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VOL. 44. No. 115. NOME, ALASKA. FRIDAY. AUG. 21, 1942. Per Copy 13«
Japs Unable Build Fields Aleutians
Commando Forces Withdraw From Invasion Coast
Commando Forces Re-embark From
Dieppe-Casualties Both Sides Heavy
LONDON, Aug. 19 (/P) — Delayed — The re-em
barkation of the Allied forces taking part in the Com
mando raid on Dieppe was completed, a British com
munique said. An announcement added that casualties
to both sides from the all-day battle is likely to be
heavy. A German radio location station was destroyed
and an anti-aircraft battery was wiped out. The com
munique added that 95 British aircraft are missing,
and 72 enemy planes are known to have been destroyed.
Wallgren Believes Unified Command
Alaska s Most Urgent Military Need
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ANCHORAGE, Aug. 18 (/P) — Delayed — Senator
Wallgren said he believes that a unified command is
the Territory’s urgentest military need. After visit
ing various posts, talking to commanders of pilots and
ground troops as well as to civilians, Wallgren de
clared himself on the confused division of duties be
tween the Army and Navy in the job of ousting the
Japs from the Aleutians.
He praised the progress made in building the Al
askan highway. “Seattle and the Northwest have re
alized that commercial and tourist considerations are
outweighed by military needs at this time. A com
mercial highway following the coast route can be built
after the war,” he declared.
Pelley, Convicted
Of Sedition
riles Appeal
CHICAGO, Aug. —Defense at
torneys said that they would
soon file briefs supporting the
reasons for appealing the convie
Con and sentencing of William
Dudley Pelley on sedition charg
es.
Pel ley’s counsel gave notice of
the appeal in the Federal Ap
pellate Court at Chicago. The
founder of the pro-Fascist Silver
Shirts was convicted of publish
ing seditious mateial in his mag
azine, The Galilean. Pelley re
ceived a 15-year sentence.
Pelley’s attorneys also notified
the circuit court that they would
appeal the conviction and five
year sentence meted out to the
anti-Semetic leader’s associate,
Lawrence Brown. Brown was
convicted of conspiracy.
The appeals probably will be
heard in October. Both Pelley
and Brown have expressed a de
side to begin serving their sen
tences immediately so that they
could receive credit for the time
involved in prosecuting their ap
peals.
U.S. Newsman
To Handle News
WASHINGTON, Aug. — A vet
eran European correspondent,
Walter Carroll. has been ap
pointed as the Director of the
London office of War Information
Carroll, § native of Milwaukee,
Wis., will have charge of all
information activities of the
OWI in England and will relay
United States information to the
European continent through Brit
ish facilities.
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Jimmie Doolittle
Arrives London
On Mission
Purpose of Doolittle’s Mission
Cannot Be Revealed
LONDON. Aug. — Brig Gen.
James Doolittle—'the man who led
the American bombing raki on
Tokyo last April—has arrived in
London for special duties with
the United States Army Air
Force.
An official announcement dis
closed that Doolittle has been in
Britain about 10 days. He already
has held conferences with Maj.
Gen. Carl Spaatz, Chief of the
American Air Forces in Europe.
1 and has visited most of the
Army’s new air bases in Great
! Britain.
Cannot Reveal Mission
! Spokesmen at American head
| quarters said the nature of Doo
little’s business cannot be reveal
ed at this time. However, it was
recalled that before he left the
United States, Doolittle promised
“many more surprises for Ger
many and Japan.”
Gen. Spaatz already has an
! nounced that American airmen
'soon will cooperate with the
1 British Royal Air Force in the
! bombing of Germany. But it is
not sure whether Doolittl'e mis
sion is connected with the start
of the combined British-Ameri
can air offensive.
Japanese Were Shucked
Doolittle’s raid on Tokyo, Yoke
hama, and other large Japanese
cities last spring shocked the
Japanese tremendously. They
still are seeking information as
to where Doolittle came from to
carry out his successful low level
attack on major Japanese indus
trial plants and naval installa
tions.
Doolittle was awarded the na
tion’s highest decoration — The
Congressional Medal of Honor —
for .his achievement, and was
decorated personally by Presi
dent Roosevelt.
