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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-21
Observe Rules
 When Sending
 Greeting Cards

Definite rules govern the signing of Christmas cards, even though they are the expression of friend ship and good wishes.
 It is important that the cards re- fleet the degree of intimacy existing between the sender and the recipi- ent An air of formality in card to a very good friend is as im- proper as an intimate greeting to . casual business acquaintance. Many persons prefer to select cards sep. arately to find personal subject and message for each friend. This is an ideal thing to do, but it re- quires considerable time.
 Handwritten signatures are writ ten different than names on formal ly engraved cards. When signing your name, it is best not to include titles-that is, do not put MT" or Mrs" before your name. When names are engraved. however, they achieve a more formal tone and therefore require titles. The only exception to this is the single man whose name is never preceded by a "Mr." even though 1t is engraved on the card.
 Married couples writing informal cards to friends are faced with sev. eral special problems. There is no definite rule which tells whose name stands first, but if the names are written by hand it is better for the one who signs them to write his or her own name last. When the name is printed. on the card it is imma- terial whether the husbands or the wife's name comes first.
 very nice signature for a family would be, From the George Karps ali five" If there are only three in the family it would be equally suitable to write, John, Mary and the Baby"
 It is entirely proper to sign your name alone when sending cards to a business acquaintance whom your wife Cor husbanO does not know. In this case the card is addressed to the business acquaintance alone. even though he or she is married. Cards sent to a good friend, even though he is not known by your hus- band or wife, may be signed with both your. names.
 Whenever doubt arises concerning the manner in which Christmas card should be addressed or signed, use your own sense of good taste. After all, the mere fact you are sending a card is an expression of friendship, and as a result almost any errors you may make will be completely overlooked.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-21
Greetings ToBephoned
 Over N ation

Jingle Bells! Jingle bells! Jingle all the way"
 Like the gay. traditional Yule- tide ballad, thousands of bells "all the way" over the nation will ring out their messages of Christmas greetings and good will.
 The bells heard these modern days rarely are the sleigh bells of the well-known tune. They are the telephone bells, whose ringing brings personal greetings from friends and loved ones, often from hundreds and even thousands O. miles away.
 One of the busiest places in Ju- eau will be the Signal Corps radiotelephone office where scores will probably send out their greet ings.
 Merry Christmas, Motherl" Merry Christmas, Fatherl" Merry Christmas, Aunt Min and Uncle Joe!'
 And Christmases are made hap pier and more merry throughout the land as children call parents and parents greet children through the medium which scoffs at dis tance Uncle Joe and Aunt Minnie receive vocally the hearty best wishes of nieces and nephews. '. Grandmother and Grandfather hear voices of their children's children. old friends exchange cheering words of the season.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-21
SANTA CLAUS DOES
 NOT SMOKE-PERHAPS

Santa Claus, perhaps, doesn't ,moke-or he would be better in- formed on the quality of cigars.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-21

Patriotic and national defense themes are carried out in this years toys. The latter includes coast de- fense guns and the like. all "sci- entifcally tested" in the interests of society. <
 There will be the usual scientific toys, dolls, and things-on-wheels, but with improvements. In the first cat egory is microscope using . pola- roid light; in the second. China maid' ems with Hollywood glamour. set coiffure"; and in the third, motor ized army equipment of the latest designs" Aa
 Defense isn't the only government function reflected in toy designs. The FHA's influence is apparent in a new double-decker bunk calculated "to eliminate crowding in doll houses
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-21

say toy manufacturers. "Parlor yer sions of bowling. skeet shooting and skeeball are being featured on Christmas toy lists everywhere"
 You also can shoot darts with rubber-band guns, build model air planes, or, if you're the kind that would. swipe juniors miniature sub marines and watch them dive in the bathtub.
 The main point, says Santa Claus. is that ''the American toy industry is geared to give children their full quota of happy play hours in ls4l. unshadowed by war"
 That wasn't SO in 1914 when Ger many was the worlds greatest toy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-21

