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VOL. 44. No. 149. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1942 per Co™ ™
Carrier Wasp Sunk In Solomons
Navy Reports Bombing Submarine Base at Kiska
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Navy Reports Bombing Sub Base
Kiska-Firsi Mention Such
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (/P) — Two new bombing
raids on Jap installations, including the sub base at
Kiska were reported bv the Navy. Reference to the sub
base was the first mention of such an <?nemy installa
tion on the island chain, however, the Navy cn several
previous occasions, mentioned that enemy subs were
operating in the Aleutians.
Both bombing assaults were man by Army planes.
No report w s given on damage inflicted. The Navy
said, during the raids, enemy anti- "craft shore bat
teries were a ive but no a ;ri il resis
In the first raid on October 23rd, Army “Liberator”
bombe-s, guarded by Lockheed i!Lightnii
dumpo,! 1C tons of bombs cn the Jap cm •
. Kiska sub base, and the f.c
resses dropped bombs in the :
Senate and House Conferees
Ajrrec On New Tax Gill
Washington, Oct.—House
and Senate conferees on
the eight billion dollar
m 1942 revenue bill reached
unanimous agreement on a |
compromise version of the!
record breaking tax mea
sure. The bill now goes
back to the respective.
chambers, and the House
is expected to take final ac
tion on the measure. It in
eludes a 5 percent levy on
gross incomes above $12 a
week.
Senator Waiter F. Geo
rge, Democrat of Georgia,
chairman of the Senate fin
ance committee, said final
changes in the new rev
enue measure added some
$65,000,000 in new taxes,
and brought the over all
revenue expectation above
$26,000,000,000.
Tax On Freight
The chief change made
by he conferees was an ag
reement to a 3 percent tax
on freight shipments. The
House had enacted a 5 per
cent levy, but the entire
provision had been strick
en from the Senate bill.
The compromise action
will produce the bulk of
the $65,000.,000,000 in
crease advocated by Sen
ator George.
In a second change, the
conferees struck from the
measure a provision set
ting up a joint congres
sional committee to study,
with treasury officials, a
plan for compulsory sav- i
:ngs. Members explained-j
that the treasury is expect
ed to advance a new tax
proposal in the immediate
future, and studies would !
therefore duplicate.
To Be In Future Bill
It was indicated that the
entire compulsory savings
program will be dealt with
in the coming tax measure.
George declared that on
the whole he felt the tax
bill was excellent. Added
the Georgia Senator: “Of
course, it doesn’t do all the
committees wish it would
do. But no tax bill does.
On the whole, results have
been most satisfactory.’’
Uuy Defense Bonis and Stamp?
^ ilikie Repeats
Demand For
Second Front
New York, Oet. 26 f/P) —
Delayed —Wendell Wilkie,
reiterated his demand for
a second front in Europe,
and asserted that the re-!
cord of fee war was not.
such ;s to insport “any sub
time fife in the inafllibil
ity of m'litarv and naval
expeens.”
Rep - thing to the nation
by r ’in on his recent
glob ■ • rdfng tour of Al
lied ‘ d neutral nations,
Willkie described as mis
directed, the censorship
idea f t non-military ex
perts r persons unconnect
ed \ !k the government
should refrain from mak
ing suggestions about the
conduct of the war.
Mrs .Holzlieiiner,
Prominent in
Juneau, Oct. 26 — Mrs.
William R. Holzheimer,
wife of the District Attor
ney for the First Division,
died Sunday at St. Anne’s
Hospital in Juneau.
She was a former resi
dent of Ketchikan and
Nome and a former nation
al committeewoman f o r
the Democratic party of Al
a. ha. She was personally
c mmcnded by Franklin
D Roosevelt in the 1932
campaign for successful
leadership.
She was a prominent Ep
irei pnlian and active in
the Hospital Guild both in
Ketchikan and Juneau.
Bin Defense Bond.* and Stamps
Control Of Salaries Is Discussed
Washington, Oct.—James
F. Byrnes, economic Dir
ector. disclosed he had ar
ranged for the War Labor
Board and the Treasury de
partmen't to bring all sal
aries under control. At the
first meeting of the new ec
onomic stabilization board,
Byrnes announced all sal
aries under $3,000 and
those up to $5,000 which
are covered in wage ag
reements will be regulated
by the War Labor Board.
Prepares Regulations
The Treasury Depart
ment prepared regulations
covering all salaries over
$3,000 except those handl
ed by the War Labor
Board as part of wage
agreements.
