary Club mas been invited. This program will be broadcast over KINY. The Con- missioner will address the High School students Monday afternoon, November "A.
 Col. Frank Ham, Salvation Army Field Secretary is accompanying Gem. Orames on the inspection visit
 Commissioner Benjamin Orames has served for over 40 years in the ranks of the Salvation Army. He has held various appointments di- verse in character and location, in cluding many years in various parts of Australia, New Zealand, China and seven and half years in the western states ard Hawaiian 1S- lands.
 During the world war the Com missioner served the Australian Forces as Chaplain in Egypt and France, in fact he is still on the reserve list of Australian Chaplains. This is the Commissioners second visit to Alaska He conducted the Salvation Army Congress last year at Ketchikan
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15
KRONQUIsT STAYS SOUTH

Arne Kronquist who left Doug las about two months ago for a vacation trip south has gone to work with a carpenter gang in Seattle and does not anticipate re, kilrning here this winter. \ T Z, ~aa x-9 k NIL &.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15

BUY DEFENSE CHAMPS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15
5N0W,F0G PUT PILOT
 0FF(oUR5E
Renshaw Tells of Losing Way in Yukon at Dusk
 Gas Supply Ran Low

Ray Renshaw, Alaska Game Commission pilot who was lost TOT six days while fellow pilots secured northern British Colum bia ana and southern Yukon Territory for him, doesn't thing he'll try winter flying in a small plane in the Interior very soon.
 At least, I won't be flying in Canada where it's had to get gas oline,' he declared last night be- fore he sailed on the motorship Northland to testify in game viola ton cases in the First City. He came here from Whitehorse yester- day on a Pan American plane. "lf there had been more gasoline avail able, I don't think I'd have got lost" a-s -.t-
 Located By PAA
 Renshaw was located by a Pan American Electra on Armistice Day, six days after he set his two eater Monocoupe down on a wide river sandbar because the day was growing dark and he was uncertain of his remaining gas supply.
 T set out the morning of Novem- Der from Watson Lake, B. c. for Whitehorse, he said, but soon fog, and then snow, forced me to turn north from my northwest course. My gasoline began to run low and acout Is minutes after dusk-at least l hadn't been able to see my gas guage for about l5 minutes and didn't know for sure how much was in the tank--the motor began to cough and spit. looked for a sandbar and found one, although miStook it's location. I thought l was on the Big Salmon River h. stead, it turned out I'd landed on the Pelly."
 Emergency Preparations
 Having made preparations for exactly such an emergency, Rem shaw was well equipped to live in the wilderness for several weeks, if necessary He had ample emer- gency rations. sleeping bag, tent. rifle, axe, and blowtorch which he had borrowed from a Watson Lake resident.
 T inspected the gas supply and realized I had enough left for about 20 minutes flying. l put the motor tarp on, so the weather wouldn't do any damage, and when Herman Joslyn, the P.AA. pilot. finally dropped note saying where I was, it wasn't much trouble to warm up the engine with the blowtorch and get going. It was only 10 minutes flight to Selkirk."
 Radio Battery Out
 Although the Monoc is equipped with radio the battery ran down the second day. although not before RenShaw worked" several Alaska stations
 That radio proved to be the winning factor" he said T told on the air about seeing plane fly over the second day The boys in figured out that it could only have. been vern Brook walter, flying twm-motored King bird plane, who had made flight from Whitehorse to Mayo that day. By calculating his speed and the time I spotted him, they finally figured out where I was. That was a lot more than I knew.''
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15
Lesnevith Trountes
 MaurieIIo

NEW YORK, Nov. 15-His left hook hitting like cannon, Gus Lesnevich last night retained his light heavyweight title before bowling Madison Square Garden crowd by giving Tamo Mamiello an artistic Is round trouncing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15
NAzI-FINN UNIT SURROUNDED BY
 RUSSIAN TROOPS

LONDON, Nov. 15.-The Moscow radio said tonight that the Red army has surrounded and is clos ing in on German and Finnish troops which pierced the Russian lines on one sector of the north ern front.
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 BUY DEFENSE STAMPS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15

