THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for en-ry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 18 <9.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. Southworth.Editor and Manager
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THE HINDENBURG LINE
• The celeberated Hindenburg line
or Siegfried line, barring the Allies’
road to Berlin, has been compared
by the German leaders to the great
wall of China. Until the British
broke it in the spring of 1917, they
believed it impregnable to assault
as was once the Chinese "'all, and
regarded it as the eighth wonder of
the world.
The Hindenberg line, as generally
defined, is about 60 miles long;
ru./ning in a general north and
south direction across the Picardy
plains in France. Its northern ex
tremity was guarded by the heavily
fortified bastion of Vimy Ridge and
by the mining city of Lens whose
underground corridors and chambers
long have barred the British. The
southern end of the Hindenburg
line, proper, is in the vicinity of
La Fere or Loan. That end is pro
tected in part by the forest of St.
Gobian and the fortifications around
Laon.
Between Vimy Ridge on the north
and La Fere on the south the line
passes west of Cambrai and St.
Quentin so as to protect those two
important industrial and railway
centers which are routes for bring
ing up supplies for the German
army.
Some war correspondents describe
the German line as continuing south
eastward from La Fere to the Aisne
river and Rheims, following the line
of the Chemis des Dames. They
call that part of the line southeast
of La Fere the Alberich line. This
would add aboot 45 miles, making
a total length of more than 100
miles. Generally, however the
Hindenburg line has been described
as running only from Vimv Ridge
to La Fere.
Fearing that the northern end of
the line might be turned the Ger
mans established a “switch” line,
connecting with the Hindenburg line
at Queant and running north about
25 miles to Drocourt. They called
this switch the Wotan line.
The northern end of the Hinden
burg line and the Wotan line both
have been broken more than once
by the British armies and both are
now in possession of the British
armies. Long ago the Germans lost
Vimy Ridge and have failed to re
take it.
The Hindenburg line is not a
trench, but a system of field forti
fications. In places it is said to be
ten miles deep, consisting not only
of the trench system, but of mul
tiple lines of barbed wire entangle
ments, concrete positions for ar
tillery, deep dugouts capable of
housing a batallion of troops numer
ous pill-boxes for machine guns and,
in fact, every device the Germans
have been able to assemble to block
the way' to Germany.
Near Bullecourt was a formidable
underground fortification known as
the “Tunnel Trench” which the
Germans believed to be impregnable.
This tunnel connecting the trenches
was more than a mile long and was
mined for its whole length lighted
with electricity and had entrances
at short intervals. It was rein
forced by concrete pill-boxes and
support trenches. The British cap
tured it in November 1917.
Below Graincourt, the British
troops found great catacombs along
the Hindenburg line. These were
elaborati !y fitted up as battalion ]
headquarters, electrically lighted !
and protected by concrete trenches.
In front of Cambrai, the villages
behind the line had beneath them
! great chambers which it would be
| a slander to call dugouts. They
were more like hotels, fitted with
electricity, water sewers drying
rooms and kitchens. They were
shell proof and bomb proof. The
trenches there were built along
the banks of the Canal Du Nord
which runs north and south near
| Havrincourt.
j Important German strong-holds
, protect the southern section of the
line near La Fere. The forest of
St. Gobian presents an almost in
superable obstacle in attacking this
end of the line.
Laon lying within the “Big Cor
: ner” where the line turns eastwards
; along the Chemin des Dames is re
: garded as the key-stone of the whole
| German system. Hundreds of mer
man batteries were installed in the
screened ravines around that city
and in the forests of St. Gobian.
Southwest of Laon the town was
protected by Massif of Menampteuil
behind whose crest are huge under
ground ravines and shelters, some
big enough to hold a whole regi
ment. The forest west of Laon was
i crammed with a vast store of muni
! tions and materials. Divisions of
I troops could concentrate in it un
seen.
; Recently the Germans discovered
; that the big dugouts along the
Hindenburg line were nothing but
death traps. An order by the Ger
man divisionsal commander forbade
I the German troops to occupy dug
: outs more than eight steps under
i ground.
Behind the Hindenburg line the
: Germans are credited with three
| other lines of defenses.
