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THE NOME=N UGGET
VOL. 44. No. 121. NOME, ALASKA. FRIDAY, SEPT. 4, 1942. Per CoPy W#
Rommel Takes Terrific Pounding
Soviets W ithdraw Again In Vital Stalingrad Area
Nazis Reach Suburbs of Stalingrad
UNDATED, Sept. 4 (fU) — On the Russian front.
Nazi headquarters asserted that German troops fought
their way to the western suburbs of Stalingrad.
Tass, official Soviet news agency acknowledged that
fighting is in progress on “the immediate approaches"
to the city. Dispatches said battleswthout precedent
in violence are raging on the northern and southern ap
proaches to the city as General Fedor von Bock threw
25 divisions or upwards of 375,000 troops into the as
sault. “Hitler’s tank columns, decimated in previous
engagements, have been considerably replenished."
Tass said German planes are reported attacking the
city regularly in waves of 150 or more.
In the Caucasus, Hitler’s field headquarters said
German troops crossed Kerch Strait, between the
Crimea and the Caucasus mainland, and are now at
tacking Russian defenses on the Black Sea coast.
Assault Black Sea Base Novorossisk
MOSCOW, Sept. 2 (-P) — Delayed —The German
assault on Stalingrad from the northwest stood check
ed at the very approaches to the city. In the southwest,
the Red Army again recoiled before massed tanks
which drove a menacing wedge into the most stubborn
ly defended positions. Both a noon communique and
field dispatches announced a further retreat in this
vital sector. Four hundred milp^ to the southwest, a
similar retreat was made by the forces defending the
Black Sea naval base of Novorossisk.
In a dramatic battle in the northwest, a Stalingrad
anti-aircraft battery levelled its guns against 50 charg
ing German tanks and stopped them until reinforce
ments arrived.
CCC Service In Alaska Liquidated
After Nine Years’ of Hard Work
Forest Service Issues Statement on Accomplishments of
Body in Many Northland Areas—Many Defense. Rehab
ilitation. Conservation, Sanitation and Other Improve
ments Credited to Organization—Road. Recreation and
Park Facilities Aided — Eskimos and Indians Helped.
JUNEAU—With liquidation of
the civilian conservation corps in
Alaska as elsewhere now in pro
gress, forest service headquar
ters in Juneau has issued a re
view of the GOC's accomplish
ment and contributions in the
Territory.
“One extremely important pro
ject,” says the review, “having
great archaeological value, has
been the restoration and preser
vation of totem poles and com
munity houses, the most interest
ing form of art developed by the
Southeastern Alaska Indians.
“The totem poles and commun
lty houses were rapidly decaying
and disappearing from sight
when the CCC undertook the
task of preserving these strange
memorials and perpetuating this
ancient art.
“When possible, the poles were
restored but often they were so
badly decayed that duplicates
had to be carved. All of the com
munity houses were in such poor
state of preservation that they
had to be entirely rebuilt.
“All of this work was done by
Indian enrollees, the older In
dians teaching the younger men
the art of carving. In addition to
preserving the totem art, many
of the younger Indians will be
able to earn a livLhood in the
future, through the sale of their
carvings to curio shops and tour
ists. This program of rehabilita
tion has received high praise
from many organizations and in
dividuals throughout Alaska and
the States.
Defense Contribution
The review also says that dur
ing the past year, “work projects
concentrated upon were of the
type which contributed directly
to the war effort, such as con
struction of an army airfield, the
development of strategic roads,
trails and community gardens,
and the providing of several
camps for the armed forces
“However, ar large part of th<•
work accomplished during the
entire nine years that the corps ;
has operated in the Territory is
now of real value to national de- :
fense. Air, sea and land transport ;
ation have been materially bene
fited by the construction of em
ergency airplane landing fields in
remote areas, the installation of
docks, floats and breakwaters,
and the construction of low stand
ard roads, trails, bridges, shel
ters and dog trails.
I “Great strides have been made
in the improvement of sanitation
and living facilities in the Es
kimo and Indian villages through
the development of water sys
tems, drainage ditches, sewage
disposal systems, hydroelectric
plants, model homes and street
improvements.
“Recreation areas through the
national forest have been devel
oped by the construction of shel
tors, cabins, bathhouses, picnic
areas and trails.”
j
Sul mi arines Sink live Jap Ships
Brin" To 99. Total Since Dee. 7
C _ !
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (/Pi — The Navy announc
ed that submarines in the western Pacific sunk five
mare enemy ships including a Jap light cruiser and
damaged three other vessels. Of the damaged ships,
one was a mediumsized cargo ship, which probably
sank, and the others were large tankers. The sinkings,
not related to the Solomon Islands action and not pre
viously reported, brought to 99 the total of enemy
show announced as sunk or damaged since December
seventh.
In addition to the Light cruiser, the ships reported
sunk were two small freighters, one medium sized
tank.*', and one small steamer
Morten! hau Asks For Additional
Six. One-half Billion Dollar Taxes
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (/P) — Treasury Secretary
M . aenthau asked the Senate Finance Committee for
legislation which would levy an additional six and one
half liilionn dollars taxes on individuals, over and
abov the six billion two hundred seventy one million
doll r tax bill passed by the House. This bill would
pr> vide a four and one-half billion dollar post-war re
bat- to individuals.
If the new program is enacted, it would boost to ap
proximately fourteen billion dollars, the amount over
anu aouve existing taxes, which the treasury will dram
from the national income. The total tax collections
will be increased to approximately thirty billion five
hundred million dollars for a full year’s operations.
July and August
47^
Most Successful
l -Boat Months
■ —..
