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Askov American., 1942-04-16
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edged that the blow was very heavy
one to the defense of India.

edged that the blow was very heavy
one to the defense of India.
Perhaps still more serious is
the fact that negotiations between
Sir Stafford Cripps, sent out from
London, and the leaders Of the
various political groups of India
ceased completely.
The people of India wanted indie
pendence or dominion status right
now, and Sir Stafford felt that he
could not offer anything bigger than
a promise of dominion status after
the war. The breaking down of the
conference means that "status quo"
remains, that is, that India will con-,
tinue to be governed by the British,
and that the British will have to.
shoulder the responsibility for the
defense of India. Considering the
fact that there are close to four hun
dred million people in that country,
that they are divided into about 200
language and 562 political groups,
one can readily see that the problem
ID q NCAIlS dIlO COiilNllCdICu OllS.
War in Burma.
There are plenty of reasons why the
British should worry about India, for
the war in Burma has not favored
them; the farther the British re-
treat-and they seem to be retreating
all the time now-the closer the Jap
anese get to the very borders of
India.
In this connection, the oil fields
along the Irrawaddy river are of
supreme importance, for here it
is said that about ninety per cent
of all of the oil of the Far East
is concentrated. The Japanese
are approaching those oil fields.
AS the danger to India from the
east increases, the menace from the
still distant west becomes serious
one, too, for it seems that the axis
powers have started new drive in
Libya with Egypt, the Suez canal
CONTINUED on Page -
Askov American., 1942-04-16
Matthew Bulls,
First Banker In
.County,Is Called
Was Also First Agent for
/ Eastern Minnesota Rail
way at Sandstone.

MattneW Bulls, one Oh Flne COun-
tvs oldest pioneers, passed away
Saturday in st. Joseph's hospital,
Superior, Wis. For the past two
years, he had suffered from heart
ailment, but lately had been enjoy
ing fairly good health and only few
weeks ago visited his children at
Sandstone and North Branch. Easter
Sunday he became i'll and two days
later was taken to st. Joseph's hos
pital for treatment.
Mr.. Bulls was born April 10, 1864,
on Wolfe Island, Lake Ontario, Can
ada. He was united in marriage to
Sarah E. Rennix in Superior, Wis,
on July Is, 1889, and shortly there
after settled in Sandstone, where
they made their home for more than
so years. About two years ago they
left Sandstone and went to stay with
daughter, Mrs. r. E. Harding, in
Superior, where they were living at
the time of his death.
In Hinckley Fire.
Mr.. Bulls became the first railway
agent for the Eastern Minnesota Rail-
way in the Quarry City shortly be-
fore that railroad became part of
the Great Northern system. On Sep
tember l, 1894, he and his family
went through the great Hinckley fire
and after getting running orders to
Superior for the No. 8 passenger
train on the Eastern Minnesota, he
and his family, together with others,
were rescued from the Kettle river
After the fire danger had passed
Mr.. Bulls returned to Sandstone
where he held his job until 1902
when he and Fred L. Dennie organ
lied the Quarryman's State Bank as
the first bank in Pine county. He
served the institution as cashier until
1915.
The deceased had served as men,
ber of the school board for six years,
during which time the large stone
school was remodeled and rebuilt. He
was treasurer in the township of
Sandstone for II years and a was
a member of the village council sew
eral years; four years as recorder
and was also one of the trustees
In larger political field, Mr.. Bulls
had the honor of serving as county
commissioner from 1910 to 1914.
Widow Survives.
He leaves to mourn his loss his
beloved wife and seven children, Mrs
Albert Johnson and Mrs. Arthur Mar
tin, both of Sandstone; Mrs. Raymond
Harding and Mrs. A. E. Forstrom
both of Superior; Mrs. Millard NJ
Garrison of Washington, D. c.; Elmer
Bulls of Minneapolis, and Adrian
Bulls of North Branch; three broth
ers, John j. Bulls of st. Paul, Joseph
Bulls of Emerson, Manitoba, Canada
Thad Bulls of Rio Hondo, Texas, and
a sister, Gertrude Bulls of Emerson
Canada; seven grandchildren, Gayle
Sandra and Deedree Bulls, Marilyn
and Audrey Forstrom, Millard Gar
rison III, and Betty Lou Martin.
Funeral services were held at the
Downs Funeral Home in Superior
Wis, Tuesday morning at 1890, Rev
Allen R. .Fredine officiating, after
which services were held at the Con-
gregational church at Sandstone al
2:30 p. m., Rev. Glenn r. Albro Of
ficiating. Pallbearers were Alex
Kelly, John Forstrom, DR.. H. P
Dredge, Joseph H. Klein, G. K. Fey
ma and James Tyre. Interment was
made in Spring Hill cemetery.
Askov American., 1942-04-16
By GEORG STRANDVOLD

