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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-18
POSTWAR PLENTY:
Food Farley Pledge

Collaboration of A United Nations
countries in building a postwar
world Of plenty was pledged by
delegates attending the United Ma
tons food conference in Hot Springs,
Virginia.
The machinery for achieving this
goal of plenty would be an inter-
national organization, the delegates
indicated at the conferences clos
ing sessions. This organization
would take the form of a perma-
nent world agricultural authority.
Agreement of the delegates to
promote the creation Of this inter-
national agency was hailed as the
conferences most significant ac-
complishment. Undersecretary of
Agriculture Paul H. Appleby, vice
chairman of the United States dele
cation declared the conference had
been "highly successful"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-18


The question, "where Is the Ger
man air force?" received at least
a partial answer when Moscow an
nounced that 500 Nazi planes had
raided the important Russian posi-
ton of Kursk, 40 miles above Khar-
kov. The Soviet communique re-
ported that 1913 Of the raiders had
been shot down, as against loss of
80 Red planes. .
Terming the battle as one Of the
greatest air actions of the war, the
Russians disclosed that the effective
ness of their anti-aircraft defenses
caused the Germans to jettison their
bombs, thus missing military objec-
tives but causing civilian casualties.
Meanwhile, a German report an
nounced further Russian offensives
in the Kuban valley Of the Caucasus.
The Nazis said that five Red tank
brigades and several infantry divi-
sions had launched a new drive
northeast of Novorossisk, last re-
manning German stronghold in the
Caucasus.
The struggle in the Kuban valley,
however, was but one phase of OPP
erations from the Caucasus to the
Arctic sea that might well determine
the wars outcome this summer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-18
AIR POWER:
u. S. Pounds Japs

On widely separated fronts from
the Aleutians to Burma, the Japs
felt the increasing force of Allied
air power.
With the campaign for Attu now
a matter Of history, American air
men concentrated their attention on
Kiska, the main Japanese base in
the Aleutians. The navy depart
ment reported that planes continued
to bomb and strafe the hard-pressed
Jap positions.
In New Guinea Flying Fortress
and Liberator bombers gave the key
Jap air base located at WeWak,
a series Of heavy raids, drop
ping incendiaries and explosives on
four fields which form part of the
WeWak system of airdromes. The
Japs retaliated by sending bombers
to raid targets in the upper Lake
kamu river, IS miles southwest of
Allied-held Wau.
In Burma, American airmen
struck at enemy supply lines be-
tween Burma and China, dropping
$4,000 pounds of bombs on the inn
portant Shwel suspension bridge
northeast Of Mandalay and attack
ing railroad installations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-18
ARGENTINA: i
Neu,t1.raIity at Stake?

While close censorship had yelled
early reports of the military move
ment'' in Argentina, observers were
confident that it concerned the course
of the nations future International
policy-whether the government
would pursue its trend Of benevolent
neutrality toward the Axis, or would
follow the rest Of South America in
breaking with the Axis.
The military reaction gained added
significance, coming as it did on the
eve of the Conservative party's ma
tional convention preceding the
Presidential elections. For this com
vention had been scheduled to pro-
claim Senate President Robnstiano
Patron Cestas as its candidate.
Costas had been endorsed by "neu+
traiity1minded's president Ramon
Castillo. s4esI staAl
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-18
FRENCH UNITY:
Worth Waiting for

Although General Giraud and
General DeGaulle at first could not
agree any better at close range in
Algiers than they had at long range
between Africa and London, Allied
leaders were confident that factional
CULTS would be hurdled and long
hoped-for French unity would be
consummated.
This optimistic view was justified
when French committee of ma
tional liberation" headed jointly by
Generals De Gaulle and Giraud, was
formally established to pursue the
war at the side of the Allies until
total victory over the enemy pow
ers." ~4 st' "
Comprising a seven-man group
which eventually will be expanded to
nine, the new liberation committee
will direct the French war effort I'M
til France is freed and able to elect
it's own government. In addition to
the co-presidents, Giraud and De-
Gaulle, the committee includes Gen.
Alphonse George and Jean Monnet,
named by Giraud; Rene Massigli
and Andre Philip, appointed by De-
Gaille; and Gen. Georges Catroux,
designated by both presidents.
That the new committee meant
business was Immediately apparent
by personnel requirements that
eliminated French-African officials
with former Vichy ties. -a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-18
TRADE PACTS:
TsUO Years More

