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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-06-12
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BATTLING
GERMANS
Tanks Are Locked in Bitter
Fiqht with Armored En-
envy, Tobruk Sector

CAIRO, June 12-British tanks
are locked in bitter battle with
German armored forces about 80
miles southeast of Tobruk in an
effort to block the drive of three
strong columns.
These columns turned northeast
ward toward Tobruk after forcing
the Free French out of Bir-Hach-
elm, the southern anchor OF the
British line, at Harmat, six miles
south of the desert track and the
crossing at Knights Bridge around
which has centered much battling
of the German offensive and the
general scene of the present en-
gagement.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-06-12
TIGERS In
FIGHT FOR
CHINA NOW
American Volunteer Group
from Burma Road
Aiding Allies

CHUNGKING, June l2-Amerl-
can Flying Tigers have entered the
battle of China proper, it was an
nounced today, with the report that
these veteran American Volunteer
Group filters of the Burma Road
have shot down half of force
of 10 Jap planes over Kweilin in
Kwangsi province.
The Chinese conceded in the dis
patch the loss of Chuchsien, i'm
portant rail town and air station
in Western Chekiang, but said they
had exacted a tremendous price
from the Japs.
The communique also says an
other point behind the Jap lines in
Chekiang province has been re-
captured.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-06-12
SPOT MAP TO BE
DISPLAYED HERE
SHOWS SHELTERS

A large spot map, showing the
location of all air raid shelters
First Aid stations, casualty stations
and civilian defense districts in the
CITY has been prepared by Frank
A. Metcalf, Civ Engineer, and will
be placed on display today in the
window of the Juneau-Young Hard
ware.
All residents are urged to &C
quaint themselves with this mar
and thereby secure information that
will enable them to protect them
selves in the event of an air raic
on Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-06-12
MAYOR ISSUES
PROCLAMATION
FOR FLAG DAY
Residents Urged 10 Display
EmbIems : Attend
Program

Mayor Harry l. Lucas today
issued the following proclamation,
calling Juneau residents attention
to Flag Day on Sunday, June IA:
For many years it has been the
American custom to set aside June
IA in honor of the Flag, the en-
blem of the United States of
America, adopted 165 years ago on
June IA, 1777 by the Continental
Congress.
To-day we are fighting, along
with other democratic nations, to
free the peoples of this earth from
one of the most ruthless and saw
age enemies the world has seen.
We are fighting to preserve the
principles that the American Flag
represents. And we are not fight
ing alone.
For these reasons, it is fitting
that on Sunday, June IA, 1912, we
honor not only our own Flag, but
the flags of all of the United Ma
lions who are fighting with us n
this conflict. 1t is also fitting at
this time that on this day we eX-
press our devotion to the courageous
Alaskan mothers, many of whom
are sending out their sons to do
battle with the enemy.
Now, therefore, I, Harry I. Lucas,
Mayor of the City of Juneau, do
hereby ask that on Flag Day, June
ID, 1912, the people of Juneau hon
or our Flag, and those of United
Nations, by displaying these en-
blems in front of their homes, bust
ness houses and on the streets
And I further urge that al
people of Juneau express their pat
riotic devotion to the principles
for which our Flag stands by at
tending the Flag Day program In
the Juneau Elks' Hall at 2 pm. Of,
that day.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-06-12
Pact Stresses Help on Bal
tIefieId as Well as
Supplies
INCLUDES POSTWAR
ASSISTANCE CLAUSE
China, Britain, America,
USSR, 10 Make
Better World

