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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 43. No. 123. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DEC. 19, 1941. p*' Copy lU
Hitler’s Armies Are On The Run
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JAPS DECLARE FALL HONG
KONG IMMINENT AND CLAIM
OCCUPATION HALF OF ISLAND
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UNDATED, Dec. 19 (/P) — The
fall of Britain’s great Far East
stronghold, Hongkong, a city of
a million population and fortified
at a cost of $40,000,,GOO, appeared
^ imminent as Tokyo reported that
J panse troops in a violent night
assault captured half of the 32
squareimile island.
A Berlin broadcast said Sir
Mark Young, governor, and com
mander-in-chief at Hongkong, es
caped from the colony for an
unknown destination.
Fail In Matter of Hours Say Japs
Tokyo reports, broadcast by
Domei, said the British resist
ance at Hongkong collapsed, and
the capture of the city, Britain's
number 2 citad ‘1 in the Orient, is
only a mater of hours.
The colonial office in London
de nied that Sir Mark fled, declar
ing it was ‘in telegraphic com
munication with the governor
this morning.” Only a compara
• tively small garrison of British
Imperial and Indian troops were
reported defending the hundred
year-old British crown colony.
Domei said Japanese troops
and bluejackets, in a swift, three
point invasion, captrued Jerines
Hill, rising 1.429 feet in the cen
ter of Hongkong Island after 2
and a half hours of fighting.
They reported “Japanese planes'
and guns are furiously batter
ing the enemy."
Other developments: 1. Dutch
bombers smashed the Japanese
invasion forces in the “White Ra
jah" kingdom of Sarawak, in
north Borneo, sharply contesting
the Japanese thrust at the oil
rich domain in the south China
Sea.
2. British reports said the Jap
anese advance down the Malay
an Peninsula toward Singapore1
is slowed despite the isolaation
of Penang Island, off the north
Malavna coast and the capture
of the mainland province of
Wellesley. The British garrison
at Penang was evacuated safely
it was announced in London, by
ail ed powers who rushed planes
there.
Japs Land Hong
kong Yesterday
TCKYO, Dec. 18 </P) — Japan
forces landed at Hongkong is
land in the face of fierce resist
ance, the army announced.
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! irst Alaskan
fs Killed !n
Present War
The following wirp was receiv
eel bv the Nugget from Gover
nor Greuning:
^ Juneau. Dec. 17
Have issued a nroclamation to
day designating Sunday. Dec. 21
as Memorial Day for E-sign Ir
ving Thompson, first Alaskan
killed in the second World War,
in the Pearl Harbor attack. Re
questing flags at haU mast on
Sunday and suggesting suitable
memorial services throughout
the Territory.
Greuning, Governor
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Auto Tires
Be Rationed
After Jan. 4
WASHINGTON, Doc. 17 I/P) —
Leon Henderson announced the
rationing of automobile tires to
begin January 4th, when the ban
! ends sale of tires. After that date
onlv sales will be allowed to
holders of ration cards or to fill
military orders. Ration cards
will be issued by local boards,
only to those who are able to j
show that the purchases are nec
essary to “the maintenance of in
dustrial efficiency and civilian
health.”
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HITLER ARMIES IN RETREAT
IN RUSSIA, NORTH AFRICA |
RUSSIANS CLAIM VICTORIES
UNDATED, Dec. 19 UP) — Hit
ler's battered invasion armies
are reeling in retreat in Russia
and North Africa, and were re
ported abandoned to their finish
by the Allies, as Soviet dispatch
es anounced huge new gains in
the counter-offensive on the cen
tral front. The British radio de
clared “reports from Helsinki
this morning say that all German
troops have been withdrawn
from Finland in a great hurry.”
The broadcast said the Finnish
lines were shattered between
Lakes Ladoga and Onega, by a
Red army drive in the vicinity of
the Leningrad-Murmansk rail-1
road.
Avis Fleeing in Two Directions
On the Libyan battlefield, Brit
ish troops are officially reported
to have captured the Derna air
port, 100 miles northwest of
Tobruk. Derna itself is sail still
in Axis hands.
British forces reported advanc
ing in all directions west and
north of Mekili, 40 miles b-'low
Derna. Germans and Italians are
fleeing in two directions. one
heading toward Derna and the:
other toward Bengasi on the
Gulf of Sierte.
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Army and
Shakeup Command
In The Pacific
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17 UP) —1
The Navy relieved Admiral Hus
band E. Kimmel as commander-1
in-chief of the Pacific fleet and i
ordered Rear Admiral Chester!
W. Nor:*z, now chief of the Bu
reau of Navigation, here, to re
place him as Vice Admiral in
charge of the fleet. Until Nimitz
arrives rn Hawaii. Kimmel is-tern
porarily on duty.
The Army relieved Lieutenant
General Walter C. Short of the
command of the Hawaii depart
ment, and replaced him with
Lieutenant General Delos C. Em
mons. Also relieved was Major
General Frederick L. Martin as
commander of the Hawaiian air
forces and replaced him with
Brigader General C. L. Tinker.
