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VOL. 43. No. 101. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY. OCT. 27, 1941. Per Copy is*
Japs-Soviets Clash Siberian Border
GERMANS ANNOUNCE CAPTURE KHARKOV
New Type Light Cruiser “Juneau” Is Launched
Japanese Patrol Attacks Russian
Outpost On Siberian Frontier
Red Army Yields Ground at Rostov
UNDATED, Oct. 27 if/P) — With
Hitler’s armies pounding at the
gates of Moscow and Rostov in
the west, Russia announced that
a small Japanese patrol attacked
a guard post on her Far Eastern
frontier. This clash, like many in
the past, may have been merely
an isolated incident, but against
the background of Japanese
troop concentrations in Manchu
kuo and the growing question of
Japan’s intentions as a pact part
ner of Germany, it bulked larger
in its implications.
Only yesterday the new soldier
premier of Japan, General Tojo,
pleading for internal solidarity
of Japan to meet her destiny,
declared for “ever expanding pro
gression” for her empire course,
in which ”no international pres
sure can disturb me.” Tojo told
public officials at Osaka that
“there will be no retreat.’
The Russian-Japanese frontier
skirmish occurred Thursday ac
cording to a Tass dispatch from
: Vladivostok which said 20 Jap
anese soldiers attacked frontier
guards near the vi lage of Ras-!
kino. Tass said some were wound j
ed on each side and the Japanese
abandoned some of their equip-!
ment and arms' and ammunition
on Soviet soil.
Russia’s immediate vital con
cern however, was still the Ger
man drive on Moscow from the
central front and Rostov gate
way to the Caucasus. In the
south the harried Red army is re
ported to have yielded ground
but strong defenses still barred
the Germans from their titan
goals.
The German command said
Russian counterattacks, designed
to halt the German advance on
■Rostov and the industrially rich
Donets Basin, failed and gave
their Italian comrades in the in-'
asion ranks major credit for]
countering the action.
Passenger list
McKinley Which
Sails Tomorrow
The last passenger boat sail
ing of the 1941 season, that of the
SS Mt. McKinley is scheduled
for late tomorrow evening, wea
ther permitting. Agent Wilcox
stated today that the water in
the river is too low today to per
mit unloading but by tmorrow
evening the discharging of car
go is expected to be completed!
and the passengers taken aboard.
Following are the list of pas
sengers who have reservations,
up to the tme of going to press:
There are 4 first class and 7 steer
age passengers to Dutch Harbor
and 122 first clas and 54 steer
age for Seattle:
To Dutch Harbor:
Jim Cuthill
E Clausen
R M Boyd
Mrs R M Boyd
Ralph Lemke
Victor B Cooper
Carroll Lemke
John Westdahl
Luther IvanofT
Cyrus IvanofT
Richard C Fette
To Seattle:
F K Dent
R L Margraf
Mrs O A Margraf
Mrs Bon Gillette
Bon Gillette
Kay Meyer
E W Quigley
Mrs E W Quigley
J B McAlister
Barry Keown
Jim Carrol
Frank Dwakee
Mrs Frank Dwakee
Mike Kaputa
John Hurley
Leo SiecLnverg
Mrs Goo E Lemmon
Mrs Ellis Hedson
Fred Mebes
Louis Nashenweng
Violet Mitrovich
Eloise Beacom
Nels Swabenrg
Mrs Nels Swanberg
Ronnie Anderson
Mrs Jack Anderson
Harry Whaley
Jim Linton
Graham Lammers
Mrs G Lammers
Frank R Van Campen
A L Watkins
Mrs C H Pearson
C H Pearson
Kristie Sather
Edgar von Bolhar
W E Reed
M R Surbaugh
Dee Roberts
Mrs C O Roberts
C O Roberts
Grover Andree
(Continued on Page Four)
Two Killed In
Plane Crash
Enroute to B. C.
PKI1VCE RUPERT, B. C.. Oc'.
25 (JP) — Provincial Police In
spector Ernest Cannon said Liv
ingston Wernecke, Berkley, Cal
ifornia pilot and Charles Groptis
of San Francisco, were killed
Tuesday when their plane crash
ed into Millbank Sound while en
route from Hyder, Alaska, to Al
bert Bay, B. C.
Other Missing Fliers Arrive
He said Pilot Bud Bodding of
Seatt e and Harry Sherman of
Por land, also missing since Tue,^
day, enroute from Albert Bay to
Ketchikan, landed there safely. ^
Senate Committee
\ otes to Broaden
Ship Arming Bill
WASHINGTON. Oct. 25 liP) —
The Serate Foreign Relations
Committee voted 13 to 10 to
broaden the armed ship bill to
permit American merchant ves
sels to sail anywhere on the high
seas. Opponents to the Adminis
tration's foreign policy were
prompt to declare that the ex
panded bill will stir up a more
prolonged Senate debate than the
House - approved legislation
which was confined to arming
merchant ships. Consideration of
the revised measure is to start
Monday.
President Makes Navy Day Speech
Today -- Expected Be Significant
In Field of International Affairs
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 UP) —
President Roosevelt made no en
gagements except his usual Mon
day conference with legislative
leaders, so he could finish his
speech fer tonight at the Navy
Day dinner. The speech is expect
ed to be of paramount signific
ance in the field of international
affairs and national defense.
