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The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-21
Nazi Tanks Penetrate
 Desert Line
Attempt 10 Divert Pressure from Romme|'s s FIee- ;.
 ing Men ;

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS III NORTH AFRICA. Jan. 2l. Ads tank forces, in an apparent at. tempt to divert pressure from RoT1- mel's army, in retreat along the corridor to southern Tunisia, have smashed seven miles into French. held Allied positions southwest Of Pont Du Fans. Y
 At the same time this disclosure was made by Allied headquarters. an announcement from official French quarters said German para chutists have dropped into Algeria. near Algiers.
 Official offers of, gas and clothts ing coupons for rewards for the capture of the Nazi chute soldiers were published in the Algerian press s The German tank column under General Von Arnim slashed through French Tunisian positions in a drive along the road to Pont Du Fans.
 An Allisd spokesman said every Axis selaier who advanced to the west side q the road running tq- ward Afaea GonteiiA has beep clearad cat
 lt app paFea cYident that Yon
  Arnim column vas bending every. effort to prevent an Allied assault in the narrow corridor south of the Pont Du Fans area which is his sole communication with Rommers Africa Corps, now flee ing from the British Eighth Army.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-21
FIVE AXIS SUBS
 ARE SENT DOWN,
 SOUTH ATLANTIC
German Raider Also Infer : eepted-Crew Stut-
 files Vessel

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 2l. = Rear Admiral Ingram. Commander of the United States naval forces in the South Atlantic announced today that five Axis submarines have been sunk in the past 30 days in the South Atlantic.
 Ingram said a German surface raider was intercepted in the South Atlantic and was scuttled by her crew.
 The Commander also told the newsmen at conference today that there have been comparatively few sinkings of Allied ships in the South Atlantic and I've have gotten high percentage of enemy craft, higher, believe, than in any other zone"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-21
TEN N NEGR0 BOXERS ARE
 COMING HERE
Will Take on Local Team in Smoker, If Is
 Learned

Ten, tough Negro service men, fresh from work on the Alcan Highway, are on their way to Ju- neau to put on a boxing bout with a local team of leather singers, it was learned today. The visitors are expected to arrive tomorrow night.
 Included in the bunch are four former professional veterans an d three former Golden Gloves champs from various points in the United States
 The date of the bouts will be announced within the next few days, as well as the card for the event.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-21
Junior Guild of
 TrinityCathedraI
 GivinQ Card Party

The card party of the Junior Trinity Guild, to be held tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in Trinity Hall. will include the playing of bridge and pinochle, committee members announce.
 Refreshments will be served by Guild members under the direction of special chairman Mrs. James c. Ryan.
 The general public is cordially invited to attend the social eve- ming.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-21
AUSTRALIAN
 MINISTER IN PREDICTION
Says Aussies Will Be Bombing Tokyo Be-
 fore 1943 End

SYDNEY. Australia. Jan. 2l - Air Minister Drakeford predicted today that Australian flyers in Aus tralian planes will drop Australian made bombs on Tokyo before the end of this year.
 But he added, the United Nations face long, bitter war prospect be- fore Japan is defeated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-21
Teachers Honorinq
 Mrs. Leonard Berlin

Teachers of the Juneau Public Schools are this afternoon honor ing Mrs. Leonard Berlin, recently returned bride who accompanied her husband as far south as Seattle on his return to the East coast to resume his duties on special assign ment for the War Department.
 Taking the form of a tea which began at 3:45 o'clock this after noon, committee of teachers en- tertained other members of the faculty and the guest of honor in Miss Velma Blooms classroom in the grade school building.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-21
New Film
 Hit Made
 By.(oward
Bv RoBBrN CooNs

