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VOL. 43. No. 55. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1941. Per Copy l*
Concede German Invasion Stalled
President Asks Over 8 Billion More For Defense
French Fail Meet Deadline-Hostilities Continue Syria
Germany’s Eastward Drive In
Minsk Area Conceded Stalled
But Soviet Collapse inevitable’
UNDATED. July 11 W— Ger
many’s drive to eastward from
Bi'alystok in the Minsk area, stall
ed in several places. DNB con
ceded, but an authorized military
commentator said the Red Army
lost a million men, killed or cap
iturtd. He declared the Russian
miltary collapse is inevitable.
A Soviet communique implied
that the Nazi blitz was stopped
cold. At the same time, a reliable
source in London said that a
mighty new German offensive to
crush the Red t Armies is norw
under way. On its success or fail
ure, observers said, may depend
the outcome of the Russo-Ger
miar. War.
DNB attributed the haft to the
necessity of clearing the roads,
littered with the wreckage of
Red Army machnes.
According to previous reports,
Vichy military circles said the
German juggernaut was virtual
ly stalled for more than a week
now, ,in sharp contrast to the
hurricane sweep through the
Lowland's of Belgium, Holland,
Luxembourg and France.
During the past summer, the
Russians indicated that the siting
has been taken out of the Nazi
blitz, as the German legions are
no longer attacking. Red war
planes were declared to have
shot 68 German planes down or
destroyed them on the ground,
compared to a loss of 9 Soviet
airplanes.
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Annihilate 12 To
14,000 Germans
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UNDATED. July 10 1/Pi —Eu
: rope’s military titans fought in a
rising tide of violence as the Rus
sians reported the annihilation of
i a German motorized division of
from 12 to 14.00 men and claim
ed victories elsewhere on the
vital 300-mile front guarding
Moscow and Leningrad. The Ger
mans were silent on any specific
gains but declared the world’s
I two largest armies are now fight
ing a decisive battle.
Nazis Advancing
“Relatively”
A Berlin newspaper asserted
“Not until now. have great mass
| es come to deployment.” Hitler’s
field headquarters, issuing its
third terse commmunique, in
quick succession, declared “op
erations in the East are progres
sing relatively.” The Nazi com
mand also confirmed the capture
of Salta, fortified Russian town
on the Finnish border, after a
Red Army division was said to
1 have been “crushed" after sev
i eral days fighting.
British Renew Hostilities Syria
When French Fail Meet Deadline
Take Many Hundreds Vichy Troops
UNDATED, July 10 <J>) — In
■the Middle East, the conflict flam
ed into aotion again amid jumble
and confusion. The French
spokesman at Vichy declared the
Bri'ish had not replied to French
request for an armistice in the
month-old battle of Syria, and
expected increased military as
saults and attacks on the mili
tary honor of General Denz, the
French high commissioner of
Syria and Lebanon.
British headquarters at Cairo
reported new gains in Syria but
made no mention of the armistice
[ Negotiations or the demand for
the surrender od Beirut, the Le
banese capital. The British an
nounced the capture of “many
hundreds off Vichy troops”, 17
guns, 3 tanks. 5 armored cars,
and 'the seizing of the French
stronghold of Damour, 9 miles
south of Beirut.
Reuters said British troops re
newed hostilities when the
French failed to meet the 5:30
a. m. deadline for the evacuation
of Beirut, pending the discussion
of the armistice terms overnight.
Gayda Asserts U.S.
Wants To Inherit
British Empire
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ROME, July 10 (/P) — Fascist
editor Gayda observed that Am
erican and British troops in Ice
land “will be targets of an even
tual legitimate attack by Ger
many.” Writing in the newspaper
11 Giornale D’ltalia, he added ‘ev
ery day American bellicosity has
identified itself, without equivo
cation, with being a deliberate
provoker of some incident, or
rather, war between Europe and
the United States.”
Gayda and other commentat
ors attacked Willkie’s statement
favoring the establishment of
United States military bases in
Northern Ireland and Scotland.
This was called a step “in the
race to inherit the British em
pire.”
