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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 44. No. 8. NOME. ALASKA, MONDAY, JAN. 19, 1942. Pe' <*py
Carol Lombard Victim Air Crash
vSin^apore Just Another Outworn
Defense Concept As Jap Drive
Down Malay Peninsula Continues
UNDATED, Jfiti. 19 UP) —With
the Japanese Kt ill advancirg
down Malaya’s steaming jungle
land, which the British looked
upon as a sort of na oral Mngiimt
line, Singapore has tain 1 it
p are as another outworn defen
sive concept. The battle f Shiga
port became a purely test f fight
ing nu n and the r weapon’.
Some of the ferecst h: d
hand cm bat in the hist ry of
war is in store, if it has- nut al
ready been in progress along the
narrow, ng fluid line of d fepse
in J chore state, well within 109
miles front the pivotal naval
ba,3e wh. ch the British call the
Gibraltar of the Orient.
The British acknowledged •
15-mile retreat from Johorc’s
central sector and further J nan
ese infiltration a ong the western
coast, tacitly admitting the of
fensive is between 90 and 95
miles from Singapore. While, the
Japanese claimed a thru t down
the same coast within 25 miles
of their goal.
Soon, but no ore knew who"
or where, the British Imperial
must make a final stand if the
i ipam se thrift is to b : It td
snort of Johore Strait. This is a
* water hazard, wh ch in the final
unaly.. , ,hi. Id Singapore island
and its invaluable naval insta’la
tions. Whoever holds Singapore
may well control the course oF
the war in the southwest Pacific.
Offie al si’ence from the Dutch
on land action ind eated that the
J panese offensive from foot
holds gamed in the Netherlands
E st Indies, is marking time pend
irg the outcome of the battle of
S npagore. However, the Dutch
did report Japanese air raids on
the Borneo oil port nt Bal k Papa
on the is'and of Sabank off the
nor.tin rn t p of Sumatra.
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Japanese Assert
Australian Lines
n bVaya Broken
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UNDATED, J'n. 17 (A*) — An
o.ke'al T kyo br ,:Hc:ist asserted
1Dat Tap invasion armies had
broken thru the Australian do-1
f T.st lino n tli" Bntu Pahat sec
lnr, 50 mil is northwest >f Singa
pore and it is apparent that a
e .s.• is near on the i ‘e of Brit
?t' 0,000,000 stronghold.
Th" Tokyo rrdio said that Jap
nk.rvEi, n planes reported that
American and Fi ipino artillery
men are abandoning artillery po
si'io-’s :n large columns and are
joining the general retreat to
ward M: n la Bay on the west
coast of Baton Peninsula.
British headquarters at Singa
pore acknowledged that Jap
troops gained a footho’d on the
south bark of strat g:c Muar R;v
?r, P0 miles north o>f Johiore
Strait, which separates Singa
pore Island from the mainland.
It wss sa ci that a major battle is
developing r the Malayan jun
gles to the northwest.
Giurchill Back
England From
Western Trip
LONDON. Jan. 17 (Ah — Chur
chi.E s'eno d prosacally from a
train, lv me from his history
making visit to the United States
and Canada. after flying from
Bermuda to Plymouth. Four of
h’s chief lieutenants were with
him
AGED CIVILIAN VOLUNTEERS
jgUMi'V'v -. y~^~
General John M. Claypool (right), 95, National Commander of
the United Confederate Veterans’ and VV. Ccott Hancock, adjut- |
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ant. were among the first to offer their services when a St. 1,ouis
r Civilian defense organization began enrolling volunteers. Taking
their registration is Miss Edith Takke.
Japs Sluggish
After Defenders
Smash Attack
WASHINGTON, Jin 19 i.T) —
Jap s patrols h: vt been ac
,;v< ■: \st American and Fili
p:no f : ■ - in the Philippines for
he p • 21 hours, but the results
are h -isive. the War Depart
ment orted. Ground np 'ra
tions 'vt re of a desultory na
tur . since American troops
smash I a h 'avv Japanese at
tack. A '• immun cpie said enemy
n r activities \v; confined to fre
que. t rreonnn -since flights.
Kale Explained
On Sea Only
Boost of the Alaska Steamship
Company’s freight rate's by 45 per
cent, approved by the U. S. Mari
time C- mmission, will toss an
other stone into Fairbanks’ finan
cial saddlebag, but the stone will
be a stone, and not a boulder.
I.srge calc shippers of the vic
inity pa nted this metaphor in
their explanation that the 45 per
cent increase on steamship rates
wi 1 produce actually only an
appmxbnate 1-5 per cent higher
over-all charge from Seattle to
Fairbanks.
Applies to Shipping
Revised surcharges on both pas
songor and freight rates for the
Alaska Steamship Company were
granted by the Maritime Com
mission only for the purpose of
covering increased expenses of
wartime operation such as war
risk insurance for the crews and
bonuses for increased length of
voyages of vessels due to war
conditions.
No upward revision of rates
has been announced by the A1
aska Railroad, whose charges con
stiiute approximately two-thirds
of the total freight costs between
Seattle and Fairbanks.
Hence, the 45 percent lift in
steamship freight charges affect -
•only about one-third of the total
freight costs between Seattle and
Fairbanks, making an approxi
mate 15 percent over-all raise
Specific Instance
As a specific instance, A. L.
W lbur Sr., of the A. L. Wilbur
and son Sheet Metal and Plumb
ing firm, pointed out that for a
commodity on which there is a
$60 per ton over-all charge from
Seattle to Fairbanks, approxi
mately $40 of that amount goes
to the A aska Railroad. The 45
per cent increase, then, would
act only on the $20 steamship
charge, an added charge of $0
Tibs would make the over-all
charge from Seattle to Fairbanks
an approximate total of $60 per
ton.
