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VOL. 44. No. 132. NOME. ALASKA, Wednesday, Sept. 30. 1942 p*r Copy iU
Fighters Inflict at Kiska
Stalingrad Still Shows No Signs Of Collapsing
Fighter Squadrons Damage 2 Subs
At Kiska In Strafing Attacks
ALASKA DEFENSE COMMAND, Sept. 29 (/P) —
By William L. Worden — Two enemy subs at Kiska
were believed damaged when U. S. Army fliers caught
them on or near the surface. Air officers disclosed that
one sub came up directly underneath the squadron
headed by Lieut. Col. Jack Chenault, son of Brig. Gen.
Claire Chenault, former leader of the American Vol
unteer Group, the Flying Tigers who fought in China.
Chenault, whose squadron flew planes with tiger jaws
painted on their sides, proceeded to strafe the submer
sible himself. Meanwhile he ordered the fighter squad
ron into a combat circle around the surprised sub and
each of the nine planes made three strafing attacks on
the undersea ship which rolled on the surface apparent
ly afraid to dive because of the number of holes in it.
The second squadron of fighters led by Major Wilbur
Miller used similar tactics after sighting another sub
also the results of this attack are not definitely known.
The sub was seen sinking slowly and may have been
mortally hit.
Chenault also got one Jap float plane when fighters
rose to to greet the raiders. Both Americans and Can
adians who have been itching for action during months
of patrol and guard work, took part.
Lieut. Gerald Johnson of Eugene, Oregon, got another
b fighter, which came shooting down out of the clouds
onto the tail of the plane piloted by Major Miller,
squadron commander. Kenneth Boomer of Ottawa,
leader ot the Canadians, sent a third fighter spinning
into the bay. In addition, the raiding force struck at
seaplanes on the water. Air force reports said that at
least five and possibly more were destroyed. Shore in
stallations were also hit by the fighter planes going in
low ahead of the bombers and strafing positions vio
lently. Air force officers said they are using a large
and varied personnel in a series of attacks, seldom si nd
ing the same men over the target more than twice. The
purpose is to give all the fliers all possible combat
experience.
RCAF Planes Attack Kiska Friday
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (/P)—The Navy announc
ed that a strong force of army bombers and pursuit
planes, accompanied Royal Canadian Air Force planes
which attacked Japanese shore installations and ships
at Kiska on Friday, damaging an enemy transport,
shooting down seaplane fighters, destroying six other
planes on the water, and strafing two subs. A day pre
viously, a small force of army heavy bombers attack
ed Kiska, the Navy communique said, but results were
not observed, indicating the attack was carried out
from a high altitude.
In the Friday assault, the Navy estimated that 150
Japs wrere killed or wounded and bomb hits started
fires on one of two ships in the harbor. When last seen,
the vessel was listing and beached. This is the first
report by the Navy that Canadian air forces are co
operating with the United States in the Alaskan
theater. There was no indication whether the Canadian
planes were fighters or bombers.
Believe Newsman
Is Prisoner
NEW YORK, So.pt. — The It
alian radio broadcast an an- !
no.uncement that an American |
newspaperman was taken prison
er with tlie British in the Tob- J
ruk raid of a recent Sunday
night. There is a strong possib
ility that he is Larry Allen, Asso
ciated Press correspondent and
1941 Pulitzer prize winner.
The Italians withheld the cap
tured journalist’s name but Allen
ihas not been heard of since the
raid which he and George Palm
er of United States, covered with
the British Mediterranean fleet
several weeks ago.
Private indications were that
the broadcast meant that Allen
has been captured
Bob Hope Says
Alaska Soldiers
Are Wonderful
I SEATTLE — Bob Hope, fam
i ous star of stage, screen and
radio, back in Seattle after hav
I ing entertained soldiers in Fair
i banks and other places in Al
aska at the unprecedented pace
of 58 benefit shows in eight
days. “It was a ^wonderful exper
ience,” he said, “One I wouldn’t
trade for the three years I’ve
been giving shows.”
“They’re wonderful lot of men
i in Alaska. They are doing a
grand job."
Hope and his troupe immediate
ly went to work on a new show
that will be given first at Mc
Chord Field.