One of the blacklist disasters in
the history of the United States took
place last week when American and
Filipino troops were forced by over
whelming Japanese bombers, guns
and soldiers to stop fighting on the
Philippine peninsula of Bataan. It
seems that about $500 men were
killed, wounded or taken prisoner, and
that only about $500 succeeded in es-
Gaping to the fortified island of Cor
regidor, still held by General Jonathan
Wainwright's brave but diminutive
garrison. It's no use trying to en-
bellish the fact of the defeat in this
case-it seems to have been complete
and absolute, but at the same time
it served to bring out in strong re-
lief some of the traditionally noblest
traits of the defenders of Bataan.
There were plenty of heroes among
them, and don't forget please, that
thousands of them were Filipinos
who fought for their own soil and
country.
We don't know yet, for reports
are meager, to what extent the
battle of Bataan has delayed
Japanese action elsewhere, but
whatever delay may have re-
suited has been so much to the
good for the forces of the United
Nations.
Now that considerable number
of Japanese troops may have been
released for other purposes, an at
tack on India looms as strong pos
sibility.
Complex Problem.
There have been warnings of such
an attack; ports on the island of
Ceylon and coast cities of India
proper have been bombed. In the
Bay of Bengal where the British
are standing guard, two modern
cruisers and one seemingly obsolete
aircraft carrier were sunk by the
Japanese, and it is generally acknowl-
Askov American., 1942-04-16
MRS. JOHN LUNDGREN DIES

Mrs. John Lundgren, residing
northeast of Askov, died yesterday
afternoon at her home following
lingering illness with cancer. She
is survived by her husband and sew
eral step-children.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed at this writing.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02
Unde Sam, The Naive,
Gets Hard Lesson in
Diplomacy; Is Taken In

United States and Great Bri-
tain, this land laid the ground
work for the attack on Pearl
Harbor.
The opening guns were not fired
on Pearl Harbor on Sunday, De-
cember 7, 1941. They were fired
across the council table in Wash
ington in 1921 and 1922 when
Great Britain and the United
States agreed to the 5-5-3 naval
limitations and further conceded
that the United States would not
fortify anything west of Hawaii,
nor the British anything east of
Singapore. In return Japan was
to keep its fingers off the thou
sands of inundated islands and
possessions it controlled (mostly
as a gift" following World War
u from Honolulu TO the Malay
Peninsula.
Japan had no intention then Of
abiding by that treaty. Within a
few years. 1t was referring to
those islands as Its second navy,
the only difference being that the
islands were ANCHORED ships OF
war.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02
Red Armies
Continuing
Nazi Smash
New Soviet Triumphs Are
Reported, Especially
from Moscow Front

MOSCOW, Jan. 2. - Russia S
armies are today reported smashing
at the German held town of MOI
haisk, one of the last great threats
on Moscow after Hitler has rualed
to the front in an attempt to halt
the retreating and battered inva-
sion forces.
Mozhaisk is 81 miles west of
Moscow.
New Soviet triumphs are an
nounced by the Red Army Com
mand, especially the recapture of
Starista, important rail center on
the Volga River, 1875 miles north
west of Moscow, and Kaluga, ITO
miles southwest of Moscow.
The fall of Starista, marking a
Red Army sweep OF As miles south
west of Kalinin, has now placed
the Russians only 80 miles north
OF the Volga River port OF Rev.
key rail town.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02
BARDIA IS
RE(ApTURED
BY BRITISH
Over 1000 Axis Soldiers
Taken Prisoners-1, 900
Britishers Are Freed

