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VOL. 43. No. 92. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCT. 6, 1941. Per Copy i®*
Yankees Win World Series 4 to 1
Vast New German Offensive Aimed At Moscow
New Jap Demands On fndo-China Turned Down
New German Offensive. Moscow
Probable Goal. Emerging - Peace
Offer Forecast Before End Year
UNDATED, Oct. 6 iJP)— A vast
new German offensive with Mos
cow, perhaps as its principal goal
and the seige of Leningrad sub
ordinated. appeared emerging in
the long Eastern front. It is pos
sible that Germany is straining
every muscle for a swift victory
over Russia, so to be able to pre
sent to Britain and her Allies the
matter of an accomplished offer
of ‘ peace” before the end of the
year.
Information reaching Cairo, in i
eluding that brought by an Am
erican just arrived from German
controlled territory, indicated
that Hitler will offer peace to
both Britain and the United Stat
es before 1942, ignoring Britain
meanwhile, except to carry out
reprisals in kind for air attacks
on Germany. All this pivots im
mediately of course, on the
chance of Hitler knocking Russia
out of the war and building his
new order in Europe. This fore
cast of a peace offer gained con
siderable credence in both Br:t
ish and American diploma*!.’
quarers in Cairo and with author
italive sources in London which
have been calling .the turn in the
gigantic struggle now in its 16th
week.
Great Air Offensive
An air offensive ‘‘of very con
siderable scale” was launched all
along the front, possible with the
exception of the Leningrad area
where German activity seemed
to have dwindled. The offensive
may be the “gigantic” operation
of which Hitler hinted in hi
speech Friday. At least that was
the line taken .by German com
mentators in Berlin. However,
they gave no indication of the
goal of the new drive but the
Dienst Aus Deutschland said the
operations are so great as to be
similar to the opening of a new
campaign.”
Speculation in London is that
the major objective is Moscow,
as the attack is developing es
pecially in the area of Roslavl,
about 230 miles southwest of Mos
cow. The German command is
holding its own counsel in cus
tomary fashion and devoted most
of its communique to the Lenin
grad action, saying that Russian
attempts to land strong forces
west of Leningrad were crushed.
Russians Counter
Attacking Along
Entire Front
UNDATED, Oct. 4 (JP) — Big
scale Russian counterattacks in
the defense of Crimea and heavy
fighting along the line now run
ning almost straight from that
Black Sea peninsula to Lenin
grad were described in war dis
patches.
The Germans reported new
overnight bombings of Leningrad
and Moscow, while the British
raided Rotterdam, Antwerp and
Dunkerque The Germans admit
ted the Rotterdam raid was the
heaviest with 60 persons killed
and 300 wounded.
The Germans announced the
| sinking of four enemy merchant
men, including a large tanker,!
but did not specify whether it
referred to the American-owned,
I. C. White, torpedoed east of
Brazil.
F o:-'‘J;ne dispatches to Mos
cow said the Red army recaptur
ed an important city and rail
road junction on the Karelian Is
thnius, killing more than 600
Finns.
Berlin reports sa d Germany
seemed to be turning on the
mightiest pressure upon the
Donets Basin manufacturing city
of Kharkov with German as
saults colliding with eounter-at-’
tacking Russian tanks and armor
ed trains.
The Japs began grand maneu
vers in French Indo-China with i
sufficient troops for a full dress
campaign.
Nazis Announce
Bi«: Operations
Eastern Front
.I
BERLIN, Oct. 4 (ZP)— The Ger
man high command announced
that large scale operations nre in
' progress on the eastern front. No
details were given.
Nazi Division
Mop up Gueril
las In Serbia
——
ZAGREB, Croatia, via Berlin,
Oct. 4 (ZP) — An entire German
1 mechanized division of about
12,000 men was reliably repur.
! ed to be moving slowly through
! southern Serbia, toward Bel
grade, the old capital of Yugo
slavia, to mop up Serb guerilla
i bands. The German air force
I bombed Leskovac and Dishumka.
Retired Supreme
Court Justice
Brandeis Dies
WASKING-TON, Oct. 5 (ZP) —
Louis Dembitz Brandeis, retired
Supreme Court Justice, who was
celebrated for his liberal views,
died tonight at the age of 84.
