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Evening star., 1944-07-07
New Threat to Nazis
By Maj. George Fielding Eliot

Of the Gulf Of Riga is so shallow that
1t would seem better to pull Lindemann
back, especially as he is further endan-
gered by the fact that his front is too
long to be held with the force at his
disposal
But the latest peril to the new Ger
man position Is not in the north. It
lies in the sudden surge forward of the
Russian armies south and southwest of
the Pripet Marshes-probably of Mar
shall Zhukov's Ukrainian armies - to
Kowel, which threatens Brest Iitoysk
southern anchor Of the new German de-
tense line, from new direction, ONLY
10 miles separate Kowel and Brest
Litovsk. Should the great Polish for
tress city fall to further Russian ad-
vance from Kowel. 1t is difficult to see
now the rest OF the German line could
long be held. Hence We may expect a
strong German reaction against any
Russian effort to push northwest from
Kowel.
This Is, indeed. an operation which
the Russians must conduct in ereat
strength, and with particular attention
to their left flank, which will become
tne more exposed to German counter.
attack the farther they proceed. Prob
ably the Russians will desire to rain
possession of Lwow and Lublin In order
to cover that flank. Thus their proeress
may be slow, but the threat thus pre-
sented to the whole German scheme
OF eastern defense Is one which must
be the chief source of anxiety to the
German high command 1T the moment.
All Of this analysis of the situation
Is based on the presumption that the
Germans can, for . time at least. hang
on to the "hedgehogs" Of their new line.
II they cannot, then . general collapse
OF their eastern forces may not be far
away.
TO sum up: The Russians have not
yet achieved complete break through,
because the Germans seem to have .
second line Of defense behind the first,
though they have weakened their main
defense by holding the forward line
TOO strongly. But the new line Is already
threatened with being outfanked from
the south, and the German position in
the north (the Baltic 6tates) can hard.
" b maintained very much longer.
tcoosrisht 1874. The Tfibans o..
Evening star., 1944-07-07
No Comfort for the Enemy
By David Laurence

Prom the New York Herald Tribune
A political campaign tends to be an
interpretive business, in which 4 COM
munity or nation puts itself under the
microscope-and frequently under the
scalpel. Possibly the enemies of Amer
lea thought to profit by this fact; to gain
some weeks of relative respite; to find
that the traditional self-examination OF
politics would induce a measure OF con-
fusion or even of faltering in the great
war machine that is the United States
today. If so, they were thoroughly dis
abused by Mr.. Dewey. As the candidate
OF the Republican party he sent forth
from the convention of that party a
message Of answering loyalty to Amer
ica's allies and OF uncompromising
menace to the country's foes He devoted
the campaign to the purposes Of victory,
Evening star., 1944-07-07

Certain ideas on the Russian situation
as previously expressed in this column
must be revised in view of the latest
developments.
First, and most important, it does not
now appear that the bulk Of the German
army group of the center was devoted to
the defense of the Fatherland Line
Probably the total number Of German
divisions involved in that debacle was
in the neighborhood of IS to 80 instead
of 40-odd as would have been the case
had the former German dispositions
remained unchanged
Second, there seems to have been a
strengthening of the German center
going on at the expense Of the northern
wing, SO that the northern group of
armies under Col. Gen. Lindemann does
not now have more than 20 to Is divi-
sions
But the total number of German divi-
sions between the Gulf of Finland and
the Pripet Marshes remains unaltered-
about 80 or 95. A balance of 40 to IS
divisions therefore remains to be ac-
counted for, and it would seem probable
that these divisions are deployed along
the front Dvinsk- Wilma Grodno- Bialy-
stok-Brest Litovsk, with . "switchline"
from Wilma through Ida and Barano-
vichi to Luninets. It Is as the key posi-
tions Of this latter line are being ap-
preached by the Russian armies that
they are running into serious German
opposition.
Probably the Germans are going to
try to hold this line on the old and
tried principle Of defending the main
communications centers, which, as long
as they are held. deny the Russians the
use of the railways and main highways.
The Russians, after their rapid advance
in the center, may be outrunning their
supplies and there may have to be a
check for regrouping and consolidation.
The mopping up Of broken German
divisions continues and the scale Of
prisoners captured will be interesting
indeed when the final reports are in.
The ability of the German high COM
mand to maintain Gen. Lindemann on
his present front Narba- -Dvinsk
is entirely dependent on holding the
last-named place. The depth Of their
position between Dvinsk and the head
Evening star., 1944-07-07

