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VOL. 44. No. 17. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEB. 9. 1942. Pcr c»Py
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German Air Force Calls In Italian
Air Force to Aid on Russia Front
Undated, Feb. 6 (Delayed) (AP) Germany’s air force
the instrument which pulverized the resistance of Bel
gium, Holland and France, called on Italian war plan
es to help battle Russia, it was disclosed by the Nazi
command. The disclosure coincided with an announce
ment by Goering, who just completed a visit to Italy,
ihat “In fighting yesterday against the Soviet air
force, in which the Italian air force took part, 38 en
emy planes were shot down or destroyed on the
ground.”
A bulletin from Hitler’s headquarters said it is the
first time1 that Italian planes have been mentioned in
action on the Soviet front. Whether the Germans are
suffering a shortage of planes or pilots, was not dis
closed. but a recent Soviet communique emphasized
heavy German air losses. Today’s Red Army bulletin
reported that 38 planes were destroyed Wednesday,
against 10 Russian planes missing. Coincidentally, Ger
many’s propaganda minister Goebbels acknowledged
that considerable dissatisfaction is stirring in the Reich
over the campaign in Russia and food and fuel short -
ages at home. He exhorted the Germans to maintain
their “deportment and morale.”
On the fighting front, Marshal Timoshenko’s Uk
raine armies are reported to have captured Petropav
olovva, 70 miles from Dneiperopetrovsky. The Moscow
radio said “violent fighting” is raging in the Kursk
Kharkov region, also northwest of Moscow.
In North Africa, Mussolini’s command reported that
Axis troops occupied the Libyan coastal town of
Tmimi, 60 miles west of Tobruk and 40 miles east of
Jebel El Akdar in the mountain region.
British headquarters said there were '‘no changes”
in the land situation and that RAF fliers had a “par
ticularly successful day” blasting Axis communications
around Jebel El Akdar.
Sub Sinks Tanker
In Daylight
Lewes, Del. Feb. 8 (AP)
- The daylight sinking of
the 3,403-ton tanker China
Arrow, the 22nd victim of
the Axis submarine drive
against Atlantic coast ship
ping, was disclosed Sunday
with the safe landing of
the entire crew of 37 here.
The survivors were picked
up by a Coast Guard petrol
boat.
Captain Paul Browne
skipper of the China Ar
row. said two torpedoes
were fired without warn
ing hut foiled to sink the
vessel. The sub command
er then waited until the
lifeboats were clear of the
flaming ship before firing
Report Invasion
Norway Pending
Berlin, Feb. 7 (AP)—Jap
an newspapers carried a
lengthy Stockholm report
that Churchill is laying
plans for large scale land
ing operations on the Nor
wegian coast and hopes to
have the'support of the U.
S. fleet. Th" dispatch, cir
culated by the semi-official
German news agency, said
ho expected to inform the
House of Commons of the
plan soon at a secret ses
sion to request approval
of the hazardous undertak
ing.
15 or 20 shells from deck
guns to sink it.
japs Land On
lest Shore
Singapore Island
Singapore, Feb. 9 (AP)—
Japanese forces landed on
the we-tern shore of Singa
pore last night and as fight
ing continued, a British
communique indicated the
Japanese are “in strength”
and a heavy battle is rag
ing.
The landing was effected
on the opposite end from
where the Japs seized and
defended Palau Ubin. an is
land in the Strait of Johore
yesterday.
The Tokyo radio reported
that Japanese tank and i
fantry units landed, consol
idating their positions un
der heavy fire.
U. S. Sub Sunk
In Collision Off
Panama-3 Survive
Washington, Feb. 7 ( AP)
The Navy announced that
the Submarine S-26 collid
ed with another naval ves
sel the night of January 24
and sank off Panama with
a loss of all but three of
the crew, during surface
operations.
The survivors, who were
standing on the bridge and
thrown clear, were: Lt.
Comander Earle C. Hawk,
commanding officer; Lt.
Robert Ward and Joe
Hurst, first class seaman.
The Navy said next of kin
have been notified, but did
not disclose the number of
men aboard.
Six Navy divers, sent
from Washington, estab
lished contact with the
ship in 301 feet of water,
five days after the craft
sank, but no one was alive.
The sub was an old type
built after the last war. *
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Little Hope Held
British !
