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Fort Lewis
Garbage Men
Face Charges
F. B. I. REPORTS CRIMINAL
WASTE OF FOOD SUPPLIES
AT BIG ARMY CAMP
TACOMA, Wash, Oct. — Evi
dence obtained by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation regard
ing the wastage of food supplies
at Fort Lewis is to be turned
over to a grand Jury investiga
tion, Assistant U. S. District At
torney Frank Hale said here.
A month’s investigation by the
F. B. I. men was disclosed here
to have implicated six civilian
garbage collectors on the charge
of stealing government property.
The men are P. W. Haines, E. L.
Hardin, T. C. Rabun, Francis
McMahon, Oscar Grogstad and
James Wallace
It was said that much edible
food and canned goods, and sugar
and potatoes, has daily been left
near garbage cans at the fort and
the garbage collectors are alwavs
told to take the food supplies
away. r
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Inside Germany
Observers in a position to
study the trend of German poli
tics are all agreed that public
opinion in the Reich is becoming
more and more anxious to end
the war. Even a year ago this
desire was so noticeable that
Hitler and his satellites realized
they must make the most stren
uous efforts to appease this pub
lic anxiety but their careful'y de
signed mi.itary and political
plans were frustrated. Tnrough
out last winter apathy regarding
Germany the war increased thru
out Germany and this spring lit
tie enthusiasm was evinced over
the victories won except insofar
as they promised the prospect of
a general decision.
Since the commencement of
the Russian campaign this grow
ing desire to see an end of the
war has become even more not
iceable. The achievements of the
German army in the past are not
fully satisfying the masses and
Hitler is faced with a very grave
problem which no doubt is caus
ing him much anxiety. None re
alize more acutely than he that
all his success up to the present
will be of no avail unless he se
cures a decisive, final victory and
this becomes the more question
able from the German viewpoint
the longer the war continues.
This is not to state that there are
any signs of open revolt in Ger
many. This would be futile with
out the support of the army.
Such a development is not likely
to oecup unless the enemy’s fore
es become completely bogged
in a major campaign. It is fear
of just such an occurrence that
is causing so much acute un
easiness of mind in the ranks of
the German government. Tney
fully realize that there is nothing
certain in war in the absence of
an atual and decisive decision.
lhe heavy casualties now be
ing inflicted in the Russian con
flict is another factor not cal
culated to ease the despondency
prevaltne through Germany par
ticularly when it is officially
stated that most of the casual
ties during July last were of
young men in the 20 to 25 age
group with quite a number be
ing only 18 years old. This is
surely a calamity from a national
standpoint.
Another significant fact is to
be observed from the official list
reently published of the choice
of careers made by matriculation
students in the Rhine province.
Only nine wished to become Hit
ler youth leaders and 750 officers
The rest, comprising 4073 stu
dents, expressed a desire to be
come theologians, engineers doc
tors scientists and merchants.
Only 2 9 expressed a wish to en-;
ter the public service. Whilst
these signs are not of course,
indicative that one of the most
ruthless political systems the
world has ever known is about
to crash, they nevertheless point
to sonie extent to the change tak
ing p'ace among the German
liritisli Economist
Sheds New Li^ht
t
On Russia
In his public addressed deliv
er 'd raently before Victoria and
Vancouver audiences, Sir George
Paish, noted British economist,
volunteered certain information
regarding the internal affairs of
Russia which is not generally
known and which no doubt came
ss a complete surprise to many
of his listeners.
After assering that “the devil
ish action and treachery of Hit
ler's attack on Russia had no par
allel in world history” Sid
jcorge went on to state that “It
was no excuse that Russia was
Communistic, for Nazidom meant
:'u e by the States at the expense
of the many for the benefit of
(he few, while Communism, in
comparison, meant rule by the
Slate for the benefit of the many
at the expense of the few.” He
also declared that the foreign
policy of the U. S. S. R. had been
under German domination and
control from 1917 to 193,3 and
that every effort made by Russia
toward a peaceful Europe had
been frustratd by Germany.
But perhaps the most striking
revelation was the assertion that
the reason for the Russian purge j
was to rid the army of Nazi sym
pathizers within its ranks who
were ready to turn traitors to
their country at a given signal
from Germany. We know now
that a similar condtion prevailed
in the armies of certain other
European countries and the fact
that they were not discovered in
theit- nefarious practices has
Droved m ■ t disasternus to such
countries.
Fairbanks Man
With Marines
!n Iceland
Sterling P. Gilliland, former
Fairbanksan, is now with the U.
S. Marines in faraway Iceland.
He is a private in the service. He
joined the fores while in San
Diego. Gilliland left Fairbanks
in June of “last year, worked a
while in the vicinity of Talkeetna
and Seward, and first got in
touch with the Marines while at
Seward.
Word came from Gilliland in a
letter to Bernie Carr. He sent
greetings to all old friends in
Fairbanks, particularly to Ray
Arjo, Fairbanks High School
coach.
masses. This is the more signific
ant since it follows not upon
military defeat but upon a series
of victories. Evidently the morale
of the German people must be
cracking slowly but surely.
