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Nogales international., 1942-04-24
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WALTER FIGUERAS TELLS
OF SERVICE IN ALASKA
A Service Feature for Service Men

Walter Figueras who has served
several months at Fort Raymond,
Alaska, has written his family the
following interesting facts about
service in the northern territory, as
reported by his father, Joe w. FL
gueraS, Sr.:
Alaska lives up to it's reputation
for being cold but the toys in the
army there have plenty of warm
clothing and substantial food. Wal
ter mentions using water melted
from glacier for washing purposes.
The young Figueras could hardly
believe his eyes when he ran into
Willie Joffroy, also from Nogales,
at Fort Raymond.
Air mail takes about IA days to
travel between Nogales and Fort
Raymond which is near Seward, one
of the largest towns In Alaska.
Walter first saw E;Skim0s on the
trip northward but now they are
common sight, far outnunberfng the
Americans.
During the winter considerable
portion of Seward was destroyed by
fire and Walter says the entire
settlement would have gone up in
smoke except for timely assistance
given by the soldiers.
Fishing in Alaska is somewhat
different from the same sport in
Arizona. Walter and his con1pan-
ions had to cut holes in the ice anc
caught fish with spears instead OF
hooks.
| The elder Figueras also has anoth
er son, Joe w. Figueras. Jr., in TIM
army with 4O4 Squadron, Technica
School, Sheppard Field. Texas. Joe
Jr., worked for several years. with
the North American Aviation Com
pany In California. He describes hi
present station as the hottest, dusti.
est hole in Texas but on the frs
day he went out TO drill, they hat
to call it quits on account Of rain.
Nogales international., 1942-04-24
NJ. EscaIada
To Get
Diploma April 29

Manuel Ecsalada, who entered the
Army in january, will graduate
from the air corps school at Fort
Logan, Colo, April %, he advised
his brother, Louis Escalada, this
week.
with my diploma will receive
an envelope telling me where I'm to
go from Fort Logan" he wrote. and
added that he hopes to come home
en- a ten-day furlough.
Manuel, this week, sent his moth
er, Mrs. Domitila Escalada. two pic
lures showing him in an army uni
form.
Nogales international., 1942-04-24
SEEN Ad HEARD
-oA "
THE MAIN DRAG

Julio Pima, Jr., wearing pansy
In his coat lapel. 1t was plucked
from his bed of pansies at his home
on Marsh Heights-planted in Oc-
tober and in bloom since latter part
Of January.
Nogales international., 1942-04-24

Pulice Judge e. l.. Chalfant filming
two negroes $50 each for threatening
to carve up a Mexican Chalfant
told 'em they'd be doing good
thing for America if they would use
knives on jap ssoldiers the next
time they're in the cutting frame
Of mind.
Nogales international., 1942-04-24

Ralph Woodhouse.. now at Camp
Roberts. California, sending rush
order to the Nogales International
to start this paper to him "at once"
SO he can get the news from home.
Nogales international., 1942-04-24

Army officer, recently assigned to
Fort Huachuca, coming here to find
a house for wife, small daughter
and wife's mother, all from Ver-
mont said they couldn't find a
thing in Tombstone, Bisbee or Doug
las and If they hadn't been success
full here would have tried Tucson
. . house shortage here, too, acute
. but may ease up some as soon
as school closes next month for
summer vacation most army
folks want furnished houses.
Nogales international., 1942-04-24

