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VOL. 44. No. 29. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, March 9. 1942 Per Copy 134
Jap Invaders Land on New Guinea
Massive American Convoys On Way S. W. Area
Jap Troops Land On New Guinea
Only 400 Miles From Australia
MELBOURNE, March 8 (AP) — Seven hours after
landing in the initial invasion of Australian-mandated
New Guinea, Sunday, the Japanese started a second
landing attempt on the same island only 400 miles frofn
:he nearest point to the northern Australian coast. The
invaders landed under the protection of warships and
bombing planes.
Axis sources meanwhile broadcast a roundabout re
port that the United Nations defenders of Java surren
dered when the Netherlands East Indies command ask
ed for a cessation of hostilities. There was no official
confirmation from Tokyo or London.
Russians To Hold Offensive, Nazis
The Defensive, In Spring Warfare
UNDATED, March 9 (AP) — Pending materializa
tion of rival war plans for the spring conflict in east
ern Europe remained generally: offensive for the Rus
sians, and defense for the Germans, by their own ad
mission, but in western Europe there was a transient
flurry of German bombing as if to overtake the RAF.
In Africa, the war marked time once more and there
was no fresh word of last week’s Free French sortie
which smashed three fortified positions in the Fezzan
Oasis 500 milts* south of Tripoli. From the main front
n eastern Libya, the British and Axis reported patrol
clashed, each side claiming success.
As for the Mediterranean, the Germans reported con
tinued day and night bombardment of Malta, British
fortress off Italy.
The Italians admitted new British attacks on Axis
held islands in the Aegean Sea between Greece and
Turkey.
Hitler’s command, in a report on the war in Russia,
told of “further heavy defensive battles,” on the south
ern part of the front, and continued Russian attacks in
other places. They claimed only “local successes” by
the German defense actions. The Germans reported
heavy aerial blows not only against the Russians, such
as the night attack on the aircraft works at Bybinsk,
but also against British harbor areas along the Tyne
and Humber Rivers. •
RAF Again Heavily Attacks
Industrial Areas Near Paris
LONDON, March 8 (AP) — Smashing at German
industries in the Paris region for the second time in
six days, the RAF bombed a motor truck factory at
Poissy and heavily attacked other industrial targets in
occupied northern France. The flyers found the plant
easily in bright sunlight and related that flames and
dust from the explosion shot higher than their alti
tudes. One plane pilot said Frenchmen waved cheery
greetings from many villages.
Alien Property
To Be Operated
By Government
Washington — Treasury
Secretary Morgenthau told
his news conference that
alien property in the Unit
ed States taken over by the
government will be operat
ed with a view to its maxi
mum production for the
war effort.
He said the properties
will not be sold but will
be kept intact for final dis
position around the peace
BAN IS PUT ON
RUBBER IN CORSETS
Washington — After a
month of indecision the
war production board to
day made up its mind to
prohibit the use of rubber
in corsets, girdles, men’s
garters and suspenders.
table. Morgenthau said the
properties were now pro
ducing to capacity. The
alien properties are admin
istered by the treasury un
der authority of a commit
tee representing the Trea
sury, State and Justice do
partments.
11. S. Subs Are
Active In The
W estern Pacific
Washington, Mar. 9 (AP)
— The Navy announced
that U. S. subs in the west
ern Pacific had sunk a Jap
anese destroyer and a nav
al tanker and put out of ac
tion an aircraft carrier and
three cruisers. These sub
actions covered the week
.nd iv’ March 6.
Eighteen is the total of
Japanese vessels sunk by
U. S. subs, and 138 is the
total of all types sunk by
the Army and Navy in the
western Pacific.
Jaj»s Break
Tin •ough Defenses
Of Bandoeng
Bandoeng, March 7 (AP)
Jap troops broke through
the city’s northern defens
es and the situation in west
ern Java is critical. Aneta
said the breach was made
yesterday in the defense
lines on the northern slope
of the famous volcano Tan
gkuban Prahu. In a dis
patch timed at 6:30 p.m.
