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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF MOOSE PASS AND KENAI PENINSULA
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Moose Pass, Alaska - January 30> 1942
No. 34
HEADLINES
Nazi-designed
Japanese attacks
have failed to ac
compli eh purpose.
Hard allied blows
and U.S.war pro
duction will shat
ter Axie control.
Finns reported
seeking peace with
Russia.
Japan indorsed
Hitler's insane
plan for world con
quest a year ago,
believing that
America and Russia
would remain neu
tral in Far East.
70,000 pilots
to fly our new air
fleet is immediate
need.
Soviet surprise attack
on Japs from four sectors
is predicted.
Fleeing Nazis in Russia
are leaving typhus victims
to infect pursuers.
Chinese are fighting on
2,000 - mile front. Four
million trained troops in J
action from Mongolia to
Burma.
Ban on cellophane used
in packaging has been is
sued. Essential war ma
terials-chemicals ineludini
chlorine, phenol and gly
cerine are used in making
cellophane.
Beer spiked with shoe
polish is Iceland's liquor
substitute.
Mickey Rooney marries
shy* blue-eyed N» Carolina
girl, Miss Ava Gardner in
Santa Barbara, Cal, He is
21 - she is 19.
Who remembers the old
fashioned bill-of-fare you
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MINING
SCHOOL
A five weeks term
Df mining school op
ened in Moose Pass,
llonday evening, Jan
Jary 26. Gordon L.
Picotte of the Univer
sity of Alaska Exten
sion Course depart
nent is the instruc
tor in charge of the
school.
Registered for ths
term are Mr. and Mrs,
rred Laubscher, Mr.
md Mrs. Clyde Smith,
Jrs. Roy Thurston,
Ire. Ralph Reed, Miss
)rah Dee Clark, Bill
larden, E. L. Robbins,
larion and Elwood
3eater, Clyde Smith »Jr
Poddy, Marjorie, Eve
General McArthur and his
troops of regulars are fight
ing to hold Corregidor island,
shown above at the entrance to
Manila Bay. As long as Cor
regidor remains in American
hands, the Japanese can make
little use of the wide waters
of Manila Bay. and the captur
ed U. S. naval base at Cavite.
Jap troops attempted to
land off Batahgas but were
thwarted after which an invas
ion in heavy force occurred at
Atimona.
There was also successful
invasion by the Japs in the
San Femando-Agoo-Damortis
sector of the Lingaven Gulf.
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Carole Lombard, her mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Peters and her
publicity agent, Otto Winkler,
were killed in a plane crash
in the High Sierras while fly
ing from Indianapolis to Holly
wood Saturday, January 17.
The star of motion pictures
had spent 10 days selling U.S.
defense bonds and during her
trip had sold $2,118,000 worth.
Sugar has been rationed.
Each individual may buy but 12
ounces each week.
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_JLyn and Helen velanis.
The course includes lec
tures and demonstratione in
mineral identification
with chemicals and acids*
The first week was devoted
to historical and general
geology; the second week
is being devoted to ore
deposits^ mining equipment,
mineralogy; third and fourt
weeks to mining In general;
fifth week to exploration,
development and exploita
tion of placer and lode
deposit. Mining law will
be the subject of the last
lecture. A very interest
ing and worth whils five
weeks for ithose who are
i taking the course.
Clocks are to be turned
back one hour next Monday.
President Roosevelt says
that elocks are to operate
from Monday on - on "war
I time.”
- - -
Melvyn Douglas, film
star, a Jew, has been made
national director of the
organization for civilian
defense(OCD)to succeed
Mayor La Guardia of New
York, who resigned as di
rector recently.