Jay Allen, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Guillermo Yescas Altamirano,
Fort Bliss.
Albert Alvarez, army air corps,
New Jersey.
Candelario Anaya, Panama.
Joe Anderson, Navy, San Diego.
Roy Ralph Arman, Fort Bliss.
Louis willard Arman, Fort Bliss.
Teodosa Escouar Alday.
Edward Arzate.
Alex 3. Arvixu, Panama.
Arnando AriaS, machine gun
troop cf 9Th Cavalry. Fort Bliss. Ei
PaSo.
Joe Arino, Panama.
Richmond Bailey.
Pierre Baffert, i11terceptDr con-
troll Of air corps at Boston, Mass.
Jesus Urbina Barron, Fort Bliss.
Roberto u. Barron.
Henry Bazurto, cavalry at Fl.
Bliss. Ell Paso.
Raymond G. BaZurtO. Arkansas.
Alfredo S. Bejarano, Panama.
Eddie Bejarano, Paine Field,
Washington.
Marvel Bennett, Panama.
Manuel A. Bejarano, Balboa,
Canal Zone, Panama
Josiah Bond, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Arthur Borne, group commander,
Civil Air Patrol, washington, DC.
Captain w. L. Bristol, Camp
Chorrera, Balboa, Panama Canal
Zone.
Harold 7. Brown, Jr.. first lieu
tenant 7th Cavalry, Ft. Bliss; El
Paso.
Harold j. Brown, Sr.. Marines,
San Diego.
Lloyd Brown, Camp Roberts,
Calf.
Nelson Brown, air base, Tucson.
Louis Burke Bark1ey.
Oscar Richmond Bridges.
Sylvester Butler.
Cesar Cagigas, Fort Bliss, Texas
| Edmundo F. Cagigas.
Juan Canez.
Raymond Lockney Cannon.
! Enrique Cardenas.
Edward Carrillo, Panama.
Franklin Carter, Abilene, Texas.
| Louis D. CasteIIano, Kelly Field
Texas.
Manuel C. Castillo, Ft. Bliss,
Texas.
Roberto Castillo, Fort Bliss, Tex
Daniel Castro, Navy, San Diego.
william F. Chenoweth, ground
crew of air corps, Sheppard Field,
Texas.
Edward L. Contrares, Panama.
Alfonso Ruiz Gotta.
Robert Cox, Fort Bliss.
WOODROW Wilson Dalton, air corps
Las Vegas, Nevada.
Don Damn, Camp Polk, Louisiana
Fred Davidson, Lowry Field, Den
yer.
Andy Davis, Camp Roberts, Calf
Oscar Delgado, Panama.
Edward c. Diorio, Camp Crowder
Mo.
Sgt. Wilbur S. Duggie, air corps
Merced, California.
Frank E. Dojaquez.
Rhoul Severe Eames.
| Douglas M. Edgell, Fort Sill
Okla.
Willis D. Edgell, air corps, Hanlil-
ton Field, California.
Roscoe Egan Camp Roberts, Cali
| fornia.
Eddie Edwards, Panama.
| Johnston Elliott, Seattle.
Manuel Escalada, Denver, Colo.
Alexandra Molina Espinoza.
Jack Chapman Evenhart.
Comelio Espinosa Gortarez, Fort
BLISS, 1GXdS.
Ventura Estrella, Fort Bliss, Tex.
| Charles Fain. Camp Roberts,
California.
Don Farrell, Camp Barkley, Texas
Davis Farrior, US. Navy, some
where at sea.
Dolores Feliz Figueroa.
Manuel Felix, Panama.
Hector Fernandez, Panama.
Jose L. Figueroa.
| Joe w. Figueras, ski division, U.
S. Army, somewhere in Rocky
Mountains.
Walter Figueras, Fort Raymond,
Alaska.
Alexandra c. Figueroa.
Daniel Gurrol FimbreS
Luis F1eischer Tucson.
Valatine Grijalva Flores.
Frank F. Flores, Panama.
Jose Flores, Panama.
F1orentino FonteS, Panama.
Lieut.. Robert #. FRAZIER, instruc-
tor in aviation corps, Brady, Texas.
Ernest Franzen, coast guard
Alaska.
Nogales international., 1942-04-24
PAGE FOUR

