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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-28

 after the snows had gone and the ground solid under the winds of spring. Again the full force of the tremendous German machine was thrown against the Russian lines. But the story much different than it had been in 1941. The lines gave in places there times when vital sections were in critical danger But Germany's gains pitt fully small when the whole of the Russian state is considered, At the rate of advance he made this summer MT Hitler will be 200 years old before all the Russian lands come under German control.
 Before the army of Berlin and its puppet states extend the vast miles of the Soviet Republic. Still far ahead lie the forbiddng heights of the Urals; beyond the Urals lies land vast that all the German holdings in Europe could be set down in one isolated corner
 But between the present German front on the west, and every inch of Russian ground, lies the power and might of millions of patriots who fight like tigers for every country lane and village street. between them too, lies the er-ncreasing line of supplies from other members of the Allied Nations If the Russians gained strength during the winter of 194l-42. they will gain during the next few months.
 And when that strength tops the Nazi legions, Mir Hitler had better find himself good deep hole into which to crawl.
 He'll need it!
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HITLER SLOWING DOWN?

We have the way Hitler has slowed down" heard how he running out of vital war materials too often for to be optimistic about speedy in vasion of Germany from French North Africa or Britain.
 We hope that such will be the case. But we aren't predicting. However the picture of Hitlers progress in Russia for several years does indicate that he is losing his punch. And we are gaining.
 study of maps showing German advances into Russia during the just past, and those made in the summer of 1941, emphasizes just how much the tempo of MT. Hitlers tune of conquest has been slowed Gains recorded in recent months only small fraction of those gained in the period during the summer of 1941. If past actions any yardstick, the Germans active campaign is closed for the winter
 While the force of the German Army still is tremendous, shown by it's 1922 record. the fact that gains have been tremendously retarded highly significant It indicates that Russia, even during the period of invasion was able to strengthen her forces; that during the present winter she will con tinue to build her defenses, both of and terials It would probable that with the com ing of another summer, her position may be such that she begin to regain territory she has lost.
 In Russia, Germany met opponent with suf- fcent power absorb the full force of Axis attack At the beginning of l94l that power well-nigh invincble It rolled ahead a front of more than 2O00 miles shatterng the frontier positions of the Soviet; shatterng the second and third lines of defense For time it appeared that the fall of Moscow itself imminent. Then winter came.
 It was during the hard, cold months of the Rus sian winter that the forces of Stan displayed re- markabe powers of resiliency. Not only was the Nazi machine stalled it was pushed back In certain spots along the line Russian defenses strength ened against the time when Hitler could attack again.
 The opening of the campaign came
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Engagement of Miss Lisette Riggs Made
 Known, Wilmington

Of interest to residents of Alaska is the announcement of the engage ment of Miss Lisette Riggs, daugh- ter of former Governor of Alaska and Mrs. Thomas Riggs, to Ensign Jeter Allen Iseley, U.S.NR., of Morristown, Tenn. The following announcement appeared in papers in Washington, DC. where tn e Riggs family has made it's home for number of years. With the article very attractive photo graph of Miss Riggs appeared.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas Riggs, of 1910 S Street announce the engage ment of their daughter, Lisette, to Ensign Jeter Allen Iseley, U.S.NR, of Morristown, Tenn.
 Miss Riggs is a granddaughter of the late Frederic Rene Coudert, founder of the law firm of Cou- dert Brothers, in New York City. Her mothers maiden name was Renee Coudert Her father, mem Der of the Riggs family of Balti- more and Washington, is a former Governor of Alaska and at present Commiss S i her of International Boundaries between the United States and Canada.
 Miss Riggs was graduated from Trinity College in Washington and received her MS. and Ph.D. de- greeS from the University of Mary land. She made her debut in New York and is now a member of the Junior League of Washington and the American Association of University Women.
 Ensign Iseley is the son of the late D'Anson Iseley and Mrs. Iseley of Morristown, Tenn. He attended the University of Tennessee and the United States Naval Academy and received his Ph.D. at Princeton University. He is now stationed at Annapolis.
 Though Miss Riggs left Alaska with her parents when small child, she made numerous friends in Juneau when she visited here several years ago. Former Cover nor Riggs last visited Alaska two  years ago on business in connec- tion with his position as Commis- sioner of International Boundaries.
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which features a discussion pro- gram and demonstrations on how to take care of the baby
 The claSswork lasts about six weeks. Any one wishing to register is urged to do so within the next week or two by telephoning 218 the Public Health Center, or stop ping in the office
 The nurse is ill the office from g to 9:30 am. and l to 1:30 pm Others who wish to take the class may simply attend the first meet ing, which will be held from l 80 to 230 pm. on Monday, December
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DOUGLAS
 NEWS
HUSBAND OF LOCAL GIRL
 RESCUER OF RICKENBACKER

