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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-08-03
Soviets Are Tightening De-
lenses al Don River Bend
Near StdIingrdd
RED ARMY BRACING
UP OVER LONG ARCH
Ndzis Claim Deeper Pene-
irafion Into Section
in Caucasus

Hitler's Russian offensive appear
ed today to be losing impetus
against the slowly tightening Rus
sian defenses at the Don River
Bend approach to Stalingrad along
the last rail line to the oil fields Of
the Caucasus.
The Red Army dashed back to
show new strength along the whole
300-mile arc.
At Kletskaya, 80 miles northwest
of Stalingrad to Kushchevka, SO
miles south Of Rostov. RpssWns
were still on the defensive but We're
strengthening their stand, it was
indicated by counterattacks report
ed TO have thrown hundreds of Ger
mans back, with losses of 5000 dead
in single day in the Don and
Kuban areas.
Cossacks In Fight
Cossacks led counterattacks at
the critical salients of Kushchevka
and Salsk, 100 miles southeast Of
Rostov and this is the first intima-
ton that the big garrison north of
the Caucasus may have been thrown
into the fight.
Is is in this sector that the Ger
mans have made their deepest pene-
tration into the northern Caucasus
and the German command said that
one of its tank columns is nearing
the upper course of the Kuban
River
Nazis' Position In Dark
How far the Nazis are from the
northern curve of the river is not
specified. The Kuban rises from
the western glaciers of Chorus, high
est peak in Europe. and curves to
the north within 10 miles of Salsk
before turning to the west to empty
through the broad marshy flats into
the Black Sea, just south of the
Strait of Kerch.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-08-03
US. ICELAND
OUTPOST IS
AIR RA|DED
Fifth Attack by German
Planes in Two Weeks
Reported

REYKAJAVIK Aug. IA Ger
man plane bombed and machine
gunned the remote United States
military installation in southeast
ern Iceland yesterday, This IS ac-
cording to an announcement made
by the United States military
authorities. There were no casual
ties and damage was negligible.
This is the fifth instance OF Ger
man air activity over the Iceland
garrisoned U. S. troops within two
weeks.
The island lies about 600 miles
from the nearest German held ter
ritory in Norway
The attacking plane was a Focke-
wulf
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-08-03
JApS TRYING |
TO WIPE OUT
US. OUTPOST
LARGE Scale Air Attacks on
China AirdrOme
Reported

CHUNGKING, Aug. 3.-The scale
of the recent Jap attacks on the
U. S. Army airdrome at Hengyark
indicates that the enemy has as
sembled a special force Of improved
fighter planes with highly trained
pilots for the express purpose of
wiping out this American outpost
in Human Province.
Gen. Joseph Stilwell's headquart-
ers said that a total of 119 Jap
planes participated in a 36-hour
attack on the airfield which began
before daylight last Thursday.
A bulletin from these headquart-
ers confirmed a previous official
report that II OF the attacking
planes were shot down and four
more probably destroyed.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-08-03

taken TO protect the publicity man,
aged 3d.. after the declaration last
Saturday that he become persona
non grata with the government.
Frank was attacked yesterday in
the apartment where he had lived
since coming to Argentina II weeks
ago on the invitation of various uni
versities and cultural societies.
According to Jose Stanek, porter
in the house. some unidentified men
who were armed gained entry to the
house posing as agents sent to ex-
anime Franks papers.
Franks physician said that he
suffered brain conclusion of some
severity. He was to have left there
today.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-08-03
Fire Causes Damage Of
$4,000 al (ordova as
School Building B|azes

CORDOVA, Alaska, Aug. 3.-Fire
thought to have been caused by
spontaneous combustion in the
chemistry laboratory, last Friday
night Quilted the upper floor of the
old part of the public school build
ing and caused extensive damage to
both the old and new parts of the
building.
The old part of the building is
of frame construction and the new
part is concrete.
The total damage is estimated at
$21 900.
Difficulty in securing materials
and equipment presents a problem
to the city and school officials to
get ready for the opening of the fall
term of school only month away.
There is possibility the NUM-
cipal building may be pressed into
service to meet the emergency.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-08-03
US. WRITER
BEATEN IN
ARGENTINA
Waldo Frank Is Attacked
After Being Told 10
Leave Country