quotes Rex North. correspondent Of the
Sunday Pictorial, who accompanied the
invasion armies. Is saying six out of
10 people over here distrust and detest
us, and I have carefully checked the
figures like 80 many others. I have ex-
pected every one to fete our victorious
armies. Instead, I have spent q week
wondering where the next French bull
let, was coming from. What on earth
does all this mean?"
~ AH
The writer Is an Englishman writing
ceivable that this feeling Of hostility
Americans. But our own reports, while
not IS brutally frank show certain indi-
cations that the French are resentful
over the inevitable destruction Of their
homes and possessions,
: II We add to this misfortune OF war
an administrative rule by Gen. de
Gaulle's ofhcers who, while sincere
French patriots, have their own strong
views about the traitor government of
Marshal Petain and Premier Laval, the
picture becomes even more complex.
The ofncers who will administer
France as soon as the Allied forces
Hberate the country are bound to obey
orders from their leader, Gen. de Gaulle.
If we are to judge him by past per-
formanceS in France, he hates-and
from his own point Of view, logically
so-every one who has had any con-
nection with the Vichy government In
all frankness, no American in q respon-
sible position can say definitely that
the whole Of France hates the repre-
senatives Of the old marshal. There
may be many Petainist oficials who ac-
cepted the Vichy rule because there was
no other way to serve the country or
because there was no other way to make
a living. Victory sometimes Is more
inebriating than the strongest alcohol.
Since the British and American mill
tary authorities will be careful not to
mix In the civil affairs administered by
the De Gaulle officers, there is real
danger that "retaliations" will be dras-
tic and that eventually the armies of
liberation may be regarded as the sup
porters OF a movement of revenge on
. large scale
The only difference will be that this
movement of revenge will be occurring
behind the backs Of foreign armies.
These matters probably will be placed
clearly before the French leader who is
now being feted in Washington and
he may be able to give public assurances
that only those who have been proved
traitors in the strictest sense OF the
word and not labeled as such because
they refused to join the Free French
Movement, will have to suffer the inevi-
table punishment Of treason.
Evening star., 1944-07-07
This Changing World
By Constantine Broyn

Gen. Charles de Gaulle likely win
leave Washington with IN agreement
which. while not extending him the
much-sought recognition as head of .
French provisional government, will give
his officers under Gen. Joseph Pierre
Koenig full administrative powers be-
hind the line.
This agreement will make the officers
rulers In fact of all liberated sections OF
France. The American and British
armies Of liberation will be extremely
careful to avoid mixing up in French
domestic matters and unquestionably
will shut their eyes to any measures
Gen. de Gaulle may decide to adopt In
the liberated areas through the medium
Of Gen. Koenig's officers.
On the surface this appears to be q
sound policy. Since 1910 the powerful
propaganda machinery at the disposal
OF the French leader has shown him as
the one and only hope Of the French
people yearning to be freed from enemy
occupation.
Whether this is actually true is de-
batable and there are those who have
some misgivings about what would hap
pen in France II Gen. de Gaulle were
to transform the pending ARRANGEMENTS
into q de facto control of the country
IN the wake Of the victorious American
and British armies.
This view is not being taken by those
concerned over the situation in France
because OF any personal animosity
against the French leader. The whole
situation in Europe is 50 full of over
whelming difficulties that personal likes
and dislikes have no room in the general
picture.
In number OF censored dispatches
and in some Of the films shown in
American and British theaters the brief
visit Of Gen. de Gaulle at Bayeux in
Normandy is represented as triumphal
march with thousands of persons cheer
ing the man who has made their liberia
tion possible. Careful inspection Of the
picture shows that the crowds comprise
only few hundred persons, which is
logical, since most of the civilian popu-
lation which was able to escape the
battle vent sway-and there was no
real enthusiasm shown on their faces.
1t is hardly conceivable that there can
be much happiness in the faces of men
and women who have been hidden in
cellars during heavy fighting and whose
homes have been either damaged or
destroyed
But there have been some observers
reports which have described the atti-
tude OF the French in Normandy as
anything but friendly to the armies of
liberation. The Review Of World AZ
fairs, reputable monthly magazine
published in England and Canada,
Evening star., 1944-07-07
On the Record
By Dorothy Thompson


