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The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
LEAVING AFTER FIVE YEARS
 OF ALASKA SERVICE

Brig. and Mrs. J. T. Gillingham, of the Salvation Army, expect to ter minate their Alaska administration of Salvation Army affairs and re- turn to Canada around June 1. This date coincides with the time when the Canadian administration of Salvation Army affairs in Alaska will be transferred to the American branch of that organization. Since Gold Rush days the Canadians have had charge of work in Alaska as well as that of the Dominion.
 The many fast and firm friends which the Gillinghams have made throughout the Territory since their arrivel here five years ago will be sorry to see the gracious couple leave. Their administration has been thoroughly efficient and appreciated by the people of the Territory and they have served the five years with only ten days vacation in the whole time. Their one aim, through the years, has been to give unself- ishly their aid to those needing it and to bring people the comfort of their religious instruction.
 The Brigadier and Mrs. Gi1ling- ham returned only this week from Juneau, Anchorage and Sitka. Tn Juneau they held conferences with Brig. Chester o. Taylor, American official who, it is expected, will be the first administrator under the American set-up.
 In Anchorage, where Salvation Army work is in charge of Capt. and Mrs. James Roberts, Brig. and Mrs. Dillingham; officiated at the dedication of a new Salvation Army hostel. The building, is completed. will accommodate from 20 to 25 men for lodging and contains a re- ception and writing room where men in and out of the service may find a quiet palce for reading and writing. It was dedicated April 9
 Flying down to Southeast Alaska, the couple took part in the dedica- tion of a new building there.
 Although termination of their command takes place June 1, the expect that it may be q week or two after that before they leave Wrangel due to neces- sity of getting affairs in shape for the new administrator. They expect to return to Canada, perhaps for a short vacation before being appoint ed elsewhere.
 Ii is Dossibla that Brig Tav1Or will arrive in Wrangell around the first of June. Many of the Canadian Salvation Army officials will re- main for time under the American until replacements from American ranks are appointed.
 , Captain Cecilia Sievewright, in charge of the Wrangell work, has received no word of transfer and will remain for the present.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
CHAMBER DEMANDS SEATTLE PRICE FOR
 ALASKA HALIBUT

Chamber of Commerce at it's lun- cheon meeting yesterday approved and dispatched a fast message to Chester Bowles, Director of OPA, urging that Alaska halibut prices be fixed the same in Alaska as in Seattle, and granting Seattle the ad- ditional differential of cost of freight and handling. The wire sup ported similar action by Juneau and other Chambers in the Territory. Cor details halibut price schedule see story page of today's paper)
 Speaker at the luncheon was w R. Carter, Field Extension, Univer- sity of Alaska, who has been in town the last week in connection with promotion of Victory gardens. MT. Carter outlined the need for gardens to meet the national food demand. tSee Carter story on ed itorial page.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
TONY SCHWAMM SAYS
 HELLO ON WAY SOUTH
 FOR HAND TREATMENT

Lieutenant Tony Schwamm, U. S. Navy was through on the last boat southbound, going south for medical treatment, a hand ailment which has been bothering him for some time. Tony has been stationed for the last two years with the Navy flight command at Port AL thorp. Mrs. Schwamm and young son are staying in Petersburg while the ex Wrangell-Petersburg Air Service owner and pilot goes Out side for a check-up. Mrs. Schwamm has been living at Sitka while Tony was tending to Navy duties.
 Also aboard was Lieut.. Comdr. Bob Schoettler, former manager of the Baranof in Juneau, going south.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
Pilots
 Do It Again
 SO.PaCifiC
By Associated Press


 ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, S. W. Pacific More than 200 American bombers and fighters hit Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, Wednesday with 322 tons of bombs and 5000 rounds of machine gun and cannon fire. They sank a 2.OOO-tOn freighter and set fire to nine smaller vessels.
 Lightning fighters which covered the formidable force of Liberators, Mitchells and Boston bombers, shot down eight enemy planes and dam aged ten out of twenty Japanese fighters which gave battle over the badly battered Jap base.
 Presence of enemy planes and ships at Hollandia indicated the Japanese had pushed in replace ments following the 400-ton obliter- ation bombing delivered by the AL lies April 2. That raid completed destruction Of the enemy air power and fleet there in which 88 enemy planes were erased and three air fields made unseryiceable and sec tions of the town and harbor were demolished.
 Today's communique reported al- so that Liberator bombers had hit Truk in the Carolines on Monday hits on a warehouse in the area of Doblon island. On Tuesday in air action at Wewak, three AL lied fighters were lost while the raiders destroyed an equal number of the enemy.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
Nazi RumOrS Have
 End Front Invasion
 Already Underway
By Associated #Press)

TORONTO At least three Can adian stations in the Dominion to- day reported that they had heard German shortwave broadcast an nounce that "an invasion force headed by Canadians" were making landing on the Nazi-occupied French coast south of Calais. The report was said to have been picked up by a weather bureau airfield station near Toronto.
 As London had not reported pick ing up the broadcast. transmission apparently had not been made over regular German station, raising a question as to the authenticity of the German report.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
SAY INVASION RUM0RS " ENTIRELY UNTRUE"

NEW YORK; brief furry of invasion rumors, set off last night when Canadian radio stations re- ported hearing a German broad cast telling of an invasion force headed by Canadians, landing on the French coast south of Calais. but it was apparently simply a gar bled version of a Nazi i've dare you" warning mentioning h C Dieppe landing in 1922.
 In London the broadcast was des- cribed as entirely untrue from be ginning to end"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
HERE TO ORGANIZE
 All CLUB FOR YOUNGSTERS

Miss Mae Stephenson, of the Dis tIict Extension Home Demonstration of the University of Alaska, arrived in town this morning and this af- ternoOn talked to students of Wran- gell schools to interest them in All work.
 Miss Stephenson is seeking coop eration from Wrangell adults in getting person interested in work ing with and helping the young sters to act as local leaders Gar dening win be one of the main things it is hoped the children will be interested in for a beginning, and if plans work as scheduled, it is hoped to give awards to those grow ing the finest gardens.
 Discussed tentatively, also, was plan for establishing, in the fu- ture, a summer camp for the boys and girls to give them benefit of directed recreation but, as the work is just. beginning, Miss Stephenson explained, activities will have to be limited to those which the children of the town feel they can handle the first year.
 Miss Stephenson is also interest ed in contacting women of the town interested in adult clothing making and re-modeling and general home subjects. She is staying at Wran- sell hotel.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
WRANGELL BOY
 SHOWS FEM UP
 IN CR0SS-COUNTRY RACE

A letter to Miss Jane Eyon from her young brother Johnny, former Wrangell public school student, tells of a cross-country race in which he participated recently run ming in a field of 7S other 7th and Sth grade students of the Hunt, Idaho school, in which he came in fourth.
 Young Johnny sent along the medal he won, a gold skating shoe mounted on a pin. He covered the course of one and one-haIf miles in nine minutes, thirty-five seconds.
 Johnny also reported the family in good health with MT. Eyon great ly improved and the entire family wished to be remembered to their many Wrangell friends.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
GO TO PETERSBURG
 TO JOIN MASONS

Three prospective Masons left here this noon for Petersburg where they will be inducted into the Pet ersburg F. and A. M. They were Peter A. Hansen, member of the local Coast Guard unit and a for mer resident of the neighbor town; Kenneth Stensland, Wrangell baker and also a former Petersburger and Mayor Fred G. HaRfOTd. They went OveK ah0ard the Steaalamd cruiser.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
MISTAKEN POWDER CAUSES
 DEATH OF FOUR INFANTS

NEW LONDON, Cnnn., = Boric acid powder. mistakenly substituted for deXtrose in feeding formulas caused the death of four babies, born to Naval mems wives in re- cent days, at Lawrence Memorial Associated Hospital here. The in stitution disclosed that all victims were less than a week old. Of six other infants, seriously III, at least one is in extremely critical eondi- tion.
 The hospital administration said the mistake was made by a woman school graduate who now is a patient in the hospital suffer ing from nervous collapse.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
OHIO VISITOR HERE
 JUST IN TIME TO
 GET HER SENTINEL

