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VOL. 44. No. 24. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 1942 Per Copy is*
L. A. Anti-Aircraft Guns IiTAction
Entire Nazi Army 45,000 Near Leningrad Shattered
Anti-Aircraft Guns Thunder In
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
But Ta n*el !s Military Secret
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Los Angeles, Feb. 25 (AP) — Anti-aircraft guns
thundered over the metropolitan area early today for
the first time of the war, but hours later what they
were shooting at remained a military secret. An un
identified object moving slowly down the coast of
Santa Monica, was variously reported as a balloon and
an airplane. Some observers claimed to have seen two
planes over Long Beach.
No Bombs Dropped — No Planes Downed
In San Francisco, the Western Defense Command
announced that no bombs were dropped and no planes
shot down during the firing. The command said “cities
in the Los Angeles area black out at 2:25 a.m. on or
ders from the Fourth Interceptor Command, when un
identified aircraft were reported over the area. Al
though reports are conflicting, every effort is being
made to ascertain the facts. It is clear that no bombs
were dropped and no planes shot down. There was a
considerable amount of anti-aircaft firing. The all
clear signal came at 7:21 a.m.”
Army intelligence, although uncommunicative, scoff
ed at reports that as many as 200 planes were over the
area. There were no reports of bombing but several
instances of damaged property by anti-aircraft shells.
Jap Naval Spokesman Asserts
Expect Sustain Heavier Losses
Undated, Feb. 25 (AP) — Allied warplanes, blast
ing Japan’s sea-borne invaders, were officially cred
ited with sinking three big enemy transport in the
critical battle for the Dutch East Indies, while a Tokyo
spokesman acknowledged that 26 Japanese transports
have been sunk or damaged to date in the far Pacific.
The spokesman, Commander Tashiro, of the naval
press section, said Japan expected even heavier losses
because the United Nations have more than a thou
sand planes in the war zone and 40 to 50 subs.
Word of the Allies’ new aerial counter punches,
came as Tokyo headquarters asserted in an English
language propaganda broadcast that Japanese planes
‘‘a mortal blow to the British and Dutch air forces”
j with the destruction of 68 Allied planes based at Java
yesterday. Dutch headquarters admitted big scale Jap
anese raids on a harbor and airdrome near Batavia,
and against naval objectives near Soerabaja airdrome
and near Bandoeng, but said damage was slight.
Tokyo headquarters also said Japanese bombers
scored direct hits on an Allied light cruiser and two
3,000-ton merchant ships.
30,000 Jap Casualties In The Philippines
Heavy casualties in the Philippine campaign, suffer
ed by General Homma’s 14th army, are estimated as
high as 30,000 killed and wounded, and was cited as
contributing to the lag of the Japanese offensive. Am
erican and Filipino defenders alone buried 2,000 Jap
anese killed in attempted landings on West Coast
thrusts against the west and central sections of the
front.
Large Sub Appears and Shells
• Oil Refinery Near Santa Barbara
Santa Barabara, Calif., Feb. 24 (AP) — A submarine
appeared tonight near Goleta, seven miles north of
here, and fired between a dozen and two dozen shells
at an oil refinery near the shore. Authoritative sources
said there were no casualties, no damage, and no fires
caused by the shelling. Police were informed that the
submarine appeared at about 7 o’clock and the shelling
continued for several minutes. Eyewitnesses said most
of the shells exploded in a field but one went over
highway 101, exploding in the foothills.
Witnesses pointed out that the shelling started at
about the time the President began his fireside chat.
Eyewitnesses said the submarine was so large that
they at first thought it was a destroyer or a criuser.
Recover 10 Million
Gold Bullion from
Sunken Liner
Aukland, Feb. 24 (AP)—
The daring year-long hunt
for sunken treasure, rivall
ing anything ever told in
story books, was complet
ed with the recovery of 10
million dollars worth of
gold bullion from the hulk
of the sunken British liner
Niagara, in the mine and
shark infested waters off
Aukland.
The Niagara was bound
from New Zealand to Can
ada when it struck a mine
and went down 00 miles off
Aukland on June 19, 1940
Chief diver Johnstone es
tablished a world record,
with a 528-foot descent in
an observation bell. John
stone aided the Allies’ dar
ing divers in World War
; number one.
MacArthur’s
Forces Successful
In Local Actions
Washington, F\jb. 25 (AP)
!—The War Dept, announc
ed that 7 American pursuit
planes intercepted a forma
tion of 9 Jap bombers, pro
tected by 14 fighting plan
es,over Java, turning back
the enemy craft and shoot
ing down one Jap bomber
and one fighter plane.
In the Philippines, small
: groups of MacArthur’s fore
! es have been uniformly sue
i cessful in aggressive local
actions as sharp encount
ers occurred all along the
the line in Batan.
Two U. S. Naval
Vessels Wrecked
By Violent Storm
St. Johns, N. F„ Feb. 24
(AP) — In a swaying bo
j sun’s chair slung over a
: 200-foot cliff, 3 men from
j the U. S. destroyer Trux
! tun and the naval supply
I ship Pollux were rescued
after the vessels were
smashed to bits against the
I Newfoundland coast in a
: raging storm. As the story
j of the rescue reached here,
it was learned that a third
U. S. ship struck shore but
was floated clear and made
harbor safely. 189 other
seamen perished in the
pounding seas.
