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VQL- 43• No. 106. „ NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOV. 7, 1041 p»- Copy m
.Stalin Asserts Germany Through
‘ Americans Committed To Free World Says FDR
Finland Announces End Her Military Operations
GERMANS REPORTED NEAR MOSCOW
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A London source said German advance units had reached Moz
haisk (arrow), 65 miles from Moscow but had been ejected. Ger
mans said their artillery had movqd within range otf Moscow’s
outer defenses and indicated Kaluga had been encircled. London
sources also said German drive toward Rzhev appeared to be mak
ing vregress. Bitter lighting was reported in the Bryansk and Orel
areas in the south.
Stalin Asserts Germany Is Bleeding
To Death And Predicts Reich W il!
Burst Under Weight of Own C rimes
UNDATED, Nov. 7 iJP) — Sta
lin declared that "Germany is
bleeding to death and facing dis
aster,'* and confidently predicted
that within a few' months, per
haps a year, the Reich “will burst
under the weight of her own
crimes.”
As Stalin thus reflected optim
ism in the fight against Hitler’s
invasion armies, counter attack
ing Soviet troops are reported
battering the Germans’ retreat
in the Volokoladsk sector, 62
miles northwest of Moscow.
Frontline dispatches said the Rus
sians are continuing the advance
after capturing a number of
towns against strong German
tanks and infantry forces.
In the south a bulletin from
Hitler’s field headquarters, for
the first time, ackonwledged
thatt he German and Rumanian
drive in the Crimea Peninsula, is
meeting stubborn resistance. So
viet rearguards are harrying the
invaders from the fastness of the
Crimean mountains. The German
command made a non-specific
claim of new advances, reporting
merely that the “p'ursuit” of the
Red army defenders is continu
ing. Nazi dive bombers smashed
at positions along the fortifica
tions of Sevastopol, Russia’s
great Black Sea naVal base.
In his speech marking the 24th
anniversary of the Bolshqyik
revolution, his second in two
days, Stalin told the Soviet peo
ple that “hunger and impoverish
m^nt is now reigning in Ger
many. Her resources are giving
out and the spirit of revolt is
gaining possession not only of
the nations og Europe, which fell
under the German invaders, but
the German people themselves,
who see no end of the war.”
German military commentators
acknowledged that the German
offensive against Moscow was
stopped and weather condtions
prevented any large scale oper
ations particularly in direct as
sau.t against the capital.
Hitler Boast
To End War
Is Exploded
UNDATED. Nov. 6 0’) — Hit
ler’s boast that a German victory
would attend the drive on Mos- [
cow “in the last great decisive i
battle of this year," was explod
by tenacious Soviet resistance,
informed London quarters said,'
declaring that Hitler has now I
abandoned .hope of capturing
either Moscow or Leningrad this
winter.
On the fighting front, masses
of Russian reserves were report >
ed to have broken through tlhe
Nazi siege lines before Moscow, i
while on the Ukraine front, So
viet dispatches said the Germans
are retreating from the corpse
strewn zone of the Donets River
basin.
In a broadcast from Moscow,
on the 24th anniversary of the
Bolshevik Revolution, Stalin
said the German losses in the
four-months-old struggle had
reached four and a half million i
killed, wounded and captured.
Stalin declared flatly that the
“blitzkrieg failed,” but with evi
Roosevelt Asserts Americans Are
Committed To A tree World
And Assails “Misguided Few*
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (A*) —
President Roosevelt declared the
American ppople have made “an
unlimited commitment," so that
there will be a free world. He
called on all free nations to p'an
a sound social and economic
world order after the war. He
also assailed "a misguided few,
both industrialists and leaders of
labor who are placing personal
advantage above the welfare of
the United Skates and delaying
the defense output by using
their economic power” to force
acceptance of their demands ra
ther than using the established
mediation machinery.
Addressing 250 delegates rep
resenting 33 nations at the con
cluding session of the Internation
al Labor office conference, the
President said: “The American
people have made an unlimited
committment so that there will
be a free world, and against that
commitment, no individual or
group shall prevail."
Declaring that labor under the
Nszi system will become "a slave
[of the mi itary state" with Ber
lin “the principal slave market
of the world," Roosevelt added
“the American worker has no il
lusions about the fate which
awaits him and his free labor
organization if Hitler wins. He
knows his own liberty and the1
v i v safety of the people of the
United States cannot be assured
if the world is three-fourthts
slave and one-fourth free. He
knows we must furnish arms to
Britain, Russian and China, and
.vi must do it now today.”
Americans Choose Reality
The President said the peace
[ of the whole Western Hemi
sphere, in the German scheme
of world domination, is marked
in the Nazi time-table. The choice
I the Americans have made is be
tween reality “in terms of two
l or three shifts a day" to pro
duce the necessary defense mat
erials, and the attitude of the
"blind and deluded" who think
business can be done with Hitler.
He said the American armament
output is satisfactory.
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Files Action
Remove Usurper
From Office
KETCHIKAN, Nov. 6 (Chron
icle) — District Attorney Holz
heimer filed action in the Federal
court here today on behalf of
Governor Gruening, under which
Judge Alexander gave Richard E.
Hardcastle of Ketchikan, thirty
days in which to show cause |
why he shoiEd not be removed j
from usurping the office as Urn- ■
employment Compensation Com
mission member, and thus give
way to Rev. John Oauble of Ju
neau. who is the Governor’s
choice to succeed Hardcastle.
dent reference to Britain he com
pPined that “one of the chief fac
tors facing the Red army at the
present moment is the lack of a
second front in Europe.”
