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The Nome nugget., 1942-01-12

lenders and the Japs. Heavy en- emy endorsements are being brought up, apparently in prepar ation for a renewed Jap offensive drive on Luzon. Also consider able numbers of enemy vessels appeared off the coast of the southernmost island of Mindanoa indicating the probability of ad- ditional landings there.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-12

Thrt unique and numorouA and typical Alaskan stationery 'Sourdough Roadhouse Letter, heads and Envelopes, have beer brought strictly uptodate. and are now available at the Nugget of3 e.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-12
Nazi Press Chief Admits Critical War Situation

UNDATED, Jan. 10 iPD - Hit ler's press chief Dr. Otto Dietrich prepared the German nation for a jolt by solemnly acknowledg- ing that Nazi military operations have reached an extremely ser ious, indeed critical phase" as the Russian swept on to new tri- umphs.
 Russians Advance i Miles 4 Day
 Soviet front line dispatches said that Red Army troops are advancing over the wintery battle fields at pace more than 4 miles day. They recaptured Mosalsk AZ miles west of Kaluga and fur ther frightened the vice on the 100000 Germans still holding out at Mozhaisk.
 Incipient Revolution In Germany
 AdviceS 10 the Associated Press from somewhere on the German frontier" said persistent efforts of an ncipient revolution in Germany impelled the Ger man Foreign Office to summon the correspondents and issue a middleof-the-night denial.
 Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-12
Japanese Troop Ships Appear Off Mindanao

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 tP) - The War Department reported in tensive patrolling and artillery duels between the Philippine de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-03
Plan for War HOUSING
On Shoemaker Tract
Meets Opposition
Citizens Association Of
Tukomo, D. c., Hears
| Report by Suffer

Erection of 200 demountable
houses for emergency war workers
on the 22-acre estate of the late
Louis P. Shoemaker, lying between
Georgia avenue and Blair road. as
authorized under the Alley Dwelling
Authority for the District, was out
lined last night at meeting Of the
Citizens Association Of Takoma,
D c.. and was opposed by members.
The plan was explained by Jesse
G. Suter, who stated the units would
be two stories high, for single FAM
lilies, restricted to two occupants of
bedrooms, demountable in char
acter, with asbestos roofing and
stovepipe sticking through the roof.
The tract has been leased by the
ADA for the period of the war and
one year thereafter. Surveyors are
now engaged on the Eastern avenue
frontage, he said, and would COM
pare with the group houses erected
at Thirty-f1fth street and Reservoir
road.
Protests Fail.
Mr.. Suter said that at the invita-
ton of an official Of the ADA he
inspected these houses and was not
favorably impressed. They have
been erected in groups, instead Of
being detached and rented for $40
and $45 per month to white war
workers. The houses violate build
ing and zoning regulations, but are
being constructed under congress
sional authority and approval of
the National Capital and Park and
Planning Commission. He cited in
stances where protests In other
communities, where houses of this
type had been erected, had met
with failure.
The official said the houses would
accommodate 300 people, and he
would insist on suitable Transporter
ton.
Mrs. Carl v. Hickman reported
that $106 had been raised for the
Community War Fund. the area
quota being $2,217. The associa-
ton voted $50 for the fund.
Joseph j. Cermack, chairman of
the Salvage Committee, announced
the collection of 101 900 pounds Of
scrap metal and turned over to the
treasurer a check for $252.74. He
was given q rising vote of thanks.
The association was urged to give
serious consideration to number of
bills in municipal community pro-
1NnI11d{y1n i1o -
the Board of Public Welfare, medi-
cal examiner for the Police Depart
ment, habitual offender statute,
sanitary conditions under housing
bill, female and child labor laws,
tax exempt property bills and crime
investigation.
New members elected included r.
B. Corbett, Mr.. and Mrs. K. w.
Spencer and Mr.. and Mrs. F.. w.
Alexander.
The District Commissioners will
be requested to restrict parking on
the north side of Cedar street. be-
tween Blair and Piney Branch
roads. G. M. Purves and William
H. Parsons reported on the recent
Public Utilities Commission hearing
for the elimination of the il bus
line from Fifth and Dahlia streets
to downtown. No decision has as
yet been rendered by the commits
sion.
The meeting was held in the
Takoma public school with Reginald
H. Fielder presiding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-03
|! Dr.. {. f. Richardson Heads
Congress Heights Group