Hiller Declares
Ready For
m
Second Front
Berlin. Sept. 30 (/Pi —Hit
ler told his people “We be
lieve we can continue to de
feat our enemies until final
victory is ours.’4 and assur
ed the nation that Stalin
grad is bound to fall.
Hitler declared if the
British try again to invade
Europe, no matter where,
“They can deem them
selves lucky if they stay 9
hours on the continent, as
at Dieppe, for we have
made thorough prepara
tions to welcome them. We
are determined to hold this
year what we have attack
ed and where we believe it
necessary.”
Fliers Destroy
42 Jap Planes
With No Loss
Washington, Sept. 28 (/P)
— The Navy announced
that Army, Navy and Ma
rine corps fliers in the Sol
omons destroyed 42 enemy
aircraft and damaged three
others without losing any
of their own planes, and
damaged four enemy ships,
one which probably sank,
in operations from Septem
ber 25th to date.
Last Saturday, said a
communique, heavy army
bombers in force, attack
i n g enemy ships near
Shortland Island, set fire
to a Jap cruiser and a large
transport which later list
ed and probably sank. Six
enemy seaplanes were shot
down and a 7th damaged
in this operation.
Anti-War Senti
ment Reported
In the Balkans
London. Sept. 28 (/P) —
Delayed —Increasing anti
war sentiment in the Bal
kans was reported by Al
lied government sources. A
Yugoslav official described
conditions as similar to
those in 1918, shortly be
fore the collapse ‘of Bul
garia and Austria - Hun
gary. The reason listed was
the lengthening death list
on the eastern front. Ru
mania alone is said to have
lost more than 300,000 men
in Russia. Germany is re
ported demanding 50,000
additional men. decreasing
food supplies, and is in
creasing Axis pressure for
closer collaboration.
Buy Defenso Bonds and Stamps
Farm Price Ceil
ings Not to Refleet
C
(ost Increases
_ i
W shington, Sept, 30 (/P)
— The Senate voted 86 to^
4 to strip from the Admin
istration’s anti-inflation leg
i s 1 a ti o n the provision
changing farm parity stand
! ards and inserting instead
! a compromise amendment
directing the listing of
farm price ceilings where
it didn’t reflect labor and
other cost increases since
January 1st, 1941
One Worst Storms
of Recent History
Battered Alaska
Anchorage, Sept. 29 (/P)
— One of the worst storms
in the recent history of Al
aska, battered various i
parts of the territory re- ]
•fcently, causing extensive
damage by wind and wav
es but resulting in no re
ported deaths.
In Anchorage, the wind
blew out windows and
caused considerable pro
perty damage. One woman
was struck in the back by a
piece of window glass and
suffered a gash five inches
deep. She is expected to
recover.
Talkeetna was partially
flooded and several busi
ness houses were forced to
move their stock. Resi
dents of Talkeetna and oth
er coastal towns were ev
acuated.
Along the Bering coast,
the storm consisted of
heavy rains and tornadic
winds.
Liberalizes Debt
Protection to Men
In Armed Services
Washington, Sept. 28 (/P)
— Delayed — The House
completed congressional ac
tion on the legislation lib
eralizing insurance and
debt protection to men in
ducted into the armed
forces. The House adopted
by unanimous consent a
conference report on the
bill, amending the Soldiers
and Sailors Relief Act of
1941, which representativ
es said brings the old law
up to date, giving service
men protection on any
debts incurred prior to
their induction into the ser
vice, whereas the old law
applied protection only to
debts incurred prior to
October 17, 1940. The
amended bill also extends
to dependents of the in-,
ductee the same protection
given the sailor or soldier.
Conditions At Stalingrad Serious
But There Are No Signs of Collapse
UNDATED, Sept. 30 (/P) — Soviet headquarters re
ported that Red armies, surging down the German left
liank, defeated two Nazi divisions along a flaming 40
mile corridor between the Dan and Volga rivers, while
'inside Stalingrad the crisis remained acute. A bulletin
from German headquarters said a new section of north
ern Stalingrad was taken by storm. Despite staggering
losses, the Germans continued to throw in great mass
es of troops in the assault.
