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Dimnntl lakes Action In Connection
Morale-breaking Censorship \\ ar News
The recent straightforward actions taken by Alaska
Delegate Anthony J. Dimond in connection with the
rigid and morale-breaking censoring of Alaska war
news and his efforts to stress the importance of driv
ing the enemy from the Aleutians before it is too late
should prove to the thousands of Alaskans who put
their faith in Mr. Dimond when they elected him as
their representative that this faith is being kept.
The policy which directed the propagandizing of
communiques which accompanied the first Jap thrusts
at the Alaskan outposts has aroused almost as much
unfavorable comment throughout Alaska and the
States as the unpreparedness of Pearl Harbor.
In a democracy, the truth eventually comes to the
surface and throws criticism upon the previous at
tempts to hide the truth and upon the agencies or per
sons who cover up. If it could be proved that such a
deliberate confusion of the facts would hurt the en
emy and help the United States, there would be little
objection. But that has not been the case.
The official communiques repeatedy insisted that
the Jap landing parties were inconsequential. Since
that time our forces have succeeded in sinking or dam
agd 18 ships of this “inconsequential” force.
Alaskans have made up their minds that the Jap
forces m the Aleutians number probably not less than
10,00(1—perhaps as many as 40,000 All based on ru
mor. Yet the Japs know how many men they have in
the Aleutians. Why shouldn’t the American people—
especially Alaskans?
Indications are strongly hinting a change of policy
in connection with the release and gathering of news in
the Alaska battle zone. Of late, we have been getting
more facts. But not enough.
We will get more later. Some of these reports will
not be in our favor. Some of them—many of them—
will be demoralizing in view of the fact that earlier
announcements minimized Jap gains.
Mr. Dimond has taken all of these things into con
sideration in requesting more news for Alaska—more
news of Alaska. For many months he has been urging
that more stress be laid on Alaska’s defenses. At pres
ent, a Senate committee hints an investigation of the
the defenses of the Territory. If these defenses are
found to be lacking, it will not be the fault of Mr. Di
mond. —Juneau Empire.
Russians Apprehensive Of japs
« —
Russia is declared to be apprehensive of Japanese
operations in Aleutians.
Reports, seemingly well authenticated, are that one
of Japan’s purposes in trying to establish permanent
military bases in Alaska is to enable the Nipponese to
prevent the shipment of supplies from the United
States across the Pacific to the Russian port of Vladi
vostok. Agreements recently made between the Unit
ed States, Great Britain and Russia undoubtedly bind
the 2 countries closer together in war and in peace.
The agreements were made in London and Wash
ington by Vyacheslaf Mikhailovich Molotof, Soviet
Commissar for Foreign Affairs.
The British agreement bound both countries to a 20
year mutual assistance pact, providing for military
and other aid against Germany and all other States
associated with Nazis. There was a provision against
a separate peace and a significant declaration of an in
tention “to unite with other like-minded states in adopt
ing proposals for common action to preserve peace
and resist aggression in the post-war period.”
In Washington, the Russian Minister, signed a mas
ter Lease-Lend Agreement, described by the State
Department as “an additional link in the chain of sol
idarity being forged by the United Nations in their
twofold task of prosecuting the war against aggres
sion to a successful conclusion and of creating a new
and better world.”
Also important, from the viewpoint of Russia, was
an agreement with both American and British leaders
upon “the urgent task of creating a second front in
Europe n 1942.” Thus the three nations prepared to
array their full resources against Germany, Japan,
and their satellites. The Russians, in their undertak
ing , assumed no obligation against Japan in the Far
East. Nevertheless, despite the official attitude of Tok
yo and Moscow, an agreement of this type cannot es
cape having an effect upon the war in the Pacific. Any
action by Japan toward interfering with transport
ation of supplies to Russia cannot be regarded as other
t! an act of belligerency. —Fairbanks News-Miner.
Dont Annoy lour Neighbor By Borrowing Ilis Paper
ILS. Army Forces Man 31 Battle
Stations in World-Wide War Front
WASHINGTON — Few people realize haw totally
different this war is from the last in regard to diversity
of war fronts In the last war American troops fought
on virtually only one front—France. But today U. S.
troops are fighting or stationed in the amazing total
of 31 foreign countries or territories.
