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i THE SUN. NEWBERRY, S. CL OCTOBER 2, 1942 Occupation of Aleutian Islands by Japanese Constitutes Serious Menace to Entire U. S. Battle of Kiska Island, Main Jap Stronghold, Unique in Warfare By CHARLES A. SINGLER Released by Western Newspaper Union. The Aleutian islands, or Cath erine Archipelago, are a bow shaped chain of small islands in the North Pacific which point forever towards Japan. This geographical fact took on mili tary significance after the Jap attack on Dutch Harbor last June. The Aleutians extend west from Alaska toward Kamchatka peninsu la for nearly a thousand miles. There are about 70 islands and 80 in lets, all of which are included in the territory of Alaska. The largest of these islands is Umnak; Unalaska is the port of entry for western Alas ka, and the center of the fur trade. Desolate, rocky, and forbidding, the Aleutians apparently are a con tinuation of the main Alaskan range. This is a land of snow-streaked vol canoes. The climate resembles that of Ice land; mean temperature, July, 50 degrees; January, 35. Rainfall is heavy, and clouds and fogginess are almost constant. All summer long the fog lies thick over the land. During the winter, gales lash the seas. Practically treeless, the islands are rich in berry-bearing shrubs. The Aleutian natives live in rude huts and spear fish. Indians and Eskimos in the interior live on rein deer, while the Aleuts, for the most part, make their living at fishing. It may be said with a full degree of certainty that this is one place in the world where the fishing is usually very good. There is no need for alibis. Trouble Starts for Aleuts. Things were going along nicely for the Aleuts up to the time of the Japanese invasion, and then their whole world began tumbling about their ears; the war had come to the Far North! It was almost unthinkable, a few years ago, that this land of fog and IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for October 4 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. JAP ZERO COMES TO NAUGHT . . . Somewhere in the barren Aleutian islands, this Japanese Zero fighter plane finds its final resting place. Downed by defenders during a recent raid, its battered remains are shown being examined. The plywood “belly tank,” for gas to give it greater range, lies in the foreground. 400 tons of steel and TNT into Jap shipping and shore installations in Kiska harbor, wreaking great havoc on Jap ammunition and oil dumps, and on her runwr.ys for land-based planes. Battle of Kiska Unique. The battle of Kiska was one of the few battles in this greatest of all wars where ships went to bat in the old-fashioned way, relying on the punch of their guns. The navy’s drive right up to Kiska’s enemy guns was nothing short of brazen and has few, if any, parallels in the his tory of naval warfare. It was a hit and run attack built on sheer nerve and courage, but it more than ac complished its objective. Pearl Harbor was a stab in the back. The Kiska attack was not an act of na tional treachery, but a bold frontal assault which should have been ex pected, but evidently was not. The Japs were as completely surprised as the U. S. forces were at Pearl Harbor. American submarines, too, have done splendid work in the Aleutian area, having sent many Jap cargo vessels, transports and warships to the bottom. The Jap invasion of the Aleutian islands is a constant threat to Alas- Contractors camp along the Alaskan highway job. Camps are so located that the thick poplar growth serves as protection against winter storms. The camp area is graded to assure proper drainage. solitude would some day become a land of incredible battles in the air and on the sea—that some day along these dangerous fog-bound coasts one of the world’s greatest concen trations of cruisers would steam, without the benefit of destroyer smoke-screen and without air sup port, right up to the enemy’s guns on Kiska island, and carry the war to Japan. U. S. destroyers were in that bat tle line, too, but they didn’t lay down any smoke screen. The Almighty had taken care of that. The Aleutian islands came into the world spotlight last June when the Japs made their attack on Dutch Harbor from aircraft carriers. This was a hit and run attack, and the carriers disappeared in the mists. As we now stand, the Japs are occupying Kiska, Attu and Aggatu. Kiska island is some 20 miles long, and is separated from Little Kiska by a narrow strait. Kiska appears to be the main Jap stronghold in this area. When the Japs moved in they renamed this island Narukami. Narukami—or Kiska, as we prefer to call it—has had considerable at tention from the U. S. navy since the Japs took possession under cover of Kiska’s fogs. For, on the very same day the battle for the Solomon islands began at the other end of the world, a U. S. navy task force glided through the fog almost up to the very guns of the invaders and hurled ka and American cities, and while the navy has done remarkable work up to the time, it may take a com bined land and sea operation to get them out. When the occupation of the Aleutians first was made it was assumed that such occupation was merely a face-saving gesture to pacify the Son of Heaven in Tokyo for the bombing of the Japanese capital. But as the invasion persist ed and grew in force this idea was abandoned, and the real danger to America in the presence of the Japs in the Aleutians became apparent. 