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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1943
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HITLER S PLAN WON T WORK
The war in Europe and in the Far East has reached
the stage foretold by Hitler when he boasted that he
would hold what he had acquired and let them take it
who could.
This is not a literal quotation but it accurately depicts .
the apparent strategy of Germany.
There is nothing to suggest that Hitler’s plan will
work in Europe. In Russia his armies are wheeling
backward, without exacting any exorbitant price from
the Russians. In Italy his forces retreat more slowly,
but, once again, without inflicting prohibitive losses
upon the Allied armies.
The strength of the German war macrine is a matter
of uncertainty but that of the United Nations is grow
ing every day. The Nazis, now unable to hold dearly
bought territory, will be utterly unable to withstand the
full assault of their enemies and military collapse will'
be inevitable.
In fact, this is so apparent that many observers be
lieve that German army leaders will surrender before
the army is destroyed as a fighting force. This is the
substance of the rumors of an early peace that have been
heard throughout the world.
The situation in Russia continues dangerous for the
Germans, with the Red Army always in sight of a mag-:
nificent triumph. The Nazis, however, appear to avert
disaster by skillful retreats which enable them to escape
envelopment and live to fight another day.
The German front is unsettled, with vast forces retir
ing. The Nazis are sure to have trouble in completing
their withdrawals to new lines from time to time, both
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because the weather is against them and because the
Russions are more aggressive than ever.—Fairbanks
News-Miner.
EARLY CHRISTMAS
Alaska is “overseas” in this war. Therefore, Christ
mas packages for service men stationed here were in
many instances mailed amply early. Already, many of
the service men stationed in the Ketchikan area have
received their Christmas packages.
Among these service men, as among the rest of us gen
erally, there are two schools of thought; the one believes
in not opening packages untiL Christmas, the other be
lieves in opening each package as it comes.
To those who hide their Christmas packages from
themselves, the practice of opening a Christmas parcel
weeks ahead of time is unthinkable. They fear their
fellows who open the packages now will have an empty
Christmas. But the latter answer that their Christmas
will be happy enough—just so they know they’ve had
a package or two.
That must be true. We remember how some of the
men serving in western Alaska received their Christ
mas packages from Ketchikan five months late last
year. As a result, Christmas must have seemer much
emptier to them than if they had received their pack
ages five months early.—(Ketdhikan Chronicle).
FIGHTING TO GET BACK HOME
Walter Lippmann, widely read news writer and
commentator seems to think that the German armies
are fighting to get back to Germany, where they can
safely surrender to the Allied forces and escape the
vengeance of oppressed peoples.
This is somewhat startling but reasonable if the mili
tary leaders of the Nazis are convinced that they can
not gain any advantages by continued resistance. Nev
ertheless Prime Minister Winston Churchill ip a state
ment recently, said that Hitler commands 400 divisions.
It is a bit earlv to believe that the German soldier fear
the vengeance of the people in the lands they occupy.
This may come later, but as long as the Nazi command
ers retain control of disciplined fighting men the Nazi
aggressions have little to fear from unarmed and un
organized people.— Fairbanks News-Miner).
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LITERARY
GUIDEPOST
By JOHN SELBY
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More War Books—
RAYMOND GRAM SWINGS
softly confidential voice is so
well known to so many over the
air that it may surprise some
listeners to know that he can
write as well as talk. But if they
will read his “Preview of His- i
tory” they will read much fa- |
miliar material, for it is a book
made from his broadcasts, pre- j
ceded by an introduction dealing
with post-war planning, and |
amplified with some unpublish-1
ed material as well. Mr. Swing
has been as lucky as most in his
prognostications, and as accurate
as most in his analysis. What he
has to say about the things to
expect and to do after this war
has equal weight with the state
ments of others in the large
group of commentators. In short,
“Preview- of History” is Mr.
Swing over a typewriter instead
of a mike. (Doubleday, Doran:
$2)
Still the books on Japan shoot
from the presses. This week
there is John Goette’s ‘‘Japan
Fights for Asia,” which is cer
tainly not a very illuminating
title. The materiel is, however,
interesting, and the personal
angle is neatly developed. The
unlucky truth is that the ma
terial has already been written
a good many times, and however
well it is presented, it could not
be called new. What it has that
some other books lack is a real
ly long perspective. Goettc has
lived 20 years in the Orient, and
a good many who have written
books on the present situation
have not lived their as many
months. (Harcourt, Brace; $2.50)
“Out in the Boondocks” is an
other collection of action stories,
compact of heroism and the non
chalance that seems to be nat
ural to Americans when they are
in really difficult spots. James
D. Horan and Gerold Frank have
assembled 21 stories, and nearly
every piece is a hair-raiser.
When the Marines went into
Guadalcanal they were leaving
behind everything but their ba
s;c Americanism, and if they
came out at all, they still had it.
Sergeant Albert Schmid’s an
cestors obviously did not come
over in the “Mayflower,” but
Sergeant Schmid wiped up 200
Japs and stopped a flanking ac
tion single-handed. (Putman:
$2.75)
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