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VOL 44. No. 136 NOME. ALASKA. FRIDAY, NOV. 13, 1942. p-r Cop/
Nazis May Yield Last North Africa
IX S. Ships In Solomons Destroy 30 Attacking Planes
Firstt Blows Struck At Strategic
Tunisia, Only 99 Miles from Tripoli
Bombers Hit Tunis Where Axis Troops and Planes
Are Reported By Allied Command. To Be Massing
Nazis Claim Torpedoing of 85,000-ton Queen Elizabeth
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UNDATED, Nov. 12 (.Hi — British bombers are
reported to have struck the first blows in the battle of
Tunisia, attacking the airdrome near Tunis, where'
Axis air-borne troops and planes were said to be mass
ing as American soldiers raided t’ e Tunisian frontier
from the west. “At least 1!) Axis aircraft were set on
fire and as many again damaged,” the British reported, i
Vichy Denies Axis Aerial Landings
The Vichy radio previously denied that Axis aer-'
lal forew were landing at Tunisia, as reported by the1
Allied command. Tunisia is a French protectorate, one-!
time pirate stronghold and buffer state between Am
erican--ecu1 Vd A, ’ mb Italian Libya.
HiD./ \ (■■. m; . // ' t • w ; i ' Axis planes, join
ing in th/ Lx ie : -!.';wc t Africa, bombed Amen-1
can-hold Aiders art entt'd hits on two aircraft car
riers. two .ru’seis, two destroyers and a big merchant
ship off tht.* Algerian coast. The Nazi communique
also asserted tire, the 85.000-ton British passenger
liner, Queen Elizabeth, sister ship of the Queen Mary,
p was torpedoed in the North Atlantic. Ail these claims
lacked confirmation from any Allied source. The com
munique said two transports, totaling 16.000 tons,
were sunk at Boughie, Allied-occupied port, 110 miles
east of Algiers. The communique declared “Continu
ous waves” of Axis planes are attacking Allied land
ing parties and damaged 12 warships and merchant
ships.
Germany Sent About Thousand Airmen
Allied reports said the Germans sent about a thou
sand airmen—dive bombers and fighters to Tunisia to
meet the Anglo-American offensive.
Tunisia’s strategic importance is emphasized by the
fact that the Tunisian border lies only 00 miles from
Tripoli, main Axis base in Libya, and Bizerte, the chief
port . is only 150 miles below the Italian island of Sic
ily, 201) miles from the toe of the Italian boot.
Ickes Fa\«rs Second Alaska Road
Coming From $ est ( oast I p
WASHINGTON, X \. —The proposal before Con
gress to authorize a second highway linking the United
States with Alaska has won the supp< rt of Secretary of
the Interior Harold L. Icke -.
Tin., was made known bv Alaska Delegate Dimond
Anthony J. Dimond. whose bill authorizing a $25,000.
000 appropriation to pay for the construction of a sec
ond road previously was frowned upon by the War and
Navy departments and the Director of the Budget in
writings to Chairman Cartwright of the House Roads
Committee.
Says Is Necessary
Ickes said that “although the military highway j
now being constructed by the War Department would 1
connect Fort John, B. C., with Alaska, in my opinion it!
is still necessary that the President lie authorized to ,
proceed with construction of another direct highway 1
connection between the West Coast and Alaska.
“Accordingly it is recommended that House Reso-!
lution 7284 be enacted."
In reporting adversely on the legislation, the Bud- i
get Director said it is not in keeping with the program
of the President now.
Dimond’s bill would authorize a military supply
highway which would follow the route from Prince,
George, B. C\, to Whitehorse, where it would connect
with the present highway.
The Delegate from Alaska said that the route pro- j
posed is one recommended by the Alaska International!
Highway Commission appointed four years ago.
Isn’t Dead Issue
Said Dimond: “I am much pleased with Ickes’ re
port because it means that a second highway isn’t dead
issue in the Administration. But prospects for its con- i
struction don’t look any too promising for the next 12 j
months at least.” I
U. S. Ships In Solomons Destroy
Thirty Attacking Japanese Planes
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 </P) — The destruction!
of 30 enemy planes which attacked a formation of
American surface ships bombarding Jap shore posi- j
tions on Guadalcanal Island on November 12th, was
announced by Ihe Navy.
The U. S. heavy cruiser San Francisco was dam
aged when a burning and disabled Jap plane crashed
on her deck killing 30 of her crew. The destroyer Bu
chanan was hit by five-inch shells from a Jap shore!
batery and five of her crew were killed.
The Navy communique also reported that the
2,000-ton gunboat Erie was damaged yesterday bv an
enemy submarine attack and was beached off the
southern coast of Curacao, Dutch colony in South
America. There was no report of any casualties.
Occupy Southern
Coast of France
Berlin, Nov. 13 (/P)—The
German radio broadcast
an Army announcement
that the occupation of the
; whole F r e n c h southern
coast was completed,
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Pershing Invites
Frenchmen To
join The Allies
! Washington, Nov. 12 (/P)
■— General John L. Per
ishing, ageing leader of the
i armies in France in 1917,
1 said tonight that the “Axis
j has met its Marne.” He in
i' vited his former French
comrades in arms to join
the ranks of the Allies so
they “will once more be
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ree.
He expressed himself to.
the French people through
' the medium of a letter to
President Roosevelt.
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House Passes Bill
Drafting Youths
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10— The
House of Representatives passed
today and set to the Senate a
compromise version of the 'teen
age draft bill, which brings 18
! year-olds under Selective Ser
vice.