Lieut.. w. Eadie, navy aviator, who was flying the ship which found Capt. Edward Ricenbacker and two companions when they were forced down in the South west Pacific on October 2l, accord ing to recent announcement of the War Department, is the husband of the former Miss Phyllis Lundell who lived in Douglas most of her life.
 A graduate of Douglas schools and also registered nurse, it was while in the Public Health Service about two years ago, stationed at Sitka, that she first met Lieut.. Eadie and was later married to him. He was then a navy flier To- cated at Sitka.
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30
 This is not an important day in planetary government. Planetary as poets favor the Navy more than the Air Forces under this configura- tion. aEE
 HEART AND HOME: This is an suspicious day for preparations for changes of all sorts. The dislocation of women in coming months will be nation wide but it will be amazingly devoid of general neglect of homes. Instead, war workers will prove their clever adaptability by making at tractive temporary quarters of all sorts. Older women will care for many of the houses from which young folk have gone forth to serve the nation. Grandmothers will find much to do in keeping open the long established dwellings in which there will be much real war work accom- plished, the seers prophecy.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Lack of raw materials again will alarm Government heads of departments engaged in providing war supplies. Those who look ahead to 1943 re- quirements will urge drastic methods of procuring steel and other metals without which it is impossible to carry on modern warfare. The stars presage severe sacrifices for every one able to contribute anything that is wanted in overcoming shortages at manufacturing centers but prom ises is seen in certain aspects which seem to indicate unsuspected stores that will be tapped.
 NATIONAL ISSUES: Initiation will be burning topic of discus sion, for astrologers foretell generous spending at this time. Christmas shopping, early this year because of overseas sendingS, will be as frantic as in the past and retail merchants will enjoy substantial profits. h. creased prices apparently will be little noticed in the annual hunt for gifts. If the stars are wisely interpreted, the first of the year will bring desperate measures to curb American extravagance.-
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR Wholesale executions of helpless and
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Daily lessons in English " v. L. GORDON
minimum of 34

His explanation coresponds yours" corresponds TO yours"
 OFTEN NdISPRONOUNCED: Motif Pronounce mo-tef O in MORE unstressed E $ last syllable.
 OFTEN MISSPELLED PAUL. Dedication; FAL
 inappropriate nharmon- ous improper, unfit unsuitable.
 WORD STUDY: a and it yours" Let us Todays habit and nemperance will be Brougham.
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MARTIN TH0Mp50N s
 SERVICES MONDAY

Funeral services for Martin Thompson, native of Sitka, who died yesterday in St. Ann's Hos pital, will be held at ? p. m. Monday in the Memorial Presbyterian Church
 The Rev. Walter Soboleff will give the eulogy and interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
 Preceding the funeral, the Alaska Native Brotherhood, of which MT Thompson was an active member will hold memorial services in theil hall at l o'clock.
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HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 but do not compel"
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29

