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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 43. No. 112 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOV. 21, 1941. Per copy iu
[ British Start Secret Offensive Libya
Russians Report Bloody Fighting on Moscov/ Front
Hope Vanishes Settlement Captive Coal Mine Strike
British Make 159-Mile Advance In
36 Hours Against Axis In Africa
Bloody Fighting Moscow Defenses
CAIRO, Nov. 21 iVP)— Military
dispatches said armed British
spearheads are knifing through
the Axis seige lines around Tob
ruk while other columns passed
the stronghold to the south, after
an 80-mile advance in 36 hours.
The British spokesman said "The
m in.batle has not yet been join-,
ed. Nothing is on a large scale
yet.”
Mi itary observers said Gener
( la Rommels German corps chief,
is opposition to the British is
maneuvering to engage the corps
in a decisive battle and indicated
that at least part of the Axis fore
es whch ringed Tobruk for more
than six months, constantly shell
irg and bombing the tiny British
gar Ison were caught between fir
es.
Mussolini’s high command
asserted that Italian and Ger
man mechanized co'umns "firmly
sustained” new British attacks
’’and parsed to counterattacks."
The Soviet radio reported
“bloody fighting is now in pro
gross" in three sectors along the
Moscow 200-mile def< ose r re and
Rod armies have beaten off a vio
lent new offensive lau ched Tul-s
day night.
The German radio asserted
that strong Briti-h reinforce
ments are steadily arriving at
Sierra Leone on the west African
ccast south of Dakar and that six
British warships are also at Free
town d; -charging bombers and
ground personnel.
R“ds Sink German Transports
The Russians announced tiiat
the Red navy sunk a 5 000-ton
German tanker and three trans
ports in the Barents Sea. appar
ently enroute to re nforce Axis
uni’s in the far north.
It was repc ed that the
French protested to Tokyo that
the Japs are overs’u oping the ag
reements which gave them the
right to bases ir. French Indo
china. as the Jap Diet in extra
ordinary session c osed after rati
fying a big pregr. m of new mili
tary expenditure? ai d taxes.
Nye Convinced
l. S. Can End
Sino-Jap \\ ar
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (tf‘) —
Senator Nyc said he was convinc
ed that the United States eou d
end the S no-Jap war on a satis
factory basis ar.d prevent further
hostilities in the Pacific if they
are willing "to help Japan save
her face,” by agreeing to re! ;ive
ly minor concessions for J;;p n
in China such as a few air bases.
S importers of the administra
tion f regin policies disagreed.
The Kurusu-Hull conversations
are at a stand-ti 1, awaiting fur
ther instructions from Japan.
Cordova Grounds,
Is Pulled Off,
Grounds Again
KETCHIKAN. Nov. 20 0-P'i —
The Cordova, e’rrcute here after
refloa‘ing at high. t| ie, went
aground at Woody Point in Cha
tham Strait. A Cnas* Guard cut
ter pu'd d it off ar A ?.no‘her
Coast Guard boat a.'d an army
t.'ps”. rt took off the passengers.
An early r g; « i “High and
dry or. a reef, r -quire assistance
to remove passengers.” The s!vp
has been in service at Unalas’ca
and •'•a? proceeding seu'h from
Juneau.
Buy Defense Bonds and S*amp?
Britain’s Desert Armies Driving
Deep Into Libya-Offensive Aimed
At Knocking Axis Out No. Africa
UNDATED, Nov. 20 (/Pi — Brit
airfs desert armies of three-quar
tors cf a million men were report
od driving deep into Libya after
advancing more than 50 miles on
a 140-mile front in a vast, secret
ly launched offensive aimed at
kneel.irg the Axis out of North
Africa. Dispatches said the attack
started at dawn Tuesday and set
the German and Italian troops
back on their heels in shocked
surprise.
Decision Might C ome Soon
Prime Minister Church 1 told
Parliament that the lcng-awaited
push had already wen positions
of “marked advantage” and a de
cision. might come “within a few
hours.” "This is the first time we
are a: In -t as equally well arm
ed" as the Germans, he said, add
ing That Britain waited and plan
ned, massing strength for five
months before unleasing the as
sault.
The new offensive is command
ed on land by Lieut. Gen. Sir
Alan Gordon Cunningham, who
crushed the Italian East African
• mpire; and on the sea by his bro
tli sr. Admiral Sir Andrew
Browne Cunningham.
Hitler's headquarters, depre
e sting the surprise element, as
serted that German and Italian
counter attacks had thrown back
the strong British forces with
heavy losses west of S di Omar.
Mussolini’s high command said
British motorized armored forces
opened the attack on nine fronts
in the Marmarica Desert, but
counter attacks “destroyed part
of the enemy tanks by the end of
the day while others withdrew."
Ten Million
Soviet Casualties
BERLIN. Nov. 21 f/Pt —Author
ized German sources said ten mil
iicn Russians have been killed,
wounded, and captured in the 5
months war with Russia, ending
today. The figure cited was what
they termed a “survey of Hitler’s
strategy of destruction.” Listed
were 3.792.000 prisoners.
