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VOL. 44. No. 110. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUG. 10, 1942 Per Copy 15#
Reds Dynamite Maikop Oil Fields
Ex-Mayor Fairbanks Arrested for $5,000 Shortage
Russians Dynamite Threatened Oil
Fields, In Scorched Earth Policy
UNDATED, Aug. 10 (/P) — Dispatches telling of
tremendous explosions on the Caucasus front indicat
ed that the Russians are carrying out a scorched earth
policy of dynamiting the menaced Maikop oil fields to
ward which powerful German tank forces are smash
ing through sagging Red Army defenses. A Russian
communique said the lines guarding the Volga held
firm under assault northwest and southwest of Stalin
grad, but acknowledged a withdrawal close to the
Maikop fields, jutting into the Caucasus foothills. The
Russians fell back in the Armavir region, 60 miles
northeast of Maikop, after a fierce engagement with the
Germans, reported “striving hard to advance.” An
other withdrawal was made under heavy German
pressure in the Xropothing area 60 miles north of
Maikop, a Moscow communique said.
The Germans, who claimed the capture of Maikop.
Keopotkiw, Arnaver, and Krasnodar, 50 miles north
west of Maikop, said their forces thrust 175 miles
southeast of the oil field center and seized Pyatigorsk.
They claimed to have reached the north slopes of the
Caucasus range along a 250-mile front. The Germans
described Russian resistance on the Stalingrad front
as desperate but said Red Army counter attacks were
repulsed after bitter fighting.
The Russians said Axis onslaughts were beaten to a;
standstill in the Kletskaya area, 80 miles northwest
of Stalingrad and 95 miles northeast: of Kotelnnikovsk'
Five hundred miles to the north, in the Caucasus, Red ,
Army counter attacks are making further headway,
the Russians reported. They said several communities
were recaptured and Rusisan bridgeheads or the west
bank of the Don widened.
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German Columns
Smash At Ap
proaches Maikop
Moscow, Aug. 8 (/P) —De
layed — German columns |
are smashing at the ap
proaches to the Maikop oil
fields, the first major goal
in the Caucasus drive from
the northeast, after a ma
jor break through of Red
Army defenses. The situa
tion is “very tense,” front
line dispatches said. The
newspaper Red Star said
the Soviet defenders made
a heroic but unsuccessful
attempt to stem the Nazi
tide in the loop of the Ku
ban river above Maikop, in
the Armavir area east of
Krasnodar.
CHINA CAN WIN
WITH AIR SUPPORT
CHUNGKING. Aug. —A Chin
ese government spokesman said
that cooperation of United States
army bombers with Chinese
ground forces has demonstrated j
what the Chinese can accomplish
if given air support.
The spokesman said that sup
port given by the American air- j
men enabled Chinese ground j
troops to counter attack against j
the Japanese and to make im- j
portant advances in the Linch-'
wan sector, about 80 kilometers
southeast of Nanchang in eastern
Kiangsi Province. Previously the
Chinese ground troops had been
almost at the mercy of the Jap
anese airmen.
The Chinese spokesman said
that additional air support will
enable the Chinese to clear the
Japanese out of China.
Roosevelt
I
May Appeal
To India
WASHINGTON. Aug.—A d
lack, in the crisis arising over
India’s demand for immediate in
dependence from Great Britain
appeared inevtable amid conjec
tures that President Roosevelt
might address an eleventh hour
appeal to India not to complicate
‘‘the task of those who are fight
ing for the preservation of hu
man freedom.”
The quotation is from Secre
tary of State Cordell Hull’s re
cent broadcast in which he, with
out mentioning India by name,
emphasized that American sym
pathy for freedom seeking peo- |
pies was reserved for those who
“by their acts show themselves
worthy of it.”
In a session starting tomorrow
barring a last minute comprom
ise, the All-India Congress is ex
pected to authorize Mohandis
Gandhi to lead India’s 390,000,
000,000 people in a “mass strug
gle on non-violent lines on the
widest possible scale” against
British rule.
In Bombay the All-India Con
gress working committee declar
ed it is hopeless to appeal to
Great Britain again.
MUST CHANGE OH.
