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VOL. 43. No. 102. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, OCT. 29, 1941 Copy 19#
FDR Declares Shooting Has Started
Nazis Make Reported Break Through In Crimea
FBI Arrests Saboteur In Glenn Martin Plane Plant
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President Roosevelt Declares The
The “Shooting Has Started” And
Calls On Nation Destroy Hitler
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2" i'Pi —
President Roosevelt declared to
night that the “shooting has start
ed” and solemnly called on the
nation to he p destroy the Hitler
regime, against which he levelled
the following formal accusations:
1— It has drawn up a secret
map showing hew it intends to
obliterate the existing boundary
lines of 14 South and Central Am
erlcan countries and substitute 5
“vassal states,” one of whidh
wiil have domnion “over our
great lifeline, the Panama Can
al.”
2— It has drafted a detailed
plan to wipe out all existing re
ligions, if Hitler wins, and sub
stitute an international Nazi
church. In place of the Bible, the
words of Mein Kampf will be
“imposed and enforced as a holy
writ” and in place of the Cross
of Christ, the Swastika and a
naked sword will hold sway. The
President declared he had docu
ments to prove his words, and a
copy of the secret map and de
tailed plan and religion program.
Pointing to the attacks on Am
erican vessels, he asserted “We
have wished to avoid shooting,
but shooting has started and his
tory has recorded who fired the
first shot. In the long run, how
ever, all that will matter is who
fires the last shot.”
Again, he said this nation has
stood ready to face the newest
and greatest challenge. “We Am
ericans have cleared our decks
and have taken our battle sta
tlons.’’ He called for greater arm
ament production, to provide ev
ery soldier with weapons “better
than that of any army on earth,”
and appealed again for peace be
tween capital and ladaor.
He said the first objective of
national defense “is to stop Hit-j
ler. He can be- stopped, be com
pelled to dig in and that will be
the beginning of hLs downfall,
because a dictatorship of the Hit
ler type can live only through
continuing victories and increas
ing conquests. The facts of 1918!
are proof that the mighty Ger- j
man army and the tired German]
people can crumb 'e and go to
pieces when faced with success
ful resistance.”
Is Considering
Legislation To
Deal with Strikes
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 MP) —
President Roosevelt declared he
is considering general legislation
to deal with the problem of
strikes in defense industries but
wouldn’t discuss methods at his
press conference, however. Nor
would he indicate what the gov
ernment might do about the
strike of 53,000 men in the cap
tive coal mines. The President
has made three appeals to the
j United Mine Workers chief, John
L. Lewis, to call off the walkout.
Germans Reported Score Break
Through In Crimea Peninsula
Reds Acknowledge Great Danger
UNDATED. Oct. 29 </P) — Ger
man troops are reported to have
scored a break-through in the
Crimea Peninsula, site of Rus
sia’s Black Sea naval base at
Sebastopol. Other Nazi columns
stormed the gates of Rostov on;
the Don River, in what appear
ed to be a climactic phase of thp
battle of the Ukraine.
Soviet dispatches said Red_
army engineers are already plant
ing death traps and mines ini
Rostov, preparing to leave the'
city of half a million, a smoking
ruin. The main German attack-1
ing column is said to be only tern
miles from the center of the big
Don River port which guards the!
northern approach to the Cau
casus oil fields.
In Berlin, Nazi military com-i
mentators said once the city has!
fallen, the way is open for swift
armored divisions to strike south j
toward the nerve center of the
oil region, Maikop, 175 miles be-:
low Rostov. i
The Russian paper Pravda ack
nowledged “the great danger” to'
Moscow, the Donets Basin, Cri-;
mea and Rostov, but declared!
that Hitler’s prediction of victory,
before winter has collapsed.
Pravda said the Nazi command i
has thrown almost its entire Ger
man land army, arti lery, tanks,
and nine-tenths of its air force
into the Rusian campaign.
German Troops
Reported Within
15 Miles Rostov
UNDATED. Oct. 28 (JP) — Ger
rr.an troops were reported fight
ing within ten to 15 miles of Ros
tov, gateway to the Caucasus oil
fields and the great “turning
point” of the battle in southern
Russia, which may bring Brit
ain* million-man armies of the
Middle East into action. London
sources predicted freely, if the
Germans capture Rostov, the
green light will be flashed for'
General VVavell’s imperial forces
to march through Iran to estab
lish a new British fighting front
in the Caucasus.
Authoritative quarters in Lon
don said the German armies on
the central front were still 38
to 40 miles from Moscow at the'
nearest point but acknowledged,
in the south that the Nazis arej
closing in around Rostov and are
imminently threatening to over
run the entire Donets River in
dus'.rlal basin.
Military advices reaching Lon-1
don said the Gerfnans already j
have succeeded in knocking most
of the Basin's war foundries out j
of action, several key points are
actually in German hands, and
others are isolated by crippled
communications lines. The Mos-|
cow radio, however, insisted that
the big industrial city of Khar
kov, Russia’s “Pittsburgh of the
Ukraine” is still in Soviet posses
sion.