CAIRO, Jan. 2.-On the North
African front, the British head
quarters announce the recapture OF
Bardia. the long besieged Axis
stronghold near the Libyan-E gyp-
tan frontier
Bardia was recaptured along
with more than 1000 German and
Italian soldiers and in addition
1000 British soldiers held there
who have been liberated
The bulk of Gen, Rommels' re-
treating armies are still fighting
in the Agedabia zone, 80 miles
south of Bengasi but because OF
bad weather conditions, there is
little change in the situation.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02
new AIR RAID
WHISTLE Will
GET TRY-0UT
Trial Blasts Of Alarm De.
vice Not 10 Be Signal
for BIdekout

Juneau's new air raid alarm
whistle will be given its first
try-Outs late this evening or
tomorrow, 1t was announced to-
day by Defense Chief Frank
MetcaIf.
The whistle has just been in
stalled in the tower of the fire
hall, MetcaIf said, and the
trial blasts will be merely to
test carrying power Of its sound
and to acquaint the residents
of the Gastineau Channel area
with the tone Of the alarm.
The trials will not be sig
nal for black0uts, Metcalf
stressed. At the same time, he
urged all citizens TO listen for
the whistle blasts, so they will
recognize the sound when the
whistle is used to signal either
practice hlack0uts or real
emergencies in the future.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02
HITLER ON ]
DASH TRIP,
RU55FR0N1
Will Attempt to Stop Re-
treating Armies Follow ]
ing Big Soviet Victory I

5 LONDON, jan 2.--Well informed
sources in Stockholm report that
Hitler has been flown 10. the. Mos:
COW front TO take personal cen-'
mand of the rctreating armies.
Hitler is expected, according 10
the Stockholm sources, report Of
which has been received here, to
try to direct successful digging
in of his forces.
1t is claimed Hitler rushed to
the front after decisive Russian
victory at Caluga over the large
tank army and possibly 250,OO0 men
in six army corps.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02
,,lmond Urges
Plane Bases
In AIeuiians
Delegate Suggests Kom-
andorsky Islands Be
Leased from Soviefs

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-Imme-
date strengthening of the strate-
gic Aleutian Islands, potential Pa
cific ramparts of the rich Terri
tory of Alaska as a concentration
area for planes, more planes ami
lots of planes" was urged by Dele
gate Anthony j. Dimond today.
The Delegate expressed the opin-
ion in an interview following the
Navy Departments disclosure ear
lier in the week that Japanese
vessels are suspected of being in
the vicinity of Kodiak"
Delegate Dimond declared the
northwest corner of the continent
needs plenty of all types OF planes
and as many naval vessels as can
be spared to give protection against
air attacks until we catch up with
and sink any Japanese operating
in those waters"
Delegate Dimond contended that
any Japanese offensive dlrecteo
against Alaska necessarily must
start in the Aleutians and sug-
gested also that an attempt be
made by this government to lease
Russia's Komandorsky Island, both
in self protection and for a closer
base for aerial operations against
Japan.
Delegate Dimond said it was like
~ the Japanese have a detailed
knowledge of the coastlines, har-
bors and terrain of potential fly
ing, fields in the A.eutians because
they have been accommodating infor-,
nation over a period OF years
while operating fishing and seal
ing vessels in nearby waters.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02
American, Filipino Forces
Battle Invaders in Grim
Last Ditch Stand
NIpp0NS SLASH AT
FLEEING BAY FORCES
Navy Department Also An.
nounCes that Base at
Cavite Is Evacuated
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS,

(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Japanese troops have occu-
pied Manila, the War Depart
ment announces, as American
and Filipino forces outside of
the Philippine Capital City bat
tied the invaders in a grim
last ditch stand.
The War Department said
the advance elements Of the
Mikado's invasion hordcs en-
tered Manila at pm. Manila
time or 10 pm. Pacific Stan
dard time Thursday.
LOSS NOT SERIOUS
The official statement Of the
War Department says the loss
Of Manila, while serious, has
not lessencd the resistance 10
the Japanese attackers"
simultaneously with the War
Departments announcement, an
official Tokyo broadcast as
serted. that part Of Gen. Mac
Arthur's forces attempting 70
cross Manila Bay 10 the CORR
sidor Island fortress. have been
cut Off and other American and
Filipino troops on Batan PEN
Ursula, north Of Corregidor
Fortress, have also been cut
off.
SLASHING ON BAY
The japanese broadcast as
serts mat Nippon forces are
slash.ng at the American fore
es moving across Manila Bay.
The fall Of Manila came two
days after the deadIine that
the Japanese set. the Nippon
boast being that Manila would
be taken before New Years
Day.
CAVITE EVACUATED
The Navy Department also
announces that the naval base
at Cavite, 10 miles from Ma
Mia, was evacuated before the
Japanese entered Manila. All
equipment and stores were re-
moved prior to the withdrawal
Of forces from the submarine
base and Navy yard.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02
Some War
Industries
May Move
Parts Of Sea(oast Plants 10
Be Taken 10 Interior
Says Roosevelt

