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VOL. 44. No. 13. NOME. ALASKA, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 1942. Per Copy 154
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is used for ike applique on ibis spring bag and hat.
British Withdraw Before Japs In
Death Struggle Singapore Island
Undated. Feb. 10 (AP) — Overwhelming masses of
Japanese troops swarmed into Singapore island, forc
ing the British imperial defenders to execute a new
withdrawal in what appeared to be the dying hours
of the struggle for Britain’s last great stronghold in
the far Pacific. Informed quarters in London said it is
possible that the Japanese infiltrated the city of Singa
pore itself, and attacked the radio station there, as the
station suddenly blanked out this morning.
Dispatches from Singapore said the din of battle
was intensified after dawn and a great black pall of
smoke hung over the scene. Japanese planes flew low
over the outskirts of Singapore and residents heard
the whine of machine gun bullets. Artillery rumbled
heavily in the west while the pre-dawn skies were red
from the glow of burning oil tanks.
Tokyo dispatches broadcast by the Italian radio
said Japanese assault forces had driven within five
miles of the down-town heart of Singapore city. Brit
ish headquarters admitted at 10 p.m. last night that
fighting raged only ten miles away. A Berlin broad
cast said the Japanese commander, Lieut. Gen. Yam
ashita. sent a message this morning to the British
commander, demanding his surrender. The bloody
fighting still continued, however, as the hard-pressed
Australian, British, and Indian imperials exacted a
terrific toll of invaders.
Domei said Japanese engineers repaired the 3,000
foot Johore Strait causeway, which the British breach
ed, and Japanese troops and supplies are pouring over
the span. _
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Nat Brown, Chris O’Leary
Missing For Six Days
Bethel, Feb. 11 (AP) —!
Nat Browne is six days
overdue enroute from Marj
shall to Nome with Deputy j
Marshal O’Leary and two;
prisoners. Civil Aeronau- i
tics and commercial pilots
are making a search. I
War Risk Insurance R^tes,
Puget Sound to Alaska, Cut
San Francisco, Feb. —Improved
Allied naval positions in the Pac
iflc apparently behind the deci
sion of marine underwriters to
cut cargo war risk insurance
rates. The rates .are cut from %
of one percent to Vi of one per
cent from Puget Sound to Cape
Spencer and from 1M> percent to
one-half percent between Cape
Spencer and Seward.
Slay Remove
People Strategic
Areas in Alaska
Washington, Fob. 11 (AP)
— The Pacific Coast com
mittee on Aliens and Sabot
ego recommended to the
congressional d e legations
from those states and Al
aska that the government
i m rn c .hotel v re move al 1
persons, aliens and citizen
rn all strategic area
al ng the coast. Onlv such
’■ ms to lw permitted to
mm n or return to such
ar> ns. will bo those a s
grante 1 special license for
that purpose.
Sitka Doctor
Paid Services
To Indians
Washington, Feb. 11 (AP)
— The House passed and
sent to the White House, a
bill to pay Dr. Hugh Nichol
■'n of Pacific Beach, Cal
ifornia, $33C0 for medical
orvices rendered to Alas
ka Indians from 1329 to
1935. The Senate Claims
Committee said the testi
mony indicated that the
government had insuffic
ient funds at the time to
pay the physician for s°r
/ices to Indians at Sitka
No other physician was
available, Nicholson said,
and he never refused to
make a call even when he
knew he would not b~ paid.
He lives at Pacific B ch
now, and is suffering from
multiple neuritis.
"Burma Road*
Is Proposed
In Northland
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Washington, Feb. — The
proposal to build a “Burma
Road” in Alaska wi 1 be
;given a hearing by the
. House Roads Committee,
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Admiral ISarl
Of Asiatic Fleet
Gives Up Post
Washington, Feb. 11 (AP)
Tlv Navy announced that
\ ’miral Hart was relieved
of ’ is assignment as chief
" F'e Aided naval forces
la the western Pacific and
Vice Admiral Helfric of
’ e r o y a 1 Netherlands
navy was designated as his
u cos tor. The Na\ y said
N. rt is ill. Hart is aged 64,
re west; d to be roliev
1' 1- s command because
' ■ heal'h, but no informa
•:-n os to the nature of his
i'h'ess was given out.
