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VOL. 44. No. 133. NOME. ALASKA. FRIDAY, NOV. G, 1942. Per CoP-v 1W
Rommel Driven In Full Retreat
Japs In New Guinea Withdraw Beyond Kokoda
Asserts British Achieve Complete
And Absolute Victory In Egypt
British Eighth Army Field Headquarters in the ;
Egyptian Desert, Nov. 5 (/P)—Lieut.-Gen. B. L. Mont
gomery, commander of the Eighth Army, announced
that the Eighth Army battling the Axis, achieved com
plete and absolute victory, and the enemy is now in
ful retreat. Axis forces, left at the southern end of the
ElAlamein line, face British troops, he said, but they
are “in the bag.”
Montgomery announced the capture of General
Ritter von Thoma, Axis Afrika Corps commander, who i
was taken yesterday in tank action. Von Thoma spent
the night at British headquarters.
“We will not stop fighting & now we will wipe out
all the Axis forces in north Africa,” the General said.
Infantry and Royal Artillery were responsible for
shattering the El Alamein line and “Now it is armor’s
turn, to destroy the enemy completely.”
Allied air forces played a great part in breaking
the morale of enemy troops and victory was gained by
combined operations by the army and air forces.
id Retreat Described "Yer
Graveyard of Smoking Twisted Tanks’
CAIRO, Nov. 5 (/l3) — Weakened by the loss of
thousands of men captured, killed, wounded or isolated
in desert strong points, the once proud Axis army is in
full flight across Western Egypt in a franctic hunt for a
position to avert destruction. Only a rearward moving
screen of anti-tank guns and tanks shielded the bulk of
Rommel’s African Corps from the pressing advance
of the United Nations and the British Eighth Army,
while the comparatively unimportant air forces sought
to parry the combined blows of American and British
Imperial airmen.
While 9,000 prisoners, by a count already 24
hours old, streamed dejected to the British rear. Al
lied air forces kept hitting the foe on the main coastal
line of retreat, described as a veritable graveyard of
smoking, twisted tanks, armored cars and trucks.
The Axis, with Rome acknowledging severe loss
es, said the Italian and German armies have with
drawn to new lines to the west. The Germans denied
that the front was breached but an Italian communi
que, however, indicated the depth of the Eighth Army’s
drive, at least the tank spearheads, wrhen it told of
“fierce, bloody fighting,” by tank and infantry forces
on both sides, between El Alamein and Fuka, which
is about 70 miles west of El Alamein.
The British have not announced their present po
sitions. It is believed that Rommel has no large reserves
behind him, either in western Egypt or in Libya.
Clark Cable
Now Lieut In
Air Corps
Miami, Fla.—From now
on it will be Lt. Clark
Gable.
The famous motion pic
ture star, who enlisted in
the Aviation Officers’ train
ing corps last August, re
ceived h i s commission.
The gold plated bars will
be presented to many of
Gable’s classmates as well,
including his close friend
and ex-camera man Andy
McIntyre.
Gable has gone through
the 90-day training just as
any other enlisted man af
ter a commission. Sq the^
hero who often portrays
the fighting man in the
Plane Output
Too Low Says
Knudsen
Los Angeles—The Army
Production Chief, Brig,
Gen. William Knudsen
finds American aircraft pro
duction impressive but not
quite as high as he propos
ed a year ago.
Knudsen, the former
head of the General Mo
tors Corporation, made the
statement following an in
spection of the aircraft in
dustries and other war
plants in the San Diego
area.
>u.v Defense Bonds and Stumps
movies will become an of
ficer in Uncle Sam’s Air
Force.
Allies Push
Forward In
•New Guinea
MaeArthur’s Hn. in Aus
tralia. Nov. 5 (/P)—Friday
—The allied ground forces
whi September 29th be
gan hurrying the Japs
from an approach of with
in 32 miles from Port Mor
esby. are continuing to ad
vam_e b yond Kokoda to
war the north New Guin
ea cm, u. Indicating bitter
fighi :'. a communique
stal i’:.t troops are ad
vancing slowly for the sec
ond straight day.
Allied bombers struck
Jap-occupied towns in Por
tugu. c Timor.
Strikers Lose
Their Positions
Cincinnati, O. — Cincin
nati city manager Sherrill,
discharged some 1 ,500
hourly municipal workers
after they struck for high
er wages.
The striking Cincinnati
employees, affiliated with
the United Mine Workers,
voted to walk out several
weeks ago when the city
opposed their wage boost
demands. Union stewards
called the strike and pick
ets were posted at the city
hall and waterworks. Most
of the strikers were em
ployed in the city water,
waste collection and high
way maintenance depart
ments. Officials said the
strike left Cincinnati with
enough water reserve for
only two or three days at
half the usual suply.
City Manager Sherrill de
dared he would replace
the strikers as soon as new
men could be found.
DEFENSE BOARD TO
FINANCE PIPE LINE
Washington — Secretary
of Commerce Jesse Jones
announced that the de
fense plant corporation
would put up the $55,000,
000 or $60,000,000 it will
cost to extend the new 24
inch oil pipeline from Illin
ois to the east coast.
Chairman Donald Nelson
of the WPB said earlier
that the line would be ex
tended 875 miles from Nor
ris City, 111., to the east to
step up the flow of crude
petroleum by an additional
300,000 barrels per day.
Work on the, Illinois-Texas
link of the new line will
wind up early in Decem
ber. Jones said this west
ern section is 530 miles
long, and was estimated to
cost $35,000,000.
