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VOL. 44. No. 16. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEB. 6. 1942. Per Copy 154
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Territory-W ide ( ampaign
Purchase I Icavv Bomber
Named “Spirit of Alaska**
The following wire was received by the Civil De
fense Council from Frederick W. Ayer, Administrative
Assistant, Defense Savings Staff:
“Beginning Monday, February’ ninth, Territory
wide campaign for purchase of heavy bomber to be
named Spirit of Alaska will get under way. Purchase
price goal this plane is three hundred fifty thousand
dollars. All purchases of scries E bonds between Feb
ruary ninth and March ninth will he earmarked to
ward purchase. Request you inform all agencies now
handling series E bonds of this campaign, remember
ing at same time that if no bonds are on hand, cam
paign can go ahead regardless, with receipt being is
sued in lieu of bonds until their arrival from San Fran
cisco.”
Editor's note:- The above wire is in support of series
E defense savings bonds sales and something of this
nature is being carried out in most sections of the
United States, whereby the people are encouraged to
create a savings for their future needs and at the same
time have the money paid out for their bonds ear
marked for some specific purpose. Detailed inform
ation concerning the anticipated purchase of the bomb
er that will be named “Spirit of Alaska” is being for
warded via air mail.
Jap Hesitate To Make Direct
Attack Against Singapore Island
Undated. Feb. 5 (AP) — Japan’s siege armies still
hesitated to gamble on a direct assault against Singa
pore, amid flaming artillery duels across mile-wide
Johore Strait, while Jap warplanes again attacked the
big Dutch naval base at Soerabaja, Java, and Port
Moresby, New Guinea.
A War Department bulletin said U. S. Army P-40
pursuit planes, aiding in the defense of the vital Dutch
Indies, attacked a greatly superior force of Japanese
bombers and fighting planes over Java, and a Japanese
bomber and pursuit plane vyere downed. The War De
partment said one American plane was missing. This
is the first indication that American pursuit planes,
piloted by U. S. Army fliers, have reached the Indies.
Java is the headquarters of General Wavell.
The War Department also reported a lull in the bat
tle of Batan in the past 24 hours, the action lacking the
“savage character of the fighting which has been al
most continuous for the past two weeks.”
British headquarters said Singapore’s defense guns
silenced Japanese batteries and raked Japanese trans
ports in the .Johore and Bahru area, directly across
from the beleaguered island. Overhead, RAF fighters
battled Japanese warplanes, which inflicted nearly 300
casualties in 2 days. 63 were killed and 228 wounded.
A Tokyo broadcast said Japanese siege guns, thun
dering across Johore Strait since 6 p. m. yesterday,
Singapore time, are pouring a steady stream of fire
on British troop in a grove of rubber trees, nerfr
the head of the dynamited causeway to the Malay
mainland.
RAF scout planes said the heavy movement of Jap
anese troops southward through Johore Strait is still
progressing,
In the Indies, the Dutch commander reported that de
spite violent bombing attacks, the spirit of his troops i
■“remains like red pepper and will be indominable.”
President Kalinin of Russia Declares j
AH Lost Territory Soon Be Regained
Moscow, Feb. 5 (AP) — President Kalinin, in a mes- i
sage to the Soviet people, proclaimed the “hour is near:
when all the occupied republics of Russia will return 1
to the family" of the Soviet Union, and is closer and
closer each day. He said the Red Army is approaching i
the borders of White Russia, Latvia, Estonia and Lith
uania. His message was spread across the main pages
of newspapers and said although the Germans are
fighting for every inch of ground, the Russians have;
driven the invaders as far back as 175 miles in some 1
places.
U. S. and British
Council In (Jose
Cooperation
Washington, Feb. G (AP)—
President Roosevelt assert
ed that a pacific council
has been ip operation here
and in London for a month
with close cooperation in
its activities. Replying to a
press conference question,
he said the council is handl
ing questions of both mili
tary and political nature in
its offices here and in Lon
don. Questions of a purely
military nature are referr
ed to army and navy chiefs
and those of governmental
or political character are
laid hoi re appropriate gov
ernmental bodies in Wash
inbton and London.
Motor Veheile
"Use* Tax Stamps
i
Federal motor vehicle use tax
stamps now are on sale at post
offices and internal revenue offic
es throughout Washington. ac
cording to Internal Revenue Col
lector Clark Squire in Tacoma.
Sale of these new stamps was
started officially January 15 in
accordance with instructions
from' Washington, D. C.
To conform with state regula
tions, the stamp should be plac
cd in the lower right.hand cor-,
ner of the wndshield, to the left
of the state safety inspection
: sticker.
This new tax, provided in the
1941 Revenue Act, becomes ef
fective February first.
In a prepared statement, Inter
nal Revenue Commissioner Guy
T. Helvering pointed out that the
term “motor vehicle” means all
of those used chiefly for high
way transportation, including
automobiles, trucks and motor
cycles, and that the term "use”
means operation on public high-,
ways.
"The. first stamp to be purchas
ed by owners of motor vehicles
will cover the period front Feb.
ruary 1 to June 30, 1942. and will
cost but $2.09 because of the fact
that only a fractional part of the
fiscal year is involved,” said the
[Statement. “However, during the
I month of June, 1942. owners of
I motor vehicles must purchase
, stamps valued at $5 to evidence
the paynlent of the tax for tin
entire fiscal year beginning July
, 1. 1942, and endng June 30, 1943.
j Stamps of appropriate demonina
, tions have been provided to evi-1
j dence the payment of the "use"
I tax on vehicles purchased and
(first put into use on the highway^
! during months subsequent to
jFebruary, 1942.