It adopted the conference re
port which removed the Senate
i reuirement that such youthful
. draftees he given at least one
year’s training before being sent
into combat.
Postpone Ration
ing of Gasoline
WASHINGTON. Nov. 10— The
Office of Price Administration to
day announced postponement of
the nation-wide rationing of g&so
line, due to ‘‘unavoidable de
lays” In the distribution of cou-1
pon books and other necessary
forms.
The rationing, originally sebed
uled to begin November 22, was
put off until December I.
Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps1
II. S. Planes I
Attack Tunis
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j London, Nov. 13 (/P) —:
The Vichy radio reported.!
without elaboration, that1
U.S. planes attacked Tunis
jlndieations Of
Axis Abandon
in" of Tobruk
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. Cairo, Nov. 12 (TP) —;
Friday—The Germans art''
rushing supplies westward
Out of Tobruk, indicating1
that they plan to abandon
this famous coastal strong
hold. An Associated Press
message from the Libyan
! Egyptian frontier said the
decision of Marshal Rom
mel to pass up Tobruk con
firmed estimates of how
badly his legions had been
. mauled by the British and
American land, sky and
sea power.
MacAthur Tells
Of Gains on Japs
In New Guinea
MacArhur’s Headuarters
in Australia, Nov. 12 (.4b
—Friday — Sharpshooting
American fliers banged
bombs into four troop-iad-1
en enemy ships in a dawn!
raid on Buin-Faisi base in
the northern Solomons,'
Thursday, inflicting heavy I
damage to the enemy.
The high command re
ported at noon, this high j
spot in a heartening com- i
munique: Fresh advances
in a strongly rolling drive
to push the Japanese out of
New Guinea, and renewed
aerial blows at the enemy
in Portuguese Timor. The
Jap ships were of the cargo
type used for transports.
The tonnage estimated
was 37.000 tons.
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At The Nugget Office
Last of North Africa W ithout Stru^jle
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CAIRO, Nov. 13 (/P)—Tobruk v bandoned by
the Nazis in a headlong flight tc stay ahead of their
pursuers, and was re-occupied by tk. British, amid
the first indications that the Axis rrx- r yield the List
of North Africa without a struggle.
The British announced 4hat RAF fighters shot
down six big Italian troop carrying planes “flying
north from Tunisia,” filled vviti German troops and
meant possibly that the Germans are hastily pulling
out of Tunisia, the last buffer between the Allies in
the west and Tripoli, capital and final citadel in It than
Libya.
British headquarters announced mat the Eighth
Army occupied Bardia and Allied planes are h unmer
ing at Rommel’s transports r m • TabrA: then . oeo
: communique said “T bruk ; ported in our
hands this morning.”
Americans Expected to Crov> Tun-san Frontier Today
LONDON. Nov 13 3,
1 - .ding the new Br k - - • 0
.cross the Tunisian front er today. ." 1 ‘ )
, airline miles of the great Libyan port .' Tr;p a There
is little prospect of any e- Aetv..s m T. vsi w they
; cannot handle.
LONDON, Nov 13 ( A—1 A ex4 1 ded the
z me of < cupat on ip nor bide s tar ea i B n 1,
60 mile.-! trom the Tunisian >order, _ i-nm unique
from Allied headquarters nmouxced
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i % P B Seeks Alaska’s Maeltinery
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That the War Product! .• B< ar i , m« inter
ested in taking over priv ately-owned reavy construc
tion and mining machinery in. Alaska for war purposes
was never- ed b\ Dan Lha.rr*' x -vanacer n the North
ern Commercial CompunvN machinery d'v .vc- fo- the
Terri tor. H» has been :n termed b the \r. C. Com
pany’ offic t Seatt hat it sent to
4400 owners of *ueh equ om.en.t in A...; • on which
• heir used equipment sh- v t be ed
Lhamon said hat this a itely
1,000 caterpillar units in A v. :e - his c.-mpany
has s< d, in addit n to diesel igines, power shovels,
pumps and all kinds of heavy equ mm ' used in con
strue tior. or mm.ng.
WPB Explain*. Need
The purport- i the rtx, wry u explained in a
fetter written by Joseph F Ry . r, . ■ er or the con
• slructior. machirerv brancn, or W7'D k Wa-hington
“Tre limited supply of raw m " .i, the curtail
ment of row construction machinery production and
the increased demands of th Armed Forces made nec
essary an Invent--ry of Used C instruct’ • Equipment,”
Ryan w:.U.
Need Critical Items,
“The purpose of this inventory - :.> >-ovide for
utilization of critical items of e; ns tract equipment
in the interest of raw production and to xsist in pro
, vidmg a ready sale or lease market for owners of such
i equipment.’’
Through its offices at Fairbanks, Juneau, Anchor
luge and Nome, Lhamon explained, such equipment
| owners will be supplied with any additional forms they
! need for the registration which will lead to needed
l equipment being taken over by the government, either
by purchase or lease. Machinery still in the hands of
the N. C. Company will also be registered.
Order Was Postponed
The registration order was original y issued by
j the WPB on August 31, calling for such registration
| within 30 days. The registration date was later extend
! ed to October 31. But registration forms have only now
become available.
WPB instructions are that each owner of such ma
chinery shall file one copy of “Form WPB-1159” for
each piece of construction machinery he owns. With
the forms are enclosed self-addressed franked envel
opes. Owners must also inform the WPB within one
j week after such machinery has either been moved from
S a project, become idle, been put to use. or changed
j ownership.