Presi. Roosevelt’s orig
nal executive order, put
ting the control plan into
operation, made provisions
only for control of salar
ies of $5,000 and up.
The stabilization board
Held their initial meeting
at the White House and
Byrnes asked members for
information of their views
on six specific problems,
which he said he had al
ready asked various gov
ernment agencies to dis
cuss in detailed reports.
They were:
Six Specific Problems
1— Compulsory savings
and other propsed measur
es to control excess spend
ing power.
2— Prospects as to fu
ture rationing needs.
3— Spacing of military
and lend-lease purchasing.
4— Prospective subsidy
needs and considerations
which should govern or
limit use of subsidies.
5— Wages of farm labor.
6— Effects of stabliza
tion of wages on manpow
er problems. Particularly
on migration of workers.
SANDS AN ENEMY, TOO —In Africa where war Is raging against tire Axis, ihere's another enemy—sand—from which *
Allied soldiers’ cars must be rescued, by means of portable treads. Here an officer’s car is being freed from the sand.
Tremendous Struggle Flares Solomons
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Navy Announces Loss Carrier Wasp
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (/P) — Delayed — A tre
mendous land, sea and air struggle has broken into full
fury in the Solomons, the attacking Japanese and the
defending Americans suffering severe blows, the Navy
revealed, when it disclosed the loss of the aircraft
carrier Wasp in the same area on September 15. The
current phase of the battle is expected to be crucial,
and started Sunday when the enemy unleashed a co
ordinated effort to capture Guadalcanal and its vital
airport. The marines and soldiers held, but the Am
ericans suffered severe damage. An unidentified carrier
was lost and a destroyer damaged, also an unspecified
number of other ships.
The Japanese suffered two carriers damaged, two
heavy cruisers damaged, one light cruiser damaged,
and five bombers and 17 fighter planes shot down.
The Wasp was lost while covering other warships in
the movement of reinforcements and supplies to the
beleaguered United States forces. A Japanese sub
marine rammed three torpedoes home near the p ,vder
magazine of the 14.700-ton vessel and explosions and
fires forced the crew to abandon ship three hours later.
U. S. destroyers finished the Wasp off. Ninety percent
of the crew of 1800 were rescued
1. S. Forces
Protect Liberia
In Africa
Monrovia, Liberia, Oct. —
the*] it tie African Republic
of Liberia announced that
United States troops had
arrived to protect the na
tion founded more than a
century ago for freed slav
es from the American
south.
The British Royal Air
Forse has established pat
rols in Liberia to hunt U- j
boats reported off the
! coast.
Officials beileve that Li
I beria will soon announce
;that she is joining the Unit
ed Nations in the war.
Presi. Roosevelt’s repre
sentative left the African
republic after long talks
iwith Liberia’s president
j Barclay. Some Germans
left Liberia recently in a
Vichy airplane. Officials be
iieve the German consul1
land his staff will be asked
to leave in the near future.
The Liberian republic
was founded in 1847 on the j
basis of settlements pre
viously established by the j
American colonization so
ciety for freed negroes
from the United States.
The capital was named
Monrovia in honor of the
American president, Mon-1
j roe.
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Mexico to Draft
Half a Million
Mexico City, Oct. — The
Mexico Senate has approv
ed a Selective Service Act
to draft an Army of a half
| million men.
i Mexico has not previous
j ly drafted men for military
House is for 18
And !() Year
Washington, Oct — The
House called to service the
two and one half million
18 and 19 year oids of the
nation by a vote of 345
to 16.
Support of the bid was
not as hearty as the vote
indicated, since many who
voted "aye” still hope to
see the bill changed to
their liking in conference
with the Senate.
The bill, as passed by
the House, provides that
18 and 19 year olds who
are in high school or col
lege may obtain draft de
ferment until the end of
their school year, but not
beyond next June 1. It per
mits voluntary enlistments
by the younger men with
out parental consent
Administration forces in
the House turned back sev
eral amendments opposed
by military officials. One
of these was a proposal
that the teen-age draftees
be guaranteed a full year
of training before being
used in combat duty. Gen.
George Marsull wrote the
House that such a propos
vision would constitute a
dangerous restriction.
The measure provides
that draft boards may not
draft the 18 and 19 year
olds until all boards in
their respective states
have exhausted their pre
sent lists of eligibles.
service. The new act pro
vides exemption for work
ers in essential industries,
including Mexican farm
laborers sent to the United
States.