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Gold Mining May Be Suspended
India Rejects British Proposals for Dominion Status
Gruening Says Fears Before Long
Gold Mining Vi ill Be Suspended
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WASHINGTON, (AP) — Official Washington failed,
tonight to yield any information to substantiate the!
Anchorage Times story that Governor Gruening may]
be replaced. Delegate Dimond investigated a similar j
report two weeks ago and found it without substantia-!
tion and it was doubted then, because Gruening’s ap- i
pointment is a personal one by the President.
Gruening declined to comment but said he will leave;
ior Washington next week, after seperal weeks of work
on mining and freight rate matters. He said: “We fear,
before long that gold mining will be suspended, large
ly in the hope of transferring operations to obtaining ;
strategic minerals ” Gruening and Dimond are seeking
to obtain priorities for the placer mining industry.
American Volunteer Group in Burma
ins Victories Two Successive Days
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CHUNGKING, (AP) — The Redoubtable American
Volunteer Group won its second smashing success in
two days when probably 11 out of 20 Jap Navy Zero
planes were shot down over northern Burma today.
Seven planes were shot down for certain and four pro
bably. All of the AVG returned undamaged. The at
tack came after the Japanese radio repeatedly threat
ened to blast the AVG from the sky.
Wednesday, the AVG intercepted 20 planes and shot
down 10.
India Rejects British Proposals
Cripps Returning To England
NEW DELHI (AP) — Dominant Hindu and Moslem
parties rejected Britain’s offer of Dominion status after
the war. Sir Stafford Cripps, special British emissary
announced that the proposal has been withdrawn and
he is leaving for home tomorrow. Presumably the pres
ent British administration of the country will continue.
Fair Employment Practice Committee
Orders Stop Discrimination Workers
WASHINGTON, (AP) — Ten companies holding
millions of dollars worth of war contracts, were or
dered by the President’s committee on Fair Employ
ment Practice to cease discrimination against workers
because of race or religion.
BOMBAY SCENE—Bejbnd this famous “Gateway to
India," scene of above ceremonial, stretches the harbor of Bom
bay, seaport on the west coast of India's V-shaped peninsula. In
India, which is now asking England for self-rule, or freedom, or
dominion status, is a federation embracing British India—pro
vinces under British rule—and the native-ruled states.
4th U. S. Sub
Announced as
Lost in War
Washington (AP) — The)
submarine Perch, overdue
a month, is presumably
lost in the Western Pacific,
the Navy announced. Com-1
missioned 6 years ago and
last reported operating in
the Java Sea under Lieut
enant Commander Davis
Albert Hurt, aged 38, of
Pounding Mill, Virginia,:
she is the fourth submarine1
lost or missing and brought
to 26, the number of naval
vessels announced as lost
since December 7.
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Small American
Freighter Sunk
1
In Atlantic
Cape May, (AP) — A
small American freighter
was torpedoed and sunk off
the Atlantic coast a week
ago, the 4th Naval District
announced, with a possible
loss of 37 of its comple
ment of 53 crew members
and passengers.
Two Ships Aban
doned but Later
Brot to Port
Norfolk, Va., (AP) —
Crewmen of two American
merchant ships, one torped
oed and the other attacked
by submarine shellfire off
the Atlantic coast, abandon
ed the vessels but later re
boarded the craft and saw
them brought safely to
port. The Navy disclosed
that two members of the
raiders crew were killed
by the raider’s shells and
seven are missing.
L.S. Bombers In
Australia
Melbourne, (AP)— Huge
United States bombers, pro
teeted by swift Australian
fighters smashed relentless
ly over the weekend at Jap
anese bases in the outer is
land, and were credited
with destroying or serious
ly damaging 28 enemy
planes and lost only two A1
lied airplanes.
Now is the time to look over
your job printing needs for the
spring and summer. The Nug
get Office will be glad to consult
with you as to your wants and
prices on same.
(iorregidor
Withstands 12
Japanese Raids
Washington, (AP)— Gun
ners on beseiged Corregi
dor battled 12 recurring
waves of Japanese bomb
ers and enemy artillery bat
lories, firing onto the is
land fortress from two sid
es. Anti-aircraft fire from
t he fortress kept the en
i-my planes at such high al
titudes that damage was
slight and there were only!
a few casualties.
