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VOL. 43. No. 79. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, Sept. 5, 1941. Per Copy is#
Submarine Attacks U. S. Destroyer
RUSS MILITARY MISSION ARRIVES SEATTLE
Russians Determined Hold Leningrad At All Costs
U.S.S. GREER, ENROUTE ICE
LAND WITH MAIL, ATTACKED
BY UNIDENTIFIED SUBMARINE
WASHINGTON. Sept. 4 VP) —
The Navy Department announc
ed tonight that a submarine at
tacked the United States destroy
re Greer, enroute to Iceland
with mail, but the torpedoes miss
ed the mark. The Greer counter
attacked with a depth charge
but the results are unknown. The
attack occurred this morning, the
Navy said, but did not give the
exact time or location of the at
tack.
The Green is one of the Navy's
oldest destroyers, built during
the World War at Philadelphia.
The Navy did not say whether
or not the nationality of the sub
■was determined.
And
Iceland Highlight
World Interest
Germans Report Leningrad
Under Direct Artillery Fire
UNDATED, Sept. 5 (IP) — In
a roaring artillery battle at Len
ingrad, the German command re
ported the city under direct fire,
and the Russians claiming the re
capture of four outlying villages
in counterattacks, highlighted
the gigantic struggle on the So
viet front. While the chief Am
erican interest revolved around
the fight between the U. S. de
stroyer Grer and an unidentified
submarine enroute to Iceland.
The Greer dropped depth
bombs after the sub fired torpe
does which missed. This is the
first challenge to the United Stat
es Navy's extended Atlantic pat
rol.
The Germans, who previously
claimed they were within 20 mil
es of Leningrad in easy range
of their biggest cannon, gave no
details about the action on any of
the widespread fighting fronts.
The Russians, acknowledging
that the hot pace of the life and
death battle of the city of three
million is increasing, claimed the
recapture of four villages and
the destruction of a heavy gun
battery.
Authoritative German sources
declined to comment on the U. S.
Navy anouncement of a sub-de
stroyer fight somewhere between
America and Iceland. They said
the U. S. navy announcement
didn’t give the exact location, so
they couldn’t tell whether a Ger-r
man submarine was operating
near by.
London was ready to blame
the attack on a German sulb,
however, diplomatic circles look
ed expectantly to Roosevelt for a
siatement on the incident, which
official quarters in Washington
believed might have far reaching
consequences in shaping Ameri
can naval strategy in the North
Atlantic.
The Navy itself remained si
lent after issuing a communique:
“The Navy Department announc
ed that the U. S. S. Greer, en
route to Iceland with mail, re
ported this morning that a sub
marine attacked her but the tor
pedoes missed their mark. The
Greer immediately counter at
tacked with depth charges but re
suits are unkown.”
The fact that the Greer is
identical in appearance to the
American destroyers traded to
Britain last year, led to the be
lief in some circ es, that she
might have been mistaken for a
British vessel. The theory of mis
taken identity is not universally
accepted, however, as Navy men
pointed out that the Greer flew
the Stars and Stripes and it
appeared that the attack, took
place in daylight.
Pres. Reveals
Greer Attacked
More Than Once
WASHINGTON. Sept. 5 </P) —
Preident Roosevelt said that the
United States destroyer Greer
wr<s attacked more than once and
that steps are being taken to
track down the marauding sub
marine and the vessel will be el
iminated if found.
Speaking at a press conference
he didn’t say exactly how many
attacks were made on the vessel,
carrying mail to Iceland, but said
it occurred in daylight and de
finitely on the American side of
the ocean.
He said, while the Greer was
alone at the time the torpedoes
were launched at her, no other
American ships were near by.
The Greer was clearly marked
and carried an identification num
ber plus an American flag. Ask
ed what will be done if the attack
ing vessel is found, the Presi
dent said he supposed that Ameri
can forces will “eliminate” it or
try to. He authorized the direct
quotation on the word eliminate
and said it was a god one.
Crew of Greer
Believes Maybe
Sub Is Sunk
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Sept. 5
i(A’) — Officers and crew mem
bers of the USS Greer said they
believed that they at least dam
aged the submarine which at
tacked the vessel while enroute
here and added that they may
have sunk her. The Greer was
attacked while enroute here with
mail and arrived at Iceland this
morning.
