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VOL. 43. No. 83. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPT. 15, 1941 Copy 11#
Asserts U.S. Navy Will Guard Ships
Nazis Report Penetrate Defenses Of Leningrad
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Navy Investigating Report German Raider Pacific
Nazis Report Leningrad’s Defenses
Piereed-Kiev Is Under Pressure
Sebastopol, on Black Sea Imperiled
UNDATED, Sept. 15 f/P) —
Threats to Russia's second and
third greatest cities were heigh
tened as the Germans reported
they had slashed through Lenin
grad’s defense from one point,
and the Russians admitted that a
Nazi pincers movement was
tightening the ring around Kiev.
Simultaneously observers at
Ankara forecast a seaborne Ger
man drive against the Russian
Crimean site and big Soviet
Black Sea naval base at Sebas
topol, with the reports that the
Germans had ordered a'l Ru
manian and Bulgarian Black Sea
ports closed to commercial ship
ping. The Nazi order capped re
peated rumors that both German
and Italian trops were massed at
Bulgarian ports in an attempt to
land forces behind Russia’s Dnei
per River defense line in the Uk
raine. Dispatches from Sofia said
partial mobilization of the Bul
garian Army was ordered.
Advices reaching London said
the Germans have a'ready thrust
into the Perekop area, the thin
neck of land connecting Crimea
with the' Russian mainland. Pre
viously, the Germans claimed the
capture of Zhaporoze on the
main railway line connecting
Sebastopol with its northern
sources of supply.
While spectacular air battles
raged over Leningrad, the Brit
ish reported they are rushing
RAF pilots to the struggle on
the eastern front. London papers
; said the first British fliers who
arrived in Russia, several squad
rons strong, have already gone
into action, presumably in the de
fense of Leningrad.
Russians Capture
180,000 And Rout
Two Divisions
UNDATED. Sept. 13 (,F) — Rus
sians said they recaptured 26
villages, with* about 180.000 men
attacking the Bryansk sector, i
where the Germans broke thru
' in late August. The Russian coun
ter-offensive began 13 days ago.
Russian dispatches said the
47th and 24th German tank corps
; were also routed. The Germans
lost more than 260 tanks, 600 ve
: hides and hundreds of field guns.
ALASKAN AIR ROUTE CHANGED
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Upon completion of flying survey to Alaska, Western Air Lines of
ficials last week announced amendment to airline’s application for
all-weather inland route to Alaska, charting a new cougse which
makes Anchorage, headquarters of Alaskan Defense Command, the
main base for airline operation between United States, Fairbanks
and Nome, and conecting new areas without paralleling any exist
ing service between Alaska and the United States.
Germany Asserts U-boats Sink 28
Merchantmen and 3 Escort Ships
Of A Convoy Bound For Britain
UNDATED, Sept. 13 (JP) — The
battle of the Atlantic surged to
ward a new crescendo as Ger
many reported continuing the U
boat attack on a Britain-bound
convoy and sunk four more mer
chantmen and three escorting
warships. A high command com
munique claimed the toll now is
28 merchantmen and three war-;
ships. '•*
Discuss Arming U. S. Ships ^
Discussion in Washington, on
putting guns on United States
merchantmen was intensified
with the announcement yester
day that the freighter Montana,
of Panamanian registry, was tor
pedoed about 12 hours before
President Roosevelt’s speech, j
Arming of merchantmen would
require congressional alteration!
of the neutrality act. One legis-j
lator who left the White House 1
conference prior to Roosevelt’s
speech said he had an idea it
will soon be proposed in con
crete form.
Admiralty Reveals Convoy Arrives
Britain, Surviving 2 U-Boat Attacks
and Air Bombs In Gale- 8 Ships Lost
LONDON, Sept. 13 UP) — Bat
tered by two U-boat attacks, an
air assault in a raging storm and
just missing a fight with a Ger
man surface raider, the bulk of a
British convoy in the Atlantic,
nevertheless reached port with
the loss of only eight ships. The
Admiralty said three ships were
torpedoed and sunk; four by
bombs; and one damaged by
bombs foundered in the gale.
The Admiralty was highly
pleased with the conduct of the
men of the convoy and give cred
it, in large measure for bringing
the majority of the craft through :
to Lieutenant Commander G. A.
Thring, in command of the senior i
escort ship.
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Wreck of Trans
Atlantic Plane
Found N’f’ndland
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ST. JOHNS. Newfoundland,
Sept. 13 {IP) — The weather-beat
en wreckage of a tiny plane was
found in the wilderness and told
of the disaster of Thomas Smith
of Clarksburg, West Virginia,
flier who set off from Old Or
chard, Maine, in a “Baby Clip
per” on May 28. 1939, in an at
tempt at a transAtlantic flight.
A note on the plane said: “I’m
walking out to avoid freezing.”
The body was not found.
President Heir To
Mother’s Estate
HYDE PARK. N. Y.. Sept. 15—1
The will of Mrs. SaYa Delano
Roosevelt, filed in the Duchess
County Court, disclosed that she
had left her Hyde Park estate
and nine-tenths of her personal
property to her son, the Presi
dent. The estate comprises 1,200
acres. The was no estimate of the
value of Mrs. Roosevelt’s person
al property, cash, securities and
bank deposits.
