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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 43. No. 77. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPT. 1, 1941. Per Copy is#
Soviets Flying Wash., D.C. via Nome
RUSSIAN -- FINNISH PE ACE IsTgUMMERING
FDR Asserts U. S. Do Everything To Defeat Hitler
Rumors Of Peace Between Russia
And Finland Heard, With Re
capture Of Finnish Territory
UNDATED, Sept. 1 (/P) — The
Russia-German conflict crescen
doed to a glimmering rumor of
peace with Finland and an inten-.
sification of the sea and air battle
between Britain and the Axis.
An uneasy armistice in British,
and Russian invaded Iran, mark
ed the second anniversary of the
European war.
The Germans acknow'edged a
Russian offensive along the Dnie
per river, south of Kiev, when
they said continued attempts by
Red forces to recross the river
with support of gunboats, were
repulsed in a bloody fashion. The
command said 27 Russian moni
tors and gunboats were destroy
ed in the Dnieper River north of
Kiev. In the past week, still an
other Red counteroffensive was
said checked in an undesignated;
sector. Numerous .tanks employ-1
ed were said destroyed includ
ing 8 of a 52-ton variety. DNB
reported this counteroffensive on
this day, the start of the 11th j
week of the Russian campaign.
The German command also
announced the capture of 11.432
Red prisoners, 239 cannon, 91,
tanks, 2 armored trains” and a
great quantity of war materials,” j
in recent battles in German war
wasted Russia and the Estonian
capital. Tallinn.
Rumors to the contrary, the
F'nns will quit the fight with
Russia, yet General Oe;ch, ccm
mending General on the Viipuri
front, said in a victory speech at
Viipuri, that by the reconquest
of the Ksre'ian city “the d:ctat
ci Moscow peace is no more,”
but there still remained the an
c'c-nt Finnish soil occupied by the
Russians. “May your successors,
with you strength, carry your
tasks to a final and permanent
■conclusion,” he told troops, with
out, however, saying what Fin
land's war policy will be when
all claimed territory is regained.
U-Boat Sinkings
Hitler’s headquarters reported
the U-boat destruction of four
merchantmen in a British convoy
in the Atlantic. In the Gulf of
Fin and, the sea approach to
Leningrad, more than 60 ships
are said to be ablaze in German
mine fields.
The Germans S3id, on the Es
"nian west coast, across Nero
'Channel from the Russian-held
islands cf Daego Oesel, off the
meuth of the Finnish Gulf, the
harbor of Haapsalu had fallen in
the German clean-up of Estonia.
Russians Assert German Thrust
Moscow Stopped-Both Sides Ad
mit Shortage Of Sinews Of War
UNDATED. Aug. 30 '(A5) — The
German thrust toward Moscow
was stopped with 10.000 Germans
slain and wounded in great bat
tles on the raindrenched battle
field, the Russians asserted.
The German high command re
ported the destruction of up to
a hundred Soviet ships, mostly
transports laden with troops,
fleeing from captured Tallinn, Es
tonia.
Rival claims for victory came
as both the Axis and Allies ack
nowledged shortages of the vital
sinews of war.
Rival Claims of Victory
Rome dispatches said sharp
Axis needs, oil and other raw|
materials, were major topics of^
the Hitler-Mussolini talks, along
with the discussion of a means to ]
safeguard the continent against ■
the possibilities of a British and
American invasion.
British foreign secretary Eden
declared that the production of
war materials for Britain and her
allies in the United States still
falls short of our needs.” He pre
dieted that these needs will grow.
Italy to Supply Workers
Tha German press is busy ex
tolling the conference between
the two dictators as sealing an
Axis plan for a permanent Eu
ropean peace. Japanese dispatch
es said they also dealt with Am
erican-Japanese relations. Rome
sources says the conference decid
ed that there was food enough,
also that Mussolini agreed to sup
ply as many Italian soldiers and
i workers as Hitler requires.
Germans Inflict
Heavy Losses On
Russ Baltic Fleet
BERLIN, Aug. 30 (ff) — At
least 43 and possibly as many as
; 82 Russian transports were sunk
in the Gulf of Finland by Ger
man mines and warplanes, in the
evacuation of Tallinn, the high
command said. The Russian Bal
1 tic fleet also lost a cruiser, four
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destroyers, nine minesweepers
and three patrol boats in addi
tion to five destroyers and am
auxiliary cruiser and mine sweep
er heavily damaged.
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Russ Slay 10,000
On Rain-drenched
Battle Fields
MOSCOW, Aug. 30 </P)— Front
line dispacthes said battlefields
west of here are a deep series of
trenches, anti-flank. barriers,
minefields and barbed wire.
Heavy rains fell on the fighting
over the entire front and in the
center, 10,000 Germans were
stalemated and slain.
Two Russian Seaplanes With 48
Aboard, Arrive Nome Enroute
From Moscow to Washington, D. C.
The Nome pubVc was treated
to an unusual aerial d'isp’ay yes
terday afternoon when two Rus
sian sean'anes flew over Nome.
Three B-13-A Army Air Corps
bombers took to the air and man
euvcred about for some time.
Ore c.f the Russian seaplanes
larded on the Bering Sea in
front cf .town and later took off
for Safety Lagoon where both
planes made a landing and were
moored for the night.
The Russian planes left Mos
cow August 28. Moscow time, fly
ing to Archangel and following
the Arctic Coast to Andir where
they stayed overnight, coming on
to Nome Sunday. The flight was
made in 42 hours flying time.
The planes are enroute to
Washington, D. C., and expect to
leave Nome today flying by way
of Anchorage, Sitka, and San
Francisco.
There were 48 men aboard the
two planes and it is understood
that they had diplomatic pass
ports and were ail apparently
fliers, mechanics and radio oper
ators most of them having flown
for ten years.