Final approval by the senate Of
President Roosevelt's reciprocal
trade agreements program came
after administration supporters, aid
ed by some Republicans, defeated
five amendments that would have
restricted the Presidents authority.
The house had previously voted fa--
vorably.
The President had originally
asked for a three-year extension.
But because this would throw the
policy into the next presidential
administration for more than year,
both house and senate measures cut
it to two years. The senate's action,
however, meant that members of the
United Nations could be assured that
this governments present trade pol
icy would be continued until June IL,
1945, or nearly five months after the
next presidential Inauguration.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-18
CHINA:
Japs Lose 10000

AS Chinese forces had continued
to press back the Jap invaders in
the middle Yangtze valley, report
from Generalissimo Chang Kali
shek's headquarters disclosed that
the drive in Central China toward
Chungking had cost the enemy more
than 10000 casualties in two-week
period.
The Tokyo radio admitted the re-
verses in report announcing that
the Jap invasion forces had retired
to previously prepared positions.
Principal theater of Chinese gains
was the Yangtze river in southern
Hupeh province and northern HUI
nan. Here General Chiang's forces
wiped out encircled enemy units and
seized huge stocks of supplies and
equipment, communique said. As
a first step in the recapture of stra-
tegic Ichang, the Chinese had re-
gained possession Of all points
around Changyang, strongly held
doorway" to Ichang.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-18
MEDITERRANEAN:
Mussoli,i at Bay

Mussolini's defenses at sea had
been no more impressive than in the
air when Allied forces struck at the
island approaches to the "soft I'M
derbelly" of Italy.
Target of the first assaults was
the island Of Pantelleria, closest of
Italy's Mediterranean outposts to AZ
RIGA. Here Allied warships made
heavy bombardments that were I'M
opposed. The Italian feet that had
been reported on the alert had made
no effort to come out and fight for
Pantelleria which already had been
shaken by Allied bombers. In none
Of the attacks did the Allied feet
units suffer casualties. The only re-
sistance offered was. from the in
effective Italian shore batteries.
Only As miles from the tip of
Tunisia's Cap Bon peninsula, Pan
telleria was an easily reached tar
get for Allied air forces. As wave
after wave of bombers swept over
the island blowing up port facilities,
other Allied planes kept up a dam
aging series Of forays against Sicily
and Sardinia.
The extent to which the Mediter-
ranean was becoming an Allied lake
was indicated by a report announc-
ing that the Allied destroyers had
sunk two merchant vessels and an
escorting torpedo boat and driven a
burning Italian destroyer ashore. /
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-18
PAY-AS-YOU-CO:
July I Deadline

After five months Of congressional
wrangling the pay-as-you-go income
tax bill sped through the senate after
passage by the house.
Meanwhile treasury officials had
organized the machinery to start the
Observation-Disclosures system that
will take 20 per cent above personal
exemptions of each paycheck of
5000, 900 American workers begin
ming July l.
Representing a compromise be-
tween Democrats and Republicans,
the legislation promises an increase
in individual income tax revenue to
about SIG, 600, 900, 900 in the new ifs
cal year beginning July /. Under
the bills provisions, all of 1912 taxes
of $50 are forgiven and a reduction
of rs per cent on the remainder over
$50 is allowed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-18
BEEF:
Point Values Tipped

Dwindling supplies of beef were
cited by the Office of Price Admin
istration as the reason for a boost
in ration point values.
Beef-eaters found that point values
on steak cuts such as porterhouse,
sirloin or T-bone were up three
points. Roasts were up an average
of two points, while the largest sin
gle increase was on dried beef, which
zoomed four points, or from IL to is
points pound.
Housewives were given consola-
ton in the announcement that de-
creases in many cuts of veal. lamb
and mutton, pork and variety meats
would make it possible for them to
substitute these items.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-18
REFS. by Baukhase