Dislodge Invaders
—
Undated, Feb. 9 (AP) —
The Japanese fought their
way to the fortress on the
isle of Singapore on a ten
mile front and threatening
to over-run the once-pow
erful British base, but af
ter several hours of bloody
fighting, the situation was
I'cported officially “well in
and.”
Word carne frdm Major
General Bennett, com
mender of the Australian
forces in which zone, the
mangrove swamps and rub
her plantations on the
northwestern shore, the in
vaders first struck, that
“we have taken our stand
on a strong line and are or
:: nizing an attack which'
i: is hoped will recover as
much as possible of the lost,
terrain” Benentt said, thus
holding out but slim hope1
that the Japanese could be
readily dislodged.
The strong Japanese land
ing turned Singapore’s or
deal of shellfire and bombs,
"in the past week of seige,
from the opposite shore of
Johore Strait, into a man
and weapon struggle. The
Japanese declared their
beach heads arc so well
consolidated that tanks al
ready have been ferried ac
ross to bolster the shock
troops.
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Jap Invasion Boats
Active Saturday
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Undated, Feb. 7 (AP) —
Singapore defense guns
blasted small invasion
type Jap boats in the Strait
of Johore on the 8th crit
ical day of siege. Enemy,
long-range batteries for
the first time bombed and
shelled the residential dis
tricts.
It is believed that the
small boat sortie was a
feint to test out the pur
ported death trap of flam
ing oil which the British
devised. A Vichy broad
cast, quoting Tokyo dis
patches', said the British
poured thousands of gal
lons of oil into the mile
wide Strait, apparently in
tending to set it afire if the
Japs attempted to cross.
Plane Bearing
.
Christian J. O’Leary, Deputy
U. S. Marshal with two prison
ers and Nat Brown, pilot, left
Fortuna Ledge at 10:30 a.m. Feb
ruary 5 1942, for Nome, and have
not been heard from since. Pre
sumably lost between Fortuna
Ledge and Unalakleet.
U. S. Marshal Mozee left this
morning with Pilot Frank Whal.
ey, to search for the missing
plane.
WITH WAVELL IN SINGAPORE
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A batman helped General Sir Archibald Waveli with
his parachute as he prepared to fly from the island af
ter inspecting defenses shortly before the Japanese
ittack. Since this picture was made he has become gen
eralissimo of the United Nations in the area, fighting to
stem the Japanese invasion.
Japs Slid! Forts On Batan Pen.
Allied Planes Victorious Far East
Undated, Feb. 7 (AP)—A War Department bulletin
reported that Jap heavy artillery concealed on the
southeast shore of Manila Bay, violently shelled three
American forts for three hours with no damage. The
American guns answered with blasting volleys, also
with “undetermined results.”
On Batan Peninsula, two U. S. fighter planes battled
four Jap bombers and shot down one of them. It was
said 8 P-40 pursuit planes “were attacked by a great
ly superior force of Jap fighters and bombers” over
Bali, Dutch East Indies, and shot down at least three
of the Japs. One U. S. plane was lost and one is miss
ing.
A Dutch bulletin said their forces sunk a Jap cruis
er and transport and hit another cruiser and a sub,
in operations off Amboina. They acknowledged that
invasion forces won control of most of the island site
of the Indies’ second biggest naval base. Countering
the Tokyo assertion that the Dutch fleet was annihilat
ed, they said the fleet, absolutely intact', is as sea and
ready for action.
Allied Planes Have High Schore In Burma
In Burma, sharpshooting American and British
fliers shot down two of 24 raiding planes and damaged
two others. On top of 10 downed yesterday, this makes
a total of Jap losses in Burma, of 122 planes compar
ed to five defense planes lost and one damaged.
“War Time** Effective Today In
U.S., Aimed at Saving Electricity
Undate, Feb. 8 (AP) — The aim of the nation in
putting its clock on war duty today, moving them an
hour ahead of standard time, is to save electricity for
war factories and give more daylight for out-of-door
tasks. President Roosevelt has designated the new day
light saving time as “War Time” & came while most of
the nation slept, at 2 a, m. in each of the zones across
the country. The new time does not affect Hawaii and
applies technically to Alaska.
However, Alaskan comunities have home-rule on the
time question, disregarding the federal law of 1906,
which placed the vast territory in a single time zone.
Canada also went on universal war time.
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the middle of the Malayan peninsula, along the railway from Seremban to Singa
pore and in the coasta larea to the west.Yesterday, the Japs cross Johore Strait
and reported today to have consolidatedpositions taken.