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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 44. No. 136. NOME. ALASKA. FRIDAY. OCT. 9. 1942. Copy
Gold Mines Ordered Shut Down
Russians Still Hold Initiative On Stalingrad Front
WPB Orders Shutdown By Oct. 15 Of
Nation’s Cold Mines, Include Alaska’s
ALL OPERATIONS MUST STOP WITHIN f»0 DAYS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (/P) — The War Production
Board ordered the shutdown of two to three hundred
of the nation’s largest gold mines in order to re'base
the manpower to work in copper and other vital war
metal production. Gold mines must cease taking out
new ore within seven days. The order covers all mines
now producing gold, including those in Alaska and
other territories except those mines previously accord
ed preferential priority treatment by the WPB be
cause of their by-products output of copper, lead and
zinc. Certain small mines are excepted.
The mines are directed to halt their operations at
the “earliest possible date,” and at the latest, stop
breaking out new ore after October 15.
All operations must stop within sixty days, except
the minimum activity necessary to keep buildings,
and equipment in repair and workings in safe condition.
easury Offers For Sale 4 Billions
Worth Securities: Largest Borrowing
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (/P)—The Treasury announc
ed the offer for sale, on Thursday, of four billion dollars
worth of securities, comprising the largest single bor
rowing operation of the present war. The offerings will
be either 2 percent, 8 to 10 year bonds, or one and one
half percent year and two-months treasury notes.
Departing from its usual practice, the Treasury as
signed no quota to either type issued but announced
that the four billion dollars will be divided between two
issues in proportion to the preference shown by the in
estors for the tvyo types. This financing contained an
other new idea, designed to further the government’s
policy of borrowing as much money as possible from all
other types of investors before borrowing from the
banks. This borrowing will raise the Treasury’s debt to
above 95 billion dollars.
Promotes War Bon (Is.—Urging fanners to purchase Vi ar Bondi every mar
ket day, this striking VTar Bond poster will serve as a constant reminder of
the farmer's Make in the Vtar, for it will he displayed generally in the rural
areas during the nc.\t few months. Illustration is by John Stcuart (,urry.
Will Lie Leaves
Chungking, Next
Stop Not Known
Chungking, Oct. 8 (/P) —
Wendell Willkie left by
plane yesterday, ending a
five-day visit. His next
stop was not immediately
disclosed.
Treasry Is
Told Not To
Murder Santa
New Delhi, India —Three
months before Christmas,
Yanks in this part of the
world are worrying that
their Christmas shall be
neither too little nor too
late. They have aimed a
broadside at Washington
charging that “the Trea
sury Department may mur
der Santa Claus.”
In a recent radio me.^.
sage, the War Dept, said
that troops may send
Christmas packages home
if they wish but that they
would not be exempt from
mustom duties. The trea
sury spokesman said legis
lation will be introduced in
congress soon on the ex
emption of packages up to
$50 in value sent home by
soldiers and sailors.
In the meantime, it is
the law that requires the
collection of duties.
Approves Of
Big U.S.
Housing Fund
Washington—The Senate
L ibor Committee approv
ed a $600,000,000 appro
priation for defense hous
ing throughout the United
: States.
The fund will double
money already appropriat
ed for housing projects.
Hiller Confident
Of Victory
Berlin — Adolf Hitler em
phasized his absolute con
fidence in victory in an ad
dress to 12.000 young of
ficers and cadets of the Ger
. man armed forces, aecord
! ing to a Berlin radio broad
cast of a dispatch by DNB.
the official German news
| agency. The speech was
given at the Sportspalatz
in Berlin.
— 1
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v ur job printing needs for the
! vprtng and summer. The Nug
j get Office will be glad to consul!
| with you as to your wants and
I prices on same.
No More Japs
On Attu, Agattu
Navy Reports
Washington, Oct. 7 (/P)—
The Navy announced that
aerial reconnaisance failed i
to show any signs of en-l
emv occupancy or activity
on Attu or Agattu Islands
for several weeks, indica
ing that the Japs have with
drawn. The enemy is still
holding Kiska, however.
The Navy reported that
new attacks by A r m y
bombers on the camp area
there were met, however,
only by light anti-aircraft
resistance.
S a I) o t a <» e
c
Is Urged
Against Nazis
London — British Trans
;Duration Minister Lord
Sellmore has appealed to
the people of the occupied
countries of Europe to com
mit thousands of acts of sa
botage against the Nazi
transportation system.