WASHINGTON. June IL The
United States and Russia, once
poles apart in most questions af-
fecting human welfare, have pro-
claimed themselves as close part
ners in two momentous undertake
ings.
First is the urgent task of Gre
ating a second front in Europe IN
1912" and second is the enormous
task of preparing for IA better
world hereafter"
Sign Agreement
The disclosure that v. M. Molo-
tov, Russia's Secretary of Foreign
Affairs. has been in Washington
and reached fun understandings"
with President Roosevelt and his
advisers in the creation Of Sec
ond front in Europe came stimuli
taneously with the announcement
from London that England and
Russia have signed a 20-Year Mu-
tual Assistance Pact.
A few hours later, Maxim Litvin-
off, Soviet Ambassador to WASH
ington, and Secretary of State Cor
dell Hull signed a mutual aid agree
ment wiping the dollar sign oil
United States aid to Russia and
pledging both countries to a CO.
operative effort with Britain, China
and other like-minded countries TO
create a better world hereafter"
Like Lend-Lease
The agreement signed by Lftvin-
off and Hull is in all essential
respects similar to the Lend-Lease
agreements already concluded be-
tween the U. s., Britain and China,
but goes beyond these in emphasize
ing the Importance of assistance
contributed to the battlefield as
compared to assistance in the form
of money, ships, tanks, planes and
of vital raw materials.
The new agreement emphasizes
the determination that the precise
terms OF settlement will be deferred
until the extent of defense aid is
known" and specifies that the aid
rendered by the United States and
Russia be taken in full account.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-06-12
ALASKA WAR
COUNCIL IS
ESTABLISHED
Gov. Gruening Is Named
Chairman : Created
by President

WASHINGTON, June 12-Presi-
dent Roosevelt, by an Executive Or
der, has created an Alaska Wal
Council which will be primarily a
civilian defense agency with Gov
Ernest Gruening as chairman.
The council is directed to main
tain close liaison with military au-
thorities so that the conduct oi
Federal and civil activities will be
the closest possible in conforming
to military requirements" and, to
make recommendations on the
safety and security of the civilian
population of Alaska"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-06-12
Tanker, Destroyer, Carrier
Only u. 5. Losses
Men Saved
IS JAP SHIPS ON
NAVY REPORT LIST
Review Of Fight Says IS
Enemy Vessels Destroy
ed, Others Damaged

WASHINGTON, June IL - The
Navy today officially announced the
loss of the aircraft carrier Lexing-
ton as a result of the battle OF
Coral Sea, which prevented the
Japs from either invading or iso-
lating Australia.
The loss was disclosed in con-
nection with an official review OF
the Nays part in the entire Cor
al Sea Campaign, starting March
10 in New Guinea and running
through May 8, when enemy air
craft inflicted such damage on the
Lexington that several hours Later
she exploded and sank.
Loss of Life Small
The loss of life was relatively
light and the Navy said that about
90 percent of the personnel was
rescued.
The review showed that the Cor
al Sea campaign ended disastrously
to the enemy 1t cost the Japs
more than Is ships sunk, two prob
ably sunk and 20 damaged.
The only American losses were
the Lexington, the tanker Neosho
and the destroyer Sims. A large
part of the personnel of the Ne
osho and Sims was rescued ano
reached port, as previously an
nounced.
Jap Losses
AS against these losses, the Navy
announced that the Japs suffered
the sinking of one aircraft carrier
three heavy cruisers, one light
cruiser, two destroyers, several
transports, and small supply YES
sells. One cruiser, one destroyer
were damaged and probably sunk
and a total of more than 20 ships
including another aircraft carrier
three cruisers, two aircaft tend
es and three destroyers, were dam
aged.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-06-12

AS for the filters, they are easily
explainable and may almost entirely
be attributed to the fact that this is
election year, with third of the
Senate and all of the House having
to face the voters in summer pri-
maries and general election in
November.
I think most observers on the
Hill are sympathetic to the plight of
Congress. Six months after Pearl
Harbor, the congressman are facing
a legislative log jam, composed of
Yearly all the regular appropriation
bills, that all-important tax bill. the
Sc billion dollar or more War De-
partment appropriation, the WPA
appropriation. the final deficiency
appropriations bill. the small BUSH
ness relief measure, TO mention just
he outstanding. That ordinarily
would keep Congress busy for more
than regular session. yet all OF
CONTINUED on Page Five
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-06-12
FIGHTING
VIOLENT,
FRONTS

BERLIN, June l2-German forces
east of Kharkov have carried out
successful attacks with an increas-
ing volume the German Command
reports.
On the Sepastopol front. the
communicate says, attacks around
numerous defense works of the
Russians have gained ground in
stubborn fighting and repeated en-
envy counter attacks have collapsed
with heavy losses
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-06-12
Congress Is as jitiegy
AsMofker Hen Covering
Brood from Flying Hawk

fought so hard for the Baruch anti
initiation program.
These men and others have work.
ed hard, but none has emerged with
Congressional laurels that would
cause him to be pointed to as new
wartime leader on Capitol Hill.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-06-12
Draft Chief
To Tighten
Regulations
Men with Dependents May
Be Called 10 Service
Next Is indication

