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CRETE LOST
In itself, the island of Crete is not large or im
portant. It has no resources of any military impor
tance. But its location, commanding all the ap
proaches to the Aegean, makes it an extraordinarily
important prize in the Nazi campaign for control of
the Near East.
The first news of descent from the air of 1,500
German soldiers disguised as New Zealanders seemed
almost as mythical as legends of the minotaurs that
haunt the mountains of the island. Like the flight
of Rudolf Hess into England, this bold aerial excur
sion into enemy-held territory emphasized again the
oddly mythological character with which modem
weapons invest the ancient art of war.
Gliders, troop-carrying transports and finally
ships came to broaden and strengthen the hold
which parachutists first seized. The British found
it impossible to keep their navy in Cretan waters
under the bombs of German planes. Today Berlin
claims, and London admits, that Crete has been
taken over 100 percent by the Nazis. The island
joins Poland, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands,
Belgium, Prance, Libya, Yugoslavia and Greece on
the list of lost causes of the present war.
Now that they have Crete the Germans have
a strong base for air attacks on the Suez Canal and
also a bridge from Greece to Syria. The next pier
of this bridge is the island of Cyprus, and an at
tack there may be expected at any moment.
The defenders of Crete found themselves unable
to deal with each contingent of Nazi troops as it
arrived. The Nazis obtained footholds nt numerous
places on the island and proved their ai-'iity to send
additional thousands of air troops each day. That
this was exacting a strenuous effort from Germany
was proved by the fact that aerial operations against
the British Isles and military operations In Libya
and Egypt were completely suspended during the at
tack on Crete. '
Crete was not only of strategical importance in
the Mediterranean scheme as an outflung British
bastion that, like Cyprus and Malta, permitted of
fensive action against the flanks of the Axis supply
and communication lines; it was also a symbol—a
symbol of British strength. Since it has been re
duced, the British defeat will have repercussions in
the Arab world; an Axis-held Crete will provide an
other stepping-stone for the Germans in their “Drang
nach Osten," and the 160-mile-long island will be
another springboard for Axis attempts to control the
Eastern Mediterranean. Moreover, this air-borne in
vasion of Crete may, in one sense, have evep great
er significance. For Crete, like England, is an is
land; Crete, like England, lies close to the mainland
of Europe < 60 miles from the nearest point in the
Greek Peloponnesus); Crete, like England, was de
fended by determined men. Since the invasion of
Crete succeeded the threat of invasion hangs even
more heavily than in the past above England.
But, unlike England, Crete was defended by only
a very small part of Great Britain's military strength.
The number of men under Major Gen. Bernard C.
Freyberg, New Zealander who commanded the Allied
forces on the island, is not known. But they could
not be large. General Freyberg may have had a
partly reorganized New Zealand brigade (evacuated
from Greece), British coast and field artillerymen,'
anti-aircraft gunners and supporting troops, several
squadrons of the Royal Air Force and an unknown
number of Greek and Yugoslav troops—still prob
ably in the process of reorganization and re-equip
ment—who were evacuated from Greece. In addi
tion, some of the island's population of 350,000 could
be armed to form home guards against Just such
attacks.
The chief British difficulty in the defense of
Crete was unquestionably the problem of finding suf
ficient troops to guard all of the island’s serrated
terrain against the "vertical envelopment,” or attack
from the skies. Furthermore, the defenders were
probably handicapped by the speed of the German
attack; it has been only a month since the evacua
tion of Greece, and it is doubtful whether the re
organization and re-equipment of all the troops de
fending Crete had been completed, or whether casu
alties had been fully replaced. Still another dis
advantage—and perhaps the most important one—
was British inferiority in the air. The British could
be attacked from numerous bases in the Peloponne
sus, from bases in the Italian Dodecanese near by
and, perhaps, from some in the Cyclades, recently
seized by the Germans.
The German disadvantages, on the other hand,
were considerable. The British had naval superior
ity that the Germans overcame by air power. Air
fields and most of the best seaplane harbors were
heavily guarded. And the rugged, mountainous ter
rain of Crete, with peaks rising to 8,100 feet and
valleys seamed by many rivers, made quick concen
tration of forces landed from the air difficult, and
defense relatively easy.
But Crete is lost. The conquest of Greece is now
complete. Most important of all, the Germans have
demonstrated again that they can deal decisively
with the foe no matter what problems the attack
presents. The Germans lost heavily in their attack
upon Crete. But the English lost vastly more. There
is very little satisfaction for the democratic world in
reviewing the Cretan campaign.
