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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 44. No. 118. NOME. ALASKA. FRIDAY. AUG. 28. 1942. p* Copy 151
Nazis at Approaches to Stalingrad
Publisher Alaska Weekly Charged with Mail Fraud
Three Prominent Seattle iVIen Face
Charges of $300,000 Mail Fraud
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SEATTLE, Aug. 28 (/P) — Three Seattle men and
one of Kansas City, faced charges of mail fraud in
connection with the sale of $300,000 worth of stock in
Alaskan and U. S. mining enterprises between 1933
and 1941.
Indicted by a Federal Grand Jury were: Earle W.
Knight, publisher of the Alaska Weekly; Mathew
Rease, mining engineer, and Frederick Vincent, all of
Seattle, and Simmon Hedrick of Kansas City, charged
with promoting a series of enterprises which they op
erated “for their own purposes without regard to the
interest of the investors."
Flying Fortresses Return Unscathed
From Till Raid On Nazi Territory
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LONDON, Aug. 28 (/P) — Twin raids on the key
plane producing center of Kassel, and the Baltic port
of Gydnia, were carried out under the plan of the
RAF to spread the massed might of its bombers end
to end over Germany. The planes had to fly more than
1500 miles on the round trip under a moonlit sky.
Probably 600 planes made the flight as 30 bombers
were reported lost. Two fighters were also lost in
night sweeps over enemy-occupied France. Two ships
were left burning in the Channel.
U. S. Flying Fortresses bombed shipyards at Rotter
dam yesterday and direct hits were scored in the cen
ter of the yards on two docked ships. This is the sev
enth such American Air Force foray from which all
bombers returned.
Argentina Affirms Neutrality Policy
BUENOS AIRES — At the an
ual Army-Navy dinner, Presi
dent Ramon S. Castilla reaffirm
ed Argentina’s neutrality more
categorically than ever before.
Ho evidently felt public opinion
was behind him, for, not content
with hinting that it was by no
means certain the United States
had the right on her side in her
fight against this continent’s en
emies, he indulged in a tirade
against “war mongers.’’ He add
ed the warning that he would not
“tolerate any agitation” against
his policies.
Perhaps Senor Castillo spoke
as he did because he was address
ing an audience composed roost
ly of Army officers, who notor
iously have great admiration for
the German military machine. In
the case of a large majority of
Argentina’s officers, this admira
tion is purely professional; it
does not extend to the political
regime that built Germany's arm
ed might. It is an open secret,
however, that the Argentine
Army is convinced that Adolf
. Hitler cannot be defeated and
therefore firmly believes Argen
tina should not abandon her neu
trality.
Senor Castillo, who for the last
two years has spared no effort
to win the sympathy of the
Army and Navy, expressed him
self more strongly than he would
otherwise have done, knowing
that a decided isolationist stand
would please his immediate au
dience.
Course Foreshadowed
Despite this possible explana
tion of the President’s words,
they did not fail to strike the
ears of all liberal sections of pub
lie opinion ominously. In the for
eign field they obviously meant
no early prospect of a change in
the Argentine official attitude. In
the domestic field they were tak
en to mean that the state of siege
that has weighed like lead on
newspapers and political activ
ities for almost seven months
was likely to be continued inde
finitely, that there would bt no
let-up in the repression of labor
and Left-Wing organizations and
that all manifestations contrary
to the government’s policy would
be prevented.
Some persons go as fas as to
say that Senor Costillo intends
to warn Congress that it might
better keep its nose out of for
eign affairs if it wishes to avoid
being dissolved. What is certain
is that Senor Costillo now feels
he has the whip in hand and in
tends to make the most of Ins "P
portunities to consolidate has
party in power, taking advantage
of the fact that the Redidui
party, the only great national
political organization in Argen
tina, has now entered into a state
of decline.
A painful impression has also
been created on the liberal sec
tor of .public opinion v a decree
ordering Argentine ships to keep
out of the Western North Atlan
tic.
United States Trade
Incidentally, it is pointed out
that Algentina cannot trade pro
fitably with the United States un
less Washington can and will
make available in New Orleans
and other Gulf of Mexico ports
coal and other goods Argentina
requires.
The exchange of notes betw een
Buenos Aires and Berlin over the
torpedoing of the tanker Victoria
and the freighter Rio Tercero has
done nothing to weaken relations
between Argentina and Germany.