This is not an important day in plentary direction but there are adverse aspects. The stars encourage intfospection and planning
 HEART AND HOME; While pub lie health becomes the chief concern of local government there should be extreme precautions to guard against disease in the home. Plumb ing and sanitation in all forms should engage attention in every household, astrologers declare, for they foresee epidemics as the result of war conditions. Home nursing should be studied by mothers and their daughters for the Winter will reveal dearth of medical and nurs- ing aid.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Although churches will be well attended and a general awakening to the spiritual significance of life will be evident, there will be uncovered many cases of shocking speculation in connec- tion with the war. In the nation where patriotism is of highest as- pirations amazing greed and selfish ness will be discovered, if the stars are rightly read. Graft scandals will be beneficial if they awaken resi- dents of the United States to their easy-going attitude toward many forms of exploitation. dissipation and money grabbing, the seers de- clare.
 1 NATIONAL ISSUES: Discussion of possible drafting of capital and labor will become emphatic before l mid Winter, according to reading of the stars. Owing to the great need of man and woman power in industry that supplies the armed forces, nothing can be left to chance in coming months, the seers declare. Drastic measures of many sorts, never before dreamed of in this democracy, will be necessary, since the war will continue for a long time.
 INTERNATIONAL A F F A R s: Again Japanese invasion attempts at points in the northwestern coast of the United States are forecast but there will be surprising tactics that follow patterns not discerned by our military and naval experts Extreme perils from inside our ex- pansive country are prognosticated consistently and they also will be unsuspected for they will be fiend- ishly clever and treacherous.
 Persons whose birthdate it is should be careful to avoid dissen- sions in the coming year. Victory over individual belligerency is a ster toward national peace.
 Children born on this day will be successful in their chosen careers ii they follow their intuition Keer insight and enduring patience may be leading characteristics.
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 Alaska Pulp and Paper Company grinding
 The party for students ninth tenth eleventh twelfth of November 26 by the mothers of the students according Dancing reresh ments served Mrs Mcbride charge of the affair and said there mothers the following afternoon Charles Goden Admiral Watson from Wange where he had been a trip
 Claude Ecson in Juneau Mrs Ericsson and their three children Lucille and Claude Jr returned to Juneau the Alameda having the last in the States memberships in the Nana Red Cross F. A. J. Gallwas had been committee which made of the following Abbott Mitchell Mrs Helen McEvoy, N F. Ckey to have charge of the drive Treadwen
 little daughter Annabee visiting the States
 
 Forest Service accompanied by He had south pleasure had been south recuperatng from O pneumonia
 cloudy maximum temperature of AZ and m 34
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LOOK and LEARN Sy c. GORDON

character went mad and ate grass? Which enblematc of peaceP
 poisonous snake and what is its length? first elected to sit in Congress? 5 What does the Latin phrase bona fide' mean?
 ANSWERS 1. Nebuchadnezzar. 2. The birch 3. The king cobra about Is feet
 Rankin 1916 representative from Montana 5. Tn good faith"
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NEW MATERNITY
 CLASS TO START
 ON DECEMBER !

Having successfully completed the first class for eXpectant mothers, Miss Stephenie Bogdon, Public Health Nurse, announced today that another series of classes will be held starting about December I7.
 Mothers who are expecting babies within the next four or five months are invited to attend sthe class,
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VIUULKN EIIQULIlL ROBERTA LEE

O. ring ring be the O left hand?
 No It should be finger, the right 
 real late, when the next morning? A Yes S houghtless and nconsiderae meal be answered even the invitation request it?
 A certainly
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RETURN TO COTTAGE

MT. and Mrs. Frank, Pettygroye have moved back to their former residence in Franks. Cabin. They were living in the Kilburn Apart mentS.
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MANNING IN TOWN

James Manning, who has been working for logging company during the past month, came in for the Thanksgiving holiday.
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UBERTI ON SICK LIST

Emil Uberti has been laid up at his home for the past few days with an attack of lumbago. He expects to be able to return to his work in another day or two.
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SONOTONE

nearing aids for the hard of hear ng. Audiometer readings. pr. Rae Lillian Carlson. Blomgren Bldg Phone 636.
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Coffee exports from Brazil totaled 17,000000 bags in 938 but due to war have fallen to 100000 bags annually
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EYES ExAMIEED

and BROKEN LENSES replaced in
 our own shop. Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson, Blomgren Bldg. Phone 636.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
NOVEMBER 2S