The entire nation joined in
Navy observance Day, set aside
in honor of the ships and men
of the fleet. Vessels in port don
ned full dress signal pennants,
but for those churning the Atlan
tic and Pacific swells, battledresj
was as usual.
The President, in his first talk
on international affairs in six
weeks, is expected to stress not
only how the war in Europe cur
rently affects America, but also
interrelated domestic problems
such as defense strikes. His
speech is scheduled for shortly
after 7 p.m. Pacific Standard
Time, on all major networks.
Buv Defense Bonds and Stamps
13 Million Dollar Light Cruiser
‘■Juneau” 6,000 Tons, Is Launched
Is Second Of New Type Ship
KEARNY. N. J„ Oct. 25 ('/Pi —
The -hirteen million dollar. 6,000
t n light cruiser “Juneau'’ will
glide down the ways of the Fed
eral Shipbuilding Company dry
dock this afternoon. The launch
ing was set for 1:09 p.m. Eastern
time.
Mrs. Harry Lucas, wife of the
Juneau mayor and sponsor Gov
ernor Gruening were invited to
the exerccises. Ralph Bard, As
sistant Secretary of the Navy,
made the principal address.
The vessel is the second, of a
new type of stream-lined cruis
ers with emphasized speed and
fire p iwer, to slide into the Hack
ensac-k T< ver in two months. The
Atlanta was launched on Sep
tember C. Both carry 12 five-inch
guns and are expected to do 43
knots.
2-Months-Old
Kidnapped Baby
Is Recovered
FITCHBURG. Mass., Oct. 25
.(/P) — Two-months-o'd Kenneth
McLean. Jr., .kidnaped from his
carriage on Main Street yester
day, was found alive and unin
jured.
A man identified by Police
Chief Thomas Godley as Bar
nard Wolsiewick, aged 36, was
arrested and charged with the
abduction. The child was found
in the man’s cottage in Lake
Whalom Park on the outskirts (
of the city and his wife was held
under police guard.
The child was in good condi
tion but the distraught mother
co lapsed. The family is of mod
erate circumstances.
■
Heroic Bus Driver
Dies From Burns
From Burning Bus
CLANTON, Alabama, Oct. 27
i/P) — Death claimed its fifteenth
victim from the Montgomery-Blr
mingham bus crash which trans
formed the interior of the car
rier into an inferno. W. P. Alton,
driver of the third section of the
local run last night, between the
two Alabama cities, died of burrs
resulting from his heroic efforts
to rescue the screaming passen
gers.
Mac Stephens, the first man to
reach the scene, said AJton “died
a heroe’s death if ever a man1
did. He came out in front and
could have gotten away without
being much hurt although his
mou'th was cut. Just as I came
close, he ran to the safety door
at the back and cooked his hands
trying to get it open.”
The bus struck the concrete
railing of a bridge four miles
south of here and almost instant
ly was a mass of flames, the blaze
being visible for three miles or
more. A gasoline explosion was
blamed for the fire.
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An authoritative source in London said German forces apparently had cut off the entire Crimea
Peninsula at the south of the Rus-ian front. Map locates: (1), Ukraine area in which Kiev and
Ojclessa are still under pressure: (2), region of reported German drive east of Dnieper river isolate
ing Crimea; (3), Rostov, through which the London source said, Russians might have to continue
contact with Crimea.
A
Germans Launch New Offensive
Along The ^hole Mocow Front
Nazis Announce Capture Kharkov
UNDATED. Oct. 25 (At — Mass
es of tank-led German troops!
launched a new offensive along
the whole Moscow front, Soviet!
dispatches said.
On the south. Hitler’s high com
mand announced the capture of
Kharkov, Russia’s “Pittsburgh,”
in the heart of the Donets River
industrial basin.
Roundabout reports reaching
London, but unconfirmed else
where, said Nazi spearheads are
within 20 miles of Moscow.
A German military report de-,
dared the capital’s zero hour is!
near. In all liklihood the spear
heads are only swift-striking
tanks, as there was no indication
of any major breakthrough. Of
ficial Soviet reports said the near
est fighting is more than 50 miles
away.
A dispatch to Pravda said that
Nazi casualties in the first three
weeks of the drive on Moscow!
were 300,000. Kharkov is 400j
ruiles south of Moscow and 260,
miles east of Kiev.
Reports of mounting unrest in
Italy were partially borne out
as Mussolini transferred or re
placed 60 Fascist Guild officers
in the most sweeping shakeup in
years. Nineteen of the 22 Guilds
which control the country’s econ
omic production were affected.
No official reason for the shake
up was given.
The Italian cities of Naples,
Ragusa, and Licata were raided
by British air forces last night.
The Italian command reported 9
civilians killed in Licata.
Vichy said that 8 French sail
ors were killed by a British air
attack on a French vessel in Tun
ision waters.
Says U. S. Running Sheer Bluff
The Japanese press declared
•.hat Secretary Knox’s forecast of
an inevitable “collision” with.
Japan, unless she abandons her
expansion plans, is sheer Ameri
can bluff and said ‘We will carry
on Japan’s decided policies.”