\\ ork Is
Slopped On
7 Projects
Washington — The War'
Production Board stopped
construction on seven pow i
or and irrigation projects
in the far west which wert
to have boon completed in
1944 or 1945.
Builders were prohibited
from doing any construe-1
lion work or making any in 1
stallations on the power'
projects with the excep
tion of construction for
safety or health purposes,
or to avoid damage to mat
briah
Names e! Projects
j The seven projects were
l Davis Dam. 40 miles south
of Boulder Dam on the Col
orado River; the tunnel &
certain other part, of the
Colorado Big Thompson
project on the eastern side
of the Continental Divide;
jnd the Grandv Dam on
.the western side of the Di
vide. Tlie Keswick Dam •
tlie Sacramento river in
California; the Anderson
1 Branch project on the Pay
ette river, north of Boise
Idaho; Unit number five of
the Shasta Dam, on the
Sacramento river; and two
: projects associated with
I Grand Coulee Dam on the
i Columbia river in Wash
ington state.
Objections Made
Democratic Senator Ho
mer T. Bone of Washing
ton and other western con
gressmen denounced the
WPB order stopping cer
tain construction work on
i public power projects in
the west. The electric pow
jer plants and dams affect
ed bv the order are located
! in Washington, California,
Nevada and Arizona. Two
of the projects affected are
linked with the Grand
Coulee dam on the Colum
bia river in Washington.
Declared Bone: “Some of
these operations in Wash
ington agencies bear the
I stamp of private power
companies, which hate
these projects.
WPB ASSURES BABY
DIAPER PRODUCTION
Washington —The War
Production Board assured
the mothers of America
that current production of
baby diapers will take care
of the increasing birth rate
The head of the textile
I branch pointed out that
diaper production had
gone up 30 per cent over
1939. He said it is possible
there may be sborages of
some types or sizes of dia
| pers, but guaranteed there
1 would be no scarcity in
1 general supplies.
Baltic of Stalingrad Characterized by
Growing Maneuverability Red Army
c J J
MOSCOW, Nov 5 (/P)—The Russians have broken
up a!! ti e latest Nazi efforts to expand their invasion
Kent in not .hern Stalingrad, and in some places fore
ed the Germans to abandon several basic points, dis
patches said. While bitter attacks and counter attacks
developed about the ruined Volga city, Red army
troop;: are credited with local gains northeast of Stalin
grad.
On the JOack Sea front, in the Mozdok sector, in
the central Caucasus, a successful Soviet holding ac
tion was indicated before the Caucasian slope and pass
es southeast of Nalchik,
The paper Izvestia. said the battle of Stalingrad was
civ racier ad by the growing maneuverability of Red
Army units.
LLS. Navy Big
ger Than Ever
New York — The United
States now has a rn. re pow
• ful sea fighting force
than it had before the Jap
• tnese attack upon Pearl
Harbor.
This ■ the conUdutxi op!
.nion of Navy Secretary j
oh nk Knox, who told a
.Navy Day banquet aud
• •: in New York that the
[ Arne .can fleet is more
i powerful in tonnage, avia
! ion and firing power.
Knox •■aid flatly that the
■United Nations is produc
ing ships faster than the
: enemy are sinking them &
he added that the enemy is
no longer sinking vessels
as fast as he was. Declared
Knox: “We have convert
ed the greatest peace time
industrial plant of all time
into the greatest arsenal
of all time.
“We have hit some sav
age blows, and we have
just egun to tight.”
MORE U. S. MARINES
LAND IN BRITAIN
London—It was announc
ed that additional units of
United States Marines had
landed in Britain.
The Marines were under
the command of Col. T.
j Clement, a veteran of Bat
aan and Corregidor.
i BEAUTY HELPED BY
DEFENSE WORK
Los Angeles — This war:
is making women more
beautiful, Dr. Charles H.
Wood told the National!
Chiropractic convention.
“The woman war worker
is taking better care of her
self,” he said. “The girls
jare going to bed earlier,
'getting their meals regul
arly and taking advantage
of modern knowledge of
vitamins.”
‘SOURDOUGH” |
STATIONERY
A Nugget Office
$25,000 Ceiling
On Salaries
Washington — Director
James F. Byrnes of the
Board of Economic Stabil
ization told a conference
that a ceiling of $25,000
annually will be placed on
salaries by January 1.
Byrnes revealed at the
same time that President
Roosevelt sas directed the
Board to bring his salary
within the $25,000 ceiling
after payment of taxes. It
was Mr. Roosevelt who
first said he believed $25,
000 a year should be tops
for anybody after taxes are
deducted.
Byrnes said it was im
practical to put the salary
ceiling into effect before
the first of the year but
that in the meantime the
increase of salaries at this
late date are forbidden,
without Treasury approv
al.
STATESMAN OF IRE
LAND PHONES NAZIS
Belfast, Ireland — Fin
ance Minister Barbour of
Northern Ireland defend
ed the action of a Glasgow
industrialist, G. F. Luke,
in telephoning to the Ger
man Embassy in Dublin.
Miniser Barbour said
Luke waned to find out
whether certain goods
could be exported from
Germany. The Minister
added that Luke was in
Dublin on other business
and thought the easiest
way to find out about the
German exports was to ask
the Embasy.
The Minister pointed out
that one of Luke’s broth
ers had been killed at Dun
kerque, while a brother-in
law had been killed when
a British mine - sweeper
was blown up.
The Minister admitted
that Luke had been indis
creet, but declared that the
man had no trouble in
clearing himself when de
ained by the authorities.