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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 44. No. 139. NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY. OCT. 16. 1942. P*r Copy is*
Battle Raging Control Guadalcanal
Army Lands on Another Island Western Aleutians
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American and Jap Forces Struggle
For Control Pivotal Guadalcanal
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (/P) — The struggle for
control of the southwest Pacific see-sawed in thunder
ous spurts around the Solomons as strengthened Am
erican and Jap forces strove desperately for knock-out
blows. Stepped-up aerial and naval action through
the whole battle-inflamed areaa bolstered the liklihood
that a showdown is near at hand, for possession of the
pivotal Guadalcanal island. Within' the last 24 hours,
the Navy reported last night, Jap bombers blasted
at the living field, following up the earlier bombard
ment from the sea by an enemy armada that included
^ battleships, cruisers and destroyers. Near Savo island,
scene of the recent Jap-American naval battles, at the
approaches to the enemv-held northern portion of
Guadalcanal, a strong Nipponese fleet is operating.
The Navy said a Jap naval vessel, believed to be a
submarine, also shelled Espiritu Santo island on the
night of October 14h. It is the site of an American
air base, 450 miles southeast of Guadalcanal.
Showdown Battle Solomons Develops
With Third Jap Attempt at Landing
UNDATED, Oct. 15 (/P) — A showdown battle for
control of the Solomons is apparently developing as
U. S. Marines set their guns against Jap sea-borne re
inforcements, newly landed on the north shore of Guad
alcanal. It is the third and presumably the biggest Jap
attempt to recapture the prized Guadalcanal air base
at the lower end of the 900-mile-long south seas archi
pelago which the Americans seized in the counter
offensive of August 7.
A Navy communique disclosed that a new enemy
contingent landed on the island early today, Solomon
time, under cover of warships. The Navy’s announce
ment said the landing was preceeded by bombardment
of the air field and shore installations but didn’t re
p. veal whether the enemy fleet was engaged by Ameri
can warships, which only last Sunday routed a similar
landing attempt after smashing eight Jap ships. Naval
observers said the fact that the enemy transports were
protected by warships undoubtedly meant that the
Japs also landed artillery. Lack of big guns was re
ported as one of the main weaknesses in attempting to
retake these islands.
The newest Jap thrust followed swiftly on the
heels of the Navy announcement that American Marin
es, in a two-day offensive, enlarged gains and inflicted
heavy losses on the enemy. So far, according to official
figures, Jap losses in the two-months-old Solomons
campaign, totalled 8 ships sunk, 3 probably sunk and
37 damaged, compared to American losses of 7 ships
sunk.
RUSSIAN HITS
U. S. LUXURIES
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^ CHICAGO. Oct. — So-called
“American Luxury Living” was
criticized by Russian naval at
tache Ivan Yegorchev.
Captain Yegorichev spoke be
fore the Russian Fair held in
Chicago, emphasizing that his
statements were not necessarily
indicative of Russian government
sentiment. He urged that Ameri
cans dispense with all luxuries in
aiding the war effort.
The attache expressed the opin
ion that Americans had no under
standing of the seriousness of the
emergency. Captain Yegorichev
suggested the most helpful step
in the right direction would be
the adoption of the Russian and
British method of personal
wealth confiscation.
He declared the proposed sec
ond front is being eagerly await
ed by his goevrnment. Said he:
“The Russian people expect
the Allies will open a second
front and they arc waiting for it.
Russia needs everything right
now in the way of supplies.’
Willkie Is
For All
Out Punch
Wendell L. Willkie, personal
representative of President Roose
velt, on a tour of various nations
called upon the United Nations
to give an "all-out armed offen
sive everywhere.”
Willkie said he expected to
dedicate his life to urging a post
war program for a world "where
all men can be free and have
governments of their own choos
ing.”
In a statement regarding his
tour of 13 Nations, Willkie said:
"It is my personal opinion the
time has come for an all-out
armed offensive. We are ready to
deliver some knockout punches
if I can believe what I have
seen with my own eyes.”
At the press conference, Will
kie said: "The statement I have
issued is my own, my own per
| sonal statement.”
Morgenthau In
Arrives London
Sees \\ inant
London. Oct. 16 (/P) —
Henry Morganthau, Jr.. U.
S. Secretary of the Trea
sury arrived by plane yes
terday. the first U. S. cab
inet member to come here
since the start of the war.
The purpose of his trip,
was not known. He went to
a hotel and conferred with
Ambassador Winant.
Stalingrad De
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fenders Retreat
To New Positions
Moscow, Oct. 16 (/l3)—The
defenders of Stalingrad re-;
treated to new positions un j
der cover of early morning
darkness and with their
backs to the broad Volga,
are reported making a new'
| stubborn stand against aj
desperate German effort to
hack a path to the river.
Two infantry divisions,
paced by a hundred tanks
and supported by 500 plan
es, formed the spearhead
for the advance.
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Tutor of Japan
Dies at Age 73
GLASGOW, Scotland — Proles
sor Percy Hillhouse, noted naval;
architect credited with teaching
the Japanese how to build battle
ships, died at the age of 73
He was the first European pro
fessor of naval architecture at
the Imperial University at Tok i
yo, and designed a number of
warships which took part in the
Russo-Japanese war of 1905
Ford’s Grandson
Inducted in Army
j
KALAMAZOO, Mich., Oct
i Motor scion Edsel Ford was in
ducted into the army as volun
teer private with special War De
partment permission.