10,000 Japs on Kiska. It has been estimated that at least 10,000 Japs have occupied the island of Kiska alone. Many of these, no doubt, have been taken care of by the fleet’s heavy guns and by the navy’s big Catalina flying boats and the army’s B-17 and B-24 bombers, that dare the dangers of fog and mountain to dump their loads of explosive on the venturesome Japs. The “Cats,” condemned by some as slow, lumbering and outmoded, have been the hero planes in the de fense of Alaska, searching out the Japs in hide-away islands, and spend ing endless gruelling hours on patrol duty. When the “Cats” and the Fly ing Fortresses go roaring through the “soup,” as the fog is called in Alaska, Kiska. there is hell to pay However, trying to bomb the Japs out of the fog-covered Aleutians has lite ’ > A heavy weapons unit, shown on a four-hour practice march in Alaska. cost the U. S. some brave fliers and some good bombers. It is a con stant fight with the weather, and fogs and mountains have taken a bigger toll of our planes and fliers than have the Japs. Some are of the opinion that the Japs may be holding Kiska to guar antee their position in northern wa ters, from which they take great quantities of fish with which to feed the empire of Japan. This view is not held by Sen. M. C. Wallgren (D) of Washington, member of the military affairs subcommittee that visited Alaska. Senator Wallgren claims that the Japs must be driven from the Aleutians before a North Pacific offensive can be launched. Wallgren said: “Occupation of three of the larger islands at the tip of the Aleutian chain puts the Japs squarely across our bridge to Russia.” The Japs must be persuaded with gunfire and bombs (the only lan guage they understand) that the Aleutian islands are unhealthy for any but Aleuts and Americans, and this is being done as fast as feasible. At present the Japs menace Alaska, and Alaska is of strategic impor tance to the safety of continental United States. Alaska lies athwart any Jap invasion of this continent, and is the route by which America may most easily strike against Japan and pay off some old scores. And yet, the only way to get sup plies and men to this vital area is by plane or boat. America’s Burma Road. Very fortunately for Alaska and America, the Alaskan highway is now well under construction. This highway, the greatest wilderness un dertaking in American history, will enable the U. S. to rush munitions to guard the bases that lie closest to Japan. Today 30,000 bull dozers and logging crews are hacking a wide swath into MacDonald’s Wilderness, creating a corridor for troops and equipment to roll to the Far North. This highway will link the U. S. to its Arctic outpost, and will be of immense strategic im portance. We may all be grateful that Don ald MacDonald, an elderly engineer, was so determined in his purpose to get a highway through to Alaska. As if gifted with prophetic vision, for 20 years MacDonald promoted the idea. To prove that his idea was sound and perfectly feasible he made a trip to Alaska on foot, at great personal danger. While an Alaskan highway commission was created some years ago, with Mac Donald as one of its members, it was not until December 7, 1941, that anything was done about building the highway. The attack on Pearl Harbor brought into sharp relief the military unportance of a highway to this northern U. S. outpost—and America’s Burma Road was begun. Work Proceeds Apace. The highway was started at Daw son Creek, just across the British Columbia line from Alberta, and will extend along the east side of the Rockies. The work is now proceed ing apace, the ring of the axe and the blast of dynamite now being familiar sounds in wilderness fast nesses which for centuries knew only the howl of the timber wolf and the crashing of the brush as the lordly moose went by. Uncle Sam has a way of getting things done in a big way, when he rolls up his sleeves, and while this is a stupendous undertaking, it will not be so very long before the North American lifeline to Alaska will be an accomplished fact—one more gigantic stride in the direction of the conquest of ambitious Japan. When completed, soldiers and ar mored equipment will reach Fair banks in 80 hours from Edmonton. Alberta. This trip by ocean from Seattle, I takes eight days to Anchorage and FAITH IN CHRIST AS OUR PERSONAL SAVIOUR LESSON TEXT—Act* 16:13-15: Romans 5: 1-11. GOLDEN TEXT—Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1. Salvation through Christ is way, and the only way, into the the Christian life; therefore, there could be no other subject more suitable than that of our lesson to begin our brief series of “Studies in the Christ Life.” Our lesson for today tells us first how