DR.. Edward E. Richardson was
elected to his 21st term as presi-
dent of the Congress Heights Pro-
gressive Citizens Association at 4
meeting last night in the Congress
Heights School.
Others elected were Rupert A..
Sullivan, vice president; Raymond
j. Domenick, secretary, and Mrs.
Edna Hoag, treasurer. The newly
elected officers will be installed at
the December meeting.
DR.. Richardson reported that the
executive committee had adopted a
resolution calling for continuation
of construction of the Patterson
School, Nichols and Atlantic ave-
nues Sc. The association said the
new school is badly needed because
Of crowded conditions at the Con-
gress Heights School.
The group also requested installa-
ton Of stop light at Portland place
and Nichols avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-03
Swedish Prices Frozen

NEW YORK, Nov. 3 P.-The
Swedish Price Control Board has
frozen prices of commodities, serv-
ices and transportation at the
October 81 level, the American
Swedish News Exchange said last
night. The move was made a. q
part Of Sweden's anti-in1iation pro-
gram,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-03
Smyfhe Assigned Counsel
In Morale Conspiracy

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. Federal
Judge Simon H. Rifkind yesterday
assigned counsel and directed a
hearing at 2 pm. tomorrow for
Edward James Smythe, one of %
persons indicted in Washington on
charges of conspiracy to undermine
the morale of United States armed
| forces.
Gregory Noonan, former United
States attorney, was designated to
represent the defendant in the hear
ing before United States Commits
sioner Carrot w. Cotter, who held
Smythe in $1,000 bail Saturday fol-
lowing his arrest by FBI agents.
Smythe. in Federal Court yester-
day, denied he had waived q
removal hearing and, demanding
court-assigned counsel. said:
Il want to know If the Roosevelt
administration has Cancelled the
Constitution and the Bill of Rights -
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ChiIds
Continued From Page BID

a price ceiling. Prices would 60 shoot
ing skyward.
That is why Henderson and the men
around him favor absorbing far more by
taxes and savings than is now absorbed.
They are for compulsory savings such as
is called for in bills just introduced in
the House and Senate. Under these bills
from to 10 per cent of all incomes
above a $50 level would 90 into enforced
savings.
But they do not favor measures 20
drastic as to take ali the 1000 900 900.
They would absorb perhaps As much
as $4,000 900 900 in this way, allowing
$1,000, 900 900 or $1,000 ooo, 900 TO find its
way naturally into increased savings,
these savings to be claim on goods and
services in the postwar world.
So 1943 will not look like 1892 at all.
There will be long lines Of waiting people
but they will not be bread lines. They
will be ration lines and they will include
not the John Does out of a job but
every one of every income level Money.
unless the rationing system is q dismal
failure and illegal black markets come
into being, will not buy an extra share.
Evening star., 1942-05-17

With the Burma road cut by the Jap
anese, how are supplies to be taken into
China?
1t won't be enough Just to produce
tremendous quantities Of war materials
for our forces and those Of our Allies.
American warehouses are not on the
battlefront.
The supplies must be delivered
quickly, In great quantities-set down In
some Of the most inaccessible spots on
earth.
Transportation on the oceans surface
Is being made ever more costly and I'M
certain by submarine attacks, the
shortage of shipping and the limitations
Of the naval forces needed to convoy and
to patrol the sea lanes.
campaigns in the East this summer, de-
livery, rather than production, Of war
goods will become the Allies greatest
problem.
The solution is to fly the goods to
the places where they are needed, in
the opinion OF many military observers.
Air cargo transports would be relatively
safe from attack, would not need naval
protection and would not require sea-
ports with rail or motor access to the
backgrounds.
Bigger Planes Needed.
To deliver the goods in he necessary
quantity would require fleet Of larger
planes than any now in use, say most
Of the experts, but reputable engineers
say that such planes could be put into
production Immediately.
Grover Looming, aeronautical engineer
and formerly aeronautical adviser to the
Maritime Commission, estimates that In
10 months airplane manufacturers could
turn out fleet OF 1000 aircraft which
could do the work of 100 large, fast
cargo ships. They would be 80-ton ships,
like the Douglas Bio, which Is now
undergoing experimental flight tests, or
the Glenn Martin seaplane Mars. now
being repaired after mishap on its trial
flight.
What this would mean to China can
be judged from the fact that, in terms
of American trucking, the quantity Of
material carried on the Burma road
was not great.
Trafdc experts say that only medium
size trucks have been used on the Burma
road, and they can carry nothing that
q plane cannot stow.
If larger planes are needed, Glenn L.
Martin says he can produce them i'm
mediately. The Maryland airplane
manufacturer says that his firm "can
build q 250,000-pound flying ship, able
to carry 30 tons Of bombs or cargo to
Europe at q speed of more than 800
miles per hour at any time that there
is demand for 1t. The preliminary de-
signs have already been worked out"
Joseph p. Kennedy. when chairman Of
the Maritime Commission In 1887, pre-
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Middle East Awaits Outcome Of RussoGemon Battles Ukraine and Cnmeo

