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Vol. 43. No. 84. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 1941. Per Copy 18#
U. S. Navy Is To Start Convoying
Outlaw Power Strike Blacks Out Kansas City
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Mysterious Explosions Sink 3 Swedish Destroyers
Nazis Indicate Smashing Blow To
Leningrad, Defenses Crumbling
Capture Bridgeheads In Ukraine
UNDATED, Sept. 16 >(£>)— Hit
ler’s command reported the an
nihilation ol nine Soviet divi-'
sions and crushing nine other
divisions “with the bloodiest loss
eS,” a grand total of about 270,
000 men, in the fighting south of
Lake Ilmen on the Leningrad
front. In a special bulletin Hit
ler’s field headquarters declared
that strong forces of the 11th.
20th, 70th and 34th Russian arm-,
ies were “decisively defeated”
and also the capture of 53.000
Red army prisoners, 320 tanks
and 625 pieces of artillery. The
German losses, as usual, were
not disclosed. The Nazi bulletin
said the vast slaughter occurred
, “during the past week,” and in
dicated a smashing blow to Len
ingrad's defense army of a mil
lion men.
Completely Rout German Tanks
Simultaneously the Soviet
army newspaper the Red Star re
ported a gigantic night battle of
heavy tanks for “an important
point in the approaches to Len
ingrad,” ended in a complete
rout of the Germans, who left
hundreds of dead in the field.
Nazi military dispatches pictur
ing Leningrad as bombed said,
the great network of steel and
•concrete fortifications which ring
ed the capital of the Czars, is
crumbling from blows of the
most destructive weapons of the
German arsenal.
Take Bridgeheads in Ukraine
On the southern front, the
Nazi command asserted that Ger
man troops after several days of
fighting, captured a series of
“highly important bridgeheads”
across the lower D.neiper River
in the Ukraine, clearing the way
for a drive cn the rich industrial
va ley, Don.
At sea, the Russians reported
sinking ten Nazi ships — seven
trfi'ops transport and three es
corting warships in northern
waters off Norway.
Finland declared that the Ger
mans smashed an attempt to
land troops on the fortified is
land base of Oesel. off Estonia.
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From Murmansk (1) to Ukraine Germans hit hard and fast. Rus
sianswere endangered by pincers movements (2) that were report
ed to have captured Riga, Dvinsk and Minsk and carried the Ger
mans onward. Reds acknowledged German penetration 90 miles
southeast of Minsk. A German drive through Baranowicz encircled
an Army (3). Twin drives through Luck and Lwow (4) endanger
ed another Army and threatened Kiev. There was also action on
the Russo-Finish border. Black arrows indicated reported German
drives; broken arrows, objectives.
Navy to Protect All Cargoes Enroute
To Iceland-Merchantmen Are Given
Permission Carry Munitions British
Announces Every Vessel Authorized is Contracted For
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 UP)—
; Stripped for action, the United
States Atlantic fleet took under
the protection of its guns, all
'lease lend cargoes in transit on
; the Atlantic between the North
American continent and Iceland,
i he zero hour for this new phase
of operation was 12:01 a.m.
A widely accepted view in c.u
; thoritative quarters was that it
meant the start of actual convoy
j duty by U. S. naval vessels along
| the 2,l)0|0-mile stretch in the
i north Atlantic.
Explicit Permission Carry' Arms
In a companian move to ease
Britain’s shipping burdens, Am
erican merchantmen were given
explicit permission to carry arms
and munitions to many parts of
the vast British empire. The
State Department announced
that a ruling by Attorney Gen
eral Biddle held that the Presi
j dent's Neutrality Act proclama
tion at the outbreak of the war,
didn’t bar American ships from
transporting implements of war
to any portion of the British em
pire except areas blocked by the
I Neutrality Act as “combat zon
es.’’ India, Canada, Australia,
New Zealand and the Union of
South Africa were not effected.
Effect of Ruling
The effect of the ruling will
be to clear the way for the flow
of munitions on American ships
to numerous British colonies and
possessions some of them in strat
, egic proximity to the theatres of
active operations, and others of
potential future importance.
Senate Mulls Neutrality Act
Meanwhile administration lead
eis in the Senate are mulling
! over the whole broad question of
the existing Neutrality law and
report they are undecided how
far they should go to secure its
overhaul to enable the Navy to
carry cut its new task.
The Atlantic fleet is believed to
have substantially in excess of
125 vessels, including three old
battleships assigned to it when
created more than a year ago.
The battleships are the Texas,
flagship of Admiral Ernest King,
and the New York and the Ar-1
kansas.
17 Battleships In U. S. Navy
The Navy announced, mean-■
while, that every naval vessel
authorized by law is contracted
for “in the creation of the great
est array of fighting ships under
one flag, that the world has ever
seen.” ft was disclosed also that
two of six new 35,000-ton battle
ships, the North Carolina and the
Washington were added to the
battleline in September, as the
first capital ship additions to go
into service since 1923, which
gives the United States 17 battle
ships in actual service.
A Series Mysterious Explosions
Sink Three Swedish Destroyers
At Anchored-No Reason Given
New 9,000-ton Swedish Motorship Also Reported Sunk
UNDATED, Sept. 17 (JP) — A
series of mysterious explosions
shattered and sank three Swed
ish destroyers riding at anchor
off the east coast of neutral Swed
en, with first reports declaring at
least 31 officers and crewmen be
ing killed. Raging oil fires
around the scene of the triple
disaster in Haarsfjaerden Fjord,
south of Sloakholm, seriously
hampered the rescue efforts. All
ambulances in Stockholm were
rushed to the scene. The entire
Swedish coastal fleet was assign
ed to pick up survivors. There
were no immediate details forth
coming as to the cause of the
blasts. •
Early reports established that
one officer, six non-commissioned
officers and 12 marines were kill
ed and 12 others injured. Swed
ish authorities said the explos
ions apparently started in one
ship which sank all three, one
after another.
