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VOL. 44. No. 85. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, June 24, 1942 Per Copy 154
Axis Drive Egypt May Be Started
Reds Assert Nazi Wedges Crimea, Kharkov, Stopped
Chinese In Kiangsi Province Push
Back Japs Threatening Railroad
CHUNGKING. June 24 (AP< — The Chinese an
nounced tonight that its armies in Kiangsi province
recaptured Kweiki, thus pushing back the western
, claw of the Jap pincer which came within 50 miles of
closing on the strategic Kiangsi railway. A commun
ique said 15,000 Jap troops started a new drive on
Chekiang province, west of Kiangsi. aimed toward
Lishui, .important highway center, 175 miles south of
Hangchow, midway between the coast and the rail
line where the fighting previously centered.
Jap broadcasts described the new thrust as a strong
offensive and said Lishui is the last airport still in
Chinese hands in Chekiang province
Commons Dissatisfied With Britain's
Military Leadership — Libya Defeat
LONDON, June 23 (AP) — Dissatisfaction over
Britain’s military leadership flared openly in the
House of Commons which received the first account
I ing of the defeat in Libya. Although the heartening
news came that Britain’s desert fighters were rein
forced and more reinforcements are on the way, the
House learned that the naval side of the Libyan strug
gle cost Britain seven warships, including a light
cruiser, and 30 planes.
Determined To Fix Blame For Defeat
Dominion Secretary Attlee made the report in the
absence of Churchill in the United States, but offer
ed little explanation for the sharp and sudden set
back which pushed the British to the Egyptian bor
der. The House apparently determined to fix the
bame for the defeat, cheered when conservative Sir
John Wardlaw Milne declared that some of the mem
bers “No longer have confidence in the military direc
tion of the war.” Attlee said the Axis lost heavily in
the twin convoy battle: a battleship was torpedoed,
and a cruiser of the 8-inch-gun Trento class and two
destroyers were sunk.
The British lost 4 destroyers and two patrol boats
n addition to the light cruiser.
CHINESE FIGHT FOR KINHWA
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As part of the campaign to save Kinhwa, provincial
l capital of Chekiang, Chinese troops were reported to
have routed a Japanese column north of Keinteh, in
the area indicated by the Japanese symbol. Kinhwa,
indicated by Chinese symbol, at last reports was still
m Chinese hands.
Pa> Allocation
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Allowance Bill
Becomes Law
Washington. June 24 (AP)
— The President signed
the ■■■•orvice mens’ pay allot
ment allowance bill, pav
ing the way for financial
aid to dependents of fight
ing men. reclassification of
married men for the draft,
and providing for federal
payments to supplement al
lotments of service mens’
paychecks to support de
pendents. The legislation
also contains provision en
unciating the congression
al po!ic\ that selective ser
vice should “not break up
the Institution of the
home."
Special Meeting
Of War Council
Washington, June 24 (AP)
— President Roosevelt call
ed a special meeting tomor
row of the Pacific War
Council, Churchill a n d
King to attend. He didn’t
say what the purpose of
the meeting was, but spec
ial importance was attach
ed to it because of the plan
ned attendance of Prime
Minister King of Canada,
usually represented at the
Council meetings by its
minister, Leighton M c -
Carthy.
OPA Ceiling On
Consumer Services
Washington, June 24 (AP)
— The cost of shoe shines,
auto repairs, piano tuning,
funerals and all other con
sumer services will be lim
ited. beginning July first,
to the highest levels charg
ed in March. The OPA is
sued a price ceiling regu
lation to effect a million es
tablishments doing an an
nual business of five bil
lion dollars but exempted
from the new regulations,
professional services such
as those performed by phy
sicians, dentists, lawyers,
and barbers.
NO KISSES FOR
TAYLOR IN FILM
HOLLYWOOD, June 20 — Ro
bert Taylor is making a picture
without a kiss. Furthermore, it’s
a picture without any love scenes
and without any girls. The pic
ture, being produced by MGM,
portrays life in the U. S. Navy
and directors could not figure
out how to get a girl in the
picture Ond make the scene an
accurate depiction of life in the
Navy.
It is Robert Taylor’s first pic
ture m his long film career with
out a kiss—and who says that
I isn’t news.
Germans ii, ive
Wedge in Defenses
Of Kharkov
Moscow, June 24 (AP) —
For the second day, the
Red Army conceded that
the Germans have driven
a wedge into the Russian
defenses on the Kharkov
front, using massed forces
and 200 tanks at a single
point. The onslaught is con
stoutly increasing in fury
and power, the Germans
apparently oblivious t o
the immense losses as they
throw in ever greater num
bers of tanks, planes and
infantry. But they still do
not manage to achieve any
real success, declared the
Red Star, official Armv pa
per.