BUENOS AIRES. Argentina, Aug.
3.-The painful beating which six
assailants dealt Waldo Frank within
"a hours after the Argentine Gov
eminent had pronounced the Unit
ed States writer and lecturer I'M
welcome to this country threatened
today to provoke a political after
math.
Deputy Araujo said today that he
will offer motion to the lower
house, demanding that the govern
ment explain what means were
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-08-03
Beaches Of
EngIaf,dAre
Air Raided
German Planes Swoop 0ul
Of Clouds, Drop Bombs
on Holiday Crowds


LONDON, Aug. 3.-Britons, spend
ing the August bank holiday today
at the seaside resorts or enjoying
the day at their beach homes, were
targets of German air raiders that
swooped out of the clouds and
bombed scattered towns in England
this afternoon.
The bombers left a trail Of dam
age across the southwest seaside
towns but casualties are believed
slight and up to an early hour this
evening no reports of casualties
had been received.
Crowds watched Spitfire pursue
one of the raiders.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-08-03
SEA RAIDER
OF AXIS IS
NAVY VICTIM
Plane Dives Within 1OFeel
Of Wafer 10 Drop Depth
Charges on U-Bodt

AN EAST COAST PORT, Aug. 3.
Diving within 10 feet of the ocean,
a United States Navy plane scored
two direct hits with depth charges
on an Axis submarine Immediately
after the raider torpedoed Pan
amanian ship off the Atlantic Coast
more than two weeks ago.
Survivors of the merchantmen
made this report when landed here.
The survivors said a big oil slick
and a mass of debris appeared on
the surface of the water following
the depth charges.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-08-03

WASHINGTON, Aug. s. The
Navy's report that possibly there
are only 10000 Japs on the western
Aleutians, brought comment from
Senator C. johnson of Colorado as
follows:
THAT is 10000 Japs too many,
however. the occupation of these
rocky islands is more of nuisance
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-08-03
ROTARY CLUB TO
HEAR STORY OF
DUTCH HARB0R

Claude Smith, who was an eye
witness when the Japs raided Dutch
Harbor June 8. will be the main
speaker tomorrow noon when the
Juneau Rotary Club meets in Per-
cy's Cafe.
Lu Liston, who just returned from
a trip to the States where he at
tended the Presidents and Secre-
taries' Assembly of Rotary at Bel
lingam, Wash, will be welcomed
back.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-08-03
First Baby Born
Al Funier Bay
Aleut Settlement

The first Southeast. Aleut came
into the world on June 20 at the
st. George Island settlement at
Funter Bay, U. S. Commissioner
Felix Gay reported today.
The new arrival, a baby boy.
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Con-
stantine LeStenkof.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-08-03
The W ashingtun
Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON
major Robert s. Allen on active duty)

WASHINGTON - To appreciate
the difficulty of establishing Sec
ond front in Europe, it is necessary
to understand the mental fears of
the man who has to make the
main decision for Winston
Churchill.
Important background fact is that
for years Winston Churchill has
been haunted by the memories of
Gallipoli, the disastrous second
front TO aid Russia in the last war.
For wears, when Churchill ap-
peared at political gatherings wom-
en- would fling the derisive word
"Gallipoli' at him. Sometimes
Britain's equivalent of the Gold
Star Mothers even stood dressed
in black, picketing the functions
which he visited, reminding him of
the thousands of British boys lost
at the base of Gallipoli's cliffs.
Events leading up to GallipOli
were similar to those of today. In
1915, Russia was fighting a losing
war. If she did not get help, Ger
many seemed sure to knock her
out, after which the Kaiser could
concentrate all his forces on the
West.
Churchill, then First Lord of the
Admiralty. led the impatient min
GRITTY in the British cabinet which
demanded action Immediately. Sc
an army was sent to take the
Dardanelies from Turkey, then use
the Black Sea to reach Russia.
After nine months of terrific
losses, the British withdrew. Gal
hpoli was chalked up as one NJ
the worst defeats in British history
and a scar was left on the mino
of Winston Churchill which power
fifty affects his war decisions
TO-DAY.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-08-03
Decision Is Reached In Sabotage Trial
AIeutian Occupation
By Japs Brings Out
(ommenfby Senators

to us than it is of military value
to the Japanese since air bases
are not possible"
Senator Ebert D. Thomas of
Utah said he regarded with mis-
givings the fact the Japs have been
permitted to establish themselves
on the Aleutians but that global
strategy might be such no move
could be made to GUST them.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-08-03
WHITTIER MAKES TRIP
WEST TO VISIT son