Pacific war time, Friday.
CBS was advised by RCA
and American telephone
and telegraph companies
that all communications
with Java were cut off.
Manufacture Of
Civilian Radios
Stops on April 22
Washington, Mar. 7 (AP)
—The War Department or
dered the manufacture of
radios and phonographs j
for civilian use discontin-;
ued after April 22nd.
Seven Die In
Crash Of Bij»
Catalina Bomber
Seattle, March 8 (AP) —
The death of Charles J.
Reimann of Shelbyville,
Indiana, and seven enlisted
men in the crash of a Cata-1
lina bomber into the Col
umbia River at Tongue Pt.
was announced by the 13th
Naval District headquar
ters. The casualties includ
ed Ray S. Campbell, avia
tion radioman of Portland,1
and Robert H. Bryand,:
aviation metalsmith of San!
Jose, California.
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7 Dead, 27 Injured
Frisco Passenger
Train Collision
Grandbv, Mo., March 8
(AP) — Seven persons .in
cluding four soldiers lost
their lives and 27 others, in
eluding 20 soldiers and six
trainmen were injured as
2 Frisco passenger trains
collided headon Saturday.
Soviets l\i!!
Germans
In One Month
Moscow, March 6 (AP)—
Saturday — the Russian
army killed 40,000 Ger
mans on the central front
west of Moscow between
Feb. 6 and March 5, a spec
ial Soviet communique
said, while the Red army
reported they were pursu
ing two Nazi divisions and
the remnants of a third
from recaptured Ykuhnov
in a major blow aimed at
disrupting the German
timetable for the spring
offensive.
“Be kind to insects,” says
a writer. We never lose an
opportunity of patting mos
quitos on the back.
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Great American Convoys, Men and
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Material Enroute to S. Pacific
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LONDON, March 6 (AP)—Saturday—Walter Farr,
Daily Mail correspondent assigned to the United Stat
es Pacific ileet, in a dispatch datelined at sea Friday,
said great convoys of ships carrying American troops,
pilots, planes, tanks, and guns are heading through the
southwest Pacific.
He said: “Naval and air battles without parallel are
developing. These massive forces will not only help
to defend Australia but are taking large quantities of
materials to be used to build the foundation for a
great offensive against the Japanese. Every ship in
the convoy is loaded with concentrated hitting power,
carrying a hundred of the finest pilots America can
produce, powerful units trained in landing operations,
and hardy infantry from the American plains. You
will not hear the immediate details of some of these
engagements because to announce them would help
the enemy.
It is a strange kind of war in which the superiority
of American cruisers, destroyers, aircraft carriers and
personnel, are slowly beginning to tell. When the war
began, the enemy sent many of its best submarines
into the area through which we are moving, but they
failed to cut the Pacific lifeline.”
Persistent Reports Heard That Jap
Commander In Philippines Suicides
WASHINGTON, March 8 (AP) — General Douglas
MacArthur received persistent reports, the War De
partment announced, that the Japanese army com
mander in the Philippines, Lieut. Gen. Masahara
Homma, committed suicide because of his failure to
overcome the American and Filipino defenders. Mac
Arthur’s report added that a Japanese infantry regi
ment was ambushed and suffered heavy casualties by
American artillery.
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Military quarters in Washington said the fall of Singapore (1) would add at least
an extra year to a long Pacific war. A Japanese commentator noted that Singa
pore’s fall would release troops for a drive through Burma (2) to conect with a
projected Axis drive through India. Fall of Singapore also would be th esignal for
a swoop to take the rich Netherlands E st Indies (.3) and would leave Australia
(4) as the sole United Nations’ bastion in the south Pacific between Hawaii and
India. The successful establishment of a convoy route base at Wellington, New'1 Zea
land 5), guarded by the U. S. Navy has been revealed in news dispatches. Broken
arrows show possible extension of Jap drives.