oring that war must stop forever and
that the whole world must be policed
because otherwise the human race will
blow itself on the planet have been
regarded as hysterical nuts. For the
most remarkable thing about the human
animal Is that 1t can rarely imagine
anything in advance 1t has always to
be shown-and by the most terrible
demonstration.
Now the people of Britain are being
shown something. They are peeping
behind the curtain, not Of this war, but
OF any next war-a war of mindless ma
chimes, war in which there are no
frontiers of security: a war in which
attack can come out Of the day or night
from an unknown source and without
pause.
II this weapon can now be used over
a distance of $50 miles. a generation
from now 1t may be usable over an area
OF 5000 miles. If it is now aimless, it
may by then have reached a high de-
gree Of precision. If it now carries the
destructive power Of ordinary bombs,
1t will certainly carry an immeasurAbly
worse destructive effect on 4 generation
from now.
If the ordinary human mind is too
inert to imagine q new weapon, it is
not unable to magnify potentiality once
it has experienced it. In Britain the
ordinary man now knows that H. G.
Wells. foreseeing really scientific de-
struction, was not spinning a novelist's
dream
The impulsive reaction of course
and this will be a political consequence
for Germany-is to cry for the utter
destruction and permanent control of
people who 60 to war with robots.
But the elimination of the inventors
does not eliminate the invention. The
issue that we face Is much greater.
There must be universal control of
weapons. among enemies and allies
alike. There must be a universal polic-
ing Of the earth.
The worst delayed action bomb in the
world is political lethargy. Our social
reactions and institutions lag genera
tions behind our science, and out of
this lack of synthesis looms the doom
Of humanity.
(Released by the Bell Syndicate. rnc)
Evening star., 1944-07-07
Monument to Valor
TO the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor Of The Star:
1t Is splendid idea that is being
sponsored by the Cleveland Park Citi-
zens' Association to purchase a site for
a public library to be in honor of our
daughters who are serving in the va
rious United States services and of our
sons so bravely fighting for us and for
the civilization libraries stand for,
We, all over the city, who are so proud
OF these our young people, should hasten
to aid, however modestly, in this project
and should look forward with eager
ness to the day when beautiful build
Ing, reared with our help, stands as a
visible symbol of our pride in our chill
dren-not cold monument for those
only who have died-but also for all
those who have gone forth for our pro-
tection-a living and continuing tribute
Of affection to valor.
MARY D. ARMAT.
Evening star., 1944-07-07

Myths grow around men, making
them curiously powerful. There was
a time, remember, when the word
of Huey Long, like that of Caesar,
might have stood against the
uorld "
Evening star., 1944-07-07

Of the situation Is the injection Of
the Roosevelt-Lewis issue. demon
strating as it does that Mr.. Lewis
well-known antipathy toward the
President is not shared by all of
those who have been his followers.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-15
MAJOR FISHER RETURNS

Major william Fisher has re-
turned to his post in Juneau after
spending several weeks, especially
over the holidays. with his family
in Seattle.
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mortar fire. and are gaining slowly.
A spokesman for Gen. Douglas
Macarthur said many shallow Jap
graves have BEEN found, and other
Jap bodies have been found unbur-
led, showing that the Japs have
little time for anything except re-
treat. M F.5tf M Ne
MEANWHILE Fifth Air Force Lib
orators ranged far and wide over
the northwestern sector of the
Southwest Pacific war theatre,
bombing Dill on Timor, and Makas-
sar on Celebes Island
Intense anti-aircraft fire greeted
the big bombers at each place. It
was the seventh raid on Dill.
At the same time, Australian
forces were reported crossing the
Kapugra River on Huon Peninsula,
New Guinea, capturing small vii
lage which brought the Aussies to
within three miles of a Jap barge
base
About so miles now separate the
Australians from the American
landing force up the coast, and the
Japs are caught between the two
forces.
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tute in 1893.

