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VOL. 43. No. 47. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1941 Per Copy 18*
Germany Declares War On Russia
U. S. Condemns Germany’s “Treacherous Attack”
RUSSIA ACKNOWLEDGES TEN
MILE GERMAN PENETRATION
-FIGHTING DELAYING ACTION
NEW YORK, June 21 itfP)—The
NBC reported tonight that Ger
many declared war on Russia.
The declaration of war was made
by Foreign Minister Ribbentrop.
LONDON, Sunday, '(/P) — Hit
ler today ordered the march of
Nazi armies into Russia. Hitler,
in a proclamation, said he had
enough of Russian violations of
his frontier, and commending the
fate of Germany to the army.
Lithuania Up
Rising Threatens
Russia In Baltic
UNDATED, June 23 iJP) — A
Lithuanian uprising and forma
tion of a new government, allied
to Germany, threatened to under
mine the Baltic bulwark that Rus
sia raised against the Reich dur
ing the two years of their watch
ful cooperation under the non
aggression treaty. Lithuania’s dec
laration of independence came as
German land forces, now at least
ten miles inside Russian terri
tory, and the air force pounded
Russian bases and communica
tions. The tide of destruction, the
German command announced,
was proceeding “on schedule and
successfully.”
From Kaunas, Lithuania, cap
ital of the little republic fronting
Germany, and which Russia ab
sorbed last June, this announce
ment was broadcast: “The Lith
uanian people with all the means
at their disposal will fight for
freedom and independence.” The
Kaunas radio is apparently al
ready in the hands of the coupe
government. A rearguard attack
on Russian troop emplacements
and communications in Lithua
nia was presaged by the appeal
of the new regime for the peo
ple to take up arms “in order to
assist the German army liberate
Lithuania from the Bolshevik oc
cupants” and receive the Ger
mans with open arms.
Skirpa, former Lithuanian min
ister to Berlin, became the pre
mier of the new government, ac
cording to the Kaunas radio, and
General Stasys Rastikis. former
defense minister Its taken up his
old post.
Russia acknowledged the ten
mile German penetration from
Lithuania and East Prussia. Like
ly the Russians deliberately aban
doned the new fortifications in
the Baltic regions, Poland, Bcss
| arabia and northern Bucovina,
fighting a delaying action, until
a stand could be made at the
primary fortifications along the
old Russian frontier, before Rus
sia pushed her border at the Po
land partitioning, when Germany
started the war, and incorporat
ed the states of Lithuania, Latvia
Estonia, the Rumanian territory,
Bessarabia and northern Buco
i vina, a year ago. Whether Russia
with withdraw from the bases
in the territory she wrested from
Finland, to guard the land & sea
approaches to Leningrad, remain
ed to be seen, but the Finnish
government’s statement of neu
trality was followed by a denial
that German forces were using
Finnish bases. The Finns said,
however, that Soviet bombers
struck swiftly at their ports oi
shipping, a few hours after Hit
’ ler started his dawn offensive ag
ainst Russia. At Helsinki there
j was a 25-minute alarm this morn
ing but no bombs fell.
NAZIS REPORTED IN FINLAND
The official Russian press reported that about 12,00 German
troops had been landed at the port of Turko (abo), Finland (1),
enroute to Tampere. German residents in Moscow were quoted
as saying the troop movement was merely the regular transport
of titoops enroute to Norway, but this was the first time that
notice of such movements had appeared in the Soviet press.
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Submarine 0-9
And Crew Of 33
Be Left Bottom Sea
PORTSMOUTH, June 21 — \
The possibility that the sunken
submarine 0-9, and crew of 33.
, all dead, might toe left on the
ocean floor, entombed under a
compression of 440 feet of water
that crumpled the craft’s steel.
shell, was sounded by Secretary!
of Navy Knox, who, unshaven
and obviously deeply concerned, i
told newsmen ibeflore leaving.
Washington to come on the res
|'cue ship Falcon here, that “at
(that depth it is impossible for,
divers to conduct salvage opera
tions, so far as we know.”