VerSity.
Manuel S. Orozco.
Tony de la OsSa, Fort Bliss, Ell
Paso.
Carlos de la Ossa, air corps, New
Orleans.
Hubert Merryweather, signal corps
Of air base at Tucson.
Manuel Portillo, Fort Bliss.
Hector. Paez, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Amanda Parada, Panama
George Parker, Jr., Fort Bliss, Ell
Paso.
Alexander Panas.
Carl B. Phillips.
Joe Pyeatt. Camp Roberts, Calf
Ernest Patton, Panama.
John o. Patton, Panama.
Steven o. Patton. Panama.
Francisco Pegueros, New Orleans.
Robert A. pesQueira, Panama.
Carlos o. Peters. Panama.
Pablo Portelo, Fort Bliss. Texas.
Lewis Price, Panama.
Lewis Price, Jr., beIieved to be in
Australia.
Gonza&O Ptlci1i, Jr., Fort Bliss.
Texas.
Col Marshall Quesennerry, Phil
ippines.
Raymond Rada. Fort Bliss, Texas.
Alex Ramirez. Panama.
Henry Ramirez, air corps, New
York.
Walter Ramirez, Chanute Field,
Illinois
Frank Arthur Reed.
Major Harry N. Renshaw, Ecua-
dor South America.
Ysmael C.. Renteria.
1St Lieut.. Eugene r. Richards,
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indians.
Woodrow Wilson Richards.
Fred Ritter, Jr.
Oscar Roberts, Washington, DC.
Jose S. Rivera, Jr.
Frank Reed, Camp Roberts, Calf.
1tOOCHU ~. 1b41Cy1 1OIA1 SOuAOAdA1ds
Arturo L. Rob1es, Panama.
Enrique Rohles, Panama.
Raul l.. Rodriguez, Panama.
Manuel Romero Sinohui, Fort
Bliss, Texas.
Louie Smith, air corps, Fort
Bliss.
Captain Sumner Taylor, Dutch
Hanhor, Alaska.
Seigfred Swanson, reported to be
in Iceland
Edwin Swanson, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Carlos Villa Salcido.
Eligio Valdez Salcido.
Eugene Siddell.
William Proctor.
Jose n. Sinohui.
Ramon Salazar.
Luis Smith. >.
A1gene Saxon, Navy, San Diego.
Arturo Sotelo, Fort Bliss.
Jesus Sotomayor, army ONO,
California.
EIdI1C1oOO 0cNI1I, d1AdiALd.
Dick Serino, Panama.
Stephen Simpson, medical detach-
ment 25th Infantry, Helena, Mont.
Ernest c. Soto, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Oscar Sote, Denver. Radio man
on air corps bomber.
Gilbert Soto, Marines at San
Diego.
Charles S. Stough, Panama.
Ramon Saenz, Panama.
1St Lieut.. T. H. Shannon, Fort
Monroe, Va.
Pedro Silva, Panama.
Antonio D. Sinohui Panama.
Angel D. Solo, Fort Bliss, Texas.
James Sproule, Panama.
Manuel Tapia, Fort Bliss. Texas
Jack Titcomb, air corps, Dallas,
Texas
Edward Thompson, Hickam Field.
Honolulu.
Daniel Thornton.
Javier Alvarez Tostado, Army
Jose M. Trujlllo.
Mateo M Tapia, PanamS.
Jack Taylor, Philippine Islands.
Ralph Telles, brother of Mrs.
Benny Lowe, now in field ar
tillery at Camp Lewis. Washington.
Lieut.. Rodolfo Teyechea, Balboa.
Canal Zone.
Jaime Teyechea, Panama.
Jack Tidwell, 14th Cavalry at
SaSabe, Ariz.
William Tidwell Ft Knox, KY.
William H. Todd, Panama.
Miguel Trujillo, Panama.
Cadet John l. Underwood, air
corps, Chickasha. Okla.
William S. Underwood, air corps,
Pendleton, Oregon.
Jose Urena, Panama
Jose Urquides, Panama.
Moses Valdez, Panama.
Nogales international., 1942-04-24

