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VOL. 44. No. 46. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1942 Per c°py W
Corregidor Blasts Japs On Bataan
French Ambassador Calls On State Department
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
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of action reported in today’s dispatches. United States
bombers blasted Jap bases in the islands, from secret
bases on the islands and Cebu, where fighting raged.
Proposes Govt. Seize Private Cars
Meet Expected Transportation Crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) —Senator Downey introduc
ed a bill to give the President the power to seize any
and all privately owned autos. The California senator
•ecommended that immediate steps be taken “to re
move some ten million cars from the roads and place
them in a vast pool to meet the serious transportaion
crisis which can be expected in a year or so.”
Downey said he is convinced that there “simply will
not be any tires for the 30,000 civilian autos in four
or five years, even if we get all the synthetic rubber
iioped for by Jesse Jones and others.”
Japs Pour
Fresh Troops
Into Burma
Chungking (AP) —The
Japanese were reported
pouring five and a half
fresh divisions into the
Burma campaign. Two of
these divisions have al
ready landed at Rangoon,
where 40 transports were
sighted by British fliers.
A Chinese military spokes
man said earlier estimates
placed the strength of the;
Japanese, force already en
gaged in Burma, at about
three divisions and with re
inforcerm nts. making a to
tal of perhaps 150,000 men.
The spokesman* disclos
ed that the position of the
Chinese forces, battling
desperately against the
Japanese below Mandalay,
was made still more diffi
cult by the British retreat
from the Irrawaddy River
sector to the west, danger
ously exposing the Chinese
right flank.
JAPANESE WARNED
BY MOSCOW PAPER
Kuibishev — Striking
what it called “the blabber
ing Japanese militativc
Fascist cliques’’ about a
war in the north, as Soviet
Russia observed the first
anniversary of the signing
of the Japanese - Russia
neutrality pact, Pravda
warned Tokyo to live up to
all the ramifications of the
agreement. An editorial in
Pravda, the organ of the
Central Committee of the
Communist Party, altho
not belligerent in tone,
spoke in firm phrases. The
editorial said.
“It is necessary that the
Japanese miltary Fascist
cliques, who are dizzy over
military successes, should
understand their blabber
ing about a war of invasion
in the north might damage
first of all and most of all
Japan herself.” The editor
ial came while both Japan
ese ambassadors Noatake
Satto and the new United
States ambassador, Admir
al Standley, are in Moscow
to present their creden-;
tials.
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BURMESE ESCAPE
BY NEW TRAIL
Calcutta — A new trail,
has been opened for per-,
sons fleeing from Burma.
The trail, blazed by the
Indian and Burmese gov-i
ernments, winds through,
jungles and mountains to
Chittagong, on the north
west coast of India. About
1,100 persons a day are ar-i
riving in Chittagong, and'
proceeding from there to;
Calcutta and other points. J
French Ambassa
dor Calls At
State Dept.
Washington (AP) —The
French ambassador, Henry
Have, arranged to call at
the State Dept, at 3 p.m.,
PWT. Speculation about
his purpose included the
thought that he might be
bringing a declaration bv'
Vichy of French soldaritv
with Hitler’s “new order.”
Already U. S. relations
with Vichy appeared strain
ed almost to the breaking;
point. All American resi-.
dent have been urged to
leave unoccupied France..
Congress has expressed
concern that Hitler might
acquire the French fleet.
NAMES MacARTHUR
AS NEXT PRESIDENT
Sydney — Lieut.. Col.i
Charles R. Dawley, with
the United States forces in
Australia, announced his
c. ndidacy for a seat in the
United States Senate from
Montana and predicted
that Gen. Douglas MacAr
thur, Allied Supreme com
mander in the Pacific area,
would be the next Ameri
can president.
He hopes to be endorsed
in the primaries on the Re
publican ticket.
NEW ARMY JEEP
Washington — The War
Dept, announced that large
scale orders have been plac
ed for new sea-going quar
ter-ton jeeps. The new ve
hicles, the Dept, says, do
everything that jeeps do
on land and can duplicate
the performance in water.
The Dept, says the sea
going jeeps will go through
jungles, swamps, or ride
the ocean waves with the
same ease that it travels on
land.
