THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 43. No. 69. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday. AUG. 13, 1941 Per Copy is#
France To Collaborate With Reich
Russians Rapidly Lose Grasp on Western Ukraine
Army Service Rill Provides 18-Month Extension
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Red Armies Losing Crip Western
Hair Ukrame--Retreat to Black Sea
Odessa Approached From c3 Points
UNDATED. Aug. 13 '(/P) — The
Ru-ian’s big Red Annies appear
ed to have ah but lost their grasp
on ihe western half of the Uk
raine below the Dneiper River as
German tro'ops smashed from
three directions at the great port
of Odessa and suicide rearguards
fought bitterly to cover the So
viet retreat to the Black Sea.
The British war office spokesi
man acknowledged that the Rus
sian position in the Ukraine has
deteriorated rapidly. The Soviet
high command is ominously si
lent on the climactic struggle.
Russian quarters in London de
dared that if the Germans ca
tered Odessa and Mikolaev. 65
mi'ci to the East, they would And
only the “smoking ruins of dem
olirhed factories and the empty
streets” of ghast cities left in
the r ruins under Stalin’s order
for a so-called scorched earth
campaign.
TUmis-Rinds of Russian tanks,
massed with infantry, and tens of
thousand of hard riding Cos
sack horsemen, the Soviet sourc
es also said, are hurling more
counter attacks against the ad
vancing Germans.
While the si’uation is undoubt
edly grave for the Russians,
qualified observers said the loss
of the lower Ukraine or even the
capture of Odessa and Mikolaev
would not be ,a decisive blow to
to the Soviet. They pointed out
that the richest prizes still lie
beyond the Dnieper river, to the
east, where the big industrial cen
ters are located.
Germans Report
Odessa Doomed
Quick Surrender
UNDATED, Aug. 12 (JP) — Ger
man military dispatches pictur
ed Russia’s big Black Sea port of
Odessa as doomed to quick, sur
render with Nazi troans storming
down both eides of the Bug river
! and Red Army forces desperately
i attempting to escape by sea.
DN3, official German news agen
1 cv, reported that German bomb
| ers already had sunk six troop
; planes and Russian transports off
| the Ukraine coast near Odessa.
Ti e Germans declared that in
and avenues of escape from both
Odessa and Ochakova, farther to|
the east, are virtually cut off.
Advices reaching London fur-;
'.her emphasized the critical
r.hght of Soviet Marshal Semeon
Budyenney’s army of the south,
.charting that Hitler had thrown
perhaps a mi lion troops into the
: Ukraine conflict and that Ger
man armored forces had advanc
■'d to within 40 miles of the big;
grain and shipbuilding port of;
Mikolaev, 65 miles east of Odes-;
sa.
Authoritative London quarters
said the main German onslaught
was developing from the Uman
sector between Kiev and Odessa
where the Nazis last week re-;
ported tha slaughter of 200,000
Red Army 'troops.
AMERICAN SUPPLIES
ON WAY TO RUSSIA
WASHINGTON, Aug.—The in-1
itial shipment of United States J
supplies to Russia already is on,
its way across the sea.
Capitol sources said the sup
plies consisted of important mat
erials purchased some time ago
by the official Russian .trading or
ganization, Amtorg Corporation.
The materials were help up for
some time pending clearance au
thority. This authority was grant
ed swiftly after the United Stat
es decided to give ail possible
material aid to the Soviet Union.
The sources revealed that the
destination of the goods was in
all likliness in the Russian Pac
ific port of Vladivostok, at the
Siberian end of the Trans-Siber
ian Railway
Marshal Petain Commits France
To Collaboration Against Russia
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Appeals to U. St for Understanding
To Help Nazis Fight Russia ‘In Defense of Civilization'
VICHY, Aug. 12 i&) — Marshal|
Pst-ain, French chief of state, com
rnitted himself to full collabora
tion with Germany, in a radio
address a few hours after his,
Vice-Premier, Admiral Jean Dar
lan, had been given supreme mili
tary powers, i
The aged soldier ranged him
self squarely on the side of Ger
many in the fight against Russia,
which he said was “A defense'
in-the east, of civil'zarien.”
He appealed for understanding!
from the United States, in com-j
nutting himself to a full collab-j
•oration with Germany. He said!
•.nturies of quarreling with1
France’s eastern neighbor had
given way to al anger perspective
which “by our activity can open,
up a reconciled continent.”