This is one thing which has to be carefully consid
ered when it comes to setting up a Second Front in
Europe. For actually it would be not a second front,
but the 32nd Front.
The troops scattered over these 31 different fronts
are not numerous, except in some areas such as Aus
tralia and Ireland; so multiplicity of fronts is not a
drain on manpower. But it is a drain on shipping—still'
the Achilles heel of Second Front plans. As long as
ships are engaged in supplying U.S. troops in 31 differ
ent areas, it is difficult, in view of submarine losses,
to send heavy shipping across the North Atlantc for
a major front.
The 31 different war fronts cover only the army.
The list is even more impressive when the Navy is
included, too. But here is a summary of the battle
stations of the AEF in 1942:
Largest forces are in AUSTRALIA and IRELAND,
which incidentally, are about as far apart as any two
points on the globe. The size of these forces is a mili
tary secret, but they are large. NEW GUINEA and
NEW CALEDONIA supplements the Australian front.
Sun Never Sets on Flag
U. S. troops also are located at 9 British bases in
the Western Hemisphere—NEWFOUNDLAND, LAB
RADOR, BERUMDA, THE BAHAMAS, ANTIGUA
SANTA LUCIA, TRINIDAD. JAMAICA, BRITISH
GUIANA. There are also eight U. S. Army outposts
in Latin America, thanks to the Good Neighbor policy:
GUATEMALA, NICARAGUA, COSTA RICA. PAN
AMA, ECUADOR, VENEZUELA, BRAZIL and CUBA.
Africa is dotted with so many small army outposts
for the U. S. Army Ferry Command that it would be
impossible to enumerate them even if they were not a
military secret. They are located in 3 general areas
— BRITISH AFRICA, FRENCH AFRICA, and BEL
GIAN AFRICA. U. S. forces also have a base in ERIT
REA at the mouth of the Red Sea to protect incom
ing cargoes; plus a force at BASRA at the head of the
Persian Gulf.
In INDIA is an air corps unit, plus ground troops
for maintenance, while CHINA has a small air force1
under Lt.-Gen. Joseph W. Stillwell, with Chinese
ground troops for maintenance,
Finally there are U.S. troops in EGYPT, ICELAND,:
and GREENLAND, which brings our foreign fighting
stations up to 31.
NOTE:- Supplies are so difficult to get to some of
these areas, that one U. S. officer, after finally receiv
ing supplies at a minor outpost, sent a telegram to
Washington — in code. When decoded, the telegram
read: “Happy days are here again.”
ROMMEL IN U. S. A.
Only a few inside the War Department know it, but
Field Marshal Rommel, who lunged almost to Alex
andria last month, studied his military strategy in the
United States.
He was permitted by the War Department to come
here and study the battle fields of the War Between ■
the States. These battles featured some of the most
brilliant generalship of any war in history, especially
for fast-moving lightly-equipped troops. As a result, j
Rommel has adopted the tactics of Lee and Stonewall
Jackson in the Libyan campaign. Using fast tanks and
i armored cars, he roved over the desert with the mo
bility of the Confederate cavalry, and he was able to
hit the British, then be in a new place, before the Brit
ish knew what had hit them.
NOTE:- Some years ago Col. Truman Smith, long
U. S. military attache in Berlin, warned the British
that Rommel was the ablest man in the German army.
The British poo-hoohed the idea, indicated that Col.
Smith was influenced by his admiration of the Nazi
i military.
TROUBLE IN CUBA
Cuba and Spain have not been at war for nearly
half a century, but behind the scenes, Cuba is prepar
ing to interne many Spanish citizens in U. S. concen
tration camps. As a step toward this the Spanish Lega
tion in Havana has been denied further use of codes in
transmitting messages to Madrid because of suspected
information which has gone to the enemy.
Sending Spaniards to U. S. concentration camps
; would be unique in diplomatic history, since Cuba
| has not even broken diplomatic relations with Spain.
! But some Spaniards in Cuba are as pro-German, and
as dangerous, as if they were enemy aliens.
; Ever since the Spanish-American war, Spanish im
migrants have come to Cuba until now they number
between 400,000 and 500,000.
