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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL, 44. No. 7. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JAN. 16, 1942, Pe- Copy iu
Jap Offensive In Malaya Checked
Japs Looting
and Devastating
The Philippines
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 ,P> —
Japanese attack planes and dive
bombers are being used incessant
ly against front line and artil
lery positions of the American
and Philippine defense forces on
the island of Luzon, The War D -
partmcnt sa d ground fighting in
varying intensity also oontinu d
a 1 along the front l'ne and Jap
anese shock troops are attempt
ing aggressive i filtration.
The Department- said rep rts
reaching G n. MicArthur indic
ated that, the Japanese arc loot
ing and devastating the Philip
pine c luntry-idc1 systematically;
Japanese Navv
t Reported Action
Of Batan Pen.
LONDON, Dec. 16 </P) — Reut
ers reported that a Rome radio
announcement said the Japanese
fleet is in action off Batan Pen
insula where American and Fili
pino forces are waging a stub
born fight against the Japanese
k troops. The report added that a
night landing was effected with
success, but gave no further de
tails.
U.S. Forces Have
Not Been Dislod"
ed From Batan
TOKYO. Jan. 15 f/P) — Imper
ia headquarters claimed that 40
U. S. Curtiss combat planes were
destroyed by Japanese aerial at
tack yesterday on Denerpan air
field in Western Luzon. T'ms may
be Dinalupisan 3 Id, 12 miles
northeast of Olo^gapo where the
Bat*an Pen nsula widens onto the
Luzon main and. Th3t would in
dicate that MacA-thur’s forces
have not been dislodged from the
9 defense lines guarding virtually
the entire peninsula.
Asiatic Fleet Sinks
5 More Jap Ships
Total Now Is 24
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1C ;/Ti —
T e Asiatic fleet sunk three co
rny transports and two la ••go
Japanese cargo vessels. The F r:
Post sinkings were an^ou iced by
the Navy and brought '.he total
to 24. the number of Japanese
warship and non-combatant ves
sels sunk by the U. S. N ivv and
Marine forces. The Navy grv? no
■ rues or identification to the five
add'tionel Japanese ships sent to
:he bottom.
1 . S. Sub Sinks
17,009-Ton !m
Fkiv Be Carrier
TVASHTNGTON, Jan. 15 <7P) —
The Navy announced that 17.900
ton Japanese merchant liner was
sunk by an American sub. The
vessel, of the fast Yawata class,
owned and operated by the NYK
lines, was probab’y a convertable
aircraft carrier. No other details
of the sinking were suppled. The
Navy spokesman said that at
least one vessel of the Yawata
class, and three snips, frtquent
visitors to west coast ports, were
converted nto aircraft carriers,
but it is <; t known- whether any
of these was the one sent to
the bottom.
The Navy aLso said ‘‘The men
ace of enemy submarines off the
east coast of the United States
remains substantial."
Corregidor Downs
2 Heavy Bombers
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 iTPi —
The War Department announced
that the defenders of Philippine
fortifications shot down 2 heavy
Japanese bombers and hit others
in a flight of 9 which attacked
Corregidor island in Manila Bay.
Casualties among the P'n'lippine
troops were slight and the De
partment said onlv minor dam
age was suffered by the is’and
fortress.
Rallying Around Battle-Hungry
j r r j
Jungle-Wise Australians, British
Stop jap Driye Down Malaya
■AT ORE. Jan. 16 UP) —
Ra \ g arou d a fresh force of
bat L- ungry and jungle-wise
Aus!:bans, the British Imperial
d f n.. r- of Sinpagore appeared
to hav.- 'heck .1 the Japanese in
thi -a ivo toward Singapore.
Two Japanese gr >und units are
repoi" cl to h ve been shattered
and tk ■ stiff, ned defense all
along the short; ned front in low
er Ma ; ya w - aided consider
ably by aerial rip pert.
While the a r force smashed
Japan- .- truck a-.:l railway con
Mirations near Tampin, 120 mil
northwest of Singapore, Brit
ish forces, fighting with fresh
f y on the coastal strip north of
M "a p gin, are claimed to
knocked out 14 Japanese
s and 10 armored vehicles.
\ti irs Inflict Heavy CusualtieB
Vt . fiicial communique said an
advance guard of Australians
shed six more tanks and in
ti eid heavy casualties, in their
fi ' battle since the Malayan in
y s -in b k: n, in the eastern part
o' Negri S mbilan state.
Lindbergh To
Engage In Re
search for Army
*
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15 <.T) —
Secretary Stimson said Cl"\ A.
Lindbergh will not return to ac
tive duty with the Army Air
Corps but at present will engage
i" technical research on a com
mercial project in which the War
Department is direc ly interest
ed.
Stimson told a press confer
ence that Lindbergh called him
Monday t-j ask whether ho could
be of any use to the government
or War Department. Stimson add
ed, “I told him we are always
glad to receive information, help,
or advice from anyone who
thought he could be of service. I
asked him what he thought he
cou'd do most usefully and he
replied he thought that at pre
sent he would be most useful in
techn cal experimentation.”
Enemy Aliens to
Get Identification
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (/Hi —
Attorney General Bidd'e order
ed all German, Italian and Jap
anese aliens in eight western
s'St .’s to app y for special identi
fi mtion certificates, between
February 2 and 7.