11 Navy Fliers
Killed in Crash
2 Patrol Boats
Livermore, Calif., (AP)
— Fourteen United States
Navy fliers were killed and
15 injured in the crash to
day of two giant naval pat
rol bombers in the lonely
range country south of Liv
ermore. The Navy with
held the names until the
first of kin were notified.
RAF Again
Raids War Plants
In The Ruhr
London, (AP) — With
hundreds of tons of heavy
caliber bombs and “count
less” incendiaries, planes
planes spread destruction
against through the indus
trial area of the Ruhr last
night. The Air Ministry an
nounced that the great
Krupp armament works
was the principal target.
13 planes were lost
PUBLIC AGENCY FORE
MEN MUST HAVE
EXPLOSIVES LICENSE
The following wire was
received by the Nugget
from B. D. Stewart, Region
al Officer, announcing a
ruling received from the
Director of the Bureau of
Mines, in response to an in
quiry:
“Public agencies such as
the Forest Service, Public
| Roads Administration and
| the Alaska Road Sommis
jsion, and also their indiv
idual foremen are requir
ed to have license for pur
chase, handling and stor
age of explosives. Contract
ors must acquire purchas
ers’ license even when em
ployed on military pro
jects. Their foremen also
are required to have licens
es.”
BLACK hOLE —since 130* this shaft in Calcutta has
marked the spot where on a torrid June 20, 1756, the 116 per
ns who remained after the capture of Fort Williams by Suraj
• "owlah. nawab of Bengal were forced into a two-windowed
rd room It was 18 x 14' 10', and only 23 persons were alive
next day. This «,h tin •Blapk Hole of ClllCltt."
Report Germain Demands Vichy
Give Clever Collaboration Axis
LONDON, (AP) —Monday—An exchange telegraph
dispatch from Zurich said what is regarded as a Ger^
man ultimatum to Vichy was published in the Pariser
Zeitung, demanding that the Petain regime immed
iately adopt a new policy of closer collaboration with
the Axis powers by taking an active role against the
United States, England and Russia.
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American Turns
l j) At Confer
ences In India
The Battle of India ap
peared to be shaping up as
an expanding contest for
the earth, sea and air ap
proaches to the rich, rest
ive empire as the duel in
propaganda and diplomacy
was marked by United Stat
es intervention in the face
of Japanese threats of in
vasion.
Louis Johnson, Presi
dent Roosevelt’s personal
minister to India, held ex
ploratory talks with India’s
native leaders in what was
widely believed to be the
injection of United States
influence to settle the prob
lern of making India free,
yet a bastion for the Unit
ed Nations. Whether or not
Johnson has yet delivered
the President’s letter to
any Indian leader is un
known and the contents of
the letter have not been
disclosed.
Meanwhile, the Tokyo
| government spoke of crush
i ing the British forces in
| India along with the whole
i British Empire, but the
, United States and Imperial
j land units continued fight
ing in Burma without any
: decisive turn. The Axis
I spokesman reported thrusts
by sea close to India’s front
iers with landings at Ak
yab, Burma, and claimed
bombardment of Colombo
i on Ceylon was successful
despite official reports that
perhaps 100 Japanese plan
: es were lost in the raid on
1 the island.
Concessions
Being Made
By British
NEW DELHI — Groat Britain
has agreed to appoint an Indian
as Defense Minister, Mohammed
Ali Jinnah, president of the Mos
lem League, said.
The concession was made by
the British v. r cabinet as its
reply to Indian criticism against
the original British proposal of
India’s pest war independence,
as a last stand to save the pro
posal from failure, Britain is of
fering post war dominion status
to India, but many groups are
rejecting the proposal because
they say India should have con
trol over her own defense during
the war.
Despite the conciliatory offer
and renewed efforts by President
Hoosevelt’s special envoy Louis
Johnson, sent to help whth nego
tiations, the Hindu Al-Indian Con
gross party is expressing objec
tions to other phases of the pro
gram.
Signs are growing that the
whole plan will probably fail of
getting general Indian accept
ance. It has been learned that
Johnson has tjcen in recent touch
with the White House regarding
the conference.