Stockholm dispatches also re
ported the sinking of the new
9,000-ton Swedish motorship Yar
rawonga. The local sinking was
not given coincidentally.
The press of German-allied Fin
land bitterly assailed Swedish
newspapers, declaring that thru
blind antagonism to Germany,
they have lost sight of their own
interests and playing into the
hands of Russia, Finland’s foe.
Swedish newspapers were accus
ed of spreading rumors injurious
to the Finnish cause.
Morgenthau Urges
Release of Food
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 —
Treasury Secretary Henry Mor
genthau, Jr., urged that the gov
ernment release all surplus food
supplies so that the general pub
lic might have an opportunity to
purchase them.
The Treasury chief said that in
case of surplus commodities for
sale, the public would ease the
threat of inflation. Morgenthau
said that the sale of government
surplus would not depress pric
es. Said the..Treasury secretary:
“We are in a boom and the
public should be permitted to
buy as much of the surplus as it
wants.’.’ . . ,
Unheralded Power Strike Blacks
Out Kansas City For 4 Hours
Officials Take Quick Action
Caused by Jurisdictional Dispute Between Unions
i KANSAS CITY, Sept, 17 4/P)—
i 'Swift official action checked an
j unhera ded power strike which
blacked out the city of 400.000
inhabitants for 4 hours, plung
ing hospital operating rooms into
■ darkness and stalling laden
' streetcars, trolley and busses. Po
i lice seized six men, involved in
what Mayor Gage called an out
law strike against the Kansas
City Power and Light Company.
A battalion of recently organ
1 ized Missouri home guard were
mobilized by Governor Donnell
and another ordered to stand
alert but neither were called in
to action immediately.
A.bert Wright, representative
of the International Brotherhoov.1
of Electrical Workers of the AFL
was arrested at the power plant
on the order of Chief of Police
Anderson but was released on
bond after he was held incom
municado for several hours. An
derson said charges of sabotage
and malicious mischief would be
sought against the other five men
arrested, all striking employees.
Tf any deaths are caused by this
the charges should be murder,”
Anderson said.
Non-Strikers Return To Work
A police detail headed by May
or Gage and Chief Anderson
ejected some 25 strikers from a
northeast power station and as
current poured through the lines
non-strikers went back to work
under police protection.
The strike grew out of a juris
fictional dispute between the
AFL union and the independent
union of utility and employees'
company.
To Execute Not
Only Communists
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UNDATED, Sept. 17 (JP) —
Swift breaking international de
velopments included:.
One — German authorities in
Paris, striking to crush a wave
of anti-Nazi shootings, announc
ed that executions of hostages
in reprisal for attacks on Ger
mans will include not only com
munists but “all classes of the
Paris population.” The announce
ment followed quickly after the
death of a German non-commis
sioned officer from gun-shot
wounds inflicted Monday by an
unidentified assailant. French
communists have sworn to kill
ten Germans for every hostage
executed by the Nazis.
Allied Officers In
Capital Of Iran
Two—British and Russian staff
officers entered Tesheran, capital
of Iran, as their mechanized fore
es surrounded the city in the
wake of yesterday’s abdication
of Reza Shah Pahlavi, the king
dom’s ruler.
Reds Smash Nazis
Three —On the Russo-German
war front, Russians reported that
the Rod Armies, in a smashing
counter-offensive hurled the Ger
mans back to the westward with
10,000 Nazis killed and wound
ed .after 8 days of battle 30 miles
northeast of Smolensk.
Hostages are Shot
PARIS, Sept. 16 (JP) — General
Heinrich von Stuelpnagel, com
mander of the German occupy
ing forces, announced that ten
more hostages were shot in Paris
[ in reprisals for attacks on Ger
Axis Bombs Cairo
Opening Way For
Bombing Of Rome
CAIRO, Sept. 16 </P) — Cairo
suffered its first air raid of the
war when Axis planes bombed
the city heavily, killing 39 civil
ians and wounding 93. This ap
parently opened the way for the
British bombing of Rome.
Tire British last spring warned,
that bombing either of Cairo or
Athens would bring reprisals ag
ainst Rome. Cairo is the holy
city of the Moslem world, much
as Rome is to the Catholics.
Nazis Confiscate ,
Property Relatives
Queen Wilhelmina
THE HAGUE, Sept. 16 (JP)
German authorities ordered the
confiscation of all property with
in German occupied Netherlands
belonging to living members of
the house of Orange and Nassau,
headed by Queen Wilhelmina,
| now in exile in Britain.
Former Envoy
Europe Passes
SOUTH DARTMOUTH, Massa
chussets, Sept. 16 i/P) — Alanson
Bigelow Houghton, aged 78. for
mer ambassador to Germany and
Britain, died suddenly at his sum
mer home from a heart attack.
man army men. The executions
are in retaliation for attacks on
men of the army of occupation
on September 6, ,10, and 11, a
notice informed the public, and
which was sent to newspapers
of the occupied zone and posted
on house walls. The executions
brought the number to 13, it was
officially announced.
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