Hart was formerly com
andrr of the U. S. Asiatic
fleet. Helfric, aged 55. is a
native of Java and a grad
uate of toe Navy College at
Den Holder, Netherlands.
Retreaded Tires
To Be Rationed
Starting Feh. 19
(Washington, Feb. 11 (AP)
;—Price Administrator Hen
Verson announced the ra
tioning of retreaded and re
j capped tires beginning on
(February 19. It is probable
that “there will no crude
rubber available for re
treading, except for a
small number of vehicles
already eligible to obtain
new tires and tubes.
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Rep. Wilbur Cartwright of
: Oklahoma said. He is chair
:ra onf the committee.
Rep. Cartwright said Gov.
Ernest Gruening and three
(other members of the Al
aska Highway Commission
now in Washington, are
'anxious to present their
views.
Last week Secretary of
War Stimson disclosed that
I President Roosevelt has
set up a Cabinet committe
to study the proposal.
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liaeArthur’s Forces on Batan Pen.
Expect Renewed Attack In Force
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Washington, Feb. 11 (AP) — Movement of enemy
I troops indicated an early resumption of the attack in
; force against MacArthur’s forces in the Philippines,
i the War Department reported. Although fighting on
1 Batan Peninsula and enemy air activity has lessened,
there have been intermittent exchanges of artillery
fire between the American island fortifications at the
entrance to Manila Bay and Jap batteries on the Ca
j vite shore of the Bay, the Department said, and added
! that six of seven enemy planes were shot down yes
terday, destroyed by American fighter planes over
Cavite, proving the most spectacular air battle in the
Philippine campaign. One American plane was report
j ed missing.
German Armies In Russia After
299-mile Retreat, Stiffening Front
Undated, Feb. 11 (AP) — Hitler's invasion armies,
thrown back nearly 200 miles in some sectors, are re
ported “definitely stiffening” their resistance as the
paralyzing grip of winter abated and fighting increas
ed in violence along the 1200-mile front. London mili
tary quarters said the Germans are now making a
determined stand. Soviet dispatches, however, declar
ed that the Red Armies are continuing to advance,
capturing a number of villages and German fortifica
tions on the Ukraine front.
For the second successive day, Hitler’s command
cited new Russ’ n attempts to break out of Leningrad
but declared they were repulsed.
C n the MLrth African front, a German communique
reported that “strong enemy reconnaissance forces
were thrown back,” while British headquarters re
ported no change in the general situation.
Great Liner Normandie, Ravaged
Cy Flames, Sinks In Hudson River
New York, Feb. 10 (AP) — Like a great, wounded
monster, but somehow majestic still, the fire-gutted
and water-logged Normandie succumbed to the raging
tide and toppled to ignominious rest in Hudson River
mud, ravaged by flames. A gaping hole was cut in the
hull in a vain attempt to counteract the pressure of
the incoming tide. The sixty million dollar vessel roll
ed over at 2:45 a.m. and now lies on its port side in
40 feet of water alongside her pier. The Navy, how
ever, has not abandoned hope for still using the liner.
Queried on reports that she is beyond salvage, the
public relations office of the Third Naval District said
“The Navy supports no such contention at this time.”
As fireboats continued to throw streams of water on
the still-burning ship, naval officials planned to meet
later to determine what to do with her.
Touched off by sparks from a welder’s torch, the
flames raged through the craft in three and a half
hours yesterday before brought under control by ev
ery available piece of land and sea fire fighting equip
ment cn Manhattan. Two hundred twenty of 2200
workmen and naval personnel aboard suffered in fur
ies. One weld.':', Frank Trcntacosta, aged 30, died of
a fractured skull received when he jumped from the
deck to the pier.
FAMILY CUSTO M—Baby Dick Friend was only follow
ing a family custom when he arrived in I.os Angeles, comnleto
with a lower tooth—just as his father and grandfather had, in Uieir
day. So his mother, Airs. Jack Friend, wasn’t surprised.