At the wreck scene, large quail
tities of oil and pieces of cork
from, the inner hull and other
bits of wreckage rose to the sur
face. The Falcon, which radioed
that her grapnels found the ship,
said there was no indication of
life aboard.
Navy Divers Set
New Record In
440 Ft. Descent
PORTSMOUTH, June 23 </P) —
The Navy honored its “men still
at their stations of duty,” the 33
members of the crew of the sunk
en and pressure-crushed submar
ine 0-9, after abandoning efforts
to recover the bodies and salvage
the craft in the murky depths
440 feet below the surface. The
decision to allow the men to lay
buried on the ocean floor came
only after two courageous navy
divers descended to the side of
the vessel, working in dives un
paralled in history, and it was
determined that the further ef
forts would jeopardize the lives
of the divers.
Senator Pat
Harrison, Tax *
Authority, Dies
WASHINGTON, June 23 (flP) —
Death closed the book., Sunday, I
on the long congressional career
of Pat Harrison, skillful legisat
or and tax authority and well
liked companion of fellow senat
ors. Harrison had been ill for
almost two years. He died in the
dawn hours at an emergency hos
pital after a major abdominal op
eration a week ago. The Senator
was 59 years old and first came
to the House in 1911. It was re
ported by his personal physician
that he “died of exhaustion.”
War Dept. Asks
National Guard
Remain Service
WASHINGTON, June 21 </P)—
The War Department announced
that it recommended that Presi
dent Roosevelt ask Congress to
retain the National Guard in ac
tive duty beyond their current
year ot service.
U. S. DECLARES ANY FORCES
OPPOSING HITLERISM WILL
BE BENEFIT TO AMERICA
WASHINGTON, June 23 <fl») —
The United States condemned
Germany's “treacherous attack”
on Russia and declared that “any
rallying of forces opposing Hitler
ism" will be bound to benefit Am
erican defense and security. The
statement was made by Under
secretary Sumner Welles after he
conferred with President Roose
velt, but left open the question
of whether lease-lend aid will be
gipen to Russia. Welles said no
communication has been received
from the Soviet government, and
consequently the question could
net be decided.
Japan Might
Try Seize
Eastern Siberia
SHANGHAI, June 23 MP)— Far
Eastern observers keenly watch
ed aa she might try to seize east
ern Siberia while Russia is bat
tling for her life against Ger
many- in the west. Dispatches
from Tokyo thus far indicate ex
treme caution on the part of the
tripartite pact partner, who, aLso
has a neutrality agreement with
Russia. The conquest of Eastern
Siberia is pointed to, as a long
frankly-admitted ambition of the
powerful Japanese Kwangtung
army garrison in Manchoukuo.
Russia air bases in the east con
stitute a threat against Japan
proper and easern Siberia’s natur
al riches.
German-Turkish
Treaty Bar Russia
To Dardanelles
LONDON, June 21 (JP) — A re
liable foreign source said the
German-Turkish treaty contain
ed a secret clause binding Tur
key to a benevolent neutrality in
the event of war between Ger
many and Soviet Russia. The
clause, which probably will bar
the Dardanelles to Russian war
or supply ships, was said to have
been forced on Turkey by “teri
rific German pressure, like the
rest of the declaration of Ger
man and Turkish friendship.”
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British Stage
All-day Offensive
Invasion Ports
ON THE ENGLISH SOUTH
EAST COAST, June 21 </P) —
British planes filled the skies ov
er the channel this afternoon in
■what was apparently a non-stop
daylight offensive against the
Nazi-held invasion coast. Ten Ger
man planes were reported shot
down with the attack still going
on. The British lost two planes.
Louis To Fight
Nova In September
NEW YORK, June 21 </P) —Pro
moter Mike Jacobs signed Lou
Nova, California collegian, to
meet Joe Louis in September. He
said Lou is the only one of a
long list of challengers who has
not had a shot at the title.
Next Year’s
Income Tax
May Double
WASHINGTON, June 20 —The
House Ways and Means Commit
tee decided tentatively to recoin
mend drastic increases in surtax
es on individual incomes, and to
tighten up corporation excess pro
fits taxes in an effort to raise
the estimate two billion, 480 mil
lion dollars in additional revenue
needed for national defense work
The new individual income sur
tax schedule is said to more than
double ,the tax bill of every tax
payer.