Sellmore said that thy
effect of thousands of min
or acts of sabotage would
be much greater than such
more spectacular blows as
dynamating trains.
The minister’s sugges
tions were broadcast to oc
cupied Europe by the Brit
ish radio.
Lord Sellmore said that
the German war machine
depends for maintenance
of the transportation sys
tem, and halting or slow
ing of transportation will
render great aid to the]
United Nations.
Air Power
Decides
Sea Power
Quincy, Mass.—Rear Ad
miral Frederick Sherman
declared that control of the
seas is now dependent up
on control of the air, and
added: “We developed this
form of warfare and the
Japanese, imitators as they
always have been, copied
from us. But no country in
the world can employ
these weapons as effective
ly as the American navy.”
Sounding the death
knell of the battleship as
the real backbone of sea
power, Admiral Sherman
declared:
“We still use the surface
of the sea for surface craft,
but the primary weapons
we use to conduct fighting
at sea are aircraft which
fly from the decks of our
carriers.”
Soviets Break Through (jerman Flank
In Push Aimed at Relieving Stalilngrad
r r
MOSCOW, Oct. 8 (/P) — Red Army tank forces,
breaking through the fortified German left flank north
west of Stalingrad, are reported to have forced the
enemy to divert Prussian units of Hitler’s elite army
from other fronts in an effort to stop the push aimed
at relieving Stalingrad. The Russians, however, main
tained the initiative even as the Germans poured more
and more men and machines into the holocaust.
The latest official report said German attacks were
beaten off both to the northwest as well as inside of
the ruined city during the past three days. Dispatches
said the Germans lost thousands of men, hundreds of
trucks and armored cars, and scores of tanks without
any compensating gains.
Documents taken from newly captured prisoners in
dicated that even Hitler’s command had hoped to win
the entire war in the east by the occupation of the
Volga metropolis, but now Pravda says, the prisoners
no longer talk of the end of the war but only express
fear of the coming winter, fatal to Germany and her
forces, insufficient to cover the broad fronts in Russia.
de-Gapture Of Burma Is
Essential Says Gen. 'Wavell
J
New Delhi, India — The
n e w comma nder-in-chief
in India, General Sir Arch
i b a 1 d Wavell, revealed
that hte recapture of Bur
ma is one of the principal
objectives of United Na
tion’s war strategy.
General Wavell told a
group of British and Am
erican correspondents that
Burma is one of the import
ant strategic areas for sue
cessful prosecution of the
war against Japan.
Re-occupation Necessary !
He said re-occupation of
Burma was necssary not
only to re-establish contact!
with the Chinese, but to
provide a base for attack
on Japan itself. Said Wav
ell:
“Naturally, I am think
ing a great deal about the
re-occupation of Burma,
but I cannot say what my
plans are. It is a difficult
problem. I always find my
self at the end of the sup-.
ply line.”
Wavell pointed out that
Rommel’s advance into
Egypt and the German
threat to the Caucasus had
diverted supplies and men
destined for India.
Situations Improved
But, he added, these sit
uations now have improv
ed. The British general
said the biggest fight this
year is the fight for ship
ping to supply the many
United Nations’ fronts.
He expressed doubt that
the Japs would try to in
vade either India or Aus
tralia, saying the Tokio
warlords probably want to
digest what they already
have swollowed. He said
he expected the Japanese
air force to prove their
weakest point, since they
must keep large forces at
home and in Manchuria to
watch Russia and still to
keep a strong force in the
southwest Pacific.
Third Class
Of WAAC’s
Graduated
Dps Moines, Iowa — Blar
ing brasses and rolling
drums heralded the com
missioning of the third
class of Women’s Auxil
iary Corps officers.
One hundred and seven
teen feminine soldiers re-1
ceived the rank of third of
fleer, equivalent to second
lieutennant.
Director Overta Culp
Hobby of the Women’s'
Corps and the Women’s !
Overseas Service League!
President Mrs. Herman
Baker, were on hand to
give the new WAAC offic-!
ers their formal send-off. ‘
Dies Says
Alien Inquiry
' Was Farce
Washington — Rep. Mar
tin Dies, Oemocrat, Texas,
chairman of the House com
mitee on Un-American Act
ivities insisted that the De
partment of Justice had
made “a farce” of the in
vestigation of Alien Sub
versive Affiliations of a
number of United States
government employees.
He read the names of 7
government employees af
filiated with Communist
Party front organizations,
saying the Justice Depart
ment had failed to fulfill -
the mandate of congress.