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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 43. No. 116. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, DEC. 1, 1941. Pe-Copy is*
Germans Are Driven From Rostov
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German Retreat From Rostov Is
Hailed Biggest Reverse Of War
MOSCOW, Dec. 1 i(/P) — Severe
ly battered German troops were
hurled back 'through village af
ter village as the retreat from
R stov became the biggest Nazi
reversal of the Russian campaign
They have been unable to stem
the Red Army’s counter drive
and are in danger of being cut
og by a new thrust in the north,
the Moscow radio declared. Quot
ing dispatches of Pravd?, from
the southern front, the broadcast
said the new Soviet thrust devel
oped yesterday morning in the
shell-pocked Donet basin north
west of Rostov, where an ad
vance might open a corridor to
the Sea of Azov, which was cut
off by a hotly engaged German
rear guard.
Gan See Moscow
Field Glasses
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BERLIN. Dee. 1 (A*) — German
soldiers in advance units battling
toward Moscow now “can see
Moscow with good field glasses,”
the German military spokesman
declared tonight. The spokesman
didn’t say on what part of the
curving Moscow front this ap
proach was made, but previous
reports indicated that German
forces were nearest on roads
running into Moscow from west
to northwest.
The spokesman declared that
Rostov was evacuated by Ger
man troops, because fighting
with civilians resulted in “unnec
essary losses,” to take more fav
oraible positions to meet the Rus
sian assault. It was asserted that
the Germans in the Rostov area
faced Russian forces of a greatly
superior number.
•SOURDOUGH”
STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
More 9,000
Nazis Killed
UNDATED Nov. 29 (.to — Rus
ia’s Red armies are renorted to
have recaptured part of Rostov
ondon, smashed back the German
assault forces at three key sec
tors on the central front before
Moscow, and killed more than
9,000 Nazis in ib oody fighting. A
British broadcast said Red coun
ter attacks on the north flank of
the Moscow arc recaptured ten
villages between Klin and Kal
inin, 50 to 95 miles northwest of
the capital.
The G-erman radio, however,
declared that General von Bock’s
centra! front armies have captur
ed the city of Volokolamsk, 65
miles northwest of Moscow.
A bulletin from the British
Middle East headquarters said
large British and Axis forces are
locked in a great new tank bat
tle southeast of Rczegh, 10 miles
from Tobruk. The battle began
yesterday, raging into today. The
Germans are apparently strug
gling desperately to fight their
way out of a British encircle
ment. The communique also said
British and New Zealand troops
“widening their corridor of con
tact” leading to Tobruk.
Japan’s press and radio bitter
ly assailed the United States, say
ing'America “alone is responsible
for what seems to be almost in
evitable now.” In other words,
war.
In an atmosphere of alternate
gloom and bristling hostility, J
Premier Tojo’s cabinet met anew
to deliberate Japan’s final stand.
Reports from Shanghai said 70
or more Jap troop transports
were seen moving recently in the
direction of Hainan Island or
French Indo-China. They were
estimated to carry 22,000 soldiers
with complete campaign equip
ment.
Be
Time
WARM STRANGS Ga . Nov. 2^
■f.-tpt President Roosevelt assort
ed tonight that there always is
the possibility that at next
Thanksgiving time ‘‘our b-vs in
military and naval academies
may be fighting f r the defense
of our American institutions.”
The Chief Executive made that
ominous d-csl-a ration in an infor
mal address at a dinner at the
Warm Springs Foundation for In
f*nt:le paralysis victims. He
stroke of people in other land.
overrun or attacked and those
even in countries which are at
tacking.
Axis Fires On
Plane Bearing
Gen, Brett, USA
CAIRO. Dec. 1 bPt — The air
plane in which was borne Major
Gen r ! George Brett. Chi f of
the U. S. Army Air-Corps, was fir
ed on by an Axis destroyer as it
crossed the Mediterranean Satur
day, the General himself disclos
e;l tonight. He flew here from
England 'to speed the U. S. p ane
delivery to British forces in the
Middle East. He said the plane
was not hit, the pilot dipped to
within a few feet of the water.
British Lose
20 Planes In
Raids Germany
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LONDON, Dec. 1 //Pi — Docks
and shipyards at Hamburg were
blasted with 150 tons of bombs
dropped in bright moonlight by
the RAF last night. Emden. Bro
merhaven, Wilhelmshaven, Kiel,
Lubeck and all northwestern Ger
many was also attacked, the
British said, but it was admitted,
the night’s raid, the first big one
since early November cost 20
British p’anes. The air ministry
said great fires were set and
burning in Hamburg.
British Sink
Enemy Ships
Enroute Arctic
LONDON. Nov. 29 (/P) — Two
British subs sunk at least eight
Axis transports and supply ships
carrying reinforcement and ma
terials to German and Finnish
forces on the Murmansk front in
the Arctic. The Admiralty stated
that two ships sunk were known
to have been transports.
A communique said five other
vessels were damaged by tor
pedoes and gunfire, four of them
“so seriously that their destruc
tion was considered probable.”