Vicente Gonzalez, Panama.
Gilbert Gonzales, Panama.
John Lopez Gonzalez, Camp Ro-
berts, Calf.
Jay j. Goodman, Panama.
Rafael Go1rdin. Fort Bliss, Texas.
Luis Gourdin, Camp woiters.
Texas.
Armando Guerrero. staff sergeant,
Iceland.
Rudy Guerrero. Fort Worth, Tex.
Lieut.. Thomas r. Griffin, Coron-
ado, California
Carlos 3. Gutierrez. Fort Bliss.
Frank Son Hail, air corps. Scott
Field, Illinois.
Louis Hall, Fort Bliss.
Harry Hambleton, Raj, Egypt.
Charles L. fBink) Hardy, Orange
Calf.
Jack Hardy, Canal Zone, Panama.
Charles w. Harmon.
James w. Hitler, Jr.
Frank Holler, Fort Bliss.
Lieut.. Gaynor Hathaway, tank
Lieut.. Gregory Hathaway, San
Antonio, Texas.
corps, Louisiana.
Captain Howard Hathaway, in
veterinary corps of cavalry, Phoe-
nix, Arizona.
Jose l.. Hernandez, Panama.
Jose G. Hernandez, Panama.
Jose r. Hernandez, Panama.
Manuel c. Hernandez, Panama.
Richard Ellis Howard.
Jose Castillo HeTedia.
Robert 4. Holbrook. First Lieu
tenant, Air Corps, Albuquerque.
Walter Holbrook, Fort Bliss.
Dick Hoover Camp Roberts,
Calf.
Herbert D. Hoover, Panama.
Manuel Humberte Ramirez, air
corps, New York.
Aviation Cadet Charles Edward
Hunter, Advanced Flying School,
Albuquerque Air Base.
Eddie Itule, Midland, Texas.
Jimmy Itule, Camp Roberts,
Calf.
James Buchanan JelkeS.
Felix Joseph Johnson, Camp
Cooke, Calf.
Willie Joffroy, Fort Raymond,
Alaska.
Carlos A. Jury, Panama.
Tom Kearney, California.
Alex Kerson, Navy.
Russell Leatherman, RCAF, Scot
land.
Charles Burt Leonard, Fort Bliss
Roberto R. Leyva, Panama.
Lloyd r. Logan, air corps, Scott
Field, III.
Robert Logan, Panama.
Carlos de J. Lopez, army air base,
Santa Ana, Calf.
Manuel T. Lopez, Panama
Roberto Lopez, Camp Callan, San
Diego.
Juan Joe Lopez.
Timoteo Lopez Leon.
Frank M. Lopez.
Richard Lowe, Florence, Ariz.
Francisco Lucero
Hector Larriva Hawaiian Islands.
Raul Lopez, Ft. Bliss. Texas.
George F. Macdonald, Infantry,
District Rctg. & Ind. Officer,
Phoenix.
Buford Jess Martin.
Edwardo r. Martinez, Panama.
Benjamin Fernandez Matiella.
Gilbert Mcdonald, Camp Blandon,
Florida.
Kenneth G. Mcdonald.
Eriberto L. Miranda, Panama.
Ramon Miranda, Panama.
Alexandra Morales. Panama.
FREDERICK Arviso Martinez.
Jose Felix Martinez
Herbert j. McCutchan, Camp
Roberts, Calf.
Pablo R. Medina.
Stanley Mercer, Army.
Eugenio B. Miranda.
Joseph L. Miller.
Dionicio Castro Morales.
Edward Lopez Montoya.
Ricardo Montij0
Frank Bennett Moson, Fort Bliss,
Texas.
Charles P. Moss.
Roberto Munoz.
Salvador Munoz, Denver.
Pvt. Frank c. Mabante, Denver,
Colo.
Lieut.. Harrison Mangun, Aus
tralia.
Paul c. Macgregor, Fort Leonard
Wood, Mo.
Emilio Marian, Panama.
Eddie E. Marian, Panama.
Lewis Mccormick, Camp Roberts,
California.
Nogales international., 1942-04-24

Jimmy Robins lining up registrars
to register men of IS to 65 Monday
for fourth draft most persons
contacted willing to help but
some assumed attitude Of ''let
George do it,
Nogales international., 1942-04-24
4 "a N m "a n M M M M A N M M M M N IN N
in OUR COUNTRY'S SERVICE

(FOIOWng partial list Of Santa Cruz County
in active duty branch of the military service of
United States. Names of others similarly
added to the list week.
Nogales international., 1942-04-24

Kelly Harmon keeping it q secret
from his wife that he was getting IN
flying time at the Nogales Interna-
tional Airport to renew his solo Ii
cense his wife keeping it
secret that she knew all about his
going up in the air.
Nogales international., 1942-04-24

G. D. Cummings of Patagonia say
ing he has enough good tires left to
carry on a lively political campaign.
Nogales international., 1942-04-24
AHHH! The
Ole Home Town
Paper Looks
Good!

Many of us have a son, brother, i,
a husband, a sweetheart or a
friend at one of the Army camps.
Chances are he's kind of lone
some for some news about the
''gOings on back home, and
there isn't a better way to let
him in on them than by sending
him a copy of The NOgales Inter-
national each week.
Arrange for a subscription for
him today $3.50 g year, $1.5O
six months, $1.0O four months
sent anywhere in the world
except axis countries.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-11
UPRISING
 INEUR0pE
 INDICATED
Nations In. crease Talk of Second
 Front = Reprisdls
(By Associated Press)

Second Front talk increased to- day in Europe's conquered Nations as Nazi firing squads took nearly 100 more lives as the Germans clamped down by ruthless measures to prevent an uprising in event of the Allied invasion in Europe.
 Ninety-three Frenchmen were executed in Paris and at least six Czechs in old Czechoslovakia, the latter on charges of high treason in favoring the enemy"
 France seethed with bitter un- rest.
 Roundabout reports from Vichy said Pro-German Premier Laval has called for police and troop re- Inducements to protect the hated Vichy regime against a runlvrrd coup d'etat.
 Simultaneously, the Dutch News Agency Aneta quotes Swiss reports that the Germans have seized 200 more Dutch hostages to be held responsible with their lives for con- duct cf the Netherlands people in event of a British invasion of Hol- land"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-11
DR.. ELLIS pA55E50N,
 kET(HIkAN
Prominent Surgeon of AL dska, Formerly of Ju-
 nedu, Dies Suddenly