HOLLYWOOD = I've just seen a movie good enough to call for a whole basketfull of superlatives, and so good I won't use a single one.
 I'll just call it an exceptionally good movie. And that's taking a tip from the picture itself, for part of its power is derived from over- stating nothing.
 The film is Tn Which We Serve It's from England Noel Coward wrote. produced, directed it, wrote the music for it, and starred in it. all under wartime conditions. It's tale of the life and death of a British destroyer and the men who sail her and fight with her. It's a magnificent job.
 Here isn't the Coward of the cynical, easy, flip years of peace. There's none sof the glib drawing room, cocktail hour, sprightly naughtiness of Private Lives" De sign for Loving" "Blithe Spirit and other of his stage hits. Closest to it in the previous Coward out put is "Cavalcade," which Holly wood made into memorable film in it's day "In Which We Serve" encompasses the whole drama of England at war-on the seas, on the home front It's hard to be- lieve that a crashing action, hero ism without heroics, homely com- edy and pathos, could do that. If this one doesn't, it comes close.
 The story opens with the death" of H. M S. TorVn off Crete in 1941. Survivors cling to life raft await ing rescue under constant strafing from Nazi planes, and as they cling we see in retrospect various episodes of their past lives-their homes, their wives, their sweethearts- lives tied jnextricably to their be- loved ship.
 You'll like this England that Coward reveals on the screen, and I imagine England will like this Coward better than, for while it did. You'll remember that Cow ard went home at wars outbreak and offered his services. They sent him on a mission of propaganda, and among other mistakes Coward made the very unhappy one of att tending a British war relief bene- fit in Hollywood.
 He was photographed amid the merriment, champagne glass bubbling before him.The blitzed Londoners didn't like it. Besides he had flopped as propagandizer, knowng nothing of the trade. And after that, he was greeted at home with tax evasion charges. He was in a bad way with his public. even after he was vindicated. England's peacetime idol had suddenly become a wartime heel.
 That was when Noel Coward de- cided he had better stick to his last, and do job for England that he knew how to do. That was when the man who Topped at propa- ganda turned out this masterpiece of national friend-making and people, e-influeneing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-21
1. HENDRI(k50N5 pURCHASE HOUSE
 FROM K. WILDES

MT. and Mrs. Lance Hendrickson purchased the two apartment resi- dence at 104 West 9th Street from MT. and Mrs. Keith Wildes. former owners, it was announced today.
 The residence consists of two four-roon apartments, the larger of which MT. and Mrs. Hendricksop have been occupying for some time.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-21
nGluS,n TIC u0RLD 8#k 8##kD| I.%.RsIO ISla:iO

''At the close of every war there is disposition to relax and swing back to isolationism and self-ma- terialism,". says Bishop Arthur J. Moore, of Atlanta, Georgia. This is true of the nations. This is what occurred at the end of the last war. and it goes far to explain the present war. There are people who think they discern public trends in that direction now. This may also be true of the church. The provincialism, the indifference to everybody and everything outside our own congregation, the anti missionary attitude in large sec tions of our church-this all grew up after the end of the World War I. Here is a sinister danger immediately before us! We must at any cost avoid it. And we cannot keep 1t out of the church unless we keep it out of the nation. To do this will require all our wisdom, but the cause is worth it. This also is evangelism"
 Because of the serious shortage of Lutheran ministers in the Unit ed States, due in part to the num- Der who have entered the armed services as chaplains, the Board of Social Missions of the United Lu- theran Church has undertaken a study of the practice of using Hay readers" for certain congregations for which ordained ministers can not now be secured. Though not permitted by the church to admin ister the sacraments, the lay read CTS could preach and direct the ac- tivities of congregations The Rev. Dr. c. Franklin Koch, of New York, is heading the study for the Board
 Five interdenominational Chris tian colleges, supported largely by funds from American churches. are
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-21
NAzIS FAIL TO SET UP
 NEW LINES
Soviet Forces Attempting 10 IsoIate German
 Armies
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 -p ing south of Lake Lagoda where" the Russians are battling to widen the supply corridor to Leningrad.
 Without reference to specific gains or losses. the Axis report said shock troops have been ''succes&- fully employed" in local combat on the Central Front and south of Lake linen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-21