Official German reports said
the city fell Thursday. German*
front line dispatches said that
bad weather is proving a power-1
ful ally of the Russians but as
serted that the Red armies are
already defeated from a military
point of view and a break in the *
weather will bring destruction to
the remaining Soviet forces and j
“thus conclude the war in the
east according to German plans.” j
Soviets Preparing j
Reserve Army
Eastern Siberia
KUIBYSHEV, Oct. 28 </P) —
The Russians, while battling to
hold Moscow, Leningrad, and
Ro9tov, also are preparing for
the future by training a reserve
army far in the rear in eastern
Siberia. It was said in a dispatch
from the Transbaikal military J
district that these reserve troops |
are being taught under war con-1
ditions how to fight their way!
out of encirclements, meet psy
chological attacks, destroy para
chutists and cooperate with
tanks, in short how to meet all
special problems of the war with
the Germans.
Apply Secrecy To
Sinking of Subs
By U. S. Navy
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 \(JP) —
Secretary Knox said the Navy
probably will apply a policy of
secrecy to sinking of any German
subs in engagements with Ameri
can war vessels. He declined to
confirm or deny a report brought
to his attention at the press con
ference, that some German subs
were sunk. Knox said “The Brit
ish have been at war for a long
time but you haven’t re;ad of
very many submarines sunk by
the British have you?”
Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps
$47,236 Approved
For Maintenance
Terri. Schools
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 <JP) —
The Federal Works Administra
tion announced that President
Roosevelt has approved the allot
ment’of $47,236 of defense and
public works funds for the Al
askan Territorial Board of Ed
ucation for maintenance and op
eration of schools.
SOURDOUGH STATIONERY
Write to your friends and rela
tives on the ‘Outside,’ using Sour
dough Stationery. They*U get s
big kick out of It.-- - -
FBI iVrrests Workman Who Is
Admitted Saboteur Of Planes
In Glenn Martin Plane Plant
BALTIMORE, Oct. 29 i(3>) — E.
A. Soucy, special agent in charge
of the Baltimore Bureau of the
FBI, announced the arrest of
Michael William Etzel, aged 22,
for what he said was admitted
sabotage against airplanes in the
Glenn Martin plant, where he
has been employed since August,
1939.
Soucy said Etzel made a state
ment to the FBI and Company
officials saying: “I feel that the
German people are all right and
everything is the fault of the
German government, not the peo
pie themselve. I didn’t want
these planes which we are mak
ing in the Martin plant to be
used against the German people,
so I damaged the ships.”
First Such Case
Soucy. declaring Etzel’s is the
first such case in this vital de
fense arefa, said his implication
"was the outgrowth of a check
being made to determine the
identity of the individual respon
sible for cardboards bearing
blue and red pencilled lettering,
located on B-26 bombers and
signed Heil Hitler.
Bitter Denunciations And Denials
From Axis Capitals And Silence
From Tokyo Greet FDR’s Talk
UNDATED. Oct. 23 UP) — Bit- (
ter denunciations and denials'
from the Axis capitals; satisfac-;
tion from Britain; and a cautious;
official silence from Tokyo, were
the major responses to Roose
velt’s “shooting has started"
speech.
Informed Germans said the
speech would have been funny
“except for the fact that the
President’s policies have direct
consequences.”
Italian Fascists interpreted the
speech to mean that convoys are
another step toward United Stat
es belligerency. •
The Japanese spokesman said
the speech will “be studied with
interest” by the Japanese govern
ment. Neither he nor the Japan
ese press hazarded an immediate
guess how the new cabinet of Gen
eral Tojo will take the assault on
Hitler, Japan’s treaty-bound al
ly. The Tokyo newspaper Hochi
said the President admitted that
the United States is already in
the war without dsclaration, by
saying the shooting has started.
Italian editor Gayda said the
Presidents reference of aid to
China is “an ostentatious chal
lenge” for Japan to handle. He
also asserted that the United
States fleet is “already in action
for aggression” without a pre
vious declaration.
The first comment from a South
American came from acting chair
main of the committee investignt
ing anti-Argentine activities,
Juan Solari, who said the Presi
dent’s disclosure of German plans,
to dismember South American
countries “Couldn’t astonish” an
American, who he said, already
knew of the “contempt professed
for our countries by the Ger
mans.”
U. S. A. T. Branch
Collides In Fog
With Ferry
SEATTLE. Oct. 28 <JP) — The
Army transport David W. Branch
inbound, and the Puget Sound
ferry Iilasee collided in a heavy
fog off Marrowstone Point but
were able to proceed to port. No
one was injured although the
bow of the ferry was nearly sev
ered.
Charles Fahy
Named Solicitor
Gen. Justice Dept.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 </P) —
President Roosevelt nominated
Oharles Fahy, as Solicitor Gen
eral-for the Justice Department,
filling the place., left vacant by
the elevation of Francis Biddle
to Attorney General.
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Of Mt. McKinley
The Mt. McKinley, last passen
ger boat of the season, took on
the last of its passengers at 2
p.m. this afternoon and prepar
ed to sail for Seattle via Dutch.
Harbor. On board were 172 first
class passengers and &6 steer
age. Following are printed the
names of passengers who secured
tickets since Monday:
Ira D Orton
Mr and Mrs M A Sullivan
Sheila Sullivan
Susan Sullivan
Mr and Mrs Don Stewart
Mrs Mike Kapude
Mr and Mrs Fred Ayer
H G Reaber
Mr and Mrs C L Dempsey
Robert Riegel
Lloyd Jr Rolando
Norman Rolando
Barney Rolando
Mrs T A Vernon
Mr and Mrs C M 'Allyn
Connie Allyn
Marvel Allyn
Mr and Mrs. B Martin
O E Mann
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