FORT WAYNE, Indiana, June IL
-Selective Service chief Maj. Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey predicts a gem
eral tightening of regulations gov
erning men deferred because OF de-
pendents, asserting that the frirges
of so-called dependency will be
touched soon.
Speaking at a meeting of the
Medical Society, Hershey told the
doctors they MUST expect TO De
called into the service of the armed
forces soon, but will be used only
professionally.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-06-12
British Air
Force May Be
Off 10 Turkey
German Radio Says Filters
Arrive in Ankara-No
English Word

LONDON, June l2-The German
radio reported today that British
pilots, air mechanics and engineers
have arrived in Ankara, but author
itative quarters in London refused
to comment.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-06-12
RUSSIAN CoMMUNIoUE

MOSCOW, June l2-After beat
ing off for one week of virtually
constant German onslaughts, the
defenders of Sebastopol have count
err attacked and improved some OF
their positions, Russian Army dis
patches state.
No further details are given re-
garding the Ukraine situation al
though the midnight communicate
said the Russian forces are putting
up a violent defensive fight against
the advance OF German tanks and
infantry east of Kharkov.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-06-12
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, June IL - Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is "a, American Can
68h, Anaconda 23A, Bethlehem
Steel 51a, Commonwealth and
Southern 7/30, Curtiss Wright 6, In
ternational Harvester 46A, Kenne-
colt 27h New York Central TX
Northern Pacific 5, United States
Steel 46h, Pound S4.04.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-06-12
RAY PETERMAN GOES
TO SITKA BY PLANE

Ray Peterman, Sitka contractor
left with Alaska Coastal .Airllnes
today for his home after being IN
Juneau for few days. Mr.. Peter
man returned to Alaska this week
from a business trip south.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-06-12
JOINS CPR STAFF

Miss Norma Burford, daughter Z
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Burford, has
joined the Canadian Pacific Railway
office staff as clerk for the sum-
mer months.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-06-12
LIT. r. s. HALL BREAKS
ARM IN ACCIDENT

Lieutenant r. S. Hall suffered a
painful break of his right arm in
an accident this week and is con-
fined to his quarters.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-06-12

The Navy soon will begin con-
struction on 1850 low-cost house
units for married enlisted and
civilian personnel,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-06-12
DOW. JONES AVERAGES

The following are today's Dow
Jones averages: industrials 10377
rails 23.40, utilities 1910,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-06-12

BUY DEFENSE BONDS
Evening star., 1942-11-29

she was asked to portray Gloriana
Gadabout in comedy fashion play
which was held at mother and
daughter banquet.
BY then, jamie. as she is known
to her friends, had decided to study
the characters of people. so she was
asked to portray difficult role in
the annual school play. When Stars
Shine" Her character part was
that of Lucy. the bratty sister of a
football hero. Following this, she
recited poetry for two years as a
member of the choral choir at
school. Her characters ranged from
swashbuckling pirates to Johnny
at the fair" but the one at which
she is most entertaining is still
"Snooks."
AS she grew older, jamie became
interested in linking the Bible with
her ability to impersonate. She re-
cited Psalms while studying voice
modulation. Discovering interest
ing things about people in the Bible,
she began to know literary charac-
ters as people.
Her ambition is to become, an
outstanding figure in the church, q
deaconess. To become one, she
must understand all kinds of people.
Let us hope that her hobby has
prepared her somewhat for her ca
reer as deaconess, and that, in her
later life. she will be able to advise
and help many people.
Evening star., 1942-11-29
Make Christmas Cards
With Blueing and Wax

