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VOL. 44. No. 92. NOME. ALASKA. FRIDAY. JULY 10. 1942 Per Copy 154
Russians Torpedo Nazi Battleship
U. S. Sub Torpedoes 5th Jap Destroyer at Kiska
Russians Report Sub Torpedoed Nazi
Admiral von Tirpitz In Barents Sea
MOSCOW, July 9 (AP) — The powerful new Ger
man battleship Admiral von Tirpitz, now on the loose
again from her Norwegian Fjords refuge and ranging
the United States and British supply route to north
ern Russia, has been torpedoed twice and seriously
damaged by a Russian submarine. A Russian commun
ique announced that the 35.000-ton battleship, pride
of the Nazi fleet and sister ship of the Bismark which
the British navy harried to her doom, was hit bv two
torpedoes in the Barents Sea. Russians in the same
waters sank a German transport and damaged another.
The Tirpitz was attacked in the general area where
the Germans claimed Tuesday and Wednesday to have
-sunk 32 vessels and a heavy United States cruiser out
of a 38-ship convoy carrying supplies and war mat
erials to Russia.
DENY REPORT VON TIRPITZ ATACKED
BFiRLIN, July 9 (AP)—The High Command denied
the Russian report that Germany’s biggest battleship,
the Admiral von Tirpitz, was attacked and damaged
by a Russian sub.
NAZIS CLAIM SINK 35 OF 38-SHIP CONVOY
BERLIN, July 10 (AP) — German military quar
ters reported that Nazi subs and warplanes sunk 3
more ships in attacks on a big British-American con
voy enroute to Archangel. “Thus 35 ships have been
sunk out of a convoy which originally had 38 ships.”
Mightiest German Offensive In 1942
Fails Gain Foothold East Don River
MOSCOW, July 9 (AP) — Germany’s mightiest
offensive in 1942 failed thus far to gain any broad foot
hold east of the Don river barrier, and Red Armv
counter attacks on the flanks endangered the Nazi drive
west of the river, battlefront dispatches reported. With
massed tanks and an infantry force added to heavily
with Rumanians, Hungarians and Slovaks for numer
ical superiority, the Germans are reported still forc
ing crossings in small groups in an effort to regain foot
holds where an earlier bridgehead was smashed. Some
of these, the Russians said, weer wiped out but others of
Axis advance forces are holding on grimly in the face
of intense artillery and machine gun fire.
Russian dispatches said, as a result of tank-led Rus
sian counter blows, which recaptured several com
munities on the flanks of the Nazi wedge west of the
river, the Germans were forced to divert large forces
from their drive on Voronezh,
20 Men Located, of 70
Trapped Wi Miles Down
In Mine Blast and Fire
Morgantown, W. Va., July
10 (AP) — Rescue work
ers located the bodies of
20 men from the Pursglove
Mine explosion and fire,
which trapped two crews,
4 and one-half miles inside
the workings. The com
pany said there were 70
men in the mine at the
time of the blast.
Allies Bomb Japanese
Barracks at Bali and Score
Number of Direct Hits
MacArthur’s Headquarters in
Australia, July 9 {&) ,— Allied
fliers bombed Japanese barracks
at Bali, capital of Portuguese
Timor Thursday and scored dir
ect hits on a number of budd
ings, Allied headquarters an
nounced. Timor lies northwest of
Australia, off the northeast coast.
Both enemy and Allied activity
■was limited to reconnaissance.
Hitler Yields to High Com
mand Restore Brauchitsch
As Commander-in-Chief
LONDON, July 9 <7P) — The
Stockholm correspondent of th*
Daily Mail reported today that
Adol Hitler who last December
assumed the military leadership
of the German armies, yielded to
the demands of his High Com
mand and restored Field Mar
shall Walter von Brauchitsch as
commander-in-chief.
CARY GRANT WEDS
BARBARA HUTTON
Lake Arrowhead, July 9
(AP) — British-born Cary
Grant, one of Hollywood’s
most eligible bachelors, &
Barbara Hutton, blonde
and one-time “poor little
rich girl,” were married in
a quiet ceremony, witness
ed only by a few close
friends. The bride was for
merly the wife of Danish
Count Haugwitz - Revent
low.