Swedish Foreign Minister Chris
tian z. Guenther. declaring that
mo neutral power can maintain an
absolute balance between warning
camps" told an audience nj EslkiL
stuna that Sweden was making 'con-
cessions" to Germany Sin q higher
degree than to the western powers"
the Swedish Hoerby radio said IN
q domestic broadcast reported 10 The
Office Of War Information.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-18
EzEsIs!!sZ: l{:2:
vietory Inevitable Despite 4
Deadly, Indicated Foe
Optimistic Americans Fail to Realize Enemy's
Strength in Experienced Men, Naval
Forces and Air Power.
BY BAUKHAGE
Neics Analyst and Commentator.

yet. Japan's vaunted Zeros which
could outmaneuver us because of
their lightness, it is true, exploded
at one shot. They have been inn
proved. Germany has improved
number of her models, too. She
il holding back many for defense.
The enemy army, as whole, is
better trained by experience than
our men. But those of our men who
have had equal training and expert
ence are as good or better, man for
man, although not yet perhaps, Of
ficer for officer. Remember, Ger
many and Japan bred an officer
class. We trained a few profess
sional officers, limited their prestige,
resources and opportunity. The ma
jority of our officers in wartime
come from civilian life. They are
good, when they get the training and
the experience.
AS to the fighting man. Well,
we've stood up to Hitler's finest in
Africa at bayonet's length-we've
beaten the crawling Jap at his own
game, jungle fighting.
Long Range View
But still we have those odds which
I Cor rather the generaD mentioned
when we look at the long range
vista. They are the things which
the general brought up in answer to
the "buts"-I'll name the "buts" in
second. The point is he showed
me why 1t can't be done tomorrow
why we civilians have to be patient.
He showed me what we have to do
before we get over that ridge"
After tomorrow, we can consider:
The enemy hasn't the initiative the
Americans and British have. When
things don't 60 according to plan,
they are likely to bust" We won't.
The enemy has had its best men
in the army long time-its replace
ments are not as good as ours will
be.
Much of the enemy-held territory
has hostile population which will
work with the Allies against the en-
envy when we move in.
Japan and Germany will fail on
critical materials before we will
we can beat them at their own game
of "ersatz," too; witness synthetic
rubber.
We can manufacture and build
faster because we have more to do
it with than they have. Our home
front is farther away from the battle
front-and 1t is more in sympathy
with the government, despite polit-
ical difficulties.
But remember the butts"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-18
HIcHLIc HTS !. !. she geek. s...

DRAFT CROP: The draft called
Sherman Jenkins sons one at time
until it took all II, the Clarksdale,
Miss, farmer disclosed. The boys
range in age from 10 to 80.
PRIyATES: Seventy-two oil indus
try executives donned fatigue outfits
and spent day living with soldiers
at Fort Belvoir. Va, who are fight
ing 2 war powered hy oil.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-18

BONDS: The average American
family should invest rs cents Of ev-
cry dollar Of income in war bonds.
Secretary of the Treasury Morgen-
than declared, a.s A.t j.
COAL: Stocks Of all anthracite
coal in Canada were ordered frozen
according to an order issued by J,
MEG. Stewart, coal controller Of the
war munitions department.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-18

Foods are ''home canned" says
OPA if: ~ they have been canned
in kitchen primarily used for the
preparation of meals or to DEM
onstrate the preparation Of meals;
(2) they have been canned in a sep
arate building or shed which farm
house has equipped for canning pur-
poses. If the owner has obtained per-
mission from his local ration board
to use such facilities.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-18
WAR BONDS:
Machinery OUerhauled

Secretary Of the Treasury Henry
Morgenthau announced the merger
of the victory fund committee and
the war savings staff into a single
organization to be called "the war
finance COMMITTEES"
The new group win handle all flu
ture war financing drives, Mr.. Nor
genthau said. The war finance COM
mittee viii be set up on state lines
and operate. under state chairmen
who will report directly to the treas
ury, he added.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-18
War Stimulates
Changes in Educotion

