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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21
Military Observers Think Axis Forces Cut Off .
 from Each Other
UNITED NATIONS IN
 CONTROL OF FIGHT
Hitler Is Rushing Airborne Achievements but Baf-
 iIe Continues Fdvordbly
tBy Associated Press)

American and British troops, scoring a five-mile advance in one direction, pitched into the Ger mans outer defenses at Bizerte and Tunis, as Flying Fortresses rained deadly punishment on the enemy.
 The Nazis are hemmed in along 3o-mile- wide coastal strip there, and military observers estimate that the whole of North Africa is now in the hands of the Allies with the exception of this one strip. Marshal Erwin Rommel's fleeing and depleted force is thought unable to mae stand even at Tripoli.
 Cut Off Troops .as A NaA broadcast which. quoted, If Allied sources in Spanish Morocco os-i this morning said that, the, Allied [, forces have reached the area of Hammamet, 40 miles southeast of Tunis on the Gulf of GabAs. nI's E If this was confirmed it would ! mean that the, Allies ,have pinnedS the Axis into this small corner on the northeast Tunisian coast. cut ting off the route of retreat to Italian Tripolitania.
 It would also mean that the two main Axis forces in Tunisia and Libya are completely split, so that RommelS troops cannot reach the forces in Tunisia.
 The Algiers radio said that French troops have beaten off new German attempts to land on the coast below Tunis and cap tured some of the Nazis.
 Rushing Achievements
 Germany reports say that Hitler is rushing stream of airborne endorsements, including tanks, across the Mediterranean. t,
 One Allied vanguard is reported to have driyen to point 25 miles southeast of Tunis. s
 The battle is raging over; the ancient battlefield of the Cartha- ginian Empire. nt
 Italian headquarters asserted that the battle is developing on the Tunisian and Algerian border, about 50 miles west of the scene described in Allied dispatches.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21
BENGA5I I5
 OCCUPIED BY
 EIGHTH ARMY.

CAIRO, Nov 2l.-The British Eighth Army occupied the Libyan. port and former Axis stronghold of Bengasi yesterday, joint British headquarters and Royal Air Force communique said today.
 Forward troops of the Army are now moving forward to cut across the Libyan hump to contact the remnants of Rommel's shattered forces in the neighborhood of Age- dabia
 Allied planes, due to bad weather, are unable to operate successfully against the Axis, columns, but bombers attacked airdromes on the Island of Sicily.
 A vessel of about 1000 tons was also reported bombed near there and left sinking.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21
U. }. CHIEF IN MIDDLE EAST,
 NEAR. DEATH
Bomber Commander Nar- rowIy Misses Being Shot
 Down by Axis Planes

CAIRO, Nov. 21.-Brig. Gen. Pat rick Timberlake, Chief of the U. s. Army Air Force bomber com mand in the Middle East, narrowly missed being shot down by Axis fighters yesterday when he was re- turning from one of the longest bombing flights of the war
 More than TO bullet, cannon and shell holes were counted in the plane in which he was passenger and two crewmen were injured
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21
HUNTING PARTY BACK
 FROM SIx-DAY TRIP
 TO MUD BAY DISTRICT

After a six-day hunting trip in the vicinity of Mud Bay, a party made up of pr. c. c. Garter, Charles Goldstein and Robert Henning re- turned Wednesday of this week re- porting successful bag of ducks and game. A ste 5
 The party made the trip on the Arden. Capt, Olaf Larson, and was hung up by weather for. a couple of days early this week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21
AXIS SUPPLY SHIPS SAID
 TO BE SUNK
British Admiralty Reports Attacking of Two De-
 stroYers ,Tankers

LONDON, Nov. 21-Three Brit ish submarines are reported to have sunk an Axis destroyer, a tanker, and probably a second de- stroyer and another supply ship in the Mediterranean, the Admir- alty announced today.
 The report said that the tanker sunk was an Aegean supply ship, one of a convoy of three shi p S attacked in the same area.
 The destroyers were hit off the Sicilian coast.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21
Buffer May
 Be Raiioned
 This Year
Ten Percent Cut in Con
 sumption tor Civil 2 a rvjapSlPPIanlneed n q

,a WASHINGTON, sNov. '2f. 4 To keep Johnny doughboy from being fed dry bread while far away, folks soon may have to spread but ter thin or use substitutes.
 Forty percent of the nations cold storage supply has been set aside for the use of fighting men and the lend lease program under War Production Board orders.
 The Agriculture Department of ficials asserted the present pro- duction is not meeting the market needs
 A WIPE order is planned to cut consumption of individuals about 10 percent or about two pounds a year
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21
ATTA(kONaf ~ D0RI0T E
 REPORTED