Brandeis was appointed >to the
bench by President Wilson and
served for 23 years. He suffered
a heart attack at home on Wed
nesday. Heart trouble prompted
his retirement on February 13,
1939.
Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps
N.Y. Yankees Win World Series
Beating Dodgers 4 Games to 1
r r
Near Free- For-All In Last Game
BROOKLYN. Oct. 6 UP) — The
Yankees won the World Series,
i four games to one as they defeat
ed the luckless Dodgers 3 to 2 in
a tense struggle marked by a
near free-for-all in the fifth in
ning. The Yanks got two runs in
| the second inning which even
tually proved enough to win de
| spits Tommy Hen rich's homer it
the fifth. Whitlow Wyatt wild
pitched the first Yank run horn*
and Joe Gordon singled Bill
Dickey home a moment later. ?
New York—0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-3
Three runs, 6 hits, no errors. |
Pitcher, Bonham and catcher
D cksy.
Brooklyn—0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0—1
One run, 4 'hits, 1 error
Pitcher. Wyatt. & cawiici
Bad Breaks
Dodge Dodgers
r r
BROOKLYN, Oct. 5 UP) —
Catcher Mickey Owen nf the
Dodgers let a strikeout ball get
| away from him after two out in
the ninth inning of the Series |
battle and the Yankees took ad
I vantage of his heartbreaking er
ror to blast across four unearn
ed runs, with 7 to 4, giving the
American Leaguers a three to
one lead in the Series. The Dodg
ers had a lead of 4 to 3 up to the
ninth, mainly on Pete Reiser’s;
fifth inning home run with one
on.
Now York.— 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4—7
Seven runs, 12 hits, no errors.
Pitchers, Donald. Bruer,- and
Murphy in the eighth. Catcher,
Dickey.
Brooklyn—0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0—4
Four runs, 9 hits, 1 error.
P: chers, Higby, French in the
I'h. Allan in the fifth, Casey in
'-he fifth, and Owen, catcher.
\ anks ^ in 3rd
Came Of Series
BROOKLYN, Oct. 4 (JP) —
Southpaw Marius Russo pitched
a brilliant four-hit ball game to
give the Yanks a two to one vi>c
ovar in
third series battle to put them in
front in the classic—two gatnes
to one.
A crowd of 33,100 were sad
dened when Fred Fitzsimmons, |
Brooklyn’s starting hurler, was
struck on the knee by Russo's
line drive and was forced from
the game after hurling seven
scoreless innings. The Yanks
jumped on reliefer Hugh Casey
for the winning runs in the 8th
inning, the Dodgens getting one
back in the same frame.
New York—0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0—2
Two runs, 8 hits, no errors.
Russo, pitcher; and Dickey,
catcher.
Brooklyn—0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0—1
1 run, 4 hits, no errors.
Pitchers. Fitzsimmons, Casey
in the 8th and Allen in the 9th.
Catcher. Owen.
Tax Is Put
On Radio
Messages
_
Taxes on messages transmitted
over the facilities of the Alaska
Communications System, which1
i is operated by the Signal Corps;
of the United States Army, will j
; be mcreased as of October 1.
The present tax on messages is
10 cents a message. On and after
October, the tax will be 10 per
cent of the total toll on any mes
sage.
Advices to this effect have
been received by Sergeant C. J.
Woofter, in charge of the Fair
| banks office. Instructions to him
respecting the increased tax say:
“The revenue act of 1941, effec
tive October 1, provides for a
federal tax of 10 per cent of the
total tolls on all cabes, radio
| grams and domestic telegrams.
“Telephone calls over 24 cents
i are taxed at the rate of 5 cents
; for each 50 cents or fraction
i thereof.
“It is requested that this in
I formation be passed on to var
’ ious connecting lines in Alaska.”
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King of Norway
Decrees Death
LONDON. Oct. 4 <7P> — Nor
wegian king-in-exile, Haakon VII
signed a decree for his regime,
providing the death penalty for
crimes against the Norwegian
.state, for which hitherto life im
I
prisonment had been the ex
treme penalty. The move was
described as “a warning to the
tools of the Nazis," of the fate
they’ll face.
Pioneer Sewardite
Passes x\wav
j
SEWARD, Oct. 4 (Seward,
Gateway) — Aimer Francis;
Davis, aged 65, died this morn-;
ing at the local hospital follow |
ing a stroke on September 12th.
