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VOL. 44. No. 130. NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 25, 1442. Per Co™ l!*
Germans on Defensive at Stalingrad
Alaska Highway be Put In Use About December 1
New Attempts Against Stalingrad Fail
Germans On Defensive In Northwest
—
REDS RECAPTURE TWO DOMIN ATING HEIGHTS j
GERMANS LOSE 25.000 DEAD IN PAST WEEK
MOSCOW. Sept. 25 (/l5) — Thrown on the defensive
on Stalingrad’s northwestern rim by the development
of Red Army’s flanking counter attack, the Germans
are reported to have failed in fresh infiltration at
tempts directly against the city. While battling desper
ately against the menace from the Hank, the epic bat-1
tie centered in a northwestern sector where the Rus
sians recaptured two dominating heights and nearby
populated sections, Stalingrad dispatches said.
The German command declared its troops have tak
en “further fortified points in fierce street fighting" ,
but conceded the defensive nature of the fight on the
flank. It was said that “Soviet relief attacks, against
the northern barrier erected by German and allied
troops, were repulsed by hard fighting.’’
The Russian paper Red Star declared that no other
city in this war is such a battlefield as Stalingrad. A
military commentator was quoted by Tass to have said
that the German lost more than 25,000 dead in the
past week. The Red Star said German tanks are cruis
ing the streets and alleys of Stalingrad to fall unex
pectedly upon Russian positions and demoralize the
^ men holding them.
Boh Ho| >e Relates Experiences
(in Returning; From Alaska Tour
THE FOG RAN RIGHT DOWN TO THE GROUND
AND WE COULDN’T GET DOWN. IT LOOKED BAD
SEATTLE, Sept. 24 (/P) — Bob Hope revealed how
he found a practical use in Alaska for one of his gags
which drew the most laughs in his current tour of en
tertaining soldiers and sailors.
It’s one about an air force parachute instructor tell
ing the boys “You jump, then you count ten, then you
pull the rip cord & when you get to the ground there'll
be a station wagon there to meet you." The neophyte
leaps, counts ten, pulls the rip cord and nothing hap
pens. The flyer complain bitterly as he falls “And I'll
bet that damned station wagon won’t be there either."
Back from Alaska with Frances Langford, Jerry
Colonna, and Tony Romano, Hope told of being scared
stiff when stranded for two hours over an Alaskan
town unable to land because of thick fog. He said “1
was a little concerned, old boy, the fog ran right down
to the ground and there we were flying over the town
and couldn’t get in to the airport. Flying at 13,000 feet
in blowing sleet. It really looked bad, brother.”
i
Alaska Army
Men To Get
Trii»s Home
WIVES, FRIENDS IN STATES
CAN START COOK
ING CHICKEN
By William L. Worden
Associated Press Correspondent
AT AN ADVANCED ARMY
POST IN ALASKA Sept.-Army
wives and friends in the States
had better be getting ready to
cook chicken and other delicacies
and be happy to know that their
men are coming home.
A new policy adopted by the
Army allows the officers and
men at this combat base leaves
of absences of 15 days each, start
ing from the time they arrive in
the continental United States.
Thus what has been only the
topic of hopeful conversation
now becomes a reality for the
men who have been facing the
Jap threat here constantly for
months.
Cigarettes Are
Dropped by Allied
Planes on Holland
LONDON, Sept. - Allied pi, n
es flying over Dutch cities were
revealed to have dropped thou
sands of packages of cigarettes,
each bearing the inscription “vi
tory is coming.”
The cigarettes were intended
as a good will gesture to resi
dents of occupied Holland, who
have had little if any tobacc >
since the Nazis invaded their
homeland more than two years
ago.
The shower of cigarettes was
made in connection with observa
tion of the 62nd birthday of
Queen Wiihelmina, now in exile
in Britain.
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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.