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President Asks 3 Billion 323 Million
For Navy And Maritime Commission
2-day Total of 8 Billion 93 Million
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WASHINGTON, July 11 (fl5) —
1 President Roosevelt asked Con
gress for three billion three hun
| dred twenty three million dollars
| in cash and contract authoriz
■ ations for the Navy and the Mari
1 time Commission. With the re
quest yesterday for four b.llion
sever, hundred seventy million
dollars for the army, today's fig
ures struck a two-d'ay total of
i eight billion ninety three million
dollars for defense and included
i in the billion six hundred twenty
five million dollars, which Roose
velt sought for the Navy, cash of
four hundred million for main
tenance and repair of defense in
stalla'tions to government and pri
vately-C'wned merchant ships. Co
j respondents asked whether this
meant that merchant vessel will
be armed and the President as
sured the press conference that
this was not contemplated. The
bulk of the sum will undoubt
edly be asked for naval ships.
Roosevelt sought six hundred
ninety eight million in cash and
a billion additional in contract
authorisations for the Maritime
Commission. He said the money
will be used for a great many
new ships but he didn’t disclose
the exact number.
Will Purchase
Considerable
Army Equipment
WASHINGTON, July 10 UP> — j
Authoritative sources said that
the President will ask Congress
for four billion seven hundred ■
million dollars, in the new army
appropriations, .at once, as the
first installment of the new fif-i
teen billion dollar defense and i
lend-lease program. The new I
army appropriations bills is most
ly for laying in huge stocks of
ordnance and ammunition and I
also to provide for the purchase !
of considerable equipment of var
ious types.
Coordinator De
fense Information
Is Appointed
WASHINGTON. July 11 (/P) -
President Roosevelt appointed
William Donovan as coordinator
or information bearing on the de
fense program. Donovan, who
led the famous fighting 69th dur
ing the World War will “collect
and assemble information and
data bearing on national secur
ity,” from the various govern
ment agencies and will analyze
the material for official govern
ment use. While it was predict
ed that Donovan would head a
super-agency to combat espion
age, the official White House an
nouncement gave no support to
that idea.
AMERICAN STEEL AND
WORKMEN HELP BUILD
50 BRITISH BASES
WASHINGTON, July 11 (^P) —
The President declared that he
wouldn't be surprised if Ameri
can steel has gone into 50 British
bases, and if .American work
men,all over the world, were be
ing paid by the British govern
ment. This, he said, would be
perfectly legal. The President
n ade the statement at a press
conference where ‘the question of
construction of American bases
in Ireland and Scotland arose.
Senator Wheeler said he had
information that such construc
tion is under way. When a report
er remarked that there seemed
to be some substantiation abroad
for the senatorial contentions,
the President said, whatever is
being done, is being accomplish
ed either through straight pur
chases by the British govern
ment or throught the lease-lend
act.
House Passes
Legislation To
Protect Walrus
! WASHINGTON, July 10 (JP> —
The House passed and sent to
the Senate legislation to protect
walruses in Alaska, prohibiting
the killing of the animals, except
by natives for focd clothing, or
scientific specimens. Export of
ivory in the raw state, obtained
by killing walrus is prohibited.
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PLAN S—Secret development
of a $500,000 four-motored, 64
passenger, transport plane at
Lockheed plant for 1942 de
livery is announced hy Jack
Frye (above), TWA president,
in collaboration with Howard
Hughes. Top speed, 350 m.p.h.;
range, 4,000 miles.
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Britain Soon to Exact Manifold
Retaliation On Berlin For Nazi
Bombardments London--U S Planes
LONDON. July 10 </Pj — An in
creasing flow of American-made
bombers soon will enable Britain
to exact a manifold retaliation on
Berlin for the German bombard
ment cf London, Britain’s new
minister of aircraft production,
Lieut. Col. Moore Brabazon de
clared. It will be not many
months, he said, before Berlin
hears the sirens announcing the
attacks.
He said: “The famous Wednes
day and Saturday nights, when
London was heavily raided, will
be child’s play compared to the
raids we will ibe able to make on
Berlin.”
RAF Renews
Assaults On
Italian Cities
UNDATED, July 10 (A5) —The
war in the air raged over a vast
area from England to Egypt. Hit
ler's command said strong Nazi
bombers formations attacked the
Suez Canal.