The Army paper Red Star declared. “Conditions in
the city remain serious. The German have had big
losses but the attacks don’t lessen and the violence
grows.” Nevertheless, the Russians still displayed no
sign of collapse after withstanding more than o' weeks
of violent assault.
As September ended, confidence grew both in So
viet. and British quarters in London that the Red arm
ies blighted Hitler’s two most cherished aims for 1942.
One—a new onslaught against Moscow, and 2—the con
quest of Russia’s rich Teflis and Baku oil region.
Soviet war news published by the Russian embassy
in London declared after “having lost several dozen
picked divisions and squandered several thousand
tanks and planes and every captured mile strewn with
their own dead, the Germans failed to achieve victory.”
Soviet gunners are reported to have slaughtered
more than 1500 Germans yesterday as the invaders
launched repeated futile attacks to widen the wedge
into the Stalingrad northwest sections. TV- Russian
command said “The enemy suffered particularly heavy
losses in trying to capture one height in this battle and
; lost over 700 men.”
The Red Star said the Germans, fearing sudden night
attacks, are sending rockets flaring into the skies,
| floating down by parachute to light the battle zone. Dry
j grass blazed across the steppes northwest of the city,
; shrouding the country side with a pale yellow acrid
smoke.
“Duration" Village Is Built By
Native Aleuts In 3-Week Project
For people who come from the
land where lumber doesn’t grow
1 on trees. Alaska's Aleuts, evac
uated from the battle zone of the
Aleutian Islands’ do pretty good
with hammers and nails.
Three weeks after one group
had been moved from tempor
i ary headquarters to Wrangell In
' stitute to the old COC camp at
Ward Lake near Ketchikan, the
natives erected 1(3. new cottages,
a warehouse and quarters for
1 their teachers. Many of the hous
es were built from foundation to
roof in a single day.
Fred Geeslin, Administrative
Assistant to General Superintend
ent Claude M. Hirst of the Alas
ka Office of Indian Affairs, super
vised tlie construction. The
Aleuts asked for plans and he
told just to be sure and get in
four windows and a door. They
went to work. It took them 21
days to double the size of the
camp, and most of the cottages
are three and four-room affairs,
complete with electrical wiring
and hardware. Six of them al
ready are painted.
Low Cost Job
Geeslin estimates that the total
cost of each house is under $150.
The natives at Ward Lake in
clude those from Akutan, Kash
ega, Makushin. Biorka, and Nik
olski—164 of them. Forty-five of
the workmen will be ready to
accept employement elsewhere
and Geeslin believes most of the
natives will be able to pay their
own way from now on. The ex
ample set at Ward Lake speaks
well for their abilities.
The evacuees now are well-es
tablished in four new “duration”
villages —477 from the Pnibilof
Islands at Funter Bay, 83 from
Atka Island at Killisnoo Island,
124 from Unalaska at Burnette
Inlet, and the 164 at Ward Lake.
Cannery man A R Bruger, of
Wrangell, generously has coop
erated with the Office of Indian
Affairs by allowing them to use
his cannery and cottages at Burn
ette Inlet Natives showed their
gratitude by naming the first
baby girl Burnette. Bruger em
ployees donated $100 for the in
fant's layette. The natvies there
are building four new homes.
Eleven cottages were already
built and the bunk, ho use is be
ing utilized.
Liquor Ls Banned
Liquor is banned from the
camps. A Ketchikan taxi driver
drove out to Ward Lake with
some liquor for distribution, was
fined $25 and had his cab confis
cated for three days.
The government said the bill
for supplies to date, and the na
ives are appreciative. Geeslin be
lieves they will have little trouble
supporting themselves now that
they are settled.
Most of them don’t care much
for the “hot" weather of South
east Alaska, but they'll admit
that its a great deal hotter now
where they came from.
Yankees Win 7 to 4 From
Cardinals In First Game
Of World Series
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 30 t^P) —The
New York Yankees slugged out a
7 to 4 victory over the the fight
ing St. Louis Cardinals in the
opening game of the world series
but only after the National Lcag
uers had put on one of the most
thrilling finishes in the history of
the classic, to score all of their
nuns after two men were put out
in the ninth inning.