Corrcgidor's Guns Hit Troop Con
centrations and Munitions on Bataan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The War Department re
ported that Corregidor’s guns scored hits on troop con
centrations and truck columns on Bataan Peninsula
and enemy ammunition dumps were hit and blown up.
Japanese casualties were believed numerous.
The communique said fierce fighting continued on
the island of Cebu, more than 300 miles to the south,
where the Japanese last week landed an invasion force
estimated at 12,000, supported by dive bombers and
tanks.
Corregidor was raided five times yesterday, the com
munique said, but the defenders* anti-aircraft artil
lery forced the Japanese planes to fly so high that the
bombing was ineffective.
Gen. Wainwright reported that on the week ending
April 9th, the fortress island was raided 65 times, but
the War Department said “despite almost constant
bombing, damage to military installations is relatively
slight and the morale of the troops is unimpaired”
U.S. Bombers Smash At Jap Bases
From Base Hidden In the Islands
U. S. Army Headquarters in Australia (AP) — Brig.
Gen. Ralph Royce, volunteer leader of a bomber .squad
ron which delivered the United States’ first long dis
tance smash at the Pi;i yroines, disclosed that the raid
ers used a base hidden in the islands. Protecfe3 by
fighter planes and provisioned for future use, 12 planes
of 13, in two days, wrought destruction and dismay
among the enemy at the start of the week, and ferried
44 passengers on the return trip to Australia. Ten crew
men and a fortress bombers were lost in a foray. Thirty
four army men and civilians from Bataan. Corregidor
and other island points were most of the evacuees.
The airmen, indicating that while the Americans
still had fighting planes in the islands, as Royce said,
they surfeit the men to fly them. Royce said the morale
of the men left behind was excellent, especially now
that they have plenty of food.
American fighter planes cooperated with Australia
based bombers in shooting down two Japanese planes
which tried to attack the bomber squadron.
Claim By Nipponese
TOKYO — Japanese imperial
headquarters announced that
Japanese forces had completely
occupied Bataan. They said the
occupation was completed after
“eight days of general offensive
against the main body of the en
emy forces which was offering
stubborn resistance but which
was completely annihilated.”
JAPS CLAIM CEBU
Tokyo — Japanese prop
aganda broadcasts claim
the capture of Cebu, on the
island of the same name in
the Philippines. Cebu is
the second largest city of
the island. The Tokyo
claim is not confirmed by
the War Department.
CHANCE OF MANACEMEN T—Gasoline tanks for Nazi aircraft, left behind by retreat*
lug Germans in one phase of the Libyan campaign, are examined by member of British forces,
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RAF Raids
Both Turin
And Essen
LONDON —British RAF bomb
< rs blasted both ends of the ,
Rome-Berlin Axis with heavy at-,
tacks on the Krupp munitions
works in Essen, and the Royal
Italian Arsenal in Turin.
It was the first attack on Italy
since last September, when;
Milan and Turin also were bomb
< d. RAF bombers had to make a
round trip flight of 1500 miles
over the snow-capped Alps to j
reach into the heart of the north :
ern Italian industrial section. j
Pilot said the attack on Turin j
took the population completely
by surprise.
City Brilliantly Lighted
The city was brilliantly lighted
and the British bombers encoun
tered only weak anti-aircraft
fire. Not a single plane was lost
in the raid on Italy.
However, the British lost 10
bombers and one fighter over
Germany and the occupied coun
tries. In addition to Ruhr Valley
objectives, the RAF also bombed
enemy airdromes in the Rhine
land and the docks at Le Havre,
France.
Royal Air Force bombing plan
es crossed the English Channel in
practically a continuous parade,
to carry the war to Nazi occupied
territory within striking distance
of Britain.
French Ports Bombed
French Channel ports were
under a heavy bombardment dur
ing the afternoon.
Explosions from the French
side of the channel shook houses
on the southwest coast of Eng
land. Watchers on the English
side of the Channel saw great
flashes from the Calais and Dun
kirk areas. Searchlights and
bursting anti-aircraft shell lit up
the skies.
The large number of British
planes shuttling across the Chan
nel indicated that the raids werei
on a large scale.
Thirteen British fighter planes
and one bomber were shot down
when they encountered strong
German air forces while raiding
northern France. Four German
fighter planes were destroyed.
Two of the British pilots were
saved, the British Air Ministery
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