At Least 20
Die In Three
Train Collision
Dickerson, Md., Sept. 25
(/l'*) — Railroad officials &
sta1. police sought to ident
ify 12 bodies, removed
from the charred and twist
ed wreckage of three trains
wh> -e collision is believed
to have cost the lives of at
lea ' 20 persons. Wrecking
crev a w, rked throughout
the n eht to pull apart the
last pieces of a Pullman car
where most of the victims
died, when, fire followed
the crash of two passenger
trains and a fast freight.
officials said
the a have not account
ed i r 8 persons.
FP " -P McClelland of
Bal . ■ re. identified as the
eng new of one of the pas
sen.: trains was charged
w i t h manslaughter. Fie
said re didn’t see the red
sign..! because of smoke.
Stimson Shocked
At Arr an«jemenls
C1
Louis-Conn Figlit
Washington, Sept. 24 (/P)
— Secty Stimson said he
was “shocked” by the ar
rangements of the Louis
Conn fight and started a
personal investigation. He
declined to state what de
tails shocked him. The or
iginal announcement was
that the entire net pro
ceeds were to be turned
over to the Army Emergen
cy Relief Fund, however,
later a change in the set
up was announced.
A committee of New
York sports writers were
named to handle the i: t
rrangements, and und t
agreed that Louis w t >
ceive $100,000 to pay f
obligations and Conn v s
to receive $34,000 for the
me purpose.
(animals Assured
At Least Tie In
National League
St. Louis, Sept. 24 —
The Cardinals were assur
ed at least a tie for the Na
tional League pennant,
routing Cincinnati 6 to 0.
Mort Cooper yielded only 2
singles in his 9th straight
victory, his 22nd for the
year.
Brooklyn came from be
hind, beating Boston and
i retaining a slim mathemat
ical chance of meeting the
Yankees again for the
World Series.
Leader Of
Canadian Red*
Surrenders
Toronto, Sept. 25 (/P) —
Tim Buck, general secre
tary of the Canadian Com
mun'st Party, and twelve
others who were sought
with him. since the party
became illegal in Canada,
surrendered to the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police.
Buck sai dhe stayed within
Canada since they went in
to hiding but wouldn’t tell
where they had been.
!.S. Destroyer
n*
lisappcars
i Pacific
V.Yshington. Sept. 24 (.^P)
— The Navy announced
' 1 he U. S. destroyer Jar
IvT disappeared in the
> uthwest Pacific without
leaving a trace, presum
kably sunk by enemy subs
or m craft. The auxiliary
’transport Little was sunk,
recent’v in operations in
the Solomons. The possible
loss of life on the two ship
' was estimated at 250 men
The Jarvis was enroute
from Tulagi to a repair
base1 when it vanished se
eral weeks ago. It had been
damaged during enemy air
attacks off Guadalcanal.
Approximately half of the
personnel of the Little
were lost when it went
down. The losses included
Lieut. Commdr. William
Graham, Jr., of the Jar\
and Lieut. Commdr. Gus
Lofberg of the Little. The
Jarvis was built in Pu ct
Sound Navy Yard in 19 7.
and weighed 1500 tons.
OUR PILOTS FLY
INFERIOR PLANES
SAYS SEN. TRUMAN
WASHINGTON, Sept. — C •
man Truman of the Senate
J fense Investigating Comri
declared that United States i
are supplied with inferior :
ing plant's whit'll are called
fisted" on the Administrn
war production front.
Senator Mon C. Wallgr
Washington seconded the <
ism as Truman told the S- 1
that since "our boys have pr 1
their superiority as pilots i
ferior planes, tiiey are entitle 1 to
| the best planes we can give
them.”
Truman said that a confid. ti;U
report had been given Alb r
Chandler which indicated hot
more attention should be given
immediately toward “obtaining a
workable unity of command, par
ticularly in Alaska.”
Wallgren reported that his con
versation with pilots in Alaska
convinced him that American
fighter planes don’t measure up
to the best fighters Britain is pro
ducing,” and added, “the Navy
is using a plane that’s a joke."