RAF BOMBS AXIS
MOTORIZED FORCES
CAIRO. Nov. 20 i/P.—1The RAF
reported that its planes yester
day bombed “Axis tanks and
motor transports moving west
ward along the Salum-Capuzzo
read” away 'from the Egyptian
border, across which was launch
■d the major offensive into Libya.
The report d d not state specific
ally that they were retreating.
HITLER TALKS WITH TURKISH GENERALS
w
Adolf Hitler talked with two Turkish generals. Hatseyn Frkilet (left) and Ali Fuad Erden (center)
in the map room of his eastern front headquarter , according to Berlin sources. The Turkish offic
ers had been inspecting the front, an official announcement said. Picture radioed Berlin to N. Y.
L. S. S. Indiana
Launched 6 Mo.
Ahead of Schedule
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov.
21 i/p> — The 35,000-ton battle
ship Indiana, which Secretary of
the Navy Knox described in his
launching speech as a symbol of
this nation's will to survive a
world at war, splashed in the
James River six months ahead of
schedule.
U. S. MONEY DOESN’T
GO FAR IN RUSSIA
OAKLAND. Nov. — Thirty
nine members of the crew of the
oil tanker “Associated” received
salaries and bonuses totalling
$32,000 for taking the tanker on a
20,000-mile trip to Vladivostok
and hack. The vessel carried 98,
000 barrels of aviation gasoline
to the Russian port. The crew
members received bonuses for
both the trip out and return.
The “Associated” seamen found
j Vladivostok a rather dull town
, with prices sky high. One man
! reported that a pair of shoes was
priced $80 in American money
and a chocolate bar $1.50. Cap
tain Hawkins said that the tank
er encountered no trouble but
the men aboard were a bit ner
vous as she passed through the
1 Sea of Japan. Russian torpedo
boats escorted the tanker in and
out of Vladivostok Harbor thru
mines that had been laid.
PUGET SOUND NAVY
YARD TO RUSH BUILDING
BREMERTON, Nov. — Con
struction at the Puget Sound
Navy Yard will reach an all-time
high when work is started on the
first of 8 high speed heavily arm
ed escort vessels for Great Brit
ain.
The Navy Department announc
eS^an allottment of 8 ships of ov
er 50 to be constructed at the
Bremerton Navy Yard and other
navy yards.
Each ship is to cost about $6,
000,000. The special design is
kept a profound secret.
Lewis Refuses Budge From No
Compromise Position In Captive
Coal Mine Strike-Violence Flares
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20 b?‘> —
Hopes for a settlrrcnt of the Cap
i tive coal strike without govern
! ment action reached the vanish
ing point as John L. Lewis refus
ed to budge from his no com
promise position. Despite fresh
I eff Tt.s by President Roosevelt
I late yesterday, he flatly rejected
'he new peace formula, saying
that he spoke solely for himself,
but no formal rep y was possible
until the Union's policy commit
tee meets Saturday.
Thee Men
Are Wounded
By Gunfire
I r-!TT.'Br7lG. N v. 20 <.-P —
I three men were wounded by a
I colli y of shots in a clash at dawn
1 between pickets r.d non-striking
•oal miners in F. yette County
! coal fl Id. hotbed of the four-day
I old Mine Works' strike.
Ernest Mot/.ner. aged 29. min
er. v\as shot through the left
shoulder and less than two hours
later a fusilade of shots hit the
auto of Mine Superintendent
Janets Maher who escaped in
jury.
CIO Pledges Every
Thing In Power
For Defense Effort
DETROIT, Nov. 20 Op- _ \ <je
claration that “In this grave
cr sis, mediation and peaceful
so ution cf our industrial dis^
;>utes is cf utmost importance,”
was approved by the annual CIO
convention delegates who closely
x. Jk » »-V> jan l> . xu wk.«
Captive Coal Mine strike, as well
as the proceeding at their own
conclave. They adapted a resolu
tion asserting that Cl 3 and affil
at d unions will d all in their
newer to cooperate with the gov
ernment for maximum defense
production.
TORPEDO AXIS SHIPS
IN MEDITERRANEAN
LONDON, Nov. 20 Wi — The
Admiralty announced that sub
marines torpedoed an Italian
tanker and German supply ship
in the Mediterranean.
RAF DESTROY
21 AXIS PLANES
CAIRO. \Tcv. 21 •.P—The RAF
announced the d. .-rruction of 24
Axis plane.' in operations yester
day The British acknowledged
tha* 9 of their own were missing.
HANDSHAKE FOR THE DUCHESS
I », »■ ■ ,1... ^ ™ m
\ cordial greeting was extended,to the Duchess of Windsor (left)
by Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt when the Duchess visited the
first lady in her office at Civilian Defense headquarters where
Mrs. Roosevelt is assistant director. The meeting wais arranged
when the first lady announced she was leaving Washington and
would be unable to preside at a White House luncheon for the
Windsors.