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VOL. 44. No. 82. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, June 17, 1942 Per c°py 15*
Sevastopol Turns 6 Nazi Assaults
Germany Claims Big Victory Over British In Libya
Curtin Tells Australia That
War News Is Not Good
MELBOURNE, June 17 (AP) — Prime Minister
Curtin told the Australians that the war news is not
good and “Australia,can be lost.' The fall of this con
tinent will-lay Hawaii and the whole North American
coast open to Jap attack. In a radio address appealing
for war loan subscriptions at the rate of nine million
dollars a day for the remaining five days in the current
drive. Curtin based his statements on confidential and
official telegrams.
He declared the Axis is engaged in three powerful
and separate thrusts against the United Nations, each
full of importance to Australia. Dynamic operations
are now proceeding, said Curtin, a powerful German
onslaught against Russia, a thrust in Libya, and the
sustained, widespread sub attacks on Allied shipping.
Curtin added, “Australia is irrevocably linked with the
wars in Libya and Russia. The news from L:bva is not
good. Rommel has made gains at great cost, but nev
ertheless gains, clearly reverses to our forces. It is
dear that the struggle in this theater has reached a
critical state.’’
Germans Claim Big Victory In
Libya, Declare Forces Reach Coast
BERLIN, June 16 (AP) — The German command
said Axis troops won a big battle in the Libyan desert.
A communique said the extent of the victory can’t yet
be estimated, but declared that Axis troops reached
the coast after destroying the enemy defense forces at
Acroma and cut off the British at Aid El Gazala. The
British announced that these forces had withdrawn
successfully. The German communique said, at the
same time, Italian divisions attacked from the west and
broke through the positions at Aid El Gazala.
U. S. Army Bui lei in
Headquarters, U. S. Army Troops, Nome, June 17—
ENEMY INFORMATION
Part of the Japanese fleet has moved north from
Kiska but the location is unkonwn due to bad wea
ther conditions. The ships in the Kiska area are under
steam. The balance of the fleet is missing from the
Kiska area. The Nunivak, Andreanof and Pribilof is
lands were scouted but no sign of enemy. Heavy fog
concealed operations.
OUR FORCES
Large areas are covered by fog which is hampering
operations. Other information about movements of
troops, ships and equipment and supplies should be
kept secret by all if known. The situation is serious
and attack is probable from information obtained from
military intelligence. Further bulletins will be issued
as the situation develops.
NOTE
If transports arrive, people should not broadcast the
information as the enemy has ears and is always search
ing for information of this type. It may be possible that
your talk alone may seem of‘no value to you but to the
enemy this talk is valuable and may cost us the lives
of many men as well to bring destruction on your
town. These bulletins are not issued to alarm you but
to impress upon you that war is on our flank and can
develop overnight in the center.
In war, women and children cannot be properly car
ed for and many will perish because of lack of care.
Once war starts here we cannot do anything but start
you for the mountains under the direction of your civ
ilian defense committee. The rest will be up to you.
Your men that are not armed will be needed back of
the line moving supplies and doing duties as outlined
by your civilian defense committee. Those with arms
will be needed for defense. Families will become sep
arated and the strong will have to care for the weak.
By order of Major Clark.
Kenneth K. Koenig,
Captain, Infantry, P. R. O.
Immediate Or
ganization Alaska
War Council
Washington, June 16 (AP)
— The immediate organiza
tion of the Alaskan War
Council to mobilize civil
ian manpower and resourc
os to support the defense
>f the Territory was direct,
ed by Secretary Ickes. Gov
ernor Gruening, chairman
of the council, is to coop
erate closely with military
authorities by putting the
territory on a full prepar
edness footing.
The President’s author
ization of the council stat
ed it should be the duty of
the council to maintain a
close liaison with military
authorities and bring the
conduct of federal and civ
il activites as close as pos
sible to conformity with
m i 1 i t a ry requirements.
The Council has author
ity to “make such recom
mendations as military &
other federal authorities
deems desirable relative to
coordination of federal and
civil activities with the
military program for the
safety and security of the
civilian population of Al
aska.”
President Signs
$-10 Minimum
Service Pay Bill
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Washington, June 17 (AP)
— The measure boosting
the minimum base pay of
the nation’s fighting men
to $50 a month was signed
by the President.
For most men it means
at least $20 more each
month for necessities, en
tertainment, time off. or to
send home for dependents.