Washington reports of the Mari
time Commission’s approval
specified that the permission for
the Alaska Steamship Company
to make the ienrease carried a
provision that the company must
report to the Commission its ac
tual operating expenses period
colly.
Other Lines Not Included
The Commission also stated
that the order applied only to
the Alaska .Steamship Company.
Any other companies seeking in
creased rates must file applica
tion for permission. Other lines
operating to Alaska are expected
to follow the lead of the Alaska
Steamship Company.
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ROOSEVELT VIEWS WAR FUND POSTER
* laiming the start of a Red Cross War Fund Campaign for $50,000,000, President RcQsevtU
• turned to look at the first drive poster. Red Cross officials with him were: I. to r.: Claire Hobart,
nurse: Mrs. Ilenrirkh Eustis, associate director of volunteer service; S. Sloan Colt, campaign chair
nvm; Norman Davis, national chairman; Mrs. Dwight Davis, volunteer service director.
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Carol Lombard,
1\ Others Killed
In Airliner Crash
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 17 <JP) —
Car J Lombard, actress, and wife
of Clark Gable, and 21 others,
including her mother and 15 j
Army fliers apparently perished
'ast night n the explosive crash I
of a TWA luxury liner near Las
Vegas, Nevada. Flames were
sighted from the air .soon after
the accident. There was no in
dication of life.
Ground parties struggled in
difficulty tod: y through the rug
ged mounta ns and abandoned at
temphs to travel afoot and took
to horses.
The Army Air Corps Ferry
Command at Long Beach said
; the Armv men were members
of the Ferry Command returning
I to the coast from near assign
ments. They boarded the plane at
• A buquerque, where four other
passengers were put off to make
1 rd-mi.
The plane took off for Las Ve
gas at 7:07 and at about 7:30.
workers at the Blue Diamond
mine saw a flare and heard an ex
plosion. A few minutes later,
Western Airlines pilot Art Chen
ey radioed that he saw a fire on
Table Mountain, near the scene.
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Heavy Attack
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MacArthur’s Army
Oil Saturday
WASHINGTON. Jan. 17 CP) —
A War Department bul’etin re
. ported “a heavy Jap attack is
1 now in progress" against the
right flank of General MacAr
• thur’s men. “This is well support
ed by aircraft and artillery and
the assailants greatly outnumber
the defenders. However, our sol-!
! diers are stubbornly contesting
I the attempted advance.”
An official Tokyo dispatch quot
j ed frontline dispatches as saying
that Jap forces "completely oc
cupied “Malacca, capital of the
Malacca Straits settlement, 110
miles north of Malacca.”
Allies Believe Hitler Plotting
New Move But Exact Nature
l nknown-Suspeet Mediterranean
UNDATED. Jan. 19 (R‘ Hints
r>f actual circumstantial evidence
that Hitler is p'ottfng a new
move, wh eh havf appeared from
time to tune since the Russian
offensive was thrown into re
verse. was given the official Axis
stamp, although what he has in
mind is still obscure. The Ger
man raejio declared that mili
tary convention was signed yes
terday by Germany, Italy and
Japan and provided “pr p r, ap
propriate distribution of - -
forces in preparation fo opera
tions, of which great sinking
power will he the outstanding
significance.’’
Speculation, now as before, nat
urallv turns to the Medibrrar
can zone, newly strength me d by
the fact that Hitler’s naval chief
tain. Admiral Raeder and Musso
lini's chief of naval staff. Admir
al Riccardi, talked of high s'rat
v'v last week at •. Bavarian ren
dezvous.
Mediterranean is Seen
But of the Mediterranean, a
b u rtv.ve in that region might be
against Turkey with the idea of
winning control of the entire east
ern Mediterranean zone includ
ing the Suez Canal, or through
Spain, aimed at reducing Gibral
tar or carrying the war to West
Afrk-a. and finally, use of the
pi.unly-mdicated objective of
turning to the British offensive
in Li by • . In all these possibil
* :ethe strategic position of
Malta, little British island just
south of Italy and Sicily, figures
promin n'ly. Ricently stepped
up aerial pounding of that i*.
land ur ii r cored the liklihood
■ ha* an nfi'-rsive there, perhaps
in the stylo of the butt'e of Crete,
st-vds high in the Ax < order of
bus ness
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2<! Billion Dollar
A p p r o p r i a! i on
WASIIINGTIN. Jan. !9 ol’i
President Roosevelt a -'-.r l Con •
gross fur 2.". billi• *n and a half, in
supplemental appropriations and
contract authorization-; in 1942
and ’43 fi al years, bar the War
and Navy Departments and two
other defense activities.
Tin' estimated supplemental
appropriation needed by the
Navy fur 1942 fiscal years is $<!,
708,000,009. He also asked $7,193,
00-0 net. additional for the Navy
program for this fi-cal year.
A program of over thirteen bil
lion for the Army was asked in
the emergency appropriation, to
taling $12,525,000,000 for the 1942
fiscal year; for the Inter-Ameri
can Highway, $7,000,000: and for
the FBI $5,950,000.
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Spanish Ships
MADRID. J .n. 17 iP*l The
't"' • n 1 Arriba paid a Free
French destroyer ent red the bar
b r of Sen Isabel i n the Spanish
is end of Fernando P o off the
we<t c( ast of Afica and seized
three merchantmen.
Report Surrender
of Axis Garrison
\t Halfaya
j
'"CAIRO, Jan. 17 (Pi — The
Middle Ea t headquarters an
nounced that the Axis garrison
at Halfava surrendered uncon
ditionally.
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