horrors Of the retreat by the British who
were in Northern Burma and who had
to reach the mountainous province Of
Assam before they were in India.
"Harassed by enemy fighters and
bombers which for nearly seven weeks
have been overwhelmingly supreme.
stabbed at from ambush by blood-crazed
bands of native traitors, the haggard
and weary riflemen Of half dozen one
time crack battalions of British armored
force crews and wiry sepoys from Indian
units are approaching within a few
scores of miles the mountainous Assam
frontier Of India-a frontier where the
Japanese invaders can and must be held
at bay" So De Luce wrote Of the with
drawal from Burma.
Far away other Japs played a cautious
game--the Japs on the islands that
fringe Australia. The week began badly
for Japan in the Australia area when
Allied bombers damaged, perhaps sank,
two Jap submarines OF Northeastern
Australia. Tuesday Allied flyers scored
hlts on Two japanese transports IN the
Solomon Islands area. Observers in Mel
bourne expressed belief that japanese
invasion forces. fairly well intact despite
the battering Japan took in the Coral
Sea, we're hiding in the islands north of
Australia, the Solomons and the Bis
marck Archipelago.
The Allied planes ranged far from Aus
tralia on Wednesday. At Amboina,
Netherlands Indies, 1900 miles north
west of Australia, bombers sank a 5000
ton Japanese ship and damaged two
others Allied air raiders attack Rabaul,
New Britain, plastering shipping in the
harbor and raining explosives on Is Jap
anese bombers surprised on the airdrome
runway. On Friday it was disclosed that
Allied attacks of the previous day on
Japanese bases had met with stronger
opposition-a fact which led to the guess
that the Japs are strengthening their
air power on New Guinea and New
Britain.
Evening star., 1942-05-17

The first 10 days in May brought
happy tidings to the American people.
Last Sunday few ofiicial details Of the
air raids on the Japanese islands were
issued and in /, the preceding week a
United Nations feet, preponderantly
American and commanded exclusively
by American naval officers, smashed a
Japanese invasion fleet superior in num-
bers and fully confident that it had on
its side the precious element of surprise.
Both operations are considered in
competent quarters as incidental in
themselves, for they have only limited
bearing on major war operations. But
they did strengthen the convictions of
those who advocate an all-out offensive
against Japan.
The bombing of Toxic and other in
dustrial centers in Japan caused some
major damage, but it showed one thing
shaken to their foundations by air raids.
According to reports from usually re-
liable sources since the attack on Toxic
there has been real panic among jap
Anese civilians. Neither the nerves nor
the confidence of the japanese people
can be compared with those of the
western nations. Even the Italians can
take it" better than the japanese.
Civilian Nerves Shaken.
No one in Washington military and
~ nt$ ,oy,tr 70 th
the valor and efficiency of the japanese
fighting forces, which are arrogantly
proud of successes so far attained. But
tAe population of Japan is different
when it comes to withstanding aerial
assault. 1t does not have the rigid
training of armed forces
According to information received in
Washington, the relatively minor raid by
q small number of planes created a real
panic, not only among townspeople but
among the illiterate peasantry, too And
1t has lasted longer than many Ameri-
cans had anticipated.
In spite of the efficiency of the Jap
anese fighting forces there is weak
strain among them. The myth that
Japanese soldiers and officers would
rather commit "hara-kiri" than sur
render, or be taken prisoners, was ex-
ploded long ago by the Philippines de-
tenders When cornered they throw up
their arms and shout for mercy as Justify
as the Germans did in the last waf.
What the japanese fighting men will do
when defeats begin to pile up on them
as they willis difficult to say, but from
the experiences our troops have had
with them thus far there is little likeli-
hood that they will stand up under
real trial.
The battle of the Coral Sea has proved
that the American Navy and air force
can Outright the Japanese Japanese gun
merry is good, but fire control is less so.
Japanese naval officers are excellent pro-
fessional men. but the nerves of the
crews break easily under strain.
Evening star., 1942-05-17