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Japs* Captives
Buried Alive
Newsman Tells
Young, Ex-Tokyo Corres
pondent Says Nips Set
For Short War
Seattle, Aug. — Japanese
continually commit every
known atrocity against pri
soners they capture, James
R. Young, former Interna
tional Yews Service corres
pondent for 13 years in
Japan, told an audience re
cent!'/.
“The Japs do not recog
nize the Red Cross.” he de
clared. “They will bury a
row of thirty prisoners
alive then use flame throw
ers at their heads. One hun
dred Canadians who held
the power station at Hong
Kong until they were over
powered were used as hu
man targets for bayonet
practice.
“As far back as 1939 the
Japanese used mustard
gas.”
Raps Exports
Young, who was impri
soned in Japan for a num
ber of months and now is
on what the Japanese gov
ernment designated as a
“two-year parole,” spoke
caustically of the materials
this country exported to
the island empire before
tiie war.
“For five years we help
ed Japan fight China with
our gas, oil & scrap iron,”
he commented. “Now it is
being used against us in
the Pacific.”
The noted news corres
pondent, who was accom
panied by Mrs. Young, in
sisted that Japan is set for
an intense, short war, but
expressed the belief it
could not carry on a long
time conflict with an arous
ed United States.
Barbers Raise
Prices Seattle
Seattle, Aug, — While no
general announcement was
made, about a dozen down
town barber shops have
raised the cost of haircuts
to seventy-five cents dur
ing the past two weeks,
Charles Whitman, business
agent for the barber’s un
ion announced.
Meantime, barbers all
over the city are consider
ing whether to raise the
price generally. The bar
ber’s union will vote on the
' price raise at their head
quarters in the Arcade
Building August 24. If the
! raise passes haircuts will
go up to seventy-five cents
1 in all shops and the price
: of a shave will become fif
! ty cents.
Second Front
Is Only Matter
of l ime Says Gen,
j
_
WASHINGTON, Aug. — The
bead of tht* Army Air Forces, Lt.
G.'-i. Henry Arnold, told a news
conference that the question of a
• -ond front of the air is merely
j one of time—time to get planes
to England and for American
' fliers to be hardened intraining.
Trained American fliers, famil
nr with aIl the operations of Am
oncan aircraft, must learn Brit
i ish techniques and profit by the
! w. i.> experiences of the RAP.
! This pre-combat training with
! ’.tv.* RAF is now, going on apace,
i Th • same training is given the
-;i end crew's.
Equipment Is Standarized
Arnold said all equipment has
| been standardized with all our
Allies as to planes and facilities,
j He said this was not universally
true since some installations al
ready were present when Am
erican equipment was furnished
the United Nations and that in
some theaters special guns are
required by the nature of the
fighting.
The General described Ameri
can fliers as the ''best In the
world,” and that they have the
confidence of youth. He prefers
pilots up to 27 years old. Be
| vend this age, he said, nature
tends to become cautious. Arnold
1 cited the victory of Americans
j over the Japs in the air, and
posted the following figures
l osses Are Compared
The United States had 1.000
planes inaction against the Japs
and lost 104. The Japs had 1,450
in action and lost 190. These
figures did not include successes
of the American Volunteer
Group which lost only 84 planes
j to the Japs and downed 218.
Gen. Arnold announced that
the Air Forces are building up a
negro squadron and if this is
successful a second and third will
| follow. There are 34 negro pilots
I now’ wearing theAir Force wings
and 73 others are in training.
FORTRESSES ARE READY
LONDON. Aug. — A war cor
respondent for Reuters Nows
Agency announced that Ameri
can Flying Fortresses are now
ready to begin bombing Ger
many by day. Said the corres
pondent:
“Any day now giant day-bomb
Lng Flying Fortresses will appeal
unseen and unheard over Ger
i many with America's most secret
accurate bombsight. The bomb
sights pm point military targets
from the sub-stratosphere.
“Huge night bombers will fol
low bringing widespread devasta
tion from the black, silent hea
vens.”
Clark Gable, 41
Enlists as Private
Los Angeles, Aug. —Army
recruiting official announc
ed that screen actor Clark
Gable, 41 years old, would
enlist in the army forces as
a private aerial gunner.
“He doesn’t want to sell
bonds or pour pink tea,”
the army recruiting office
said. “He wants to be a
regular soldier.”
