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VOL. 43. No. 115. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOV. 28, 1941 Pe-Copy iu
v U. S. Not to Compromise with Japan
Abandons “Compulsory" Anti-Strike Legislation
Russians Admit Grave Threat To
Moscow, Frontal Assault - African
Rattle Marked by lime Losses
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UNDATED, Nov. 28 {&)— Rus
sia's Red armies acknowledged a
grave new threat to Moscow, as
on the north African front, the
British reported that Imperial
mechanized columns are “forg
ing their way westward” from
the Rrzegh bat le zone south of
Tcbruk.
Soviet dispatches acknowledg-j
ed ‘.hat German troops are smash
ing at the center of Moscow’s de
fense arc, at Mozhaisk only 36.
miles from the capital. This is'
the closest approach to Moscow
or, the front from due west, so
far admitted by the Russians.
On the north, the Vichy radio
► reported several days ago, that
the Nazis were within 16 miles of
the capital.
Ln the south, the Russians said
Nazi troops are attempting to en
circle the key munitions center
of Tula, a hundred miles below
M )scow, where heavy German
artillery and trench mortars
bombarded the town and a near
by vil age identified only as N,
which was said to have fallen to
the invaders.
The battle of North Africa con
tinued to rage in unabated fury,
marked by heavy losses on both
sides. The British spokesman
said nearly an entire Italian Bo
logna division, of about 15,000
troops, was wiped out. He said
the junction between the main,
British armies and the Tobruk
garrison is now “completed.”
E% A Cairo eomunique said that
British and New Zealand troops
yesterday “made direct contact”
southeast of Tobruk and are slow
ly beating the Germans and It
alians back. The drive is appar
ently aimed at extending ccm
munciations and supply lines
through Tobruk itself.
No Change In
Income Taxes
This Year
WASHINGTON, Nov, 27 (ZP) _
S cretary of the Treasury Mor
g nthau said the Treasury want
ed no change of income taxes
o:i this year's income, either of
individuals or corporations. He
dec ined, however, to give any de
tals on the tentative Treasury
proposals foi next year.
Messersmith Is
New Ambassador i
To Mexico
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 <ZP>— j
George Messersmith now ambas-.
ador to Cuba, was nominated by [
President Roosevelt, as ambassa
dor to Mexico. Messersmith, a
career diplomat, will succeed
Josephus Daniels, who recently;
resigned because his wife is in j
ill health.
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Tobruk Garrison
Breaks Through
\\is Encirclement
Seven Months Under Siege
UNDATED. Nov. 27 P - Tob
ruk gardfon, a cocdomerafe oif
British Imcerial trr. p- their
Po’ish 3rd Czech allies fulfilled
its mission as a flank threat to
the Axis in Libya by striking
through to a junction with the
main Brhish offensive. The Brit
ish command said this:
Seven months under Gcrnvrm
and Italian fire. t'he Tobrulk
force came out of its shell of
bombarded fortifications on Nov
ember 1.8th when the main Brit
ish drive was Lurched. The Ger
mans and Italians sought to con
tain the garrison but pointed by
tank.- •brv. jjht by s' a, the begg
ed men of Tobruk thrust relent
lessly through land mine belts
and siege entrenchments to cap
ture Duda yesterday.
A juncture with New Zealand
ers was effected there early to
day. This was achieved after the
New, Zealanders recaptured Re
zegh Tuesday night. According
to a eon munique. thus, in the
most critical battle of the offen
sive, Rezegh was taken, lost, and
retaken, in a maestrom of des
ert combat.
The British aekncwh dtyed that
the Axis force which thrust ac
ross the Egyptian frontier in the
vicinity of Sid: Omar is still op
erating on Egyptian soil and lias
broken into seven raiding part
ies behind 'the lines for harass
ment.
The German armies on the Mos
cow front reported fresh threats
to Moscow. The situation of the
Red army is said to have been
“aggravated" in the past twenty
four hours in 'the Volakolamsik
sector, 65 miles northwest of Mos
cow.
The newspaper Izvestia said the
Germans have thrown in huge
forces in an attempt to build up
numerical superiority in their
many-pointed offensive on Mos
cow. The Germans are attempt
ing both a frontal assault and en
circlement.
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t. S. Government Rules Out
Possibility of Compromise With
Japan on China-Far East Issue
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 i.-I’i -
The American government, it
was learned from best available
sources in Washington, will rule
out any possibility of a com
promise with Japan on the Chin
ese issue and raised the possib
ility that American merchant
ships in the Pacific may be arm,
ed.
Whi'e it was reported on the
highest authority, that negotia-i
tin? looking toward peace in the
Pacific and Far East, have not
broken down, the U. S. viewed
the present situation as extreme
ly serious.