Ford needed the special permit
because of defective vision in
1 one eye. He is th son of motor
magnate Edsel Ford and grand
; son of Henry Ford
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Increased Births j
Credited to War
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WASHINGTON — War is giv- j
i en the major credit by the cen-1
sus bureau for a population in
crease of 1,032,000 in 1941, boost
ing hhe nation's estimated popula
tion as of Jan. 1 to 133,965,000
Births in 1941 rose to 2,728,000 \
which is about 408,000 more than 1
| the ten years’ average
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\ iolent Disorders
Break Out In
Occupied Frame
Bern, Switzerland, Oct.
Hi (/P) — Violent disorders
have broken out in the oc
cupied zone of France, as
the Nazis increased pres
sure to get French workers
to go to Germany. Dis
patches to the Swiss press
reported that Lyon, Cham
bery and Annecy were
mentioned as trouble cen
ters. One dispatch said
“It is known violent out
breaks occurred and public
forces ahd to intervene
when blo^d flowed.”
Seamen Tell How
Convoy Move Into
Aleutian Islands
Two members of the crew of
an American tug which towed a
4-masted schooner full of troops
in the convoy which moved out
into the mid-Aleutians lte in Aug
ust as the Alaska forces launched
heir offensive aaginst the Japs in
the Aleutians, were in Juneau
recently, after spending three
months in operations to the West
ward.
The story of the convoy’s trip,
one of the largest ever assembled
in the North Pacific, was releas
ed by officials Monday for pub
lication and was reported by Al
aska Associated Press correspond
ent William Worden.
The tug crew members were
busy getting acquainted with civ
ilization in Juneau, awaiting or
ders. They said they have been
serving in the fog-shrouded Aleu
tian area since June without pay
but were all set to go back again.
No Opposition
Their story bore out the ac
count released by military offic
ials. They said that the convoy
assembled at a secret rendezvous
and proceeded to its oqually-sec
ret new base in the Aleutians
wuthout catching a glimpse of a
Jap plane. The new base was
occupied without opposition.
See Jap Subs
The men also know the story
behind the dramatic capture of
five Japs, but the story hasn't
been released for publication as
yet.
The boat which their tug tow
ed in the convoy was an old cod
fish schooner and offered easy
prey for a wandering Jap plane
or a roving sub.
The men told of seeing Jap
subs during the three months
spent to the estward and said a
favorite Jap triok when the sub
was attacked by our airmen was
to dive under the nearest Am
erican boat to hinder the airmen
in dropping their depth bombs.
Some of the Japs didnt get
away, however. One, which the
American seamen called the Leap
ing Lena, got its name after an
American bomb cracked its plat
es so that it couldn’t crash dive.
American airmen chased it for 70
miles while it leaped under and
out of the water like a porpoise.
It is now the late Leaping Lena.
•SOURDOUGH”
STATIONERY
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American Troops Take Over Another
Island Andreanof Group in Aleutians
Kncnunter No Resistance In Making Landing — No
Casualties — One Jap plane Drops Two Bombs
Headquarters Alaska Defense Command. Oct. 16 (/P)
— The ADC disclosed that American troops have taken
over another island in the Andreanof group of the Al
eutians, in a routine operation. A Jap plane appeared
for a short time and dropped two bombs on the new
encampment. The troops encountered no resistance
and no difficulty in making the new landing and suf
fered no casualties. After taking over the island, the
Jap plane dropped two bombs, far from the target,
and hurried away.
The Navy announced on October third that Army
troops and air forces, supported by naval units, moved
into advanced bases in the mid-Aleutians. There was
no indication as to the location of the new base.
Army Bombers Drop Six Tons
Bombs On Kiska Wednesday
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (/P) — An air attack Wed
nesday on the Jap camp at Kiska started many large
fires and destroyed three enemy seaplanes on the wa
er, the Navy reported. Army “Liberator” hrvr 'jprs, ac
companied by twin-engined “Lightning” fighters, straf
ed and destroyed the Jap seaplanes. No enemy air op
position was encountered, but one Army fighter was
lost on October 11th.
Army long-range bombers dropped six tons of dem
olition bombs on the Kiska camp but results were not
observed. The raiders, on Wednesday, saw three beach
ed and two sunken ships at Kiska. the result of pre
vious bombings.
Battle of Stalingrad Deadlocked
Comparatively Small Seale Actions
MOSCOW, Oct. 15 (/P) — The battle of Stalingrad
is deadlocked with comparatively small scale actions,
and every probing thrust by German tanks and infan
try are reported repulsed by the Red Army lines which
remained stable. The Germans buried additional men,
on the approaches to the workers’ settlement, one of
Stalingrad’s northwestern suburbs, who had fallen in
assaults which failed to reach the factories forming the
backbone of the defense.
Although the invaders are using far smaller forces
than employed in the earlier Stalingrad offensive, the
Red Star said they concentrated a considerable group
of infantry and tanks in an effort to occupy a northern
quarter. A noon communique said attacks by Nazi ar
mored and infantry forces were turned back by Rus
sian artillery fire which wiped out parts of two Ger
man battalions.
Willkie Asserts Needless Delay
In Opening of Second Front
Has Own Ideas Where Second Front Should be Opened
But He Kept It To Himself
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (/P) —Delayed—Back from
his globe-circling tour, Wendell L. Willkie conferred
with the President and emerged from the Whitehouse
still sticking to his stand that there’d been needless
delay in opening a second front, although he said, in
his judgement, “Germany will never conquer Russia.”
He hammered away again on the second front
theme in a session with reporters. He said he based
his appeal for a second front on analysis of recom
mendations of military leaders of Britain, Russia,
China and the United States. He told reporters he had
considerable experience in judging recommendations
of technical experts and said he had his own ideas
on where a second front should be opened, but he kept
[ it to himself.