American Wings
(New York Times)
Pan American Airways announces that it has
in prospect a ten-hour daily service from New York
to Lisbon, and daily services between San Francisco
and Honolulu, Seattle and Alaska, and on all its
lines throughout Latin America. The foreign service
of this system has been extended to 72,645 miles of
routes, by far the most extensive international air
service in the world. Indeed, under the American
flag are airways three times the extent of those
gained by any of our leading competitors—British
Overseas Airways, Air France or the Deutsche Luft
hansa—before the war broke out.
In Latin America Pan American’s routes total
40.578 miles and on the South American continent
itself some 30,000 miles. This is about 8,000 miles
more than .the total of the Axis Powers combined.
Those Powers have actually extended their Pan
American operations by nearly 3,000 miles since the
war began. But this effort is meeting increasing
difficulties with the growth of unity in outlook
among our neighbors to the south; witness, for ex
ample, the expropriation by Bolivia of the German
airline, Lloyd Aereo Boliviano.
Our own' international airline maintains naviga
tional training schools for Army and Navy fliers at
Miami and a school for mechanics at San Francisco.
It is prbvlng of direct aid to hemisphere defense
through the use of its airports in Latin America
and Alaska by our own services and by air fleets of
the Latin-American republics. In event of an
emergency these facilities would be of major value.
Washington
Me*ry
$o~Rounif
{OattOnucd iron Pane Ooeo
sum only $400,000,000 actually has
been expended.
But overshadowing all else, grave
deficiencies stand out:
1. The lack of a dynamic boss of
the whole defense program, to keep
all its component parts forging
ahead in unison at high speed.
2. The lack of a carefully formu
lated new program .to meet the ti
tanic Nazi war resources, which to
day outstrips ours, vast though they
seem, by at least two to one.
. MISSING MR. BIG
As one high military expert just
back from Europe expressed it: “Our ;
rate of production is too slow and
our program too small.” But if the
defense program were under the di
rection of a single competent head,
he would know what is needed and
would act to get it.
Plenty of expert information is i
available. Several detailed programs
have been prepared. But all these
data get nowhere because there is
no centralized authority to do some
thing about it.
OPM chiefs Knudsen, Hillman,
Biggers, Nelson, Batt are abundant
ly aware that the defense program
is sorely inadequate to meet the
menace of Nazi might. But, over
burdened with their immediate Job
of mobilizing the colossal war in
dustries machine, they have neither
the time NOR THE RESPONSIBIL
ITY to formulate new programs.
This power is dispersed among a
number of overlapping and conflict
ing authorities — Army and Navy
brass hats, jealous of their preroga
tives and resentful of outside prod
ding; dollar-a-year generalissimos,
like Samuel R. Puller, chief of raw
materials, who is so industry-mind
ed that he is blocking expansion of
power, steel, copper- and Other es
sential facilities; remnants of the,
old National Defense Commission,
which for months has held up hun
dreds of millions of dollars worth of
new plants in a hair-splitting wran- ■
gle over the amortization provisions
of last year’s defense tax act.
To date only thirteen out of 480
Impending “certificates of non-reim
bursement," to start new plants,
have been approved. Unless the Pres
ident himself pushes the button,
nothing happens.
DELAYED BOMBERS
For six months, military authori
ties have known that the chief U.
S. and British air need was long
range heavy bombers to strike at the
vitals of the Axis. But nothing was
done—until several weeks ago, when
Roosevelt finally got around to or
| dering action.
There are other examples of this
kind, equally grave. One is the fail
ure to require sub-contracting of
Army and Navy orders on a suffi
| ciently large scale really to acceler
ate the productive tempo.
There are thousands of plants all
over the country, tooled and staff
ed, eager for defense sub-contracts
(orders to supply parts to major
contractors). Experts estimate that
i by this means of distribution defense
output could be tripled and quad
rupled. But big contractors, sup
ported by industry-minded brass
j hats and certain $1 men, have per
i sistently opposed sub-contracting.
For months the issue has been
argued in inner circles, and only now
steps are being taken to do some
thing drastic.
OVERWORKED JUGGLER
The President’s method of trying
to solve this administrative chaos is
to pile new agencies and assistants
on top of the old, without removing
the debris .
Recently, in an apparent effort
to keep himself better informed re
<7i>>-dinp the brain-whirling defense
1ded to his personal staff
<I ! ' 11bin, deputy to Sidney Hill
i •. billlant analyst, Lubin
r-- iv> 'i. .ns and outs of the de
n. be invaluable. But this
does not solve the fundamental
1 1
problem of centralized, dynamic|
control of the defense machinery.