FORMOSA
I* PACIFIC
OCEAN
f
£aparri
PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS
■
EGAS PI
MILES .
* The above map shows the theater of war in the Far East. The Japs were reported stopped today
% by the British, in their drive down the Malay Peninsula toward Singapore (4) and were attack
ing defending fortifications on Batan Peninsula, north of Manila, making extensive use of planes.
Army Expansion
Moren Doubles
^ resent Strength
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 .(/Pi —
S Tetany of War Stimson an
ti unced that the Army has start
e.l expanding to approximately
3,000,000 officers and men, more
than doubling its present
strength in ground and air forc
es. Stimson said the increase,
authorized by the President, will
be made this year, the first three
.'gw divisions to be organized on
March 15 and looking for fur
ther increases of an undisclosed
size next year. Camp facilities
are also to be expanded, mean
while.
The extension calls for more
than double the number of air
combat units and creating 32 mo
toriz d or triangular divisions in
addition to the 27 conventional
ground troop divisions now in
service, and doubling the number
of armored units.
Honolulu Under
goes 16 Minnie
Air Raid Alarm
i
HONOLULU, Jan. 14 UP) —
The Army. Navy, and civilians
on Oahu Is'and underwent a 16
minute air raid alarm this after
noon. Citizens said they saw no
planes, but an Army statement
said: “Every air raid alarm is
I the real McCoy. Unidentified in
struments of warfare detected
j the planes and until they are
identified, they are real."
Panama Tanker
Sunk 11(1 Miles
East New York
NEW YORK, Jan. 14 i/P> —The
Third Naval District announced
that the Panamanian tanker Nor
ness was torpedoed by a sub
| marine 60 miles south of Mon
j taiiik Point, Lomg Island, 110
i miles due east of New York har
j bor. The announcement said nav
j al rescue craft were dispatched.
Later 14 survivors landed at
J Newport, Rhode Island, but were
not allowed to talk. The Navy
| did not say whether the tanker,
! which was first spotted by patrol
planes, sank.
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CONGRESSMAN RETURNS MEDAL
•
The last ait of Rep. .lames Van Zandt <R-Ha), before leaving
the nation's capitol to take up new duties as a naval lieutenant
in the Atlantic patrol, was to send back to Japanese Ambassador
Nomura a medal awarded to him and other members of a vet
i . an s good-will tour of Japan in 1936.
Russians Isolate 100.000 Germans
In Crimea And Storm Mozhaisk,
key To Nazi Defense In North
UNDATED, Jan. 16 (/Pi —Mass
es of Russian tanks are reported
smashing at the gates of German
held Taganrog. 40 miles west of
: Rostov, as Marhail Timoshenko's
Red armies pressed in a general
| counter offensive through the
Ukraine and tightened the trap
on the 100,000 Germans in Cri
■ mea. “Soviet forces are now bat
i tering fiercely at the gates of Tag
1 anrog."
A British radio broadcast said
I Russian troops are reported fight
ing the invaders a few miles
from Simferopol, Crimean cap
ital 40 mi es north of Sevasto
pol on the railroad to the Russian
j mainland. The direction of the
Soviet thru-t against Simferopol
was not given, whether it was
i executed by troops driving west
ward across the Peninsula from
. Kerch and Feodosiya or from
, beachheads at Yevpatroiya on
the west coast, or fromh Sevasto
1 pol itself. In any case the threat
] against the Germans' chances es
j caping.
On the basis of previous So
viet reports, German forces at
Taganrog have long since been
isolated by the Russian columns
which by-passed the city in pur
suit of the man Axis arm.os re
treating along the Sea of Azov
toward Marivpol.
Soviet dispatches chronicled an 1
unbroken series of Russian tri-'
imphs along the entire 1.200
mile battlefront from Leningrad,
to the Black Sea.
—
100,000 Germans
Are Trapped
At Mozhaisk
UNDATED, Jan. 15 <JP) — Rus
sian shock troops are reported
smashing in a direct frontal as
sault against the 100,000 Ger
mans massed as Mozhaisk, in
what appeared one of the great
est and perhaps most decisive
battles of the- war. Mozhaisk is
the keystone of the dwindling
German defense corridor, on Xh
Napoleonic road to Moscow from
Smolensk,
The British radio said a sav
age battle is raging at the gates
of Mozhaisk, "One of the key po
sitions which is said to have
changed hands several times."
Other Red forces are slowly clos
ing a giant trap around Moz
haisk.
Officially reported was the re
capture of the town of Neeyn, 35
miles to the southwest. This
means that the Germans now
on y have a seven-miles-wide es
cape route from Mozhaisk.
Sov.et troops are pressing
down on Volokolamsk in the
north and on Mcdyn. south of
Volokolamsk, 35 miles north of
Md'haisk.
A bulletin from Hitler’s com
mand said tersely there was no
thing to report on the “defense
battles” on the Moscow and Len
ingrad fronts but acknowledged1
the Russians are making a new
drive along the Sea of Azov to
ward Taganrog, 40 miles west of
Rostov.
Congress Enacts
Universal Day
light Saving Time
r c
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15 <JP) -—
Congressional action was com
pleted in the House, on legisla
tion for universal daylight sav
ing time, to advance all clocks
one hour. The measure goes into
effect 20 days after the President
signs it.
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