LONDON, Nov 21.-The London Daily Express, in dispatch dated from the French frontier, today quoted Paris reports that a crowd armed with bludgeons attacked Jacques Doriot and his bodyguard as they left a meeting of Doriots Popular Party.
 The reports said that Doriot, who is pro-Nazi editor, was taken to the hospital with four broken ribs and might lose the sight of his left eye
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21
UNMATCHED BOOM

SANTA BAABARA, Calf --BuSi- ness IS red hot, practically blazing, in the West Coast match industry.
 c. w. zuren, a field representa- tive, explained one reason why bus mess boomed since Pearl Harbor.
 More men are smoking pipes. They require more matches than cigars or cigarettes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21
WILLIE PEP IS FEATHER
 CHAMP NOW

NEW YORK, Nov. 2l Willie Pep, former bootblack from Hart ford, Connecticut, outpointed Chal- ky Wright in IS rounds to take the featherweight championship be- fore a roaring crowd last night.
 Both weighed in at l25- ..t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21
JOE J. MEHERIN AND MRS. MEHERIN LEAVE
 SUNDAY FOR SOUTH

J. J. Meherin, prominent business man and representative of Hills Brothers coffee and other well known lines in Alaska, will leave tomorrow for Seattle to be away for short time on business. Mrs. Meherin is accompanying her hus- band on the trip.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21
HAVE CRAB FEED

Following the business session of the Moose Legion last night, a crab feed was enjoyed by the large turnout of members.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21

Travel by passenger autos in l940 was about seven times the mile age of all other means of trans portation combined.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21

verely burned, is seriously ill
 but the burns are not thought
 to be fatal.
 SITKA, Alaska, Nov. 2l.-tSpec- ial Correspondence = Fire gutted the l00-year-old log Sitka Inn building on Lincoln Street owned by Sam Sing at 9:15 o'clock last night. The hotel was operated by Sing and the dining room on the lower floor was operated by Mrs. Grace Darlin and her daughter, Betty.
 Explosion of an oil stove started the fire which burned for three hours before it was controlled by the local fire department, aided by the Navy and Army personnel and equipment.
 Casualties
 George w. Moore, who was car- ried from the flaming building, died from burns and effects of smoke while Dorothy Buckner, waitress, who was taken from her room on the second floor by means of a ladder to the window, was severely burned and is not expect ed to recover.
 Other casualties of the second, disastrous fire to occur in Sitka this month were Ray Peters, walos was slightly burned, z and Eyal Schwartz, waitress, who broke her ankle when she junpad off the porch with two cash boxes
 It is hoped that stores in the attic and canned goods may be saved.
 The building is one of the most historical in Sitka and during it's 100 years, many famous people, both Russian and American, were sheltered under it's roof
 Located on the principal street Of the town, the building was To- cated nearly directly across the street from the Mills Building which, with the Ganty Building next door, was destroyed by fire on the night of November 5.
 US. MARSHAL'S REPORT
 Two people died as the result of the Sitka fire, Dorothy Buckner and George w. Moore, according to a wire received by the US. Mar shal's office in Juneau from Depu- ty US. Marshal Kenneth Samp- son, of Sitka.
 Miss Buckner died from burns received while Moore's death was caused by suffocation, his wire stated. He said the fire apparently was started by Miss Buckner smok- ing in bed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21

Whales are the largest animals known to have lived on earth, ex- ceeding in size the prehistoric dinosaurs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21
90. AFRICA aAu MINISTER
 IS DEAD

CAPETOWN, Nov. 21. - General J. B. M. Hertzog. 76, Prime Min- ister in South Africa at the out break of the war, died last night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21

Ancient people imprisoned fire flies in coconut shells to furnish light.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Nov. 21. Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock at today's short session of the New York Stock Exchange is 3A, American Can 7las, Anaconda 26, Bethlehem Steel 567s. Common wealth and Southern 9l30, Curtiss Wright 8A. International Harves- ter 54%, Kennecott 297s. New York Central ll1s, Northern Pacific 79s United States Steel 48$,, Pound $4.04
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21
PRICES FRIDAY

Closing quotation of Alaska Ju- neau mine stock Friday was 3, American Can 7lh, Anaconda 26A Bethlehem Steel 57, Commonwealth and Southern 5i16, Curtiss Wright 89s, International Harvester 54B, Kennecott 29%, New York Central IFS, Northern Pacific 7A. United States Steel 48as, Pound $404.
 The Dow, Jones averages Friday were as follows: industrials ll5.27, rails 27.93, utilities 1898
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21
DOW, JONES AVERAGES