BURNERS NEXT WINTER
WASHINGTON. Aug. — Presi
dent Roosevelt said that every
user of fuel oil in the East
“should face realistically the fact
that there can be no guarantee
that he will get enough oil to1
meet even his minimum needs” |
next winter.
He wrote Secretary of Interior
Jckes endorsing the Government
and industry campaign to con
vert oil burners to use coal and
1 other substitute fuels now
Six Of Eight
Nazi Saboteurs
Put To Death
Washington, Aug. 8 (/P)
— Delayed — The White
House announced that six
of the eight Nazi saboteurs
were executed, the first
going to his death by the
electric chair at noon. The
two spared were Ernest
Burger who was given a
life prison sentence at hard
labor, and George Dasch,
sentenced to 30 years at
hard 1 .bor. These two, the
statement said, had prison
terms granted rather than
death “because of their as
sistance to the government
of the United States in the
apprehension and convic
tion of the others.”
Gandhi Wins
Pom er To Lead
Sit-Down Strike
Bombay, Aug. 8 (/P) —De
laved — Almost solidly
backed by the All-India
Congress party, wizened
little Mohandas Gandhi
won authorization to lead a
wartime civil disobedience
campaign for national in
dependence. There were
only 13 dissidents at the
convention of 360 commit
teemen who voted to adopt
his “Britain must quit In
dia” resolution, after the
passive generalissimo ap
pealed to America to act
“while there is yet time”
to align the Indian people
on the Allied side of the
war.
Gloomy Picture
Of U.S. War
Effort Todate
Washington, Aug. 8 (/P)—
Delayed — A gloomy pic
ture of America’s war ef
fort todate was laid before
the nation with a warning
bv the Office of War In
formation that materials
are failing to reach the
fighting fronts in time and
in the volume needed to
win. Reviewing the mili
tary production situation,
the OWI asserted last
night that the output of
fighting planes, tanks and ]
most types of artillery and
naval vessels, fell behind
schedule in June, and ex
pressed doubt that “all of
us realize how hard we are
going to have to work to
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Navy Forces
Attack Aleutians
Ami Solomon Is.
, V.' .-vhington, Aug. 8 (/P)
— Delayed — Heavy at
; tacks by U. S. Naval fore
1 es cn Jap installations in
i the Aleutian islands and
j also the Solomon islands in
: the southwest Pacific, was
announced by the Navy.
Air md surface forces join
ed in an assault on the
southeastern heart of the
Solomon Islands. The
Navy emphasized that the
'attack was in “force,” and
! the battle is continuing.
1 Referring to the Aleu
tians, where the Japs land
ed on three islands, they
said their force bombarded
enemy ships and shore in
stallations at Kiska. Sur
face units also played a ma
jor part. There was no ad
ditional information.
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Magnuson Says
japan And Russia
At \\ ar Some Time
I
Seattle, Aug. 8 (/P) —
Delayed — Japan and Rus
sia have been at war for
some time and the Japs
have already sunk several
Russian ships in the Pacific
according to “c o m m o n
knowledge,” Washington
Representative Magnuson
said on his arrival here on
a congressional trip to in
spect the Alaska defenses.
He said the Japs justify
the sinkings on the ground
that the Soviet ships carry
American materials.
He said ‘‘The war be
tween Japan and Russia
started when the Japs be
gan strengthening her forc
es in Manchuria and when
she seized Attu and Kis
ka.” Magnuson is a mem
ber of the House naval af
fairs committee and until
recently was on active
duty as a lieutenant com
mander in the Navy.
Jap Losses Greal
To Dale But
Will be Greater
Santa Monica, Aug. 8 (/P)
—Delayed—The Japs paid
heavily for their occupa
tion of Attu and Kiska,
said Artemus Gates, assist
ant Navy secretary, and
they’re going to pay more,
he told a press conference.
‘They lost heavily to date
I in ships and men. We hope
! and believe their losses
I will be even greater. I’m
i putting myself out on a
! limb when I say that,” he
j said. He is touring west
! coast plane plants.