An official White House an
nouncement concerning mer
chantmen said these vessels, sail
ing Pacific routes will “not be
armed under existing circum
stances. When the President was
asked rs a press conference how
long he though those circumstanc!
es wou d prevail, he said he
hough the question might be
a 'ted of Tokyo.
Asked also whether he had any
thin4 he might say on the nego
..i t ots with Japan’s envoys in
' country, lie replied that he
>ughi he lucl better not. yet.
Me < needed that news of the
it ions is !i. ed largely on
d. patched from Toky . and do
l'd that the reason for this
v - the American policy is of in-,
fi 1: patience.
I was learned from best au
' i y that the current situation
i:i the Far East is regarded as'
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d sit.-s that there be peace in the
P e.:1c, is taking no steps which
'id a iter the prospects of
peace.
Re ports of unabated Japanese
i.itary activity near the border
of Thailand brought new concern
to the capital.
Abandon Corn
Strike Legislation
Committee Approves Seizure
Strike-Bound Defense Plants
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (/Pt —
The House Labor Committee
abandoned, lat least temporar
ily, the idea of compulsory, as
part of the proposed legislation
to end defense strikes.
As the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee approved the measure to
permit seizure of strikebound
defense plants, the Senate Labor
Committee, also rushing work on
anti-strike legislation, was told
by Senator Herring of a proposal
he Ls sponsoring, to make it a
crme to call a defense strike un
less approved by D:rector of De
fense Production Knudsen.
The decision of the House
group to drop compulsory arbi
tration proposals was made at
the direct request of the admin
istration, members said.
WEATHER FORCAST
Cloudy with intermittent light
snow tonight and Saturday. East
to southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
Slightly warmer Saturday.
Confer With Jap
Envoys Yesterday
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 </Pi
President Roosevelt, Secretary
Hull, and the Japanese envoys
meet this afternoon as an after
nn?.‘'h of Hull’s step last night of
putting the issue of peace or war
in the Pacific squarely up to the
Japanese government.
Special importance is attached
is attached to the White House
in view of the State Department
announcement that basic Ameri
can proposal for adjusting the
'ong-s‘anding problems with Jap
an, were handed to Admiral No
mura and special envoy Kuiu-u.
The White House would give no
details or the reasons underlying
today’s conference.
Reports reaching authoritative
Washington quarters indicate
that Japan is rapidly strengthen
ing her force? in French Indo-|
China during the past week. Re-,
ports mentioned not only large j
troop transports in northern and
southern Indo-China but also |
arge shipments of war materials |
of all kinds including aviation I
gasoline. Some reports held out
the possibility of a Japanese
thrust, perhaps at Thailand, with |
in the next few days.
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FAR FAST C I T Y—Important to Russia Is Vladivostok
(above), trans-Siberian railroad terminus and good harbor city.
Its on the Sea of Japan where a Japanese steamer, Kehi Mara,
recently sank—due, said the Japanese, to a floating Russian mine.
Lindbergh May
Run for Senate
NEW ORLEANS. La., Nov. —
Gov. Harold Stasseri of Minneso
ta predicted that Charles Lind
bergh would run for the United
States Senate from Minnesota.
The governor was in New Or
leans for a defense parley,
Stassen said that he thought
Political Writ -r Joe Da l. appoint
ed to the Senate by the governor,
would defeat Lindbergh in the
1!M2 elections. Ball was named to
fill the unexpired term of the
late Senat >r Ernest Lundeen.
PHILIPPINES HAVE
80,(TO SOLDIERS
MANILA. P. I.. Nov. — Twen
ty thousand additional soldiers;
of the Philippine Commonwealth j
were incorporated into the Unit-;
ed States Army.
U. S. Secures
Bauxite Ore
From Argentina
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BUENOS AIRES. Nov. 27
A three-year agreement under
which Argentina will sell her en
tire production of tungsten to the
United States was concluded. Au
thorized sources said the agreed
price was $21 a ton foT the tung
sten ore, most of which comes
from China, which has been sell
ing for $24 to $2G a ton in New
York. Tungsten is essential in the
production of steels used in the
manufacture of munitions.
A total f 80,000 American and
F.lipino soldiers are now muster
ed in and fully equipped in the
Commonwealth under the com
mand of Gen. Douglas MacAr
thur.
S W INCEO BATTLESHIP LAUNCHE D—The world's largest flying boat, the Mars, rides the water after launching at the Glenn L. h.a .«
plant In Baltimore. The 140.000-pound bomber, equipped for substratosphere flight, could fly nonstop to Europe and back. Inside space about equals that of a lo-roon> house.