MOOSE
PASS
MINER
Bv L. H. Allan
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HIGHLIGHTS OF 1940
JANUARY
20 - Winston Churchill warns Europe's neu
trals they cannot keep eut of war and skbs
them to join the Allies.
FEBRUARY
1 - Russians start heavy assault on the
Uannerheim line.
7 - Japan prepares for "difficulties” in
relations with United States.
MARCH
I - Russians enter Vipuri, key to Finnish
city.
APRIL
4 - Winston Churchill given general super
vision over Britain's fighting strength.
9 - Germans occupy Denmark, which submits,
and invades Norway, which resists. Oslo,
the capital, is taken.
16 - Baseball season opens; Bob Feller,
Cleveland, pitches no-hit game against
Chicago White Sox.
MAY
II - Allies rush aid to Low Countries;
Churchill succeeds Chamberlain as Prime
Minister.
27 - Belgium gives up en orders of King
Leopold.
JUNE
4 - Nazis take Dunkirk; Hitler vows to aes
troy foe.
(9 - Allies evacuate Narvik; Norway surren'
dere to Germany.
10 - Italy declares war on the Allies.
Germans cross the Seine.
13 - French decide not to defend Paris,
German troops march in.
17 - Petain becomes premier of France and
asks Germany for armistice.
22 - France signs German armistice.
23 - Nazi terms strip France of arms and
land; navy interned.
Frank Knox and Henry L. Stimson, Re
publicans,enter Roosevelt's war cabinet.
24 - Republican national convention meets
in Philadelphia.
27 - Wendell Willkie, of New York,named as
candidate for president.
JULY
3 - British navy acts to take over scatter1
ed units of French fleet, attacking ships
that refuse to surrender.
4 - British report seizure of 250 French
naval vessels.
5 - The French government at Vichy, domin
ated by Berlin, breaks off relations with
Britain.
9 - British and Italian fleets battle in
Mediterranean.
15 - Democratic national convention meats
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SMITH - LAUBSCHER
lli*8 Ama Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Smith of Eureka, Mon., and Wesley
Laubscher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Laub
scher of Moose Pass, were married at the
home of the bridegroom’s parents on the
evening of December 21. The Rev. Dr. Tor
bet , well known Alaskan missionary now
pastor of Seward Community church, was the
officirting clergyman. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle
Saxton of Moose Pass, attended the bride
and bridegroom and with the bridegroom's
parents made up the witnessing bridal party,
Christmas decorations adorned the Laub
scher home and the ceremony took place be
fore a colorful background of rosee, nar
cissuses and poinsettias.
After the ceremony the bridal party drove
to Seward with the Rev. Dr. Torbet and up
on the return to Moose Pass Mr. and Mrs.
Lyle Saxton entertained them informally,
serving ice cream and wedding cake.
The newlyweds are making their home in
Anchorage. The bride is a charming girl,
admired by all who know her. She has
lived in Alaska fer several years. She is
employed by the CAA at Anchorage. The
bridegroom is a graduate of Seward High
School and is now employed at Fort Richard
son*
Their wedding was a surprise the advance
news had had reached enough of their
friends that a charivari party met the train
on which they came from Anchorage on the
evening of December 20.
SMITH - RUTLEDGE
Miss Jorene Smith, daughter of Mr. and
lira. Harry L. Smith and Robert Rutledge,
eon of Mrs. Rhoda Rutledge, w6re married in
Seattle on December 30. The following de
railed account of their wedding is taken
from The Seattle Times:
"After Miss Jorene Smith and Robert
Rutledge were married Tuesday, they left
for Mount Ranier on their honeymoon, hoping
;o find there the atmosphere of Alaska.
The young couple are former students of the
Jniversity of Alaska, where they met. Mr.
lut ledge was graduated in mining engineer
.ng last June. Mrs. Rutledge has been at
tending the Seattle Secretarial School. She
.■ the daughter'of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith
>f Seward, Alaska. Mr. Rutledge is the
jon of Mre. Rhoda Butledge of the Hawaiian
islands, who was here for the ceremony.
iphQy were married at the beautiful home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Holpa, attractively
decorated for the occasion. The. Rev.
Richard Underweod of University Episcopal
Church, performed the ceremony before the
fireplace banked with holiday greens,
flanked by lighted tapers.
Given in marriage by Mr. Holpa, the pe
tite blond bride wore a gown of ice-blue
orepe and corsage of gardenias and lilies
jof the valley. Her only ornament was a
■gold nugget bracelet.
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