today operating jointly in Chengtu, West China, four of them driven out of Occupied China by advancing Japanese forces. These colleges are: West China Union University of Nanking, Ginling College, Shan tung Christian University, and Yenching University. They have total enrolment of 1856 men and 1,C05 women, though almost 10000 persons applied for admission last year. More than half of the student body are refugees from Occupied China.
 Thirty conscientious. objectors to war, chosen from Mennonite, Bre- thren and Friends c O. camps, have been formed into a Civilian Public Service unit and assigned to service at Duke University Hos pital, Durham, North Carolina. The unit is administered by Dr. F. Boss of the Peace Commission of the Methodist Church. Ten of the men are serving in the operating room of the General Hospital, ten are psychiatric aides in the Mental Fc~r't"l and working toward the P,ycAiatric F Aide Certificate which , C. dited toward the R N. degree, and the remainder are doing psych- iatric work at Highland Hospital, affiliated with Duke. During recent weeks eight new hospital units of this kind have been approved for the service of c. O.'s, and other units are being organized to serve in the dairy industry.
 Out of experiences during the first World War, when men with minds and nerves shattered, were greatly helped by music, has grown the. National Foundation of Musi- cal Therapy, which promises much for the postwar rehabilitation of this wars casulties. Mrs. Harriett Aver Seymour, of Steinway Hall, New York, the president of the Foundation, has been named an advisor to the Office of the Civil ian Defense Volunteer Organization Experience has proven, say the of ficers of the Foundation, that the soft singing of the Ave Maria may do more for bomb-shocked sol- dier than can any doctor: and that a lullaby by Brahms will produce more peaceful and health-b building sleep than will sleeping tablets. The healing qualities of religious and classical music are now being recognized by doctors and nurses" say these specialists.
 Changing gasoline engines to charcoal-burning engines, distill- Ing tung oil and alcohol for fuel, and experimenting with kerosene and crude oil in engines. are some of the problems that have been faced and at least partially con- ouered by men working in Kutsing, West China, with the Friends (Quakers) Ambulance Unit. With the Burma Road closed, gasoline almost unattainable, and air trans port too costly, the Unit has had to adopt many expedientS in order to carry on their service of succor to both military and civilian wounded. Mule caravans from Calcutta, In- dia, across the mountains into West China, were tried but proved too slow-130 days of travel being re- quired- But, one way or another, they have kept the trucks and am- bulances moving and serving. Re- gently three more American doctors l arrived in Kutsing to serve with the unit: Drs. Arthur Barr, of Glenolden, Pa, Dietrich Wiebe of Reedly, Cal.,. and Ernest Evans of Pa.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-21
STANLEY GRUMMETT
 BACK FROM SITKA

Stanley Grummett, insurance representative of Juneau, arrived this morning from Sitka where he has been for the last week on @ business trip.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-21

Brittany. in northern France, de- rived it's name from migrations of Englishmen in the 5th and 9th cen- turieS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-21
THOMAS A. MORGAN BACK
 FROM TRIP TO SITKA

Thomas A. Morgan, President of the Columbia Lumber Company, returned to Juneau early this morning from business trip to Sitka where his company has a branch office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-21
TRAP LINES
 by HENRY PEARSON

Many of the newspapers and per- iodicals are now featuring ideas on what to do on the weekend now that gasoline rationing has put cobwebs on the Cadillac. No more golf, no more trips to the country, no picnics, no winter sports they say make it imperative that one learn to use his spare time to advantage if nothing more than to keep from getting bored.
 Realizing the tremendous scope of this and the terrific problems that would be engendered fr"r' en- forced idleness, took my no.eoook in hand and decided on one IT T canvass of certain Juneou homes to determine what if anything, was being done to use up the long hours on the quiet week-ends.
 The first place I came to, the lady of the house was doing her washing and her husband was down at the dock caulking up his boat. Ques- tioning her further, I found out that they had been doing that on week-ends for the past twenty years
 The next place I found fairly young man. l asked him what he was doing to use up the spare time of that lovely Sunday day. He looked up from his wood chopping, spat on his hands, and brilliantly stated, What the Hades does it look like?"
 Somewhat abashed I continued on to the next abode Here I en- countered an elderly couple. The lady of the home was shoveling the snow of the side walk. Fearing repetition of my previous encounter I merely asked her where her hus- band was
 There he is,' she said, pointing a bony finger toward the roof. There, his coat Tapping in the icy wind. was the man of the house putting up broken aerial
 Suddenly realizing that I was the only one with any spare time, I hastily returned home where, be- hind drawn blinds, I managed to find some comfort in a game of solitaire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-21
GOES TO KETCHIKAN

