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VOL. 44. No. 70. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY. JUNE 1, 1942 Per Copy 154
1,250 RAF Planes Raze Cologne
Jap Submarine Attack On Sydney Harbor Fails
Gen. Arnold Declares Allies Intend
Win Air Superiority Over Europe
U. S. Air Force To Fly Own Planes as American Unit
LONDON, June 1, (AP) — Lieut. Gen. H. H. Ar
nold. head of the U. S. air forces, announced that he
“practically completed” conferences with British
leaders aimed at developing the “maximum impact of
our combined air strength” on Germany.
Gen. Arnold declared “It is obvious that no offensive
against Nazi-dominated Europe will succeed without
air superiority and we mean to have it.”
He said American air forces in Europe will be a bal
anced unit of fighters, bombers and all other types of
planes. He added that “It was agreed that the best re
sults will be achieved if American crews flew Ameri
can planes as American units, except when emergency
conditions dictate another course.”
1,250 RAF Planes Devastate
Cologne In 90 Minutes In
Greatest Air Raid In History
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LONDON, May 31 (AP) — Monday, three-fourths
of Cologne was set afire and a great area of the German
Rhineland metropolis of three-quarters of a million
population was flattened by a tremendous weight of
explosives dropped by 1250 RAF planes Saturday night
in the greatest air raid of all aerial warfare. The Brit
ish announced that reconnaissance aircraft reported a
plume of smoke, towering over the ruins wrought by
the devastating force of nearly six million pounds of
bombs, was still visible throughout Sunday from the
European coast.
Air sources emphasized that the raid was carried out
entirely by British aircraft. Newspapers predicted raids
three times as large when the United States air forces
get into action here.
For 90 minutes the crash of bombs and the hellish
flare of incendiaries sprinkled the old Rhineland city,
leaving it a flaming ruin.
Prime Minister Churchill, in a congratulatory mes
sage to the bombers and supporting commands said,
this is “only a herald of what Germany will receive,
city by city.”
Air quarters hinted that with the aid of American
bombers, it is possible for 5,000 aircraft to be put into
the air in one night.
The British admitted that 44 planes were downed,
but in view of the large number participating, these
losses were considered small.
A Berlin broadcast said 111 civilians were killed and
admitted great damage to the central part of the city.
Mexican Declar
ation Vi ar Carries
Many Powers
Mexico City. May 29 (De
laved) (AP) — The Cham
ber of Deputies unanimous
ly approved President
Avila Camacho’s request
for authority to declare
war on the Axis tonight,
and passed a second mea
sure granting extraordin
ary powers to suspend
many constitutional rights,
including freedom of the
press. The measure now
ones to the Senate for ac
tion,
British Bomb
Gnome Plant In
Occupied France
London, May 29 (Delay
ed) (AP) — Saturday, 4
German planes were re
ported shot down during
raids on the east and south
east coasts of England.
Early reports said damage
done by the raiders was
not extensive.
The British bombed the
Gnome Rhone airplane en
gine factory near Paris,
and also other German
war industries in occupied
France.
John Barrymore
Died Saturday
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Hollywood, May 29 (De
layed) (AP)—John Barry
more, veteran of the stage,
screen and radio, died to
night. His only brother,
Lionel, also a veteran act
or was at the bedside when
the end came after several
hours of unconsciousness.
‘OLD MAN RIVER’ SERVE S_Some S2.000.000 worth of war materials Is floating In this
record tow of barges, in the Mississippi river near Memphis, on the way from Pittsburgh to New Or
leans. Gapt. Roy Clay pilots the towboat Ohio for this huge haul.
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Royal Air Force planes raided Cologne in the heaviest attack in history, virtually
demolished the Rhineland city of 750.000.The above map shows Rostock (1). and
Luchack (2) heavily raided in April. TheBritish press predicted that with the es
tablishment of the U. S. Air Force in Eu-rope, a raiding force of 5.000 planes will
be possible for attacks on the Nazi-dominated continent.
Allied Airmen
Down 5 Jap Planes
Over Coral Sea
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Allied Headquarters in
Australia, May 29 (Delay
ed) (AP) — Saturday Al
lied airmen shot down fivej
Japanese planes over the
Coral Sea, 60 miles south
east of Port Moresby, Fri
day, while two of their air
units rained explosives oni
Japanese bases in Timor
and New Britain islands.
MacArthur’s headquar
ters announced that three,
Japanese planes were darn
aged and one Allied plant'
is missing in the combat at
sea which occurred when
Australia’s defending air-i
men encountered a flight
of 18 Japanese naval zero
planes.
War Deals Blow
To Bristol Bay
Fishing Season
r
Advices received here told of
how the West Coast salmon fleet
that usually sails for the Bristol
Bay fishing grounds by May 15. |
has been held in the States on
account of the war.
Earlier this spring, packers
had applied to the War Shipping
Administration for at least one
ship to take supplies, supervisors
and mechanics to the fishing
grounds but that request has
been turned down.
Instead, the WSA has offered
to permit canners to fly a few
key men to Bristol Bay plants
where basic supplies already are
on hand.
Fishing has been carried on in
this region by Americans since
1878. Last year the catch amount
ed to 1,250,000 cases, worth more
than $15,000,000. Work was giv
en here to 1,500 Alaskans and
5,000 more transient workers in
recent years.
Mid "cl Jap Sub Attack On
L I
Sydney Harbor Frustrated
UNDATED, June 1, (AP) — A parried thrust on
Sydney harbor by a force of Japanese midget subs,
successful Allied air raids on Jap island bases facing
Australia and valiant Chinese efforts to check Japan’s
Cheking province offensive, were reported as major
developments in the far Pacific war.
The subs, apparently the two-man type which the
Japs used fruitlessly at Pearl Harbor ran into thunder
ing shellfire and depth charges in the Australian har
bor Sunday night. Three of them probably were de
stroyed. This may have been the entire force which
apparently stole into Sydney harbor from a mother
ship lying off southeastern Australia. The Japs suc
ceeded in sinking an old ship used as a ferry.
Allied air forces from bases on Australian soil start
ed large fires, wrecked docks and airdromes and en
emy lodgements in Timor, northeastern New Guinea,
and the Solomon islands.
MacArthurs headquarters reported that just before
dawn yesterday, a Jap establishment at Lae. New
Guinea, was bombed so suddenly that only one fighter
got off to oppose the raiders.
Saturday night, the Allies struck at the Koepang
airdrome in Dutch Timor, and the harbor of Dili, cap
ital of the Portuguese half of the island.
1942 Fish Pack To Be Set Aside
WASHINGTON, May — The War Production Board
ordered canners to set aside the entire 1942 pack of sal
mon, sardines, mackerel and Atlantic herring to fill the
needs of the armed services & the Lend-Lease program.
O cials emphasized however, that the order doesn’t
necessarily mean that none of the 1942 pack will be
available to civilians.
Lawrence Hockinson, in charge of Fishery Products
for WPB, said that “because of uncertainty as to the
supply and demand, it was thought best to require that
the entire pack of these fish be set aside, then if the full
supply is not needed for military or lend-lease require
ments, it can be released for civilian purposes.”
It is estimated that of the 1942 pack of 5,400,000
cases, about 2F million will be required by the gov
ernment.
Canners must set aside any pack processed from
March 1 through February 8, 1943. Each canner must
make weekly reports to WPB as to the quantity of fish
canned and if the pack thus set aside is not purchased
by the Government within 30 days after filing the re
port, the canner may notify WPB that the fish covered
by the report will be released on the civilian market
unless bought by the Government within the month.