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What Does it Mean,
Arrival of German
_
By MORGAN M. BEATTY
AT Feature Service Writer
WASHINGTON —Nearly three
quarters of a million German
troops in the Balkans can only
mean to the Russians that their
industrial h art is exposed to the
possible thrust of a military dag
ger.
It matters not whether Hitler
intends to use those troops ag
ainst the Russians just now. It
Matters not whether he is mere
]v setting up a mystery force to
worry both the English and the
Russians.
The fact remains that the Ger
mans are in a position to drive
the Russians away from the Dan
ubian basin, then attack the Uk
rame—where the bulk of Russia’s
agricultural and industrial and
raw material production is cen
tered.
Oil for Russia's Tanks
Of all these, the Russians pro
bably are worried most about
their industrial production. For
40 years—long before the Com
munists took over Russia—that na
tar- was trying to develop the
vast rdustrial and hydro-electric
car^cty of the Don and Dneip r
ikeys.
Communists under Stalin
r rtensified the effort. They
- raised their oil production
- -- p.:.nt where it is the gr a'
»er it. the Near East—-well over
2110 million barrels a year—and
capable ef sustaining any big
sr iry machine in the world.
r i ‘heir 12 planned hydro
el ctric plants has just been com
pkted in that area.
The best informed observers
here be :eve the Russians are
reasoning that those troops are
no* healthy for the future of Rus
s.a. even though the Germans
should at this time have no de
s.gns against Stalin.
The picture before the Russian*
is a picture of G rmany in ser
ious need of another victory in
the near future. They may as
sume the Gt rmans will continue
to assault the British Isles. But
they also may assume that the
acts of Congress and th Presi
dent of the United States approv
ing aid to Britain are sufficient
to cast some doubt over German
success against the British.
They may also assume that no
miitary command can afford to
overlook any opportunity to se
cure success. H nee, the ship
ment of troops into the Balkan
states, first to insure a contin
uing supply of wheat and oil to
Germany and second and incid
entally to lay out both defensive
and offensive military plans for
those troops. No military high
command that failed to take out
such insurance would be worthy
of its assignment.
Resources Are Temptation
From the Russian point of view
therefore the Germans might be
tempted to turn eastward in case
they failed to register victory
against England next summer.
For there lie all the materials
an exhausted Germany would
reed to replenish her military
stocks.
American observers tell you
Russia must remember Germany
found it necessary to invade the
Ukraine during the World War,
primarily for its wheat. It is far
more tempting now, what with
♦luge hydo-electric plants, big
iron and chrome mines and vast
oil production also available.
This tempting prize must be
protected by the Russians. They
must send some of their best div
isions down to the Black Sea and
into Bosarabia to be ready for
any ev ntualitv. Supplying these
troops and building their defens
es absorbs labor that might well
be going into further industrial
development in the Ukraine — a
job that will take 50 years more,
considering the slow pao? of pro
gress during the last quarter cen
tury.
Russians Are Exasperated
For that reason alone, Ameri
can observers of things Russian
suspect that the Russians are ex
aspirated by the presence of Ger
man troops in the Ba'kans. These
observers think Russia is so con
cerned with her own internal
troubles and developments that
she really doesn’t care who wins
the war. S’- would try to get
along with the victors until her
own strength had been assured.
But the presence of those
troops in to. Balkars may force
Russia to a ter her on-the-feree
policy. The British, in fact, may
have had all this :n mind recent
ly when they took anti-Russian
Halifax out of the Cabinet, sent
him to America and put in pro
Russian Anthony Eden as For
eign Secretary Not that Ed -
sees eye to eye with the Russians
but that he feels Russia has bee
‘ no vine closer a“d closer toward
holding the ba'attc: of power r
Europe and therefore, should be
courted.
Army Fi\e^ Ski
Scout Duties
For (ivilians
NEW YORK — The Uirei Szat
ec Army calk'd 'xxr civihss
skiers cf the nal:cn to chart Trail?
and terrain important from a
mi'itary viewpoint, and to act a?
scouts under the direction of
G- neral Army IleaIquarteTs It
s the first time since the Indian
Wars that civilian scouts have
been used by the Army.