one comes into a personal sav ing faith, and then gives Paul’s statement of the result of saving faith in the changed life of the be liever I. The Opened Heart (Acts 16: 13-15). Paul and his companions on their important errand for the Master, bearing the news of the gospel, had first known His guidance by hin drance, by the closed door; and then by the direction of the Spirit into the open door, revealed in the vision of the man of Macedonia. Here in Philippi they found not only an open door, but an open heart, one which the Holy Spirit had made ready for the preaching of the Word of God. “Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Rom. 10:17). Note that while Lydia was a wom an of ability and culture, and a wor shiper of God, yet she needed the message of redemption thcough faith in Christ. Lydia evidenced the truth oi her profession of faith by open testimony and by a desire for fellowship in putting forward the work of God (v. 15). Salvation is by faith apart from works, but a saving faith is always one which works. II. The Transformed Life (Rom. 5:1-11). This is one of the great passages of Scripture, rich in doctrinal instruc tion, presenting through Paul an il luminating discussion of justifica tion by faith. This lesson affords an opportunity for teachers to learn and present to classes much needed truth along the line of Bible doctrine. There is not enough teaching of this type. Peo ple seem to prefer a little devotional study, or the discussion of current events, possibly in the light of prophecy. These are good, but it is of first importance that Chris tians be informed regarding doc trine. We find in this Scripture the glori ous transformation of life which comes to the one who takes Christ as Saviour, as we note the seven results of God’s justifying grace. 1. Peace (v. 1). The human heart craves spiritual peace and knows that it can be found only when sin has been dealt with and put away. For sin cannot be condoned or ig nored. There must be justification, and that can come only through Jesus Christ our Lord. 2. Grace (v. 2). A peace with God brings the peace of God into our hearts. We have that peace be- i cause we have by faith come into the place of God’s favor. No long er strangers or outsiders, we have come in (“have access”) to His place of grace and favor. 3. Hope (w. 2b, 5a). Our faith not only brings present peace, but causes us to see future glory. Such a hope puts us in a right attitude toward God, and the things of life, including tribulations (v. 3), are | rightly valued and understood. Even ' our troubles become evidences of His love in which we may glory. 4. Love (vv. 5b-8). God’s love which gave His Son to die for our sins becomes the “shed abroad” por tion of every believer in Him. It was an unmeasurably great love, i and it all centers in Calvary. 5. Saved From Wrath (v. 9). The wrath of God is minimized or de nied in much modern theology, but it is nonetheless a very “real and awful affection of the divine na ture.” But the Christ vyho died for sinners will surely deliver the saints from the wrath of God against sin. 6. Reconciled (v. 10). The death of Christ, which justified man has accepted by faith, brought recon ciliation. Atonement had been made for sin, and the Orfe who died is alive again, a living Saviour. 7. Joy (v. 11). And why not? Such a revelation of what our re demption includes should make ev ery believer in Christ rejoice in God. The One who is the sinner’s judge is the believer’s joy! That is the Let’s Have a Real Football Supper! (See Recij .s Below.) Football Supper takes less than the cost of one battleship. Brig. Gen. William Morris Hoge is in charge of the construction of the highway, which follows almost mile for mile the route MacDonald blazed through the forest fastnesses years ago. The men on the construc tion job are living much as our fore fathers did, depending to a consid erable extent upon their ability as hunters and fishermen. Surrounding forests provide both fuel and shelter. Some unbeliever who has read these lines thu* far must by now be eager to have these things true in his life. Weli, why not? “Be lieve on the Lotd Jesus Christ, and thou shall be saved” (Acts 16:31). Then read again those majestic and joyful words in Romans 5:1: “Therefore being justified by faith, we have”—yec, I have “peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Thoughts for fall naturally bring to mind fall’s favorite game, foot ball, and foods that go well after the game. It makes no differ ence whether you have been to one of the big games or whether you are going to feed the hungry crowd of youngsters who come in from playing in the nearest available held, the uppermost thought in your mind is good, hot, appetizing food. Smart management dictates a de licious hot dish that you whisk out of the oven, a crisp salad for balance and contrast to the meal, and a smooth, light dessert. Your crowd will be thirsty, too, so don’t forget coffee for the grown-ups and a hot, chocolaty drink for the children. Do something special for the table —even a little touching-up