Germany Charges U.S. Planning
Seize French Island Martinique
On Account French Collaboration
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UNDATED, Aug. 13 VP) — Ger
many charged the United States
with planning to seize the French
is'and of Martinique in the West
Indies as a result of French chief
of State Petain’s newly announc
ed policy of stronger collabora-i
ticn with the Reich. Authorized
quarters in Berlin declared blunt
ly that certain American groups, i
which “for a long time have cast
covetous eyes on Martinique,”
would use Petain’s speech as an
excuse to “satify their lust,” for
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the island.
In both Washington and Lon
don, serious repercussions arose
over France’s attitude. In Wash
ington. the conviction was free
ly expressed that Petain’s align
ment held threats to American
interests and territories.
The State Department reports;
that it is negotiating for air.
base right on the hump of Brazil,:
closest to Dakar, the French
West African take-off base near
In London, authoritative quar
ters said Petain planned to “sub
jugate the French people and
force upon them a policy which
they d'etest.”
Advocate Ercak with Vichy
Several (Congressmen advocat
ed breaking off diplomatic rela
tions with the Vichy government
and recognizing General DeGaul
le’s Free French regime.
RAF Carrying Out
Pledge Nazi Cities
Into Burning Hells
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UNDATED, Aug. 12 (JP) —RAF .
planes began to carry out their i
pledge to turn Germany’s cities:
into burning hells, with a violent:
arge scale daylight assaut on the'
Rhineland city of Cologne. The,
British sources said the attack;
was possibly the heaviest day
raid yet made on Germany, with
several squadrons of Blenheims;
mil log large cargoes of bombs
on the industrial center. Other
great waves of RAF bombers and
fighters were .reported attacking
the coast of Nazi-occupied
France.
Six Million More
For Alaskan
Air Bases
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 </P) —
The Senate Appropriations sub
committee approved, with minor
changes, the $8,000,000,000 sup
plemental defense bill passed by
the House two weeks ago. The
committee added six million dol
lars for Alaskan air bases.
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At Nugget Office
Army Service Extension Bill Passes
House, Provides 18-mo. Extension
Removes Restriction Conscription
WASHINGTON. Aug. *12 )!P) —
The House officially passed the.
Army Service Extension Bill, I
Speaker Rayburn announced, af-j
ter a recapitulation vote which j
was 2 3 favoring the bi'l and 202:
•opposing it.
The bill provides an 13-month
ext ■•?ion cf s rvice for con
scripts, National Guardsmen, |
reservists and regular enlisted
personnel, and provides a $10,
bonus for each month spent in
the service over a year.
The bill removes the present
restriction, limiting the total of
conscript? in the Army at once,
to 900,000. to no limitation. The
new bill which now goes to the
House a’-d Senate Conference
Committees for ironing out of
minor differences in the measure
was passed by each body with no
important discrepancies.
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Asserts further Anti-Japanese
Pressure By Britain and U.S.
Will Bring “Worse Situation”
UNDATED, Aug. 12 (.$>) — In
the Fa- East crisis, a series of
swift breaking developments in-i
heated that events are moving in'
exorably nearer the explosion
point.
In London, authoritative quar
ters declared b’lintly that “If,
Japan wants war in the Pacific
there will be war. If she wants
peace, there will be peace.”
In Tokyo, the militarist news
paper Kokumin said the United
States and Britain have been
warned that any further anti
Japanese pressure would bring'
about “nothing but the worst sit j
uation.” as Japan is bent on push]
ing ahead with her new order!
in east Asia.
In Melbourne, Australia’s,
prime minister Robert Menzies!
caled his war cabinet into its'
second extraordinary session.
In Washington, Senator Geo-,
rge, Democrat of Georgia, rank
ing member of the Senate For
eign Relations Committee said
“It is definitely in the range of
possibility” that the United Stat
es might break off all commer
cial relations with Japan.
Vladovistok, U. S. Front Line
In Shanghai, the Japanese
army spokesman said his govern
ment is gravely concerned over
the possibility, that the Russian’s
big Pacific port of Vladivostok
might become “America’s front
line of defense against Japan.”
Assures Soviet of Chinese Aid
MOSCOW— Madame Sun Yat
ren, widow of the founder of
the Chinese Republic, assured
Russia of support of the people
of China. “The Chinese people
are fully on the side of the So
viet Union,” her message said.
“We are sure the Fascist raiders
will be exterminated.”
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