Resigned Mayor of Fairbanks Arrested
For $5,000 Shortage In l .S. Accounts
r
FAIRBANKS, Aug. 9 (.-P) — William N. Growden,
wlio resigned as mayor of Fairbanks and United States
Commissioner for the Fairbanks precinct, and as chair
man of the Selective Service Board in Fairbanks, on
July 31, is in the Federal jail here tonight on a charge
of being short in his accounts as United States Com
missioner. The amount of shortage is estimated at
$5,000.
The warrant for his arrest was issued in the Federal
court this afternoon and Growden surrendered to the
marshal this evening. At the time of surrender Grow
den gave the marshal a loaded revolver and said he
wanted to be locked up. The Marshal said he did not
intend to give bail.
Growden is about fifty years old, a veteran -f the
World War. After the war he was a member of the
Army Signal Corps in Nome, then sergeant of Signal
Corps in Ruby, Alaska. He was elected to the legis
lature from Ruby in November, 1932, wher he re
signed from the Signal C u ps and served in the House
of the Legislature the season of 1933. He was appoint
ed Landed States Commissioner at Fairbanks ir. 1933,
and a few years later was elected a member of the Fair
banks city council and served four years there. He
was elected mayor and was serving his third term
when he resigned on July 31st. When he resigned the
mayoralty he said hr intended going back in tr. Army
Signal Corps.
His wife and fo&r 'Cons live in Ids homt* ..ore. Ail the
sons were born in Alaska. The eldest son is 19 and
the voungest 14.
Police Called
^hiell Disturb
ance Jap ( amp
Los Angeles, Aug. 8 (/P)
— Delayed — 200 military
police were called inside
the Jap assembly camp at
Santa Anita Tuesday to
qLie 1 i a disturbance. The
wartime Civilian Control
Ad ministration d isc 1 osed
that one of the'evacuees,
suspected of being an in
former was set upon and
badly beaten by a huge
crowd of Japs. He was res
cued by soldiers and taken :
to a hospital The an
nouncement said the sol
diers were finally with
drawn last night. The cen
ter now contains 19,000
Japs.
William Pelley
Is Convicted
Of Sedition
Silver Shirt Leader And Two
Associates, One of Them
A Woman, Guilty
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. — Wil
liam Dudley Policy, former lead
j er of the Silver Shirts of Am
1 erica was convicted bv a federal
j court jury in Indianapolis on 11
j counts of an indictment charging
! criminal sedition and conspiracy.
Policy's two associates, Law
! rence A. Brown and Miss Mar
I iam Agnes Henderson, who were j
| tried with him, weer convicted
only on Count 12 of the indict
ment, charging conspiracy.
Each of the counts carries a
maximum penalty of 2-0 years im
prisonn nt and ; maximum fine
of $10,000.
Roosevelt
Is Pleased
^ ith Hoover
WASHINGTON, Aug. — Presi
dent Roosevelt sent personal con
gratulations to chief G-Man J.
Edgar Hoover on his 25th anni
versary with th ■ Department of
Justice. Sa 1 the President in a
letter to Hoover
“Your leadership, foresight
. and ability have brought the Fed
j era! Bureau of Investigation to
: the forefront among all the law
enforcement agencies in the
| world.’
The President at the same time
| sent greetings to Hoover on the
j occasion of the graduation of the
' ninth class of the FBI National
P 'lice Aes.d'-my. Stud the Presi
dent:
"During n.\ administration I
have witnessed*, he establishment
by you of ! National Police
Academy Under your direction
land inspiration this Academy
; has made a great contribution to
I the police of the nation.”
Congress passed a bill to au
i thorizc the President to confer
on Hoover in appropriate honor
for his work in apprehending the
eight Nazi saboteours recently
convicted, six of whom were
executed last week.
That unique and humorous,
and typical Alaskan stationery—
"Sourdough Roadhouse" Letter
heads and Envoi pos, have been
brought strictly up to date, and
are now available at the Nugget
office.
Special assistant Oscar Ewing
; to Attorney General Francis Bid
die had told the jury that Pel
1 ley had aimed, what Ewing term
[ ed, a “dagger” at the heart of
America through stories publish
1 ed in the ex-Silver Shirt lead
I cr’s magazine, the Galilean.
Defense lawyers insisted that
Policy’s writings did not imperil
the war effort as charged by
prosecuting attorneys.