German Cruiser
Bismark Battle
LONDON, June 21 UP) — The
10,000 ton cruiser Prinz Eugen
was hit bady and damaged by a
salvo of 14-Lnch guns from the
battleship Prince of Wales, be
fore escaping to Brest, in the
great naval battle in which the
Bismark was sunk, sources said.
GERMANS THINK LITTLE OF
FDR’s ROBIN MOOR MESSAGE
BERLIN, June 21 i(JP) — A Ger
man spokesman commented on
President Roosevelt’s Robin Moor
message: “Mr. Roosevelt made a
speech and the stock market fell
two points.”
Blockade in Arctic
LONDON, June 20 — Great
Britain has clamped down a
blockade about Petsamo, Fin
land’s Arctic port, on the ground
that a large number of German
troops are pouring into the coun
try.
Three Finnish vessels have al
ready been intercepted and de
tained.
LOWER HARBOR AT NEW
YORK TO BE MINED
WASHINGTON, June — Prep
arations to sow mines in the low
er bay of New York harbor was
disclosed by the Navy Depart
ment.
The operations will be carried
out this summer.
Shipping will be warned the
same as was done recently when
unspecified operations in the Los
Angeles and San Diego harbors
were also announced.
U.S. Orders All
Italian Consul
ates Closed
WASHINGTON, June 21 </P) —
The United States ordered all
Italian, consulates in the U. S.
closed and Italian consular offic
ers removed from American terri
tory before July 15. Undersecre
tary Welles, at the same time,
announced that the U. S. embas
sies in Berlin and Rome were in
structed to make arrangements
to return all American consular
officials in those two countries,
but rejected categorically, the
allegations made against them by
the Nazi and Fascist govern
ments.
DRIVERS FACE NEW TAXES
ON “MUST” ITEMS
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TOLEDO. Ohio. June 18 — Un
cle Sam’s 30,000,000 automobile
! owners, who already foot one
eighth of the nation’s tax bill,
soon will have to dig deeper into
their jeans and produce $385,000,
000 in additional revenue—if the
new defense levies proposed by
the Treasury Department become
law. -
That, when figured in terms of
the individual, is an increase of
approximately $12 per year for
the average motorist and a sub
stantially greater amount for
those who drive their cars more
than 10,000 miles a year.
Gasoline —perennial target of
Federal and state sales levies —
once again mainsprings the Gov
ernment’s “luxury tax” plan,
which callsf or a boost from lVt
cents per gallon to 2Vt. cents, or
an estimated total of $255,000,000.
Other proposed levies include a
total increase of $78,000,000 per
year on the price of automobiles
and parts, and a total of $52,000,
000 on tires and tubes. Another,
and more recent proposal, comes
from Control Administrator Leon
Henderson, who advocates boost
ing the Federal excise tax on.
automobiles from 3% to 20 per
cent, which would be an esti
mated increase of nearly a quar
ter of a billion dollars.
The bulk of this burden, qI*.
servers point out, will be shoul
dered by the low income groups,
since 52percent of all automobile
owners make less than $30 per
week. This fact, according to one
■automobile manufacturer, Joseph
VV. Frazer, is “bound to alter auto
mobile buying habits in every sec
tion of the country.
“Since a large percentage of
these people depend upon their
automobiles for business and lit
erally millions rely on them as
their sole methods of transporta
tion,” he said, “it is ony logical to
assume that these car owners will
put greater emphasis on economy
of operation in an effort to bal
ance their budgets.”
Farmers, who own 30 percent
of all automobiles on the road
and operate their vehicles two
thirds of the time for business
purposes, stand to pay out $126,
000,000 in gasoline taxes, alone.
The average gasoline tax on
April 1, combined state and Fed
eral, was 5.91 cents per gallon.
Based on a 50-city average price
of 12.42 cents per gallon, this at
present represents a sales tax of
nearly 48 percent o nthe retail
price of motor fuel.
If and when the Treasury De
partment’s proposals become law,
Mr. American Motorist will be
paying almost two billion dollars
into the nation’s coffers.