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VOL. 43. No. 104. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY. NOV. 3, 1941. Pe- Copy iu
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Heavy Loss Life Feared Sinking Destroyer James
8 Men Jump To Safety From Bomber Break-Up
Germany Proclaims Red Crimean
Army Is Split And Withdrawal
Into Black Sea Another Dunkerque
UNDATED, Nov. 3 (VP) — Ger
many proclaimed triumphantly
that the Russian army in Crimea
was split by the scourge of light
ning assault by land and air and
is trying to leave the Peninsula
through the Black Sea ports of
Sebastopol and Kerch in a
double Dunkerque.
Hitler's command pic'urcd the
Russian retreat there as a near
route, declaring that German
forces have captured 53.000 pri
soners, 213 cannon, 2.30 U;,*-;.
several armored trains and vast
quantities of other war mater
ials.
Far from the Crimean front,
in the Donets Basin to the north,
the important industrial city of
Kurksk, on the railway running
north from Kharkov through
Orel and Tula to Moscow, was
captured. Kurksk is 125 miles
north of Charkov.
Although the Russians readily
admitted the seige of Moscow is
becoming most grave. Red army
dispatches reported they recso
tured the northern section of Kal
inin, 95 miles from the capi.a .
on its northern flank.
It was said thousands of Ger
man were buried under the flam
ing debris f house?, blasted by
the defenders of Crimea, fight
ing in a test of ail the arms of
the Russians.
The land, sea and air occupa
tion of Crimea ir.clud d the Red
fleet's great naval base at Sebas
topol as well as strategic air
fi 1 ds which will give the Ger
mans new jumping off places for
attacks 01 the Red fleet if not
actually a new approach to the
oil-rich Caeca-us.
With Russian dominance of the
Black Sja thus sorely threaten 'd
authoritative sources in London
said Russia suggested to Britain
that she might “with ad%-antage"
declare war on Hungary. Rurnar.
ia and Finland. The British said
•their government had not yet
reached a decision on the sug
gestion but added “Naturally, the
United States is being kept in
formed on that subject."
Finland’s role in the war again?*
Rus?ia was newly emphasized by
British press rep ms from Stock
holm which said that German
and Finnish troops are 14 mile?
from Murmansk, Russian Arctic
seaport.
GERMAN DRIVES ON RUSSIAN FRONT
Germans were reported thrusting three spearheads (I), at Moscow
one from the Valdai hills and the others from the west and south
west (arrows). They acknowledged Russian pockets of resistance
(white areas in arrows), in the Vyazma and Bpyan.sk sectors. On
the southern front (2), London sources said German motorized
forces might have reached Taganrog.. Broken line indnvtes ap
proximate battlefront as outlined by maps published in Berlin.
Heavy Loss Of Li fe Feared In
Sinking; of Reuben James-44 Are
Reseued-76 Are Unaccounted For
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 MP) —
A heavy loss of life in the sink
ing of the Reuben James was
i feared after the navy announced
that 44 enlisted men were res
cued. which left some 76 unac
counted for. Taking the hopeful
view a possible, naval author
ities speculated that some addi
tional survivors might have been
picked up the other ships of the
convoy. However, it will be
several days before a com
plete check is possible because
ships in combat zones are restrict
ed in the use of their radios.
There were spirited declara
tiosn in Congress, among them
Senator Connolly who said “This
unjustified, dastardly sinking
must be revenged.” Senator
Aiken said President Roosevelt
“is personally responsible for
any lives lost.”
Russia Reported Executed Huge
Leap-Frog Withdrawal Population
And Machinery From Rostov
UNDATED, Nov. 1 <A»> — Rus-;
sia reported executing another"
massive leap-frog withdrawal,
evacuating most of the civil pop
ulation and machinery from Ros
tov, on the Don River, as the Ger
mans smashed deeper into the
upper Donets River industrial
basin. The city, of a half million
population, is the gateway to the
vital Caucasus oil fields and is
the northern anchor of a 120u- j
mile battlefront. Engineers al- j
ready have heavily mined the I
port and are preparing to dynai
mite it.
A bulletin from Hitler's field!
headquarters said Axis forces
have closed the upper Donets!
River at several points, apparent
i ly in a wide flanking movement
1 intended to engulf the city.