Assistant Collector of Customs.
M. S. Whittier left Saturday by
plane for Valdez to visit his son,
Capt. Judson Whittier, who re-
ceived minor injuries in am auto
mobile accident there last week.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-08-03
EIGHT LEAVE
FOR 5ITKA
SAT URDAY

Passengers leaving here for Sitka
Saturday night were H. E. Sadler,
Fred Spaulding. Alfred Hedman,
Katherine Herring. Carey Street,
Ora Bjornstad, v. N. Webb, Steve
Vukovich.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-08-03

Brazil Is the only American coun-
try which has produced silk COM
mercially for a relatively long
period.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-08-03
CHURCHILL AND TOBRUK

It is no secret that Churchill
never has been enthusiastic over
second front; always hoped that
the North African front might de-
velop as a stepping stone into
Italy.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-08-03

BUY DEFENSE BONDS
Evening star., 1942-05-31
Only Small Plants
Should Be Used in
Garden Edgings

In choosing a plant to edge the
flower bed, border, lawn or vegetable
garden select one of compact small
growth. An annual should have a
long blooming season and be easily
kept in line, a perennial should be
sufficiently dwarfed and able to
withstand clipping or pruning il
necessary.
A charming edging for the in
formal border may consist of candy
tuft, ageratum, sweet alyssum, lobe
liza or any other low growing annual
to form a contrast to the higher
growing plants.
For a formal flower bed use a
grass strip. or some low growing
evergreen such as dwarf barberry
or box. For a shrubbery border
Myrtle, japanese yew or japanese
spurge IS very effective.
The whole yard will have a neater
effect if each bed and border is kept
trim and neat by some sort of edg-
ing, and the materials for these are
always easy to find. Rough, irregu-
lar stone interplanted with some
sort Of ground cover are very effec-
tive. Old bricks may be set up on
edge or laid diagonally along a path
or drive. Discarded pieces of flag
stone of varying sizes and shapes
may be set to form a walk and
interplanted either with grass or
some low-growing plant to fill in
between
Evening star., 1942-05-31
Woodbridge Group
Sponsors Show

The Woodbridge Garden Club OF
Arlington will sponsor a spring
flower show on June at the Wood
lawn School, North Sixteenth and
Abingdon streets in Arlington. The
show will be from pm. until 8
pm. and the public is invited to
attend. Entries will be received
between 9 am. and l pm. AS an
added attraction the club will have
for sale cut flowers. plants and
homemade delicacieS, with Miss Hol-
lis Dunlap, chairman of the Sales
and Exchange Committee, in
charge.
Committees for the show are as fol-
lows: General chairman, Mrs. Sidney
Lawrence; entries, Mrs. w. E. WhiS-
man and Mrs R. L. Hutchings; CLASH
fication, Mrs. Russell ]. Gebhard
and Mrs. J. F. Sullender: staging
Mrs. Albert A. Evans and Mrs. L. B.
Souder; publicity, Mrs. Ernest H.
Bowie and Mrs. Marguerite Baugh-
man; supplies, Miss Esther Cannon;
judges, Miss Evelyn Cannon; awards,
Miss Louise P. Bishop and Miss Hol-
lis Dunlap; prizes, Miss Linda Berg;
schedules and printing, Mrs. w. H.
Barstow, jr.; posters, Mrs. Beatrice
Taylor; childrens' exhibits, Mrs.
Asher I. Lohman.
HoStesses at the show will be Miss
Ann Williams, Mrs ]. NJ Feigley, jr.;;
Mrs. Irene Guise, Mrs. R. Earl Boyd,
Mrs. B. H. Harper, Mrs. John l..
McKinnon, Mrs. L. B. Souder. Mrs.
]. r. Sullender, Mrs. A. M. Weber,
Mrs. r. L. Hutchings, Mrs. Shank
and Mrs.. Mary 8. williams.
Evening star., 1942-05-31
Forest Hills Club
Has Flower Show

