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VOL. 44. No. 26. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, March 2, 1942 p*r Copy _
Japs Land Java, Last Allied Bastion
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Allied Defenders of Java Rush
to Counterattack Invasion Hordes
BANDOENG, Java, March 2, (AP) — Supported by
a smashing aerial assault which wrought havoc among
the Japanese on the beaches, a desperately determined
taxicab army rushed to counterattack and may al
ready have fought a vital engagement against the in
vaders, who in two short days have swept within 30
miles of this military headquarters of the United Na
tions.
“Attack, not defense must be the watchword.” said
the order of the day. It was disclosed that British
troops have gone into action and also joined the defense
of this richest island of the Indies. Americans, with
Australians and British, made up some thousands of
reinforcements to the slim Dutch army, variously es
timated at 100,000 to 250,000, indicating a critical stage
has b am reached. Planes of the Dutch defenders cf the
Netherlands command said n Thing concerning land
fighting.
President Roosevelt Streamlines
11. S. Army Into Three Basie Units
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WASHINGTON, March 2 (API — President Roose
velt reorganized the Army into three basic units with
ts own Army ground forces, Army air forces, and ser
vees for supply, each in charge of a commanding gen
eral. He issued the executive order providng for the
streamlining of existing organizations and authorized
the Secretary of* War to create an additional overseas
department to embrase task forces commands in the
theaters of operation, and any other command that he
deems necessary.
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Betsy Roosevelt
Weds a Whitney
NEW YORK, Mar. 2 (AP)
—Mrs. Betsy Cushing Roo
sevelt, former wife of Jam
«s Roosevelt, eldest son of
the President, was married
to John Hay Whitney, own
er of one of the country’s
largest fortunes.
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Warns of Possible
U. S. Attack Japan
Tokyo, Feb. 28 (AP) —
Broadcasts by the newspa
per Nichinichi warned of
the possibility of a United
States attack upon Japan
from the Aleutian islands.
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3 ARRESTED IN ESPIONAGE INVESTIGATION
Arrest of three residents of Beverly Hills, Calif., Dr. Hans Helmut Gros (right),
34, and his wife, Frances Goellert Gros (left), 31, and Albert Curt Reuter (center)
56, on charges of espionage act violation in sending information to Germany was
reported by the FBI. All are held in lieu of $5,000 bond each. The FBI said Dr. Gros
native American, is a graduate of the military medical college in Berlin.
DOG TEAM BURDEN RACE SUN., MARCH 8
Japan Intends
Wreck Anglo
Soviet Routes
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Tokyo, Feb. 27 (AP) —
The Foreign Office controll
fd Japan Times and Adver1
tiser told its readers that
Singapore’s fall released,
Japanese warships into the'
Indian Ocean where they!
could destroy the whole |
Anglo-Soviet plan of mater,
ial cooperation. The state-,
ment was made despite the
fact that Japan has a friend
ly shipping treaty with
Russia and thus far has re
mained at pea^e with her
powerful Soviet neighbor.
Charges Intensive
Jap Espionage Be
fore Pearl Harbor
Washington, Feb. 27 (AP)
— The Dies Committee
charged tonight that the
Japanese carried on inten
sive espionage propaganda
.activities in this country
for years before Pearl Har
bor with the aim of pre
paring the way for even- ‘
tual invasion and conquest.
Making a third report on
subversive activties, they
placed great stress on a
book written by a Japanese
officer who advocated a di
rect attack on the west
coast and after consolida
tion of forces in the Rocky
Mountain, finally an ad
vance toward the eastern
seaboard.
Four Ships In
All antic Convoy |
Sunk By Subs
An East Canadian Port,;
March 2, (AP) — One hun,
died eleven seamen from 4
Allied ships, sunk by U-j
boats in the Atlantic, ar-1
rived by rescue ship and!
reported it was possible
that from G to 9 ships of a
convoy were torpedoed.
Nine of the survivors be
lieved that three of the tor'
pcdoei ships made port
safely.
The ships lost were three
tankers and one freighter.
They were attacked when
■hey had proceeded for 3i
days. It is believed that 4,
submarines participated in'
the attack. Many seamen'
are missing. ;
(lornclius Vander
bilt. Aged 61!
Passes Away
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MIAMI, March 2 (AP) —
Cornelius Vanderbilt, aged
, *>8, great grandson of Com
modore Vanderbilt, found
er of one of America’s
greatest industrial empires
died here today. He achiev
ed success as an engineer,!
soldier, business man, and
financier.