Addressing a New York confer ence of the American Public Vel fare association. of which he IS chairman, Marshall Field III, pos sessor of one of the nations great est fortunes, said, T don't know what js. going to happen to me. I happehl to have. been left q great ldeal of \ money. T don't knSw what's koing to happen to 1t, and + I don't give g damn, .
 zaBUY DEFENSE STAMPS
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
Writes Sheriff
To Get His Body,
Then Shoots Self

With morbidiy grim efficiency,
an elderly pensionsr took his "
life Saturday At his home in the
Edgewood district exactly As he
outlined the suicide In letter
written two days ago.
Oscar Runstein. Route l. Box
Az. ruyallup. shot himself Sat
urday with = smsii-esiibrs rtfls
he Was 10 year. old.
Runstein wrote = note 20 Under
sheriff Clyde Knowles on Thurs
day. and. according to nsighbors,
ran after The postmsn Friday
afternoon In order IN make SURE
IL reaoh.d It's destination in proper
time.
II Vas estimated by authorities
that tho aged baehsior shot him
self at virtually IN. same time
the following letter Sas delivered
At tn. shsriffs office Saturday
morning.
Jpiy II. 81
Would YOU please send an am
bsIianee out 10 my place Saturday,
Aug. ind nv place IL out In the
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column o.
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Girl Cycle Rider
Seriously Hurt

Dorothy Shoemaker. IS. 81 RI
/. Box $40. Puynllup. Vas IN ihs
county hospital saturday for
treatment Of a possible ssull rsc-
turs. bruises and shock
The girl vss injured Friday eve
ming when the motorcycle upon
which sh. was riding with her
brother, Alfred. 10. Of the same
address. crashed INTO q guard rail
Al the intersection Of Ardsens
road ard the sumner-F1fs high
way The "pfy stand on me
cycle swung out and dug into the
gravel. causing Albert 70 oss
control Of the machine. according
70 state PstrolmAn Burt oysrholt
The youth received emergency
treatment but did not rsqulrs
disqualification
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
Pet Fawn Injured in Leap
THROUGH Window to Master

EATONNILLE~Dsisy Mae n
a sadder but wiser young deer to-
day. she's sorry for her nocturnal
escapade al Q O'Clock Friday
night Now that her temperature
il returning TO normal she's de-
cided she won't 20 peeking
through windows any more. al
least glass windows.
Daisy Mae Il a young fasn. a
pet belonging TO the son Of Bob
Kerr Of Kapo~sin- At an hour
when all good little deers should
be fast asleep. she gamboled from
hsr woodsy bed Through a win
COW IN the Kerr house she saw
her playmate and, determining
the night was yet young, she leap
ed through the window, SCATTERING
the glass. and suffered painful alb
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
Jury Ordered
In Span Case

A Jury 81 Pierce county citizens
will dstsrmlns ths merits ~ tbs
state. suit 10 obtain Insurance.
money for the COLLAPSE 81 me
Tacoma Nsuo~s bridss u ~sa
ruled Saturday by supsrior Judge
v D. Hodgs
Tn. states right 10 jury trial
was opposed BY ths ~ Insurance.
companies. and . ~ nour legal
arKumsnt on thu Issue ~ss hssfd
BY Judge Hodge Saturday fore
noon.
The issues at trial are ones II
fact Hodge ruled. and there
fore the right 10 . Jury 10 svidsn,
The jury. however. ~iil not 90
tsfmlns hos much monsy - IN
VOWED ma s1aed.
Trial date 10 -, for sept .
ard that a jury viii BE- employed
- virtually just another si~N sisf
along a long road u lsEal intFi'
earisn
the stats brosEht ibs suat T.
dstsrmlns n ths bridges COLLAPSE
1As tantan0s5nt H. total ioss
ard also u as,srrnins n an sp'
prsissl II me ioss should - 81
lowed ths companies thst thsy
may pay less than ths sntirs faes
value 81 the Insurance. policies
which total 81. 100 go ms brdg'
coat more than -. 1000. 900.
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dominal Injuries
The boys father and a neighbor.
Roy Astehett rushed the injured
animal 10 EAtonulle. In lieu Of a
veterinary the town physician, DIT.
Donald hewitt assisted by his
nurse, Miss Gladys Smith, and
Mrs. Can MART, performed an
emergency operation TO save the
fawrn's life.
No details wsr. spared Ether
was administered 70 the fswn and
following the operation sos was
gwen oxygen 70 restore her 10
CONSEQUENCES.
Her condition was reported sat
isfsctoy and ~ mas nov been
returned 70 the Kerr home where
she - oonvslescing under the
vatchful eye Of her young master
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04