London, Sept. 2 (/P) — De
layed — July and August;
were the most successful
months of the entire war
in numbers of Axis subs
destroyed. A. V. Alexan
der, First Lord of the Ad
miralty, told a war anni
versary luncheon. “I think
they will find it doubly dan
gerous now that new meth
ods have developed new
devices,” he said.
WILLKIE ARRIVES
CAIRO ENROUTE
TO THE EAST
Cairo, Sept. 2 (/P) — De
layed — Wendell Willkie,
enroute to Russia, India,
and China, arrived here by
plane.
Wages About
Be Stabilized
Is Report
Washington, Sept. 2 (/P)
—From usually reliable ad
ministration sources it was
learned that President
Roosevelt, about to stabil
ize wages, is debating whe
ther to include salaries as
well as to control farm
prices. Other major deci
sions will be made before
President Roosevelt deliv
ers his Labor Day message
on the cost of living.
Give 'em Hel!
Says Willkie To
AEF In Egypt
With U. S. forces near
Cairo, Sept. 3 (/I5)—“1 just
want to say I’m damned
glad to see you. God bless
you. and give ’em hell!”
Wendell Willkie told Am
erican troops after looking
over big army workshops
and repair facilities.
Freighter
Founders In
Lake Superior
Cleveland, Sept. 2 (/P) —
Delayed — The American
Steel and Wire Company
freighter Steelvendor foun
dered 15 miles east of
Manitou Island in Lake Su
perior. At least 24 of its 25
crew members were saved.
American Troops
Landed In
Belgian Congo
Leopoldsville, Belgian
Congo, Sept. 3 (/P) — Am
erican Army technical forc
es arrived at this Belgian
Congo capital and started
immediately to build a big
camp named Roosevelt, ap
parently in preparation for
further troop arrivals.
3uy Defease Bonds and Stamp?
Ronunels Forces, Jolted by Terrific
Allied Fire Power Fall Back In Egypt
UNDATED. Sept. 4 (/-lb — Field Marshal Rommel’s
armored columns, jolted by terrific Alied fire power,
are reported to have fallen back in the Battle of Egypt,
under another record breaking assault by British and
American warplanes. A British communique said the
main Axis forces retreated slightly westward
Rommel Uses Five-Six Hundred Tanks
CAIRO, Sept. 2 (TP) — Delayed—British forces were
locked in battle with Axis armored forces yesterday
on the southern section of the Egyptian front, British
headquarters announced in a war bulletin issued joint
ly by headquarters and the RAF.
The bulletin said U. S. Army Air Force planes part
icipated in extensive air operations over the entire
area. It reported that the British made a sally of their
own Monday night on the northern flank of the El
Aiamein line and brought back a batch of prisoners,
despite swelling sands.
The Allies air coverage is on a large scale, and bomb
ing of the enemy is intensive and accurate
Reports from the front said Rommel is hitting at
the southern end of the line with five to six hundred
tanks. One spearhead advanced eight miles but the
main column turned north after striking eastward near
El Himeimat.
Bombing
CAIRO, Sept. II (/P) — Delayed — Cautious probing
by Rommel’s African corps encountered such a fury
of airattack, artillery fire and harassment by mobile
forces, four days after the British expected an Axis
offensive, a show-down battle failed to develop. Ground
troops at strong points in slit trenches along the 40
mile El Alamein line have not yet come into action
with the enemy. Only screening mobile forces were re
ported in the thrusting and attacking German armored
columns which filtered 8 miles into the minefields of a
southern sector. A communique said Rommel’s Axis
army was subjected yesterday to a record breaking
RAF and American plane bombing.
A. F. Woodward of the El Paso !
m no. says in a message to the j
gold miners <; Cripple Creek,
Colorado:
“Dent' think, because you hoar
mi much talk of lead, zinc, cop
per and all tiie strategic metals
that the work you are doing is
not amongst the most important,
for while all these metals are
in demand to make instruments
with which to win this war, gold
is still the most important metal
of all. Every country is striving
to get more gold.
'As one of the European dic
tators started in 1939, this is a
war by countries having no gold
against countries that have prac
tically all the gold. While we
are fighting for liberty, justice
and democracy, gold is still one
of the underlying motives of the
war and after the war is over
gold will be the metal that will
be relied upon to pay off the
enormous wardebts. So the gold
you are now mining will not
only help win this war but it is
going to be worth at least twice
as much as it is at the present
“Fear not for the future of gold
or gold mining companies be
cause their future is becoming
increasingly assured as time
marches on. Remenibred that the
United States, Great Britain and
Russia produce about seven
eighths of the world’s gold and
these countries are going to use
gold to pay for this war rather
than make slaves of their people
through taxation.
"Furt!' rmore, the United Stat
es is alndy holding as of this
date already over 22 billion 700
million dollars in gold and before
the war - over will no doubt
have ciirs. to 25 billion dollars in
g I I. Ti ,1 is the United States is
on an all nit war basis, involv
ing expenditures far beyond all
previous < inmates. In this con
neltion Dr Walter E Spahr re
cently said:
With the probability that the
United States ultimately will
have a deb of 150 billion dollars
or more: with the probability
that the American dollar will
eventually be devaluated further
with the possibility that the price
of gold will be raised to at least
$70 an ounce in the United States
—those owning large shares in
gold mining companies can well
afford to sit tight with their hold
ings, ignoring meaningless inter
mediate market quotations on
gold stocks. Moreaver, consider
ing its potential greater future
value it is our opinion that gold
in the ground, ownership of
which i> represented by gold
share certificates, is a better in
vestment today than gold above
ground m the form of bricks. If
the price of gold should eventual
ly be raised to $70 an ounce, it
is not difficult to envisage the pro
fits and dividends of gold mining
companies increasing to such an
extent as to warrant their sell
ing a: undreamed of heights.”