Lack Of Aerial Opposition In
Aleutians Leads To Belief That
Japs Unable Build Landing Fields
ANCHORAGE, Aug. 18, (/P) — Delayed — (By
William Rohden) — American bomber pilots’ failure
to encounter land-based aerial opposition at Kiska and
other Jap-held outer Aleutan Islands, has led to the
belief that the enemy is unable to establish landing
fields in any part of the islands. An Army air force
officer said the Japs are using single float seaplane
fighters based on neither carriers nor land, but this is
apparently the extent of their present air defense.
Tiie reason for the enemy’s failure to create usable
runways on the Kiska beaches or rock uplands is in
doubt, inasmuch as it is known that attempts have
been made. Army sources believe that the Japs were
surprised by the strength of American bombing in the
face of long distances, fogs, high winds, and almost
impossible flying conditions.
Some persons, familiar with the Aleutians’ peculiar
geological formations, say that Kiska rock is extremely
hard and glasslike and may have proved too much for
excavation, forcing runway builders to fill in depres
sions in their projected airfields, rather than knock
ing off the humps. This would be a long and laborious
process and it is barely possible that the enemy may
never be able, under war conditions, to create a run
way long and smooth enough for bombers, even if they
are able to hold the island indefinitely.
Australia Will
Welcome Willkie
CANBERRA, Aug —As Aus
tralian government spokesman
' declared Saturday night tha'
Wendell WilIkie would be a most
welcome visitor in Australia.
Referred to American dispatch
es that Willkie had expressed a
desire to visit Australia and that
his desire had met with the ap- j
proval of the Roosevelt adminis
tration. the spokesman said:
“The Commonwealth would
welcome the visit with the great
est enthusiasm.
Prime Minister James Curtin,
meanwhile, refused all comment
on a suggestion that he should
1 visit the United States. It is
known, however, that Mr. Cur
tin's views that the present place
of Australia's Prime Minister is
n Australia, have not changed.
Broken Blimp
Drifts Ashore
Near Frisco
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug —Two
j naval officers are missing and a
crewless broken blimp floated
from the ocean on the beach of
Daly City, suburb of San Fran
i cisco.
Search had been made for it
!n the sea off Golden Gate. The
i blimp was on a routine anti-sub
patrol flight. Two life belts were
missing from the craft when it
I landed but all the parachutes
i and the rubber raft were found
I in the gondola,
j
l The craft’s radio was on, but
Navy officers said they received
no message from the distressed
j ship. The door of the cabin stood
open.
Navy officers said it was not
unusual for the crew to consist
of only two men. The blimp
sagged in the middle. Big tears
! an visible in the fabric, its two
| motors were idle. It drifted into
j Daly City five hours after it had
j tyken off on it.' flight.
India To
keep Faith
With Fhina
BOMBAY. India, Aug. — From
his jail cell the politcal leader of
the All-India Congress Party,
Pandit Nerhu has pledged India
to keep faith with China, what
ever happens.
Nehru was interviewed in jail
by a correspondent of the China
News. Said he:
“China’s freedom is very prec
ious to us, because with it is
involved the freedom of India.
To Fight Against Aggressor
“Whatever we do now, con
strained by circumstances, is aim
ed at the achievement of India’s
independence, so that we may
fight with all our strength and
will against the aggressor, in In
' dia and in China.”
Nehru was jailed, along with
j other leaders of the Congress
Party, for calling the mass civil
disobedience campaign in protest
against Britain's refusal to grant
immediate independence. He de
clared that a free India can be
of aid to China and the Allied
cause, that an India under Brit
ish government could never be.
Statement of Nehru
The Indian leader told the Chi
nese newsman:
“We believe that this war is a
mighty revolution which will
only succeed on the basis of free
dom for all people. Without ln
| dian freedom now, it will of its
I purpose and lead us into blind
! and dangerous alleyways.
“This is the reason why In
dia’s independence becomes an
j urgent immediate necessity and
cannot be postponed. The very
I peril which surrounds us calls
' for it.”
!
NOT LATE PRESS RECEIVED
The U. S. Signal Corps inform
I ed The Nome Nugget today that
! on account of an unusual atpount
of official war business, no late
press was received.
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