In a four-point order setting
forth the duties of volunteer
skiers, the National Ski Patrol
Systtm was designated as the
official co-ordinating organiza
tion because it is already organ
ized to function on a national
scale.
The System was established
three years ago for the purpose
of preventing accidents in ski
ing and of applying first aid res
cue knowledge when accidents
occur. Composed of more than
2,000 trained skiers, it extends
though the snow country from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, and
even includes Alaska.
Ear y this year, with th step
ping up of the defense program.
C. M. Dole, and J. E. P. Morgan,
representing the parent organiz
alien of the System, the National
Ski Association, offered the serv
ic s of all members to General
George C. Marshall, Chief of
Staff to aid the Army in training
of ski troops and to assist de
fense activities in any possible
way.
Zones To Be Drawn
The communication establish
ed as the main duty of the Sys
tem to divide th snow country
into zones and to become thor
oughly familiar with the terrain.
Thus in case of emergency guid
es would be ready, and| anti
aircraft and anti-parachute pat
rols OouLd be immediately! ‘es
tablished.
In closing, the Army order
stated: “Military personnel is en
joined to develope this cordial
relationship to the end that na
tional defense receive the full
benefit of the technical know
ledge and experience of the pat
riotic civilians concerned.”
To carry out the heavy organ
ization work entailed by the new
duties, the National Ski Patrol
NEW VOLUME (
SEA ESKIM
Legends and Their Origin, titl
“Stories and Legends of the
Bering Strait Eskimos’* is ithe
title of the latest contribution to
Alaskan literature. Comprising a
complete volume, the work will
th: interest of many. The book
was written by Clark M. Garber,
formerly professor of biological
sciences at Capital University
and superintendent of Eskimo ed
ucation, medical relief and rein
deer in the Unit d States for the
Bureau of Education.
The Foreward was written by
Dr. John P. Harrington, Ethnol
ogist, Smithsonian Institute. He
writes of this work:
"The place to gain folklore
about early migrations and orig
ins and for picturing their meth
i. remains and is the surviv
ing population which th author
of this book, with his lovable
n. rtonality, gathered together in
: - 'ittie Wales schoelhouse. The
v rid has long been waiting for
this very folklore, collected at
■he gat of America. Many differ
ent aspects of ife and thought
are revealed in the legends and
•Tories. To preserve the native
flavor, the author skillfully hand
1 - the wording and preserves
■ .."•.erous native terms.”
Another commentator on the
v uine says
The student of primitive psy
'logy and philosophy wll find
- these folktales of the Bering
Strast Eskimos a rich field for his
■vest nations.
'One may s arch over all the
i. in the most remote places
ir.i .r. the midst of the h'.ghest
c .rations. a d nowhere find a
"•s r > without folklore. Whether
: re the Eskur.os. Indians. Bush.
----- Pyg-.-.t-s. t.-.e highly civiliz
(■- a r.te raoe :r the most prur.
■;ve rars off mankind, they are
f.-umd to possess their myths,
••*• es. an- legends. Their folk
: tel rff thf m exploits, them
to. .losophi® and the mystic
v.;tts which or t the -wise chiefs
mer.icme mer., prophets and
v trh-S:«*tc«rr car. -nderssani
Tl n mas: interest:ng ar.a vsuu
ails i:r. hr etfanojogical and
System - as tper.ed national offic
« .7 the Graybar Building. New
York C.ty. In an interview at
•hese read quarters. Chairman
D If p* In led out that thv burden
:f the work will is 1 upon the
local boards and their leaders.
To those interested in sharing
:.n the work .the chairman advis
ed this procedure: first ascertain
wheth r there is a local patrol
in the vicinty. and if so, contact
the leader. If none has been es
iblished write to national head
quarters for a copy of “The Na
tional Ski Patrol System’s An
nual Report” whcih has just b en
oublished and which contains
complete information on forming
a local patrol.