The Greer’s instruments, the
officers said, indicated that the
destroyer was over the submar
ine when the depth charges were
dropped. The destroyer was in
very deep water .at the time, the
officers said, consequently, they
added, the sub might well have
sunk without a trace. The offic
ers disc'|r>secY that British air
craft assisted the Greer in re
pelling the attacks.
1
Russian Military Mission Arrives
Seattle-8,000 Miles From Moscow
Further Plans Are Not Known
j SEATTLE, Sept. 4 4JP) — The
47-man Russian military mission
landed here late today from Sit
; ka, after a trip half way around
j the globe. The first of the Am
erican built flying boats, which
landed at Nome Sunday, contin
ued here in three hours and land
ed at 4:25 p.m. The second came
down at the United States Naval
Air Station at 5:40.
The Russian airmen were greet
ed with military honors by Army
and Navy officers. The Russians
confirmed the report that the
mission is a technical one but de
clined to discuss flight experienc
es.
Russians Silent
On Plaiis-Go
To Spokane
SEATTLE, Sept. 5 iJP) —Flight
plans of the Russian mission
which landed at the Sand Point
Naval Air Station late yesterday
remained almost as much a mys
tery as upon their surprise ar
rival at Nome. The members of
the mission were silent and Navy
officials said they had no in
formation, but unofficial indica
tions were that the airmen tech
nician* wiii proceed eastward to
day to Spokane by transport
plane enroute to Washington.
Seattle is approximately the
8,000 mile post of the flight from
Moscow.
RUSSIANS IN SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO, Calif. Sept. —
Five Russian officials are in San
Diego negotiating with the Con
solidated Aircraft Corporation to
buy giant bombing planes and
this activity in buying is report
edly to be coincident with the ar
rival at Seattle of two huge Rus
;sian seaplanes transporting 47
men from Moscow to Washing
ton, D. C.
fThe Russian commission con
If l Irt* JX A X . Wi*
d;nt of the Consolidated Aircraft
Corporation here, is made up of
Major General A. P. Repid and
Coi. F. R. Berezin, of the Rus
sian Army; V T. Bazykim, C. T.
Ovhinnikow and A. A. Anisimov,
attaches of the Russian Embassy
in Washington.
The Consolidated officials did
not say if the big seaplanes now
at Seattle were obtained by Rus
sia through a million dollar con
tract made in 1937 through the
Russian government.
Japanese Told
U.S.-Britain Want
To Rule World
TOKYO, Sept. 3 (/P) —The Jap
anese were told by one govern
, ment-supported publication, that
| the United States and Britain
j are pushing rapidly toward a
goal of world domination, and
! gave them a comprehensive set
of air raid rules.
A Foreign Office-backed diplo
matic review said that the Brit
ish and American intention to
| dominate the world became clear
| after the Atlantic meeting of
Roosevelt and Churchill, and
that the intention to use Vlad
ivostok as an entry port for mat
erial aid to Russia, was contin
ued and emphasized.
The newspaper Yomiuri said
that Japanese fishermen return
ing from Siberian Kamchatka
Peninsula, reported seeing two
large Soviet freighters leaving
for Vladivostok, presumably load
ed with arms and ammunition.
The Cabinet Information
Board’s weekly report told home
owners not to pay any attention
to the iwild rumors concerning
possible air raids on Japan.
U. S. TANKERS ARRIVE
AT VLADIVOSTOK
NEW YORK, Sept. 3 (JP) — An
Australian radio broadcast heard
here, NBC reported, said that the
first American tanker, bringing
fuel to Russia, arrived at Vlad
ivostok.
U.S. Congressmen
Are Invited To
Visit Britain
LONDON, Sept. 4 (/P) — Bren
dan Bracken, Minister of In
formation invited members of
the United States Congress to
visit Britain and investigate the
use of Lease-Lend matelote. He
said Britain would gladly accept
suggestions of members of Con
gress who would come to Britain
to make their own inquiries as to
the use of Lease-Lend materials,
and they would be under no
obligation, Bracken said.
Oldest Member
Dies
DENVER, Sept. 4 f/P) — Rep.
Edward Taylor, aged 83. former
Kansas cowboy, elected to the
House of Representatives in
191®, and who became'the old
est member after 17 consecutive
terms in office, died here last
night of a heart attack.