One of the many changes which
the war has stimulated Is the change
in education. Education Is going to
count more after the war. Many
boys will come back partially
trained in trades and professions
which they can follow If they have
the additional theoretical and prac-
teal instruction necessary to arm
them for the stiff competition which
Ia expected.
As a result, college entrance ex-
animation requirements will be
greatly altered for many of these
men will lack the traditional pre-
requisites. Reform in this field is
one Of the II major detectives, dis
cussed in. a report Of the commits
sion on liberal education of the As
sociation Of American Colleges.
"If an educational program Ia to
be Of genuine service to the men
and women Of the postwar world"
the report Of the college committee
says, sit must perform two func-
tons simultaneously. II must take
them as they are and appeal TO their
immediate desires and special
needs, and IL must provide for their
common and enduring needs in a
postwar society"
II will be recalled that the boom
after the last war created the COON
skin collegian and the fiapper coed.
The word collegiate" had a mean
ing then which took ii far afield
from the cloister of learning. The
crop of tudents-veterans- be
more serious. They must be taken
more seriously. They must have
aptitude and achievement tests rath-
er than book-learning examinations;
there must be more individualized
instruction, more tutorial and semi
mar methods, special attention must
be given to co-ordinated instruction
that viii aid in the transition from
army or industrial life to peacetime
community and family relations and
the responsibilities Of citizenship.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-18
WEEKLY. NEWS ANALYSIS
French Unity Speeds Victory Plans;
Mediterranean Under Heavy Attack by
Allied Naval and Air Concentrations;
Chinese Crush Jap Yangtze Offensive

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-18
FEATHERS WANTED

WANTED: Goose and duck feathers. New
and old. Mail samples and write for prices.
The r. r. Mitchell Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-08-13
TMR0UGE THQE SEN lSINEL
 PERTgCOPE
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Furry caused by the report that meat was going to be rationed to Alaska has been calmed by an- nouncement from OPA that ar engagements have been made to per init shipments of meat to the Ter ritory outside of quotas. Stickler was, had the plan gone through as first reported, that wholesalers would have been required to charge meat shipments to the north a. gainst their quotas, placing the AL aska market on the same basis with the neighborhood meat market in the States which has easy access to the wholesaler. Alaska meat men can't call up the wholesaler and have meat delivered in a couple of hours or the next day. They have to order weeks and even months ahead due to long and uncertain ship haul from the States under present war time conditions. Dele gate Dimond and the Governor went to town on the problem and present announcement from 0PA indicates they got results OPA's announce ment, however, is neatly turned, pointing out that tthe arrangement is purely tentative and that ration ing might yet come to Alaska. Alas ka OPA chief, Mildred Hermann, suggests the glories of eating more fish. Says she: Newspapers, radio stations, civic and commercial
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ists been allowed inside the White House. But for those who are curi- ous as to what goes on inside this beehive of World War activity on typical swelteriug Washington day, let's take a quick look, from left to right, as the photo caption writers would say:
 First. that east wing across the street from the Treasury - which Byrnes with a smile calls his left wing" has been enlarged consid- erably. Where the tourist checked his camera in the prewar days there is a large conference room for the home front boss. Also in this wing are Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of staff to the commander-in-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-08-13
By HAROLD OLIVER