German Forces
Bite Into Defenses
Of \oronezh
Moscow, July 10 (AP) —
German tank forces, which
mossed the upper Don riv
er. bit nto Soviet defenses
before Voronezh, and p
hundred miles to the south
i sec nd furious battle rag
'd in full force at the ap
proaches to Rossosh where
reinforced German troops
have driven a new salient,
t:>0 miles into the Russian
line.
The Red Star, organ of
4he Soviet army said condi
'ions west of Voronezh are
lecommg “more eomplicat
ed," and those near Ross
osh are “very difficult.”
Combat is close to the city
hut an important Red
Army counter attack, how
ever, is reported threaten
ing the German flank, in
an effort to relieve the pres
sure on Voronezh.
Disagreement Holds Up
Amendment Organic Act
WASHINGTON, July ft (VP) —
The House disagreed on the Sen
ate. amendment on bill by Del
egate Dimond amending the Or
ganic Act of the Territory. They
sent the measure into conference
to iron out the difference.
The measure provides for an
increased Legislature of 1G Sen
ators and 24 representatives. The
Senate amendment made the act
effective immediately. Dimond
said such an amendment will re
quire special elections, as the
candidates have already filed for
office. He urged that the bill not
be made effective until the next
territorial election. He said he
expected the Senate to agree to
the proposal when the situation
was explained to it.
New Purchasing
Office Set Up
For W ar Metals
According to an agreement
signed July l, the Metals Reserve
Company of the Federal govern
ment has, at the instance of Jon
athan Garst of the War Produc
tion Board, accepted a proposal
made by Territorial Commission
er of Mines B. D Stewart,
whereby strategic metals may be
purchased outright by Stewart
for the government.
Through this plan, Territorial
assay offices at Ketchikan, Fair
banks. _ Anchorage and Nome
will be designated as purchase
depotsfor the acquisition in lots
of one flask or more, and ores
and concentrates of antimony,
tungsten and tin in Lots of one
ton or more.
The Metals Reserve Company
has named Stewart their purchas
ing agent and will provide at
Juneau a replenishable furtd
from which payment will be
made for delivered ores, concen
trate and guioksilver metal, bas
ed on weights and grades deter
mined by the Territorial assay
ers, and according to a price
Report Axis
Reinforcing
Rommel’s Armies
Cairo, July 10 (AP) —
British mobile columns
southwest of El Alamein.
squeezed Rommel’s armor
ed right Hank back toward
the sea while U. S. bomb
ers and British submarines
sought to cut the Mediter
ranean supply line.
An admiralty communi
que from London credited
a submarine with sinking
one merchant ship in a
strongly guarded Axis con
voy bound for Libya, and
sending a naval auxiliary
to the bottom. ,
A British broadcast quot
ed Ankara reports that the
Axis is moving reinforce
ments from the Balkans to
North Africa, pulling Ger
man troops out of Yugo
slavia and even Crete to
strengthen Rommel.
STRONG FORCE RAF
HIT YVILHELMSHAVEN
London. July 9 (AP) —A
strong force of RAP bomb
ers attacked Wilhelmshav
en German naval base &
sub building center, last
night, in the first attack on
Germany since the night
of July 2. The air ministry
announced that four bomb
ers are missing, and added
that fighter command air
craft, at the same time, at
tacked enemy airdromes
and other objective in oc
cupied France. The raid on
Germany followed 5 nights
of bad weather.
FUEHRER OF U S. BUND
GERHARD KUNZE, IS
HELD BY THE FBI
NEW HAVEN. Conn., July —
Tall dark acting- “Fuehrer" of
the German American Bund, Ger
hard Wilhelm Kunze, whom the
Hartford Federal Grand Jury
charges plotted to aid Germany
and Japan, furnishing them with
United States military informa
tion, is being held by FBI of
ficials, it is said, in a Mexican
jail.
The arrest of Kunze, self-de
scribed “third generation Am
erican aiming at the establish
ment of a white man’s United
States," was disclosed here and
in Washington by the FBI. who
said that certain attempts will
be made to return him to the
police of Mexico City.