.velopes for them With a white wax
crayon, or pointed piece of paraffin
wax, draw a Christmas design on
your cards. Any winter scene will
do, or you can just scatter snow
flakes or stars over it with the
wax.
If you're not artistic, transfer a
scene from a magazine or an old
card with carbon paper and fill it
in with the wax. You can either let
ter your greeting on with wax now
or write 1t in ink later.
When the design is completely
waxed, dip the card in a bowl of
blueing. covering the surface evenly
and thoroughly. Hold the card
while it drips by means of a pin
stuck through one corner. Finish
drying it on fiat surface, then re-
move the wax with a knife, and your
design will show white against the
dark blue background. making a dis
tinctive and original Christmas card.
And did you ever have snow
garden for Christmas? To make
one, arrange odd-shaped furnace
clinkers in a shallow dish, then
mix tablespoons Of water, two tea
spoons Of table salt, and one tea
spoon Of laundry blueing together,
and pour this over the clinkers.
In about IL hours tiny clusers of
snowlike crystals will form on the
surfaces. II the snow" isn't thick
enough. or stops growing, repeat the
solution.
Evening star., 1942-11-29

The pegs on this target stand are
difficult to ring with a rope quot
because they stand upright A
player will have to be skillful
"ring-tosser' to win
The stand is made by boring three
holes in top crossbar in which
wooden pegs are inserted. The up
right contains holes for two pegs.
Nail the upright to a wide base,
then nail the top crossbar to the
upright. Number the pegs S, 10, 20
and 25.
Make the rings from 15-inch
lengths of rope by sewing the ends
of the rope together to form a ring
5 inches in diameter. Make three
rings.
Players stand 10 feet in front of
the target and try to toss the rings
on the pegs. The score of each
player is credited with the number
of points indicated by the pegs over
which his rings have been tossed
Ten turns make game. High score
wins.
Evening star., 1942-11-29
" OrmS Had Better
Hide When These
Bows Start Work

Curious worms probably think
there is an earthquake when Merle
Grider. Is. and his 9-year-old brother
start to work. But the boys don't
worry about what the worms think.
Merle & Co." is busy earning spend
ing money.
The brothers sell the worms for
fish bait Merle writes from their
home in Starke, Fla.
I'VE first find good place and
then we take a piece of board about
IL or IA inches long. We drive the
board half way in the ground, and
then rub the top of the board with
an AK or an old car spring This
jars the ground for some distance
around and the worms crawl out"
That's just too bad for the trusting
worms, and the boys are mighty busy
for little while.
1--WE go early in the morning."
Merle explains, land sometimes get
a gallon of worms in an hour or two.
We sell them for 25 cent pint. We
can't supply the demand, especially
on Thursday afternoons and week
ends. It's not hard work and we
enjoy making our own money"
Evening star., 1942-11-29
Boy, 10, Finds Many
Ways to Help War

Francis Jarrabeck of Charlemont,
Mass, is only 10 years old, but he
certainly has been doing his share
in the war effort. Last spring he
sold garden seeds and earned 33 1-3
per cent commission for doing so.
With this money he bought chick
ems. Then he searched the nearby
farms and woods for scrap rubber
and sold it, using the proceeds to buy
feed for the chickens and putting
the surplus in War stamps.
Then, during the summer, he
picked and sold wild raspberries and
blueberries and planted a garden
and sold the vegetables. The profit
from these ventures also went into
additional feed and into stamps.
When his broilers become large
enough to sell, he takes the pro-
ceeds and buys still more feed to
keep his pullets going until they
lay enough to buy their own grain.
And all the profits go into War
stamps.
Evening star., 1942-11-29
Prize Contest

Five prizes of 81 each are
awarded in every issue of The
Junior Star for the best original
stories, articles. poems and car
toons by boys and girls of high
school age and under.
All contributions must bear
the name, age, address, tele-
phone number and school of
the author.
Written contributions must be
on one side of the paper, and,
If typewriter, double-spaced.
Drawings must be in black and
white and mailed fiat.
The editors choice of winners
will be final, and he reserves the
right to use any contribution in
whatever form he may deem
advisable, regardless of whether
1t Is awarded a prize. Checks
will be mailed to winners during
the week following publication
Of their contributions. No con-
trlbution will be returned.
Writers of stories and articles
which, in the opinion of the
editor, are of sufficient merit.
will be given cards identifying
them as reporters for The
Junior Star. The editor re-
serves the right, however, to de-
cline to issue reporters cards or
to revoke those already issued
whenever such action appears
advisable.
Address contributions to The
Junior Star, 727 Star Building,
Washington, D. C.
Evening star., 1942-11-29
BY FRANK STOTTS.