All the balls are still in the Presi
dent’s hands. He can’t keep them
all juggling at the same time. No
one man could Wilson tried it, but
had to make Bernard Baruch his de
fense czar.
.It takes a super-man just to di
rect the diplomatic and military
strategy of the nation in such fate
ful times. Physically and mentally
it is impossible for one man to cope
with these mighty foreign problems
while at the same time trying to run
a gigantic industrial program. The
economic, social, labor and financial
questions are too complex.
There are outstanding, patriotic
and devoted chiefs in the OPM.
Given a production job, there is no
I man in the U. S. better capable of
executing it successfully and speed
ily than Knudsen. The same goes
for Hillman, Biggers, Nelson, Stet
tinius, Batt, others in their fields.
But there has got to be somebody to
tie them all together to give the
! whole a steady, smashing, direct
drive, day in and day out.
There isn't now and there won’t
be until Franklyn Roosevelt relin
quishes some of the balls he has been
trying to-juggle.
ROCKEFELLER’S COFFEE MAN
You buy 50 or 100 pounds of cof
lee a year, but Berent Friele buys
300 million pounds. Rather, he did
until last January, when Nelson
Rockefeller borrowed him from the
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea com
pany and put him into a little office
in the Department of Commerce.
Today he is a member of that
select company known briefly as the
'•Rockefeller Office,” which is try
ing to improve relations with Latin
America. Just as the Chase National
Bank lent Joseph Rovensky to Uncle
Sam for a dollar a year, so the A
and P lent Berent Friele.
Friele is an American citizen to
day, but he was Norwegian born.
Elver since 1800, B. Friele and Sons,
of Bergen, NctWy, Ijave seat ships
with, coffee. Berent Friele, **®, was
to Scgiti) America
fish, and brougBt
;od
iden
’ HAPPY BIRTHDAY }
JUNE 2
Curtis G. Shattuck
Carl Stallard
Mrs. F. C. Talmadge
Mrs. Katherine Hempstead
T. S. Oliver
Mrs. F. M. Graves
Henry H. Hargreaves 1
Ted D. Leonard
Christie Molver
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HOROSCOPE
“The stars incline
but do not compeV* |
TUESDAY, JUNE 3 |
Labor comes under a promising |
aspect today. Neptune is in threat
ening sway which bodes ill forj
ships at sea. There is a sign read1
as indicating poor judgment and!
an inclination to criticise.
Heart and Home: Women are
under a sinister sign while this
configuration prevails. It is a day
when they may be easily deceived
or may be determined to do what
is deemed unwise by the members
of their families. It is a time to
prepare for a summer of wise ser
vice for the nation. College girls
should concentrate on studies and
should forget “dates’' which may be
disappointing. The stars seem to
indicate much happiness and cor
responding anxieties for women of
all ages through the next few
months.
Business Affairs: Advertising and
propaganda are to become more
and more forceful in the summer
months. Newspapers and magazines
should realize unusual profits. Peace |
organizations will suffer through
sinister implications. Fund-raising
efforts will arouse suspicion as bo- i
gus philanthropies flourish. Bor-,
tune-telling devices and persons
who prophesy will gather large
amounts of money while prosperity
spreads. - '
National Issues: Jealousies and
rivalries among draftees will begin
to show themselves as certain > re
vered young men obtain cdniMis
sions and promotions. Political in
fluence will be invoked, but Wash-!
ington will be determined to ■ pre
vent special privileges for young
men of any class. Democracy is to
rule in the gigantic defense move
ment which is to prove world-wide
in its effects. Brilliant results are
to be obtained in all branches of
the service. ,.iu
International Affairs: In the
house of administration hi Presi
dent Roosevelt’s horoscope there is
a planet which presages wise hse
of the great powers bestowed -upon
the Chief Executive. Despite strikes
industry is to produce an amazing
amount of war machines and mu
nitions. Mars is in a place in the
horoscope which promises rapidity
in the expansion of the great man
ufacturing plants. Europe is to’ be
astonished at the accomplishments
of a peace-loving nation in'• its
preparations for war. M ■
Persons whose birthdate it -; Is
have the augury of a year of ‘in
tense activity. Gain in professional
or business returns is prognostic-,
ed.
Children born on this day prob
ably will be skillful in designing
and in technical attainment. TOey
will be generally fortunate through
life. v*
(Copyright. 1941)
Trained in the coffee trade, and when
he made his first trip to Brazil as
a young man, he was entranced With
the country and with a certain young
Brazilian lady, and he remained to
live there and to marry.
He saw great possibilities for Bra
zil in the development of the coffee
market in the United States. He
could smell a good market as he
could smell a good grade of bean,
and the A and P spotted him as the
right man to select and buy their
coffee in Brazil. This connection
brought him to New York.