Sevastopol Stops
German Wedge
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Moscow, June 23 (AP)—
The Sevastopol garrison
stopped the Germans who
drove a wedge into the de
fenses of the fortress, the
Russians reported. Mili
tary dispatches said the
Nazis, holding a great su
periority in manpower and
machines, succeeded in
penetrating front line posi
tions and throwing in new
tanks and fresh troops, but
failed to reach the depth
defenses of the big Black
Sea base.
A Soviet summary of
the first year of war ag
ainst Germany asserted,
meanwhile, that the Ger
mans suffered ten million
casualties against four mil
lion Red losses and that
the Germans are no longer
able to launch a general
offensive.
No More Rationing
Until August 15
Cleveland, Ohio, June—A
Price Administration of
ficial said that outside of
possible national gasoline
rationing, no other items
would be restricted to the
general public before Aug
ust 15.
Director John Hamm
told newspapermen in
Cleveland that rationing of
gas might be imposed be
fore August 15 on a nation
wide scale.
Hamm declared that the
OPA might also take up
the problem of stabilizing
farm prices and industrial
wages to complete the
price control structure.
The OPA official predict
ed that sugar rationing
would continue because of
the tight shipping situa
tion in the first six months
of this year.
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Heavy Axis Bombardment May
Be Signal Start Battle of Ejrvpt
UNDATED, June 24 (AP) — A violent all-night
bombardment by Axis artillery indicated the battle
of Egypt may already have started. The British re
ported “very strong" enemy columns of tanks and
motorized infantry are racing along the coast toward
the Egyptian-Libyan border. While definite word is
lacking that Rommel has launched an offensive, mili
tary observers pointed out that a heavy artillery bar
rage usually signals an imminent land attack. Thru
out the night, dispatches said, big Axis field guns shell
ed British defense lines and enemy patrols stabbed
repeatedly at “soft spots.”
Dispatches from Cairo said the Axis armored forc
es are swinging southward on the Libyan side of the
frontier, apparently intending to strike at Egypt many
miles below the Mediterranean coast in the hope of
outflanking the British. Light German and Italian for *
es engaged the British west of the Sal urn coast area
in an evident attempt to ma-sk Rommel’s flanking
scheme. It is expected Romm-*? will launch his main
blow around Fort Muddalem/50 miles southwest of
Salum or at Brel Shegga, 20 miles farther south.
An Italian war bulletin claimed the seizure of
33,000 prisoners in the fail of Tobruk. Dispatches hint
ed that British warships, maneuvering off the coast,
are prepared to turn and fire on the Axis invasion
armies. -
Navy's Total Dead, Wounded, Missing
Since Start of War More Than 10,000
WASHINGTON, June 24 (AP) — The Navy an
nounced that its total dead, wounded and missing since
the war started, stood at more than 10.000, with the
release of casualty list number five, containing the
names of 98 recorded dead. 8 wounded and 2,101 miss
ing. In addition the army reported 790 deaths in battle
and the wounding of 930 American soldiers.
The new Navy list covered the casualties reported
to next of kin between May 11 and June 6, covering
the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
U. S. /\rm\ Planes
Join RAF Attacks
On Axis in Libya
Cairo, June 23 (AP) —
The U. S. Army hurled big
four - motored Consolidat
ed bombers into the de
fense of Egypt in a damag
ing raid on the Axis sup
ply base at Bengasi, a com
munque disclosed. With
the battered British 8th
army expecting a drive
eastward into Egypt anyi
time, by the German-led
troops which captured To
rub, moved up to the bor
der, U. S. fliers joined the
RAF in a heavy raid Sun
day on Bengasi piers and
railroads and many fires
were started. A constant
aerial patrol is being main
tained in addition to bomb
ing and strafing in an Am
erican and RAF bid to
keep the Nazis and their
Italian satellites from get
ting set for an expected
quick thrust against Egypt.
RAF observers reported
large numbers of German
and Italian vehicles, pro
HEYDRICH S DEATH
LAID TO HIMMLER
London, June 20 — Free
French circles in London
received detailed reports
last night indicating that
Hitler’s ace hangman, Rein
hardt Heydrich, had been
killed at the instigation of
Gestapo Chief Heinrich
Himmler.
Himmler was said to
have struck down his sub
ordinate because Heydrich
had been opposing Gestapo
policies.
Himmler’s a u t h o r i ty
would have been limited to
Germany if Heydrich had
lived. Himmler is said to
have procurred Hevdrich’s
assassination to get rid of
a rival he considered dan
gerous.
lay Defense Bonds and Stamps
sumably carrying troops,
in the vicinity of Sidi
Azeiz, 12 miles west of the
border, where they were
attacked by fighters and
bombers, but they report
ed the great bulk of the en
emy strength still seemed
some 50 miles west of the
border.