KETCHIKAN. Alaska, Aug. H. Dr. R. V. Ellis, 53, died here at his home as the result of an attack of the heart.
 The death of Dr. Ellis removes one of Alaska's prominent surgeons who practiced in Ketchikan for g years after a few years as mines doctor in Juneau.
 Dr. Ellis was Past President cf the Territorial Board of Medical Examiners, fellow of the Ameri- can College of Surgeons. He had been in charge of the Public Health Service in Alaska from 1924 to 1856. He was a Thirty Third Degree Ma son.
 Survivors include the widow and sons, Robert and John in Ketc,n- kan and Vinton now in the states. A brother Hiram is now visiting the mother in Salem. Oreson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-11

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond, ip a speech in the House, called for a First Front in the Aleutians and immediate eviction of the Japan csc from Alaskan territory.
 Delegate Dimond said: T suggest this as part of wisdom to bring to that front ample forces to win a victory there on our first fight ing front before we undertake the prodigious effort necessary to set up and establish and carry forward second battle front some thous- ands of miles away from our shores in another continent.
 "A First Front the Territory of Alaska demands immediate at tention."
 Delegate Dimond said possession by the Japs of Alaskan territory gives them access to the North American Continent.
 Drive Foe Out Here
 "It is just as important to drive the foe out of the Alaska terri tory as to keep the same enemy from occupying any part of that continent some 1000 miles away" said the Delegate.
 The Alaska Delegate said the United States has not yet provided enough power to drive the enemy out and added: Whatever forces are necessary should be used to drive the Japs out of the Aleutia ls and send them reeling back at least as far as the Islands that have been traditionally theirs. It will be still better to mass a full scale force against them and take over their base on Paramushiro Island and thus give some sort of guarantee against finding the Japanese eventually in Boring
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-11
British Troops Armed with { Machine Guns Give Aid 10 Police CASUALTIES MOUNT
 IN BOMBAY RI0TING
Dread Communal Conflicts Between Hindus and
 MosIem Now Feared

BOMBAY, India, Aug. ll.-Brit- ish troops, some armed with mach inc guns. came to the aid tf police today as thirteen more persons were killed and 30 injured in ten instances in which gunfira was used to break up mobs participant ing in Mohandas K. Ghandi'T Civil Disobedience campaign
 The toll of casualties since the outbreak began Sunday is thus brought to 28 dead and more than 200 injured in Bombay alone.
 Disorders and mill stoppages are spreading wider over India and in- dications are that the dreaded Communal rioting between the Hindus and Moslems might break out. \ H#
 The Bombay Government an- nounces that troops have partici- pated in firing on mobs and also marched in formation with the police through various disturbed sections.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-11
Senate Investigators
 Scheduled 10 Arrive
 In Alaska Wednesday

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Four members of the Senate Military Af- fairs Subcommittee who will in- vestigate Alaskan defenses left Spokane yesterday by plane on the first leg of their hop to Fairbanks
 They are expected to arrive at Fairbanks tomorrow and will be the guests of Maj. Gen. Simon B. Buck ner, Commander of the Alaska De- fense Command at Fort Richardson
 The party. including Senators AL bert B. Chandler of Kentucky, Ru- fus c. Holman of New Mexico, Har- old H. Burton of Ohio and Mon c. Wallgren of Washington. was ex- pected to stay last night in Edmon- ton and take-off for Fairbanks today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-11
U. S. Pliers Bomb Hankow
 0bjettives

CHUNGKING, Aug. 11.-Fighter- escorted American bombers made a low altitude attack in the Hankow vicinity and bombed newly con- structed warehouses and other ob- jectives yesterday, It. Gen. Joseph Stilwelrs headquarters announced in todays bulletin.
 The dispatch said that there was no anti-aircraft fire and no air opposition.
 "Incendiary as well as high ex- plosive bombs were dropped and ! number of hits were scored on the town and newly constructed ware houses. At least two large fires were started" the communique said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-11
WARFARE IS
 CARRIED TO
 JAP FORCES
American Forces Battling in Solomon Islands
 losses Reported