NOVEMBER 2S Dan Stanworth
 Grace Berg
 Sante Degan
 Oscar Jenson David Nichols Frank G. Campbell Ingram Varnell NOVEMBER 29 Mrs. w. o. Witte Silas Glokle Bessie Anderson George Baggen Evelyn Stephenson William Hixson
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Nickel that used to go into 12 silver plated table forks is enough for 675 ncendiary bombs
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20 YEARS AGO f{aE {yGm EMPIRE
NOVEMBER 28. 1922

MI B Summers meeoroIogist Interior Kodiak ana thento Nenana
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Ranger trip Spe River district where purchased by the Alaska Pulp and Paper Company grinding
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-03

war, and if most civilians in this country have to fall back on old automobiles horseback rid ing, the victory over our Totatarian enemies would be worth the sacrifice
 We understand that after period when all new automobile sales will be frozen, a car ratoning program will be put into effect allowing govern ment officials, civilian defense heads and others with vital need for to secure them. Trucks will also be doled out where they will do the most good in defense effort.
 Among the civilian population, naturally, this move is going to place real premium on used machines. People in general are going to do with out their autos and many families with car heretofore will probably continue to do without that sedan they have planned to purchase with the pay checks from newly acquired defense jobs
 Here in Alaska, the restriction won't pinch as hard as in the States With few roads connecting communities persons in this Territory are not tourist minded. And in the States, predict that the hardship will be largely an imagined one With the nation at war resorts will not be the carefree holiday spots of previous years, and main travelled highways may be so crowded with the movement of soldiers much of the time that motoring would be slow and no pleasure
 At any rate, its sacrifice we can well afford to make
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more than 1000 miles from oul shores, and with navy only two thirds as large as ours, could make no successful attack on the Hawai-: ian Islands or continental United States if we mind our own busines. and stay neutral"
 Representative James P. Rich ards, South Carolina Democrat wht voted against the neutrality revision bill: I'm against this appropria- tion. If you believe in arming fol defense, but not in spending $1 tt go into foreign seas, 5000 mile. away from home, to fortify posi-, ton we cannot hold and which is not necessary for the defense o+ our country, then vote to strike out the Guam provision"
 Representative Wilnam Sutphin New Jersey Democrat who opposed the neutrality revision bill: We can avoid a lot of trouble in the future by striking out the fortifi- cation of Guam
 Representative Earl Kitchener Michigan Republican isolationist: This is not essential to national defense"
 Representative Joseph Shannon Missouri isolationist Democrat: "All this oratory about the need of fortifying Guam is a lot of bushwa
 Others who fought against forti. flying Guam were Representatives Ham Fish; Bernard J. Gehrmann Wisconsin Progressive isolationisi who was born in Germany; Emmet O'Neal, Kentucky Democrat; anc Dewey Short, Missouri isolationist Republican who last month made . speech demanding the expulsion o. Wendell Willkie from the COP be- cause of his advocacy of war against the Axis. "
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-03
GETTING READY