He came to Alaska, landing at
Resurrection Bay, 43 years ago,
and located at Sunset Knick.
In Seward he was associated in
partnership with H. V. Hoben in
property, business and owner
! ship of the Alaska Transfer and
Water System and the Arcade
Apartments.
First funeral services will be
held at Seward but burial will
take place in Tenina, Washing
ton, the place of his birth.
French Indo'China Turns Domn
New Japanese Demands Which
Would Make Arsenal Oi Saigon
c
SINGAPORE. Oct. 6 1JP) —
French Indo-China turned down
broad new Japanese demands
which would tighten Tokyo's grip
on that colony and make a vir
tual arsenal of Saigon, logical
jumping off place for any Japan
ese sea thrust against this newly
reinforced British naval bastion.
Reports from Indo-China said
these advices said the Japanese
demanded complete control of
censorship and control of all es
tai'olishments in the region ot
Camrans Bay naval base on the
southeast coast of Indo-China
and the right to bu.ld an arsenal
and other military works in the
city itself. The Japaease are
said to have furthermore called
upon the Hanoi government to
require American oil companies
to provide tank facilities suffic
ient to store 30.000 tons of kero
sene.
Conference to he Held with Pres.
To Determine Whether Neutrality
Law Re Scrapped Or Modified
HYDE PARK, Oct. 6 i/P) —The
temporary White House announc
ed that Secretary Hull. Vice
President Wallace, five senators,
and twenty-two House members!
will confer with President Roose
velt at Washington tomorrow for
the revision of the neutrality
law. President Roosevelt indicat
ed that the meeting will enable
him to reach a decision whether
to recomemnd that the law b
scrapped or simply modified to
permit arming of American mer
ohantment and perhaps to let Am
erican vessels sail into combat
zones from which they are now
barred.
17 More Survivors
Of I.C. White
Are Rescued
RIO DE JANIERO, Oct. 4 i,P
I — The U. S. consulate announc
j i'd that the U. S. Del Norte res
J cued 17 more survivors of the
, torpedoed tanker I. C. White.
Only four of the crewmen are
still missing.
Secretary Hull
Denounces Sub
Sinking Tanker
t
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 fsP) —
Secretary Hull vigorously <ie
nounced the action of the sub
marine for the sinking of the
American-owned oil tanker I. C.
White. He made an unusual ges
ture in permitting correspond
ents to quote him as declaring
the sinkiog “seems to be an
other act of lawlessness and pi
racy and attempted frightfull
ness in connection with a gener
al movement to drive the people
off the Atlantic Ocean.”
The ship, of Panamanian reg
istry, had been transferred under
British orders when sunk.
The Standard Oil Company dis
closed in New York that the I.
C. White is the 8th American
owned merchantman sunk since
the start of the war.
Willing* Effect
Repatriation Of
Civilian Prisoners
—
LONDON, Oct. 6 i.-Pi — Brit
ain advised Germany of her will j
ingness to effect the mutual re
patriation of all British and Ger
man civilian war prisoners ex
cept men of fighting age and pro-;
posed that the United States aci
as intermediary "in order that!
the repatriation of civilians may !
be carried out with the least pcs-,
sible delay."
This announcement was made
as the way was paved by a radio
broadcast from government to
government for the cross-Chan
nel exchange tomorrow of wound
ed war prisoners who have been
ready to sail or several days
from the English port of New
Haven and Dieppe. The wounded
Britons will 'be brought back
from the trip across the channel
| to begin tomorrow at 5:30.
Freighter Donna
Lane Radioes
For Assistance
SEATTLE. Oct. 4 (JP) — The
Coast Guard said the Cutter
Hermes was steaming to the as
; sistance of the wooden freighter
Donna Lane which reported it
; self in* need of assistance 120
! miles from St. Paul Island
The Hermes radioed at 3 a.m.
Pacific time that it was 160 miles
1 aw'ay making slow headway be
| cause of the storm and might
j need the aid of a navy plane to
find the motorship.
The Donna Lane reported that
her engine wall probably stop
\ and she would then be in dis
tress.
The Donna Lane, a former
herring saltery which has beert
idle on Lake Union, was recon
ditioned and left here on Sep
tember 16th with coal for Nome.
She carries a crew of 34.