Dr. R. N. Hester passed through Juneau this morning from Sitka on his way to Ketchikan. BEN BELLAMY AND
 MRS. BELLAMY BACK
 FROM SITKA TRIP Ben Bellamy. well known mer- chandise broker, returned to Ju- neau this morning from Sitka where he has been for the last two weeks.
 MT. Bellamy was accompanied on his business trip to the Bar anof Island community by Mrs. Bellamy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-21
FROM sITKA TRIP

BUY DEFENSE BONDS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-21

Empire Classifieds Paye
The Nome nugget., 1943-11-29
SORRY HE COULDN'T REPORT TO BOARD

NORTH CAMP POLK. La. (AP)-Private First Class Wal ter c. Dick wants hlsdraft board bacz home in Worcester Mass. :, . szew 4ay = d.5z'. show up for induction re otae- day a ordered
 He Was on kitchen police duty and the ness sergeant here wouldn't let him go.
 Dzs. had earlier obtained determent to apply for the United States Military Acadefy. His plans fell through, so he volunteered for immediate in duction, taking the oath last March. Four months later he was notified the deferment was,
The Nome nugget., 1943-11-29

there is possible an outline of Baish's career of military engi- neering.
 Born in Clean, New York, Baish attended high school in Sharon Pennsylvania, and was graduated from the United States Military Academy June l2, 1918 On the day of his graduation he was appointed a 2nd It., 1st Lt, and Captain, Corps of Engineers. Two months after graduation he returned to West Point as a mathematics instructor and in 1919, made an official trip as an Engieer Off cer observer of post war condi- tions in the European battle fields. In 1920, he attended Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology and was later with the 9th Engineers at Ft. Bliss Texas, and the 3rd Engineers in Ha- Waii.
 Secretary and instructor at the Engineer School, Fort Bel voir, from 1927 to 1880, he re- turned to West Point as instruc- tor and assistant professor of Engineering from 1881 10 1885. From 1895 to 1887 he was with the U. S. Engineer Office at Galveston, Texas, and from 1887 to 1940 was operations of ficer of the Engineer Reproduc- ton Plant at the Army War College in Washington, D. C. After attending the Army In dustrial College in le4o he was assigned to an Enginner unit at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, go- ing in early 1942 to Alaska.
 Alter the Battle of Attu, Col. Baish received his present as- signment: Engineer, Construc- tion Division, ADO In this post, he must see that the civil ian engineers the civilian cleri-
The Nome nugget., 1943-11-29

cal staff, the civilian construc- ton warkers and the engineer technical troop units combine their Army Engineer effors in rushing projects to completion or initiating new installations in the area of American bases that rise from Seattle to Attu.
 Baish counts his civilian as sistants an important part of the Engineer ConTruction Division in Alaska.
 Every civilian engineer, con- struction or clerical worker who decides to come here can feel he or she is indeed a part
The Nome nugget., 1943-11-29
A SLIGHT CASE OF IDENTITY

WAKONDA. s. ,. (AP) - Dale Robert Peterson and Rob ert Dale Peterson have been duly inducted into the aIned forces, and is the draft board and post office glad that's over
 Dale Robert got both induc- ton notices and took both pre-. liminary physical examinations but thought it was just part O the rountine. Robert Dale go no notice until he asked th' draft board secretary about hi classification.
 They are not related.
The Nome nugget., 1943-11-29
Col. Baish
 Commended For Activity

HEADQUARTERS, ALASKAN DEPARTMENT - This is the story of the Army engineer con- struction officer for Alaska though engineer teamwork is re- luctant to single an individual from his unit. Col. Charles F. BaiSh, C. E., is responsible for the construction of military in- sta1lations in Alaska, under the Engineer, Alaska Defense Com mand.
 Colonel Baish has jobs like Attu, figuring whether the Jap installations are worth remaking or whether to start in over again on new roads and warehouses. He has jobs like Kiska figuring to have supplies, from lumber and steel runway mats to bulldozers, in on the initial landings so en- gineers can build under fire, if necessary. He has jobs like see ing that uncharted areas are sur veyed for installations and jobs like building the docks, roads, living quarters and operating units for other branches of the service according to their needs and specifications before they ar rive, or simultaneously with their arrival.
 He must see that the funda- mentalS Of bases are in so the bombers can be going up against the enemy in, say, six days after unloading the construction mate rial on the beaches.
 Col. Baish's construction prof. ects cover Alaska from the south ernmost limits of the southeast to the end of the Aleutian chain from the Canadian border in the interior across to the Berine Sea. Only section of the terri tory the, engineers have not touched is that area roughly north of the Arctic circle. Baish himself has covered Alaska pret- ty thQI0uphlv hv cuoucboa plane, train dogteam and boat
 Colonel Baish first came tc Alaska early in 1922, where he has remained on somewhat his torical and difficult engineer as- signments. The story of the unit he brought in to Alaska would be a pretty good story the for tification of the North, but since that story must wait for peace
The Nome nugget., 1943-11-29