The following are today's Dow Jones averages: industrials ll5.38, rails 27.95, utilities 1896.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21

BUY DEFENSE BONDS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21
J. s. Going To Wipe Out Jap Solomon Bases
Siika Building Quilted
 By Fire; One Man Dies,
 Woman Severely Burned

BULLETIN - Sitka, Alaska, Nov. 21.--Dorothy Buckner, 28, died at 6:30 o'clock this morn- ing at the Pioneers Home. Leonard Mcfarland, also se- verely burned, is seriously ill but the burns are not thought to be fatal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-21

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29

Dresses for around the clock fes,ivitie,-eoekta d
ner and dance frocks Rayon Crepes, Gabardines, S
WOODEN Jerseys, Flannes Nets, Crspy Tafetas, Oh
fons Marquisettes Baby Pastel, Whites, and Bla.
JHsisr.Mss Sket-KiisST-Sixfb RI
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29
USO Plans
New Years
Eve Party
BY JOAN DEAN
WITHERELL STREET +,

WITHERELL STREET Will
be rocking from the foundation
of its pavement come Thursday
evening, when the YWCA opens
wide its doors for the biggest
USO-sponsored New Years Eve
party in town.
Five hundred Servicemen and
quite as many girls are expected
a real houSeful. So the
committee of Servicemen and
USO hostesses. led by Mrs.
Vienna Isley, YWCA-USO activ-
tiles director, are buster than a
bunch of headIess chickens.
THEY'RE STAGING the party
on four floors 10 give everybody
breathing space. The first floor
lounge will be given over 10 ping
pong and card games, for the
benefit of the non-dancing crew
The second floor auditorium
will be the ballroom, with soft
lights, a SWING band and a back
ground ofwhite Christmas trees.
Then the gym, up on four, will
be turned into a gay nineties
cabaret. where every one will
dance TO q juke box, sit and
sip at red-checkered tablecloths
and clap down rip-roaring
floor show sometime during the
old-year-out, new-year-in cele-
bration.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29

of 1913, with golden crown and
Sceptre.
She will lead the Grand March
in her queenly attire. escorted
by the pulchritudinous gentle
men, while the confetti and
paper streamers snow down.
Don't blame the lads for get
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29

ting excited about the party. do
you? After all, il can't fail to be
fun. And the girls win be all
dressed up in their fanciest for
mails, the way servicemen like
10 see them dressed. We're en-
listing in the marines just 10
get invited.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29

ABOUT j A. NJ. in l943 the
party will adjourn 10 the sixth
floor for a supper-breakfast
fancy cakes and cold meats and
all things pertaining TO ban
quet.
Under the present lineup OF
plans, Father Time himself is
on the guest list, grand march
comes off at the stroke of mid
night and no end of other stunts
will pop up throughout the eve
ming.
For instance, there's to be a
jitterbug contest in the cabaret
and awarding of door prizes, one
of which is a long distance tele-
phone call for some lonely sol
der, sailor or marine.
THE OUTSTANDING event
of the evening is a beauty con-
test, 10 select the best-looking
sailor and soldier as well as the
prettiest hostess. Winner of the
latter title becomes Miss Hostess
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29
Elsie Robinson
Elsie Robinson
It's Sabotage to Mu+ter
Complaints Against Country

SHE'S A boteur. She
doesn't know II. Shed be- furious
II any one minated that she
was one.
So would her friends. They've
watched her doing Good Deeds
all her life. Since girlhood. she
has belonged 10 every Important
.ric Committee. backed every
hefit wi h her magnificent
Aergy and enthusiasm. She has
become an Authority And yet
She's Saboteur as surely as
any imported Axis spy. Daily
she betrays her country and
lowers il morale as surely as II
she poured emery into its
motors or delivered subverSive
manuscripts.
Serted Long Ago
no, she doesn't do it-obviouSly
! doubt If she even does il con-
sGiously.
IL started so long ago that she
has forgotten its beginnings. She
wasn't a pretty or a popular girl
though she longed with child
ish desperation TO be both. More
than anything, she wanted
power. She wanted TO be
leader. And presently she found
a way.
She started belittling.
And suddenly. surprisingly.
she found that there were many
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29
Initiates Her Ego