"Commissoiner Helvering stat
od that the “use” tax effects more
individuals than all other class
jes of Federal taxes combined.
I The payment of this tax will
j give to each motor vehicle own
| or a consciousness that he is con
tributing to the defense of his *
country in a time of emergency.
The display of these stamps on
automobiles, trucks, etc., will be
evidence that the owners have
met this tax obligation,
“Every owner of a motor ve.
hide which is used upon the high j
ways should call at his local post,
office or at the office of the In
ternal Revenue Colector and sc- j
cure a $2.09 “use” tax stamp and
affix it to his vehicle. The var
[ ious post offices will sell the
i stamps over the counter for
I'ijjli Japanese
Claims Listed
As Propaganda
Undated, Feb. G (AP) —
i Tokyo headquarters issued
a high-sounding claim that
Japanese naval planes “vir
dually annihilated “the en-1
tire Dutch Indies fleet with
two new cruisers sunk and
a third heavily damaged,
n an attack in the Java
Sea south of Macassar
rait. In addition, a U. S.
c uiser of the 7.000-ton
Marblehead type was list
ed as badly damaged, and
an it her 5.000-ton ship
sunk The Java Sea ties be
tween Borneo island and
Java, headquarters of Wa
ve’ \s united nation’s com
n nd of the southwest Pac
ific.
Obviously a propaganda
eh rt. the Tokyo commun
ique made no attempt to re
c ncile its claim that three
criusers made up the “en
tire" Dutch Indies fleet,
with the known fact that a
large part of the Nether
lands’ European fleet of
considerably greater stren
gth, was in far Pacific wa
ters before Germany invad
ed Holland.
FOOD POISONING IS
TRACED TO CADMIUM
PLATED UTENSILS
Because of outbreaks of food
poisoning the Federal Security
Agency has advised manufactur
ers against using cadmium, a sub
stitute for aluminum in plating
cooking utensils and refrigerator
containers, according to a release
from the offiffice of Paul V. Mc_
Nutt received by the Territorial
Department of Health.
An investigation of outbreak
made by the Food and Drug Ad
ministration and the United Sjat
es Public Health Service, found
they were due to cadmium which
they said contained a poisonous
substance causing severe illness
when taken in food. even in
small amounts.
Five outbreaks, involving at
least 50 persons, were traced to
the consumption of frozen foods
which had either been chilled in
refrigerators equipped with cad
mium-plated ice trays or served
in cadmium-plated container-.
Sym|fcoms of poisoning include
acute gastritis, nausea, cramps,
vomiting, diarrhea and weaknes
Il'ncss may occur within 10 min
utes after eating or drinking the
contaminated food. Foods contain
ing acid are particularly apt t<
be affected.
None of the recently reported
cases resulting from the consump
tion of cadmium with foods has'
been fatal though chronic poison
ing, with severe damage to vital
organs will result from repeated
exposure, the report states.
It is probable that the plating ;
industry will cease using cad |
mium for food-container purpos
es, according to Mr McNutt. At
the same time the OPM has
stated it would not release cad
mium for this use.
cash only and no mail order
business with respect thereto
will be conducted by the post
office. Collectors of Internal Rev
enue are authorized to accept
cash post office money orders and
certified checks in payment for
the use tax stamps.”
Axis Armies In Africa Push
140 Miles Beyond Bengasi
Cairo, Feb. 5 (AP)—Advance units of Gen. Rommel’s
African army are believed to have carried their ad
vance to within 50 miles of Tobruk continuing the Axis
counter offensive which covered 180 miles eastward
since the capture of Bengasi. This is the general in
terpretation of an RAF communique, reporting that
British bombers have been active both east and west
of the town of Tmimi, itself on the eastern end of the
Cireanaican bulges, 60 miles west of Tobruk an 140
miles from the Libyan-Egyptian frontier.
U. S. Artillery
Smash Jan Cun
1
Pla cements Ratan
Washington. Ft b fi C\P)—
Japanese gun cm k e
ments < n tbe soutW e n
sh re of Manila Bov. ap
parently des’ ned to
tack Corregidor fob • •• • •
were destroyed by artil
lery hre from the Ameri
can fortifications. The War
Department also r> sort d
that nine Japanese t-ms
ports are debarkin t
at ports in Lingnv n Gulf
approximately 125 mips
north of Manila Bay to re
inforce the large '“enemy
concentrations already on
Batan Peninsula and other
parts of the island of Lu
zon. Batan, the dcpartmen
;aid, was relatively qu:et
during the past 24 hours,
with decreasing enemy
bombing attacks.
Buy Defence Bond,® and Stanip1-'
JAPANESE DEFENSE CHIEF
Gen. Prince Naruhiko (Iigashi
kuni (above), brother-in-law of
Emperor Hiroliito, was appointed
commandcr-in-chief of Japan's
niti.aal defense headquarters.
He >neceeded General Otozo Ya
mada and also retained his post
as • ’interne war councillor.
IT'S HIS WAR, T O O—Toughest campaigner of them
all, with British forces battling the An'i in the c irrcnt M >yan
campaign is Butch, above four-leg,;<:d fighti r on m R.A.F. armored
car. He went through the spring reverses, defied shelling.