Truman said that his commit
tee authorized his speech in hop
es of “waking up the brass hats"
in the military departments
Announce Jap Naval Forces Co
Operating with Axis In Atlantic
TOKYO ATTEMPT BLOW UP BUBBLEGUM SCARE
UNDATED, Sept. 25 (A3) — Tokyo headquarters, at
tempted to blow up a bubble gum scare with the an
nouncement that Jap naval forces are now operating
in the Atlantic in “close cooperation” with Axis navies.
While Tokyo specifically mentioned only one Jap sub
having arrived in Atlantic waters, the German com
mand seized on the announcement to declare that "Jap
anese warships” made contact with Axis forces in the
Atlantic.
In London, British naval observers said any sugges
tion that Jap surface raiders or heavy naval units
might follow the lone s'ub are “foolish.” These quarters
said the Jap navy already has its hands full in the Pac
ific and that the north and south Atlantic are ' jo well
guarded by Allied navies for a .1 ip surface n itilla to
enter undetected. The British informants said it could
not be difficult for Japan to send a sub into the At
lantic, perhaps using Vichy French Madagasi. i as a
refueling base.
In London, the foreign office announced that follow
ing the capture of Tananarive, British forces placed
Madagascar under military rule "to insure lav and
order, pending establishment of a friendly regime.”
\laska Highway To Be Ready
f or Use About UecefWber 1st
TRAFFIC EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER ITS 1000
MILES UNTIL SPRING THAWS IN APRIL OR MAY
_
' WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (/P) — The Alaska High
1 way will be ready for use about December first, Sec
retary Stimson announced. Traffic is expected to move
1600 miles until pring thaws make
it impassible in April or May. Not only is the highway
being completed months ahead of schedule, but instead
of t i nt< d rough “pioneer road, the Alaskan
highway, as now being constructed by the corps of
engineers will be a graded and all-drained truck road
over practicalh its entire length, and will afford two
way traffic over many long stretches."
Stimson said the muskeg bogs and moss which were
expected to ,. vo the highway an unsteady base over
long stretches, provided some of the worst problems
of the und ng, but proved to be of minor consid
eration The mmouncement said “Engineers report the
threats of muskeg proved wholly u ed. Most of
them were successfully skirted and those which were
unavoidable, overcome by corduroy roads. In one par
ticular section, 60 miles in length, was reported to con
st principaliv »f muskeg, but onk 4 miles of it was
encountered.
Army arraiu ments for winter maintenance of the
mad includ-1 ’ost camps for operator., of muck convoys,
.meers and mail t troops, wea
tner observation and telephone installations, over the
length of the highway.
Aussies Pepper
japs lilli Old
Beer Bottles
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept.—Aus
talian fliers, their bomb racks
emptied, dropped empty beer
bottles on the scurrying enemy
at Tulagi in the Solomon Is
i lands because ‘ th y whistle on
tin way down and scare hell out1
of the Japs.”
This was related by Lieutenant
j Commander George Huff of San
| Francisco, the first U. S. Navy
man to arrive from the Solo
i mo ns since their occupation by
i Allied forces.
The bombing of Tulagi with
explosive and beer bottles was
just a preliminary to actual in
trategie islands,
C tim i : 11 'f said in paying
g win- n to Australian pi
lots,
'They < a great bunch of
aviators," he said. "They’re abso
lutely h.-ppy-g lucky. They act
all the time as if they are happy
its kicl- to get a chance to go to
war. Our men are a lot more
serious "
In the preliminary bombing of
Tulagi, he sa d American fliers
went along with the Aussies to
drop a few bombs.
“Our buys were ready to come
home when the job was done, as
it was the first action for most
of them,” he related, "but those
Australians had brought along a
couple of cases of empty beer
bottles.
"They whistle all* the way
down; and scare hell out of the
Japs."