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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 44. No. 137. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCT. 12. 1942 per Copy i«
Churchill Pictures Strength Growing
Canada Orders Retaliatory Manacling Nazi Captives
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Churchill Pictures United Nations
Strength Moving Steadily Onward
August and September Least Bad Months for Allied
Shipping — And Saw Greatest Bombing of Germany
EDINBURGH, Oct. 12 (/P) —Prime Minister Church
ill pictured the United States, Russia, China and Brit
ain as moving “steadily onward from strength to
strength” while Hitler’s “prospects have darkened to
an immeasurable degree.”
In a belligerent, confident speech, accepting the free
com of the city, Churchill assured Edinburgh’s citi
zens that “no weakness will be shown Germany” in
the dispute over chaining of war prisoners.
He reported:
1— August and September “were the least bad
months since January” for Allied shipping losses, as
new building outweighed sinkings;
2— The same months saw the greatest tonnage of
British bombs dropped on Germany;
3— And also marked the “definite growth of Allied
air superiority;”
4— The same months “Converted the most numerous
safe arrivals of U. S. troops in the British Isles.”
( anada Manacling German Prisoners
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In Retaliation Manacling Canadians
OTTAWA, Oct. 10 (/P) — With the expiration of
noon deadline, Canadian authorities issued orders to
start manacling German prisoners of war in retalia
tion for similar action by Germans against Canadians
and Britons captured at Dieppe. No word was received
from the Swiss consul general, to whom the Canadian
repisal threat was delivered last night, for transmis
sion to Berlin. Canada proceeded in accordance with
the ultimatum. Officials said both Britain and Canada
are prepared to manacle German prisoners in an equi
valent number to British prisoners already placed in
irons, of which 1375 are Canadians, or most of the pri
soners taken at Dieppe.
Germans Threaten To Fetter 3 Times As Many Britons
BERLIN. Oct. 9 (/P) —Delayed—Germany announc
ed they fettered 107 British officers and 1269 non-com
missioned officers yesterday, and threatened if the
British carry out their announced intention to take
counter-measures against an equal number of Germans,
three times as many Britons will be mancled at noon
tomorrow.
Old Battleship
Oregon Be Broken
I p l or Scrap
Portland. Ore., Oct. 12 (/P)
— A planned and fitting
farewell salute to the his- (
toric old battleship Oregon,
pride of the fleet in the
Spanish American war, is
now doomed to the scrap
pile. The war emergency
has forced the Navy to or
der the ship broken up and
the metal used to ease the
scrap shortage.
The helpless hulk of the
dreadnought in its river
anchorage here is only the
shell of the fighting ma
chine which dashed around
South America to Santiago,
Chile, to help bottle up the
Spanish fleet.
New; Stricter Dim
Out Regulations
For Pacific ( oast
San Francisco, Oct. 10 (/P)
— The coast states were
placed under new, stricter
dim-out regulations. Lt.
Gen. DeWitt changed the
regulations of August 30 to
provide restricted zones.
Essentially all light vis
ible from above, including
street lighting, must now
be shielded. The restriction
on lights visible from the
sea remains essentially the
' same.
The Army also broaden
ed its previous description
of areas visible from the
I sea to include northern
Washington areas visible
from the waters of the Pac
ific Ocean or from the wa
fers of the Straits of Juan
de Fuca.
Germans Grind
Forward Slowly
At Stalingrad
Moscow, Oct. 9 (/P) — De
layed — The Germans are
grinding slowly forward in
the industrial district of
Stalingrad but victory is
still denied. They are re
ported to have started
anew a wide flanking inva
sion further south calcu
lated to cut through the
Kalmysk territory to the
Volga delta on the Caspian
Sea.
An Astrakhan dispatch
to the newspaper Izvestia
contained the first Russian
admission that the Ger
mans have entered the
area.
The Russians’ own flank
ing drive northwest of
Stalingrad advanced and
continued in some sectors
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Bi ggest U, S. Force
Takes Air Over
Europe in Daylight
London, Oct. 9 (/P) — De
layed— The biggest U. S.
bomber and fighter force
ever to take the air in Eu
rope was joined by the
j RAF and many squadrons
of Allied fighters in a new
air blow at targets in north
: ern France. Fortress bomb
ers and escorting fighters,
many of which were Spit
l fires and Hurricanes flown
; by U. S. pilots, roared out
; in what was believed the
I largest daylight operation
, of its kind of the war, ap
; parently aimed at the Lille
region.
of the city itself. The Ger
; mans overran two more
streets of a northwest sub
urb.
Captured Jap
Zero Plane To
Oe Tested by IL S.
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Washington, Oct. 10 (TP)
— A Jap Zero plane forced
down in the Aleutians and
repaired at a naval air sta- j
tion will be soon flown to
Washington for perform
ance tests.
The Navy said prelimin
ary tests show it developed
a speed of nearly 300 miles
! an hour, less than the best
i U. S. fighters. At about
200 miles per hour it re
sponded to light pressure
! on the controls. At higher
rates it became stiff and
I also developed a “marked
flutter of vibration.” “Oth
; erwise it is a stable, easy
i to-fly plane with generally
i good flying character, and
it is well designed.”
l 'uy Defense Bonds and Stamp;
t .S. Bombers Hit
2 Freighters, Down
3 Defending Planes
Cairo, Oct. 12 (/P)—Strik
ing anew in almost non
stop attacks on Axis supply
shipping across the Medit
erranean, U.S. heavy bomb
ers scored hits on two
freighters escorted by 3
destroyers off the coast of
Crete, and a few minutes
later shot down 2 Messer-1
schmitt-110’s and a Junk-j
ers-88.