tute in 1888. sx
Starting with an enrolment 81
approximately so students, there
has been a steady increase until at
present 221 young people are re-
gistered at the school.
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AMERICAN RED
CROSS NURSING ] /
CLASSES BEGIN

The first meeting of the home
nursing class under the sponsor
ship Of the American Red Cross,
was held on January IA at the
Government School on Willoughby
Avenue, with a fine attendance and
much enthusiasm expressed for the
work. .sf.-
Health films were shown during
the meeting, the first entitled "The
Life OF a Healthy Child" and An
other to Conquer" the latter deal
ing with tuberculosis, stressing the
Importance Of early diagnosis ana
treatment Of the disease
Following the showing Of the pic-
lures the class was organized and
10 members registered for the
course 49,
The next meeting will be held on
Friday. January 81, in the denon-
stration room at the Douglas Gov
ernment School. A school bus will
leave promptly at o'clock from
in front of the Juneau Govern
ment School for Douglas, for the
convenience of Juneau residents
taking the course.
The classes are conducted, under
the American Red Cross with Mrs.
Elvira r. Maurstad as nurse in
structiess. Much credit should she
given to Mrs. Roy Peratrovich,
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WRANGELL INSTITUTE
NOW ACCREDITED BY.
N. w. ASSOCIATION

Wrangell Institute has been ac-
credited by the Northwestern AS
ISOLATION Of Secondary and High
Schools according TO notice just re-
ceived here by the Office of Indian
Affairs
The Institute, located at Shoe
maker Bay, about five miles from
Wrangell is a co-educational voca-
tional high school maintained for
Native students by the Indian Of
lice, under the immediate supervi-
sion of George T. Barrett, principal
Others on the faculty include
John L. Ripley, machine shop;
Mrs, Teresa Ripley, social studies;
Miss Byrdie Mcneil, commercial;
Mrs. Gladys W. Taylor, mathema-
tics; Mrs. Bess E. Alexander, home
economics: Everett T. Watrous,
boys advisor; Mrs. Myrtle B. Wa
trous, English; Mrs. Adelaide E.
Carmody, girls advisor: j. j. Mar
tin. USCG, navigation; Mrs. Dor
othy NJ Whitaker, secretary; Nor
man Whitaker, general mechanic;
Herman johnson, master of boats,
Mrs. Mildred Johnson, dining room
and kitchen superintendent; Mar
jorie E. Dadaff, assistant to Mis-
Johnson; Peter M Casey, night
Waterman and coach; Mrs. Anna
Person, arts and crafts; Agnes
Breen, nurse; and Mrs. George t.
Barrett, postmistress. SIX.
The Wrangell Institute opened
October l, 1882 to admit students,
and On October 4 the first classes
were held. The first principal was
Leroy F. Jackson, followed by
Charles W. Miller in 1894, and Mr..
Barrett became head of the Insti-
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DR0ppING0F
CENSORSHIP
BEING URGED
Alaska Delegate Also
Wants DistoniinudnCe
OF Travel Control