The majority of these are loyal to Cuba. But a con
siderable number are members of the pro-Axis Fal
angist Party, and they will suffer deportation.
NOTE:- Pro-Axis elements in Cuba enjoy a strat
Notice of Rendering Final Ac
count and Report of Administra
tion and Petition for Settlement
and Final Order By Distribution
No. 614
In the Probate Court In and For
the Cape Nome Precinct, Second
Division: Territory of Alaska
In the Matter of the Estate of
HECTOR LAURIN, Deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given that
Emile Laurin, Administrator of
the estate of Hector Laurin, De
ceased, has rendered for final
settlement, and filed in the above
Court his final account and re
port and petition for final order
of distribution, and that Wed
nesday, the 30th day of Septem
ber, 1942. at 10 o’clock A. M„ at
the office and court room of the
Court in Nome, Alaska, has been
set as the time and place for
the settlement of the account and
report and for hearing objections
thereto, if any there be, and for j
a hearing on the petition, and all I
persons interested in the estate ,
are hereby notified then and !
there to appear and show cause, j
if any they have, why the ac- |
count and report should not be
settled and allowed and why dis- i
tribution of the estate should not j
thereupon be immediately made
to the persons entitled thereto j
without further notice or proceed
ings. At the hearing the Court
will adjudicate and decree who
ari the heirs and distributees of
the deceased and estate. Refer
ence is hereby made to the ac
count, report and petition for fur
ther particulars.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this
31st day of July, 1942.
EMILE LAURIN,
Administrator. 1
Publish Aug. 3, 10. 17, 24, 1942
Urge Merchants To
Continue Posting
Required Ceiling Prices
An announcement dated July
18, from the Territorial Office of
Price Administration asks mer
chants to postpone temporarily
the preparation of all reports on
commodities not listed as cost-of
living commodities, pending clari
fication by Washington of the re
port divisions of the Alaska
Amendment to the Price Control
Regulation.
At the same time merchants
are urged to continue posting of
required ceiling prices for the
August 1 deadline and to have
their report on cost-of-living com
modities ready at that time.
Lomen Commercial Co.
Freight will now
Be Accepted
For Shipment to the States
Deliver Outgoing Ship
ments to the Freight Office
At Your Earliest
Convenience
Lomen Commercial Co.
Nome Seattle Fairbanks
Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors, Win
es, and Beers.
FRONT STREET. NOME
egic location in respect to ship
ping, since the western tip of j
Cuba commands both the pas- '
sage from the Gulf to the At
lantic by the Florida Keys, and j
the passage from the Gulf of the |
Caribbean by the Yucatan Chan- \
nel.
PRE-WAR U. S. NAZIS
The Justice Department has
just run across an interesting let
ter showing how deep-rooted;
Nazi sentiments were in some
quarters of this country before ,
the war. The letter, dated August
2, 1938, bears at the top an Am
erican Eagle over a swastika, and
is the stationery of “The Am
erican Guard.”
Under the signature of Olov E.
Tietzow, the letter says in part:
“The coming struggle here in
America will, I believe, be
fought not with ballots, but with
bullets, and ladies should there
fore stay out of it—it is a man's
struggle and not a ladies’ picnic,
a struggle wherein ladies will be
of value only as—spies.”
Tietzow is still in Chicago, but
he has been keeping very quiet
of late.
(The Washington Merry-Go
Round, by Drew Pearson).
NOTICE OF TIME AND PEACE
OF HEARING PETITION
FOR LETTERS OF
ADMINISTRATION
No. 666
IN THE PROBATE COURT IN
AND FOR THE CAPE NOME
PRECINCT. SECOND DIVISION
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
IN THE MATTER OF THE
ESTATE of VITALINE LAURIN.
Deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given that.
Emile Laurin has filed in this
Court a petition for letters
of administration to be is
sued to him in the above
entitled matter, and that Aug
ust 14, 1042, at 10 o’clock
A. M„ in the Courtroom of
the above named Court at
Nome, Alaska, is the t.ime
and place set for hearing
said petition. Any person in
terested may contest the pet
ition or assert his own right,
to the letters of administra
tion.
Dated August 1, 1942.