ner of the army. Our needs in Alaska for definite skills and training is great, our need Ter { h assistance C. patriotic Americans who may feel they nave not yet found tce.- War job, is grave. The .r--s.tz--s-,,.,z = of our tasks here increases the need for help in completing these projects. Civilians i2 Alas ka are members of Q so-- = eX- peditionary force Of the army and are subject to military law They are doing much fer the war effort
 Colonel Baish's wife, Mrs. Adelaide F. Baish, resides in Tacoma with an infant daugh- ter Adelaide, another daughter Shelia, who is a secretary al the quartermaster comm-Ssary a: McChord Field, and . son, Charles F. Baish, Jr. Another daughter, Mrs. Michael Christ ian, wife of It Christian Rental Corps, resides in Seattle.
The Nome nugget., 1943-11-29
NOTICE

During the winter months this bank will close one hour earlier. Commencing Decem- Der 1st the bank will be open from 10:00 a. m. to 200 pm. Saturday 10:00 to noon. MINERS & MERCHANTS
 BANK OF ALASKA
The Nome nugget., 1943-11-29

up and would he report for final examination and induc- ton.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-31
ASK HIS COMMANDER

Ale should submit his writ
ten request for release and the
affidavit 10 his present com
manding officer. All men over
So are eligible for release. II they
can submit satisfactory evidence
that they will he employed I'm an
essential industry,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-31
Bright Sayings
OF Children

The Times is publishing such
remarks and paying 81 for each
published
Today's 81 goes to Mrs Annie
Patterson, 15S66 Coyle Her 4
year.old grandson Bill Bruner,
visiting al Belle Isle Zoo. was told
that God made all the animals"
Bill, observing a fat hlppopota-
mus with ugly tuSkS. asked:
CATER God made that, did lie
jump back"
Mail your favorte child's say
ingS TO Bright SaylnCS-of Chill
dren, The Detroit Times, Detroit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-31
Quick Questions

On Feb. % of this year, the
army Of the L. S. $. r. cele-
brated how many years OF eX-
lStcnce
Ramon Castillo is the president
of what South American
country?
What arc the galts Of a three
gated horse?
In eastern collegiate sports,
Yale, Harvard ard Princeton
are grouped under what title a?
A plover is: ca a farm nipple
mcnt; OBJ bird; tc) kind of
grass.
is the floral emblem
of what country?
two colorS can be de-
rived from the mixture of blue
and orange?
ANSWERS on opposite page)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-31
Two Daily
Quizzes
knowledge Test
By DIR. SABINA II. CONNOLLY

Identify the War-(a) Battle
of Jutland; tb) Battle of Sara
toga; tcl Battle of Shiloh.
What is it used for?-tal Pee
tin; CO. Digitalis; Cc) Alfalfa.
city-(a) Was the scene
of the assassination h "a I
started World War ]? ob)
Handles most OF Egypt $ for
Cign commerce? (c) i the
chief port of the Netherlands?
Guess the right answer-ta)
A qulre Of paper has "A, 20, 10
sheets. (b) a mariners compass
Is divided into p, 81, 100
points (C) A lathom IS 3, ., o
feet
What is the first name of
tdl Booth Harrington? Cbl II.
G.. Wells? CO.. Babe Ruth?
j-Do YOU know-Ca) to what
king did a warning appear on
wall at A feast? lb) What
famous pass tho Spartan king
LeonidaS defended? tc) What
is the highest mountain IN
Great Britain
ANSWERS on opposite page)