Nazis Sink 13
Million Tons
BERLIN, Sept. 4 >{/P) — DNB
declared thait 13,880,000 tons of
British shipping, in British ser
vice, twas lost in the first two
years of the war.
Inhabitants Of Leningrad Turn
Out To Build Deep Defense Line
Battle Surging Climax 4 Sectors
UNDATED, Sept. 4 i(/P) — The| village, German regiments were
battle of Russia lis surging to a said to have sustained a loss of
climax cn four of the principal more than 15,000 men dead and
sectors of the main Russlan-Ger-' wounded.
man front: one the immediate ap Somewhere on the indefinite
the front west of Moscow: on the front west of Moscow, the Rus
oroaches to Leningrad; north of sians claimed the deepest counter
railways and highways eonverg- thrusts by the Reds were felt,
ing cn Kiev; and at the siege and taking advantage of its corn
ring around Odessa. mand of the Black Sea, by at
The Russians said the assault tempting to relieve Odessa by
on Leningrad is now threatened landing storm troops behind the
from the north by victorious German and Rumanian siege
Finns, and from the south by lines.
the German -who were cheeked. The severity of the struggle
But Pravda admitted that “The was pictured by German and Rus
beastly, treacherous enemy is sian sources independent of of
breaking through the approach- ficial communiques. The German
es to the city.” The inhabitants radio, sensing perhaps, public
of Leningrad were turned out to dissatisfaction with uncommun
bui'd a deep continuous defense icative communiques, appealed
line, to meet the foe determined to the people “to forego complete
yards. operations. The people know on
Attaeks and terrific fighting ly too well why this lack of in
was started at the approaches to formation is necessary but they
Kiev, the Russians declaring the also are aware of the fact that
Germans repulsed with stiff each time a campaign is co.nclud
counter attacks. In one outlying ed a detailed report is given.”
I
Profits In Alaska
Defense Work
Amounts 50%
KETCHIKAN. Sept. 4 iff) —
Governor Gruening declared
Wednesday that contractors from
outside A'ask a “are making tre
mendous fortunes” on Alaska de
fense projects. He told the Cham
ber of Commerce that he “is re
liably informed” that these “pro
fits are not less than 50 percent.”
The Alaska Legislature’s fail
ure to adopt his tax program in
the 1941 session, he charged,
means that the contractors’ pro
fits and defense workers’ wages
could not be taxed by the Terri
tory. He accused the mining and
canning industry of being ‘unpa
triotic and unenlightened” for
opposing his program. W. C. Ar
nold, leader opposing the tax pro
gram challenged Gruening’s in
dictment.
Appropriate
Money For Im
provement Dakar
VICHY, Sept. 4 iff) The gov
ernment appropriated a hundred
and twenty eight million francs
for work on the French West Af
rican naval base at Dakar, and
its overland communications to
the Meditrranean. Besides port
installations, one of the chief
uses of the money will be to
help make communications be
tween Europe and Africa inde
pendent of Naval control in the
Atlantic by improving the
Dakar-Niger railway and com
pleting the Trans-saharan high
way system.
U S Drug Concerns
Break Contracts
With Germans
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 W —*
Attorney General Biddle an
nounced that consent decrees, un
der which four important Ameri
can drug companies must break
contracts with German dye
trusts, which prevent U. S. firms
from doing business in South Am
erica. The two decrees, based on
civil action charging anit-trust
law violation, by restricting mar
kets, particularly in Latin Am
erican countries, were filed by
Federal Judge Mandelbaum of
New York. The actions name
Sterline Products, Inc.; Alba
Pharmiceutical Company; RayeT
Company; and Winthrop Chem
ioal Company. Albert Diebold
and William Weiss are president
and chairman respectively of
Sterline Products.
Red Losses Placed
1 To 3 Million
LONDON, Sept. 4 (JP) — Au
thoritative British sources said
that German losses in the war
with Russia are believed to to
tal about 1,750,000 men, The Rus
sian losses were placed at “from
one to three million men.’’
The war was said to haive had
the bloodiest fighting in history.
American citizens! Heed the
declaration of emergency by our
President! Buy Defense Savings
Bonds and Stamps regularly.
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