Miss Mary L. Beach of Medina, Ohio, arrived here on the last boat from the south to visit her long time friend, Mrs. Bess Alexander, teacher at Wrangell Institute. It is Miss Beachs first trip north. She arrived just in time to get a copy of The Sentinel, which made visit just like home where her family journal is the Sentinel-the Medina Sentinel; doubtless a good news paper, too.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
SENTINEL, SCH00 Is
 CITED BY TREASURY
 FOR WAR LOAN WORK

lie w fdnSeIl OeuLluel and Wrangell Public schools were signally honored in the recent mail with cita- tions from the U. s. Treas ury Department for their efforts toward putting over the Fourth War Loan.
 Says the citation:
 For patriotic cooperation rendered in behalf of the War Finance Program this citation is awarded to The Wrangell Sentinel.
 Given under my hand and seal on March 1, 1914.
 Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Secretary of the Treasury
 Ernest Gruening
 State Chairman" School citation reads the same with insertion of the words "Wrangell Public Schools"
 .
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
36 NAZI PLANES SHOT DOWN

NAPLES-Thirty-six Nazi planes were downed yesterday by the AL lied Mediterranean air force at a cost of 19 ships, including Is heavy bombers, in widespread operations, including attacks on airplane plants and fields. Headquarters said on the land front patrols and artillery were active in all sectors.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
B0MBERS POUR IN ON BERLIN

LONDON-RAF Mosquito bomb CTS struck Berlin and western Ger many last night to climax the double-headed daylight assaults of yesterday which hit aircraft and rail targets. Nearly 5000 U. S. bombers and fighters bagged 13S German planes while A American planes, 36 of them bOmbers, were lost.
 The German radio said Allied air craft bombed the Rome area last night. There was no Allied confirm atiOn
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
MISS JANE ZION ACCEPTED FOR PRE-NURSES
 TRAINING COURSE

Miss Jane Eyon, Wrangell school girl, has received word from Has kell Institute at Lawrence, Kansas, that she has been accepted and en- rolled for pre-nurses' training at the institute and will join the class beginning September Il. Miss Eyon expects to leave Wrangell some time in August, stopping to visit her family at Hunt, Idaho enroute
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
MARION NEWMAN UNDERGOES OPERATION
 FOR APpENDECITI

Marion Newman, son of MT. and Mrs. Virgil Newman, underwent an emergency appendicitis operation at Bishop Rowe hospital fore part of the week and is reported getting a. long nicely. Marion cays he'll be back on his Sentinel paper route shortly, and not to get too im- patient if his substitute happens to miss you.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
EIDES TO MAKE NEW
 HOME IN PETERSBURG

Mir and Mrs. Lars Eide, popular Wrangen- residents left Wrangell this week to make their home in Petersburg where MT. Eide has en- tered the fishing industry. He was formerly associated in the operation of the Wrangell mill. Mrs. Eide was formerly superintendent of nurses at Bishop Rowe General Hospital.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
DIR. CLEMENTS BACK; MRS. CLEMENTS IS
 MUCH IMPROVED

Dr. John H. Clements, local phy- sician and surgeon, returned to Wrangell yesterday by plane from Juneau, having flown north to Whitehorse by PAA from Seattle. Dr. Salazar, who has been substi- tuting was planning to leave today for Ketchikan.
 Mrs. Clements, who has been i'll in the south, is reported much im- proved.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
TINY BOY" ARRIVES
 FOR SEASONS FISHING

Capt. Henry Bowman and his vessel Tiny Boy arrived in Wran- gell from the south this week for the fishing season. Aboard with Bowman were Warren Gartley, Ar hold Prusi, Clifford H. Close and Sig Aardal, who came up from Seat tie and Charley Powers who came In on the Tiny Boy from Ketchikan.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
REDS TAKE ANOTHER AFTER ODESSA