VANCOUVER. n &. - Lies
darkest moment from a poles Off
GERS standpoint must b ths sits-
suon sheriff J. %. Comp,on Of
Lewis county. wash. finds him
self In today.
he u In Canada visiting Last
nlght ne reported 70 provincial
police that thieves had entered Ms
auto court cabin and stolen
amons other things-ths keys TO
the county Jail al chshsliA
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04

The German high command
claimed that Nazi forces have
launched a great new "annihila-
ton battle" in an are $50 miles
south of the Ukraine and other
Nazi sources claimed that the re-
treat of Soviet troops from the
smolensk area has been cut off
by Nazi troops astride the Smo-
lensk-Moscow highway, east of
smolensk.
However. reports In London
and Moscow Indicated that
the Nazi offensive into Rus
sla has been brought TO an
almost complete halt with ter
rifle losses to the German at
lacking units.
Soviet sources in London heard
that 10 German armored divisions,
probably half the armored strength
of the Wehrmacht, have been
smashed or crippled in the AZ days
since Hitler launched his legions
into action l n the east.
The defeat of these divisions has
put out of action an elite force
of 1000 German armored troops,
$500 tanks and 5000 other We
hices. it was believed, and has
forced the Germans TO reorganize
their armored forces, reducing the
number Of tanks per division to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
Celebrating
Husband Is
Fatally Shot
Policeman Forced
To Kill Exhubsrunt
Mon Off on Spree

SAN FRANCISCO When
a physician came into tho ma
ternity ward and told Mrs.
Richard /. Church how her
husband had celebrated the
birth Of their second child,
she turned her head 80 the
doctor couldn't q the tears
in her eyes and whispered:
Two .uu got my hshse.."
Her 7T-ysar-oid husband. an
unemployed railroad fireman, was
killed yesterday by . policeman.
Police said no began his osls-
bra,ion at home night before last
shortly after his daughter Was
born. Getting . nsixhbor To keep
his three year-old son and leaving
a whisky bottl. behind. hs con
,inu.d his r.v.lry downtown yes
terdAy
Church broke into an sutomobsle
owned by the Rev. Augustins A
Meyer ~ Msdford. ore police said,
and later got into q car belonging
TO Q tavern ownef.
Tho Tavern owner sreoss~d
him and Church chose In fight.
The Tavern owner called . spe
elsI other. Church sh"t over
IN. officers head and fled.
lie ran straight into three police
men. They had heard tho sho'
end drawn their guns. The Off
cor. said Church stopped WITHIN
/. few feet of them sad pointed mis-
gun at Policeman Luther burton's
head. Burton shot first, through
church's mouth.
There wss nothing Z c"''ia
DO Borton said. NE p"in'ed
HE revolver b~twe~a my eyes
and knew from the dsspsfsss
Hook In his eyes he ~ss EssnG
10 sheet"
Chlsf Of Police Charles Dulies
said Burton would b. cited i"'
faertorious ssrvics,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04