WASHINGTON, Aug. II. - De- laye0 0--Admiral Ernest J. King an- nounced that American forces have landed in the southeastern Solo, mon Islands for the purpose of driving out the Japanese perman- ently and occupying this strategic area in the southern Pacific.
 The announcement was made with statement which said heavy fighting is still in progress"
 Amercan units engaged so far. have at least one cruiser sunk, two cruisers, two destroyers and one transport damaged. Informa- ton as to damage inflicted on the enemy is incomplete. King reported, but includes "a large number of planes as well as surface units put out of action.
 Gives Statement
 The statement follows:
 offensive operations by United States Naval and other forces. looking to the occupation of the islands in the Tulagi area in tLe southeasterly Solomon Islands, have now been underway for about four days. Operations are under the immediate command of Admiral Ghormley. under the general con- trol Of Admiral Chester Nimitz.
 Certain forces under Gen. Doug las MacArthur are cooperating in the objective of current operations to expel the Japanese from the Tu- lagi area to make use of that area for our own purposes.
 Continued on Page Three)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-11

WASHINGTON = Much as we may hate to admit it, any candid appraisal of the war must recOg- nize that the Second Front today instead of being in France, Belgium or Holland, actually is off the Vir- ginia Capes.
 It stretches just few miles off our coast from New York and the oil-stained Jersey beach resorts to Cape Hatteras, Miami, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean - where hundreds of ships have been sunk in the greatest marine graveyard in history. Along this Second Front one part of our Navy is held frozen" thus preventing it's participation in the conveying of troops and supplies to Britain And along that front so many ner- chant ships have been sunk that the problem of sending an Am erican army to England is doubled and quadrupled.
 Thus, we cannot escape the fact that up to now-and even though the shipping losses have been re- duced a bit-Hitler has successfully prevented us from establishing our Second Front in Europe by estab- fishing his second front at ou: front door.
 It is to get at the root of these submarine disasters, and try to help remove Hitler's Second Front from our own coastal waters that these articles are written.
 First let it be said that though the Navy has made plenty of mis- takes, it faces thousands of miles of coast line, deep water and a tougher job than the British. Also it faces a problem which few peo- pie realize--the expert espionage information supplied to Nazi sub
 tCOntinued on Page FOur)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-11
viehy Says Fighting Is h. side StaIingrdd's De-
 fense Zones ENEMY ONLY 300
 MILES FROM BAKU
Invaders Are Scattering Through Foothills of
 Mountain Division
(By Associated Press)

Tank-led German troops are re- ported imperilling the Red Fleets Black Sea Naval base of Novorls- sisk and Tuapse deep on the west ern coast of the Caucasus, while in the north of Russia, a Vichy broadcast asserted that fighting is in progress within Stalingrad's de- fenSe zone.
 The broadcast said that indica- tions are that the Germans Will shortly launch general assault on the great Volga River industrial city.
 Another Vichy report. declared that NaA columns are striking through the mire halfway down the Caucasus on the road to the vast Baku oil fields and are advancing on Mozdok and Ordzhonikidze.
 Mozdok lies about 380 miles northwest of Baku and 70 miles above the important Grozny oil center. Ordzhonikidze is 50 miles southwest of Mozdok and lies in
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-11
Nazis Are Penetrating Far Into Caucas
Firsf Front in Alaska Demanded by Dimond;;
 IsMore Important fhan
 Second Front in Europe

Strait. just 54 miles from the main- land of Alaska.
 Strategic Consideration
 This view ought to be in accord with high strategic considerations because it is in harmony with the plain concepts of common sense. .
 Delegate Dimond said the latest offical information indicated the Japanese still hold possession of Attu, Agattu and Kiska islands in the Aleutians with 10000 men and a substantial Air Force. Unofficial estimates, the Delegate added, placed the number of Japs in the Aleutians however at 25,000 men. The Delegate said he believes the Japs have already built an airfied on Kiska Island.
 Delegate Dimond sad the latest Navy Department information is unable to give any positive assur- ance as to whether the Japs have occupied the Pribilof Islands.
 Big Rally Demanded
 Delegate Dimond called for a rally of unified command of all our forces in Alaska and said a recent announcement of such a command in the Aleutians was ad- mirable but only sone of those half measures, that might give false confidence without really remedy ing the evil aimed at.
 Citing the location of the Aleu- tians on the Great Circle Route, Delegate Dimond said this route is the shortest between Seattle. the U. s. mainland, and Yokohama and he added: Tt must be obvious that Alaska and it's Aleutians are the most vital and strategic area in this war between the United States and Japan"