Soviet papers repeatedly urged
Britain to establish a new' front
either by invading the continent
across the channel or by striking
from the Middle East. “Feeling
assured that there will not be an
attack on hte Western Front, the!
Germans are throwing the bulk
of their forces into the east," j
Stalin said.
Informed quarters in London
said the German air froce is
withdrawing most of its planes
from the Moscow, Leningrad and
far north fronts, leaving the land
forces to carry on “the defens
ive” winter campaign.
Tass said the Germans have
fallen back at several points
around Moscow. There is no im
mediate indication whether the
Russians have launched a major
counter offensive but Tass re
ported that Red cavalry and in
fantry ‘made a series of attacks
on German forces at a point
identified only as being encircled.
Maxim Litvinoff
May Be INext
Envoy To U. S.
WASHINGTON, Nov. fi </P> —
Maxim Litvinoff, old-time advo
cate of Soviet collaboration with
the Western democracies, will
become Russian Ambassador to .
the United States at an early;
date, authoritative sources said.
Litvinoff. former people’s Com
misar of Foreign Affairs, was
chosen to succeed Constantine
Oumansky, now in Russia.
Litvinoff, when Foreign Min
ister, personally negotiated with
President Roosevelt in Washing
ton, the U. S. recognition of Rus
sia in 1933, after a lapse in dip
lomatic relations for 20 years.
Since 1939, however, he has been
in the background of Soviet pol
itics, due to his opposition of col
laboration with Germany.
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Japanese Boat
Sunk By Drifting
TOKYO, Nov. 6 i(dh — The
Foreign Office announced that it
lodged a protest with Russia ov- J
er the sinking last night of the
Japanese steamer Kebi Maru,
charging the loss to a mine Which
drifted from Soviet territorial
waters. A prompt reply was de
manded.
Domei said 17 were dead and
10 seriously injured among the
first of 264 passengers picked up
by rescue vessels which speeded
to the scene of the sinking, in
the Sea of Japan off the Korean
coast. Domei earlier reported
that all wmre saved.
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Finland Announces Her Military
Operations Against Russia End
ing Even Though W ar Continues
HELSINKI. Nov. 6 </P> — The
Finnisli radio announced that'
“military operations are drawing
to a close as far as our country
is concerned, even though the
war goes on between the great
powers. Finland will not carry
on any longer than necessary,
her own military defense, while
it Is realized that out fj uiiiitra
cannot finally be determined un
til the coming peace conference.”
Earlier the Finnish news den
ied reports abroad that Russia
was presented with peace terms
un October 18th.
Authorizes
Billion Credit
To Russia
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 {/Pi —
President Roosevelt has author
ized a billion dollar credt to Rus
sia under the Lend-Lease Act,
the State Department announced,
which, it was said, Stalin accept
ed “with sincere gratitude." The
disclosure, in the exchange of
communications between the
President and Stalin over the
President’s offer, specified that
the indebtedness thus incurred
will be subject to no interest and
repayment will not commence un
til five years after the end of
the war. Also expressed was the
hope that arrangement be made
by Russia to sell to the United
States available raw materials
and commodities urgently need
ed.
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U. S. Considers
Removing Marin
es From China
WASHINGTON. Nov. 7 </P) —
President Roosevelt declared
that the government is consider
ing the withdrawal of American
Marines from Pe ping, Tientsin
and Shanghai. He told a press
conference that he didn't know
when the decision will be reach
ed. but declined to elaborate in |
any way on his statement. He
did say, in reply to a question,
that there has been no discus-1
sion between the United States t
and Japan at any time, over the
presence of the American Mar
ines in China.
100,000 Chinese
Soldiers Sent
To Aid Russia
NEW YORK. Nov. 6 f/P) — A
broadcast from Hsinking, capital
of Japanese-dominated Manchu
kuo, reported that the 18th Chin
ese Communist field army, prom;
ised lOOjOOO Chinese troops: to'
aid Russia against Germany and
that they are “about to be trans-1
ported westward.”
Measured from base to summit
rather than by elevation above
sea level. Mount McKinley, Al
aska, is the highest peak on
earth.
Reds May Reopen
Communication
To I Leningrad
LONDON, Nov. 7 i/P) — A Rus
sian counter-attack at Voloko
lamsk appears to be developing
into a powerful offensive and
may completely reopen the Mos
cow'-Lenin grad communications
and relieve the siege of Lenin
grad. Informed sources said
sw'ift, mobile Ru^ian units are
hammering hard at the German
forward positions northwest of
Kalinin, 95 miles northwest of
Moscow. They have already re
opened a secondary branch of
the rail line in that area, these
sources said, thus easing some
pressure on Leningrad by blunt
ing the northern claw of the Nazi
pincers aimed at Moscow.
Seety. Ickes
Is Designated
Fuel Coordinator
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 iiP) —
Designation of Ickes as “solid
fuels coordinator for national de
fense,” W’as announced by the
White House. Ickes has been
coordinator of petroleum and is
now coordinator of fuel problems
of all types during tilie current
emergency.
Report May
Veto Price
Control Bill
WASHINGTON, NoV. 7 (JP) —
High administration officials said
the President will veto the pend
ing price control bill. Critics say
it would permit sharp rises in
the cost of agricultural commod
ities, if it reaches his deck, in the
form recommended by the House
banking committee.
Churchill Declares
W orst Is Past
NEWCASLTE, England, Nov. 7
(A1) — Churchill, in an inspection
tour of Tynside, declared: “We
have passed through the darkest
and most perilous side of this
struglle and are once more mas
ters of our own destiny.”