By bringing down the
German planes, the Am
erican gunners destroyed
one-third the attacking
force of land based Nazi
aircraft which rose to de
fend the freighters, esti
mated at 8,000 tons each.
Red Armies Stop
Nazis Supreme
Bid at Stalingrad
Moscow, Oct. 10 (/P) —
Tank and infantry attacks
so ferocious that observers
believe them to be the Ger
man high command’s su
preme bid for a quick de
cision at Stalingrad, were
reported stopped by Red
Army troops, also entrench
ed for positional warfare
against the Nazi flank
northwest of the city.
A front line correspond
ent of Izvestia said there is
every reason to believe
that Hitler’s field officers
are expected to finally mas
ter the battered industrial
center but the “expecta
tion has not been fulfilled.”
A tank division and a mo
torized infantry division
were among several fresh
German units in the latest
offensive..
Izvestia said that as
many as 80 assaults concen
trated on the workers’ set
tlement northwest of the
city, but made only a few
gains of a few dozen yards.
Wards Reach
150 Million In II
Western States
San Francisco, Oct. 10 (TP)
— Contract awards for en
gineering and construction
work reached a total of
$150,718,059 in 11 western
states in September. The
Daily Construction Service
said the figures included A1
aska and Hawaii: $13,233,
925.
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Army Dropped 15 Tons of Bombs
On Kiska Area Last Tuesday
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (/I1) — Delayed—The Navy
announced that Army bombers continuing the steady
pounding of the Japs in the Aleutians, dropped 15 tons
of bombs on the enemy base at Kiska Tuesday, start
ing fires in the camp area, damaging a cargo ship in
the harbor, and strafing the radio station. This was
announced in communique 145 which also reported
the loss of the Atlantic coast guard cutter Muskeget,
the former S. S. Cornish of the Eastern Steamship
Lines.
The communique text follows: “In the north Pacific
on October 6. Army Liberator bombers, escorted by
Airacobra and Lightning fighters, dropped approxi
mately 7 tons of bombs in the area surrounding the
seaplane hangar at Kiska. Eight more tons were drop
ped on the camp area. Large fires were started and 2
cargo ships in the harbor were attacked, one left afire
and sinking. The radiu station was damaged by strafing.
One seaplane was destroyed on the water and another
was damaged.
Reconnaissance over Attu and Agattu on the same
date failed to reveal any enemy activity on islands.”
Victory Will Be
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Victory for All
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Enslaved People
Washington, Oct. 12 (/P)
— The President, terming
the war a conflict to deter
mine “whether the march
of progress will proceed or
be halted by totality con
quest,” declared the Unit
ed Nations’ victory will be
"A victory of oppressed
and enslaved people every
where.” In his Columbus
Day statement he said:
“Our cause is not only for
liberty for ourselves but
for liberation of others.”
Willkie Welcomed
By Chinese
CHUNGKING — Wendell Will
kie mingled more than 4 hours
with student and faculy mem
bers of four Chungking govern
ment educational institutions, re
iterating his message of “anti
imperialism.”
The spontaneous welcome left
him visibly affeced. Eager, smil
ing Chinese students virtually
overwhelmed Willkie with mani
festation.-. of good-will, cheering
him again and again as he moved
from building to building.
He had a busy day touring
: Chungking’s war industries, meet
ing political leaders, including
Communist General Chouen Lai
and finally had a three and one
half hour heart to heart talk with
Chiarik Kai-Shek.
It was disclosed that arrange
ment were made for Willkie to
1 visit the Chinese battlefront. He
! declared that Generalissimo Chi
ang Kai Shek stands at the very
front among the leaders who
have pledged themselves to the
fight against the Axis.
Willkie spoke at a banquet giv
en in his honor by the Generalis
simo and Madam Chiang Kai
Shek. He said he had found that
the ordinary citizen from Cairo
to China loves liberty and is
willing to fight for it aaginst the
Nazis He praised the Chinese
for their courageous battle ag
ainst many odds.
General Chiang replied that he
was pleased to state this auspic
Lt. Don Brown Son
of Joe E. Brown,
Dies Bomber Erash
Long Beach, Oct. 9 (/P)—
Comedian Joe E. Brown,
who, a year ago proudly
saw his son Don. aged 24,
receive his wings as a sec
ond lieutenant in the Army
Air Corps Reserve, was no
tified at Detroit where he
was playing in a show, that
his son died in a bomber
crash near Palm Springs
yesterday. He broke the
tradition that the show
must go on, by leaving for
the west. He said another
son, Joe Jr., goes into the
Marines in a few weeks.
Maximum Price
Regulation \o. 22
Mildred R. Hermann, Al
aska Director of the OPA,
states in a wire that the
temporary maximum price
regulation number 22, ef
fective October 5th, freezes
as the highest prices, those
charged during the period
from Sept. 28 to Oct. 2nd,
1942, for milk products,
eggs, poultry, mutton,
white potatoes, canned cit
rus fruits and juices and
other citric products, fresh
citrus fruits, flour, cake
mixes, and flour mixes, on
ions, dry and edible beans,
dried peas and lentils, corn
meal, hominy and hominy
grits in bulk and packaged
in quantities over 3 lbs.
The regulation requires
the keeping of records and
preparation of a statement
by Oct. 24th of the highest
prices charged and custom
! ary discounts. No reports
i are required.
| jous occasion was a token of sol
: idarity in the fight against the
j enemy and expressed his grati
! t,ude for aid which will bring ul
| timate victory.