If you and your basketball coach
aren't new to each other, you won't
have to worry about impressing him
favorably when you go out for the
team. He'll have been following
your progress, and will know you
and your possibilities. But, If he's
new at your school, or if you are
going out for the team for the first
time, be careful that you don't give
him any mistaken ideas about you
when you first meet.
1t won't hurt to make yourself
known to him before the call for
candidates has been announced,
particularly if he is new and you
were on the team the year before.
But about the sureSt way to rum
your chances is to go to him and
say, for example, Il scored more
points than any one else on the
team last year" He'll find that out
without your telling him.
Report on Time.
When the call is made. report at
once and on time. After uniforms
are issued. be on the floor at the
appointed hour-With your suit on.
The coach will have the practice
period planned to the minute. and
latecomers will upset his schedule
as we'll as the coach.
When the equipment is issued, the
coach will make every effort to see
that you are properly outfitted. If
the suit given you isn't brand-neW
model don't complain to every one
within earshot. The uniforms will
have to be spread over large num-
ber of players at first. YouH get
better suit if you deserve 1t.
Never forget that the coach has
been trained thoroughly in his sport,
both in playing the game and in
teaching it. He's being paid to pass
| his knowledge on to you, and his lV-
ing depends on how we'll he does it.
If YOU have any suggestions, make
them before or after the practice
session. when he isn't so busy.
Above all, don't tell him that last
years coach used some other sys-
tenn. Each coach has to adapt his
teaching to the material at hand.
Chance Will Come.
And don't say I'm just as good as
so-and-so," if you're not playing
regularly. If the coach thought you
we're, he'd have you in the game.
Your chance will come, if you follow
instructions and work hard in prac-
| tice. Do a little more than you're
expected to, and you're bound to
| improve.
Surprising as it may sound, most
| coaches don't appreciate a player
| telling on another who is breaking
training. 1t makes you look too
much like "squealer," and may give
the coach the impression that you
are trying to get another player in
trouble so you can have more op-
portunity to play. Go to the indi-
vidual first, and talk to him. The
coach will undoubtedly find it out
i if one of his men is breaking train
! ing. both because it will be apparent
in his play and because some one
outside the team will probably tell
him. Keep the rules yourself, but
let the coach enforce them.
Hard work has never failed to
count yet. I had one student mana
ger whom I thought would always
oe a manager. But he was invaria-
bly, the first at practice and the last
to leave. He kept asking questions
about the game, and followed all
suggestions to the letter. The next
year I had to have another manager.
as this boy was on the team. And
the following year, he became the
schools outstanding player.
Evening star., 1942-11-29


Winners all, we'll heed the call,
And raise our name to fame!
Rah! Rah! Rah!
They are shaken, now We'll break
EN-.
We will do or die
Fight on for victory
And old Tech High"
Samuel Strauss, one of Techs
faculty members, is fond of ON,
Wisconsin, considering it one of
the best college songs. With this
in mind, Mrs. Thelma McAdoo,
music teacher, told her class she'd
like a new school song written to
the music of "On, Wisconsin,"
Edith and Mary lost no time, for
late the same afternoon they were
on Mary's front porch, collecting ap-
propriate words for lively tune
With pad and pencil, they dashed
off theirs: then the words were i'm
proved and arranged to rhyme, AND
by coincidence, the finished product
had alternated lines written by each
girl.
It's not strange that Mary and
Edith should compose song to-
gether, as they have other common
interests and accomplishments. They
are seldom separated, so it is fitting
that they should share the joy of
hearing the student body sing their
song. Both are II, in the eighth
semester and taking the same sub
jects. They're in the Girl Reserves,
and both first lieutenants in Techs
Girls Cadet Corps. Edith is vice
president and Mary is secretary
treasurer of the Saberettes. Mary
also sings second soprano in the
Glee Club.
The girls will graduate in Febru-
airy. Edith has written the class
song, and Mary is writing the class
poem.