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German Army
Near Leningrad
fs Shattered
Moscow, Wed., Feb. 24
(AP)— An entire German
army of 45.000 was shatter
ed and 12,000 of the enemy
killed in a smashing day
Red army victory below
Leningrad. The Russians
announced in a special bul
lctin that the 16th Nazi
army, which encircled vi
tal Staraya, Russian dis
tinct 140 miles south of
Leningrad, suffered one of
the most crushing defeats
inflicted on Hitler’s legions
A tremendous amount of
stroes and booty fell into
Soviet hands besides the
enormous losses of men
and materials. The defeat
cost Hitler vital positions
he needed to protect his
imperiled forces holding
Staraya, in Russia itself,
keystone to all his posi
tions on the northwestern
front.
Two More Tankers
Torpedoed Off
U.S. Coast
West Palm Beach, Feb. 24
(AP) — Enemy submarin
es, striking with destruc
tive force on American
shiping on the Atlantic
coast, torpedoed two more
tankers with a probable
loss of 12 lives, the Navy
revealed. The torpedoings
brought to 24, the ships
which the Navy said re
cords showed were attack
ed off the United States
coast.
Cuban Ship With
Cargo of Sugar
Is Torpedoed
Havana, Feb. 24 (AP) —
The Cuban naval chief an
nounced tonight that the
freighter Cofresi was tor
pedoed off the south coast
of Cuba while enroute to
the United States with
50,000 bags of Cuban sugar
Bob Pastor, Turns
Slugger, Earns
Shot At Louis
Cleveland, Feb. 24 (AP)
—Bob Pastor, turned slug
ger, stopped Lem Franklin,
famed Cleveland negro, in
eight rounds and earned
another chance at Joe
Louis’ heavyweight title.
Pastor weighted 181 and
Franklin 19714.
President Asserts With Increased
Production U.S. Will Take Offensive
Washington, Feb, 23 (AP) — President Roosevelt
said tonight that America has been compelled to yield
ground to its enemies, but added, with constantly in
creasing production, the Allies will take the offensive
soon and drive on to victory. “We and other United
Nations, committed to the destruction of militarist
Japan, Germany and Italy, are increasing our strength
and soon we, not our enemies will have the offensive.
We, not they, will win the final battles; and we, not
they, will make the a final peace,” he said.
Despite the cruelly long distances involved, the
President disclosed that large number of planes, man
ned by American pilots, are now in daily contact with
the enemy in the southwest Pacific, and he said thou
sands of American troops are in the southwest Pacific,
Recent surveys disclosed that the prodigiously high
production goals established two months ago will be
attained, and this, he repeatedly emphasized, is the
key to victoy.
Third Major Address Since Start of War
Roosevelt spoke over the radio, his third major ad
dress since this country entered the war. Among the
millions of listeners were Washington Birthday Din
ners, about 60 Democratic party gathering throughout
the country.
Discussing strategy only in broad terms, he attrib
uted the Japanese successes to command of the air
The Japanese had the initial advantage because their
small fighter planes coud be flown to the scene of com
bat while ours must be crated and shipped. He said
the strategy of the war has not changed, and called
for delaying battles with the Americans meanwile,
waging a war of attrition against the Japanese. In
this, the United States and her allies are taking a ter
rific toll of the enemy. Including the losses at Pearl
Harbor, we have destroyed considerably more Japan
ese planes than they have destroyed of ours.
Three High Purposes for Americans At Home
The President ofthe United States said, castigating
“rumor mongers and poison peddler in our midst,”
who, among other things, shared the losses at Pearl
Harbor far beyond reality.
The President laid do\yn three high purposes for
Americans at home: one, we shall not stop work for a
single day, if any dispute arises and we shall keep on
working while the dispute is solved by mediation, con
cilation or arbitration, until the war is won; two, we
shall not demand special gains or special privileges
or advantages for any on group or occupation; three,
we shal give up conveniences and modify the routine
of our lives if our country asks us to do so, and do
it cheerfully, remembering the common enemy seeks
to destroy every home and every freedom in every
part of our land.
Secty. Knox
Reports On
Shipping Attacks
Washington, Feb. 25 (AP)
— Secty Knox reported
that during January and
February, 56 attacks were
made by enemy subs in the
Atlantic, resulting in the
sinking of three and dam
aging four ships.
A Navy communique dis
closed that a total of 114
ships of United Nations reg
istry were attacked by en
emy subs west of 30 de
grees longitude, the merid
ian which roughly divides
the Atlantic.
In recapitulation of the
losses inflicted on the Jap
anese in Pacific combat,
Knox reported that 15 com
batant vessels were sunk,
3 believed sunk, and 2, in
cluding a battleship of the
Kongo class believed dam
aged. The sunk ships also
included one aircraft car
rier and an additional car
rier was believed sunk.
Non- combatant vessels
sunk by American naval ae
tion was put at 38, and 4
more were believed sunk,
and three damaged, giving
an over-all total of Japan
ese losses of 53 ships sunk,
7 believed sunk and 5 dam
aged.
LINDBERGH SIGNS
FOR WAR SERVICE
WASHINGTON, Fob. 17—Chaa.
•A. Lindbergh, formerly a re
serve colonel in the army and a
leading isolationist, registered
for selectve service in Washing
ton. Lindbergh, who is on a re
search assignment job in the
War Department, was 40 years
old February 4.