With the approach of another Christmas, Britons recall last years celebrations when they obserped the holiday under ground ,ohere they could be safe from Nazi bombers. Mothers and their children gathered in shelters like the one above to celebrate the Christmas season. Last year hostilities were ceased for three days during the Christ. mas obserUance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-21
Huge Christmas Feasts
 Served in Old Castles

Christmas dinners served in me- dieval castles were in reality '.feasts." The meal lasted usually from three in the afternoon until midnight.
 One of the dishes always on the table was meat pie. In delvins into history we find that Sir Henry Grey in England ordered one baked that was nine feet in circumference. It weighed l65 pounds and was served from four-wheel cart built for the purpose.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-21
TIES, S0x, SPEAK
 FOR SELVES BUT
 MORE QUIETLY

Once upon time Christmas ties, sox and even lounging robes. came in colors so violent that the recipi- ents had half a mind to use them for CD Tagging trains, @ dress ing for masquerades or (3) fright ening little children.
 Now come the Juneau stores with ties in patterns and colors to please the most fastidious. sox that make their wearers proud to have their ankles seen remember how you used to try to hide your feet behind the rungs of a chair-), and robes that make evenings at home by the fire pleasure instead of a nightmare.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-21
Making . Doh Buggy

The amateur carpenter of the family can make a doll carriage easily and cheaply. A jumbo grape basket may be fastened on wooden axles for wooden wheels. Handles can be made from discarded yard sticks or window-shade sticks. with a piece of broomstick for a hand rest. Paint any desired color. and mother. aunt or sister will be glad to make a pad for the. inside. It makes a dandy Christmas gift for any little girl.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-21

prOoucmG coun- try. America an- made toys were . poor sub stitute. But all tn at is changed. For the past 20 ye a T s virtually all new designs and iIn- provements have been initiated in the United States' toy shops.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-21
Chimney and Santa

It is reported that Santa's custom of coming down the chimney on Christmas eve stems from an old English notion-that sweeping down the chimney at New Years was nec- essary SO that good luck could en- ter in.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-21

Claus, whose bag contents reveal just such a va- riety of toys for Christmas, l94l.
 "The desire of adults to forget wartime jitters in relaxing g fun at home is reflected in an increased demand for easy tO-play gameS." |"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-21
Toys Offer Children
 Varied Appeal

Gather in the parlor, folks. and have a skeet shoot
 Or. if you're militarily inclined, be- come a chair strategist with new games suggested by air and naval warfare and army maneuvers.
 You can do either or both and much else, too. according to Santa
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-21
CHRISTMAS BOXES

Santa Claus limits himself to simple benevolences. He cannot be expected to makevan especial fav- orite of the police and provide solutions for all the mysteries
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26
RussArrly
 Offensive
 Sweeps0n
Germans Die by Thousands al Sebdsfopol and
 Other Areas

LONDON, Dec. 26-Hitlers Grim can armies today were reported tc have lost 10000 killed in six-day battle at the approaches to Sebas- topol, long besieged Russian naval base.
 Soviet dispatches said an addi- tional 3,900 Germans were slain on other Russian battlefields during the Christmas holidays, with the steam roller Red army counter of- fensive sweeping en unchecked.
 Advices reaching London said the Russians recaptured the strategic Oka River city of Kaluga, no miles southwest of Moscow and Kalut, 65 miles northeast of Tula, where the Germans for weeks attempted to break through to Moscow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26

 ADDRESSES
 CONGRESS
Allies War Power Will Shade Axis Output in
 Year or 18 Months

