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VOL. 44. No. 13. NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY, JAN. 30, 1942. Pe- Copy is*
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President Roosevelt, A<*ed 60 Today
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fn 1 ine Physical and Mental Shape
Washington, Jan. 30 (AP) — The President is 60
today and in some respects doesn’t act it. At the time
in his life, when men of his means turned to comfort
able retirement, he is working harder than ever.
Since the war broke out he has scarcely been out of
the White House. His physician, Rear Admiral McIn
tyre, says the President is in fine physical and mental
fettle for a man 60 years old.
In more than 12,000 parties and dances tonight all
over the nation. America will celebrate the birthday
of the most famous personage to overcome the handi
cap of infantile paralysis. The President will speak on
an hour-long radio program beginning at 8:15 p.m. PST
• I ireside (lull To lie Made On Feb. 22
Washignton, Jan. 29 (AP) —The President expects to
tell the nation by radio about the progress of the war
effort around Feb. 22. The Whitehouse said, by that
time “It is quite possible he will have things of import
ance to say.” Secretary Early disclosed Roosevelt’s in
tention to speak about the time of Washington’s birth
^ day. He said the Whitehouse is receiving by mail, tele
phone and orally .many requests for the President 1o
make another fireside chat to the country and “dissip
ate the poisonous, troublesome rumors insofar as pos
sible and to give the country a clearer and better un
derstanding of the war and all it involves.”
JAPS PREPARE
BIG OFFENSIVE ON
BATAN PENINSULA
Washington, Jan. 30 (AP)
— Fighting was light on
• Batan Peninsula for the
past 24 hours the War De
partment reported, but the
arrival of fresh Jap troops
at the front, and move
ments behind the lines in
dicated that the enemy is
preparing to resume large
scale offensive against Gen
MacArhtur’s positions.
MacArthur’s Forces
Stop Headlong
Assault of Japs
Washington, Jan. 29 (AP)
—The War Dept, reported
that headlong Japanese in
fantry assaults on MacAr
thur’s lines on Batan Pen
insula, were broken up by
American military fire
with heavy enemy losses.
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Hawaii Officer
At New Post
Washington, Jan. 29 (AP)
Major Gen. Frederick Mar
; on, relieved of the com
mand of the Hawaiian air
force after the Pearl Har
bor attack was given a new
assignment in the veneral
shake-up of the Army air
forces. Martin was made
commander of the 2nd Air
Force headquarters at Ft.
George Wright, Washing
ton, with the responsibility
vital northwest sector of
of the aerial defense of the
continental U. S.
The Roberts commission
report which charged Mai.
Gen. Short and Amiral
Kimmel of “dereliction of
duty.” didn’t name Martin
who was subordinate to
Short, then commander of
the Hawaiian Dept.
HITLER REPORTED TO
HAVE TAKEN OUSTED
ARMY GENS. BACK
Undated, Jan. 29 (AP) —
Sweeping new gains by
Russia’s armies are report
ed as word circulated in
London that Hitler, who 5
week.; ago ousted fueld mar
shal Von Brauchitsch and
assumed the supYeme com
mand of the German army,
reached a compromise
with his generals because
"he was unable to carry on
without the aid of the ex
perienced strategists.” In
dismissing Von Brauch
itsch a few days before
Xmas, Hitler declared his
intuitions led him to re
serve for himself, personal
ly, all essential decisions
n directing his army.
The British ministry of in
formation circulated ex
tracts from an article in
the anti-Axis German lan
guage paper Die Zeitung,
published in London, de
claring Hitler has now
changed his mind on the
commands of the conserv
ative generals Von Bock.
Von Runbstedt, Von Leeb
and others and “confirmed
they are now in charge of
the new armies” of the
German war m a chine
which appeared executing
something of a comeback j
hi north Africa. British
headquarters acknowledg
ed that Gen. Rommel’s Lib
y a n counter - offensive,
which had driven the Brit
ish back 150 miles, scored
new advances within 16
miles of British-held Ben
gasi on the Gulf of Sirte.
The British said Rommel’s
forces suddenly veered to
the west and northwest in
the past 24 hours, after be
ing stalled for 2 days on
the eastward thrust. The
new assault carried Axis
troops to Regima, inland
and just east of Benagsi.
I I
Attain Pan-Amer
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Rio De Janiero, Jan. 29
(AP) —- Western hemi
sphere solidarity was af
firmed unanimously when
Peru and Ecuador agreed
to settle their lllyear old
boundary dispute, in a tri
umphant wind-up of the
Pan-American conference.
The conclusion came as
post conference mediation
of the Peruvian-Ecuador
ian differences, several
hours after the foreign min
isters of 21 American re
publics formally adjourn
ed their two-weeks’ session
Major fruits of the confer
once was contained in 41
resolutions inscribed in
En ;lish, French, Spanish,
and Portuguese, recom
m nding the severance of
relations with the Axis &
retting up military, econ
omic and financial boards,
and otherwise covering vir
tually the entire field of
Pan American relations.