WASHINGTON-It's two White Houses" in one these days at 1900 Pennsylvania Avenue--one for Pres ident Roosevelt and the other for James F. Jimmy" Byrnes. some times referred to as assistant pres idnet" for the home front.
 The public visitor who used to enter the historic mansion through the low-slung east wing and park his camera before being taken on a limited tour of the Presidential liv- ing quarters would see some inter esting changes - both structural and human-if permitted to peek inside its portals these days.
 Not since March 1941, have tour
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groups and even private individ- uals can render a very constructive service to the communities in which they live by getting behind a pro- gram to eat more fish. That sort of program now, instead of insistent demands for special privileges for Alaska. should be the objective of every real Alaskan"
 So let the anthem be: We like humpback salmon" supported wig orously in the chorus by Alaska's g justly famed s375,00O 0PA setup. But don't try to buy a can of fish from cannery because they are not permitted under government regulation to sell for civilian con- sumption.
 Which for no particular reason reminds us of the guy over in France about 25 years ago who was grousing about the war generally when his buddy spoke up with:
 Well it's the best damn war there is, ain't it?"
 W dH AOuy uANlA AAA4S blE NeAAAAG long.
 #x&
 If you want to read one of the best pieces of reporting in this war and get a graphic story of what happened on Attu when our boys took over, don't miss Mad Dogs of Attu" by Russell Annabel in the current Saturday Evening Post. Rusty, former Alaska big game guide former Puget Sound news paperman and gifted descriptive i writer. was there with the boys when they landed and went through the foxholes with them. With years of prowling Alaska's wilderness areas under his belt, few men were better qualified to do the particular job, and a lulu he made of it.
 A thumb nail sketch of Annabel would read something like this: Born at Day Island, end of 9th Ave nue in Tacoma, Wasn. Heeded the call of the wanderlusu at an early age. decided to take the first boat available to South America or All aska. Boat came to Alaska and so did Rusty" He prOspected, trap ped, chopped wood and what-have- you, finally getting himself estab- lished as a big game guide and for years took hunting parties to re- mote sections of the Territory. With a yen to write he went Outside for a few years worked around Taco ma papers and then with typewrit- CT and bride (ex-Louise Hunt daughter of a pioneer Tacoma news paper family and a bangup news paper woman herself now with the Anchorage Times) migrated 70 Goose Creek, near Montana Station on the Alaska Railroad and began hitting the magazines regularly with the results of ms labors. Came the war and Goose Creek hcldquar- ters were closed for the duration :; Rusty of to the scenes of action as a United Press correspondent, Louise to the Times and a family headquarters at Anchorage until Rusty gets home.
 His best effort to date: Mad Dogs of Attu.''
 Collector of Internal Revenue Clark Squire reports that at the end
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-08-13
WRANGEEL SENTINEL

OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY PRINTED
 NEWSPAPER IN THE TERRITORY
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-08-13

of the fiscal year. June 30. revenue collections for Alaska and the state of Washington totaled $287,204,- 413, or an increase of $159 304,001 over the previous fiscal year and nearly nine times the amount col lected in the 1940 fiscal year.
 %& &.&
 With the Second War Loan drive for 13 billion dollars over sub scribed by more than five billion. the Third War Loan drive Is being planned to start Sept g. Now is the time to start figuring how many more bonds you can buy in the third loan drive than in the second.
 ** **
 Sergeant Simeon oivler, who is half Eskimo and half Norwegian, and who has written a best-selling book about it, and who has made quite a success as a pianist on the concert stage, and who is the fore most living expert on the Aleutian Islands, and who-eonsequently - is of considerable value to the Army in Alaska, will soon endeaYor to tell the American soldiers at ad- yaneed Aleutian bases what they should know about foraging.
 If attachments of Americans should ever get temporarily separ- ated from their units it is the Army's and Simeon's desire that they will be able To secure emerg- ency foods.
 Considering what the general conception of the Aleutians amounts to this would seem like a pretty hopeless project. Anybody wh O reads the newspapers knows that the Aleutians are nothing but bleak and wind-blasted volcanic mountain peaks that stick their snowy crests into foggy northern skies.
 Simeon says they're rich-rich in edibles.
 Simeon learned about the Aleu- tians and Alaska by virtue of be- ing a native. His father Gas his book, Son of the Smoky Sea" re- lates) found his mother when she was little girl-buried under a pile of fox furs on a dog sled in a raging blizzard.
 The elder MT. Oliver was a Nor wegian who had come to Alaska as a young man to trap and fish and make a home far from the discord of civilization.
 On the day of his discovery of the little girl, he had been out with his own dog team to bring in the winters catch of fox. It was a lit tie Eskimo girl, and her father lay frozen to death Mr. Oliver took "Kueuit" back to the settlement only to find that her mother was dead too. So he had her taken care of by American friends nearby. sen. her to the States to. be educat- ed and later married her She gave birth to "Nutchuk."
 Many yeas later. Nutchuk was a resident of New York. Known as Simeon Oliver, he was a friend of celebrities, earned his living on the concert stage wrote stories and books and lectured. He was success full and can prove it by his three inch listing in Who's Who" He was also a very busy Eskimo, but not so busy that he couldn't find
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time to return every other year to study and live with the natives in his homeland
 Now he proposes to use his know ledge to the detriment of certain yellow-skinned intruders in his be- loved islands His present forage" lectures to American soldiers sta tioned in the Aletiansu is a part of this campaign.