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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 41 No. 74. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUG. 25, 1941. Per copy ia*
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Red Army Checks German Drives On Leningrad
Churchill Pledges Britain To Aid U. S. In Pacific
Soviets Declare Red Army Checks
German Onslaught On Leningrad
And Successfully Counterattack
UNDATED. Aug. 25 UP) — In
the Russia-German war, Hitler’s
command again reported terse
ly that “Operations in the East
are maknig progress every
where.”
S'.viet military dispatches de
clared that Red army defenses
checked the German onsluaght
toward Leningrad and that heav
ily reinforced Russian divisions
are successfully counter attack
ing. Mommoth Soviet tanks are
credited with smashing 135 light
German tanks in bloody fighting
south and southwest of Lenin
grad.
On the central front, in the
Gomel area between Smolensk
and Kiev, the Russians said they
left more than a hundred Nazi
armored vehicles wrecked and
aflame.
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Terrible Danger
UNDATED. Aug. 23 UP) — So
viet Marshal Klementi Voroshil
ov, :n a dramatic appeal to the
populace of Russia’s second larg
est city, acknowledged that “ter
rible danger is hanging over Len
ingrad,” as the enemy is near
ing the sprawling industrial cen
ter on the Gulf of Finland. He
said: “Dig yourselves in, for the
decisive moment has arrived.” \
The Red a.rmies defending the
city were reinforced by troops
rushed from the city's garrison
end a million men were reported
under heavy pressure on three
siSoviet dispatches said the
combined Red army forces and
Volunteers of the “People's
army” saved an unspecified city
from German se:ge columns,
hurling back the Nazis six miles
in a counter attack. The city may
have been Odessa, on the Black
Sea, under seige for many days.
A bu'l-etin from the fuehrer’s
headquarters gave no details on
the 6 5-day struggle, 'declaring
briefly that “operations on the
east front were continuing ac
cording to plan,” which in the
past indicated a stiff resistance.;
DNB said the Dr.eiper river oity i
of Cherk3si, 90 miles southeast'
of Keiv, an island in the river j
there was cap’ured.
Putting the lives of thousands
of Frenchmen, at pawn, the Ger
mans decreed death to any new
violence fo lowing the assassina
tion of a German Colonel, stab
bed in a Paris subway. The kill
,ng fol owed tiie arrest of 6,000
Jews. The German ctmmandant
of Paris sail, “if such occurs
again, a number of hostages cor
responding tv the gravity of the
act committed, will be shot.”
America is in a state of em
ergency. Every cit zer. is ' urged
to do his part by buying Detense
Savings Bonds and Stamps.
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WHEN ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL MET AT SEA
This is the first picture to reach this country of the vonference at sea of PijHident Franklin D.
Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The picture was released at the White
House with a caption which said it was made after church services Aug:. 10 aboard H. M. S. Prince
of Wales, a British battleship.
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BRITISH, RUSSIAN TROOPS
INVADE IRAN ENFORCE DE
MANDS OUSTING GERMANS
UNDATED. Aug. 25 (JP) — Brit,
ish and Russian troops simultan
eously invaded the middle East
oil kingdom of Iran, striking to j
enforce their demands for the!
ousti"g of German agents from I
the country, and climaxing more
than' a week of diplomatic rep-j
resentations in London and Mos-'
eow.
British troops crossed the front
ier of southern Iran along the
Gulf of Persian and Soviet forces
moved in from the Caucasus, om
the north.
The Moslem kingdom derives
its present name from the an
cient Arvana. the 'and of the
Aryans, and is the site of the
world’s rioh^st single oil field.
Earlv reports said the invasion
start d just after midnight but
made no mention of fight: ig.
Iranian forces had withdrawn 12
miles from the Soviet frontier,
last week to avoid border inci
dents. About 30 Russians divi
sions of 450.000 troops were re
ported massed on the Iran-Soviet
frontier. Whether Iran will resist
possibly with German help is a
moot question.
London observers said the Brit
ish faced a race against time, de
daring that the German agents
in Iran were attempting to des
troy the oil pipe line running to
Jasmid and Sulamin on the Iraq
fron ier, rich great oil fields to
the north.
A Moscow communique, an
nouncing the entry of Red troops
in’o Iran said the action occurred
after three warnings to the Iran
government of Nazi activity
there.
Would Keep
Germans Until
Contracts Expire
TEHERAN, Iran. Aug. 23 (/Pi
Anticipating a showdown over
the British and Russian demand
that they expel German technic
ians the government cancelled
the ’eaves of 1.072 newly graduat.
ed army officers and ordered
them to the frontiers for active
duty, with 120.000 troops.
An answer was handed to the
British minister yesterday, and
it was understood they agreed to
reduce the number of Germans,
when their contracts with state
owned railroads and eommunica
tiors industries expire.
FDR Vetoes Bill
Freezing Govt.
W heat, Cotton
WASHINGTON Aug. 25 (&) —
President Roosevelt vetoed legis
lation to freeze government
stocks of wheat and cotton, de
claring it contrary to “sound gov
ernmental policy” and the long
time best interests of both farm
ers and consumers.