Indeed, it gave Germany an op
portunity for reaffirming her
friendship for Argentina.
The exchange served one use
j ful purpose, however, for it show
ed that Germany set a high
value on Argentine neutrality,
and this cannot but mean that
the Axis finds its embassies and
consulates in Argentina are val
uable.
Raging Battle
Develops In
]New Guinea
, Washington, Aug. 28 (/Pi
— A raging battle to break
the Jap grip on southeast
ern New Guinea developed
swiftly today in the croco
dile-intested swamplands,
as American naval and air
forces emerged apparently
| victorious from the second
; round of the Solomon Is
i lan is conflict. A terse
Navy reported that “Jap
surfac ■ forces appear to
have withdrawn from the
vicinity f our positions in
i the Tulagi area.”
i The enemy forces which
landed two days ago a’
Milr.e Bay, was pounded
by Allied land and air at
tacks, destroying Jap plan
es, troops, supplies, and
fuel dumps.
Hubbard Says
Kiska’s Harbor
Is Excellent
FATHER HIBBARD SAYS
JAPS HAVE BEST PORT
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
SEATTLE, Aug. — The Rev.
Bernard R. Hubbard, S. J . the
"Glacier Priest” said that Jap
occupied Kiska island has the
best harbor of any island in the
Aleutian chain, and one that the
! enemy can utilize as a submarine
base.
Arriving in Seattle front Al
aska, Father Hubbard told inter
viewers: “There are three good
i harbors along the Aleutian chain
; namely one at Dutch Harbor, one
at Atka, and the other as Kiska.
Of the three, Kiska by far is
, the best.
“Now there is no use kidding
outselves in the face of the plain
fact that the Japs have the best
harbor in the Aleutians "
Asked if occupation of the Al
eutian outposts constitutes a real
threat to the Pacific Northwest,
, the famous Catholic priest doctor
|ed: “Of course it is. Forget about
i bombers in the Aleutians and
weather controls for flying, but
| think about submarines. Think a
: moment and realize Jap subma
rines based at Kiska can prey on
North Pacific shipping from a
base 2,000 miles closer to Am
erica than ever could have been
done before.
Father Hubbard said that the
United States Navy is doing a
grand job in Alaska, but warned
j that the war in the west must be
, long and bitter.
Americans at home are notyet
i awake. He said:
“It is distressing to come from
i a land where American men are
! fighting and dying to find busi
ness as usual, politics as usual
and politicians worse than usual
at home.”
There are some Americans who
don’t want to read or listen to
j anything with which they do not
i agree.—Salt Lake Tribune.
Buy them by the bundle, Use
them for starting fires. For Pale
at The Nome Nugget.
German Forces
Reach Approaches
To Stalingrad
?vIoscow, Aug, 28 l/P)
Battle grimed German fore
es which fought their way
400 miles from the Ukraine
into the Volga valley,
’•eaehed the approaches to
Stalingrad, but Russian dis
patches said they were
blocked there by swarms
of Red Army infantry who
closed in on all sides. The
atuation admittedly is a
grave one and a German
armored spearhead was re
ported cut off completely.
Chinese Re-take
( huhsien, Site of
Big Air Field
Chungking, Aug. 28 (/P)
— The Chinese re-entered
Chuhsien, in pestern Che
kiang Province, and re-oc
cup ed the great airfield
just outside the city, on of
the most iinportnat east
China bases from which
! Japan could be bombed.
Dispatches said Chinese
columns made their way
into the city at 4 a.m.
——..
Japanese Shock
Troops Land
Oil New Guinea
MacArthurs Headquar
ters in Australia, Aug. 2G
(A5) — Thursday, Japan
ese shock troops landed on
the southeastern tip of
New Guinea, less than 500
miles from the Australian
mainland, despite heavy
Allied air action which de
stroyed one enemy trans
port, six landing barges,
j and probably a heavy cruis
! er. It wras announced that
i Japanese marines landed
I from a small convoy at
| Milne Bay, 180 miles down
; the New Guinea coast from
Buna, w'here the Japanese
I revealed they have estab
: lished an air base in their
i attempt to conquer all of
; New Guinea.
Allied ground troops im
I mediately went into action
against the Japanese and
are still fighting them. One
of our bombers was shot
down.
