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VOL. 44. No. 5. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, Jan. 12, 1942. Pe.-copy iw
Japs More 150 mi. From Singapore
PINCER ATTACK ON LUZON
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The Japanese landing at Aparri (1), was followed by one at Leg
* aspi (2). Japanese bombers centered their raids on Ratangas Pro
vince (3), Clark Field and Olongapa.
Japans All-Out Gamble For A
Quick, Sweeping Victory. Stirs
Hornet's Nest of Dutch Resistance
UNDATED. Jan. 12 ifP) — Jap
an’s all-out gamble for a quick,
sweeping, victory before the unit
ed nations can take the offensive,
carried her troops dangerously
closer to Singapore and touch
ed off a preparatory artillery bat j
tie along the entire Philippine
front and stirred up a hornet’s;
nest of resistance bv the Nether
land East Indies. Dutch fighters j
_ on land and in the air struck at i
invasion footholds gained by the
Japanese over the week-end. It
is claimed, with allied aid, they
showered two Japanese cruisers,
and destroyed two transports,
with bombs. The outcome of the
land, sea, and air battles in vital
outposts of the Dutch archipel
ago are still in the balance. Fight
^ ing is mounting in destructive
fury and assisting the Dutch are
U. S. warships, and American
and Australian planes.
A communique said “Our al
lies are energetically taking part
in the fight against the invaders.
Allied planes yesterday shot
down four Japanese planes over
Minahassa while we further scor
ed two direct hits on a Japanese
cruiser.
Two Australian planes near
Menado were shot down in flam
• es this morning by the Japan
ese. Our bombers this morning
scored a direct hit on a Japanese
cruiser lying off Tarakan and
our Glenn Martin bombers also
scored two direct hits on two Jap
anese transports lying there.”
The Dutch surprising found it
possible also to help in the de
fense of Singapore. Neitherland
East Indies fighters were said to
have downed three Japanese raid
ers attacking the British base
this morning.
In the Philippines, Washington
P announced that a heavy artillery
battle flamed along the entire
front and ground activity increas
ed as air attacks were renewed
as the Japanese moved fresh
troops to front Jine positions.
Indications are that a new Jap
anese offensive is at hand.
In Malaya, the Japanese, de
spite a succession of British with
drawa’s, are still more than 150
miles from Singapore, on the
western side of Malaya and are
probably no closer on the east
ern side although there has been
little exact word on locations on
that front.
Japs In Malaya
Advance 50 Miles
In 24 Hours
UNDATED. Jan. 10 UP> — Jap
troops, led by monster tanks, are
advancing almost 50 mi’es in 24
hours in the Malayan “green
hell" jungles and were reported
officially by a Tokyo broadcast to
have drivpn two and a half miles
southwest of Kaula Lumpur, the
world's crude rubber capital,
and opened a general assault on
the city.
British Far East headquarters
tersely acknowledged that battle
wearied British Imperial troops
have withdrawn “farther south”
from the latest series of defense
lines 50 miles north of the city.
No details were given.
Japanese Troop
Ships Appear
Off Mindanao
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 VP) —
The War Department reported in
tensive patrolling and artillery
duels between the Philippine de
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Knox Asserts
Battle of Atlantic
Is Most Important
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12 UP) —
Seer tary Knox said that while
the American fleet is not idle, no
early conclusive showdown could
be expected with the Japanese
fleet. The battle of the Atlantic is
still the war’s most important
struggle The Navy's number one
J job, he said in a speech at the
annual U. S. conference of may
ors, is keeping the sea lanes open
between America and Britain, to
bring about the defeat of Hitler’s
i Germany, “our great enemy."
Knox said: "I wouldn't be
frank with you, if I led you to
believe that you could expect fa
vorable, dramatic deve'onments
and triumphant American full
•cale naval engagements in the
Pacific in the near future.” The
elements of distance and time
and the necessarily wide distrib
ution of our naval forces pre
clude what I know you all wish
me to suggest: an early and con
elusive showdown with the Jap
anese fleet, but you know by this,
I don't mean to imply that the
| Pacific fleet is idle. It is not
die. You will hear from it again
and again, when and where care
fu! strategic considerations dic
tate.”
F I) R Submits
1943 Budget
To Congress
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10 l/P) —
President Roosevelt’s 1043 bud
get was submitted to Congress
Wednesday. He asked $1,502,660
for the government of Alaska as
compared to $1,626,065 for this
year. $4,750,000 was asked for the
A'aska railroad.
The budget included $708,500
tor construction and maintenance
of roads, trails and bridges;
i $300,000 for the Palmer-Richard
son Highway; $50,000 for public
schools; $209,080 for the care and
custody of the insane; $152,100
for wagon roads, trails and bridg
es; $76,235 for investigation of
mineral resources; $10,000 for
Governor Gruening’s salary;
$5,600 for the Secretary’s salary;
$17,380 for contingent expenses;
$21,000 for salaries of the legis
'ature; $8,000 for mileage; $5,200
for salaries of legislative employ
ees; and 15.200 for incidental ex
penses of the legislature.
The Interior Department ap
propriation included $95,870 for
the Reindeer Service, an increase
>f $5,000 over the present year;
| ind $553,180 for medical relief to
I natives.