WASHINGTON - Wastage Of
manpower even by the departments
of the Government is strikingly
illustrated in the continuance OF
censorship of communications pass
ing between the states and Alaska
and in the new Alaska Travel Con-
troll regulations. said Alaska Dele
gate Anthony j Dimond.
when the Japanese were finally
expelled from the Aleutian Islands
and our forces were solidly estab-
lished there, either for defense OF
attack, it seemed that censorship
for Alaska and travel control for
Alaska, except as to the Aleutian
Islands and possibly part of the
Alaska Peninsula, would be immed-
lately terminated writes the Dele
gate.
Attempting to speak authoritive-
ly on the subject, it is my under
standing that the Alaska War
Council so recommended. Recently
I again particularly urged upon Mr.
Bryan Price, Director of Censorship,
that the employment of any per-
son in censorship Of mail going be-
tween the States and Alaska was
a complete waste. Mr.. Price said
that he would give the subject fur
Their study and let me know the de-
cision, and l have no doubt that
he will do 50.
ut is understanding that as to
the Aleutian Islands and the main
land Immediately joining. there is
sound reason for the military au-
thorities to sscrutinize and to con-
troll all movement of personnel.
But as to the main body OF Alaska,
which is included in what is known
as Zone A, Under the current travel
regulations the ordinary Alaskan
is unable to see that any good end
is served by such control of move
ment. AlaSkanS are only 100 eager
to submit to any restriction which
will actually serve the war effort
and even in case of reasonable
doubt they make no complaint.
With all this in mind the current
travel control regulations for the
main body of Alaska appear to be
just as little necessary as would
be similar regulations for control
of travel between the states OF
Washington and Oregon.
The members Of our armed forces
who are now engaged in travel con-
troll activities could be used to bet
ter advantage in fighting the jap
anese. and mquestionably they,
themselves, if afforded an oppor-
tunity, would so choose. Similarly,
plenty of places can be found for
the use and worthwhile employment
Of the civilian forces in the Alaska
Travel Control Bureau and in the
Office of Censorship for Alaska"
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NORRIS IN TOWN

Col. George Norris and Major
r. L. Jordison. after spending the
holidays in the states, have re-
turned to Juneau and are enroute
to Excursion Inlet
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank everyone fol
their many kind deeds and express
sions of sympathy shown us in oul
recent bereavement; also for the
many beautiful floral offerings.
MRS. c. r. WILLARD
MRS. DORA POOLE
MIR. and MRS. RICHARD POOLE
and family
MIR. and MRS. EDWARD POOLE
and family
adv
Bond Premier, Jan. ID. A bond
for every seat. adv
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BRIGHT EYES

Try combining vaseline with your
mascara to accentuate eyelash
length and get a Iustrous sparkle.
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grand president of the Alaska Ma
tive Sisterhood and her committee
for their good work i'll organizing
the class, the instructor said today,
and stated that the classes are still
open. and those wishing to register
should contact Mrs. Roy Peratrovich
held in the demonstration room at
at Green 225. The meetings are
the Douglas Government School 10
future.
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HERE FROM ANCHORAGE
r. S. Brown, here from Anchor.
age, is at the Baranof Hotel
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Continued from Page One)
These difficulties were surmount-
ed, however, and by June, 1887, the
veterans Administration, which had
by then taken over from the Public
Health Service, was operating 81
hospitals with capacity of 47,421
beds and was making use of 2,l59
beds in other government hospitals.
A total of 46,416 veterans was oc-
cupying the beds.
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MORGAN SERVICES
BE HELD MONDAY;
MEMORIAL CHURCH

Funeral services for David Nor
gan, we'll known Native teacher who
died this week, will be held at the
Memorial Presbyterian Church at
2 o'clock Monday afternoon. The
Rev. Walter A. Soboleff will con-
duct the service, and interment will
be in Evergreen Cemetery.
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War CasuaIiies Are
Expetied 10 Be Heavy
When Invasion Breaks

Continued from Page one)
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MARINES IN
ADVANCE ON
ENEMY HILL
NiDponese Resistance Is
Bitter in New Britain
Ground Fighting

Continued from Page One)
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-04
0L0CAL MEN
TO AID SURVEY

Two Wilmingtonians are among
the personnel of the IL groups
of Naval officers and prominent
civilians who will conduct early
in January Navy manpower sur
vey of every Naval, Marine and
Coast Guard activity in the Sixth
Naval district.
They are Lieut.. Comdr. R. w.
Thresher, United States Coast
Guard, captain of the port; and
A. E. Jones, general manager OF
Tide Water Power company.
The proper utilization of man
power-officer, enlisted, and civil
liam personnel-is the objective OF
the Navy lnanpoWer survey. The
investigation will cover all acti-
vities having Navy cognizance in
the states of South Carolina and
Georgia, the greater part of North
Carolina, and that part of Florida,
embracing Jacksonville.
The groups will function under
appointments from Secretary Of
the Navy Frank Knox and will re-
port to the district committee,
headed by Capt. Paul Cassard,
USN. This committee, working I'm
der the Navy Manpower Survey
board, will report directly to that
board headed by Vice-Admiral
Adolphus Andrews.