FDR Issues
Proclamation
WASHINGTON — The Presi-'
dent proclaimed the period be- f
tween Armistice Day. November j
11 and November 16 as a time
for the American people to think
about their duties and responsib
ilities for “defense of this coun
try" and become better acquaint
ed and informed for the civilian
defense program.
japan To Pull Up
Silk Worm Bushes
TOKYO — The Japanese gov
ernment has decided to pull up
254,0C0 acres of silk worm pro
ducing mulberry bushes and re
place them with food crops.
Agriculture Minister Hiroya
Ino announced that the Federa
! tion of Silk Raisers, at their an
| nual conference, promised co
i operation wdt'n the government
project to increase foodstuffs.
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In Crimea, where the Germans
are driving to capture the Black
Sea naval base of Sebastopol, the
Nazi high command said that Ger
man and Rumanian troops are
continuing in pursuit of Soviet
forces. A British radio broadcast,
however, said the Russians are
ho ding firm 25 miles south of
Perekop Isthmus, also that a
huge-scale battle is raging 65
miles northwest of Moscow,
where control of the town of
Volokolamek is at stake. Freez
ing weather and hardened mud
in the past several days permit
ed panzer divisions to go into ac
tion.
Stepping up the battle of the
■West, the RAF flew in a 100
milc-iong formation against the
invasion coast after overnight
bombing which reported hit ten
ships and key cities in German
occupied France and Italy. The
vessels included a tanker and a
large supply vessel and escort
ship off the Norwegian coast.
The Italians admitted new
raids on Naples, Lieata and Pal
mero, apparently from the Mid
dle East command.
SECRETARY HULL URGES ARHJXG OF MERCHANT SHIPS
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In solemn tones. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, -jellifying as the first withnes before the House
Foreign Affairs Committee, urged prompt revision of the neutrality act to permit arming of mer
dhantment. Hull is first at left.
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Fight Men Who Jumped From
Four-Motored Bomber, In Storm
Over Sierra Nevadas, Are Safe
GEORGETOWN, Calif., Nov. 3
j (A3! — The eight men. who leap
ed from the huge army b-omber
which broke up in a raging snow
storm over the wild Sierra Nev
adas. Sunday, were reported safe
although only six of them were
brought out of the wilderness.
Two of the others who reached
the ground safely, but later set
out to look for the wreckage of
the four-motored craft present
whereabouts are not known. No 1
fear is felt for their safety, how-1
ever.
One other man who was
aboard. second Lieut. M. H.
Walker, the pilot, was not found.
At least three other fighting
planes crushed in California Sun
day after being lost in dense fog.
The pilots of two machines were
killed and a third injured.
Private Robert Mosely, of Col
umbia, Nebraska, one of the
bomber crew, who was reported
seriously injured was found to
have suffered only severe concus
sions. The other seven men es^
caped with minor bruises.
Coast Guard Is
Transferred To
Navy Department
HYDE PARK. Nov. 2 bp. —
President Roosevelt, by exec
utive order. transferred the
Coast Guard to the Navy Depart
ment. There was no explanation
with the announcement that the
C ast Guard will operate as a
part of the Navy as in the last
World War in which the United
States was a belligerent.
Simon Guggenheim
N5W YORK. Nov. .3 «rP> — Si
mon Guggenheim, age 73, former
United States Senator from Colo
rado and internationally known
philanthropist and industrialist,
died last night at the Mount
Sinai Hospital.
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Prime Minister
of Canada Confers
With Roosevelt
HYDE PARK. Nov. 1 (,P>
Prime Minister McKenzie King
of Canada, arriving for a two
day conference with President
Roosevelt told reporters: *‘It>
would not surprise me if all
ohases of the situation concern*
ing the two nations should come
up in the course of the conversa
tions.”
Asked if he expected to return
to Canada with a complete un
derstanding. Tv r(.--ponded, tfiere
has been that for a long time.
Two previous official meetings
brought agreements to create a
permanent joint defense board,
and one also for economic collab
oration.
Axis Mine
Activities Increase
DEWSBURY, England, Nov. t
— First Lord of the Admir
alvt, A. V. Alexander, s d the
Axis all-out mining activities
have increased since the German
attack on Russia last June 22nd.