The Roosevelt budget contain
ed no provision to continue the
life of the Alaska International
Highway Commission, but it was
I the *ame way last year and Con
gress appropriation $4,000.
fenders and the Japs. Heavy en
j emy reinforcements are being
j brought up, apparently in prepar
at ion for a renewed Jap offensive
drive on Luzon. Also consider
able numbers of enemy vessels
appeared off the coast of the
southernmost island of Mindanoa
indicating the probability of ad
ditional landings there.
The* unique and aumorou*
md typical Alaskan stationery—
| ‘Sourdough Roadhouse Letter
heads and Envelopes”, have beet
brought strictly uptodate^ and art
now available at the Nugget offl
ie.
U.S. and Britain Renew Efforts
Win War Bases In Eire--Russians
Trap 150,000 Germans at Mozhaisk
UNDATED. Jan. 12 iJP) — Re
ports of a renewed American and
British diplomatic effort to win
war bases in neutral Eire, shared
important advices that Russian
armies reached the new German
winter defense line on the cen
tral front, putting themselves in
a good position to close the pin
cers on the perhaos lf»0,f>fl0 Ger
mans in the Mozhaisk sector.
The envsioned effects of air
and sea bases in Eire are far
reaching, but most immediate of
all is their potential effc'ct on Ger
many’s a’ready dwindling battle
of-the-Atlantic sealanes. That
Germany still holds great strik
ing power in the Atlantic, de
spite the curtailing effects of U.
S naval participation in patrol
ling and convoy protection, was
emphasized in a German com
munique announcing that an
othcr British destroyer was sunk
in the Atlantic by submarine ac
tion. Hitler’s command said still
another was torpedoed in the
Mediterranean but presumably
only damaged.
The new overtures to Eire
are combined with a British
press campaign and are mainly
informal, but nonetheless official.
Thus far, it is reliably reported
in London that the chances for
success have improved since the
United States entered the war.
Eire’s Prime Minister DeValera
said Irish sympathies lie with
the United States but he insist
ed that involvement of Eire
would promote disunity among
the people and he believes Eire
must keep its distance from Brit
ain.
It is said that U. S. represent
tives in Dublin are putting on so
much pressure that their old
popularity is waning. It is no se
cret that they are looking wish
fully at such potential bases as
Berehaven, Cobj, Lough, and
Swil y.
Irish bases would permit a
longer-range air protection to
British shipping and would serve
well in countering any German
moves on West Africa, or possib
ly on Britain herself.
The Russia recapture of Lyud
inovo, tightened the vise on the
Germans in Mozhaisk, 57 miles
west of Moscow, the closest po
sition to the capital still held by ;
the Nazis. Salients have been
driven westward both below and
over Mozhaisk.
Nazi Press Chief
Admits Critical
Viar Situation
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UNDATED, Jan. 10 </P) — Hit-1
ley's press chief Dr. Otto Dietrich j
prepared the German nation fori
a jolt by solemnlv acknowledge
ing that Nazi military operations'
have “reached an extremely ser
ious. indeed critcal phase" as the
Russian swept on to new tri
umphs.
Russians Advance 4 Miles A Day
Soviet front line dispatches
said that Red Army troops are
advancing over the wintery battle
fields at a pace more than 4 miles
a day. They recaptured Mosalsk.
47 miles west of Kaluga and fur
ther tightened the vice on the
100,000 Germans still holding out
at Mozhaisk.
Incipient Revolution In Germany
Advices to the Associated
; Press from “somewhere on the
German frontier" said persistant
I efforts of an incipient revolution
in Germany impelled the Ger
i man Foreign Office to summon
the correspondents and issue a
rniddleof-the-night denial.
iuy Defense Bonds and Stamps
C”*HIFF canny, blunt
V»l IIL. i Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, who on Dec. 18 inducted
entire Filipino army Into the
U. S. army, rests burden of di
recting defense of Philippines
against Japanese bombings a"d
invasion attempts aimed chiefly
at Manila and Luzon Island.
Chinese Army
Have Japanese
On The Run
CHUNGKING. Jan 12 <;P> —
The new-found offensive power
of Chiang Kai Shek's forces
wrested success in ITrivei against
the Japanese at four widely sop
arated fronts, a commun;que an
nounced. On one front, the an
nouncement said. two villages
were recaptured.
The now offensive apparently
endangered the entire postion of
the Japanese forces along the
Lunhai Railroad, south of the
Yellow river.
Chinese attention continued to
center on a third victory at
Changsha in Hunan Province,
where the communique said, the
Japanese are fleeing northward,
“In great confusion,” after suffer
ing 8,000 more casualties and
losing thousands of prisoners.
WHERE WAR AND DISASTER STRUCK IN FAR PACIFIC
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I Japanese forces continued to menace British and U. S. positions in vital zones: (1), the island of
Penang off the coast of northwest Malaya; (2), Borneo, where Japanese landings were reported
in Sarawak, in area of Miri, where Dutch reported direct hit on Japanese destroyer; (3), Vigan,
in Philippines, where the U. S. Army announced 26 Japanese planes had been destroyed; <4)f
Hongkong, where Japanese siege continued in increasing severity. Meanhile Tokyo announced 194
persons had been killed in an earthquake in southern Formosa (5), with communications d srupt
ed between Kagi and Tainan.