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YOU ARE DOING IT
Every time you read, vou pur
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chasers of Liberty Bonds and War
; Savings Stamps, of what the United
States is doing in France in buliding
wharves and railroads, or deluging
the Germans with gas or shelling
■ them out of position with big guns
or shrapnel, or of bombing their
j arsenals or cities, or of the great
work of our army and our navy,
I or of the building of ships here, or
. of any or all of the great or small
achievements of America, here or
abroad or on the seas, you buyers
1 of Liberty Bonds and War Savings
; Stamps truthfully can say, “I had
a hand in this”; “I contributed to
this”; “I am helping do this”; “It
is part my work.”
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| George Mackinson, working on
j Monte Cristo Gulch, a tributary of
, Fish creek, has closed down for the
season.
SUGAR M1ISTBF.
heaping teaspocmM
; saved each, meal for
j nO days far each af the
100.000.000 parson*
! m ilia United States
! makes a pile as as the
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The steamer Tanana sailed from
this port at 8 o’clock yesterday
| morning for Tanana, and on ar
rival there will take in tow two
bargeloads of freight which was
brought up by one of the lower
river steamers from St. Michael, and
come on up to Nenana. These two
bargeloads of freight represent the
| last of the season s freight to be
I received via St. Michael.
On her way down to Tanana, the
i steamer took the barge Moose, that
j had been left near the confluence
I of the Kantishna and the Tanana
I by the steamer Yukon, and brought
' her up to the Tolovana station, a
1 distance of about 12 miles.
I It was stated in these columns
; Saturday that the Tanana would
j go on down river until she meets
| the Julia B or the Seattle No. 3,
! but owing to the lateness of the
i season and the fact that many pass
engers going out by way of White
horse were awaiting a boat at Tan
jana, the arrangements made had to
be changed and the Seattle No. 3
and the Julia B left their tows at
Tanana and proceeded to winter
quarters. The former to Dawson
and the latter to St. Michael.
It is expected that the Tanana
will sail for Nenana with her heavy
tow some time today, and her ar
rival here will be somewhat de
layed in consequence. It is thought
likely that owing to the near ap
proach of freezeup. she might not
be able to make Whitehorse, where
it was intended that she would go
into winter quarters, in which case
she will winter at Fairbanks.
The busiest boat at the end of
the season, the Reliance, after she
has landed the barge Moose in Ne
nanan, will go on down stream and
help the Tanana up with her tow.
CHILDREN ENJOY
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Little Miss Dorothy Smith,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Smith, who attained her third birth
day yesterday, entertained a large
number of children at a party from
2:30 to 4:30 in the afternoon. A
very enjoyable afternoon was spent
during which many games were in
dulged in and dainty refreshments
were served.
The most popular and enjoyable
game played was the mock school,
held by all present, with Valentine
Anderson, Vera and Muriel Russell
and Margaret Southworth as the
teaching staAf. The following child
ren were present at the entertain
ment: LaRue Carter, Robert Major,
Dick Foster, Donald Fowler, Jerry
Kestley, Margaret Russell, Margaret
Schaecer, Hilda Martin, Olga Martin,
Ruth Russell, Johnny Oldfield, Vera
Russell, Valentine Anderson, Eldow
Ekeland, Muriel Russell, Ira Camp
bell, Echo Tyler, Buddy Moyer,
] Genevie-e Oldfield, Yukona Moyer.
, Dudgy Major, Margaret Southworth.
; Laura Hall, J. H. Russell, Oscar
Hendrickson, Alfred Schaeffer, Noel
Schaeffer and Dorothy Smith.
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« MARINE NEWS X
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H R R R R R R * R R R R r r R rr r
Sarah—Down Holy Cross, 4th.
Julia B.—Down Kokrines, 3rd.
Seattle No. 3.—Up Rampart 3
a. m., date.
Washburn—Up Rampart midnight
yesterday.
Jacobs—In Gibbon.
Alaska—Up Rampart 3 a. m.,
date.
Reliance—Leaves Chena for Ne
rana today.
Yukon—Up Tolovana for Nenana
C:30 a. m., date.
Davis—Up Eagle 6 a. m. 6th.
Tanana—Down Hot Springs 3
a. m. date.
MRS AMUSE i
SELVES AT BASE
ON IRISH COAST
AN IRISH PORT—The thousands'
of American sailors stationed at the
Destroyer Base in British Waters
have been forced to provide their
own entertainment to while away
“liberty” hours in the small town.