William Geeiwin. deputy prose
cutar. left for California Saturday
q his annual vacation.
Mrs. Howard uarmans IL lesv.
ing this weekend for los Angeles
wh.r she will be house mother al
IN. Delta Gamma sorority house,
University OF Southern California
There were gieeful squeais
around the Charles Wesley Van
Minkle home on Caledonia Heights
east Of Browns Point, Friday
They came from daughters, lay
Deane.. s Iaxonne. S. and Dcs
Renee. I. when they arrived home
from a walk and found n large
doe deer wandering around ths
yard.
Cecil BeIl. former raooman and
gradmts OF Stadium high school
who has gained considerable fame
as an artist in New York. II back
in Tacoma for a visit With Tela-
tives.
Ruth Horr. daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. r. X. Horr. 350i 9TH v mas
been spending this week In Van
eouyer. n c. Tho gnest Of he'
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maintain their divisional forces at
the rated strength.
British military commentators
gave the Russians a slight edge
in current fighting. They said
that Russian communications, de-
spite German air attacks. appear
10 be functioning better than those
of the Germans which twist
through 500 miles of hostile,
~hurned-out devastated country.
Moscow reported that ph-
vate Russian adyices from
Ieningrad revealed that Ger
man advances upon the second
city of Russia have been halt
ed and Leningrad appears In
no immediate military danger.
Nazl propagandists at mid
week extensively circulated
rumors Of Leningrad's immi-
nent doom but the reports
have now petered out.
Russian troops were said TO be
counter-attacking successfully on
the Smolensk front where another
German division, the 137th in
fantry division of $4,000 troops.
was reported put out of action by
Soviet forces. This division was
said TO have been sent into battle
to reinforce units which had been
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lssasrs sspsstea today that tss
price centred hili pwopnses 10 msks
sffsssiss frsadent Horssvsif's
standardization program viii ~ sn-
satsa without msfsr ~rsvissans.
rhsr asnesssa. however. mat
tns ass.ts isssly ~ili - Trssrssf-
Cd b~<.ass ~ s~ppssitls~ 10 10
h~os<i authority psspa~sd fns ne
eun,fsl a. pfsesss
Ths measure SIS l~ntfs-sss<sd ~
sssh sess@s Friday sfssv ssnsfs
Ard hessss IsAdsss hAd eoufsfrs1
vith Price cossrsi Administrators
Lao Hsndsrsu Ia nps~hss sam
Hsybarns sffks.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
Norwegians Put
Under Iron Heel

sToHknOiM German osssipas
ton authorities declared q stats
~ EVIL smsfEsnsy throughout
Norway today. affective ~ anes.
because ~ ihs t~srbuisnt intsfssi
situation.
The sffset u ths dsefss sss 10
put all Norway UNDER sssfn mar
ilsl las ami many ess<s ~ 81
lenses against the German sees-
patton shish hitherto mad hssn
tried by Norwegian sosarts ~iil
no~ bs handled ~ osrmsa aniii'
tsry eourta.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
Tonefson
Seeks Helm
From FIJI
Boston Also Asked
To Aid In probluq
Won Woqnss Coss

Letters n the governor of
Massachusetts. and the federal
bureau of Investigation. both
asking assistance in probing
the "e-esps" ef John B. Van
Wagner from the county jail.
had been dispatched Saturday
by Prosecutor Thor Tnllefsou.
Van wagner. whose trsal hsss
~eaia have lnsnIv~d The Ma l
mar 81 T4romass Underworld go
earalna 10 r~nii.fssa. ~ss siin~es
10 lssv. AL 10 days sxa hsspsts
holdr nfaefs frsm Nsw rnsn.
Pennsylvania ana Massachusetts.
Al the an tins rali<fsnu y
nssnaesa that he ~esid hseis Mon.
day In ohsssn affsasvsts frnm si1
psr~pns inv.svsa la sny msnn~s
in the affair.
ITS my hunsh. : he SAID. mat
only about hslf ~ these | aoestius
viii 4. any taking
roiisssoa slant nsws any pss-
soas specifically ~ asd. AL
ihssss whs had ssyshtng 70 -
~itn fbs sassL
From ths nevssnsv - Massa-
ehns~tss mad eosus . warrant ~
Van wsanss's arrest rhs wss-
ant. ~hssa stipulated 10 ono ssti.
had been n ths hands ~ rAens<A
rullss fns At least three wsshs
b~far. Van wsgnsss a~psstuss.
n ~ss y regard u ths var
rant That Toiiefsnr wsess 70 N
governor sf Msssa<ntsstsa
snsversl ~s>ss sgo. rpttsesnn
srufs = aotoriosss criminal rssasd
Jena Van wagner. sitas jshn Mo-
his. ~.s arrested n ths city fac
ths crime q stssmptsd Essnst iss-
tcsnilsusd nn rsgs .. coiumn ~
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Morton Boy,
Accused by
Nazis, Home
Bergersen's Kin.
Juiled In Norway.
Arrives in N. Y.

