Russia Strengthens Its Back Door
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SOLDIER — This Korean U
one among thousand* from
his country serving with the
Red forces. Many races make
up the Soviet Far Eastern
* Army.
1 NATIVE—This Ude. wearing
an ancient national costume,
was born near the Amur
River in the Soviet Far East.
He studied at Leningrad.
By RICHARD TOMPKINS. (^P) Newsfeature Writer
PART TWO
Port capacity at Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatka Peninsula has
increased. A floating dock of 5,000 ton capacity has been installed, and
Vladivostok and Sovetskaia Gavan have docks of similar design and
capacity. The military importance*
of all three is obvious.
The Kamchatka Peninsula, par
ticularly, has been singled out as
of great importance in hints that
war materials were going there
from the U. S.
This territory long has been
eyed by the Japanese Navy, as a
threat both to the Aleuian Islands \
and Alaska, as well as to the sea
and air routes of communications
between the U. S. and Russia.
The effrontery of Japan is il
lustrated by the reports in 1942
that she was seeking to negotiate
with Russia for the northern half
of Sakahalin Island, Kamchatka
Peninsula and the Maritime prov
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To Have Military
Price Clinic
Procedure for a Military Price
Clinic at the Nome Air Base is be
ing worked out this week, with
Army and OPA cooperating for
the benefit of military and civil
ian personnel at this post.
By authorization of a War De
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inces, embracing Vladivostok—all
to be held by Japan for “safe
keeping” until the war’s end.
Although fishing is the main in
dustry of Kamchatka, there are
an increasing number of oil wells
on the coast north of Petropav
lovsk, and coal is mined on both
coasts, Petropavlovsk, with a pop
ulation of 20,000 in 1937, has been
developed into a powerful base,
according to reports.
The Japanese have warned the
Russians against placing Siberian
bases at the disposal of the U. S.
It was announced only recently
that Russia had set up a vast Far
Eastern network of airlines, oper
ating from permanent, all-weather
airfields between Sakhalin Island,
the Kamchatka Pennisula and
Kolyma, northeasternmost corner
of Russia. The fields could be con
verted almost immediately for
military operations.
On the Siberian mainland, the
Sikhota-Alin range which follows
the coast of the Sea of Japan con
tains coal, iron, graphite, man
ganese, gold, tin, lead, zinc and
silver. Armaments and munitions
are made largely from these raw
materials.
Chita Oblast, was of Khabar
ovsk Territory, is the. largest tin
producing region in the country.
It also mines molybdenum, tung
sten, arsenic, fluorspar, iron ore
and coal.
Komsomolsk is the major in
dustrial city of the Soviet Far East
and takes its name from the youth
organization which built it. It is
! the site of one of the largest steel
mills in the Soviet Far East.
Chinese Capture
Highway Center
At Sinfeng
CHUNGKING, July 3 — (JP)—
The Chinese command announced
that the Chinese forces have cap
tured the important highway cen
ter of Sinfeng in Kiangsi Province,
one hundred eighty-five miles
northeast of Canton, and thirty
two miles south of the former U.S.
Fourteenth Air Force base at
Kanhsien.
The announcement said the city
is the link in the defenses guard
ing Jap held Hongkong-Hankow
corridor and had fallen after con
tinuous assaults from the south.
Chinese, Russians
Have Friendly
Negotiations
MOSCOW, July 3—(JP)— Chi
nese and Russians have reported a
“much closer” pact, the nature of
which was not specified by the in
formant. Close connections and
negotiations Chinese Premier
Soong said there is a good chance
for a treaty being worked out.
Premier Soong planned to hold
discussions in the Soviet foreigr*
trade office today after an elab
orate banquet given by Molotov
yesterday afternoon. Soong went
to the Kremlin at ten p.m. and
talked to Stalin.
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