WASHINGTON, JAM q Presi-
dent Roosevelt disclosed this after
noon that the question of moving
airplane and other war industries
from vulnerable sea coast points,
to the interior, is receiving new
consideration.
The President told the newsmen
that it will be impossible to move
a whole plant from one locality to
another, but certain divisions of a
factory, however, he said, might
be moved back from seacoasts at q
moments notice.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Jan. g. Closing
quotation Of American Can today
is SO, Anaconda 1914, Bethlehem
Steel 66M, Commonwealth an d
Southern 7/30, Curtiss Wright SIS
International Harvester 47h, Ken
necott 37A. New York Central g.
Northern Pacific So, Unite d
States Steel ssh, Pound $404.
DOW, JONES AVERAGES
The following are today's Dow
Jones averages: industrials HIATT
utilities 1872, rails 1886.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02

AIDDUT(H
IN DEFEN5I
American Forces Disclosed
10 Be Cooperating with
Netherlands Navy

BATAVIA, Jan. 2.-Units of ting
United States fleet have joined tho
Dutch Navy in the defense Of the
widespread East Indies archipelaa
go, it was learned today.
The official disclosure came In 4
communique from the Dutch, VIVID
reported zone warship belonging "a
the American forces. cooperatina
with the Netherlands Navy ID
these regions" attacked Japanese
planes on the northern part o.
the island without suffering seri-
GUS damage.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02

WASHINGTON = secretary
Knox's report on the Pearl Harbor
disaster followed by the Presidents
prompt steps to investigate and re-
move those in command, did much
to allay public alarm and indigna-
ton. The President and Knox won
commentator by their acts.
However, the record of the be-
hind the-scenes events leading up
to these moves, discloses that some
plain talking congressional prod
ding had something to do with in
spring them.
Inside fact is that the threat of
a bare-fisted congressional probe
spurred executive action. Until
they heard threatening talk of a
congressional investigation, tn c
President and his Secretary of the
Navy had sat tightly on the Pearl
Harbor lid.
The story of this very significant
undercover tug-o-war begins on
Tuesday, December 8, the day after
the formal declaration of war
against Japan. With the White
House and Navy Department MAIN
tanning an iron-handed censorship
the Capital was rife with all sorts
of disturbing reports of U. S. losses
at Pearl Harbor The Senate Naval
Affairs Committee considered the
situation so serious that it held
a secret meeting to consider
whether to take the extraordinary
step OF urging the President to re-
lieye public anxiety by making a
frank report in his broadcast that
night.
An exchange of views among the
committee members disclosed they
were practically unanimous that
this should be done. and that either
Chairman David /. Walsh of Mass
achusetts or a delegation should call
at the White House.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02
BLIZZARD
SWEEPING
MIDWEST
Heavy Snowfall Clogs
Highways emperaiure
Skids Below Zero

CHICAGO. ILL.,, Jan. "A New
Year blizzard swept the Midwest.
piling a record one-day snowfall
as much as 16 inches and clogging
highways.
The blizzard also skiddcd tenn
peratures below zero.
The States hardest hit by the
blizzard are Iowa. Wisconsin. I'LL
nois. Minnesota and the Dakotas.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02
CITY COUNCIL
MEETS TONIGHT

The first session of the Juneau
City Council in 1912 is scheduled
to get underway at pm. today in
the City Hall, it was announced
today.
Routine business will be taken up,
Mayor Harry I. Lucas said, and
declared that no special matter OF
business has been scheduled to come
before the city fathers.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02
ChipperfieIds Return
To Petersburg Home

Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Chipperfield
of Petersburg, who were the house
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Homer w.
Jewels during the holiday season,
left for their home today.
Chipperfield, district ranger for
the Forest Service, and Mrs. Chip
perfield are former Juneau resi-
dents.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02
WAvELL MAY
LEAD FORCES
In PACIFIC

CANBERRA, Jan q The Aus
tralian Associated Press today said
it had learned authoritatively that
General Wavell, British command
er of India and Burma, will be
placed in command of the land, sea
and air forces of the Pacific.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02
HEMP
iMANIlAl
BY JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. - Tbs
United States is VIGOROUSLY bad at
diplomacy. We have had our diplo-
matte knuckles whanged at nearly
every international council table
since the first of the nineteenth
century. We have been hood,
winked, badgered, backslapped, side :
stepped and out-talked by more
nations than you could wave a
switch at land it was only when
we substituted "big stick for
that switch that we ever got list
ened to at alb.
But never in the history OF
American diplomacy have we
ever been taken like Japan took
us in those hours before and dur
ing the opening of the war in the
Pacific.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02
RETURNS TO CAMPUS

Claud Helgesen, sophomore at
the University of Washington,
sailed south yesterday to resume
his studies. He is majoring in en-
cheering.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02

Tahiti exports normally each year
$4,000 tons of PHOSPHORUS, useful
in the making Of smoke screens,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02

Japans attempted rape OF east
ern Asia in the last ten years Is
too well known to need repeating,
but 1t all fits into the background
of those tense days which finally
brought suave, smiling, outwarcly
friendly Saburo Kurusu here to
work with Ambassador Kichisaburo
Nomura for peace in the Pacific.
No words can explain how
completely the United States
was taken in by this subter-
Continued on Page Three
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02

To go back hundred years or
so. the United States first took
cognizance OF the far Pacific III
1883 when it signed It's first far
eastern treaty with Siam. Twen-
ty years later, Commodore Perry
hammered on the doors OF Nip
pom and opened them to western
civilization. II he hadn't, Japan
might still be the ingrown toenail
of the Pacific, subject to the same
decay that afflicts all civilizations
whose doors are barred against
the ideas and ideals OF world
progress.
Japan unfortunately absorbed
quickly. Ambition lowered in
the Land Of Fac Rising Sun,
and so rapidly that within a
little more than SO years, at
the council table with the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02
GILLETTE DIssENTs

However, there was one vigorous
dissenter conscientious Senator
Guy Gillette of Iowa.
Gillette is no isolationist. He had
opposed involvement in the Europ-
can war; but after Congress voted
approval of the Presidents de-
tense and foreign policies, Gillette
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02

The age group is to 10 years now
contains more persons than any
other Swear age period, according
to 1910 census figures.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-02
AID ON WAY TO
BRITISH MALAYA

SINGAPORE, Jan. O. - General
Pownall. British Commander Of the
Far East, today declared that con-
siderable help is on the way 70
British Malaga, where it Is intend
ed to fight for every inch of
ground down the peninsula.
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-02-05
WOODFIELD

Mr.. and Mrs. George Pope had
with them for dinner Sunday, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Pope, Mrs. Leslie
Ward and her family, William
Young of Gaithersburg; Miss Doris
Moore and William Bogley of Lay
louisville.
Dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer Green were Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles King, Mr.. and Mrs. Harri-
son King and daughter. Other
callers during the afternoon in
Guided Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Helm
buck and their daughter, of Falls
Church, Va.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Burns on Saturday evening were
Mr.. and Mrs. George Pope and
family, Miss Doris Ward and Will
liam Bogley.
The Women's Society of the
Christian Service of Woodfeld
Church met in the hall Wednesday
evening, with Mrs. James Hawkins,
Mrs. j. Bradley Hawkins and Mrs.
Elgie Hawkins as hostesses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow Ward and
son were dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elwood Beall in their new
apartment, near Laytonsville,
Sunday.
Mrs. Mollie Ward entertained at
dinner Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. Cram
well King, Mr.. and Mrs. Ellsworth
King and son, Mr.. James Hawkins.
Mrs. John Ifert mad with her
for lunch Wednesday, Mrs. James
Hawkins, Mrs. Thomas Grimes and
her daughter, and Mrs. Albert
Grimes and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Burdette had
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Grimes as
dinner guests on Sunday.