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26-Great Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill today predicted before a joint session of the United States Congress that the United States and Great Britain will be producing within a year or eighteen months results in war power beyond any thing ever seen by the Axis states"
 The youth of Germany, Italy and Japan has been taught, the Brit isher said, that aggressive warfare is duty of every citizen and should begin as soon as the weapons are available.
 ''They plotted and planned the war" he charged.
 Churchill asserted he found Washington ''inflexible in it's pur- pose" and indicated this nation is well grounded in confidence in the final outcome" of the war.
 Standing with his hands on his hips on the Senate roStrum, Churchhill told the American law makers that while in his country the House of Commons could by a simple vote turn him out of office at any moment, he wasn't worry ing about it very much"
 "As a matter of fact" Church ill added, T am sure they approved very highly of this trip made in order to meet the President of the United States and arrange with him all mapping of military plans All those intimate meetings between high officers of the armed services of both countries are so indispen- sable to the successful conduct of the war"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26
LONG RANGE JAP U-B0ATS
 PR0WL OCEAN
Enemy Believed to Have Fleet of 40 Submarines
 for Distant Work

WASHINGTON. Dec. -Raiding Japanese submarines in the Pacific are out to accomplish what the Ger man U-boats failed to do in the Atlantic in 1913.
 Japan is believed to have much larger fleet of long range submar- ines than Germany had in the first World War with about 40 of the Nipponese subs capable of operat- ing off the coast.
 The objectives of both the old campaign and the present one are the diversion of naval units from combat duty with the fleet for strictly defense patrol operations and the disruption of American shipping.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26
LARGE JAP
 TRANSPORT
 SENT DOWN
Other Vessels Destroyed Is Official Report of
 Navy Dept.

BULLETIN Washington. Dec. 26.-The Navy Depart ment late this afternoon an nornces the Asiatic Fleet has sunk one large enemy transport loaded with soldiers, a mine sweeper and probably an addi- tional transport and a sea- plane tender.
 The information came in a dispatch from Admiral Hart, Commander of the Asiatic fleet.
 The location of the attack, with good results. is not given.
 The Navy Department also announces that naval opera tions against enemy submarines is being vigorously prosecuted in the Eastern Pacific.
 Several large Japanese sub marines have been sent down. two by Army planes and three by the Asiatic fleet, but defln- itc information is withheld.
 The Asiatic Fleet is maneu- yering quietly but effectively. tbc Navy Department announc- es, although admitting 1t is Outnumbered.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26

WASHINGTON = Most interest ing but least known Embassy ir Washington is that of Nazi Ger many, which for approximately three years has gone it's own way practically ostracized, almost iso- lated, watching it's country drift nearer and nearer war with the United States-but powerless to pre- vent it.
 It is important to note, and may be indicative of real public opin- ion inside Germany, that recent envoys to the United States, and even part of the German Embassy today, have not been particularly sympathetic with Hitler.
 The blue blooded Count vor Pritwitz. Ambassador during Hoo ver's day, was busted by Hitler and now lives in seclusion in Berlin Hans Luther, who followed him was made Ambassador in Wash ington because Hitler wanted tc get him out of the Reichsbank Luther had been Chancellor anc Finance Minister in the days oi the Republic and Hitler sent hin to relative exile in the U.S.A.
 Luther was followed by pr. Ham Dieckhoff, very able diplomat who, when recalled in 1937 spent nine months trying to see Hitler to warn him the United States would not remain neutral if Ger many went to war in Europe. How ever, Foreign Minister von Ribben- trop stood in the way of this warn- ing until 1888, by which time the die was cast.
 Today, the man who runs the German Embassy, Hans Thomsen ------------------
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26
Japanese Intensive As- sauIts in Section South
 of Nation s Capital SOLDIERS, MARINES
 GO OUT OF MANILA
Nippon Attacks on LingaY- en Gulf Successfully
 Beaten Off
BY ASSOCIATED PREss)