will bring the appreciative oh’s and ah’s from your family and guests. Perhaps there are a few chrysanthemums still in the garden or you might try to get together a few, small novelty footballs to make up into a center- piece. A cloth in the burnished fall colors or deep brown, bright yellow, or what-have-you will mark you as a hostess whose eye is ever on the calendar and season. Bring on the food! And such food it will be if you serve spaghetti, done up in casserole with plenty of sauce and cheese for extra good ness: ♦Spaghetti Creole. (Serves 8) 2 pounds long spaghetti 2 onions, chopped 1 clove garlic M cup butter % cup oil 2 cans tomato puree 2(4 cups tomatoes 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce Salt, pepper 1 pound ground beef Grated cheese Cook onion and garlic (peeled and a toothpick run through it) in the hot oil and butter, slowly. Remove garlic. Add tomato puree, tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pep per. Cook meat in additional fat. Add to first mixture and cook very slowly for two hours. Cook spa ghetti in boiling, salted water. Drain and rinse in hot water. Place in buttered, casserole, first spaghetti layer, then sauce, grated cheese, and so on until casserole is full. Garnish with an additional slice of bacon if desired. Bake in a slow (325-degree) oven 45 minutes. Contrast note to the Spaghetti Cre ole is a green vegetable chilled to a crispness. It’s also a good idea to balance a starchy food with something as full of minerals and vitamins as an armload of greens ^ . clinging together I with a light, tart french dressing: ♦Tossed Greens. Wash lettuce and separate into leaves. Use several large spinach leaves, carefully washed, and shred ded with the lettuce leaves, or small spinach leaves used whole among the lettuce. Shred three carrots, mince one small onion and toss among the greens. Marinate 1 cup Football Supper ♦Spaghetti Creole •Tossed Greens ‘Corn bread •Apple Pandowdy •Football Brew ♦Recipes Given of cooked green beans in french dressing for 20 minutes and add to salad bowl. Add more french dress ing and serve. A bit of the something different for the menu is provided if you serve this salad: Chiffonade Salad. Combine cooked, cubed beets with riced hard-cooked eggs and minced onion. Marinate and serve on crisp romaine or let tuce. You can turn out a chili Lynn Says: The Score Card: The secretary of agriculture, Claude Wickard, has announced that meat ration ing days are in prospect, so learn now, how to cut down on meats. Fewer meat cuts will be availa ble, so be prepared to learn how to do many different things with what you have. Eggs, cheese and fish are ob tainable at moderate prices and are wonderful props in place of meat, and are all rich sources of protein which is one of the main values of meat. Tea supplies are short, so it’s suggested you dispense with the one teaspoon per pot measure as a mei.ns of saving. con carne m no time and it’s a wonderful dish on these evenings with a fall tang in the air. The kidney beans, tomatoes and ground meat blend in delicious flavor: Chili Con Carne. (Serves 6) 2(4 cops kidney beans 1 large onion, sliced 1 chopped green pepper 1 pound ground beef 3 tablespoons lard 3(4 cups tomatoes 1(4 teaspoons salt Paprika 3 whole cloves 1 bay leaf 1 tablespoon chili powder Brown onion, green pepper and meat in hot lard. Add tomatoes and seasonings. Simmer two hours, adding water if necessary. Add beans and heat thoroughly. Corn bread is a delightful varia tion for any kind of dinner but is especially welcome if you serve the golden wedges at your football sup per. Piping hot is the order of the day: ♦Corn Bread. 1 cap yellow cornmeal (4 cup wheat flour 1 teaspoon baking powder (4 teaspoon salt 1 beaten egg (4 cup milk 1 tablespoon melted butter Sift flour and mix with other dry ingredients. Combine egg with milk and add to dry ingredients. Add melted butter and pour batter into a well greased pan. Bake in a hot (425-degree) oven about 25 minutes. Apples can be found in generous quantities now, so use them for thriftiness’ sake. To save on your sugar, this recipe calls for part mo lasses and part sugar: •Apple Pandowdy. (Serves 6) 1 Recipe Pastry 4 cups sliced apples (4 teaspoon salt (4 teaspoon cinnamon (4 teaspoon nutmeg 2 tablespoons butter (4 cup molasses (4 cup sugar (4 cup water Divide pastry into two portions and roll thin. Line shallow baking dish with pastry. Mix apples, salt, spices and sugar and put in pan. Combine molasses with water and pour over fruit. Dot with butter, cover with remaining pastry, press edges together and trim. Bake in a moderately hot (425-degree) oven 15 minutes. Lower temperature to slow (325 degrees) and bake 30 minutes. Remove from oven, chop top crust into fruit, return to oven and continue baking 1 hour. Serve with butter or with plain or whipped cream. ♦Football Brew. Use 1 heaping teaspoon decaffein ated coffee, regular grind for each cup water. Pour cold water into pot or percolator. Set percolator basket with coffee in it. Cover. 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