PRICE CONTROL BILL
Washington, Jan. 30 (AP)
— The President signed
the Price Control bill and
told reporters it is good in
many respects but the pro
vision applying to farm
prices offered danger. This
provision, he said, will pro
vide real danger in that no
farm price could be stabil
ized below 110 percent of
parity. For 8 years, he said,
the administration sought
to work toward parity pric
es. The farm bill, he add
ed, represented a very de
finite violation of that ob
jective.
Ships in 54 Days
Batavia, Jan. 30 (API —
54 Jap ships were sunk or
heavily damaged in the 54
days of the Pacific war, the
Netherlands Indies navy
and air forces announced
as Dutch regular army
units and guerilla detach
ments battled the invaders
at widely separated parts
of the islands. The stagger
ing total losses inflicted to
Japanese shipping by the
Dutch alone was announc
ed authoritatively in a sum
mary made available to
the news agency Aneta.
The one-a-day Dutch av
erage doesn’t include the
losses inflicted on the Jap
anese by British and Aus
tralian action which is con
siderable in itself. The
Dutch list included one bat
tleship, 10 cruisers, 25
transports and 7 destroy
ers.
Hiller Complains Does Not Know
^ hy Germany Is Being Fought
Undated, Jan. 30 (AP) — Hitler and his battered arm
ies, stumbling in retreat on the frozen steppes of Rus
sia, bitterly assailed Roosevelt and Churchill and hark
ed back to the old complaint that he didn’t understand
why Germany was being fought. “We have not wished
to force our system upon others and therefore must
ask what actual reason why our system is being
fought,” he said in a speech marking the 9th anniver
sary of his chancellorship.
Spectacular Soviet (Jain In Donets River Basin
Even as Hitler spoke the Russians announced the
details of the most spectacular Soviet gain in the Don
ets River industrial basin in the Ukraine: a 93-mile
drive in whcih 25,000 Germans were left dead on the
battlefield.
It was in his anniversary address two years ago,
Hitler said “Through centuries Germany and Russia
have ben friends, why not now.” In Berlin, of the Mos
cow pact, he acclaimed: “ I believe Almighty God will
be satisfied that a senseless conflict in one area is
averted.” A year ago he forecast “victory within a
year” against Britain, and five months later German
troops invaded Russia and engaged Red Army force?
in a gigantic struggle which eventually lead to their
first major reverse of the whole war.
Britsh Make Further Withdrawals Before Rommel
On the north African front, the British acknowledg
ed that Romel’s “greatly superior" forces recaptured
fhe port of Bengasi, announced yesterday in Rome and
Berlin, twice stressing the Axis numerical superior
ity. The British communique conceded that British
troops are making a fresh withdrawal along the entire
combat area in western Libya before heavy attacks.
Informed London quarters said British fores may have
been cut off at Bengasi and trapped by Axis columns
which swept around the town to straddle the coast
road to the north. Bengasi has changed hands 4 times
in the zig-zag desert warfare.
Weather, Not Russians Beating Nazis
Berlin, Jan. 30 (AP) — Hitler, in his first speech
since the declaration of war against the U. S. told the
people that “America’s war with Japan made us free
to act. Now we’ll see what our U-boats may achieve.”
He declared “I don’t know whether the war will end
this year, but we are armed against everything from
north to south.”
Claims Russian Struggle Will Bring Glory
Hitler declared, on the eastern front, the armies of
the Reich are on the defensive against the weather,
not the Russians and claimed the front there was fin
ally stabilized. He sad, of the Russian war, thus far,
“in the East we have fought a struggle which one day
will be a glory to our nation,” Cheers greeted his state
ment that in North Africa, Rommel “turned around
the moment our enemies thought he was beaten and
drove the British before him.”
INFANTILE PARALYSIS DRIVE
“With the speed of pestilence this disease moves
through noisy streets and quiet lanes leaving twist
ed, helpless bodies and heartrending dispair. During
the last two years it struck from coast to coast with
epidemic force, closing schools, silencing the laugh
ter of childhood and shattering dreams of parents.”
“Help Drive the Shadow of Infantile Paralysis
from the Homes and Hearts of Men and Women
Everywhere.”
The annual, local drive for funds will close the
third of February. It is impossbile for us to contact
you all personally, so won’t you please do your part
in this worthy cause by mailing your contribution
to the Second Division Infantil Paralysis Committee,
Nome, Alaska, or by voluntarily handing your con
tribution to any one of the following members of
the local campaign committee: Mrs. Alice Rydeen.
Harry Gabrielson, Ben Mozee, Mrs. Edna Fix, Mrs.
Frank Whaley.
: srr;r DANCE FOR CIVIL DEFENSE