LONDON Capture of Ovidiopol, on the Dniester gulf southwest of Odessa, on the last German escape route of that area was announced last night by Moscow. Rapidly ad- vancing Red Army troops in the Crimea, meanwhile, captured Sim feropol, YevpatOFiya and Fe0dosiya. StaIfu aHRaun@a4
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
COURT TO KETCHIKAN

District court party was through Wrangell on the last sothbound boat for Ketchikan where a term of court was to open latter part of this week. expected to last two or three weeks. In the party were Judge George F. Alexander, Clerk of Court Robert E. CoughIin and Deputy Clerk. Peggy McL.aOd-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
BARRINGTONs RETURN

Capt. and Mrs. Hill Harrington returned home this morning after a brief trip to Seattle on business. They are now in their apartment in the Matheson building.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
RETURNS TO WRANGELL

Mrs. R. J. Suratt, wife of the U. S. Commissioner here, returned home on the Canadian boat this morning after several months spent in California and Washington on vacation
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-08-04
Festivals Naujoje Pa
rapijoje 81 Sekmadie-
nj Baznycios Fondui

81 sekmadieni, Rugp. 6 d.,
NPPSv. parapijos sode atsibus
didelis festivals, naujos baz-
nycios statymo fondo naudai.
Uzkvieciami visi Clevelando
ir apielinkiu Lietuviai Siq
smagia pramoga, praleisti po-
pieti su savo draugais ir pa
zystamais. Izanga tik 35c il
bus duodama dovanos prize
lzangos.
Naujos baznycios fondas au-
ga CANA pasekmingai, ir siuo
savo atsilankymu kiekvienas
prisidedamas zymiai 81 fonda
paauginsit. Taip dirbd ga
lin tiketis greitai sulaukti sa-
vo naujos taznycios, kaip tik
salygos leist statydinti. Kom.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-08-04
PETICIJU PLATINIMAS

Alekas Banys atsilanke ka.
talikiskame John Carroll Uni.
versitete su Lietuvos peticijo.
mis-; istaigos vedejas il gra
ziai prieme ir pasieme blankl
del keliu simtu parasu, zadejc
jas ispildyti ir grazinti.
Ta istaiga taipgi norejo gau.
ii savo knygynui "Timeless
Lithuania", ka L VS. centras
sutiko padovanoti.
A. Bangs taip pat aplankf
pereita savaite daugiau kata
likiskQ istaigu ir vienuolynu il
ten mielai prieme peticiju blan
kas ir ispilde jas grazina.
Be to A. Banys nesiliaujs
rinkes parasus pavieniai, ir jis
jau kalba apie surinkima ne
maziau 10000 parasu vienamt
tik Clevelande.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-08-04
THE PERISCOPE
BY sARUNAS.

THE RUSSIAN armies have
gone deep into Lithuania and wres-
ted hundreds of settlements and
dozens of towns from the hated
Nazi occupation. AS yet, no re-
liable news has come as to the re-
ception the Russians received from
the occupied Lithuanians. The Rus
slams were viewed with suspicion,
since the liberation they were to
bring was suspected not to be the
real liberty for which Lithuanians,
like every other of the United Ma
tions, yearn The Lithuanians fear
ed that the Russian occupation will
be more totalitarian than the Ma
ri. However, the Russian who pro-
mise liberty and democracy" to
Poland may decide to give like
liberty and democracy to the Bal.
tic nations. Well see.
The LITHUANIAN Minister in
Washington. however, became wor-
ried, and visited the State Depart
ment to get reinsurance that the
high aims of the United Nations
are still high. A delegation of
Lithuanian Americans also called
at the White House and Depart
ment of State. Among them was
a member of the Maryland legisla-
ture. Attorney Nadas Rastenis, OF
Baltimore, Md. The result of these
visits are unknown. The State De-
partment, probably, will want tc
wait the end Of the war before set,
Ting anything in the Baltic. The
Russians. in the meantime, may
accomplish a fait accOmpli.
THE LATVIAN Minister ir
Washington lost no time in com
municating to the State Depart.
ment a statement by the under.
ground Latvian Social Democratic
party CHARGING that Soviet Russia
has established an unlawful dicta
torship in Latvia Tin 1940). The
Minister proposed a postwar con
| federation of the Baltic nations in
derendent of the Soviet Union.
The Latvian Social Democrats
according to the statement, desired
to .collaborate with the Soviet re-
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-08-04
BY LEFT