You can’t touch the Rockefeller
office at any point without having
an expert pop out at you. Rockefeller
has experts in everything from mov
ies to manganese, and when he
was looking for a coffee expert,
James Forrestal said: "I have the
man for you.” and he produced
Berent Friele.
< Copyright, 1941, by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
Former Alaskan
Is Given Damages,
Road Construction
WASHINGTON, June 2 — The
House has passed and sent to the
Senate a bill to appropriate $2,500
for Mrs. Paul Liebau Anderson, of
Little River, Cal., for d&inages re
sulting from construction of a
road tty the Alaska Highway Qpin?
' mission across her land at Wonder
Lake. * .
20 YEARS AGO the empire
Miss Edna R. Voss. Superintendent of Schools for the Woman's
Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church, returned from a
visit of inspection of the Sheldon Jackson School at Sitka. Prof. H. A.
McKean, Superintendent of the latter institution, together with Dr. and
Mrs. Condit, accompanied her.
Mrs. Robert Craig was in Skagway where she was to remain with
her husband until he returned to Juneau. Mr. Craig was relieving Agent
E. J. Shaw of the Alaska Steamship Company, who was ill.
II. Ahrenstdet, who had been on a business trip to his mining prop
erty at Sum Dum, arrived in Juneau.
Henry Roden, accompanied by the crew of two men who brought
the former’s boat, Jugoslav to this port, left for Petersburg on the Harry.
Grover C. Winn left on the Harry for Wrangell on legal business.
W. L. Bruce, a well known employee of the Perseverance Mine, was
to be a passenger for the south on the Princess Mary.
Bishop J. R. Crimont was to be a passenger on the Northwestern
for Ketchikan where he was to have a confirmation class.
Capt. C. S. Ward, Disbursing Officer of the Alaska Road Commis
sion, accompanied by Ike Taylor, was to leave on the Alameda for
Western Alaska.
Weather: Highest, 05; lowest, 44; clear..
Daily Lessons in English w. l. Gordon
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, "He would not hear to our
leaving so soon.” Say, “He would not CONSENT to our leaving so
soon.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Comparable. Pronounce kom-pa-ra-b’l,
accent on first syllable and not on the second.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Extent (size; length). Extant (in exist
ence).
SYNONYMS: Accomplish, manage, conduct, direct.
WORD STUDY: "Use a word three times and it is yours." Let us
increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word:
INCREDULITY; unbelief; skepticism. “Of every species of incredulity,
religious unbelief is the most irrational.”—Buckminster.
MODERN ETIQUETTE Roberta lee
Q. Isn't a person justified in resenting censure, when he knows he
has done something for which he deserves praise?
A. La Rochefoucauld says, “Few persons have sufficient wisdom to
prefer censure which is useful to them, to praise which deceives them.”
Q. If you are playing tennis and a point is doubtful, should you
suggest (hat it be played over?
A. The good sportsman will call the point in his opponent’s favor.
Q. What reply should a girl make when a man thanks her for a
dance?
A. She may reply, “I enjoy it too,” or "You’re very welcome.”
LOOK* and L E A R N bz c. GORDON
1. Whose kite-flying experiment established the identity of lightning
and electricity?
2. How many earthquakes occur on the earth every year?
3. What animal, even if blindfolded and dropped from any position,
will always land on its feet?
4. What is a quorum?
5. What is the only crime that is defined in the United States
Constitution?
ANSWERS:
1. Benjamin Franklin (1706-90).
2. About 9,000.
3. The cat.
4. Such a number of the officers or members of any body as is,
when duly assembled, legally competent to transact business.
5. Treason.
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Army Helps Heir Escape Suit
Michael John Cudahy and wife
A few minutes before Michael John Cudahy, 33-year-old heir of the
Chicago meat packing fortune, was inducted into the army in Loa
Angeles, ap attorney for his third wife, Marjorie, June Conover
-dtidahy, papers in a $600-a-manth separate maintenance
suit. fih Vteift'Away wlthoi^serving them, for Cudahy, as a soldier,
tamSJjeto such service.
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Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
VERGNE L. HOKE,
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LEI VERS, Secretary.
Juneau’s Own Store
"The Rexall Store"
Your Reliable Pharmacists
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Post Office Substation
NOW LOCATED AT
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The Store for Men"
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Toe’ll Find Food Finer end
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Match and Jewelry Repairing
at very reasonable rates
PAULBLOEDHORN
8. FRANKLIN STREET
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Juneau Melody House
Next to Truesdell Gun Shop
Second Street Phone 85
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