The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-09
WESTERN STATES
 U. S. NOT AWAKE
 TO WAR CRISIS
Miss Maxine Davis De. tIares People of Country
 TragiedIlY Unaware

People thrOugnOut the OIllCeu States are tragically unaware of the seriousness of the present war. They fail to realize that it is pos sible to lose the war or what losing it could mean" declared Maxine Davis, noted magazine writer and world traveller who is now in Jun- eau.
 T believe that the government propaganda has been very bad be- cause it has not made the people fully conscious of the type of war we are now fighting and has failed to drive home the nature of the life and death struggle in which we are engaged" Miss Davis declared
 Has Open Mind
 With no definite assignment with and magazine or newspaper, Miss Davis is in Alaska to obtain mater ial for articles and stories about the Territory and plans to cover con- siderable portion of it by airplane within the next few weeks. She said the nature of her articles would depend what she found. With her enthusiasm and completely open mind concerning Alaska, it's back ground and the defense work now in progress. it is safe to say that she will find much that is of in terest and variety.
 Miss Davis has wide back ground for her present trip as she has been writing for many years. During vacations while attending the University of Chicago she worked on various Chicago news papers including the Chicago Journal. now the Chicago Times. Following her graduation she con- tinued doing newspaper work and has written a great variety of art icles that have appeared in most of the nationally known magazines. Among the books which she has written are The Lost Generation" which was a best-seller and They Shall Not Want, both of which were published by McMillan Bro thers. The Lost Generation" pub lished in 1886 was one of the first novels concerned with the children of the depression years. while They Shall Not Want" published year later, is a comparative study of British, Swedish and American unemployment relief.
 Among the newspaper assign nents Miss Davis has had in Europe are the World Economic Conference, held in London in 1883 which she covered for McCalls Magazine and several newspapers, the 1880 Naval Conference and the British-Indian Round Table Con- ference. sa.s
 Watched Hitler Rise
 She has watched with foreboding the rise of the Hitler regime in Germany since 1930 when the first signs of the change were apparent. Visiting the country again in 1883 and for the last time in 1887 she had opportunity to see the effect it has had upon the people of the country. During her 1883 visit to Germany Miss Davis predicted in letters to her mother that war, terrible and devastating in its fury, would be unleashed upon the world from that country: Tt was sensed everywhere, in the tre- mendous activity that was taking place, the utter belief of the people that the Hitler regime would restore power and prestige to Germany, the hope in the faces of people on streets, and a renewed vitality throughout the country" she said.
 Miss Davis just completed an art icle on the United States Army Quartermaster Corps that will ap- pear in the May issue of Cosmopoli- tan Magazine and is now working on an article for the Navy Relief Society to aid in the campaign for funds that is about to be started for the first time in the history of I