It was significant yesterday that the very day the report of the fall of Manila released, Aaska's Delegate Anthony J. Dimond should have urged more complete concentration of planes in the Aleutian Islands. lsos
 The Philippines were not completely lost by the fall of their Capital City. Nor has Singapore fallen to the Mkado's horde. But the loss of these terri tories seems to hang now the thread of last ditch defense
 Prom there, where is the going? H
 Admiral Chester w Nimitz, commander of the Pacific fleet has ntmated that he expects the full force of the war to fall back to the Hawaiian Islands. a,s t
 If such action takes place, real battle will ensue. For the surprise December blow at the Pearl Harbor base while indsputably crippling oul defenses was not knockout. the Japanese had hoped. By all report, still have enough power at Pearl Harbor to make it than interesting for the Japanese there. eY
 That battle should draw certain amount of the home defenses away from the Japanese islands What would be practical reprisa blow American long-range bombers and ships s
 On the other hand, if the willy Japs some suggest should head for Alaska rather than the Hawaiian group after their victories in the Asiatic waters the Aeutians their closest target. Ger tainly if serious consideration is to be given Aasks as a base for either defense offense, time be lost Delegate Dimond stressed yesterday.
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handbook on What You Can Do Tor Civilian Defense" Author of he handbook is Eleanor Pierson, wife of Export Import President Warren Lee Pierson.
 Puerto Ricans wryly recall that J.. s. Navy's radio towers at Cayey, s5 miles from San Juan. were dis nantled three wears ago and sold IS scrap iron to the Japanese. Australia's able Minister Richard ;. Casey drives about Washington n a British car with trans ,arent top. and righthand drive.
 New York lawyers are now alling over themselves to come to Washington for the war. Ap- ,arently not having enough to do with the war, representatives of the lure Food and Drug administration low ask drug firms the question: How much business did you do last 'ear?"
 Copyright, 1942, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc)
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can National Committee anc op- position leader of the House. Will lkie remains on very friendly terms with his old campaign manager even though they differed on for eign policy.
 Shortly after the Congressiona vote to repeal the Neutrality Act in which the Republicans nearly defeated Roosevelt. Willkie ph0nec Joe Martin.
 Joe" he said, those Republi. cans who voted against repeal oi neutrality are going to have a tough time being reelected. They're going to find the country is be- hind Roosevelt on this"
 The Republican National Chair. man replied that he would not only re-elect all the Republica~s who voted against Roosevelt, but he would also elect lot O new Re publicans to fill the seats of tht Democrats who had voted with Roosevelt.
 Listen said Willkie, If you re-elect 30 per cent of those wht voted against the President you'll be the greatest political genius oi all time"
 And" said Willkie in telling tht story to friend afterward, "a few days later there was Joe him. self voting with Roosevelt for 2 declaration of war"
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Mir. MOtO and Mir. Kawakami
Philadelphia Record

Philadelphia Record)
 The fictional character of Mir Moto is suddenly longer funny.
 In reaction to the impact of war with Japan we are in danger of developing Japanese jit- ters that would harm not only loyal Japanese in this country but any person who looked like an Oriental
 Of course we must be on guard against the very real threat of Fifth Column activity.
 But we should not become hysterical and by an excess of zeal force normally loyal Americans into the camp of the enemy
 As we reeled from the treacherous attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor as we read Secretary Knox's report that Fifth Column work in Hawaii was "the most effective Fifth Column work that has come out of this war except Norway ?
 It was easy for us to think of every Japanese as potential spy like MT Moto and to forget loyal Americans of Japanese ancestry like Clarke H. Ka- wakami Kawakami born in this country and for seven years correspondent for Domei official Japa- nese news agency resigned his job to enlist in the U. s. Army.
 And there were Kawakamis as well Motos in Hawaii Secretary Knox. in recounting heroic incidents at Pearl Harbor, told how a number of workmen of Japanese ancestry helped man machine guns against the invaders.
 In the December issue of the American Mer- cury, Ernest o. Hauser formerly correspondent in the Far East gives reassuring estimate of the loy alties of Japanese After pointing out that 100000 of the l5O0OO Japanese in this country second generation and thus American citizens, he writes:
 "The overwhelming majority of young and old Japanese Americans stand with the United States.
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force, and it is not believed to have participated in any bombing of China, where Japanese aim has been notoriously poor. The Navy fliers' accuracy at Pearl Harbor, therefore, was noted with great interest by our eSperts-particu- larly as it was in striking contrast to the inferior craftsmanship of Japanese army bombers in the Philippines. Despite frequent raids, they have done no important dam age. Also they have been blasted out of the sky by our planes when ever they can catch them.
 The fact that the Japs have been using their army air force in the attempted Philippine invasion is considered significant. From this it is being deduced that the better trained navy air arm is spread out very thin and is being used chiefly for special purposes.