The Navy made no additional
announcements, but Secretary
Stimson for the Army, said:
“These changes are made in
view of the preliminary report
of the Secretary of the Navy,
with House views as to unpre
paredness of the situation on
December 7th, the Secretary of
War concurs, and to expedite the
reorganization of the air defens
es on the islands.”
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Japanese airpiane anackeu tinned Mates detense oases in the Plulipine islands (1) and Hawaii (2),
the White House reported. Later word was received from the Associated Press in Manila that the
Philippines had NOT been attacked, but was on the alert. The White House als ore ported an army
ship carrying lumber was torpedoed 1,300 miles west (3) of the United States Pacific coast, and
said a cargo ship had been sending distress signals about 400 miles farter east.
House Passes
Registration Act i
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (/P» —^
The House passed the bill re
quiring all men from 18 to (15 lo
register for the draft, extended
the maximum age for military
service from 35 to 44, but declin
ing to lower the military service
age, either to 1!) as the President
asked, cr to 20 as the compro
mise proposed.
Employment
Agencies Placed
Under Federal
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 {JP) —
President Roosevelt said he has
asked the Governors of states
and territories to transfer, im
mediately, to the Federal employ
ment service, all separate state
and territorial employ ment
agencies. The transfer the FYesi- j
dent said, is designed to bring
about the utilization to the full
est possible extent, all man and
woman power, to increase the
output of war materials.
To Map Strategy
Fight with Axis
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 hP) —
A conference to map strategy for
a world-wide offensive against
the Axis, with the United States,
Britain and Russia, authoritative
ly reported as taking the lead.
The Washington conference will
be held shortly, but all countries
able to take an active part in
the fighting may be represented.
U. S. Subs Sink
Two Enemy Ships
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 f/P> —
The Navy Department reported
that U. S. submarines are active
in the Far East and have sunk an
enemy transport and probably
sunk a destroyer also. The scene
of the operation was not given
more precisely but it is recalled
that Admiral Hart of the U. S.
Asiatic fleet at Manila, previous
ly stated that two successful at
tack against Japanese were made
submarines of his command.
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Secretary Knox That 30 Minutes
Warning At Pearl Harbor. Hawaii
Would Have Made Big Difference
ANNAPOLIS, Doc. 10 —
Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox asserting that 30 minutes
warning of the Japanese attack
on Pearl Harbor, would have
made “all the difference in the
world,” disclosed that a third
and final wave of enemy bomb
ers met such a devastating bar
rage that it turned away without
hitting a single objective.
Knox was the speaker at the
graduating exercises of the Nav
al academy class of '42. He said
Japan's asault on the base is a
“damning account of infamous
treachery such as has never been
recorded in the history of the
world."
Marked Increase
Enemy Activity
In Philippines
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 <JP>—
The War Department announced
that “There was a marked in
crease in enemy air and ground
activities” in the Philippine area
during the past 24 hours. The
communique added, there was
“heavy bombing over Manila and
over the city of Iloilo on the is
land of Panay, south of Luzon.
There is nothing to report in oth
er areas."
Jap Invaders
Shoved Back In
Vigan Area
MANILA, Dec. 18 i/P) — The
Japanese invaders were shoved
back many miles in the Vigan
area of northwestern Luzon. The
U. S. Far Eastern command an
nounced that an indefinite num
ber of Japanese dead and wound
ed were left on the field of battle
south of Vigan. That action was
on Monday afternoon, it was an
nounced. No further word has
been received on what develop
d since then.
Manila had its first air raid
alarm in three days at 1:55 p.m.
Before the all clear came 35 min
utes later, 12 Japanese bomb
ers preceded by a small number
•f fighters, flew across the city
but they were so high that they
could hardly be seen. Bombs
which fell on Nichols and Zab
lan fields caused slight damage.
A communique said no casualties
were reported.
A communique announced the
amalgamation of the entire Phil
ippine army and the U S. Army
in the Far East.
Japs Admit Loss
3 Small Subs
Pearl Harbor
TOKYO, Dec. 18 f/P) — The
Japanese navay command admit
ted that five of its "special type"
subs failed to return on Decem
ber 7th. from the attack on Pearl
Harbor. Apparently the craft re
ferred to, were Japan's 41-foot,
two-man submersibles, one of
which was captured by U. S.
forces in the attack on Hawaii
while another was destroyed.
The pocket subs are electrically
powered and have a range of 200
miles.
The Japanese also admitted
the loss of 20 planes in one at
tack and said a U. S. aircraft car
rier which, on December 8th,
was reported sunk, "is now be
lieved to have escaped to a cer
tain port.” In revision of claims
of damage done to the Hawaii
naval section, they asserted that
aerial observation showed that 5
U. S. battleships were sunk and
the U. S. air force there destroy
ed.
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