(The Axis reinforcements were
apparently enroute to Petsamo,
Finnish port west of Murmansk.
The Russians still hold Mur
mansk which is ice-free.)
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Japanese Envoys Confer With Hull
On Subordinate Questions--Reply
State Dept. Document Is Expected
WASHINGTON, Die. 1 i/Pi -
Japan's envoys talked tor more
then an hour with Secretary of
Slate Hull 1 ul brought no reply
to their government documents
handed tli m last week, for re
st.!' ug and clarifying the Ameri
can position in the far eastern
c. sis. It wa. learned that today’s
conversation concerned nly sub
oid in ate questions with no fur
ther d:scu.si:n atirang d sc far.
Ambassador N > m u r a looked
grave when he and special en
Kurusu en.ered Hull's of
fice.
When a reporter asked him,
v h. 'i- r there was still a wide
j ■» !m tween American and Jap
relations, he replied “I be
lieve it must be wise statesman
p to s y nothing." Kurusu,
when asked whether he end No
mura planned to see Hull again.
s.:id “Yes, we were instructed to
hat effect by our government.’'
While the Japanese and Hu 1
w ?re c iferring. President Roose
velt :viur:'i d to the capital from
W tm Springs, hcv'ng cut short
h - be fd Thanksgiving holi
d iv t i he cn h :: J f r d velop
i'.' nt in. th.:• far rastnrn crisis. He
arrange :1 to see Hull soon after
the J. : nose .left the State De
part nt -
State Department officials said
the Japanese reply to a docu
m. nt which Hull handed to the
env ys is expected soon.
Hew v: r. B tavia, Nether
lands East Indies, army air force
was ord. red mobilized under a
> e, explained officially as
■’based i n necessity, under pre
• .-nt circumstances. to render
completely ready, the military
air force, which must he able to
fight in the front line.” The de
cree cal’ed to active service all
r.officers, n-ilifiarrrn and
the air force as well as radio op
erators and engineers.
Nazis Attempt
Negotiate Sino
Japanese Peace
MAN IT-A. Nov. 2!) </Pi — Nazi
agon's in the Far East ore mak
ing a d ‘ermined effort to bring
about a negotiated peace be
tween J ’pan and China. Quarters
close y connected with Japan’s
put pet 1 'gime in Nanking dis
closed that it would release J?io
forces for a thrust in other di
rection in the Orient. Authoriz
ed Ci i1 -i sources said any less
ening of aid to China might force
Chungking to accept the peace
terms.
' eaves CantcMeJ
At Singapore
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SINCAPORE, Nov. 29 A—AH'
troop leaves at this big British i
”'r F -jtern • tronghold wore cor I
celled :.s a ‘“normal precaution
dry m in view of the Pt.-cifi ■ i
situation," it was announced to-!
night.
SENATOR AI.VA ADAMS DIES
WASHINGTON, Dee 1 r.Pi _!
A h art ailment caused the death ,
of Senator Alva Adams of Colo-:
redo, aged 66, shortly before 4
a,m. He had been confined to bed
since suffering a heart attack
Tuesday n.ght.
Teams Selected
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Day Bow! Games
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NF'V YORK, D -. 1 <(P)
T u.-h-ci >w- - copse us elevens
v.- r pro ’ minate in the selec
1 for tl ■ various New
D v bow’ games. Only
Or -- n Stele. Rose Bowl host,
nli si d, a* a d tensive unit, al
*hough Missouri's number one
Fug ;• B-’.vI line hasn’t yielded
a * 1 vn all season.
O • • n S‘ate needed 20 hours
of n before se’ecting
Dube. un'-eaten and powerful
no igl: t > c( 11. ft 311.9 games, as
i:s J mu rv 1-t guest at Pasa
dena.. Simultaneously with the
Miss- uri peg'-ptanee of the Su
gar Bowl, officials named the
Ford-ham T gers as their foe in
he New Orleans classic. The
Georgia Bulldogs selected, as a
uhern choice for the Orange
a 1. the Texas Longhorns, as
their opnnnents.
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FAIRBANKS, Nov 23 l/Th —
'Viih 5 bullet holt - in his body
ear the hip and t r.e bullet still
here, Gregory Tnrroff was rush
tl by plane tu the F - .-b.uiks ho-s
)ital today from Flat, Alaska.
Deputy U. S. Marshal John J
'lucklev said he was informed
‘hat Gregory was shot following
in a'tercati. n wi h his partner,
V: Iter Sokow, over payment of
hills. Both are wealthy mining
opera! rs of Fla’ The doctor
- d Tomoflfs condition is no£
serious.
Ti-rnofT was conveyed 3 miles
by truck to take the plane at
Flat.
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250,000th Thompson submachine gun produced by the Auto Ordnance Co. of Bridgeport. Conn.. J.
Bussell Maguire vlefi), company president, examines experimental model of a new 7* j-pound 9 mm.
submachine gun suitable for use against parachute troops. It can fire 800 bullets a minute.