General Marshal Replies
General Marshall repied advis
ing Mr. Dole, as chairman of The
National Ski Patrol System, that
the members acting as a volun
t er agency should be prepared
to “become fully familiar with
local terrain, to locate exiting
shelter and to experiment with
means of shelter, such as light
tents, which may be found suit
able for the sustained fi Id opera
tions of the military ski patrols;,
to perfect an organization pre
pared to furnish guides to the
Army in event of training or of j
actual operations in the local
areas; and to co-operate with the
Army in extending the anti-air
craft warnings and anti-para
chute defense systems into com
paratively inaccessible areas.”
Confirming and amplifyiny this
advice, the War Department,
through General E. S. Adams,
has just issued a communication
marked Imm diale action to com
manding generals designated to
conduct training. This order ap
proves the offer of The National
Ski Patrol System to act as a
volunteer group in the defense
program, and advises command
.rs that accredited representativ
es of the System will contact
them to assist in technical train
ing, in the selection of equipment
and in making plans for a system
of home defense near the north
ern boundary of the country.
IN BERING
0 LORE IS OUT
; of work by Clark M. Garber
psycho-social viewpoint, to learn
that mere contact of the Eski
mos with modern civilized phil
osophies has in no way spoiled,
or even altered their folk-tales.
From their legends, we may y:t
ham much about their racial
customs and practices. And above
all, we may learn much about the
primitive psychology of these poo
pie.
"Unfortunately there is an ef
f u t on the part of some selfish
and unseeing missionaries and
'o hers to obliterate the Eski
m indulgence in his own folk
lore. Perhaps, in time to com .
our own aggressive race will ful
v realize the loss in the com
plete destruction of Eskimo cul
ture. Many literary volumes of
their legends and stories have
, n los: through a lack of their
perpetuation, especialy during
recent years. The author is in
deed fortunate that he has had a
part in saving a few choice gems
of this primitive literature.”
The author is a graduate of
'V.ttenberg College; Gaduate
School if Ohio Slate University;
Ir tructor in Science at Witten
org Coil g ; Professor of Zool
gv at Capita University; Super
miendent of Eskimo Education,
V d eal Relief and Reindeer
Herds in Alasfla for the U. S.
Bureau of Education. He is a
member of th American Associa
lien for the Advancement of
Science; Pennsylvania German
Society; National Education As
sociation; Historian. Ohio Society
Sons of the American Revolution;
Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society: American
Folklore Society; New York Ac
ademy of Sciences.
PHEASANTS COMING
NORTH TO WARM UP
JUNEAU — Refugees from a
.Wise. nsin winter. 20 ka'eege
p.T-rsmarts ars at the State cf
Washington game farm at Au
um awaiting transportation to
Alaska, where they can warm up.
When the pheasants left Wis
consin. the temperature was 12
t -lev. zero. They are consigned
to th: Alaska experimental game
'arm at Petersburg for the Al
ta Game Commisson. They
will be brought north on the
Brown Bear.
Executive Officer Frank Du
fresne of the Commission said
the kaieege had b-en found to be
the pheasant best suited to South
east Alaska conditions. A number
will be released in the Juneau
area after a sufficKnt breeding
stock has ben built up at the
Petersberg farm.
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FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Mostly cloudy with light snow late tonite and not much change in
temp. Thurs. variable cloudiness with occasional snow. Slight in
crease in wind velocities from the northeast and east tonight.
Data For 24 Hours tiding 1:00 pm Today
Highest temp — 28 Lowest temp — 22 Precipitation — 0.03
Total precip this month 0.42 , Total since Jan. 1, 1940, 0.60
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight..-.. - 25 96 E 27 7 Snow
4am - -- 25 93 E 22 Snow
.2:30 p m - —.. 26 83 ENE 23 Pt Cldy
Tomorrow: Sunrise 8:08 a. m. Sunset 4:26 p. m.
v- One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — -6 Lowest t.mp — -26 Precipitation — 0
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machine gunning. It can slosh through mud, has a four-wheel drive and a four-wheel steer. i