Gently. intimately, 10 the
chosen few, She deplores the Adj
ministration's mistakes.
Sorrowfully but forgivingly
she speaks of the waste and
blunders. Lifts a limiting eye
brow that indicates depths Of
tragic knowledge. And. with
each dolorous murmur. initiates
her own ego-and debates her
country's pride and power.
All because
All because she gains by the
vicious act of belittling a power
she could never gain by loyalty
or faith.
No. she isn't unusual. There
are thousands like her-men and
women-in this country. Thou
sands of soured, disappointed
little people who have discovered
they can comfort their personal
Illustration by belittling some
one else.
THEY II F
GREATEST MENACE WHICH
THIS NATION FACES TO-DAY.
Then us Sabotage
That does not mean that
America must not be criticized.
There are blunders. There is
waste. There is stupidity-aS
there is among all people. II is
not sabotage TO speak of these
things openly -- TO protest
honestly against them. *
But is Is sabotage to whisper
and mutter and murmur 10
undermine our public morale.
II you're not great enough 10
understand and forgive and
serve, then there's just one thing
for you to do in these dire days
Keep your mouth shut.
Don't be a saboteur.
Copyright, 1912, BY KinE Features 81
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29

people-weak. embittered people
~ who responded 10 the Down
Beat.
People who weren't strong
enough 10 think for themselves
or brave enough 10 meet the
common challenges OF life but
who were immensely stimulated
by criticiZing other more power
full and popular people.
She didn't realize II was a
negative power "a destructive
power. She only knew that she
had found o m thing which
eliminated her own loneliness
and sense of infeTiority.
1t was many years ago when
she made the discovery. She is
a woman of so now. She has a
voice in every civic movement.
II has be- com Q suave and
sophisticated voice. She is SEEM
ingly speaking for the govern
nent. But subtly and suavely,
she IL pouring the emery into
the motors.
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80
Tbis Price II Very ExesbfiesaI fer
Cssfs Of Such Msxsifiesses a. Tbsssl

Shining through the cold-the matches, blazing
beauty of choice silver foxes-heaped high with
lavish hand fine fabrics Coats that are as
enduring their fashion-ngbtne as in their furs
Csst Sbob-KIiss's-Fsnyfk Ffssr
Evening star., 1942-01-17

In making the picture with Gary
Cooper in the title role, Jesse L.
Lasky was that rare producer who
realizes the tremendous dramatic
force Of the utterly simple state
ment. He had a real hero, not a
synthetic or flctional one, and he
stuck to the heros story. 1t makes
more than a superior movie, for in
the films terse. human, honest
mountain idiom there Is a match
lessly eloquent statement Of the
American ideal and what Ameri-
cans do about 1t.
+
"Sergt. York" is not war picture.
1t Is the story of a mountain man,
the forces that formed him and the
folk from whom he came and those
with whom he lived. It is an honest
story. as honest as the soil-sprung
people In 1t. No effort is made to
Sanctify its hero. It Is admitted
frankly that he started young man
hood as a roistering. hard-drinking.
straight-shooting fellow who looked
upon religion with an Indifferent
eye. The brawling, the drinking and
the roguery were part Of his love
for life and good education for
what 1t was to bring him later. It
Is characteristic of the man that he
would not allow the film to be made
with deletions Of such material
Evening star., 1942-01-17

ing lines with . quick study. He
has one Of the best memories in the
business. Rita Hayworth says she
thinks best when comfortable, 80
she takes the script to bed with her
Warren William. the screens
lone wolf," along with Fred Mac
Murray and John Payne probably
have the poorest memories in town.
All three blow" often. william has
mastered . technique Of pretending
to ponder some intricate riddle while
catching upon his dialog.
There's one chap who has no trou-
BILE. That's Cliff Nazarro, ace of
double-talkers. He never says the
same thing twice. w. c. Fields
thinks Of the sense Of q scene, then
uses his own words. This drives
other actors crazy. particularly those
like Rosaind Russell, who remem-
Der by cue words.
Singers seem to be q race apart
when It comes to imprinting lines
on their memory. Bing Crosby, for
instance. sings his dialog in order
to learn 1t. Nelso Eddy does the
same thing.
Bill Elliott, the cowboy star, is
another lucky fellow. He claims to
have uttered the line, which way
did they go?" more than 125 times
during his screen career.
But the best study" Hollywood
Evening star., 1942-01-17