Drought Cause
Meat Shortage
WASHINGTON, Aug. Agricul
ture Secretary Claude Wickard
said drought is the principal rea
son for the current meat short
age in certain sections, and dis
closed that price control on meat
is under discussion.
Declares Meatless Day Each \ieek
Vi ill Free 30 to 40 Cargo Ships
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (/P)—President Roosevelt,
visualizing the possibility of the imposition of a meat
less day each week, declared it would permit the
freeing of 30 to 40 cargo ships, now used to transport
meat from Australia, New Zealand and Argentina. He
told a press conference that he did not know when it
might be instituted, as its full effect on the problem
of transportation is still under study. He said the
vessels thus freed would be devoted to the transport
ation of tanks, planes and munitions.
Russian Offensive and Encouraging
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Reports From Solomons Mark War
UNDATED, Aug. 27 (/P) — The Russian’s smashing
offensive on the Moscow front, which hurled the Ger
mans back 25 to 30 miles and “encouraging” reports
from the flaming new battle in the Solomon Islands,
reflected sharply a brighter trend for the Allies in
the gLobal war. More-over, Hitler’s furious drive ag
ainst Stalingrad appeared at least temporarily check
ed. as Red Army headquarters announced “We are
holding the enemy onslaught and wearing down his
manpower.”
A Vichy broadcast asserted that the Germans execut
ed a new break-*’ ough northwert •>{ S • rad. and
advanced within 31 miles of the Volga metropolis.
Soviet dispatches said a thrust wiped out the Ger
man field headquarters, which admitted that Marshal
Timoshenko’s armies launched bitter counter attacks
.vest of Stalingrad, and also acknowledged heavy Rus
sian assaults on the central front. Front line dispatches
said the Russians, attacking the German-held Rzhev
Vyazma rail line, 120 west of Moscow, are battling in
the streets of the key Nazi stronghold of Rzhev. Far
to the south, tank-led Nazi columns knifed 30 miles
closer to the rich Grozny oil fields.
Tokyo acknowledged for the first time that the Japs
suffered damage in the battle of ‘"reinforcements”
with the t . S. Navy, off the Solomons. Fourteen hours
after the Navy in Washington, announced damaging
blows to at least 13 Jap warships, the Jap command
conceded that one destroyer was sunk and a small air
craft carrier damaged. They said U. S. losses in the
first three days of the battle, starting Sunday, includ
ed damage to two U. S. aircraft carriers and a battle
ship of the 31.000-ton Pennsylvania type. These claims
lacked confirmation elsewhere, the Navy indicating
that Japan’s furious efforts to recapture Guadalcanal
and Tulagi bases failed. “Our forces are holding their
positions in the face of strong enemy thrusts.”
Six hundred miles to the west, Allied troops and
planes savagely battled a new Jap landing in New
Guinea.
Australia Natives
Are Wealthy
j
SYDNEY. Australia, Aug. —
Price Boss Leon Henderson may
have his headaches in the United
States, but he's got nothing on
Australian officials trying to cope
with the price-fixing problem j
among the natives “somewhere
in the southwest Pacific battle
zone.”
A report from an Allied op
; i rational base on the island of
New Guinea, north of Australia,
. ays that the natives in that area
1 are becoming tobacco multi-nml
lianaires because of the prices
they are charging Australian
troops for souvenirs.
How System Works
Here’s the way the system
works—stick tobacco is the stand
ard currency among the native's.
■ So the government recently or
! ered several thousand sticks to
be distributed among the native
workers and the Australian
| troops at the rate oft wo sticks
pel man. The Aussies were given
the tobacco so they would bo
able to buy food from the na
tives One stick of tobacco _
weighing about an ounce— will
buy a bunch of bananas, a pine
apple, four yarns and two pota
toes.
Know No Limit
But when it comes to souven
irs, the natives know no limit.
The Aussies, anxious to gel
some of the really artistic sou
venirs made by the natives, are
paying sky high prices for them.
As a result, the native souvenir
caterers are coining money, and
changing it into tobacco sticks,
which they carry about like a
wealthy man carries bank notes.
With such wealth as 15 pounds
of tobacco sticks, the native can
buy himself a wife and live Ln
luxury for many months.
By the simple expedient of con
turning the souvenir trade, the
native workers discovered they
would extend the life of luxury
indefinitely instead of returning
to arduous labor in the stone
quarries.