General Gromoff who is in com
'•’and of the flight, was on the
second flight made over the Arc
tic to Los Angeles in 1937, as was
Col. Iumasheff who is a member
of the present party.
At the time of going to press
the Russian planes were await
ing the arrival of Russian Con
sul Fedotoff aboard the PAA. It
seems unlikely that they will get
away today.
Roosevelt
Makes Labor
Day Radio Talk
HYDE PARK, Sept. 1 (/P) —
President Roosevelt said “We
will do everything in our power
to crush Hitler and his Nazi fore
es.” He didn’t define “every
thing,” and nowhere in his labor
day address did he go so far as
to say that the United States
once more should go to war. Yet
he went farther than in any pre
i vious public pronouncement in
pledging that American “will do
our full part in conquering the
forces of insane violence;” let
I loose by Hitler.
The chief executive spoke with
a grimness designed to bring
home more sharply to America’s
millions, the realization of
threats, he said, are raised ag
ainst their fundamental rights,
by “Hitler’s violent attempt to
ru e the world.’
He told them they must make
sacrifices but didn’t say how
much. One point, however, he
asserted “There has never been
a moment in our history when
Americans have not been ready
to stand up as free men and fight
for their rights.”
Other Speakers
The President spoke over the
radio from the Franklin Roose
velt library, in a program spon
sored by the Office of Production
Management. Other speakers on
the program were Ernest Bevin,
British Labor Minister at Lon
don; Sidney Hillman, Associate
Director of the OPM; William
Green, President of the A F of L;
and James Carey, secretary of
the CIO.
Roosevelt warned “We are en
gaged in a grim and perilous task
against the forces of insane vio
lence let loose by Hitler, on this
earth and we must do our full
part in conquering them, for
these forces may be unleased on
this nation, as we go about our
business of protecting the proper
interests of our country.”
Proof of Labor Blanks can nov
be had at the Nome Nugget offic<.
Finns Reoccupy
Key City Viipuri
HELSINKI, Aug. 30 (JP) — Fin
land’s flag was again raised over
Viipuri. key to the defense of
Leningrad, after three Red Army
divisions were smashed, the .high
command announced.
Sympathy Is
Shown For
Paul Colette
VICHY, Aug. 30 iJP) — Sym
pathy for Paul Colette became
evident as Laval fought for his
life. The anti - Soviet legion
which Laval was sponsoring
when he was shot, decided to
back Laval’s gesture of asking
Colette to be treated with len
iency.
Laval rallied slightly last night
it was disclosed.
A Greman firing squad execut
ed eight men, yesterday for es
pionage activity against the oc
cupation authorities, including a
French court and a Netherland
er.
RAF BLASTS CANDIA. CRETE
The above map shows Candia, Crete, blasted by 30 tons of RAF bombs, flames from which were
visible for 200 miles. The RAF also carried out raids on ocupied Greece. 'i
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Study Further
Exports to Japan
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 UP)—
Further tightening of restric
tions on petroleum shipments to
Japan are under study of export
■control authorities, informed
quarters disclosed. Despite Jap
| overtures designed to achieve a
1 peaceful solution of a critical sit
uation in the Far East, the tense
1 situation culminated with Jap
anese representations in Wash
I ington and Moscow against Am
! ei ican oil exports to Russia. At
i a time when such shipments to
' Japan are embargoed, pending
outcome of talks by President
Roosevelt, Secretary Hull and
, Admiral Nomura, the Japanese
Ambassador, however indicated
that no final decision has been
made.
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Germans Bomb
Leningrad Roads
BERLIN, Aug. 30 OP) — Rail
| way lines leading into Leningrad
i were ‘made unusable,” by heavy
bombing attacks tonight. DNB re
ported steady bombardment of
Soviet barracks in the region,
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■ also on marching columns and
fle d positions, were carried out
by the Luftwaffe.
Italian Sub
Sinks Destroyer
ROME, Aug. 30 UP) — The It
alian high command said a Fas
cist submarine in the Atlantic,
sunk a modern British destroy
er of the Jervis type, and a
2000 ton merchantman.
RAF Bombs
Greece, Crete
CAIRO, Aug. 30 OP) — Heavy
damage was done to German air
1 dromes when RAF heavy bomb
ers dropped 30 tons of bombs on
occupied Greece and also on
Cand a, Crete. The flames were
visible for 209 miles.
Pres. Asserts
^Danger Not
Over Yet”
HYDE PARK. Aug. 30 (P) —
President Roosevelt asserted that
the dargers which have confront
ed the world ‘!are not over yet”
and that “it is quite possible
that they may be even more ser
ious than they were at the end
of August and the first of Sep
tember 1939." He made the some
what ominous statement at an in
formal gathering of friends and
neighbors on a portion of the
family estate.
On Monday he will broadcast
for 15 minutes to the nation at
9:45 a.m. Pacific time.
May Evacuate
Britons From
Nippon Empire
TOKYO, Aug. 30 OP) —A mass
evacuation of British subjects
from Japan was indicated in a
British Embassy announcement
that they had arrange for ..a
ship to come to remove all Brit
ish nationals desiring to leave.
There are about a thousand Brit
ons living here.
The British Embassy statement
announcing the ship said, “Sub
jects who wish to avail themselv
es of this opportunity are re
quested to get in touch with the
nearest British consular officer.”
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36 Boys Make
Break From Texas
Reform School
GATESVTLLE, Texas, Aug. 30
i(P) — Bloodhounds and men
searched heavily wooded central
Texas for 36 young fugitives who
fled from the State Boys’ Re
form School in a mass break, of
which Supt. Nesbitt said: “I’ve
been looking for it.” A three-foot
fense is the only barrier—there
are no high walls and guards
are not allowed fire arms.
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