Only One
Surviver From
Tanker Sinking
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Stuart, Fla., Feb. 27 (AP)
— The tanker W. D. Ander
son was torpedoed by an
enemv submarine and only
j one survivor, wiper Frank
Terry reached shore alter
escaping the spreading oil
fire and swimming in the
sea for two hours.
Volunteers Bag
47 Jap Planes
In Two Days
Chungking, Feb. 27 (AP)
—Saturday, The American
Volunteer Flying Tigers,
protecting Rangoon, bag
1 ged a total of 47 and pos
i sibly 54 Japanese planes
during Wednesday and
Thursday, it was officially
announced. One American
, pilot is missing from Wed
1 nesday’s dogfight but he is
believed to have made a
forced landing.
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Naval Battle Rages \i ith Attempted
Invasion Java. Allied Headquarters
BATAVIA, Feb. 27 (AP) — Saturday, A thundering
naval engagement between United Nations and Japan
ese warships erupted into full fury in the Java Sea last
night and presumably raged on today, in what may be
the first major clash in the attempted Japanese inva
sion of this last Allied bastion in the Netherlands Indies
U. S. NAVAL UNITS JOIN BATTLE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (AP) — A Navy spokes
man said certain United States naval units were in
volved in a battle but nothing is known of the results*
JAPS RUN GANTLET, LAND ON JAVA
BATAVIA, Feb. 28 (AP) — Sunday, Japanese in
vasion hordes, running the gantlet of Allied Nations
southwest Pacific fleet and air corps, landed last night
and early today on western and middle Java, last is
land bastion of the Allies in the Netherlands Indies,
and immediately came to battle with defending Ameri
can, Dutch and Australian forces.
Japs Lose Heavy Cruiser. Three
l)es!rovers--! . S. Damage Is Light
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (AP) — The Jap heavy
ct uiser Mogami and three enemy destroyers were put
out of action in an attempt to effect a landing on Java
yesterday, the Navy announced. Later today they said
that none of the U. S. vessel suffered any heavy dam
age and that the U. S. forces are still intact “despite
overhauling by superior numbers of enemy naval forc
es.” One American heavy cruiser and five destroyers
joined Dutch, British and Australian units in the action
in which Jap ships covered 40 transports attemptTncf a~
landing on northern Java. The Navy added that /Am
erican submarines in the Western Pacific are also be
lieved to have sunk five other enemy vessels in earlier
fighting.__
o<°> Norwegians
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Pay For British
Raids on Nazis
Stockholm, March. 2 (AP)
Dispathes said 148 promin
ent Norwegians, including
88 former army officers,
and friends of King
Haakon were sent to work
camps behind the Russian
front, in reprisal for Brit
ish raids on the Norwegian
coast.
EDMONTON ROUTE
FOR ROAD TO
FAIRBANKS FEASIBLE
EDMONTON, Albert Province,
Canada, Feb — A spokesman for
the U. S Army commission re
turned to Edmonton after an in
spection tour of the proposed
route by way of Edmonton of the
Fairbanks International High
way. He said construction of the
hghway through Edmonton to
the northern tip of British Col
umbia and thence through Yu
kon Territory to Alaska Is “en
tirely feasible."
Whether or not the road will
be built within Alberta Province
the commission spokesman said,
its job primarily is to see the
route first hand and to report to
Washington whether construc
tion was possible. He said:
“No barrier exist, but if the
road is constructit it will be a
huge job."
Highway Said
WASHINGTON. Feb. — Rep.
resenative Richard Welch, Repub
lican of Calf., whose home is in
San Francisco charged official
red tape is holding up construc
tion of the International High
way between Seattle and Fair
banks, which he declared to be
a vital militar necessity.
Welch asserted that Jap sub
marine activity n the Pacific has
emphasized the need for the road
to give the United States a land
connection with its northern
territory.
A 1,200-mile road across west
ern Canada would cost about
$50,000,000, Welch declared, and
added:
"A highway running through
British Columbia is and always
has been a national defense nec
essity. One of the many myster
ies in national defense prepared
ness is the endless delay in effect
ing an all-aid connection be
tween the States and Alaska.
“There should be no delay in
building this road so badly need
ed as a supply line to supplement
the slow and uncertain water
route."
Richard G. Casey, Australian
Minister to the U. S.: “Don't let’s
take this Japanese business e>as
ily. It isn’t easy. Japan is out to
wipe out the democracies."
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