It was said here he was ar
rested at a small coastal town
near Vera Cruz, where two Mex
ican tankers were torpedoed last
week.
schedule that substantially ab
sorbs freight charges to the Stat
es and relieves Alaskan operat
ors of shipping and marketing
problems.
Detailed schedules of grade re
quirements and prices will be an
nounced by Stewart in the near
future.
Navy Announces Sul) Torpedoes 5th
Jap Destroyer In V icinity of Kiska
WASHINGTON, July 9 — The Navy announced
that a U. S. sub torpedoed and believed sunk a Jap
destroyer in the vicinity of Kiska Island on July 5th.
The Navy said this is the fifth enemy destroyer be
lieved sunk or damaged by U. S. subs in this area in
the two-dav period. July 4th and 5th. Low visibility
continued in the Aleutians, the Navy added.
Previously the Japs were reported to have lost 5
ships sunk and 9 damaged in the invasion of the west
ern Aleutians.
President Vttempts Persuade Congress
End Deadlock over Agriculture Dept,
WASHINGTON, July 9 (AP) — President Roose
velt made another attempt to persuade Congress to
break the long deadlock over Agriculture Department
operations, declaring “Our war needs don’t permit
compromise or partisan discord.’’ The issue, in mat
ters of disagreement between the House and Senate,
he said in a statement, is that there be “more abun
dant production of the things we need.” He added,
“We can’t afford to cripple any part of our productive
effort with unnecessary shackles.”
The statement was accompanied by his signature
on the stop gap bill to supply funds for the depart
ment for the month of July. Congress is still wrangel
ing over the Department’s full year appropriation.
Main points of the disagreement are questions of sell
ing wheat at sub-parity prices, livestock feeding, and
the size of the appropriation for the Farm Security
Administration.
British Assault
Axis Desert Forces
Despite Storms
Cairo, July 9 (AP)— Brit
ish fighters and bombers in
day long assaults, despite
dust storms, smashed at
Axis vehicles and landing
grounds in the western de
sert after a sharp night
raid by ground troops who
destroyed a number of Ger
man cannon and killed and
captured some of the en
emy.
A communique reported
that British planes concen
j trated particularly on the
southern sector, 70 miles
west of Alexandria, where
Rommel had folded back
his line to avoid being out
flanked.
IIARRY HOPKINS BE
MARRIED AT WHITE
HOUSE ON JULY 30
WASHINGTON. July — Roose
velt said that Harry Hopkins and
his bride-to-be, Mrs. Louise
Macky, New York socialite will
be married at the White House
on July 30.
The First Lady made her state
ment as the President’s special
aide and close personal friend
and adviser held a news confer
ence. The 51-year-oJd Hopkins
and the pretty, 36-year-old Mrs.
Macky happily revealed their
plans — which include living at
the executive mansion, where
Hopkins now resides.
The wedding will be Hopkins
third. He has been once a widow
er and once divorced Mrs.
Macky is a divorcee.
I. S. Planes Attack
Japs At Hankow
In Bad Weather
Chungking, July 9 (AP)
— Braving adverse wea
ther, American bombing
planes made another dam
aging attack on Hankow,
Japan’s main base in inter
ior China, Monday, Lieut.
Gen. Stilwell’s headquar
ters announced. Oil stor
age wharves were raided
and eight fires left burning
in the target area of the
great city on the Yangtze
river, a communique said,
and added, in the attack on
Hankow on July 2, bomb
ers damaged wharves and
warehouses and probably
damaged enemy shipping.
FORMAL CHARGES OF
VIOLATION WAR LAWS
FILED AGAINST EIGHT
WASHINGTON, July — Four
formal charges including a viola
tion of the laws of war, two ar
ticles of Conspiracy, have been
filed against the eight alleged
Nazi saboteurs arrested after hav
ing landed from German sub
marines recently on the F.uat
Coast and Florida.
The defendants are facing a
possible death sentence. They
will be tried before a military
commission appointed by Presi
dential Order last week, includ
ing seven Army Generals.
The trial will begin this week.
Charges and specifications ag
ainst the spies are made public
by the Attorney General and the
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