The bill makes the in
crease retroactive as of
June first.
RAF Again
Smashes At
(re r m a n y
London. June 17 (AP) —
British bombers smashed
I again at Nazi war plants in
(the Ruhr and Rhineland
sectors of Germany last
night although bad wea
ther forced a week-long
lull and it was not fully
cleared. 8 British bombers
failed to return.
t
-.
Now is the time to look over
your job printing needs for the
spring and summer. The Nug
get Office will be glad to consult
with you as to your wants and
orices on same.
I
Germans Mass
Artillery Attack
Moscow. June 16 (AP)—
A 3-day Gorman assault in
an attempt to cross an im
portant river in the Khar
kov sector was balked by
Russian hill-top defenses
and the Nazis now have
been forced back on the
defensive, Soviet dispatch
es declared. The Germans'
claimed they expanded:
their lines and won across!
the1 Donets river in the
Kharkov area yesterday.
Around Sevastopol, the
Germans massed seven ar
tillery regiments on the
main line of assault in an
effort to batter down the
Russian fortifications, the
Russians said.
Soviets Roll Nazis
Back From New
Positions Kharkov
Moscow, .June 17 (AP) —
Soviet counter attacks on
the Kharkov front are re
ported to have forced the
Germans to abandon sev
eral lines in one sector,
where they tried to dip in
at new positions. While the
Nazis were rolled back
there, Russian dispatches
told of other Red Army
counter attacks at several
other Kharkov sectors.
In the battle at Sevasto
pol fierce fighting swirled
around an important high
way against which the Go
mans launched masses of
troops, tanks and planes in
6 vain assaults. Soviet dis
patches said the Germans
also attacked the southern
defenses of Sevastopol 5
times, only to be repulsed
in every case. The Red
army still is holding Valak
lava.
Maine Isolation
ist Is Defeated
In Primaries
Portland, Maine, June 16
(AP) —Rep. James Oliver
isolationist prior to Pearl
Harbor, was defeated in
his bid for renomination in
Maine’s Republican pri
mary, by Robert Hale long
a supporter of Roosevelt’s
foreign policy. Hale will be
opposed in the September
election by former Gover
nor Brann, Democrat, who
consistently backed the
President.
Hale had almost a two
I to-one margin over Oliver.
Germany reported some success in the drive on the
Kharkov front (1). At Sevastopol, the Russians said
I they repulsed all German attempts, w hich were made
in considerable force.
British Beat Off Two Axis
Attacks Pressing on Tobruk
CAIRO, June 17 (AP) — British tanks and guns are
reported to have beaten off two Axis attacks on Sidi
Rezegh and Acroma as Rommel sought to storm Tob
ruk before vital supplies, newly landed at the port un
der cover of British and American warplanes, could be
put into the fight. A military commentator said The
position is substantially unchanged."
The British are holding a semi-circular defense posi
tion west, south and southeast of the port, which the
Germans are smashing at steadily with a line of tanks
and artillery. The commentator said the Germans, for
the moment, are in a favorable position, having a su
periority in the number of tanks and anti-tank guns.
Italian Squadron
Badly Battered
By Allied Flyers
London, Juno 17 (AP) —
An Italian naval squadron
in the central Mediterran
ean was so battered and
hurt by U. S. Army airmen
and the RAF that it never
made contact with the To
bruk-bound convoy which
it set out to intercept, Brit
ish sources stated.
It was declared officially
that convoys, early this
week, delivered necessary
supplies to both Malta and
Tobruk “at considerable
| cost.” What this cost was
in ships and men was not
disclosed, but convoy oper
J ations were described as
j having “limited success.”
The British radio said
i that there have been Al
llied losses but “they will
I be withheld until the rev
| elation can no longer help
1 the enemy.”
RAF Hits An
other Italian
Battle s h i p
Cairo. Juno 17 (AP) —
The RAF anounced a sec
ond air attack Monday nite
resulted in another hit on
one of two Italian battle
ships set afire by U. S.
Army and RAF bombers
and torpedo planes Mon
day morning. The battle
ships were hit despite a
heavy smoke screen laid
down by four accompany
ing destroyers.
Also announced was an
attack against 14 Axis plan
es which were listed as de
finitely shot down over the
central Mediterranean in
fighting in which many
more were “so severely
damaged that it is unlike
! Iv that they returned to
i their bases.”
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