There was rejoicing in Nor
ton Friday night and IN the
household Of A. X. Bergersen.
Tacoma public works commits
sioner, as word came of the
safe arrival of Ivan BUD
Jacobsen in New York. after
seven months Imprisonment
by the Nazis in Oslo, Norway.
Jacobsen. son Of Mr. and Mrs
Ivar Jacobsen Of Morton and
nephew Of Bergersen. was n Of
sss passengers, mostly former
u. s consular officials and sm-
ployes. who were brought back
from Lisbon. Portugal. aboard the
u. S. navy transport West Point.
Buds left arm was still in a
sling. he explained vaguely that
I. had been broken accidentally.
Nevertheless he posed with a big
smile for news eameramen and
took part IN a network broadcast
from the pier where he and other
passengers were passing through
customs.
Left Z Years Ago
Young Jacobsen left Tacoma
more than two hours ago aboard
a Norwegian steamer which took
him to Oslo. He intended only 10
visit briefly with relatives up
country in Norway, but after
helping them with their harvest.
found himself trapped IN Norway
by the war.
He was in Oslo at the time of
the German invasion. Jacobsen
then offered his services 10 the
American consulate and was en-
ployed TO direct evacuation of
U. 8. citizens from Norway.
His letters home, 10 his mother
and 10 Bergersen, reflected his dis
like Of the Mani invaders. but he
worked with German government
{ fficials 10 route Americans out
Of Europe. Then. when his work
was finished the stste depart
ment assigned him 10 the con
sulate at MOSCOW.
Held seven Months
Jacobsen was arrested by the
Nszi police a. he vas about 10
cross INTO Sweden en- route 10
Moscow LAST December. He wa
subsequently, charged with at
tempting To carry information Of
military value 10 an enemy and
was in jail. according to reports
reaching here. for seven months
One letter which he was sbls
10 send out during that period in
dicated he had been In a hospital
part Of the time and upon being
released there had been r~s-arrssted
on a charge OF attempting 70
escape.
He was still In German custody
when the u 3. elossd German and
Italian conSulstes in this country
End arranged with the Hitler gov
ernment for an exchange Of con
,ular officials hers for eonsulai
employees and other Americans de
tanned in Cerman-occupisd psfts 0i
Europe.
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breaks and destroys his
forces"
Pravda said that the blitz attack
had failed to prevent Soviet mooil-
ization and had failed to achieve
its initial obJectives of Leningrad'
Moscow and Kiev upon which the
whole German strategical concept
was based.
Division Wiped Out
Reports said the 253d German
infantry division virtually was
wiped out in a terrific four-day
battle near the city OF "" pos
sibly VitebskD. The eommuniqus
reported that the 18TH German
infantry division Was smsshed IN
a furious combat on the Smolsnsk
font.
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Control Forest Fire

GOLDkNDAIk-SaNmlA NofH-
err and CCc enrollees today were
reported 10 be IN control Of a fire
which burned more than - hours
in IN. states largest stand Of
yellow pine
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viz -
This optimism was reflected in
the impressions received by Harry
L. Hopkins. American ~lease-lend
administrator, in his conversations
with Josef Stain and Foreign Min
lister V. N. Molotov.
Reports said that Soviet forces
are now holding off the German
thrusts and in many points are
engaged in counter-attacks which
in some sectors have forced the
Germans to retreat.
The optimistic mood was said
TO be reflected IN the highest Soviet
quarters a. well as IN newspapers
and the general public.
The newspaper, Pravda, declared
today that all the military re-
sources Of the Soviet state are nov
In motion.
Enemy Forced Back
Resistance Is growing steadily. -
It held. From single defensive
blows the Red army IL passing on
10 consistent eounter-attaeks and
forcing osck the ~overbearing
enemy.
The Red army is beginning 10
dislodge the Fsscists from occu-
pied positions and compelling him
10 abandon the offensive al several
places and take up the defensive
while in some sectors the enemy
has been forced to retreat with
heavy losses
Pravda said that the Germans
were approaching the end Of the
initial advantage gained by con-
o~entrations OF large forces for q
lightning attack.
The Red army, having
learned rhe German tactics
said Prayds. "nullifies the
enemy's advantages Of the
first few days of the var and