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MARINE AMPSIBIAN TANKS GET TRIAL AT SEA
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Far out in the Gulf of Mexico these seagoing Roebling amphibian tanks were put their their paces
by Marines. Invented by Donald Roebling of Clearwater, Fla., and manufactured at Lakeland, Fla.
the Marines claim they can go anywhere a land tank can go and are easily handled in mud and
water. Each tank can carry 40 men.
Lurrent Comments
From Washington
i
Russia is fighting bravely. It
may be that, unaided, she will
b able to wage the winter war
that Hitler so much dreads. Yet
there is ground for anxiety in
the urgent cail which went from
Moscow to Britain, asking for an
active campaign on the western
front, to ease the pressure in the
east. It would be strange indeed
if Russia were so completey free
from the selfish instincts of the
mankind as to disregard the ad
vantages which flow from letting
George do it. Nevertheless, the
Macedonian tone of the message
to England indicates that Russia
is actuated by some motive
stronger than a mere desire to
conserve her own resources. The
need is pressing and the crisis
grave.
With Russia subdued and made
a contributor, though unwilling
ly, to Nazi efforts, no more than
police work would be called for
in that ounrty and the effective
ness of German policing is a mat
ter of dismal record. An inten
sive submarine aind water-sur
face warfare would accomplish
two ends. England would be hem
med in and the Nazi army would .
be given a breathing spell in
which to recuperate for invasion
of Britain from the shores of
France. The advance would not
stop there. The citizens of the
United States will do well to re
all the word's of Hamlet: Lay not
the flattering unction to your'
soul.
All things considered, there i
wisdom and sound prudence in
the Pr< sidcnt's message to Con
gress, ca ling for a relaxation of
tie' Neutrality Act to the extent
of permitting the arming of Am
erican merchant vessels. The
shipping of materials of war and
the means of subsistence to those
who oppose Hitler, now must be
accepted as a fact, and as some
thing imperatively dictated by
circumstances over which we
i have no control. The possibilities
of the United States, as a pro
ducer, are large, but considered
relatively to the need the stock
on hand is small. None of it
should go to the bottom. If the
Lend-Lease law cannot be raised
to the dignity and usefulness of
something other than an ineffec
tive gesture of good will, it
should be repealed.
Acting perhaps on the time
tried theory that it is wt 11 to pro
cced line upon line and precept
upon precept, Mr. Roosevelt did
not request too much of Congress
at once. He asked directly for no
more than the arming of the
ships, but the repeal of the Neu
trality Act clearly was in his
mind. The Neutrality Act was
full of promise in its childhood,
but disappointing at maturity. It
has become a ball and chain,
limiting the efficiency of Uncle
Sam to that of the shackled con
vict. Sound enough at the time
of enactment, the legislation has
become a piece of hypocritial
bosh. The United States is not
neutral. A desire for neutrality is
the occasionally-voiced exception
and not the rule. Giving war
propaganda and hot-headed or
misdirected patriotism a market
value of zero, one would have to
be stone-deaf and bat-blind in
order to avoid the conclusion
that what the country wants is,
not neutrality, but a concerted
effort to lay Hitler in the dust
by any means short of spilling
American blood on European
j fields of battle.
In the bitter days that preced
ed the Civil War, when it was
i fashionable to ride abolitionists
on rails, and unsafe to advocate
academically, in Portland, Maine
1 for example the doctrine of
states’ rights, William Lloyd Gar
rison, quoted from memory, said:
“I will not retract. I will not
equivocate. I will not retreat a
single inch. I will be heard. So
clear and courageous a statement
of purpose will never cease to
command respect. Time may
show that Col. Lindbergh is right
although present indications do
not point that way. Those who
hold his views should take their
time about putting- him in the
same class with Isiah and Peter
MAN AND HIS DOC —Pet dog of French Ambassador
Gaston Henrv-lla\e gets in the limelight with his mi ier . , t •
Frenchman busies self in Washington with improving Vicny-l ,S.
relations. On left, Col Georges Bertrand-Vigne, counselor.
' REGIMENTAL FLA C—Proudly men of the 54th. which
was the 14th C.A in France in 1918, display new regimental C ig
at Camp Davis, VC. Left to right: Pvt. W. Brow n. Sgt. W m. K' *S.
Pvt. Malconi Bronson, Col. O. C. Warner, the 34th s to. .mander.
the Hermit. It is quite as foolish
for those who dislike anti-war
talk to look at him as a potent
enemy. With the kindest regard
for Col. Lindbergh, his exper
ience, training, and accomplish
ments in the field of statesman
ship are not such as to make it
wise for the one faction to look
upon him as a leader or for the
other to regard him as a danger
ous foe. In any event, charges
that he is linked directly with
the Nazi organization should be
dismissed os founded upon pure
hate.
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War Department
BOSTON, Oct. — The War De
partment announced that con
tracts have been let for 34,048
pairs of skis with which to
equip members of the Regular
Army. This amount will be suf
ficient to send two divisions glid
ing over the snow.
Prices ranged from $7.85 to
$15.28 a pair. The orders went to
manufacturers in widely separ
ated sections of the nation.
Among them, Gerber Brothers
of Seattle will manufacture 1.000
pairs at $11,95 a pair.
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