The Forest Hills Garden Club
held it's flower show on May % at
the home OF Mrs. Harry A. Swag-
art, 2s47 Davenport street NV.
Judges at the show were Mrs. Dion
S. Birney, Mrs. G. w. Leadbetter
and Miss Margaret Lancaster.
Mrs. v. v. Kelsey took top honors.
winning the greatest number of
points. Mrs. Richard Mattingly was
second and Mrs. Osmun Barr,
president Of the club, took third
prize. Others winning blue ribbons
or first prizes we're Mrs. Roy Whit
man, Mrs Clarence Wright. Mrs.
Blake Palm, Mrs. Roy Champion,
Mrs. H. H. Steidle, the Wesley
Heights Garden Club and the
Chevy Chase, Nd, Garden Club.
The next meeting Of the club will
be held at the home of Mrs. Rich
ard v. Mattingly, 3ol Cumberland
street NV, on Monday, june ..
Evening star., 1942-05-31
Culture of Potted
Is Not Difficult

No potted plant can give more
pleasure than well-grown chrysan-
themum, and yet their culture is not
difficult. They are raised from cut
tings taken at any time. They may
be rooted in hot bed or in boxes
and when rooted should be planted
in small size pots in a mixture con-
sisting of equal parts sand, loan,
leaf mold and well-rotted manure.
When potted, water and place in
a sunny but protected spot and keep
them watered. After the sixth leaf
has formed pinch off the top buds
to induce a branchy growth. The
pots will soon begin to fill with roots
and the plants must be shifted to
larger pots. AS the branches con-
tinue to grow they should be pinched
back always removing the terminal
bud. The chief aim is to obtain
strong bushy plants, so the pinching
back should continue till late July.
1t is desirable to place pots on
against earthworms.
BY August l shift the plants to
6-inch pots, always watering care
fully. AS flower buds form stake
the plants, and move them inside
before the first frosts, giving them
light and air but keeping them cool.
They should blossom within month
and continue to bloom till winter.
Water occasionally with weak ma
nure water while they bloom.
After they finish Towering cut the
tops down and put the pots in a cool
cellar, keeping them just moist
enough to'maintain life. Bring them
back to the light in February or
March, give them water, and make
cuttings from the new shoots.
Evening star., 1942-05-31
Eradicate Crabgrass
Keep Sharp Lookout to Free Lawn
Of Its Most Dangerous Enemy

garden time of the should keep
the dangerous aboteu OF lawns De-
Of this tsidiou
Crabgass the world annual and lives only
introduced with opdressng Of manure or In
of opson for the seeds minute that they cannot
deSpoer
introduced your lawn by being carried In on
neghbo infested lawn they may be deposited IN BRO
mfestaion inevitable
prompt De reasonably free
the ocaned large crabgass being
obnoxious and the small smooth variety which poduces
blades lacks the ability root at its joints
plants develop the ground gets warm and am
twobadd crabgaS for the young
roofing place initial spout capable
Evening star., 1942-05-31
Silver Spring Gives
First Annual Show

The first annual spring flower
show Of the Silver Spring Garden
Club will be presented at the Jesup
Blair Community House, Georgia
avenue at the District line, on Friday
from to pm and on Saturday
from II am. to pm. The public
is invited to attend and admission
is free.
Sixty-seven classes for flowers
have been arranged and there will
be is classes for arrangements.
Members of the Flower Show
Committee are Mrs. Myron Jones,
president of the club; Mr.. A. K.
Goodman, chairman: Mr.. Kenneth
Macknet, co-chairman: Mrs. A. K.
Goodman, Mrs. Charles Williams.
Mrs. Harry, King Mrs. Ralph E.
Torrey, Mrs. B. F. Won Bernewitz,
Mr.. Raymond Crowley, Mr.. Armand
La Vaute, Mrs. Armand La Vaute.
Mr.. Carl Sommers, Mrs. Edwin Sim
ons and Mrs. Louis J. Weinig.
Evening star., 1942-05-31
Better Crops Result
From a Proper Use
Of the Mulches

The use of a mulch in the garden
should be well understood If better
crops are to be grown. The word
mulch may have different mean
ings. but each is useful in some
way to growing plants.
Originally the term meant apply
ing manure, straw, leaves or any
other loose material on the ground
around newly transplanted trees,
shrubs or other plants to protect
the roots from the sun in order to
keep them moist until they could
become established.
Sometimes a similar application
Of such material is applied in the
late fall or early winter after the
ground has frozen to prevent 1t
from alternately thawing and freez-
ing and thus "heaving" the plants
from the gronud and exposing their
roots to the air.
Modern methods Of tillage have
given still another meaning to
mulching as practiced in the sum-
mer months. The loose layer of sur
face soil which is maintained by use
of the rake. hoe or cultivator is
called a dust mulch. The soil has a
natural capillary action. and by
breaking it up the evaporation OF
moisture through the surface Is
checked. Care must be taken not
to cultivate too deeply, however, or
too much moist soil from below will
be exposed to the air, and too much
evaporation will take place.
When easily available and mex
pensive, a mulch of some organic
material such as peat moss, chopped
straw, cereal chaff or lawn clippings
is most desirable in the small flower
or vegetable garden. A paper mulch,
which originated in the pineapple
plantations of Hawaii, was used
recently with great success, but will
probably not be available until We
have won the war, as paper at pres
ent has many other important uses.
Evening star., 1942-05-31