brothers are in the armed forces.
Miss Stankus was chosen from
among more than 500 candidates.
THE APRIL-MAY issue of the
Lithuanian Bulletin has just ap-
peared and contains an interesting
article, "The Economic Review OF
Lithuania Between Two Wars, by
A. Simutis, author of "The Eco
nomic Reconstruction of Lithuania
after 1879. The other article is
by Col. X. Grinius and deals with
"Soviet Propaganda and Truth.
Once in a while "letter" signed
by some we'll known Lithuanian
(deported to Russia) appears in the
London or New York Press. Col.
Grinius states that such letters are
pure fakes, since a knowledge of
the persons purporting to have
signed them discloses they do not
subscribe to the sentiment express
sed in the letters. The conclusion
is inevitable that these letters are
manufactured by the Communist
propaganda office
EFS
THE LITHUANIAN BULLETIN
gave it's readers the first part of
a pamphlet, "The Situation of the
Church and Religious Practices in
Iithuania'' (36 pages). This first
part deals with the Soviet activi-
ties in the sphere of religion in
Lithuania. The second part will
deal with Nazi activities.
IN THE TRAGIC circus fire at
Hartford, Conn.,, several Lithua-
mans lost their lives. One was the
wife of the local Lithuanian Ameri-
can Legion Post, Mrs. Dilius. Be-
sides her, K, Tamulionis, Mrs. K.
+ Vincius and her Swear old niece
were burned to death,
THROUGH the efforts of Mrs.
Wilkas of Detroit, the local Catho-
lie bishop and over 120 ministers
of various faiths have signed the
petition to the White House to fur
ther the restoration of Independent
] I.ithuania after the war.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-08-04
Sveciavirnaisi

Pereita sekmadieni Akronie-
ciai turejo sveciu is Clevelan-
do: Jonas ir Ona Ramanaus-
kai, Mr.. ir Mrs. Lesnikai il
Marge Selius; Lesniku automo-
biliu nuvaziavo j Akrona pas
savo draugus pasisveciuoti il
pasimatyti. Mat, pasitaike Jo-
no Ramanausko atostOgos, ku-
rias jis gavo kaipo Cleveland
Transit tarnautojas.
Svecius graziai priene su
pietumis p. Puisiai Savo ma
muose, o. vakarienei pasikvie-
te p. Bakalai. Kartu su jais
dalyvavo ir AkronieGiai Am
brazai.
Linksmai praleide diena su
Akronie&iais, musQ Clevelan-
dieciai gryzo atral.
Kitip negal6dami atsidekoti
vaiSingiems AkronieCiams u
ju nuoSirdu draugingunna, par
vaziave Clevelandie5iai reiskia
savo radoka per Dirva ir tiki
81 netrukus vel su jais pasi-
matyti, bet nor5tu kad iie at
vaziuotu j Cleveland2.
Josephine Ramanauskas su
France Balukiute buVo nuva-
ziaVe j Pittsburgha pavieseti
pas Balukienes ginines.
Lillian Ramanauskas su sa-
vo darbo draugenis praieido
smagiai atostogas Chippewa
Lake Parke.
Charles Bills, ilgametis Dir
vos skaitytojas, iSvyko Du
Bois, Pa. pas savo seseri pa
vieSeti. Nuveze jai dovanu
knyga "Timeless Lithuania".
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-08-04
Uzkvietimas j Kortav..-
mo Vakara Kareiviu
Motinu Naudai