C. C. Tanner.
(SEAL) Probate Judge
In the United States Land Office
For the Nome Land District
Nome, Alaska
Notice of Application For Patent
Mineral Survey No. 2122
Mineral Entry No. 0954
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
That United States Smelting Re
fining and Mining Company, a
Maine Corporation, by and
through its attorney-in-fact, A
M. Hartford, whose post office ad 4
dress is Nome, Alaska, has made
application for a United States
Patent for the UNITED BENCH
and No. 3 BENCH THIRD TIER
Placer Mining Claims, situated
on the Right Limit of Center
Creek, about V* mile above the
mouth of said Creek and about
Ms mile northwest of the shores
of Bering Sea and the town of
Nome, in the Cape Nome M n
ing District and Precinct, Terri
tory of Alaska, and designated as
United States Mineral Survey
No. 2122 and particularly describ
ed in the official plat and field
notes now on file in the said
Land Office, with magnetic varia
tion at each corner of the sur
vey of mean value of 17 deg. 20 ^
min. E., as follows:
The United Bench Claim
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a fir
post scribed 1-2122-U. from
whence U.S.L.M. No. 1C bears S.
18 deg. 18 min. E.. 4996.63 ft.;
thencp N. 60 deg. 26 min. W.,
796.60 ft. to Cor. No. 2. a fir nost
scribed 2-2122-U: thence N! 20
deg. 42 min. E„ 623.80 ft. to Cor.
No. 3, a fir post scribed 3-2122-U;
thence N. 20 deg. 35 min. E..
279.70 ft. to Cor. No. 4, a fir post
scribpri 4-2122-U; thence S. 44
deg. 02 min. E., 895.40 ft. to Cor.
No. 5. a fir post scribed 5-2122-U;
thence S. 47 deg. 28 min. E.,
208.50 ft. to Cor. No. 6. a fir post
scribed 6-2122-U: thence S. 41
deg. 27 min. W„ 186 05 ft. to Cor
No. 7, a fir post scribed 7-2122-U; -4
thence S. 41 deg 39 min. W.,
419 40 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place
of beginning, containing an area
of 15.687 Acres.
No. 3 Bench Third Tier Claim
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a fir
post scribed l-2l22-3Bh., from
whence U.S.L.M. No. 1C bears S
33 deg. 09 min. E.. 4482.3 ft.;
thence N. 56 deg. 25 min. W.,
321.00 ft. to Cor. No. 2, a fir post
scribed 2-2122-3Bh.; thence N' 20
deg. 42 min. E., 1290.30 ft. to Cor.
No. 3, a fir post scribed 3-2122
3Bh; thence S. 60 deg. 26 min. E., 4
796.60 ft. to Cor. No. 4, a fir post
scribed 4-2122-3Bh., thence S. 41
deg. 39 min. W„ 1326.50 ft. to
Cor. No. 1 and place of begin
ning, containing an area of 16 496
Acres.
There are no conflicting claims.
The adjoining claims are:
On the NE„ Survey No. 1863,
Grace Association placer, and
claims unknown and unsurveyed.
On the SE., Survey No. 1139,
No. 2 Bench Second Tier and
claims unknown and unsurveyed.
On the SW., Survey No. 1139,
No. 1 Bench Second Tier, £
On the NW., Survey No. 338,
Aspen Placer claim, and claims
unknown and unsurveyed.
The location certificates for
said placer mining claims are
recorded in the office of the Re
corder of the Cape Nome Mining
District, Territory of Alaska, in
Vol. 220, Page 162 of the record
of locations of said District.
The mineral monument to
which these claims are tied is de- £
Dated the 13th day of July,
1942.
Aimer Rydeen, Register
First publication July 13, 1942,
and ending September 11, 1942.
scribed as follows:
U.S.L.M, No. 1C to which these
claims are tied is an iron pipe
4% in. in diameter, 30 ins. above
the ground, a brass cap on top
stamped U.S.L.M. No. 1-C, and is
in Lat. 64 deg. 30 min. 30 sec.
N„ Long. 165 deg. 25 min. 18 sec.
W.
attention pioneers
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Igloo No. 1 will hold a meeting *
at the Odd Fellows Hall, Wed
nesday, August 5, at 8 p.m.