movie acCOTS 90 everything Dull Ceof
out their hair In frantic efforts to
get those little speeches down pat.
There are more methods for COM
mitting dialog to memory than
Thurston has Of removing rabbits
from q hat.
There's Joan Bennett, for in
stance, who goes over her lines with
household servants. In . recent
movie, Joan had to learn to speak
with q cockney accent. And every
body from the upstairs maid to her
personal secretary had to listen
and like 1t.
Brian Donlevy reported at Co.
lurbia for his first days work on
Trinidad" carrying . bag full Of
phonograph records. He has .
home recording device into which
he speaks all Of his lines in . pic
ture. He brings the records to the
studio and plays them time and
again in his dressing room between
scenes.
AS for Robert Benchley, he admits
he has no difnculty learning a script.
His trouble, he says, is remembering
his ad Lbs.
Because she was q secretary be-
fore becoming an actress, Kay
Francis translates her lines into
shorthand, claiming the outlines Of
words are more indelibly impressed
on her memory.
Several stars, Joan Crawford and
Marlene Dietrich among them,
stand before mirrors while they
memorize. They think this gives
them added confidence.
Daisy. the canine star, has the
easiest job Of all. He chats right
Just watches the fingers Of his boss,
Rennie Renfro and speaks" accord
ingly.
Paul Muni. who has delivered
more long speeches than any other
actor, recites to his wife until far
into the night. Paul married q
fine dramatic coach and . patient
listener.
Charlie Mccarthy has q cinch,
but that doesn't keep him from
blistering Edgar Bergen If that
worthy makes q mistake.
Probably John Barrymore has the
best recipe for all fretful screen
actors. He hires q man to carry
around q blackboard. on which are
imprinted the Barrymore lines.
Without his blackboard and faithful
servant John might have to 90 back
Evening star., 1942-01-17

The element OF comedy runs
strongly through "Sergt York" 1t
Is natural, unstrained humor and
the fact that considerably more
than half the Aim is laid in the
valley of the Three Forks Of the
Wolf gives splendid opportunity for
its development. The struggle for
existence may be grim, but the
struggling hill people are not. There
is Joy in their hymn singing, in
their meetings in the crossroads
store OF Pastor Pile, in their tur-
key shoots, in the directness OF
their courtship. Sergt. York was
fellow to find it in all various forms
between his dawn-to-dusk bouts
with q thin soil mountain slope
from which he farmed a living.
These passages OF the nlm are its
most refreshing and the most dra-
matically varied. They show hero
in the making and with such ex-
cellent effect that there Is never a
dull moment on the way to the
superclimax which the sergeant
wrote for the f1lm on October 8. 1918.
in the battle Of the Meuse-Argonne.
The fascination Of the script
writer's for the life Of the mountain
people Is communicated throughout
the film in as simple and musical
speech as ever came from a sound
track. Every single incident which
they utilize, however, always Is di-
rected toward revealing the man
who is central character in 1t. Even
one who did not know his story
could not fail to sense the latent
greatness In Sergt. York. 1t was
in his battle to overcome his objec-
tions to religion, his shy. fumbling
effort to court Oracle Williams. his
later struggle to overcome the re-
tigious scruples which made him
seek to avoid the draft ~ . consci-
entious objector. e.. r-H
All these combine to make Sergt
York the fellow who could pull of
the fabulous feat of single-handedly
knocking out huge hunk Of the
German Army.
That climatic accomplishment. In
cidentally, Il photographed as
thing possible OF human accomplish
ment-in itself an almost incredible
feat In the light Of Hollywood's past
performance.
Yorks story and Lasky's picture
not to mention audiences-profit
enormously from the obvious relish
Of the superb cast Yor their un-
usual jobs. Cooper, in another one
Of those natural American roles,
never was better. Superb, too. are
Margaret Wycherley as Mother
York, 4 woman of meager speech
and deeply placed feeling; young
Joan Leslie as the shy. elfin Oracle
Williams; Walter Brennan as Pas
tor Pile, the devout, wise old store
keeper; George Tobias as the Bronx
subway guard who became York's
admiring pal in the A. z. r, =
hilariously comic figure In the later
passages OF the fllm.
Many others contribute bright bits
which help make "Sergt. York" .
superb piece Of screen entertainment
as well as tho most memorable
geographic film Hollywood has
achieved.
It is . must" An absolute
"Yn1,cf
Evening star., 1942-01-17
At the Trans.Lux

The newsreel cameras have been
looking over the rubber situation
and the report on it is to be found
now on the new bill at the Trans
Lux. There's also an outline by
Donald Nelson of the plans Of the
new war board he heads. And
several other items of exciting news
are on the program. including q
rather melodramatic bit Of spy
catching by the F. B. I.
Headlining the shorts program, H
v. Kaltenborn, in "Kaltenborn
Edits the News" supplies his answer
to the query, why Is Ireland Neu-
tral?" And there's another In the
weekly series featuring Tex Nc
Crary, plus the Information
Please" release In which Boris Kar-
loff appears as guest expert.