had lost in the winter horrors the old
dash of the l941 blitzkreig.
The Kerch battle spread across a IL
mile front, and as the week drew near
an end, studies of maps indicated that
the victory claiming Germans were about
IS miles from the waterway which sepa-
rates Kerch from the Caucasus. The
oil fields are still beyond the Axis grasp.
The Russians had their own story to
tell by late in the week. Far north of
Crimea the snow had ceased
khorkov its fall. The Soviet guns
Bottle pounded at the Nazis at
points along a 120O-mile
front. The Ukraine armies of the brave
Marshal Semeon Tmoshenko, the man
who halted the Nazis last autumn after
they had pushed to the Don, began to
pound at Kharkov, the keystone of the
Nazi position in the Eastern Ukraine.
The Nazis captured it last october Is,
and it has been major obstacle all win
ter in the path Of Soviet counterdrives.
Loss of Kharkov would render gain Of
Kerch Of little value, because the Ger
man rear would be uncovered.
Despite nasty spring weather which
hampered tank and aerial operations.
the Reds burst the outer ring Of Nazi
defense around Kharkov. The T1mo-
shenko drive Is spread along so miles.
His advance was aided by the fact that
1t came as surprise to the Nazis, and
Hitler repeatedly was urging Japan to
press Russia from the Siberian rear in
order to weaken the Timoshenko opera
ton.
Winters late disappearance brought
action in the north of Russia. Pressing
an apparently major attempt to break
out of long-besieged Leningrad, Red
Army troops were said to have crumpled
the first lines of the German besiegers
and captured many important positions
in the secondary lines in continuing
advance out into the open. Airocobra
Evening star., 1942-05-17
BIG AIR TRANSPORTS MAY SUPPLY CHINA
Larger Planes Needed but Experts Soy All Plans Are Ready
Clarke Beach,


The planes cargo is chiefly parts ur-
gently needed by airplane factories.
They have done many a spectacular
job of breaking bottlenecks in matter
Of hours, rushing in some gadget the
lack Of which was holding up produc-
ton One historic trip was made to
Wake Island in January, when a plane
carried in a 7o9-pound crankshaft for
a tractor which was grading and extend
ing naval air base field. Work stopped
when the tractors broke down. but
radio call for help brought the flying
express and the tractor got back into
service in less than a week.
Germany was the first power to make
use of transport planes for important
military purposes. In the invasion OF
Denmark, 1t is reported, entire divisions
of troops with their supplies were dis
patched by air. Crete, Of course, was
entirely an air operation.
Mai. Alexander P. De Seversky, in his
book, Victory Through Air Power" says
that even pursuit planes can be so con-
structed that they can be delivered under
their own power. He suggests that the
stories of Pearl Harbor and Bataan
Peninsula might have been entirely diff
ferent If long-range, self-delivered pur-
suit planes had been available.
Carrying Capacity Drawback.
The airplanes relatively small carrying
capacity is its chief drawback as
freighter, but some experts say the
planes speed makes up for this handi-
cap. Mr.. Looming points out that it
takes about two months for conveyed
freighter, moving at 811 knots. to travel
the $4,000 miles from New York to the
Persian Gulf Allowing for unloading
and refitthg time, the ship can make no
more than az round trips year. As it
carries about 5000 tons of freight, 1t will
deliver $4,000 tons year.
An 80-ton plane, carrying fuel to give
it a range of 1000 to 5000 miles, could fly
to the same destination by way Of Africa
and return to New York in a week, thus
making at least so trips year Carrying
Cotton loads, each plane would deliver
1000 tons annually. Thus, Is planes
could do the work Of one slow cargo
vessel.
If fast new-type cargo vessels were
used, with cargo capacity of 1000 tons,
Mr.. Looming estimates that II of the
So-ton planes would be required to do
the work of one of the vessels in a year.
The planes cost makes air transport
several times as expensive as water
shipping. But, say the experts, If a
cargo fleet enabled the Allies to win the
war in a couple Of years, instead of four
or five years, 1t would be cheaper in the
long run.
As for supplying the Chinese, there
are many points from which long-range
planes could carry supplies to Chungking
in one hop. regardless Of Japanese on the
ground Or sea beneath: points In India,
Australia, Iran and Russia.
Evening star., 1942-05-17
By Constantine Brown.
A.: P. Wirephoto.