'OI SeIlOlIlg OUT TOOIlIlS JcIlLdCIco lOl
a couple of feet, so that If left un-
molested the large crabgraSs. diff
cult to NOV, would inevitably take
over possession of the lawn. BY
midsummer, the Towering seed
heads, from three TO six in number,
will have developed in a whorl at
the end of each stalk. With ma
turity these turn purplish or red
dish-brown and then the seeds will
drop to the ground, and fresh crop
is sown for the succeeding year.
If a lawn is badly infested in
spring, it is a sure sign of neglect
the previous year. Raking out the
brown plants in early spring does
not eradicate this prolific weed. In
fact, raking merely serves to release
the seeds that did not drop off dur
ing winter. Spading, too, will not
eliminate the weed and is more
likely to turn up seeds that were
formerly buried, for they can re-
main dormant in the soil for sew
eral years yet sprout when brought
to the surface. The removal of an
inch or so of sod is likewise inef-
fective, and close moving, unfor-
unately, merely tends to press the
seeding stalks tighter into the
fround.
A program of feeding and seeding
that produces a solid sod will def
nitely reduce the termination OF
crabgraSs seeds. A fairly long
growth Of grass creates a measure
of shade or reduced sunlight that
is unfavorable TO the growth Of
crabgrass. so the mower should be
set to cut not shorter than Ia
inches.
Watering is essential to the stimu-
lation OF grass growth and while
1t will aid crabgrass development,
the heavier grass growth will tend
to crowd out the objectionable weed.
Go over the lawn thoroughly every
week and hand pick the crabgrass
plants, cut them out with a sharp
knife, or burn them with a blow
torch. If the crabgrass is quite
green and succulent two burnings
are advisable This method will not
permanently injure the surrounding
grass, for new tops will quickly
develop.
Crabgrass elimination should be
started now, for, being a tropical
plant, it thrives on the hot weather
of our summers and that Is a time
when grass growth is retarded.
With strong -toothed garden rake
remove PROSTATE stems to prevent
seeding, then moving, catch the
clippings, NOV again in the opposite
direction and burn both clippings
and rakings to prevent reinfestation.
High-quality lawn seed. the OBJ
servance of feeding, seeding and
watering rules. and diligence In re-
moving crabgraSs, will ensure a vel
vety lawn that will be the envy Of
your neighbor.
Evening star., 1942-05-31
Vines Can Be Found
For Any Situation
Or Use Desired
By Laurence and Edna Blair

Among the group of vines will
surely be found some to fit any
situation and purpose you may de-
sire. Many possess beautiful foliage
or flowers, and may be grown on
pergolas, trelliSes, posts or arborS
for the decorative note they give
to the landscaping in any part of the
garden. Some may be used both to
shade and to screen porch or
summer house, thus giving privacy
and also some protection from the
suns rays during the day time. A
steep terrace which cannot success
fully be planted with grass may be
covered by some type of vine, or one
may be trained over rocks, or used
to cover a bare and unused patch
of ground. Some Of the smaller
types may be grown in window boxes
or porch urns.
An old tree trunk forms an ex-
cellent support for many types of
vines and some may be grown along
old fences or stone walls. Some
of the evergreen vines, such as the
popular English Ivy, will grow in
the shade and require little soil
space They make fine coverings
for the brick or stone walls of
houses. 1t may be grown in a solid
mass to cover the walls, or may
be thinned out.
This vine grows better on a
northern exposure, but will also
grow over a southern wall If the
young tips are trained to cling by
the use of proper fasteners. Be sure
that the stems are not CONSTRUCTED
by too tight fasteners, or growth
will be stopped.
Prune out old branches in the
spring, for the vines must not be
allowed to become too woody or
the neat appearance will be spoiled.