Under the will, trust funds of
an unspecified amount are set up
for the President’s wife and their
five children. Five thousand dol
lars was bequethed to the St.
James Church and $5000 to Ar
thur Norris and Henry Hackett,
who, with the President, were
named executors of the will.
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Japan Prepared to
Fight to Last Man
TOKYO. Sept. 13 (JP) — Seigo |
Nakano, Nationalist political lead
er told a great mass meeting that
Japan is prepared to fight to the
last man, if it could not settle i
; its differences with the United
States.
Diplomatic channels of the of-1
ficial French information office
at Vichy reported that terrorists
| in the unoccupied zone, attempt
ed to blow up the Limoges Pre-;
i fecture, but the bomb was dis
i covered in time.
Virginio Gayda, Italian editor
ial spokesman, said Italy and
Germany will adjust their war
plans to meet what he called
Roosevelt’s ”de facto declaration
of war.”
OIL PIPE LINE
READY IN 60 DAYS
j WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 —Act
ing Petroleum Co - ordinator
[ Davies said that the Southeast
I ern pipe line recently authoriz
! ed by the President will be com
pleted in 60 days and will deliv
er 1,260,000 gallons of fuel daily.
The line will serve military
posts and make 30,000 barrels of
gasoline and petroleum available
to Georgia and Tennessee cities.
It can carry the equivalent of
deliveries by 10 sea-going tank
ers.
The $10,000,000 pipeline ex
tends from Fort St. Joe, Fla.,
to the Tennessee River near Chat
anooga a distance of 475 miles.
When it is completed, the line
will serve nearly the entire state
of Georgia.
Navy Investigating Reports Of
Nazi Raider Operating In West
Approach To Panama Canal
UNDATED. Sept. 15 UP) —
There are reports that a German
sea raider is operating in thei
Pacific approaches to the Pan
ama Canal. The Navy is believ
ed to be checking reports that
the raider is preying on mer
chant shipping in the general
vicinity of the Galapagos Islands
off the coast of Ecuador, some
thousand miles west of the Pac
ific entrance to the canal, which
which presumably falls within
the sphere of the defense waters
noted by President Roosevelt in
his warning to Axis raiders. In
formed circles in Washington
said it is probably a surface raid
er, discounting the possibility
that one or more U-boats might
be operating from a mother ship
or secret base. New York ship
ping circles of today's raider in
the Galapagos area, said that was
where a Dutch freighter was
sunk and others chased.
Secty. Knox Says
U. S. Navy Will
Guard Ships
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 15 (TP) —
Secretary of Navy Frank Knox
told the American Legion conven
tion that beginning tomorrow the
United States navy will protect
all lease-lend cargoes traversing
the sea “between the American
continent and waters adjacent to
Iceland.” The Navy chief describ
ed the Atlantic fleet’s orders in
unequivocal language “to cap
ture or destroy” every Axis sur
face or subsurface raider encoun
tered. Although Knox avoided
the particular word “convoy” his,
announcement recalled the inter-'
pretation given to the President’s
shooton sight speech, in London
particularly, where the British
press broke out such jubilant
headlines as ““The United States
to guard our ships.”
The Knox announcement con
stituted the first official disclos
ure on how the Navy is prepar
ing to carry out the new policy
enunciated by Roosevelt, that
henceforth Axis war vessels en
tering United States "defensive
waters” will do so at their own
peril as American naval vessels
will not wait for them to shoot
first.
Whether “the protection is as
adequate as we can make it,” will
mean that U. S. warships will be
gin escorting convoys of British
and other cargo vessels tomor
row, is a matter for conjecture,
but the fact is that an interim of
four days is necessary between
the President’s statement and the
beginning of this protection.
It was indicated that some spec
ial arrangements, requiring time
to complete, had been made.
LOUIS TO BE IN
ARMY NEXT MONTH
CHICAGO, Sept. 15 — The Chi
cago draft board yesterday re
classified Joe Louis, world heavy
weight champion, to place him
in Class 1A in the Selective Ser
vice.
Provided the Brown Bomber is
found physically fit he will in all
probability be inducted into the
Army of the United States in Oc
tober.
Louis had no comment to make
except to say that he would be
ready.
Passenger Car
Production
December Is Cut
WASHINGTON. Sept. 15 <&)—
The Office of Production Man
agement announced that the De
cember production of passenger
outomobiles was cut 48 and four
tenths percent below the output
of last December to conserve es
sential materials for defense.
Manufacturers will be permitted
to produce only 204.848 passen
ger cars in December as com
pared to 396.823 for a year ago.
Bureau Mines Send
Men To Alaska
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TUCSON. Ariz., Sept. 1,2 f/P) —
The United States Bureau of Min
es is seeking new deposits of
strategic minerals and will send
exploration parties to Alaska,
Paul Ginner, Acting Supervisor
of Research, announced.
J. H. East, formerly of Den
ver, will head a party of 30 who
will search for nickel on desert
ed Yakobi Island on Alexander
Archipelago. Another group head
ed by R. A. Sanford will explore
extensive chrome deposits on Ke
nai Peninsula.
PLEASE D—His pleasure over
the historic Atlantic ro e tins
with President Roosevelt Is re
flected in this cheerful camera
study of British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill, made after
his return to London.