A United Nations squadron was ami
hilated in the Java Sea because it did
not have air protection and was out
numbered three to one by the Japs. In
fact. in the light of detailed reports re-
Gently received here the detachment
under the Dutch Admiral Deoorman
committed suicide in effect. 1t never had
a ghost of a chance against the over
whelming japanese divisions of cruisers
and destroyers supported By large land
and sea based air force.
Coral Sea Strategy.
In the Coral Sea battle, Admiral
Herbert F. Leary's two task forces had
slight edge over the japanese in each
individual engagement. While the total
japanese naval strength, if the two
enemy forces had been combined, would
have been superior, they were attacked
separately.
The japanese followed their Macassar
Straits strategy. A convoy was sent out
first to land troops on the islands which
we're to form the stepping stones for
Japan's invasion of Australia. The bulk
of the protection fleet followed within
300 miles. Just as happened at Macassar,
the first detachment was attacked and
suffered heavily. But Admiral Leary,
possessing a much stronger force than
Admiral Thomas c. Hart had at Ma
CAESAR. followed up the initial victory by
tackling the main body of Japanese men,
of war before they could get into battle
line.
Washington authorities are elated over
the success in the Coral Sea, but are
keeping their fingers crossed lest the
japanese send heavy reinforcements
supported by battleships to engage the
American forces again. As far as can be
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Americas Twenty Third Week of War
(I4lst Week of World War III
By Blair BoHes.

which divides Crmea from the petroleum lands the
last their
defenders Crmea
Russians themselves struck the north pushing
reaching
The Reds apparently first Khkov
free Leningrad
So at last
besides another agoned attempt
Russians?
Nazi UboatS
Mississippi River mouth and the
New World
with American fighting
from French warshps his
Thus the Allies gained
OF with Germany Pierre Laval
Martinique and Guadalupe will the olaboave
Deep Asia British forces
toward Indas trap
Burma Chinese
Their invasion fota shattered
n forces whose objective is Australia notable
their air based New
OF Auraias northeast Rpulsed
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Russian Front

Swirling snow far up in Russia held back
the warriors as recently as last Monday.
But In the succeeding days the furies
of battle shook all Muscovy. Even before
the weather cleared the Germans in
Crimea began major offensive opera
tions, and on Tuesday the battling on
that little patch of land dangling from
Russias steppes into the Black Sea
reached such an intensity that a Berlin
military spokesman described 1t thus:
Hell has been let loose over the Boil
shevik positions in the Kerch PENN
sula."
The Russians at first reported success
In stunping the German ambition in the
new Crimean operation, but
Crimeon the tide OF the battle so far
Drive has been variable with the
advantage with the Ger
mans. Military observers long have
forecast that Hitler would make his first
major move of the spring in Crimea
because there the ground is first to offer
solid footing after the harsh Russian
winter. The Kerch Peninsula, on the
road to oil, is German objective No. in
Crimea. Objective No. 2 is Sevastopol,
the Red fleet naval base on the southern
shore.
The renewal Of real warfare In Russia
brought a renewal OF the familiar battle
Of superstatistics. On Wednesday Adolf
Hitler's field headquarters In Russia an
y,oypred that Ave davs of fphtjpp for
the Kerch Peninsula had cost the Rus
slams the annihilation OF Russians en-
circled there along with the capture OF
10000 prisoners. The Russians denied
this. The Germans tried to boast that
the battle of Kerch had been decided.
Communiques from Russia, however,
contended that the Germans were still
far short Of their objective and that
the Na1s, with their satellite allies,