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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 43. No. 70. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUG. 15, 1941. Per Copy 184
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points from Saigon and Tokyo, focal points in the far east as a
result of the Vichy government’s capitulation to the Japanese plan
of "Joint defense" of French fndo-China,
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Russian Armies Falling Back of
Dneipr River, Next Defense Line
No Indications Odessa Captured
UNDATED, Aug, 15 (A*)— Rus
sia’s armies are apparently fall-1
ing back beyond the Dniepr Riv
er, the next ^reat defense line in
the Ukraine, authoritative Lon
don quarters said, while on the
north, Soviet troops battled fierce
ly to check a three-way German
onslaught against Leningrad.
Soviet officials acknowledged
that Marshal Budyenny’s army
of the southwest abandoned the'
Bug river town of Peromaisk, 115
miles northwest of Nikolaev.
There are no indications that
Nazi columns are storming into
the rich grain and iron indust
rial provinces or had yet cap
tured either Odessa, Russia’s big
B ack Sea port, or the manufac
turing city of Nikolaev.
Italian military dispatches said
that Fascist troops entered the
fight on the southern front and
had made their first contact with|
the Russians’ encountering fur
ious resistance.
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Nazi Headquarters Picture Red
Armies Reeling In Retreat While
Reds Assert Offensive Crushed
UNDATED, Aug. 14 (VP) — Ad
olph Hitler’s field headquarters
issued a special communique re
porting that Nazi “schnell trup
pen,” speed troops, slashed south
ward across the heart of the Uk
raine, and captured the big min
ing center of Krivoi Rog, in the
southern Dnieper River basin,
about 80 miles from Dnepropet
rovsk.
While the Germans pictured
the Red Armies as reeling in re
treat, Soviet war dispatches re
ported that the German 39th tank
corps comprising 11 divisions and
about 165,000 men in 13 regi
ments, had been routed on the
west and southwest fronts, and
claimed that the third big Ger
man offensive was crushed. The
Soviet Army newspaper, the
Red Star, estimated that 21 other
Nazi divisions of about 310,000
troops suffered more than a 50
percent loss.
A special communique by the
German high command asserted
that Rumanian troops had en
circled the great Black Sea port
of Odessa and that German and
Hungarian forces surrounded the
shipbuilding towns of Nikolaev,
65 miles east of Odessa. “Strong
enemy formations are facing an
nihilation west of the River i|
Bug,” the Nazi high command
said.
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Roosevelt and Churchill, Meeting
At Sea, Join In Pledge Achieve
Final Destruction Nazi Tyranny
UNDATED. Aug 14 UPi— Presi j
dent Roosevelt and Prime Min
ister Churchill, dramatically
meeting somewhere at sea. join
ed in a pledge to achieve “the
final destruction of Nazi tyran
ny. and agreed on an eight-point
declaration of common national
aims after the war,” it was dis
closed.
Informed quarters in London,
commenting on the secret ren
dezvous. declared that the Unit
ed States is now enlisted in the
task of reconstruction of post
war Europe and in support of the
Russian and British cause on ev-;
ery front.
A Japanese diplomat in Lon
don said the omission of refer
ence to Japan in the eight-point
po'icy “implies that Japan was1
one of tlie main points of discus-1
sion.”
High ranking United States
and British military, naval and
air experts attended the confer
ence which was said to have
been during the last two or!
three days.
A synchronized London ac
count of the meeting said the
two leaders, in addition to ag
reeing on measures to stiffen the
war against Hitler, decided on
joint peace aims embodying dis- j
armament and post-war economic!
collaboration.
It was further disclosed that
Lord Beaverbrook. British minis
ter of Supply, attended the con
ference, and 'that he would ar
rive in the United States to dis
cuss “the whole problem of the
supply of munitions for the arm
ed forces of the United States
and for those countries active
ly engaged in resisting aggres
sion.”
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First Tanker
Aviation Gas
Enroute Russia ;
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 {JPt — j
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes an
nounced that the first shipment'
o£ aviation gasoline to Russia isj
aboard an American tanker and
would leave Los Angeleis today;
for Vladivostock.
Admiral Darlan
To Lead French
VICHY, Aug. 14 (/P) — Vice
Premier Jean Darlan in his new
role as minister of national de
fense told France’s land and sea
forces that he will lead them
along the road designated by
:hief of state Petain.
French Police Fire
On Demonstrators
VICHY, Aug. 14 l/P) — Paris
aewspapers disclosed that police
ired on demonstrators at Porte
St. Dennis, wounding some of
hem and that 16 others were ar
•ested.
U. S. to Improve
Harbor Facilities
[n Iceland
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 14
(P)—An agreement under which
Jnited States forces will under- ,
ake vast improvement and ex
ension of Iceland’s harbor facil
ties, was announced.
Defies Democracies
Disarm
UNDATED, Aug. 15 (/P) — Ger
many is thus far calm and said
to Britain and the United States:
“If the so-called democracies
want Germany to disarm, let!
them come and get our arms."
Authorized quarters in Berlin,
scoffing at the dramatic sea meet^
ing between President Roosevelt'
and Prime Minister Churchill 'as j
“a one hundred percent flop.” J
made this comment: “It would
be undignified ever to discuss
their eight-point program. We
know but one offensive, and that
is military.”
19 American Transatlantic Bomb
er Ferrv Pilots Killed In Week
Planes Crash on Take-Off For U.S*
LONDON, Aug. 15 (JP) —Twel
ve American fliers, enlisted in
the transatlantic bomber ferry
service, were killed in a take-off
crash in which 22 persons all
died, including Arthur Purvis,
chairman of the British supply
council in North America.
The crash followed an almost
identical ferry service accident,
Sunday, in which another 22 men
were killed, making the weeks’
total, 44 lives, including those of
19 Americans.
The big planes, which were tak
ing the Americans back to Am
erica so they could fly more
bombers to Britain, burst into
flames immediately on crashing.
Six Men Die In
Rock Slide Sitka
Defense Project
SITKA. Aug. 14 (JP) — Six men
were listed as probably dead to
night under a dock slide started
by a premature explosion at the
construction site of the United
States naval air base on Japonsk;
Island in Sitka harbor,
One man, H. W. Hagadorn, whd
was pinned under the rocks for
five and half hours, is expected
to recover. R. J. McClure is now
dead. Others listed as probably
dead are E. A. Burkley, C. R.
Best, E. R. Roser, C. D. Strode,
and R. Carlson, all employees of
the Seims-Drake Construction
Company.
Army Service
Extension Bill
Sent to President
WASHINGTON. Aug. 14 (/P) —
Final Senate approval sent to
President Roosevelt the legisla
tion extending the service per
iods for all army enlisted per
sonnel for 18 months. The mea
ure pass'd by a vote of 37 to 19.
Under the bill, all men who
had served 12 months would re
ceive a ten dollars monthly pay
increase.
Japanese Premier
Is Shot And
Grav ely Wounded
TOKYO, Aug. 14 </P) — An
assassin, posing as an autograph
seeker, sho" and gravely wound
ed Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma, 75
year-old premier jmd minister
without portfolio, in his home.
The gunman was captured as he
fled from the grounds.
Herbert Hoover, former Presi
dent: “We should arm to the
teeth. When we are armed, then
the voice of America will be
heard and it will be listened to.”
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SAIGON HARBOR—N EW JAPANESE BASE
rills is a view of Saigon harbor, principal city of South French Indo-China, now occupied by Japan
»e naval and land forces as one of the numerous bases they have taken over by agreement with
he Vichy government. ,