One of the chief features of the
“Men’s Club” is the theater which
will seat about 1000 persons and
where there is something going on
free every night. Aside from the
moving picture plays all the enter
tainment is produced by the sailors.
Some of the scenery for the stage
was obtained in London, but some
of it was produced right here at
the base.
The talent uncovered has re
sulted in a brass band of 27 pieces,
an orchestra as large an acrobat,
several vocal soloists, a yodler, half
a dozen black-face comedians a
i quartette several piano players and
enough good voices to stage a min
strel show.
Here is an average Saturday
I night program; a one-reel comedy,
I seven concert selections by the band,
] a four-reel feature film half a
dozen songs by the quartette, the
yodler and popular songs by “all
hands” with the words thrown onto
| the picture screen.
The last feature is what the sail
! ors like the best as they all seem
to want to get in the show. They
put real enthusiasm into songs about
winning the war and “getting” the
German fleet, but when they sing
something about home, the Sunny
South or a girl left behind they
fairly raise the roof and sing the
choruses over and over.
They never tire of one feature,
although they have participated in
scores of times. With the house
dark for an instant, a curtain show
ing the New York sky-line is drop
ped. As the first faint light dimly
outlines the 4 picture the orchestra
starts to play “New York Town”
and everyone begins to sing. Be
fore the song is ended many of the
men break into cheers and throw
their white hats into the air.
“I ain’t from New York”, said a
trim specimen of middle-western
! young manhood one night, “but that
[ sky-line was the last thing I saw
; in the good old U. S. A., and that
: picture with the orchestra playing
j that song just naturally makes a
fellow want to sing.”
But even with such expressions
of sentiment there is little home
; sickness here. The sailors many of
! them mere youngsters are glad they
i are in the thick of the war, but
i many of them have said that the
| more they see of foreign shores
■ the better they like home.
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U. 8. rood Administration,
•list ez de buckwheat cake got
fop over on his face, Br'er Bacon
rin’ dance ’roun’ en say, sezee:—
“One good tu’n desarves en nuth
er." sezee.—Meanin’ dat ef de
sojer boys go en do de fightin’ fer
us. de leas’ we alls kin do is ter
I sen' ’em all de wheat—en eat
buckwheat Instid. Co’n meal, rye
en barley flour fer us will he'p a
lot too.
Highest Cash
Prices Paid for
RAW
FURS
SIMSON’S
If you have saved a slice a day.
eat cornbread and save a loaf.
GAS CDS! BRINGS
HORSES HID USE
LOXDOX.—In England the war
has relegated the automobile to the
garage and brought the horse back
into its own. Owing to gasoline
restrictions, taxicabs are becoming
extremely scarce in London and the
hansom cabs of the old days have
been restored to popularity.
Dealers in dogcarts, gigs, traps,
carriages and all other kinds of
horse-drawn conveyances are reap
ing a big profit. For six months
prices have been going up steadily,
until vehicles which were for dis
posal at firewood prices owing to
the vogue of the motor car, are now
fetching more than they cost when
they were new.
Members of the royal family use
horse-drawn conveyances, and the
munition millionaire, denied a motor
except for war work, is investing
in a carriage and pair.
There is work for every person
to do in this war—food is ammuni
tion, are you wasting it?
A NATION'S STRENGTH
IS IN ITS FOOD SUPPLY
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Ten tons of hay ami
oats. See R. L. Vin’ing, at the
Terminal Motel.
CABIN FOR SALE—Cost $300;
will sell for $50. Inquire News
office.
FOR SALE—$150 Phonograph with
100 Records, $65. See J. A.
Slippern.
WANTED—Two or Three con
genial fellows to .occupy 1-room
residence with me. Kitchen fa
cilities if desired. See Slippern
FOR SALE—Panoramic views of
the town of Nenana in 1916 and
1917; taken by Johnson, of Fair
banks, from hill overlooking the
town. Apply at News office.
| FOR SALE, CHEAP—Large tank
heater and pipe drum; flush toilet,
good as new; also sink. Inquire
Simson’s.
FOR SALE—Beaver Board, in plain
and oak finish. Doors and win
dows, sash stock and mouldings.
Inquire Simson’s.
FOR RENT—Upstairs residence,
four rooms furnished. See Slippern
We’ll substitute corn for wheat
and victory for defeat.
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
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Phone 84 Front Between C and D
Johnson’s Store
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
PRICES REASONABLE LOUIS JOHNSON, Prop.