New, Strict Govt.
Regulations On
Installment Buying
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (JP)—
A new strict government regula
tion on installment buying was
proclaimed effective September
first, on a wide range of luxur
ies, also on many items consider
ed as necessities and include a
one-third down payment with a
maximum of a year and half to
pay the balance on new and used
automobiles, airplanes and power
driven boats.
Eastern States
Have First Gasless
Sunday Since ’18
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 </P)—
Eastern motorists, planning long
week-end trips may have trouble
getting home as filling stations
in some localities announced a
gasless Sunday, the first since
1918. Senator George said he was
reliably informed that a one
third cut of eastern motor fuel
was planned, as compared with
the .present, ten percent cut. .. .
Churchill Warns Japs That Military
Expansion Campaign Must Stop
U S. Next On German Timetable
LONDON. Aug. 25 UP) — Chur-|
chill warned Japan yesterday
that her campaign of military
expansion must stop, and pledg
ed Britain to range herself be
side the United States, should
the latter’s efforts to obtain a
peaceful settlement in the Pac-1
ific fail.
On the other side of the world,
he called the “Atlantic Charger”
drawn up by him and Roosevelt,
a British and United States
pledge to destroy Nazi tyranny.
In a broadcast to the world, he
described his meeting with Roose
velt as a “marshalling of the
good forces of the world against
the evil forces,” in a beacon of
hope to all the conquered nations
of Europe.”
In the German attack on Rus
sia, he said Nazi blood, for the
first time, has “flowed in a fear
ful flood.” He promised aid to>
Russia and praised her efficient
equipment. If Germany defeats
Russia and then Britain, in her
policy of destroying her oppon
ents one by one, Churchill ex
pressed the oinion that the Unit
ed States will be attacked next.
Senate Votes
Lower Income
Tax Exemptions
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 i(7P) —
The Senate Finance Committee
voted to broaden the income tax
base, lowering exemption from 2
thousand dollars to fifteen hun
dred dollars for married persons
and from $800 to $750 for single
individuals.
Senator Clark, committee mem
ber, told reporters that the vote
to lower exemptions to “substan
tial” lower exemptions, would
bring an additional six million
persons under the income tax
structure and add about three
hundred fifty million dollars to
federal revenues.
Red Cross Build
Offices at Posts
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TP) —
The American Red Cross an
nounced they will construct office
and headquarters buildings at
62 army posts, to cost about a
million and a quarter. The posts
included the Fort Richardson
structures containing office, liv
ing quarters, records for person
nel and lecture and reception
rooms.
NIPPON'S EXPRESS
ANXIETY AID TO RUSSIA
TOKYO, Aug. 22 — Japan to
day expressed anxiety lest Am
erican-made bombers sent to Rus
sia might be kept at Vladivostok,
Soviet Pacific port, which the
Japanese have termed as a threat
to their Island Empire.
Hoh Ishii, Tokyo Foreign Office
spokesman, said Japan hoped for
United States assurances that
any such plans would not re
main there; thus leaving clear
the implication that Japan will
be less worried if the planes
went on through Russia to the
West Front for use against the
Germans.
The Japanese have adopted a
new plan for mobilization of
material resources designed to
speed national defense prepara
tions to make Japan self suffic
ient, 'it was also announced here
today.
AJD Suggests
U. S. Acquire
Russian Islands
WASHINGTON. Aug. 22 <&)—
Delegate Dimond suggested that
the United States acquire the
Momandorski Island from Russia
to make the nation invulnerable
in the north Pacific. He said: “Un
der the present circumstances,
with Hitler pounding on the
front door and maybe in the fu
ture Japan at the back door of
Russia, both the United States
and Russia would be better off if
we had the islands.”
Dimond said if Japan attack
ed Russia, one of the first rnov^s
would be to seize these islands
and he is alarmed, as the pros
pect would be almost as bad, if
Japan took Hawaii.
Francis Biddle
Nominated To
Attorney General
WASHINGTON Aug. 25 (JP) _
The President nominated Fran
cis Biddle, Solicitor General for
the Justice Department, to At
torney General. Biddle moved
up to the post vacated when
Robert Jackson was appointed to
the Supreme Court. It is expect
ed that Charles Fahy, Assistant
Solocitor General, will become
Biddle’s successor.
PAA TO FERRY AIR
CRAFT TO MIDDLE EAST
WASHINGTON, Aug. — Presi
dent Roosevelt disclosed that the
delivery of planes to the British
forces in the middle-east will be
speeded through a ferrying sys
tem conducted by Pan American
Airways.
The White House announce
ment said the system would pro
vide “direct speedy delivery of
aircraft” from what President
Roosevelt has termed the “ar
senal of democracy” to a critical*
point in the Orient.
Under the agreement with the
PAA, the airline will ferry plan
es to Wegt Africa, then on to the
middle-east. The delivery route
will not pass through the zone of
actual warfare.