Violent tank battles are raging southeast of Manila and Japan's invasion armies now ar ebringing very heavy pressure against the American and Filipino defense, United States Army Headquarters reported today.
 The Army's announcement re- porting heavy hostilities on both sides indicated grave turn in the situation.
 An earlier communique declared the Battle of the Philippines was going well on all fronts" An army communique at $50 D. m. tManiia time) said the Japanese were strik- ing with peak fury from the Lamon Bay beachhead 55 to 75 miles south of the capital
 Manila Is "Opcn" All American soldiers and Mar ines were removed from Manila this afternoon, dispatches said, in ac- cordance with the announcement that tho city is "open" and un- defended
 Unmcvable military stores have been destroyed. The forts in the surrounding territory will be de- tended.
 A War Department bulletin painted a brighter picture north of Manila, declaring repeated Jap anese assaults on the min Amer ican fighting line near Linggayen Gulf, 1l0 miles above Manila. have been beaten off.
 The communique said General MacArthur h s reorganized an d strengthened defense positions in the sector, while the Japanese also were reported to be reinforcing their troops heavily. Heavy artil- lery duels are in progress.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26
? PRACTICE BLACk0UT
 TOMORROW
Darkness 10 Reign for 15 Minutes When City Tests
 Air Raid Precautions

Juneau will undergo practice blackout tomorrow evening from ' o'clock to 7:15 o'clock, the Civilian Defense Board announced today.
 The Beard urged citizens to CO., operate in the test and to observe the blackout as rigidly as though it were an actual emergency
 The fire whistle signal will be used. One blast followed by two blasts.
 Home Guard units will report to their stations and maintain their patrol for the duration of the black out
 Meanwhile, the Board ompha- sized that the war situation does not permit any let-down in precau- tions. All advertising, Christmas decoration and other outside light ing should be turned eff at midnight each night and houscholders should form the habit of drawing their window shades when interior lights are burning. Arrangements for backing out windows should be made permanent so that no light will radiate to the exterior when the blackout signal sounds.
 Air Raid Shelters
 In another field of air raid pre- cautions the defense board will survey the city to locate suitable sites for air raid shelters for emer- gency use Of persons caught on the streets during blackouts or raids. Although present structures may not be bombproof, they will provide some shelters against machine guns, shrapnel and ether barrage miss,es.
 Among tentative shelters being considered are the Elks bowling alleys. the display room of the Southeast Alaska Fair Building, and the basements of the B. M Behrends Bank Building, the Twen- tieth tury Building, Alaska Electric Light X Power Company Northern Light Presbyterian Church, Baranof Hotel and the A. B. Hall.
 Owners of buildings will be con tacted to ascertain under what conditions their buildings may be used for shelters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26
MANY AXIS SOLDIERS
 CAPTURED
Heavy losses Inflicted on Gen. RommeI's 5 Forces
 in Retreat Action

CAIRO, Dec 26 - British head quarters today reported more than 13,OO0 Axis prisoners already have been moved to the rear as British troops are inflicting heavy losses on General Rommel's Nazi forces attempting a retreat near Agedabia
 Sixty miles south of Agedebia the British captured Bengasi and Cairo observers said most of the tanks in Rommel's fleeing armies already have been wiped out.
 Heavy battles marked the 340- mile sweep of Britain's desert armies across Libya.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26
GLOOMY MESSAGE K BROADCAST BY
 MARSHAL pETAIN
Declares Peace Is FariheI Off than Ever Talks
 fo Prisoners

VICHY. Dec 2G.--In a pessimis- tic message to those of his con- quered nation, Marshal Petain de- clared that peace is farther off than ever.'
 Petain said the families of France are still broken up by the Germans and many are held as prisoners of war in detention camps.
 Petain's message was addressed principally to those French pris- oners of war resulting further by extension of the outbreak of hos tilities ill the Far East between Japan and the United States and Great Britain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26
EVACUEE5 FROM
 ALA5KA REACH
 SOUTHERN PORT

SEATTLE, Dec. 26.-The second large ship bringing evacuees from Alaska points, most of them fami- lies of service men or civilian em- ployees working on defense pro- jects in the north, have arrived here, the Thirteenth Naval District announces.
 Most of the 724 evacuees brought south are women and children.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26
BENCA5| TAkENBY
 BRITISH
Chief Axis Supply Cenfer in East TripoIi Is Captured
 After 340-MiIe Sweep