Mussolini’s command reported
the renewal of RAF'assaults on
Italian ciities after a lapse of
many weeks.
British bombers are said to
have carried out a low-level day
light raid on Syracuse Island,
Sicily, and left a toll of 14 killed
and 30 wounded in Naples, on
the Italian mainland.
Germans Score
RAF Losses At
19 To 2
BERLIN, July 10 (JP) — The
British aerial offensive against
Germany and German-occupied
territory, yesterday, last night
and today cost the RAF 44 planes
according to a compilation of
German reports. German sources
said 19 RAF planes were down
ed in daylight combat today at
Calais, Cherbourg. Boulogne and
areas of the Channel coast, ag
ainst the loss of two Germain
planes.
LOCAL BOARD ANNOUNCES
DRAFT SERIAL NUMBERS
NOME AREA REGISTRANTS
Sertal numbers of those who
registered last January have just
been announced by the Nome lo
cal Board, and will be the basis
for a Territorial drawing to de
termine each registrants’ order
number, which will indicate the
order in which men will be call
ed up for selective service.
Serial numbers assigned are as;
follows:
1 Murray, James Peter, Elim
2 NulLorok, David R., Nome
3 Carmody, Charles A., Nome
4 Malcolm. William T.. Nome
5 Glavinovich. Walter A.. Nome
6 Lyle, Donald James, Nome
7 Pungowiyi, Donald E., Sav-1
onga.
8 Cartwright, Andrew C., Nome!
9 Eningowok, Philip. Shismaref
10 Alton, Edward R‘iley, Nome
11 Kungesuk, John, Nome.
12 Murray, Joseph, Elim
13 Ayagiak, Andrew E., Unalak
leet.
14 Myomick, Wm., St. Michael
15 Anungazuk, Toby Wales
16 McGinnis, Raymond, Nome
17 McLean, Harold (Barlow),
Nome
18 Suhonen, Leo Oliver, Nome
19 Jackson, Robert Dale, Nome
20 Kungek, Edward, Wales
21 Kakaruk, Johnny Egamew
yok, Marys Igloo
22 Spagnola, Woodrow D., Nome
23 McLean, James M., Nome
24 Macomber, Wm. R., Solomon
25 Soyster, Charles. H., Nome
26 Alowa, Nelson Savoonga
27 Nayokpuk, Walter, Shish
maref
28 Pungowiyi, Clarence Atata,
Savoonga
29 Madros, Austin, Kaltag
30 Enaruk, David, Wht. Mt.
31 Ahnangnatogk, Victor, Tel
ler Mission
32 Cannon, Robert W„ Nome
33 Stewart. Harvey H. Nome
34 Kugzruk. Dick Kigvana, Igloo
35 Amuktoolik, Laurie, Golovin
36 Nupowtuk, Mark Ongoson,
Gambell.
37 Ulricksen, Einer Alton, Nome
38 Natungok, Peter S„ Wales
39 Alaowsines. Leonard, Nome
40 Tweet, Harold Milton, Teller
41 Alexander. J. Houston, Nome
42 Edman, Axel Tage, Nome
43 McCarty, Uriel U„ Nome.
44 Fults, John W„ Teller Mission
45 Funk, Richard, Nome
46 Slack, Walter L., Nome
47 Analoak. Arthur Cabinboy,
Nome
48 Kaseke, Teddy, Savoonga
49 Ulricksen, Trygve E„ Nome
50 Foster, Neal Winston, Nome
51 Foster, Frank H.. Haycock
52 Kugzruk, Willie Soolungwill
uk, Igloo
53 Karjarie, Gordon, Little Dio
mede Iisland
54 Kunayak, John, Little D. Is.
55 Glavinovich, Carl S., Nome
56 Charles, Albert Bent, Nome
57 Kuki, Matt Jacob, Nome
58 Avessuk, Roy, Shishmaref
59 Avessuk, Fred, Shishmaref
60 Amuktoolik, James A., Nome
61 Durant, Chas. Albert, Nome
62 Charles, John, Koyuk
63 Kakik, Samuel, Nome
64 Kalland, Edgard E., Kaltag
(Continued on Pag* Two)