Nesant daEar kur isvaziuo-
tt piknikus, smagiausia suei.
ga bus kito sestadienio vakare,
Onos Peckaitienes sode, 602s
Superior ave-, LVS LIMO sky
riaus rengiamame kortavimc
vakare. sio kortavilno pelna:
skiriamas kelionei Clevelandie-
ciu Lietuviu kareiviu motinv
] Washingtona SUI peticijomis
uz Lietuvos laisve.
Tikietus galime gauti isank-
sto, Dirvoje ir pas komisijos
narius, po soc. Bus duodama
uzkandis, dovanos, ir bus vi
sokiu issigerimu.
Atminkit, tai bus seStadienic
vakare. Rugp. II, nuo 8 val.
Komisija
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-08-04
LIETUVIU SALEJE

Ateikit j Lietuviu sale pasi-
losti ir smagiai praleisti vaka-
ra SUI savo draugais. Sios su-
eigos atsibuna kiekviena vaka-
ra, nuo 8 val. lygiai. Parem-
kit savo kluba ir Lietuviu sa-
le, vietoje eiti kitur. Cia tapo
padidintos dovanos, todel jums
bus naudinga atsilankyti daz-
niau Lietuviu sale.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-08-04
Mayoras Sudraude
Dazytoju Unija

Pc meto-kito ramumo, Gle
velande vel prasidejo darky-
mas naujai nudazytu manu-,
kur savininkas pats atliko da-
zymo darba.
May. Lausche susauke pa
rybos atstovus ir pareiske jog
toki dalykai nebus toleruojami
bus toleruojanna tokia padetis
ir kad namo savininkas kuris
pats atliks savo namo dazymo
darba neturi butt verciamas
issiimti Dazytoju Unijos lei
dina. Jeigu Dazytoju Unija
nori pasirodyti kad il yra sva
ri, kad jos nariai neuzpuldines
ir nesudarkys naujai nudazy-
tu manu-, turi panaikinti tQ
leidimu bizni visiskai.
Pasitarime SUI mayOru, vie
mas unijos atstovas pasake jog
nera reikalinga namu savinin-
kui init unijos leidimas day
mui savo namo, bet leidimai
isduodami ''tiktai kad namu
savininkas jaustusi ramus'.
Betgi tai yra prisipazinimas is
.unijos vadu puscs kad manu-
savininkas turi bijoti dazyti
pats savo mama jeigu pirmiau
nesusisieks su unija.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-08-04
sLIEPOS menesi Clevelan-

sLIEPOS menesi Clevelan-
de karo darbus paimta apie
5000 darbininku daugiau.
Zinios is 140 dirbtuviu pa
rodo kad jose bendrai Liepos l
buvo 225,0C4 darbininku, Bir-
zelio l - 221,7C3 darbininkQ.
Kitos kompanijos kurios ra-
portu neteikia uzlaiko Oar apie
100000 darbininkQ.
Su Rugpjucio l d. Clevelan-
de dar labiau suVarzonla dar-
bininkQ samdymas j darbus.
Darbininkai lures butt gauna-
mi per valdiska samdymo blu
ra, 0 he priimami kurie ateina
tiesiog j dirbtuves.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-08-04
MAzAI NAUJU ADVOKAIU

Del karo nukencia Viskas-
net if advokatu profosija. Pa
veizdan, Siomis dienonis iSlai-
ke Ohio valstijos kvotimus So
advokatai, p is ju Clevelan-
dieciai. Advokato kTotimams
radosi tik 81 asmenys; tai an.
tras maziausias skaicius ilru
metQ begyie. Paveizdan, Bir
zelio m6nasi 1880 metals kvo-
timus Columbus mieste lake
net 852 Ohio advokatai.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-08-04
WORLD IN REVIEW

fronts give Stain the opportunity
to regain all of this territory.
If the Russian strategy were
purely military it would contribute
notably to the winning of this war
and the possible establishment of
an enduring peace.
However, Stalin's admitted plan
to annex these independent peoples
certainly conflicts with the Ameri-
can conviction that well-behaved
states, even though small, have the
right to national independence.
1t destroys the possibility of a
just peace for which we are giving
so many American lives.