LONDON, Dec 26.--Great Bri- tains desert armies have officially reported the capture of Bengasi the chief Axis supply port in East Tripoli after three 40-mile sweeps across the Libyan desert since Mo- vember Is.
 The port had been fortified by the Italians at a cost of millions of dollars. Bengasi, the provincial capital Of Libya. is the second largest city in the fast dwindling Fascist North African Empire and .ies on the gulf of Sirte.
 The German armored legions heading the flight of the Axis armies back to Tripolitania are re- ported cut off south of Bengasi
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26
GoebbeIs I TaIks fo
 Germ ms
Broadlasts 10 Nationals in Foreign Lands Makes
 Declaration

BERLIN, Dec. 26.-Nazi Propa- ganda Minister Goebbels declared in a radio broadcast that Germany will hold out until victory is won.
 Goebbels in his broadcast ad- dressed all Germans abroad ard said: You often live completely in strange not to say hostile world. It is not surprising you are not very popular outside of your own country for Germany is fighting for her vital rights.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26
ALASKA AMP THE WAR

NORTHERN FRONTIER of inc Uniied States is Alaska, next door to Asia and closer to Japan than Honolulu. She will play vital role for North American na- lions at war. To get inc facts on Alaska, Sam Jackson of the Associated Press Feature Service came north for careful survey. He gives you the full story in series starting MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, in The Empire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26
10 ATTACK JAPANESE,
 OFFENSIVE
Allied Powers Lining Up Plan, Australian 0f-
 fi(iaI Indicates

SYDNEY, Dec. 26 Australia s Prime Minister John Curtin hinted today that momentous counter measures are underway by the Unit ed States and Great Britain as well as other Allied powers to reverse the Japanese offensive in the Pa cific.
 Curtin said he cannot disclose the precise form of the new Allied movement. that is already launched, but declared he is greatly encour- aged by growing endorsements.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26
CHUNGkING RAID BEATEN OFF
 BY U. S. AIRMEN

LONDON, Dec. 26. A radio broadcast from Singapore, picked up here. declares that American fliers fighting for the Chinese forces, drove off 61 Japanese planes attempting to bomb Chungking.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26
DESTR0YER OF
 JAPAN SPELLED,
 SUNK BY DUTCH

BATAVIA, Dec. 26.-The news agency Aneta says Japanese de- stroyer of the 2,100-ton class has been torpedoed and sunk by a Dutch submarine which escaped depth charges sent down by an- other Japanese destroyer
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26
OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY

Dr. and Mrs. A. c. Rowland will be hosts at an open house in their home in the Twentieth Century Apartments on Sunday.
 Guests have been invited to call between the hours of and D. m.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26
ENEMY SUB SENT DOWN
 OFF COAST
American Army Bom Der Makes Successful Attack
 on Undersea Graft

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-An American Army bomber has sunk an enemy submarine off the California coast.
 This is the official announce ment made by the War De- partment and the report was made by the Western Defense Command headed by Lieut.. Gen. John l.. Dewitt.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26
SURRENDER CONFIRMED

LONDON, Dec. 26-The British Colonial office makes an official announcement that Hongkongs re- sistance has ended. Commanders of the garrison notified the British Crown Colony Governor, Sir Mars Young, that no further effective resistance was possible.
 The garrison was hopelessly out numbered by Japanese. Twice the demand for surrender was rejected
 The island citadel of Hongkong has a population of more than l. 100000. The fall of the colony was anticipated and is a serious but not fatal blow to Great Britain's Far East defenses. Hongkong however, gives the Japanese new base of operations only 750 miles from Manila.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26

Mariupol. Sea of Azov port changed hands 2l times during the Russian civil war but was fi- nially taken by the Red forces in 1920.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26
Hongkong Surrenders To Japanese After 1f
 Days of Bloody Siege

TOKYO, Dec. 26-The Imperial Headquarters announce that the British garrison at Hongkong sur rendered at l2::55 o'clock Christmas day morning after II days of bloody siege.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-26
CRITICAL FIGHTING
 CHRISTMAS DAY

WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. The communique from the Philippines yesterday said in the critical bat tie in the Islands, Christmas morn
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