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VOL. 44. No. 49. NOME, ALASKA. FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1942 Per copy is#
U. S. Plane Is Interned In Russia
Germany Jittery Over Possible Allied Invasion
Nazis Taking Feverish Precautions
Against Allied Invasion Europe
UNDATED, April 23, 9:10 a.m.—11:06 a.m. (AP> —
Hitler, believed trying to fulfill the long heralded of
fensive, called up a total of 1,900,000 fresh reserves,
S. A. Lozovsky, official Russian spokesman said, as
Stockholm dispatches reported increasing German ner
vousness overthe prospect of an Allied invasion of Eu-1
rope. The spokesman said the Nazi reserves included
900,000 youths from 17 to 18, and two new military
classes.
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British RAF planes celebrated the feast day of Saint
George, patron saint of England, with a smashing as
sault on the German industrial Rhineland and the
docks at LeHavre. During the night big guns on the
English channel coast also boomed across the Dover
Strait ancj continued firing for about thirty minutes.|
The Nazis acknowledged “some casualties” and mater- j
.al damage in western Germany, but declared that Ger1
nan night raiders struck back in an attack on an Eng
lish south coast munitions factory and caused “violent
explosions.” The Germans said five RAF bombers
were shot down. The British said four were missing.
Stockholm dispatches said German expectancy of
an Allied invasion of western Europe increased con
siderably, with the Nazis taking feverish precautions!
along the entire front from the top of Norway to south
ern France.
The Berlin correspondent of the Stockholm “Paler
Dagens Nyheter” reported that “certain optomists are
convinced that the British will come by May first.”
London quarters said this feeler is so obvious, that
anxiety must have dictated it.
WPB Puts Foot
On Fashions
Washington — The War
Production Board is turn
'ng into a stern sylist for
American women, decree
ng that for the duration of
the war, dresses can be
shorter or tighter and tight
er as fashion dictates, but
neither longer nor fuller
1han those now being worn
Emphasizing that it has
no intention of freezing pre
sent styles or rendering
present wardrobes obso
lete, WPB established a
complete list of specifica
tions covering the future
manufacture of women’s
clothes.
It ordered among other
things that frills, French
cuffs on sleeves, balloon
sleeves and patch pockets
on wool be eliminated en
tirely. |
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RAF Strikes
Baltic Port
of Rostock
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London, April 24 (AP) —;
A strong force of RAF|
bombers “heavily attacked;
the Baltic port of Rostock” \
last night and left wide-!
spread fires burning and
apparently much damage,
the air ministry announc
ed. The Germans have
been reported sending
streams of war supplies
from Rostock to the Rus
sian and Finnish fronts.
Four aircraft were listed as
missing.
Powder for Sport
ing Guns Must
Be Licensed
The Nome Nugget is in
receipt of the following
wire from B. D. Stewart:
Juneau, April 23 — Al
though cartridges for small
arms and shotguns are ex
cepted from the operation
of the Federal Explosives
Act, sportsmen who pur
chase, possess or use pow
der in bulk for loading or
reloading their own rifle
or shotgun shells are re
quired to secure purchas
ers' licenses.
SUGAR RATION
IS ANNOUNCED
Washington — The Gov
ernment announces that
the Nation’s first sugar ra
tion allowance will be half
a pound a week for each
person.
Russians Make
Cains On
Crimea Front
Kuibyshev, April 24 (AP)
— The Red Star said that
Russian forces captured
the “golden range” menac
ing the German stronghold
in the Crimea, but there
the reports that some Fin
nish military detachments
have been aparently mov
ed south to Leningrad for
the first time and are now
bolstering Nazi divisions
on the Kalinin front. The
location of the golden
range was not given but it
was reported taken after 4
days of sharp fighting.
Increase Bond
Sales Quota In
Alaska for May
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Washington. Apr. 23 (AP)
— The Treasury Depart
ment war savings bond
quota for Alaska for May
is $198,400 as compared
with the monthly average
of $138,428.
ment Work
The House passed the
legislation suspending for
a year the statute requir
ing at least $100 worth of
labor on unpatented min
ing claims.
NEW CUTS IN USE
OF PETROLEUM
Washington — Warning of
new cuts in consumption of
petroleum products might
be ordered on the east
coast, also Oregon and
Washington, has been is
sued by the OF3A.
Householders of those
areas have been warned
that they might change
back from oil to coal heat
ing bv installing coal burn
ing grates in furnaces or
boilers converted into oil.
Production of Phono
graph Records Is Cut
Washington — The War
Production Board issued
orders forcing an immed
iate 70 percent reduction
in the manufacture of
phonograph records and
radio transcriptions.
The curtailment is ac
complished by reducing
the amount of shellac avail
able to producers to 30 per
cent of the amount allow
ed year.
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U. S. Plane, Japan Raider, Is
Forced To Land In Siberia
MOSCOW, April 23, 10:19 p.m. (AP> — Friday, An
official Tass news agency dispatch announced that an
American plane, identified by its crew as a partici
pant in the air raids on Japanese cities last Saturday,
made a forced landing in the Siberian maritimes after
losing its bearings. In accordance with international
law, Soviet authorities interned the plane and crew
This is the first direct word from any source of the
landing of any of the planes which raided Japan, but
there is still no word from any other United Nations
sources regarding the raids.
The British Reuters news agency reported the Mos
cow radio broadcast reports from Khabarovsk which
said the plane landed in a Russian Far Eastern terri
tory. It was not stated where the plane landed, but
Khabarovsk is 200 miles west of the Sea of Japan and
400 miles north of Vladivostok.
The U. S. Consul General at Vladivostok, Angus
Ward, is handling the affairs of the Americans at that
end.
Tokyo morning papers printed articles reviewing
Jap relations with Soviet Russia and expressed belief
that they will remain harmonious despite the world
situation.
No reference was made in the Russian dispatches to
the U. S. plane which landed in Siberia.
Germans On Southern Front ,0*i
Defensive Of Fortified Positions
KUIBYSHEV, April 23, 10:09 a.m.—10 p.m. (AP)—•
Battered heavily by Soviet divisions in recent weeks,
German armies on-the southern front are reported to
have abandoned their counter attacks and changed
their tactics to defense of fortified positions. A front,
line dispatch from the army newspaper Red Star said:
“Only in a few sectors do Fascist troops make futile
attempts to strike at our units.”
The paper reported the partial annihilation and rout
of a strong Italian detachment cut off by Soviet pincers
after attempting to outflank the Russian position.
The Pravda correspondent said at Yukhnov, thou
sands of Nazi bodies were found when melting snows
uncovered a huge pit at the central square of the town.
PRESIDENT SURPRISES STARK
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In a surprise ceremony at the White House, President
Roosevelt pinned a gold star on Admiral Harold R
Stark (right) commander of the U. S. naval forces in
; European waters, in recognition of Stark’si “Excep
1 tional meritorious service,” as chief of naval operations
j from 1939 until a few weeks ago.
RUSSIA'S SIBERIAN FORCES REPORTED READY
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Russia was reported to have issued battle orders which would put into instant
operation Nikolaevsk (1), and Vladivostok (2), naval and army bases, in event
of a Japanese attack. Russia also was reported to have increased her Siberian
army to more than 3,000,000 front line troops and would be prepared if Japan
launched a drive (broken arrow), across the Amur river toward Irkutsk. The Rus
sians also were completing bases linking Kamchatka with Alaska across the Aleu
tian islands stepping stones (A), anticipating early delivery of American planes
by that route.